Summer break and these puppers are so excited🥰 Roxy🐾 & Ronin🐾 ready for more outdoor time for cuddles and watching mom read📚 belly rubs from dad are cool too🤩

That’s a wrap! Woohoo🎉 Year 29 in the books🤗McMurrichJPS community, staff, students & educators everywhere🌱have a wonderful & much deserved summer break ☀️ stay safe & #BeKind #TDSB_McMurrich @tdsb.on.ca #McMurrichParent

Our end-of-year packages are ready🎉our last class community circle in Room 204 💖 So very proud of each & every one of you! A collection of artifacts from the first few days of school > goal setting > celebrating > fun trinkets too! #LastDayOfSchool

BUILDING CONFIDENCE, COMMUNITY AND FUTURES: Why Girls Who Game Belongs in the Classroom Grateful for the opportunity to share with Kamla Rambaran 🤩Feature in the summer issue of #ETFO Voice #GirlsWhoGame @tdsb.on.ca @etfoeducators.bsky.social etfovoice.ca/feature/buil...

🦉McM Owls Nest Podcast series🎙 Updated🤩 🎙️5 new awesome episodes 🎧 Room 204 families check your email for more details about the Room 204 podcast episodes students curated our podcasting team and class community! More episodes coming soon ☺️ #Podcast #Podcasting @tdsb.on.ca

Building mini solar powered cars, model motor engine, Spike & EV3 robots & more! Exploring coding & creating interactive experiences! Fostering curiousity 🤖 reliance, problem solving, debugging and having fun too! @tdsb.on.ca

💖💐 Our young talented artists finalizing their watercolour artwork of a vibrant bouquet 💐 @tdsb.on.ca #TDSB_McMurrich 1/2

McMichael Canadian Art Collection🌱🎨 Looking at sketches & paintings from artists we explored in our learning throughout the school year! Seeing a painting up close & a growing appreciation for artwork🤩 @tdsb.on.ca @mcmichaelgallery.bsky.social

Some people ask why I keep doing virtual presentations. This is one reason.

Congratulations Author @martychan.bsky.social 📝 Book Launch 📚🎉 🤩the mystery game was a huge hit 👏 🤗Students asked thoughtful questions & wonderings! Excited about reading all the books & your new book too!

Dropped off donations of #KidLit books, art supplies, office supplies to my educator pal @zeliamct.bsky.social at a Toronto school! Students helped her carry everything inside. Thanks to Zelia for making my pre-move office re-org/downsizing easier by sorting everything on her side! 🩷 #TeacherSky

🥇First Place Champions 🏆CONGRATULATIONS #GirlsWhoGame from McMurrich Junior Public School OSEA Provincial Minecraft Championship, the scholastic Minecraft esports event in Ontario 🎮 @osea.gg #oseabuildbattle #NotJustPlay #playcraftlearn #MinecraftEDU #GirlsWhoGame

What are you doing this ☀️Saturday? We have the honour of being a part of an awesome #Esports competition hosted by @osea.gg Today is going to be awesome! #oseabuildbattle #NotJustPlay #playcraftlearn #MinecraftEDU #GirlsWhoGame @osea.gg @humberpoly.bsky.social

🦉McM Owls Nest Podcast series🎙 Updated🤩 🎙️17 awesome episodes 🎧 Wow 🤩 Room 204 families check your email for more details about the Room 204 podcast episodes students curated our podcasting team and class community! More episodes coming soon ☺️ #Podcast #Podcasting @tdsb.on.ca

Exploring coding & creating interactive experiences! Fostering curiousity 🤖 reliance, problem solving, debugging and having fun too! @microbit_edu #takingitglobal @raspberrypi.com @logicsacademy.bsky.social #mbot @tdsb.on.ca

Climate Action Day brought classes together to learn & take action to help our planet. 🤩#mcmBTC challenged Grades 1 - 6 classes to explore simple ways they can reduce waste, save energy, protect nature, and make a positive difference in our school and community. @tdsb.on.ca

I'm launching my latest middle-grade mystery novel June 4. I'm hosting a free virtual launch on June 4 for anyone who loves mysteries. You can register for the launch here: cilc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Over the next few days students will share their #signaturestory with peers! A spark that ignites them as lifelong learners 🤩 🔐@breakoutEDU student designed #breakoutEDU @tdsb.on.ca

Where are you learning/creating/celebrating today? #GirlsWhoGame🎮 @ Microsoft Office in Toronto🤩 @mcm_msr @KatPapulkas #STEM #DesignThinking #TeachSDGs #GameOn #TransformEDU @delltechnologies.bsky.social @intel #MicrosoftEDU @PlayCraftLearn 1/

Student infographic posters look great 🤩 sharing their Business Day journey! A great way to create and showcase a summary of learning! #mcmbizday #TeachSDGs #STEM #GlobalCompetencies #DesignThinking @tdsb.on.ca

Our sales team making connections with customers🤩 making every customer feel appreciated by actively listening, answering questions & taking time to give the story behind their team vision! #STEM #STEAM #mcmbizday #TeachSDGs #GlobalCompetencies #DesignThinking @tdsb.on.ca 1/

Set up & ready for today: 👉22nd annual Business Day event 👉#STEM #STEAM inspired products/services 👉proceeds donated to #KidsHelpPhone #waterfirst #DavidSuzukiFDN #World_Wildlife @ #CTJumpstart #mcmbizday #TeachSDGs #GlobalCompetencies #DesignThinking @tdsb.on.ca #mcm_mst #McMurrichParent

Set up & ready for tomorrow: 👉22nd annual Business Day event 👉 #STEM #STEAM inspired products/services #mcmbizday #TeachSDGs #GlobalCompetencies #DesignThinking @tdsb.on.ca #mcm_msr #mcm_mst #McMurrichParent

#redskyperformance company of contemporary Indigenous performance “She Holds Up the Stars” Inspired by Sandra Laronde’s novel- production blends life-sized puppets, movement, storytelling, theatre, visual design & E. Britton’s orchestral score @roythomsonhall.bsky.social @torontosymphony.bsky.social

Discovery Centre @ParCKDownsview 🤩 Structures Building: Using naturally found materials, students explore structures in nature and create their own🌱

From our family to yours, Happy Easter! Hope your long weekend is filled with opportunities to rest, reflect, reconnect & just be together with your loved ones 🐰🐣if possible, find time to cuddle & laugh too! 🌸 🐾🇨🇦🇨🇾

Wow 🤩 repotted our 🌱seedlings🪴& they are growing beautifully! Students will take some home & we check them waiting in anticipation for any flowering @Tomatosphere one packet of seeds🌱spent time on the #InternationalSpaceStation but which one?🔍 #tomatosphere @letstalkscience.bsky.social

#STEM build 🤩 simple machines discussions, planning, researching & designing…. Why not have some fun with assembling the Automata Dancing Kit 💖 @kiddereducation hand-powered mechanisms to create cyclical motions that animate a scene! #ScienceIsEverywhere

Grade 4 Light💡& Sound📢 unit; students using the scientific method & guiding a lesson/experiment with peers 🤩@tdsb @TDSB_McMurrich 🌈kaleidoscope student build > mirrors bounce light to each other to create beautiful designs; reflection

Grade 4 Light💡& Sound📢 unit #STEM #STEAM Photography 📸 using a lensball & creating beautiful images through the technique of refraction which occurs when light passes through an object of denser mass (water or glass) @tdsb.on.ca #TDSB_McMurrich #ArtIsEverywhere 1/ more📸coming soon

Sprouting 🌱 @Tomatosphere 🚀🌱🍅 So excited to get the seeds 🚀 and one packet spent time on the #InternationalSpaceStation but which one? Well, it's time to plant, investigate 🔍 these few weeks & submit our results to find out! #tomatosphere

TY MsXu! What are we up to now 🤔 @Tomatosphere 🚀🌱🍅 So excited to get the seeds 🚀 and one packet spent time on the #InternationalSpaceStation but which one? Well, it's time to plant, investigate 🔍 #tomatosphere @LetsTalkScience @VicCollege_UofT #UofT @tdsb.on.ca

🧵capturing our #STEM build today🗜🥽🪚 From ideation > iteration > blueprint design > build🤩 ✅blueprint ✅build ✅test & iterate ✅calculations ✅artwork Next up > play... testing our game design with Grade 2 STEM Buddies! #Creativity #MathIsEverywhere #ProblemSolving @tdsb.on.ca

🧵capturing our #STEM build today🗜🥽🪚 Guiding students from ideation to iteration to final blueprint design✏️ area, perimeter & the relationships between measurements in their maze designs! @tdsb.on.ca #MathIsEverywhere

🧵capturing our #STEM build today🗜🥽🪚 We will be sharing many📸pics of students in action! Guiding students from ideation to iteration to final blueprint design✏️ area, perimeter & the relationships between measurements in their maze🤩 loads fun too! @tdsb.on.ca #MathIsEverywhere

#mcmbtc Student-led initiative🥞Pancake Treat Day🤩 our #Olympics themed event! Olympics core values: ❄️Excellence, Friendship, Respect Paralympics core values: ❄️Courage, Determination, Inspiration, and Equality 🇨🇦 Go Canada Go 🇨🇦 @tdsb.on.ca

#mcmbtc Student-led initiative🥞Pancake Treat Day 🤩 🥞student info session 🥞brief discussion time & sport trivia 🥞pep talk time & review roles 🥞table conversation starters 🥞shout out to guardian volunteers 🤩 @tdsb.on.ca

Thank you @MuseumGirlSarah for Session 2/4 #YourVoiceIsPower and coding in @EarSketch 🎶using variables 🎶 script for song structure 🎶 adding functions & comments

Today we unpacked the travelling education kit: History Box Part 1/3 > Early Canada @CanMusHistory 🌱Indigenous cultural traditions, artefacts (Mi’kmaq Drum, halibut hook, snow goggles, Moose/Caribou Hair Tufting & more) 🌱Canada’s history and identity @tdsb @TDSB_McMurrich

From spreadsheet design to beading 🪡🧵 students beaded bracelet / keychain using patterning and pixel art. Miigwetch to @katiecouchie for sharing your expertise and getting us started. #STEAM #DesignThinking @Sebasualto

🔬Part 3/4 workshops series with @uofttrashteam.ca 🤩 Learning about waste literacy in our community while reducing plastic pollution in our ecosystems 🚮 looking at ecosystems 🚮 impact of plastic on ecosystems 🚮 impact of plastic on our food @EcoSchoolsCAN @UofTArtSci @uoftcities.bsky.social

🤩 TY @kironcmukherjee for joining us today! Students are in awe learning about Ancient Egypt exhibit to inspire elements of realism as part of the Writers Workshop: mystery of the missing mummified cat✏️ancient civilizations > many similarities/differences @karmicangel.bsky.social

🤩TY Luke #RipleysAquariumCA @ripleysaquariums.bsky.social for supporting students in their realistic fiction research & writing The Mystery of the Missing Lobster🦞 Great inquisitive questions from students as they will be using this information/experience in their writing! @karmicangel.bsky.social

🤩 Our very own MrDavis sharing his stories about the Stanley Cup, mysteries about the Stanley Cup & some history of the Hockey Hall of Fame: bringing in an element of realism to our writing part of Mystery Stories!✏️ @karmicangel.bsky.social #HockeyHallFame🏒

Snow Day tomorrow ❄️ Be safe everyone!

So excited to be gaming today hosted Centennial College (ScarborougH) in their Alienware Gaming Lounge @CentennialEDU #GlobalCompetencies #GirlsWhoGame #esports🎮 #TeachSDGs #STEM #GameOn #MinecraftEDU @delltechnologies.bsky.social @microsoftedu.bsky.social @intel www.instagram.com/p/DT6gWB5FKV...

Writers Workshop: Realistic Fiction writing > time for a bit of research💻 Why not explore site maps & check out what Google Maps has to offer of sites: explore inside and the surroundings of buildings 🔎 #HockeyHallOfFame @ripleysaquariums.bsky.social @romtoronto.bsky.social @karmicangel.bsky.social

We have revisited our personal academic learning goals; written them onto a scroll & placed them in our time capsule... only to be opened on the last day of school! Up & visible each day as a reminder for us to prioritize and follow our own path (not linear) to meet our goals.

#MerryChristmas  #HappyHolidays   #SeasonsGreetings & hoping for all a safe winter break! From our family to all ❄️ Wherever you may be, may you be filled with love, hope, wonder & joy! Take care of yourselves & each other 🎅🎄☃️ ❄️ near & far 💕

❄️ Merry Christmas everyone 🎄 Feliz Natal a todos ❄️ 🐶Roxy & 🐶Ronin bringing their holiday fun & wishing everyone a safe winter holiday! #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings