Canada's Weather & Clothing

I just spent an enjoyable 60 minutes in Mrs. Huber's grade one class.  The class was extremely engaged in Mrs. Huber's dramatic reading of "Thomas' Snowsuit"; she had me laughing too - maybe she will read for the staff one lunch hour.  Later, the children cut out pictures of articles of clothing and glued them to pictures of the four seasons.  Grade 1H is a beehive of activity.

ECS - D

I continue my quest to observe each teacher at least once for 60 minutes before the end of January.  Being in the classrooms and providing teachers with instructional leadership is the most important aspect of the principalship; however, other duties can easily get in the way.  So, this year I've decided to schedule classroom visit time.  This morning I spent an hour in Mme. D's ECS class.  Watching her juggle the demands of 18 kindies was amazing: hats off to her and all ECS teachers; you are truly amazing people.  Following are  few pictures of the class working on patterning.

Learning Lab

“I don’t have time to do my homework.”  Students say it, parents are frustrated with it, and teachers hear it too often.  At École Corinthia Park School, we’ve decided to hear what was being said and do something about it. 

We have established the École Corinthia Park School Learning Lab: an after-school program enabling us to provide teacher support and the conditions our students need to complete their homework.  Our goal is for the Learning Lab to be a place of learning, not a punishment for not doing homework.  Students will get what they need: group work, one on one assistance, or independent study.  No homework will be left undone.

The learning lab is open to all students wishing to receive extra help with homework from 3:30 to 4:30pm Monday through Thursday.  Corinthia’s teachers and High School students volunteer to supervise the lab. 

Below is Jenelle, a grade twelve student, assisting in our learning lab.

Classsroom Visits

Great things are happening at ÉCPS!  I spent 60 minutes in Mme. Gill's ECS class yesterday, and my visit was wonderful.  Mme. Gill developed her lesson using the GANAG lesson plan format: Goal - Accessing Prior Knowledge - New Information - Apply Knowledge - Generalization.  Everyone was a teacher, and everyone was a learner.  The students were creating their own rules for sorting buttons; then they drew pictures of their favourite sorting rule.  The children sorted by colour, size, number of holes, texture, etc.  Attached are a few pictures of the class.