Norwood District Public School

A sneak peek into our halls!

Our halls are lined with our new snowshoes and they are a huge hit!

We now have a 14th basket added to our raffle. Tickets are still available using school cash on-line. We will draw for a winner one week from today!

Winter Raffle for 13 themed baskets is up and running! Please purchase tickets on School Cash On-Line.

What an incredible opportunity for our younger students to participate in banana bruising with UK artist, Anna Chojnicka. Hosted by Mrs. Merrin, our students created their own edible art.

Happy Halloween!

April Fool silliness was in full force today in one of our classrooms. The newest platform of Google Smell was released which provides users with the added experience of smelling what they are researching. It was nice to see how innocent these kids truly are as they all sniffed their computers and then rated the scent potency. We hope that our followers enjoy this story as we enter a beautiful long weekend. We will see you all on Tuesday!

Here are some pictures of students testing their designed and created kites! Mrs. Hawkes brought in a large kite that students used to experiment with flight. They also made their own kites which some of them soon learned that inventions come with many fails before they become masterpieces!

Time is flying! Here is our April Newsletter with some additional information from our School Council. They now have a facebook page that you can follow - NDPS Parent Council

Please let the school know if one of these items belong to your child. Hopefully they find their owners soon!

Here is a peek into our building for the month of December.

December Newsletter is here!

Letters and Art going to Long Term Care Residents with love from Ms. Stanley, Mrs. McMillan, Mrs. Fioritti, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Wynne, Ms. Koller and Mrs. Hawkes classes!

Check out these adorable pieces of art work!

Inclement Weather School Closures The KPR Board has made an important change to how we handle inclement weather days (snow days) this winter. We wish to let all families know that schools will be closed on inclement weather days this year, to protect student health. We know school closures are an inconvenience and hardship for parents and families. Ultimately, however, we must ensure student well-being at all times. To meet public health requirements and maintain student heal...th, we are not able to combine groups or cohorts of students who attend school when buses are cancelled. We also cannot ensure that our schools would have enough staff on-site during snow days to safely supervise the much smaller groups of students in their existing cohorts. Therefore, if all buses are cancelled to a school, a region of schools or all schools board-wide, those schools will be closed for the day. More specifically: when ALL buses are cancelled across the entire board, ALL schools will be closed for the day when ALL buses are cancelled within a specific geographic region of the board, such as the Municipality of Clarington, Northumberland County or Peterborough County, schools in that region only will be closed for the day and, finally, if ALL buses are cancelled for a specific school or group of schools, only that school or group of schools will be closed for the day. When only a few buses are cancelled, or buses are delayed, schools will remain open. Schools will provide learning for students to work at home on these days in a variety of ways, either through previously assigned or new work through the classroom teachers’ regular communication platforms, based on the age and grade of the students. Virtual elementary and secondary school programming on snow days will continue as normal. We will inform families of school closures on snow days in several ways, including local news media, on www.kprschools.ca, through our social media channels (@kprschools on Twitter and Facebook), and by email or text from SchoolMessenger. Please ensure that your school has up-to-date contact information for you, so that we can text or email you directly about what is happening at your child’s or teen’s school. You can sign up for our direct text service by sending a text message to 978338 with the message of Y or Yes. For further information, please see the letter emailed to all families November 25 from Director of Education Jennifer Leclerc, or visit www.kprschools.ca

Students in Mrs. Hawkes room have been experimenting with micro bits. They have been coding to make the micro bits write encouraging messages and to track their steps by creating wristbands out of duct tape and attaching them to their wrists. They then took their learning outside to test their coding skills by walking the yard to see how many steps they took in a certain amount of time. This was an opportunity for students to teach the Principal and they loved it!

Hot off the press! This will also be emailed tonight. Stay well!

Today we held our first virtual assembly where all students in our building could safely participate. Being our first virtual assembly we do have some kinks to work out but our hope is to bring future assembly's to you live.

Today Mrs. Merrill's grade 2 class and Mrs. McParlan's grade 1/2 students laid their painted rocks at the Cenotaph.

A peek into our junior classrooms.

Welcome to our Primary Hall for the month of October and November. There is so much beautiful art work to capture!

Take a look at our virtual lost & found pictures. If something is yours, let us know and we will send it home.

Norwood is having a community pumpkin carving contest.

Peterborough Public Health is inviting local parents and caregivers to join a live online conversation with Medical Officer of Health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra to address frequently asked questions relating to schools and preventing the spread of COVID-19. This virtual event will take place on Monday, October 26 from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. using MS Teams. Registration information is available on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/schools-covid-19-virtual-live-p.

Newsletter 9 from last week.

Coding with Mrs.Hawkes!

Kids being kids!

Lot's of outdoor activity today for Terry Fox and of course, some more art creations bringing the outdoors inside.

Our halls have come to life with student art and since we are not allowed visitors, we are bringing the pictures to you.

Newsletter 8 has arrived and with it comes some good news about indoor shoes and picture day!

Mrs. McParlan's grade 1 and 2 students are hard at work representing numbers, creating patterns and reading outside. Lot's of good learning going on, it sure is nice to be back!

Mrs. Stanley & Mrs. Perdue's class have been exploring colour-matching in nature. Mrs. McMillan & Ms.Bierworth's class have been sketching the changing trees in our yard (painting to follow next week).

Hot off the Press! It will be sent to your emails later tonight. Thank you for all of your support!

If you have any questions about Masks read our Mask Protocol, http://www.kprschools.ca//k/documents/FaceMaskProtocol.pdf specifically, 3.4 - Masks must be reusable cloth with ear loops or ties on the head or surgical masks.

We have a cute dinosaur mask that needs to find its owner. Let us know!

Here is our latest Newsletter. It has also been sent to your emails. We missed one piece of information - Please remember to send a back up face mask to school with your child... maybe even a back up to the back up :)

When we find masks we hang them in our new L&F which is guarded by our safety wolf. Is your child missing one? Let us know!

Nothing like starting the day outside in our newest outdoor classroom examining Sunflowers. Mrs. Stanley has a wonderful group of happy kids who are so excited to learn!

Director Leclerc shared the attached resources with parents last week. Please take some time and read the attachments and remember to complete the screening tool every day before school.

Our 5th Newsletter went to your emails last Friday. Here is a copy in case you missed it.

Hello Norwood Families! Please check your junk folders for information from your child's teacher. Every teacher has reached out to their families and some have not heard back from you yet. Thanks!

In case you missed our 4th Newsletter - A very important one that outlines everything you need to know for re-entry.

A short video is being sent out tomorrow to your email. Please take some time and watch it with your child. This is another layer of communication which we believe will help make the transition back to school easier for all of us! Keep an eye on your email on Tuesday!

Step by step, we are putting together small pieces to make a big plan. We are spending a lot of time moving furniture and rearranging classrooms. We are walking the building and talking about procedures and processes for supervision - still the trickiest piece of our puzzle. We are considering how we are going to use our outdoor space for student learning. Step by step we will have things to tell you and information to share but, we've got this!

In case you missed our News updates, here are the last 2 letters that were emailed to everyone. We are doing our best to communicate as often as we can, we hope this helps.

Thank you to Drain Bros. Inc for taking this idea and making it a reality. Our students and staff are going to have a great time using their 2 new outdoor classrooms!

Norwood Newsletter 1 & 2 has been sent to all families. Please check your email!