In follow-up to the community meeting held at Lord Lansdowne on September 26, we have consulted with TDSB Occupational Health and Safety regarding parents’ requests to investigate the following: building a second physical barrier on Board property, the testing of sand in the school’s sandbox and on-going air quality and noise monitoring. Physical Barrier The […]
Dear Parents and Guardians of da Vinci School, On behalf of the entire staff at our school I want to wish everyone from our community a warm and sincere welcome back to school! I am very excited to be the new Principal at the two schools and am committed to making student success a top […]
At school, the safety of your child is our most important priority. We remind you to keep your school staff up to date with your address, phone number, childcare arrangements, to whom your child may be released, etc. We also encourage you not to permit your child to make alternate arrangements over the lunch hour […]
Dear daVinci and Lord Lansdowne Families, Jump Rope for Heart has been a huge success due to the fundraising efforts of many students and families!! We have reached our goal of $3300.00 to support the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Please take note of the following, including the CHANGE OF DATE FOR THE EVENT: 1) NEW […]
In Birch class we use mandalas to help with developing a mindfulness practice, to encourage fine motor skill when colouring and to introduce patterning. This week as we explored two dimension shapes using pattern blocks, students began to spontaneously create mandalas on their own. As I walked around the room listening to them talk the […]
Counting by Fives doesn’t need to be hard. In Birch class, we saved the pumpkin seeds from our fall pumpkins and use them as manipulatives. In this activity, students were asked to solve how many pumpkin seeds were in their bowls, but they were not allowed to count by ones. This student chose to organize […]
WE NEED A PARENT WITH A PICK UP TRUCK TO DO US A BIG FAVOUR…Please contact us (Ticia or anyone on the Parent Council) Ticia has found a source for wooden spools, and they are FREE. The issue is that they are in Markham and can only be picked up Mon.-Friday. from 8:30am-4pm. We have […]
Come out Thursday, January 18th at 6:30pm to get an application/registration package.
SickKids CCMH offers a variety of different topics relevant to community parents and focuses on concerns that children and youth may be dealing with. These parent education workshops are free to attend, and offered at both location sites, Sheppard and Maitland. Presently, they occur monthly, and registration is required. Child care is available. Select titles […]
Dear families, Lord Lansdowne/da Vinci is part of a program in the TDSB for Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL). Like last year, we will collect your used Christmas trees as materials for students to play with as part of the OPAL initiative. You may drop off your tree by the storage shed in the schoolyard. We will […]