PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

March 2019

Bridlewood J.P.S.

60 Bridlewood Blvd

Scarborough, ON

M1T 1P7

Telephone: 416-396-6080

Fax: 416-396-6082

Principal:

Rhonda Cohen-Pierobon

Office Administrator:

Diane Jones

Superintendent:

Ian Allison

School Trustee:

Manna Wong

School Council:

Chair:

Yota Skederidis

The weather last month has been very challenging for

all of us, that we experienced our first snow day in 8

years! Finally however, spring officially arrived at

5:58 p.m. Wednesday March 20th to everyone’s

delight.

As a school, our main focus this term lies within

supporting teaching and learning through our

Growth mindset and equity lens. Recently, several

staff members attended a Board Equity session and together we will

examine teaching practices as they relate to positions of power and

privilege and Inclusive Design. In addition, teachers met to review

math practices and new resources have been ordered to support our

programs. Thorough active collaboration, we have developed a school

- wide literacy continuum for the purpose of creating common teach-

ing practices and scaffolding of language expectations as our students

move up the grades. At the Kindergarten level, our teachers and early

childhood educators have been working on Interactive Read A-louds.

Once again, our various school committees met to plan and

organize valuable programs and initiatives for our students. Staff and

students, organized a tribute to Greek culture and folklore celebrat-

ing Greek Heritage Month. The Eco club led by Mrs. Hough, Ms.

Thistle and Mr. Naumann organized “Earth Hour”; Mr. Keno and Mr.

Kuran are launching the Pals program and several Scientists in the

School have been booked for the coming weeks. The SAC has

organized the annual chocolate fundraiser and our school-wide trip

will take us to Markham theatre on May the 2nd and the screening of

the Disney nature movie: “Penguins”

A reminder that school will be closed on Friday April 19th and

Monday April 22nd for the Easter weekend. For our friends and

families celebrating upcoming Holy days we extend our well wishes

for a safe and healthy time with families, friends

and loved ones.

Rhonda Cohen-Pierobon Principal

Follow me on Twitter @ Rhonda Cohen –

Pierobon

Upcoming April Dates

April 2 World Autism Awareness Day

April 4 Ukulele Club ends

April 5 Pasta lunch

April 6 Trustee’s Eco Fair 11:00 - 2:00p.m. L’Amoreaux C.I..

April 8 SAC meeting at 6:30

April 8-9 KGT—Gr. 3/4 making Pizza with Pizza Nova

April 10 International Day of Pink

April 11 Safety Patrollers Police Movie Day (with Mr. Kuran)

April 11 Scientist in the School (Tessier, Hough & O’Connor)

April 12 Gr. 6 and SK Grad Photo 9:00 a.m. in Library

April 12 Souvlaki lunch

April 18 Pizza Lunch

April 19 - 22 Good Friday and Easter Monday—school closed

April 23 Primary TSO trip

April 24 Earth Day – School ground clean-up; Actual date is Apr 22

April 25 Ms. Ling’s Gr. 2/3 trip to Big Al’s Aquarium

April 26 Pasta lunch

April 26 Recognition Assembly ; Spirit Day Theme: Crazy Hat Day

April 26 - 29 Orthodox Easter weekend

April 30 Bus Safety Presentation

Please Save the Date…...

Please join us for:

Bridlewood School Council

Meeting

April 8, 2019 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Everyone Welcome!

Best Wishes go

out to Mr.

Kenno and his

wife as they

prepare for the

upcoming

birth of their

daughter!

Have a

wonderful time

with your family

and enjoy the

paternity leave.

We look forward to having you back at school after

the Easter long weekend. We love your new

signature:

Kyle, Jen & Baby ‍ ‍

“Swim to Survive” We are pleased to share that we have been given new dates for the

TDSB’s grade 4 “Swim to Survive” program. Our new designated

swim times are Wednesdays May 15th, 22nd, 29th. More infor-

mation will be shared with parents and guardians shortly.

Bridlewood Counts!

Ms. Ling’s Gr. 2/3 class used

measurement to prepare deli-

cious Brownies!

Mr. Kuran’s class had a blast

learning about lines of

symmetry, practicing their

critical thinking, problem

solving and collaboration skills

while being engaged in a digital

escape room from breakout.edu.

Grade six

Measurement

activity

today.

Mr. Kenno’s

class’s task:

creating a

triathlon

track showing

distances and

approximate

times for the

completion of

each of the

sections:

Running,

cycling, and

swimming.

The students in

Mrs. Hough and

Ms. O'Connor's

class are learning

how to tell time

playing

‘Time Bingo’!

Building

structures

in rooms 31

and 33!

Character Development

ECO SCHOOL UPDATE

March - Honesty

April - Co-Operation

May - Integrity

June - Perseverance

Planters are planted

International women’s Day March 8th was

International Women’s

Day: The 2019 theme is:

Better the balance,

better the world. The

celebration of March 8 as Interna-

tional Women's Day recognizes the

struggles of women against all forms

of discrimination and exploitation,

and focuses on the need for global

equality, democracy and peace.

Monday, March 18th, marked Global Recycling Day. Our Eco team

would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hundreds

of green initiatives that take place in our community each and

every day! Thank you for all that you do!

Earth Hour

The T.D.S.B. Earth Hour was held on Friday March 29th, from 2:00 -

3:00 p.m., followed by a world-wide hour on Saturday March 30th,

from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. At Bridlewood, everyone was encouraged

to reduce their consumption of electricity as a pledge to help reduce the

effects of climate change. Classes engaged in conversations on how we

can learn without relying so heavily on electronics. It was an op-

portunity to emphasize that Earth Hour is a symbolic gesture, and a

commitment to make our daily habits more sustainable.

During our Earth Hour, classes chose to take part in alternative

activities including:

-students creating and posting pledges to commit to reducing energy

consumption beyond the hour

- read-aloud books with environmental themes

- a nature walk

- an art or craft activity

- Visiting sites such as http://www.ontarioecoschools.org/document/

earth-hour-campaign-kit/ and (https://www.earthhour.org/

We thank everyone for their support. By: ECO Team

Nowruz which means ‘New Day’ is the

Persian New Year, a holiday celebrated on the

spring equinox. A symbolic illustration of

Nowruz is setting up a decorative table called,

Haft-Sin. Haft-Sin meaning seven with nat-

ural items recycled from life in spring. Today

the Haft-Sin table includes seven items specifically starting

with the letter S. The items are: sabzeh -lentil sprouts grow-

ing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth, samanu- a sweet pudding

symbolizing affluence; senjed- dried fruit - symbolizing love;

seer- garlic - symbolizing medicine; seeb- apples - symbolizing

beauty and health; somaq- sumac berries –symbolizing

(colour) sunrise; serkeh- vinegar - symbolizing age & patience.

CO-OPERATION

COCO WITH

MS. COHEN

PANCAKE TUESDAY!

Coco with Cohen was a huge

success! It truly was a great

opportunity for classes to meet

with me for story time and to

catch up during a sweet

hot chocolate break.

Ms. Tessier, Mrs. Singh and

Ms. Davies Gr. 3/4 classes

A heartfelt ‘Thank You’

goes out to Kai Wong from

Ms. Esposito’s grade 1/ 2

class and to Kai’s family for

the sweet treats shared with

the staff in honour of

Nowruz. Wishing you all a

happy Nowruz and a

wonderful spring!!!

TEA

TEA WITH

THE

‘P’

Tea with the P is back and already over 50 people

submitted

requests for

Tea time!

Stavroula,

Gabriel,

Aaron,

Aamena,

and Kiyan,

and enjoyed

an afternoon

tea break in

the office.

Student Voice

Victoria won 1st place for

her acro solo & 2nd place

overall, judges most

potential award with a

half paid scholarship to

dance expo this summer.

Her duet came 1st place

and 1st overall. Her

group routines were

awarded special awards

and top scores.

Gr. 1 student Dorian Ragany en-

joyed a day at Forest Valley Outdoor

Education Centre. Visiting students

had the opportunity to explore and

inquire the environment around

them including: tubing and taking

part in a lunch cookout.

Our ‘PALS’ student

leaders watched

“Nike Ads” that

empower women in

sports, and

discussed messages

coinciding with

National Women's

Day.

Its Pizza Time!

The Bridlewood Safety

Patrollers enjoyed a

pizza lunch courtesy of

the Toronto Police.

Its Ice cream Time!

The girl’s volleyball

team enjoyed an ice

cream courtesy of

coaches Mr. Skicos

and Esposito.

YouTube Kids Safety TIps

On Wednesday, March

30th, the two

kindergarten classes

attended the show Jack

and the Beanstalk play

Here are a few pictures of

the kiddies. By: Mrs. Tran

The Kindness Program

Jack and the Beanstalk

The Kindness and Empathy program

On March 26th and 27th, Karen and her dog Kendal were in to visit with our students and to

speak about the ‘Values through Humane Education Program’. Also known as the Kindness

program, it teaches kindness towards animals; responsibility of being a pet owner; safe

practices around animals and how to develop empathy for all life.

Drama, Arts, music Toronto Symphony Orchestra Featuring Second City alumni, and

hosted by Kevin Frank, this

delightfully funny show included

performances of orchestral works

that were created through

improvisation. Our junior students

participated by giving suggestions,

and the actors acted out scenes to

background orchestral music.

The first ones are of Kindergarten drama doing imaginative play in response to the book

"The Squiggle". The last four pics are of Mr. Kuran's class doing a drama "Flocking"

activity. By: Ms. Condello

Crazy Hair Spirit Day

Greek Heritage Celebrating the Greek Heritage Month with dancing, performances,

making bracelets, the best of Greek Myths and food!

Eco Fair 2019

Hosted by Trustee Manna Wong

Saturday, April 6, 2019, L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute

Poster and Multimedia Challenge

Instructions for Students

How do I help create a Plastic Free World?

If plastic pollution was bagged up and arranged across all of the world’s shorelines, we

could build a plastic wall around every shoreline and the sea. Plastics wash up on beach-

es and can be found in the stomachs of more than half the world’s sea turtles and nearly

all of its marine birds. Plastics litter our cities and oceans, and growing evidence shows

how they contribute to health problems in humans and animals. By 2050, there will be

more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans! This is a problem we can help solve by

cleaning up plastic trash, drastically reducing the amount of plastic used and recycling

100 percent of the rest. How do you limit your use of single use plastic?

Elementary and Secondary students are invited to display

their creativity and to share with us the ways in which they

can work towards “Building a Single-Use Plastics Free

World”. What do YOU think is the best way to limit the use

of single use plastic items? All entries will be displayed on-

site at Eco Fair 2019 and will also receive a certificate of par-

ticipation.

Poster & Multimedia Challenge Specifications

Deadline: Wednesday March 22, 2019

Poster Submissions must be:

White paper (no larger than 11” by 17” no smaller than 8.5” X 14”)

Good use of space – not a lot of blank/empty space

No spelling mistakes

Clear message relating to environmental stewardship (Building a Single-Use Plastic

Free World)

From Trustee Wong