Intermural Floor Hockey Schedule(Grades 1/2)

Please check the Sports calender for the schedule for Intermural Floor Hockey for Grades 1 and 2.  The games run from February 15th until April 5th and are held at lunch in the gym.  Parent spectators are welcome - join us in the gym at 12:00 pm!

January Golden Shoe Award and PE Students of the Month!

The excitement of the Golden Shoe award continues!  For the month of January, the school was challenged to do side squats with the entire student body completing 408,208 side squats for the month.  Wow!

Ms. Higgins' class (Rm 212) has managed to hang onto the Primary Golden Shoe for another month by completing 13,980 side squats by their entire class!  Congratulations!  And for the Junior Golden Shoe, Ms. Ramabaran's class (Rm 301) pulled out all the stops by completing 127,840 side squats.  That is an average of 4,570 side squats PER STUDENT.  Take a minute to think about that.  There are 21 school days in January.  That means over 217 side squats EACH SCHOOL DAY - ouch!  Great work and congratulations to both classes!

The challenge for February is the push-up which was expertly demonstrated by Gioia for the whole school - good work Gioia!

Congratulations also go to the PE Students of the Month for January for making healthy choices and demonstrating good sportsmanship:

Primary - Holden (Rm 203)

Junior - Micah (Rm 202)

Dance-a-thon - Request for Volunteers!

The Dance-a-thon will be held at McMurrich on Friday, February 4th.  It is always a very exciting event at McMurrich!  If you are interested in volunteering at any time during the day, please email Angela and note which time you would prefer.  The schedule for the day is below:

9:00 - 9:50 am

Rm 301 (Rambaran), Rm 308 (Tavares)

10:00 - 10:25 am

JK/SK

10:40 - 11:25 am

Rm 205 (Amaral), Rm 208 (Craig), Rm 210 (Davidson), Rm 209 (Capitao)

12:40 - 1:30 pm

Rm 213 (McKenzie), Rm 200 (Madonia), Rm 212 (Higgins)

1:40 - 2:30 pm

Rm 300 (Cooley), Rm 202 (Lee), Rm 203 (Davis)

2:40 - 3:05 pm

JK/SK

Pledge forms have been sent home with your children.  Have fun!

Student of the Month Assembly - Changed Date

Please note that the Student of the Month Assembly has been moved to Friday, January 28th and will start at 9:00 am.

Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence

We all know how lucky we are to have our children at McMurrich.  We have amazingly dedicated teachers and wonderful and hard working administrators at the school.  We are sure that you have taken the time to personally appreciate your child's teacher but now you also have the opportunity to "officially" appreciate someone at the school who you feel is very special.

You have the opportunity to nominate a teacher, or administrator of the school through the Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence.

There are six different categories, recognizing a range of people and skills.

• Teacher of the Year
• New Teacher of the Year
• Excellent Support Staff
• Excellence in Leadership
• Team of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement

Please visit ontario.ca/teachingawards to learn more.  The deadline is January 31, 2011.  Thank you for taking the time to say THANK YOU, in a very official way, to the teachers and administrators of McMurrich!

Home & School Meeting - Dec 15th Minutes

The last Home & School meeting involved a great brainstorming session with the Fun Fair Committee.  Please click here to see the minutes of this meeting. 

Please join us for the next meeting on Tuesday, January 25th starting at 7:00 pm in the Staff Lounge.  As always, free child care will be held in the Kinder room (103).

Next Home & School Meeting Jan 25th - Agenda

Just a reminder that our next Home & School meeting is next Tuesday, January 25th.  All parents and staff are welcome and as always we will have free child care in the Kindergarten room 103.  The meeting starts at 7:00 pm and will be held in the Staff Lounge on the second floor.  Below is our agenda for the evening:

• Welcome and Introductions
• Guest speaker, Christ Broadbent, Manager of Occupational Health & Safety
• Chris will speak with us about TDSB Emergency First Aid Protocols
• Principal Mary Anne Davis' Report
• Chair's Report
• Protocols for booking space in the gym for special events
• Invitation to School Council Appreciation & Information evening
• People for Education Survey
• Wychwood Barns School Social
• 100 Year Anniversary Planning
• Other Business

If you would like to add any items to the agenda please let us know at the Home & School Chairs Email or at the beginning of the meeting.  We look forward to seeing you!

Intermural Ring Hockey Schedule (Grades 5/6)

Please check the Sports calender for the schedule for Intermural Ring Hockey for Grades 5 and 6.  The games run from January 19th until February 10th and are held at lunch in the gym.  Parent spectators are welcome - join us in the gym at 11:30 am!

Swimming Classes for Grades 2-6 Reminder

Don't forget swimming classes are continuing at the Winona School pool.   Make sure you bring your swimsuit, towel and plastic bag to your swimming classes.  Below is a summary of the swimming classes coming up:

Room 212:  Jan 3, 12, 27, Feb 1, 10

Rooms 203 & 201:  Dec 15, Jan 12, 17, 27, Feb 10

Room 308:  Feb 15, 28, Mar 21, 24, Apr 4

Room 301:  Feb 28, Mar 3, 21, Apr 4, 7

Room 300:  Apr 18, 21, May 4, 18, Jun 3

Room 202: Apr 18, May 4, 9, 18, Jun 17

Rooms 209 & 210 (Grade 2s only):  May 25, Jun 3, 8, 17, 22

December Golden Shoe Award and PE Students of the Month

Congratulations to the new owners of the Primary and Junior Golden Shoe Awards!  The school completed a fantastic 76,452 burpees with the most burpees per student going to:

Primary - Rm 212 (Ms. Higgins)

Junior - Rm 202 (Ms. Lee)

The challenge for January is Side Squats!

Congratulations to the December PE Students of the month!  

Primary - Jordan (Rm 210)

Junior - Abigail (Rm 308)