Roslyn Review Twenty-seventh Issue, April 28 , 2010 The Making of the Roslyn Review Producing the Roslyn Review was a fun and interesting experience for all of us. We really enjoyed working on it and doing something different for a change. We have learned a lot about publishing a newsletter and all the things you can put into it. Hope you enjoy reading the writings of room 201! Thank you Mr. Krausse! from the principal’s office I t’s hard to believe that we have only two months of school leB. We’ve accomplished so much already and the year is not over yet. There are still many exciting events to look forward to. Many more details about what has been happening at Roslyn can be found in the article from the Governing Board chair. We look forward to seeing you on May 27th for our annual Open House and End‑of‑Year Party. Please look on our web site, as well as in your child’s back pack, for more information. This evening is bound to be a great success as we celebrate another outstanding school year…and there will be a big surprise in the playground for all the children to enjoy. Happy reading! Sara, Aysha, Hannah, Siam, Alex, Nicolas L., Andrea, Fiona and Dakota News from the Governing Board Chair Mr. J. McMorran, principal Ms. T. Spiridigliozzi, vice‑principal There was a man who named his fish 1 and 2. His friend asked him why he named them that. He said: A couple of things that might interest Roslyn parents and children: 1. End of the year party: We’re looking at holding a “hot dog night” in late May or early June to celebrate the Roslyn year, assuming we can get enough parent volunteers to help out. Check your child’s backpack or the Roslyn web site for more information. If 1 dies I’ll still have 2! 2. A move to try and get local public high schools to se8le on a simpler admissions system: Roslyn’s board passed a motion asking the EMSB to explain why three local high schools each need our children to write three different entrance exams and pay three different exam fees to be considered for admission. Our preference is for our students to be admi7ed based on their academic record to date rather than having to write a fleet of exams. That’s how Canada’s universities admit students and they seem to be doing okay. Failing that, one exam with one low fee for all public high schools would at Du Nouveau dans la Classe........................2 least be a moderate improvement. Initial feedback from the EMSB, in Fun from Room 201.....................................3 talking with principals at the three high schools, is not positive. They Roslyn Home and School Association......8 each feel their institution “needs” a special exam. We’ve pointed out Dates for Your Calendar...........................10 that they need to think more child‑centric and less institution‑cen‑ Contents continued on p. 9 page 2 - April 28, 2010 Roslyn Review News from the Classroom Du Nouveau dans la Classe Community Service at Roslyn O Cangrands: Quebec Chapter Thursday June 3rd f you are a grandpar‑ ent raising grandkids or have a kinship fami‑ ly, you will love our group! Our next meeting is on Thursday, June 3rd at 7 pm. We share ideas, plan outings and offer you understand‑ ing for your situation because we’re living it too! 6350 Terrebonne Avenue (cross street Benny) in NDG, call Linda at 514‑733‑4046 I ur grade six students have been commi7ed to and involved in many worthwhile projects so far this year. Our latest participation has been helping Dans La Rue, an organization which helps homeless teenagers and young adults. When asked what was needed, the staffs at Dans La Rue requested socks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and as a spe‑ cial treat, chocolate for the approaching Easter holiday. I am so proud to report that, as usual, the parents, students and staff at Roslyn answered the call with their great generosity. We were able to provide all of the above, as well as a large quantity of health care products and hand knit gloves, socks and hats. As well, $400.00 was collected from our dress‑down day on March 19th, 2010 and will also be donated. The response we received was so overwhelming that a truck was needed to deliver the enormous amount of donated supplies. The grade six students do many jobs in school as well as out in the greater commu‑ nity. So far this year we have serviced The Montreal General Hospital, The Vet‑ erans Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Elizabeth House and now Dans La Rue. Because the staff at Dans La Rue was so touched by our generosity, a guest speaker from the or‑ ganization came in to speak with the grade six students and presented a slideshow on the work done by this won‑ derful group of people. Along with these many causes Roslyn also has many on going projects which we support. Over the last year, in partnership with Free the Children, we have man‑ aged to raise $13,500.00 to help build a school in Kenya. The Haiti Relief effort raised $4300.00 which, when matched by the government, came to $8600.00. The Montreal Children’s Hospital “Shovel Campaign” has risen over $8000.00 to date. This year we also helped raise money for the Lymphoma and Leukemia Foundation to the tune of $650.00 by way of a penny drive. Last but by no means least, over the past 7 years we have raised $149,000.00 in support of The Terry Fox Run, a cause we hold dear here at Roslyn. The students at Roslyn continue to make us very proud of their concern and involvement in their community and in the welfare of others less fortunate. Once again, many thanks to everyone who par‑ ticipated in this , and other, most worthwhile community service projects as well as for your continued support of our program at Roslyn School. Sincerely, Helen Slavin, Community Service Volunteer and retired Teacher Présentation dans la classe 213 Dylan McFarlane-Falconer et Theo Lynch-Blackwood, en cinquième année, présentent les règles à suivre en autobus scolaire, aux élèves de deuxième année de la classe 213. Merci pour tous vos bons conseils! Roslyn Review April 28, 2010 - page 3 fun From room 201 Where In The World Should We Go? D N A L E R I G H G R J A L A S K A A R L Y Y N O B R A Z I L E D L A O B A N G L A D E S H W N D T U A N I T N E G R A I N M S N P A L I F H B C O A A T C O A T R O E S A P L I R P N A A L L K A N R E S A D L N L Z J C E A H C S L Y C A N Y M A I D N I U I E N I A E N G L A N D R A D K ALASKA AMERICA ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BANGLADESH BRAZIL CANADA ENGLAND FRANCE GREENLAND HOLLAND ICELAND INDIA IRELAND ITALY JAPAN LEBANON RUSSIA SOMALIA A great Thank You to Mr. Oberman W What did one traffic light say to the other? e wanted to thank Mr. Oberman for his kind donation for our graduation T-shirts. Mr. Oberman donated a huge gift of 400$ to the school for graduation shirts. He not only made his daughter, Claudia Oberman, remember Roslyn school but also made the three grade six classes remember how much fun they had at Roslyn. Every time they look at the shirt or wear it they will remember all their friends at Roslyn and Roslyn itself. Wear your Roslyn T-shirts with pride! Andrew and Claudia Don’t look, I’m changing! page 4 - April 28, 2010 Roslyn Review The Story of Tracy Beaker The title of my book is The Story of Tracy Beaker. Jacqueline Wilson is the author and Nick Sharratt is the illustrator. This book has 136 pages. Tracy doesn’t have a father but she has a mother. Her mother is beautiful and she has a boyfriend who hates Tracy and Tracy hates him back. Her mother’s boyfriend beats her up so they have to take Tracy to the children’s home. Tracy Beaker is a 10 year old girl. Her birthday is on May 8th. Her favourite colour is red. Elaine is the manager of the orphanage. Tracy hopes that her mom will pick her up someday. Until then, Tracy decides to write her autobiography. Elaine gives all the children a life book so they can draw something or write something. Tracy’s favourite activity is writing. One day, an author named Camilla comes into the orphanage to write about the orphanage kids. and Cam are very interested in each other so Cam invites Tracy to have lunch at McDonalds. Tracy loves McDonalds. After that, they go to Cam’s house and have some tea with cake. When Cam brings Tracy back to the orphanage, she gives her a bag of chocolate and a pen. Tracy has been telling Cam to adopt her but she isn’t quite ready for that; but she says that she will always take her out on weekends. I think Jacqueline Wilson wrote this book well and Nick Sharratt draws well. I chose this book because the cover is Camilla prefers Cam instead of explosive and it has a nice title. Camilla. Cam finds Tracy, an I found the book very funny. I interesting girl, and Tracy really would recommend this book likes her. Cam finds her an to everyone. I think orphans interesting girl because they are will be most interested in this opposites of each other. Tracy’s book. In the future I am going to favourite name is Camilla but read more books by Jacqueline Cam doesn’t like it. Tracy loves Wilson. This author has over writing but Cam doesn’t, even 60 children’s novels so I have to if she does it for a living. Tracy read more. is naughty and Cam was always Hannah good when she was young. Tracy Storytelling Before I wrote the story about my family, I had a different story: a story about evil bananas taking over the world. But Mrs. Zmanay didn’t exactly “like” my story, therefore causing me to make it a bit saner. I hope you enjoy reading about my storytelling experience. First I needed to present my story in front of the class. I was SUPER nervous. “It was an awesome and hilarious story and everybody laughed” said Aysha Husseini after my story. A while later, I found out that the two students in my class with the most votes were Nicolas Bailey and I. So I had to present in front of grades 4-6. I won and Nicolas Bailey came in second. So I got to go to Coronation School. At Coronation School, I saw representatives from other schools. All the time everyone was presenting their stories, I was hoping I’d only have to go after the intermission. Unfortunately I went DIRECTLY before. And although I was flustered once more, I managed to present my story. It went surprisingly well. I was then awarded a trophy! I still have that trophy on my bookshelf, which will always remind me of my grade 6 storytelling experience. Ella Roslyn Review April 28, 2010 - page 5 Q.Where do TV’s go on vacation? A.Remote islands Q. What do you call deer dollars? A. Bucks Entrevue avec M. Bélizaire Sierra et Sophia ont posé plusieurs questions à M. Bélizaire afin de mieux le connaître. Lisez avec plaisir! Est-ce que vous vouliez toujours être professeur de musique? Non, je voulais être astronaute. Quel est votre compositeur favori? Beethoven. Quels sont vos instruments préférés? Le piano, le haut-bois et le cor français. Combien de temps avez-vous enseigné à Roslyn? Six ans à temps plein et deux ans et demi à temps partiel. Combien de pièces de théâtre avezvous monté à Roslyn? Sept au total et j’ai écrit moi-même six des sept pièces de théâtre. Laquelle préférez-vous? Toutes les pièces. Espérons que vous connaissez mieux notre prof de musique! Sophia et Sierra Roslyn Review page 6 - April 28, 2010 The Vampire Diaries This month, we were assigned to do a book report and I chose to do it on the first volume of The Vampire Diaries series. It is written by L.J Smith and has total of 520 pages. I chose this book since I adore books that talk about vampires and charming magic. The book talks about a beautiful and popular senior high school girl named Elena Gilbert, who loses her parents in a tragic car accident. She has been sad and discouraged since that day. On the first day of school, Elena meets a mysterious and handsome boy, new to Robert E. Lee High School. She wants him to be hers, but he doesn’t seem interested. He wants her, but after the death of his beloved Katherine he can’t bear to look at her. You see, those two girls were exactly identical. The only difference was Katherine was a vampire. It is a surprise for Elena that he would not even look at her. But still she is determined, not knowing that the new boy, Stephan, is one of the most dangerous predators in the fictional world. From the day that Stephan comes to the town of Mystic Falls, it has been constantly attacked by some sort of animal, or so they think. The history teacher is one of the many victims. After a while, when saving Elena’s life from a crazy classmate, Stephan tells Elena the truth about himself. He is a vampire who only feeds on animal blood, unlike his brother Damon, dangerous Damon. He has attacked most of the innocent victims that people think were attacked by a huge animal. Stephan and Damon are the worst of enemies, blaming each other for the death of their love, Katherine. And now Damon wants to steal Elena from his little brother. Stephan and Damon aren’t the only danger in this town. Something even more powerful controls Mystic Falls and is the reason for Elena’s drowning, and her transformation into a vampire herself. I guess we’ll have to find out in the second book! The Vampire Diaries is filled with suspense and horror that kept me in my seat. I highly recommend this book to everyone who likes fiction, horror and mystery. I adore this book and I hope you do too! Aysha R X T X S G G E C S I G R F S U N S H I N E O L F R E V O S S A P O S D R A C F H N E W M O O L B R E A P R I L O Y A D R S E S S A L G N U S C I R E T S A E V I N S S R E W O H S E u nts war? I ll a hippie w h wa N ca o G APRIL BLOOMING CARDS CHOCOLATE DAY EASTER EGGS FLOWERS FOOLS PASSOVER RAINBOW REPORT SHOWERS SUNGLASSES SUNSHINE yo A What do I Q. N Fiona and Claudia Hippie-crite B A O A. I don’t know they keep slipping down the drain! W Q. How many skinny people can fit in a shower stall? Roslyn Review Norse Mythology ASGARD BALDR BIDFROST BRAGI FENRIR FORSETI FREYJA FRIGG HEIMDALL HEL JORMUNGARD LOKI MIDGARD NIDHOGG NIFLHEIM NJORD ODIN RAGNAROK SKADI SKIDBLADIR SLEIPNIR THOR TYR VALHALLA VALI VALKYRIES VEE VILI YGGDRASIL YMIR Alex and Nicholas B. THE SLEEPWALKER April 28, 2010 - page 7 L H Q S S Q Z P V B H F L I J U C N X T L G X H K D W A L N O C G O P T M B M H A S Z Y I R L A L R H S R H K Y F C X B D C W T D I N O S S R M C P B I N K D J M B B S B X N E K G U S E I R Y K L A V I R A B L Q T A X N A Q I I U P W T A J E F L U A I D R G A K R N G G O H D I N H P D Q D I M A J K N P D I A M K V R R D Q R P N S R Y X V I Q V M M R F B Z A L R P K I D E I A E A H E R E G B K K G P I A V R R K Y L P L L I R A G Y R V N A T S G F E Q S B V M E H L S I N T I A R Y C A D R O J N I B H H A V R Q S G R N F E N R I R D A L L M A D L F T O N O C O E R V D M Q Y I O D I N W L U R H K S E O U P J G R I M Y F F Q N C A F Q O V H R S F S H G T K H M R K K A Q I B U T U Y S W L W O Y N I F L H E I M B M O U H T X P B B L U J G K Q X L P Z L J J Z O F Y O K Z N B C N L E S H R Y Z U K CHERUB that uses teenage orphans as spies. The past series’ main character has been James Choke or James Adam, his CHERUB name. However, this is the first CHERUB book to feature Lauren Adams (James’ sister) and Jake Parker in the lead roles. In the beginning of the book, an airplane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic. All 345 people drown in the cold waters of the Atlantic. The police suspect terrorists somehow managed to get a bomb on the plane but they are not 100% sure. The title of my book is The Sleepwalker by Robert Muchamore. It has 312 pages and is the 9th book in a series called CHERUB. I chose this book because I read the other books in the series and it’s my type: fiction and adventure. The CHERUB series is about a British Security Service Agency named When Mac, a retired chairman of CHERUB, returns to campus with the news that his wife, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren were on the plane, CHERUB sends two agents, Lauren and Jake, on the case. Soon they meet a young teenager, Fahim, who claims that his billionaire father is to blame, so the two CHERUBs bug his house and follow him everywhere. Then the father, whose name is Hassam, finds one of the bugs in his desk drawer. He takes off in his car; but the CHERUBs know he is leaving and follow him first to a warehouse and then to his sister’s house, where they have the police waiting for him so they can arrest him. Jake attacks Hassam and saves Fahim, and then Hassam is shot dead. At the end of the story it turns out that Hassam and his brother did not put a bomb in the plane but that the plane crashed due to faulty parts. Hassam and his brother sold faulty parts to people constructing the plane. They replaced a piece of the airplane with an old and rusty part which caused the plane to crash. Fahim wants to become a CHERUB, but a camcorder shows that he sleepwalks every night and talks out loud about all the things he has done. CHERUB feels it is too dangerous to send him on missions, since he might blow his cover. So Mac invites Fahim to live with him. I would definitely recommend this book and series to people because I enjoyed reading it so much. The age group of my book would be from ages 12 to 19. All readers who like fiction and adventure would not be able to put this book down. Stefan Roslyn Review page 8 - April 28, 2010 Roslyn Home and School Association Calling All Diggers, Spreaders, Waterers, and Garden Enthusiasts W e will be s t a r t i n g a Roslyn School Gar‑ den Club this spring. I would like to invite all green or non‑green thumbs who like to pu7er around in the ground to join in. Students, staff and families are all welcome. Greening our environ‑ ment and creating a new generation of gardeners who will appreciate and take care of the planet is the mission. Our first project this spring will be working on the raised garden area in the playground. We will be mulching the area, planting some shrubs (native) and relocating some existing plant material. We will also be sinking the stepping stones so that they are flush with the finished ground. The weekend of May 15 (weath‑ er permi7ing) is the scheduled time for the spring project. Future projects (summer) include creating sustain‑ able edible garden crops in containers based on the systems designed by The RooBop Garden Project (see rooBopgardens.ca), and planting more native plant material (fall). If you are interested in joining in, please send me an e‑mail at: [email protected] Let’s get digging! Looking for Book Lovers I f you love books, please consider volun‑ teering at the Roslyn Library. Your job will be to help students find books and to shelve books. You can come once a week or less frequently, depending on your sched‑ ule. It’s a great opportunity to see your child with their classmates and teacher in a more un‑ structured se7ing, and to get a feel of the pulse of the school. If you would like to help and like detailed work, but can’t make a regular commitment, you could join our team of book processors. New books to the library must be labelled and covered before they can be put on the shelves. We get together occasionally and do a book processing blitz. For more information, please contact me. Kathleen Roger Library Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] 514‑488‑5476 Spaghetti (noodle) and Talent Show Evening The evening was a great success! Hats off to all our Talent Show participants. We look forward to next years event! Katherine Szabo Tongue Twisters/ Des Virelangues 1. Betty Boughter bought bitter butter for Betty Boughter’s butter batter, but bitter butter won’t make Betty Boughter’s butter batter. So Betty Boughter bought better butter for Betty Boughter’s butter batter! 2. Unique New York 3. Les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse sont-elles sèches ou archi-sèches? 4. Le chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien de chasse. Emma , Samsam, Rémi, Room 201 News from the Governing Board Chair (continued from p. 9) tric. Our next step will be to write to the governing boards at each of the high schools and ask them to justify their exam policy. Assuming we get a response, we will share them with you. 3. Enrichment: The enrich‑ ment program continues with the addition of a course in computer animation for grade 5 students who made an application to be part of the course. This year we have had classes in geography, engineering, math, and literature. Plus McGill’s WOW lab came and did hands‑on science experiments in most of our classes. Concordia University con‑ tinues to support our enrichment efforts, which are spreading to oth‑ er elementary schools in our area as well. We have also made a submis‑ sion to the McGill Principal’s task force on equity, diversity and com‑ munity engagement recommend‑ ing that McGill students be given the opportunity to share their pas‑ sion for learning with elementary school children. Roslyn made the submission in partnership with the registrar of McGill. 4. Petition re Bill 104: If you haven’t signed the online petition supporting freedom of choice for parents in deciding whether or not their children are educated in Eng‑ lish or French schools – and you are inclined to do so – please do it soon. You can find a link on the Roslyn web site. Everyone in your family (children included) with a valid e‑mail address can sign. So far there are 11,000 signatures. Af‑ ter you enter your name, you’ll be taken to a new page and asked to make a donation. Just close your browser window (unless you want to donate $10) and your name will be saved on the petition and your pocketbook will be safe. 5. Choosing a single French program for EMSB schools: All parents will soon receive a form explaining the proposed changes to the French programs in EMSB schools. Currently, the EMSB runs three programs: ● a core English program with about 30% French instruction. This will continue to be offered no mat‑ ter what. ● a “bilingual” program with about 50% French instruction. ● a French “immersion” program with about 65% French instruc‑ tion. This is the program in place at Roslyn. To simplify staffing, control costs and provide be7er services in schools, the EMSB is proposing to se7le on one French option. You will be asked to select your preference from 4 different levels of French instruction on a ballot that will ac‑ company the form you receive. The votes will be tallied by the EMSB and parents’ preferences will guide the decisions that are made. A few things: research that tracked students over many years conduct‑ ed at McGill shows that immersion is good for the brain. (I’m simplify‑ ing greatly as you can guess.) Stu‑ dents in immersion do significantly be7er on second language skills AND on their other subjects, wheth‑ er those subjects are taught in the first or second language. It’s sort of a way of improving the “wiring” in the brain. I think most parents who choose Roslyn and its full French immersion programs are aware of this. Research also shows that im‑ mersion does the most good when it is delivered in large doses early in a student’s learning – the more, the earlier, the be7er. 6. Maintaining a strong and resource‑rich Roslyn: Our first concern on the governing board is supporting and enriching the edu‑ cational life of our students. As one of the larger (and more successful) elementary schools in the EMSB, we need to ensure that the EMSB makes decisions that support our ability to deliver resources and ser‑ vices that our children need. Right now, I don’t feel that the Council of Commissioners is doing what needs to be done to ensure that schools like Roslyn stay strong. Instead of centralizing resources and using them effectively within constrained budgets, the Council of Commis‑ sioners continues to support a net‑ work with too many schools that simply are not viable. Based on what I learned at a recent Regional meeting (Roslyn is part of Region 3 of the EMSB), there are schools op‑ erating a kindergarten with only 6, 8, or 10 children in them. And the classes in cycles 1, 2 and 3 in those schools don’t look a lot healthier. The resources to staff those class‑ rooms are paid for with tax dollars that are then not available to sup‑ port resources for Roslyn. So ev‑ eryone suffers – schools with very low enrolments get no additional resources (science or music special‑ ists or additional help with read‑ ing) and strong schools like Roslyn don’t get all the resources we could use (art specialist? more enrichment resources? more library staff time? musical instruments?) because the money is used to pay for staffing at under‑enrolled schools. We need the Council of Commissioners to face up to the idea that spreading resources thinner and thinner may be politically expedient (you don’t disappoint anyone so you don’t spoil your re‑election chances), but works against the best interests of all the children and families that the Council is supposed to serve. 7: Volunteers. Roslyn has many dedicated volunteers who work in every part of the school from the health room, to reading buddies, to field trips, to bake and book sales and so much more. Our life as a community would be impoverished without their efforts. If you don’t already volunteer at Roslyn, please give it serious thought. It will bring you closer to your kids, help you discover new interests and friends and make the school be7er for the whole Roslyn community. Go to the web site in the Volunteer section and sign up to be contacted. Kirk Kelly, Governing Board chair Dates for Your Calendar April May June 28th 3rd 9th 10th 12th 18th 24th 25th 27th 2nd 3rd 4th 9th Pizza Lunch P.E.D. Day Mother’s Day Governing Board Meeting, 7:00 pm Free Dress Day Pizza Lunch HandS Meeting Victoria Day Holiday Pizza Lunch Open House 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Junior Field Day Senior Field Day P.E.D. Day HandS AGM 10th 14th Pizza Lunch Governing Board Meeting, 7:00 pm Notes s by e k o J an, Stef ton, An n, Siam Harriso and m 201 Roo Room 201
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