The excitement around the school for the grades 1 – 4 skating trips, Pyjama Day tomorrow and the Sing-a-long Assembly with Santa, and of course two weeks of “sleeping in” has been palpable this week. Please remind your child to take home any needed items tomorrow to assist our caretaking staff with the thorough cleaning process over the break. […]
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Principal’s Message
The first Allenby Showcase of the school year was a great success last evening. The new sounds system helped to make an immense improvement to the overall presentation. The Free the Children students were also very appreciative of all of the support for their fundraising efforts for The Toronto Foundation For Student Success. Also just […]
First Showcase of the Year
Allenby is very excited to be preparing for our first Showcase using the new audio equipment purchased by the APA. We are looking for any technically-minded parents or guardians who are interested in helping out with the equipment at our Showcase performances on December 10, January 21 and April 1. A trained technician will be providing […]
Free the Children Fundraiser
Dear Allenby Parents, Our annual Free the Children Fundraisers are coming up! The Allenby Free the Children group is a team of grade 6 leaders that put together numerous activities to donate to both global and local initiatives. Our current local initiatives include: TOY DRIVE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY: Please donate newly bought or unopened toys, books or gift […]
Kindergarten Registration
The dates for Kindergarten Registration will be on Thursday, February 5 and Friday, February 6 in the Lunchroom between 9:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The French Immersion SK registration is due online Friday, December 5.
Financial Literacy Presentation with RBC
Last week, Michael Budd, an RBC representative, came to share financial literacy knowledge with our grade 6 students. Don’t be surprised if questions are asked at the dinner table about financial planning and RESPs. The students were very pleased to accept a donation of $500 from RBC for the Allenby FUNd Hard for the School […]
Principal’s Message
“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore” (Christopher Columbus). I don’t think that our grade 5 and 6 students lost sight of the Toronto shoreline while on the ferry to the Island School, however, we hope that they were able to stretch their limits and […]
Allenby Hockey Tryouts
A reminder that tryouts for the Allenby Hockey team for Grades 4, 5 and 6 are on Tuesday, December 2 at 8 a.m. and Thursday, December 4 at noon at North Toronto Arena.
Principal’s Message
The Ministry is looking for one parent (or a group of parents) from each elementary school to answer a survey about a proposed update to the current sex education curriculum which was written in 1998. The Ministry’s plan is to distribute the survey in the next few weeks. If you are interested in forming a […]
Principal’s Message
The Allenby Remembrance Day Assembly was a very moving event for the school with the presence of Major Kris Purdy and Major Josh Riley from the Canadian Armed Forces. Several classes performed (rooms 002, 102, 103, 114, 204, 214) and four students (Jake H., Marianne T., Jack A., Kate G.) were very competent Masters of […]