The Ford government's Education Consultation is underway and closes on December 15th. 

It is important the government hears from anyone who is invested in the education of our and future children so that we encourage and/or continue to receive adequate funding, planning and relevant curriculum for our students and schools.

The Ministry uses this information "for the purpose of education policy development including curriculum development, program and service planning, evaluation, and resource allocation as well as research and statistical activity related to education."
Click here to access the online survey or consider making an open submission. 

Consulation Topics Include:

• Improving student performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• Preparing students with needed job skills, such as skilled trades and coding
• Improving provincial standardized testing
• Ensuring students graduate with important life skills, including financial literacy
• Managing the use of technology in classrooms, such as cell phones
• Building a new age-appropriate Health and Physical Education curriculum that includes subjects like mental health, sexual health education and the legalization of cannabis
• Developing the first-ever Parents’ Bill of Rights

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Fix Our Schools "aim to continue to build our network and, in doing so, capture the interest of more politicians and lobby those in power to work together to ensure that all Ontario students attend school in buildings that are safe, health and well-maintained."

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The Scholastic Book Fair is on!

Tuesday: Recesses, Lunch and after school 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Wednesday: Recesses, Lunch and after school 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Thursday: Recesses, Lunch and after school 3:15 pm - 7:00 pm

Friday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Fair will be open during Parent/Teacher interviews.

DYK: there are lots of ongoing contests for kids and classrooms at

https://canadaclubs.scholastic.ca/s/rco-ca/en/contests

Clairlea Spirit Wear is now available!

Order your Spirit Wear HERE


All items will be delivered directly to the school.

Size samples are available at the school in the front office.

DEADLINE DATE: SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2018

Consultation: Education in Ontario

The Ontario Government wants your feedback on the Ontario education curriculum and the first-ever Parents’ Bill of Rights.

"Our goal is to prepare Ontario students for success, improve their academic achievement and equip them with the tools needed to enter the working world."

"We’re consulting with parents across the province to address concerns and get feedback in several areas of the education system."

Make your voice heard. Click here to provide feedback via an online survey, an open submission or a telephone town hall. 

Consultation closing date: December 15, 2018

https://www.ontario.ca/page/for-the-parents

Clairlea School Council - Meeting in Minutes Oct.18

Hello Clairlea Families!

This years Halloween Howl was another huge success!
Thank you to all the parent and student volunteers for making it all happen.

Here are a few notes from the latest Council meeting.
The full minutes can be seen here.

Clairlea Music!
Thanks to the generous contribution from Council the music program has been able to purchase 10 additional ukuleles, fix the tuba and help produce the upcoming Suessical musical.

Clairlea Reads Book Club is starting again with Because of Mr. Terupt, by Rob Buyea. Book Club is asking it's members for a $5 donation fee (optional) to help fund this and future book clubs and prizes. The goal this year is to have 2 Bookclubs.

Healthy, Happy Kids

Research is being done to support Mental Health for our students by providing a “Calm Down Corner” or “Chill Space” within the school for students to cool down, be active and relieve stress in a safe space when needed. Inclusive of all grades. We'd love to hear your input!

Facilities
A new stop sign and painted stop line are in effect on Edge Park Ave.
Fencing along Edge Park/school yard will remain up for the winter to protect turf.

Upcoming Events: 

• Spirit Day/Costume Chaos: October 31st
• Scholastic Book Fair: November (Date TBA)
• Remembrance Day Assembly: Nov. 9th. 2 assemblies (K-4, 5-8)
• PA Day: November 16
• 2018 Holiday Concert: In-house this year over 2 evenings. Kindies will have theirs in the afternoon as usual.
• Symphony Trip (Winter date TBA)

Please refer to the whiteboard outside the office to see the week-at-a-glance activity schedule.

The Clairlea Fun Fair is coming!

Save the date: June 21st! THE CLAIRLEA FUN FAIR IS COMING!!

5:30PM-8:30PM.

Come out and support your school!

A message from the Chair: 

Dear Clairlea Families….

Our Annual Clairlea Funfair is 21 days away! We hope to see everyone there on Thursday, June 21st from 5:30-8:30 pm.  Bring your neighbours, friends and family, teammates all are welcome.  All revenue generated from the Clairlea Funfair will go towards the Clairlea Mental Health and Wellness Plan.  Please see below how you can help to make the Funfair a Success.  We really need many adult volunteers to run the event so please consider volunteering for a few hours to make this a success.  If you are donating items please drop them off at the school office and send us a note to let us know it’s there.  Email us at Clairleacouncil@gmail.com. 

LEGO COMPETITION AT THE FUNFAIR..

We are bringing back our 2nd annual Clairlea Lego competition!  Attention all Lego fans we are having a competition and all you need to do is build a Lego creation starting NOW.  We have a required theme this year which is “kindness”.  Build your favorite scene and make sure it fits within the theme.  You cannot build your Lego contest entry from a kit or any instructions it must be something you create fully on your own (no parents help please).  You can use any pieces of Lego you like and combine different Lego.  Once you have created your Lego masterpiece bring it to the funfair and enter it into the Lego competition and the judges will determine the winner on the night of the funfair.  We look forward to seeing the Lego creations!

PLEASE HELP MAKE THE FUNFAIR A SUCCESS!!!!! WHAT CAN YOU DO……

1.       Make a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room, drop cakes off on the day of funfair.  Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

2.       Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 21st for any of the Fun Fair activities, we really need people to run the bouncy castles.  Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

3.       Donate a basket or items that we can include in a basket to be raffled off at the funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

4.       Donate an item or service for the Silent Auction, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

5.       Make a cash donation to sponsor part of the Clairlea Funfair, email Clairleacouncil@gmail.com

6.       Purchase a spot for $25.00 in our Clairlea Funfair Market to sell your homemade items or services, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to make a reservation.

7.       Donate little candy-filled jars/bags and large lollipops to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

8.       Help us advertise the Funfair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

9.       Donate costumes that we can use in our Superhero Dress up room at the Funfair, drop off items to the school office. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

10.    Do you want to help but don’t know what you could do, please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com

11.    Come enjoy the BBQ and have dinner at the Funfair!

What will you see at the Funfair?  Come see your favourite teacher at the Funfair!

We have some new items as well as returning favourites to the Funfair this year.  Some items include, The Rock Wall, Cake Walk Room, Raffle Basket/Silent Auction, Obstacle Course, Big Slide, Super Hero Room, Freezies, Delicious BBQ (Burgers and Hot Dogs, Halal and non Halal and Chicken options),  Fire Truck, Bouncy Castle, Clairlea Vendor Market, Lollipop Pull, Mounted Police, First Aid and Baby Care Station and much, much more…..

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!

HOW TO REACH US…

If you would like to unsubscribe to this email (we hope you don’t) or know someone that would like to be added to the distribution list please send a request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  We would like to hear your feedback and suggestions.  You can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the School Council blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com, or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.

Clairlea Fun Fair June 21 - save the date!

Save the date for Clairlea's annual Fun Fair!

Thursday, June 21, 2018

5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 

Funds raised will go towards the Clairlea Mental Health and Wellness plan (more information to come). 

Adult volunteers and raffle donations are needed. Please email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to help!

Mindful parenting workshop - May 2 at SATEC

My apologies for the late notice on this one.

Mindful Parenting Presentation
Wednesday May 2

Workshop: 7:00 p.m.
Practice and questions: 8:00 p.m.

SATEC @W.A. Porter
40 Fairfax Cres

Clairlea road safety meeting - May 9

There will be a road safety meeting at Clairlea on Wednesday, May 9th at 7:00 p.m.

Many Clairlea neighbourhood families have expressed safety concerns about the traffic patterns and driver behaviour in and around Rosalind Crescent. 

Many people have initiated contact with law enforcement or the city or have made other attempts to resolve the issues. This meeting will bring together all those who are concerned to review what has been done and determine a positive plan as a united group and move forward towards a resolution. 

All are welcome.

Social media workshop - Wednesday Feb 21

The School Council invites all Clairlea Parents to attend a Free “Must See” evening with Paul Davis at Clairlea P.S.  on Wednesday February 21 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

Paul Davis has been featured on CTV News, CBC, Global TV and Breakfast Television educating children and empowering parents about the topic of Social Networking Safety.  Paul has presented to over 400,000 parents, students and schools across North America. 

He will discuss: 

SNAPCHAT, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, SMARTPHONE AND DIGITAL TRAILS, CYBERBULLYING, TEXTING, SEXTING, ONLINE GAMING AND ONLINE SECURITY.

Please see the flyer for details and make time to attend this parents (13+) evening with Paul Davis. 

Paul will also be speaking with grade 4-8 students at Clairlea during the day on February 21^st.

Visit www.Socialnetworkingsafety.net for more information about Paul Davis.