DIRECTOR’S UPDATE

I believe it is important for a school to be accountable for its progress in its areas of focus and responsibility. The mandate of Turnbull School can best be summarized by two overall areas of emphasis: providing excellence in academics and developing social responsibility.
The following are some of the happenings so far this 2007/08 school year as examples of our progress.  If you would like more detail on a topic, simply click on the link.  I hope you find it helpful in getting a flavour of our curriculum and life at Turnbull School.

• Grade 7 students debated environmental topics read more...
• Grade 8 students worked on a marketing project for math read more...
• Grade 7 students created an anti-bullying video read more...
• Primary French students continue to use the AIM gesturing method read more...
• Students act as French MCs in our assemblies read more...
• Some grade 8 students narrated in French the Vimy Ridge presentation read more...
• Junior and senor kindergarten students enjoyed visiting the Museum of Nature to complement their unit on dinosaurs.read more...
• Senior kindergarten had a caring party to reinforce the school’s emphasis on kindness and social skills from a very young age read more...
• Grade 1 students’ science curriculum includes “Energy in our Lives” read more...

• Grade 2 students studied the life and work of the artist Renoir read more...
• Turnbull Concert Band played the National Anthem read more...
• The National Gallery of Canada provided a very enriching studio workshop on Serigraphy for grade 7 read more...
• The KLD (Kids Love Drumming) lunch time club for grades 4 to 8 demonstrated their newly developed skills at our concert read more...
• Grade 4 students are now “performance ready” read more...
• We welcomed the Malaysian’s High Commission’s wife read more...
• As part of our international focus, each class has raised a small amount of money at Christmas time for a developing country read more...
• Students have written to a pen pal in Sefapanong read more...
• Enrichment workshops and experiments in science and mathematics have extended their studies well beyond the requirements of the Ontario curriculum read more...
• Grade 5 students were honoured to meet the Usher of the Black Rod, Lieutenant-Commander Terrance Christopher read more...
• At our United Way celebration in November, a former Turnbull student, Kristyn Ross, returned to speak read more...
• Both the senior boys’ and senior girls’ volleyball teams won the annual tournament, hosted at Turnbull School read more...
• As part of our mission statement, we have provided extra opportunities for our students through partnerships in the community read more...
• 100% of our teachers have taken further professional development so far this year read more...

Thank you for your interest in this update on the happenings at Turnbull School.   
Mary Ann Turnbull, 613-729-9940, ext. 211