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Room 19 loves the Olympics

My class is keeping track of Canada's Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. How we are doing it is using a bar graph. And if you want to know about the Olympics, check out this website!

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-medals/medallists/index_ct-hX.html?cat1=CAN

Let's hope all our athletes have fun and do their best. We hope there are no injuries. We hope they win lots of medals.

posted by Tonusri, grade 3

Be a Junior Journalist !

Global Voices

Do you want to help around the world?

Do you want your writing to be published?

Well then Global Voices is your place.

Help around the world through writing!
Global Voices is a group of youths or Junior Journalists, who express themselves through writing. They write articles for the Toronto Star.

If you want be a junior journalist, then ask your teacher if you have the potential to be one. If your teacher recommends you then come to the Global Voices meeting that will be held in the school on March 3rd from 2:30-4pm. If you want to learn more, check out: http://www.thestar.com/topic/juniorjournalists.

You will be able to meet one of the Free the Children coordinators in the meeting as well.

posted by Emman, grade 8

Advice of the day


Do you want advice? Well we can help you accomplish that. We’re Dianna and Jasmine.

We give advice to you, so this is how our routine works. You send us an problem and we pick one of your problems and we write, it into a list whether it’s : bullying, being scared, friendship problems, school, fashion advice or boredom. Whether its here, there, big or small we can help you with it all.

So, click on “comments” below this post. Just write in your problems and we’ll have all your problems solved in no time. Start typing and your solution will come in a blink of an eye! (ASAP)

posted by Dianna and Jasmine (alias!)

Science Center Visit!

Room 19 and 15 are going to the Science Center!


On February 1st, room 15 and 19 are going to the Science Center. The Science Center is very fun. There are cool dinosaur bones. Dinosaurs lived a long time ago. Some ate plants and some ate meat. You can take pictures of the dinosaur bones. It is cool because they put the bones together to make them look like real dinosaurs. There is even a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Maybe you should go to the Science Center too!

Now we've been to the Science Center!

To get to the Science Center by bus it takes a few minutes. First we put our stuff in some of the lockers. We saw a very very big skeleton but we didn't know what it was. There was a place that you walk around the middle then you make a tornado. We saw a black "rat" snake and it was very cool. We got to touch it. We went into a room like a rainforest and it was very hot. There was a bridge that we got to walk on. In the water there was a turtle underneath the bridge. "Kids' Spark" was a very fun playground. There was also an arcade. I think the Science Center is a really cool place!

Games after class in Ms. Rachel's room

Language games are happening here!!!

On Fridays after school I like to go to room 16 to play games. The people there are Ahmad, Deb, Ms. Rachel, and Salman and Ramzan. Sometimes we play Word Bingo, sometimes we play Numbers, sometimes we play I Spy With My Little Eyes. I get to eat yogurt if I am hungry. We play so we can learn and have fun and be friends. Thanks to our teachers for letting us come on Fridays.

posted by Ahmad, grade 4

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Our Holiday Concert

December 15 2009 Nelson Mandela Park P.S. had our annual holiday concert. The concert was to celebrate the end of the calendar year and the start of the 2010 year. The concert had all sorts of wonderful holiday music such as the great holiday concert singers led by Ms. Werbitsky and Ms. Orpen, the rocking junior and senior band led by Mr. Rossetti and the sweet sound of the senior and junior steel pan led by Mr. Burgess. The concert started at 6pm and ended at 7pm.
Parents and friends were invited to the festivity to watch their kids perform and have fun on stage. If they got hungry Jean and her students baked around 200 chocolate chip cookies. They tasted really good but unfortunately they were gone so fast. Usually the holiday concert is held in the gym but this year was different, it was in the main foyer. The place was packed so many people came to see the wonderful things we had to show them. And we wowed them for sure, GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!

posted by Hana, grade 6

Our Rose Ceremony

Never Again!
Violence against Women

Today we want to talk to you about the ceremony that happens at our school every year on December the 6th. It reminds us that violence against women has happened in terrible ways, in the past, and we must be aware so it won’t happen any more. This is called the Rose Ceremony and it helps us to remember the 15 women engineering students who were killed at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. Each of the girls in the Leaders of Tomorrow represented one of the women, and honored her with a rose.

The 15 women were killed because they were studying and learning how to be engineers. The man who killed them was against women’s rights. The man’s name was Marc Lepine. This happened in December the 6th 1989. He was really evil to come into the school and murder all 15 women because he felt that women didn’t have the right to become engineers.

Women have rights and women can do anything that men can do. Especially they have the right to be free from the violence and oppression of men who want to limit them or hurt them.


Posted by Varda & Nadia, grade 6 and 5

Our Roving Reporter Interviews Teachers about R.P. Reno

I, Matthew, from room 25 in grade six, interviewed a few teachers about what they think about Regent Park and if they’re ready and excited about all the changes.

Last Monday I interviewed Mr. Ng, Ms Werbitsky and Ms Hersey, and this is what they think.

Mr. Ng hopes that the people who live here should come back when the buildings are nice and cleansed. He thinks that the kids in Regent Park are full of life and special and wonderful. He’s looking forward to the rest of the renovations.

Ms. Hersey thinks revitalization is a great idea because the buildings are very old and the streets need opening up. She hopes the school will have more modern equipment. She says our kids are REAL, and have HEART and even though they have different experiences they could all be SUCCESSFUL.

Ms. Werbitsky thinks there will be more activities in Regent Park when the buildings and the school are done. The tenants deserve new buildings. This will help decrease the violence, make everyone feel safer, and much more comfortable.

To skate - is great!

WE ARE GOING SKATING

Ms. Correia’s grade 3/4 class in room 19 are going to learn to skate. I think skating is going to be fun. There are a few other classes that are coming with us. My class is very excited. Maybe you can go skating too. We are crossing our fingers so we might go.

Tomorrow is our first day. We want to be safe so we are wearing helmets. No kids are allowed to bump into each other or push. New skaters are going to skate a little slower. An instructor is going to give lessons.

When we are finished skating, we are going to wipe our blades so they don’t rust. We will come back to class and keep working.



Posted by Tonusri, grade 3

Dance Diaries

"Victoria" and "Elisabeth" let you into their private correspondence, their innermost experiences of BALLROOM DANCING!

posted by two grade 6 young women who prefer to use their pseudonyms.

Phase One - What a Change!

We took a tour; here is what we found!

Be safe on Halloween

I like to do trick or treating on Halloween.
But I want to be safe.
So, here is what I did, and you should do it too.
First I put my costume on.
I was a puck……
Then I got my bag ready for all the treats. I used my backpack that had wheels.
I did not go by myself in the dark. My big brother came with me.
I knocked on the doors one by one. They did not see my smile when I said trick or treat!
Most people gave me some candy. I always said thank you.
I went right home. You should always ask your mom or dad to check if the candies are safe before you eat them!
Have a happy Halloween!

posted by Ahmad, grade 4

Room 19 went on a trip to the Brickworks

We are learning about rocks and soil, so our class took a trip to the Brickworks. When we went up and down the hills, it was really muddy. We met Ms. Makinson’s dog. Her name is Shayla.

We learned that when soil gets pushed down it turns into clay and then it turns into rock. Some animals live there at the brickworks. We saw a blue jay and you can see one too. You should visit the Brickworks if you are making a report about soil or rocks.

posted by Tonusri, grade 3

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posted by Shamal, grade 5

November 11 is a special day at NMPPS

We all contributed to this important assembly!

posted by Emman, grade 8

Someone Needs My Help - EMPATHY!

This boy fell by mistake and the girl is being kind to him.
She helps him up.
Being nice is very important.
Sometimes people really need help!Posted by Masuma, grade 3

Our Field Trip to Stratford

Stratford is very far from our school and I think we were very lucky to go to see a play there.

The whole class from Room 13 and 10 students from room 16 went that day in October. The play we saw was called “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. It was written by Shakespeare a long time ago. That play was so interesting and funny. It was amazing to see the way the play was put on and it was funny because there were chases. The people from the workshop at Stratford worked with us before the play started.

The bus ride was very long. It took two hours and thirty minutes to go each way. The bus was so cool because there was a bathroom inside at the back of the bus. It was raining outside so we had to eat our lunch inside of the bus. Halima was called to the stage to impress the princess.

If you ever have a chance to go to the theatre in Stratford you will like it there.

Posted by Halima and Nadia

Our Class Goes SWIMMING!

Our community centre has a pool. We go there for swimming lessons. We need to be safe in the water! Posted by Garcia

We are FANS of M.J.'s Music!

Everybody knows who Michael Jackson was and we all know he will R.I.P. but the real amazing thing is that he created the famous Thriller Dance Video. We want to talk about that amazing dance. Firstly, he turned into a crazy dancing zombie! Then other zombies came out of the graveyard. We think that it’s so cool that he danced with such passion!

We all know that M.J. (Michael Jackson) was the BEST dancer in the world and was known as “King Pop” but some of you may not like him. Everybody has their own opinions!

Zero gravity was the best move ever done by M.J. The secret to this move was his shoes! His shoes were made for doing flexible moves on his toes.

Although this incredible dancer will R.I.P., his music will be living for ever. Now please enjoy this royalty-free picture of M.J. from Big Stock Photos.

Posted by Varda, Nadia and Shamal

Remembrance Day at Our School

Reminder!!

posted by Isabel

Our principal is leaving us!

Goodbye Mr. Malabre!!!

Ohh NO, Mr. Malabre is leaving and going to a school called Humber Summit and
we reporters went to interview him today to find out all the details! He told us that Ms. Pearson is going to be taking over, and will be our Principal next year. Mr. Kandenkary will be our vice principal. Mr. Malabre was surprised and both happy and saddened to hear that his transfer was approved. He felt conflicted because he wanted his school to be closer to his home but he still felt a huge dedication to this school and community! He thoroughly enjoyed the years he has been here at NMPPS. He says he will miss us all! Mr. Malabre, we all hope you have good kids and great teachers at your new school, and funny memories of us all.

posted by Rafia and Aisha

Summer fun: keep us up to date!!!!

Here is a place where you can post about all the fun you are having over the summer.

You should be active and ride your bike around. Don't let anybody ruin your summer by bothering you.

Matthew.