The Danceathon next Thursday, March the 8th is run by the Grade 6 Free the Children Leadership group. Grade 6 teams have been visiting classrooms to give the students information about Sierra Leon and about the clean water project that is the focus of this year’s fundraiser. The Free the Children Team work with staff […]
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Spring Showcase
Our next Showcase will be on March 29th. Participating classes are 105, 005, 206, 211, 212, 113, 114, 112, 214, and 215 plus the Junior Choir. The Grade 6 band will perform one piece.
Message from the Principal, February
Here we are in our fourth week back at school since the holidays and February is here! January the character education theme was teamwork, and we have had daily quotes and reminders about teamwork in many different contexts, including working together as a sports team, as a leadership team or club, as a choir, as […]
Leaving School Grounds at Lunch
Parents of students in Grades 5 and 6: Students in these grades who normally stay at school for lunch may be given permission by parents in writing to leave school grounds for lunch. They will not be permitted to call home during the morning, and will only be permitted to leave if there is a […]
February Sports Update
Congratulations to our sports teams as they perform exceptionally well this winter. Mr. Osborne has led the hockey team to a perfect start so far this season. Likewise for Mr. Roberts’ boys’ basketball team. Both teams will advance to the playoffs in mid February. Miss McGee and Mme Payne have the girls’ volleyball team in the gym […]
Math Olympics
Allenby participated in the North West 3 Math Olympics in January. This was the first year of this event and it was so successful, it is likely to be expanded in future years. This year, the participants were in Grades 4 and 5. Unfortunately, we had a very short timeline to prepare. Four students were […]
Kid’s Lit Quiz
This year we are also participating in another Family of Schools event that is a preparation for possible entry into a national event. It is the Kids Lit Quiz. This year, Allenby has the opportunity to send up to two teams (8 students) to Kids Lit Quiz, a national general reading knowledge competition being held […]
Literacy Day at Allenby
On February 29th we will be having a whole school celebration of Literacy, with a visiting story teller named Dez who will do a whole school storytelling performance followed by grade specific workshops on writing or illustration. The Grade 1 and 2 workshop will be in the evening and students will be inviting parents to […]
Boomerang Lunch Is in Effect
We will be reactivating and enforcing our Boomerang Lunch policy this week with the help of our great Grade 5 leaders, that we now call the Boomerang Squad. Daily messages on announcements have been reminding students to bring reusable containers, and to take any garbage home from their lunches. Only milk cartons will be recyclable. […]
January Spirit Day
As the last Friday of the month falls on a PD Day, our next Spirit Day will be Thursday January 26th, with the theme Superheros