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First day of school - no homework for students but....

Parents' Homework: 

Please fill in forms and 

return them to school 

with agenda money.

Thanks, Mrs L.T.

Welcome!

Hope everyone has had an enjoyable summer. Let's start the new school year with enthusiasm and positive thoughts. 

We welcome Miss Ruffolo, a student teacher from the Faculty of Education at UOIT (University of Ontario Institute of Technology). She will be observing our class during this first week and will return in October for a three week placement. We look forward to working and learning with her. 

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This year we'll be creating and using our own writer's notebooks and writing portfolios. Each student will need a 1" binder, any colour or pattern, new or used in good condition.

From Pen Pals to True Friendship

Have you ever had the experience of meeting a friend or relative, in person for the first time, after getting to know them from a distance? It is an interesting feeling - a combination of the familiar and the unexpected.

Last school year we very much enjoyed writing to and receiving letters, pictures and more from our pen pals in the village of Missaglia, Italy.  Learning about them, their school and community made me want to go and visit.  I wrote to Ms Panzeri with the idea and she was as excited as I was at the thought of getting to meet each other “in real life”.

On Thursday 31 July, after spending two weeks in France and Switzerland my husband and I took the train from Zermatt to Monza, Italy where we stayed overnight. The next morning, we took a bus to Missaglia, which took about half an hour.  Ms Panzeri met my husband and I at the bus stop in town.  We recognized each other right away.

Our first adventure was a walking tour of Missaglia.  There was a wedding going on in the local church but we snuck in to take a peak, being careful not to photo bomb their official photographs.  Next we went to the school which like King George PS was closed for summer break.  We were very lucky that the head caretaker kindly agreed to let us go in for a brief look around. We got to see their classroom and schoolyard and even some of their art projects.

Next, Ms Panzeri drove us to a nearby hill town called Montevecchia. Despite the hot, humid weather we walked up the 174 steps to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.  The views from the top are stunning.  Ms Panzeri had made a lunch reservation for us at the beautiful Ristorante Maggioni Montevecchia.  The décor is rustic and the scenery amazing.  I ordered the beetroot gnocchi which was delightful.  We enjoyed chatting over coffee and lemon sorbeto. For me it was interesting to hear that teaching in a small town in northern Italy has a lot in common with teaching in Toronto.

After our wonderful lunch, we went to Ms Panzeri’s house where we met her husband, son and daughter.  Neither of us could believe that after almost a year of corresponding by letter and email that I was really there in her home.  We exchanged gifts – I gave her a box of maple leaf shaped cookies flavoured with maple syrup and a book about Toronto and Niagara Falls.  I hope this inspires her to come and visit us sometime.  Ms Panzeri gave me a lovely sunflower wall plaque made by THUN pottery in Bolzano, Italy.  It will hang in my kitchen to remind me of our friendship and the wonderful day Ms Panzeri treated us to in Missaglia.  

In Ms Panerzi’s card she quoted the philosopher Epicuro: “Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship “. In her own words she added, “Life is a surprise! I hope you’ll remember your Italian friend forever”.

I certainly will. J

How Not To Get Bored Over the Summer Holiday by Room 13 Students

	Indoor	Outdoor
Alone	1.        Bake cookies or cupcakes 2.        Draw from your imagination 3.        Play on the computer 4.        Watch TV 5.        Listen to music 6.        Play video games 7.        Sketch something you see 8.        Read 9.        Do crafts 10.     Go to the gym 11.     Read magazines 12.     Paint a landscape 13.     Sleep 14.     Learn a magic/card trick 15.     Make up a new game 16.     Rainbow loom 17.     Make greeting cards 18.     Play Solitaire 19.     Make a scrapbook 20.     Write a letter or email 21.     Make up riddles 22.     Create a dance routine 23.     Sew 24.     Make a book	25.     Walk a dog 26.     Do gymnastics 27.     Jump/skip rope 28.     Go for a walk or run 29.     Cut the grass or do yard work 30.     Read 31.     Shoot hoops with basketball 32.     Relax on front porch and eat a freezie 33.     Play street hockey 34.     Go for a walk 35.     Plant some flowers 36.     Create a new sport 37.     Make a YouTube video 38.     Sleep in a hammock 39.     Practice juggling 40.     Blow bubbles 41.     Teach your pet some tricks 42.     Play horseshoes 43.     Practice cartwheels or hand stands 44.     Make sand castles and sculptures 45.     Ride your bike 46.     Go scootering 47.     Play outside in the rain
With Others	48.     Play cards 49.     Go shopping 50.     Watch a movie 51.     Play games like hangman 52.     Phone or text someone 53.     Swim in a pool 54.     Play Minecraft 55.     Have a Nerf battle 56.     Play musical instruments 57.     Play board games 58.     Dodge Ball 59.     Play “I Am The King/Queen” 60.     Competitive hockey 61.     Go  Go-karting 62.     Play Lego 63.     Make lemonade 64.     Play basketball 65.     Do a science experiment 66.     Play Yatzee 67.     Throw a party 68.     Play tic-tac-toe 69.     Play hide-and-seek 70.     Put on a play	71.     Go skateboarding 72.     Have a water gun fight 73.     Play Frisbee 74.     Play Volleyball or beach volleyball 75.     Have a soccer game 76.     Swim at the beach 77.     Hang with friends 78.     Play Baseball (for fun or competitively) 79.     Play tag (team tag, frozen tag) 80.     Capture the flag 81.     Have a conversation 82.     Go to an amusement park 83.     Kayak/Canoe 84.     Have a hula hoop contest 85.     Go in-line skating 86.     Have a sleep-over 87.     Travel 88.     Have a game of Football 89.     Play on the play scape or at the park 90.     Go berry picking 91.     Play Red A 92.     Go Camping 93.     Play Whiffle ball 94.     Go for a nature walk 95.     Play Cops & Robbers 96.     Have a yard sale 97.     Go on a picnic 98.     Have a race 99.     Waterski 100.  Go tubing 101.  Play badminton