Monday, March 19, 2018

Attention Parents 
There is a follow-up to the movie "Screenagers," that was held at Sir John A. MacDonald School on March 14th.  Please feel free to read the document and discuss it with your family.



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Thursday, March 22 is an Early Dismissal Day
School ends at 1:25 pm 

Parent Conferences will be held the evening of Thursday, March 22 and the morning of Friday, March 23.
Please book a conference using the conference booking link on the Thorncliffe School Website.

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Wednesday, March 21 is Fun Lunch 


Monday, March 12, 2018


Tuesday, March 13th


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Scholastic Book Fair
Coming to Thorncliffe School!



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Fun Lunch
-Fri, March 16 is the LAST to order online for March Fun Lunch
and scroll to Healthy Hunger
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Friday, March 9, 2018

Please remember to set your clocks ahead 1 hour before you go to bed Saturday evening.

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Students have been learning about various domestic animals in French.  They had to create an animal using at least 5 different animals.  Here are some early examples of the creatures they have begun to create.




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Your child's Subtraction assessment came home today!!

Wednesday, March 7, 2018




Reminder - There will be an assessment given to students tomorrow on Subtraction.  They will be assessed on subtraction with and without regrouping, as well as word problems involving subtraction.

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The addition test that was completed this week came home today.  Please sign and return the test if there is a highlighted  "Pls. sign and return" message on the top right corner of the assessment.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Today in Technology we learned about "The Power of Words."

We watched a video about cyberbullying and using hurtful words online.

Your child needs to complete the two page worksheet and have it initialed by a parent/guardian.  Please return the completed sheets for tomorrow.

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We will have another subtraction assessment this Thursday.  It will include both calculation and problem solving questions involving regrouping.  Please refer to the math resource page for practice!!

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Parents and students from Thorncliffe School are invited to attend a special screening of:
“Screen Agers – Growing Up in The Digital Age”
When:  Wed, March 14th at 6:00 pm
Where: Sir John A. McDonald School 6600 4th Street NW
*Free

Friday, March 2, 2018

Stay safe and warm with all the snow expected this weekend.

There will be an addition assessment on Monday, March 5.  Please visit the Math Resources page for additional practice.

Students today were working through a math problem.  Here is the challenge.






Community Event


For more information, please visit the Highland Park Community Association website

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Today we talked about Alberta's special places. Some of these places are protected by the UNESCO world heritage organization. We talked ...