This Week at Sunnybrae PS - Dec. 18 to 22, 2023
Posted on 12/15/2023

This Week at Sunnybrae PS – Dec. 18 to 22, 2023

Principal’s Message:  As you may know, the Right to Read Inquiry was released last year and Recommendation 40 states that, “School boards should immediately begin implementing measures/resources/programs/guides/training to provide mandatory explicit, systematic and direct instruction in foundational word-reading skills including phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding and word study.”  To this end, Sunnybrae implemented the UFLI program in every class in our primary division last year.  This program “targets the following foundational reading skills: phoneme blending and segmentation practice, accuracy and automaticity of grapheme-phoneme correspondences, decoding automaticity of words with previously learned concepts, and explicit introduction of new concepts.” This year, we have assessed our junior and intermediate students to determine who would benefit from intervention using the UFLI program and are running groups to support their needs.  All students have the right to read and we are determined to provide the necessary support to help them succeed.  Thanks to Ms. Barnes-Simmonds, Mrs. Speare, Ms. Dennis and Mrs. Lawrence for their efforts to get this program rolling at Sunnybrae. 

This week:

  • Dec. 18th: Holiday Concert Performance 1 (Gunson, Walker, Simmonds, Sedenger, Greatrex, Monger, Butcher, Evelyn) at 1:50 pm
  • Dec. 18th: Red & Green Day
  • Dec. 18th: Gr. 2’s to Simcoe County Museum (Rescheduled date)
  • Dec. 18th: Purdy’s Chocolate Pick Up 3:30 to 5:00 pm
  • Dec. 19th: Holiday Concert Performance 2 Speare, Lee, Kell, Johnstone, Grimes, Thompson, Dennis, Lamore) at 1:50 pm
  • Dec. 19th: Comfy clothes day
  • Dec. 20th: Trip to Cineplex to see Wonka (LC Misener/Johnstone/Grimes/Simmonds classes)
  • Dec. 20th: Fun sock day
  • Dec. 21st: Holiday Dance Fundraiser
  • Dec. 21st: Chess Tournament 3:30-5:00 in gym (Student’s with permission)
  • Dec. 22nd: Hat Day

Upcoming:

  • Dec. 25, 2023, to January 5, 2024 Winter Break - No School
  • Gr. 8 Information night at Nantyr Shores SS 6:00 to 7:30 pm

Holiday Concert

Monday December 18th @ 1:50 (Performances will be from the following classes: Gunson, Walker, Simmonds, Sedenger, Greatrex, Monger, Butcher, Evelyn)

Tuesday December 19th @ 1:50 (Performances will be from the following classes: Speare, Lee, Kell, Johnstone, Grimes, Thompson, Dennis, Lamore)

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