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The students got creative in Hebrew class this week and wrote some songs about Pesach. Wishing everyone a wonderful Pesach Chag Sameach

Miguel made this iMovie to thank Spartacat for visiting our class last week. We sent it to Spartacat and the Sens in Schools Foundation today, and they absolutely loved it!

Chag Samaech! Happy Poem in My Pocket Day! The Grade 2 students celebrated Poem in My Pocket Day by using Flipgrid to share their favourite poems. Please feel free to add your favourite poem to the grid. It's as easy as 1 2 3!...

Grade 3 did an amazing job with their Seder! We are so proud of the whole class! A beautiful morning with wonderfully enthusiastic singing, well-rehearsed acting and a fantastic use of English and Hebrew. They also performed their play to the residents of Hillel Lodge....

The week started off very excitingly! We had Mrs.Cleveland and we worked on how to problem solve by using an organized list. One time every week Mrs.Cleveland comes to our class and we learn one different way to problem solve every time. Guess what? OJCS is now the only school that is teaching their students how to problem solve. I think that is SUPER cool! When Mrs.Cleveland started doing this she only did it with the older grades but now she’s doing it with us. Then we had an indoor recess and we had lots of fun in the gym!...

Hi my name is Benny and I am blogger of the week! In French we do the blue book when you’re finished all the work in class. You make a wordsearch in French with all the new words you have learnt. In the morning when we have french we always do the blue book. It can also be fun sometimes. ...

As you know, April is Poetry Month. Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day; an international movement that encourages people all over the world to carry a poem in their pocket and share it with people throughout their day.  For Poem In Your Pocket Day, we are sharing some of our favourite poems that we have read in class this month. Throughout the afternoon, the Grade 1 students will be sharing their poems on Flip Grid. We encourage you to please visit our class grid and share a video of yourself! Join the #FlipGridFever for #PocketPoem Day!...

OJCS is the award recipient of the TELUS and WE Schools 'Rise Above' Kindness Award for our dedication to fostering a community of kindness! The $1500 donation was awarded to OJCS in recognition of our commitment to making our classrooms and school community a safe, inclusive, and friendly environment for all students. How have we done this? Our OJCS 'Community of Kindness' week in November (formerly called 'Bullying Prevention Week'). One of our school goal's this year is for students to develop the skills to have healthy and respectful peer relationships. You can read more about the week here: http://ojcsstudentlife.edublogs.org/2018/11/28/ojcs-community-of-kindness-week-hevei-na-im/  Another initiative is that we created our own '7 Habits of Kindness' prototype team who have focused on weaving Stephen Covey's 7 Habits from his book 'The Leader in Me' into our school culture. The 7 Habits focus on developing the character of each person- read more about it here. This has included initiatives such as our monthly assemblies to introduce each habit and sharing resources and teacher PD around the 7 Habits. Each month Dr.Mitzmacher blogs about the 'Habit of Kindness' we are focusing on. Discussions around the importance of being kind toward one another continues to be part of our curriculum- Mrs.Thompson and the grade 5 class completed a class novel study on the book 'Wonder'. The students had to complete a WONDERful Acts of Kindness Challenge where students were challenged to complete 4 random acts of kindness. When students completed their act, they gave that person a 'Pay It Forward' card in hopes that the person who received the card would carry out there own act of kindness. Collaborating with Shannon LaValley from JFS, many of our students have participated in 'Kindness' workshops throughout the year to learn more about the importance of being kind and developing each of the 7 Habits....

Hello Grade 3 students (and parents) Just a reminder that tomorrow is a Dress Down Day for Beit Halochem Canada - remember to bring in your loonies and toonies! If you would like more resources about the cause, please visit their website: https://beithalochem.ca/...

Shalom Parents of Kitah Gimel, Hope you are doing well and enjoying the nice weather (finally!) As you know, our class has been working on our “roots” project this year. The first part of our project was to get to know ourselves and our immediate family. For the second part of our project we will be working on our Jewish “roots”. Students will be going home with a questionnaire to interview their respective families about their family histories and where they came from. Students will be receiving the questionnaire this week. Please return the form by Thursday May 2, 2019. ...

The month of April is quickly coming to an end! This week our middle school speech writers should be completing their rough drafts of their speeches. The conclusion paragraph due date has been pushed back a day (now Thursday 4/18). Feedback will be coming in waves throughout the week. Today we reviewed how to properly cite our sources. Students will be required to create a Works Cited page at the end of their speech. In-text citations will also be inserted to avoid plagiarism. Please remember to use MLA format for the in-text citations and Works Cited page. ...

Just a reminder that the Kindergarten classes will be having their model seder tomorrow. We have told the children that if they would like to dress up for this they are welcome to do so. Please note it is not a Dress Down Day. If you would rather not dress in good clothes, please wear your uniform. As well please send the food required that was in a previous blog....

The grade 6 class has almost finished their study of the Jewish Life Cycle. Students are being asked to read and respond to the following questions regarding comforting and supporting mourners within the community. This assignment needs to be completed be the end of the period tomorrow. You can either make a copy of the document below or answer the questions by hand. Comforting a Mourning Assignment Link...

Thursday April 18, 2019 - Digestive System Quiz Outline  ...

On Monday we had Gym and we got to do a warm up game of octopus, and after that we played a game of four corner dodgeball. after We had French after Gym. En français nous jouons un jeu de payday, et la classe de core a joué  un jeu et lu un livre. Translation: In French we played a game of Payday and the core class played a game in a book. During Math class Mrs. Cleveland came in and did some problem solving with us....

Today we read Ch. 9 of Lord of the Flies in class. As we continue to progress through the novel, we are continuing to analyze various themes. The assignment attached below is due on Thursday. Please remember that you need to write a minimum of two paragraphs. You also need to refer back to the book and provide specific examples....

Shalom kitah Dalet, I hope you all took advantage of the beautiful "Aviv" day we had yesterday and spent time outdoors :)....