News & Announcements
Update Oct 16th
Healthy Snack/Milk program:
Our healthy snack program starts today and happens on Mondays and Thursdays. Thank you to Brandi Bray and her team of volunteers for their dedication to this program. Our daily milk program also starts today.
Life Threatening Allergies:
We have children in our school with potential life-threatening allergies to nuts, tree nuts, sesame seeds, pineapple, raw eggs, raw honey, and shellfish called anaphylaxis (ana-fill-axis). This
Drinking water update-safe
Oct 4, 2018
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The Upper Grand District School Board has been testing for lead in school drinking water since 2007. New provincial testing requirements came into effect July 2017, which increase the amount of sampling that is required. The Ontario drinking water quality standard for lead is 10 micrograms per litre. This standard is based on a national guideline set by Health Canada.
Only fixtures designated
October Newsletter
Please see the attached October newsletter highlighting all of the exciting activities, programs and learning happening this month!
A reminder that pizza and milk orders are due this Friday on schoolcashonline.com. No late orders will be accepted.
Also, thank you for fundraising for Fresh for the Farm! All orders are due after the Thanksgiving long weekend. We appreciate all of your support and appreciate you asking family
Safe and Inclusive Bullying Prevention Plan
Read the attachment to learn more about our Safe and Inclusive plan to prevent bullying. School Bullying Prevention Plan 2018Orange Shirt Day tomorrow Mon Oct 1st
Monday October 1st -Orange Shirt Day at Brisbane Public School
Orange Shirt Day grew out of a residential school survivor story of having her new orange shirt taken away on her first day at the
school. The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the
We are looking forward to meeting all of the parents tonight! A reminder that the BBQ and School Open house starts at 5 pm. Please remember your slips of paper for meal tickets and tickets for the raffle!
We also have our Terry Fox walk/run at 2 pm and all parents are welcome.
A reminder that tomorrow is a PA Day and there is no school for
Open House/Meet the Staff/BBQ
We getting excited for our big event- the official grand opening of the new Brisbane School Playground! I hope you are able to join us and share our celebration. Raffle tickets came home for the baskets as well as slips of paper for meals. Thanks to Lori Wright, our Council Chair and Dayna Haw, Our Fundraising Chair, for organizing all of the slips for meals
BBQ/Open House
The basket raffle tickets and meal tickets will be arriving home today/tomorrow. Please bring them to the BBQ event on Thursday!
‘We will be accepting both cash and non-perishable food donations for the EWCS food bank at the meet the teacher BBQ. Erin Rotary has generously offered to match any cash donations made at the event up to $1000 in total. Please help support the Brisbane
Seeking Volunteers for the Nutrition Program
Dear Parents:
Brisbane Public School operates a school nutrition program throughout the school year with the help of Children’s foundation of Guelph and Wellington. All children are invited to participate in our snack bins in the classroom as well as a freshly prepared snack twice a week.
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There are many reasons why children benefit from School Nutrition Programs. Long bus rides, not hungry first thing in the
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BBQ/Open House and updates
A reminder of our upcoming BBQ and Meet the Teacher Event scheduled for this Thursday. Classes will be open from 5-6 pm and food is available from 5-6:30 pm. The playground grand opening will be from 6:30-6:45 with raffle winners announced at the end.
Please place your food order at schoolcashonline.com by midnight tonight.
All theme basket items are due tomorrow. Please see the attached list regarding
Fresh From the Farm Fundraiser
Hi Parents,
We’re so excited that our Fresh from the Farm fundraiser has started! All students should have received an order form by now. If they have not please inform your child’s teacher and we will be sure to have one sent home!
A few things to highlight, fundraiser closes on October 9, therefore all order forms with cash, cheque or online payments needs to be made
Update Friday Sept 21
A reminder to order your BBQ items on schoolcashonline.com by Monday Sept 24th for our upcoming Open House and Meet the teacher event on Thurs Sept 27th!
Also, we appreciate all of the great donations for our class theme baskets. All items need to be in by Monday so we can put together the baskets for Open house. Thank you for your generous contributions.
Next Friday Sept
Rowan’s Law Day – September 26th
Speak up about concussions – Rowan’s Law Day is September 26
On September 26, schools across the Upper Grand District School Board will be marking Rowan’s Law Day – a day to raise awareness about concussions.
In March 2018, the Ontario government passed a law known as Rowan’s Law, named after 17-year-old Rowan Stringer. Rowan loved rugby and was the captain of her high school’s team. Tragically,
We had an anti-bullying presentation today for grades 3-6 students from Elsie Morden who talked about the importance of being yourself, following your dreams and being with people who support you. She also talked about her bullying experiences and how to stand up and having someone to talk to in life is always helpful. Check out her website at www.elsiemorden.com as there are some resources
School Council Update
Welcome back everyone! Our first School Council meeting is Tuesday September 18th at 7:15 in the library and any parents are welcome to attend. It’s a great opportunity to get involved and have a say in what’s happening for your kids at the the school. I look forward to seeing you there!
Lori Wright
Council Chair
We are looking forward to our Meet the Staff event on Thursday
Weekly update …
Public Health School Newsletter Insert For Parents_Elementary
Happy Friday!! Thank you for a wonderful first week of school. We saw great learning and smiling faces this week and look forward to the rest of the year.
We still need lunch supervisors to help supervise our students at lunch. We are looking for help on Monday and Tuesday from 12:50 to 1:50 and on Friday from 10:25
Health and Physical Education Letter for Parents
Dear parents and guardians,
We are writing to you to address some of the questions and concerns we have received regarding changes to the Health and Physical Education Curriculum. As you may know, the Government of Ontario has directed all school boards across the province to use the re-issued 2010 Health and Physical Education Curriculum (Grades 1-8). Since all school boards are required to teach the
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September newsletter
Please see the attached September newsletter which includes our tentative teaching staff assignments for next year. We are looking forward to having a great school year! A reminder that staff will be outside on Tuesday to greet students and assist with getting them into their new classes at 8:30 am. IF it is raining, we will meet in the gym for Grades 1-6 and JK
School organization
Please read the following information about our school organization. Classes are tentative until we confirm our numbers with the Board in order to remain compliant with the Ministry parameters. School OrganizationsWelcome back!
First Day of School
We hope you are having a fantastic summer holiday! We look forward to welcoming back our Brisbane Bears on Tues. Sept 4th!
On Sept 4th, all staff will be outside at 8:30am ready to help guide students to their classes. They will have class lists. Signs will be posted on the walls with grades for ex Gr 2 F.
SK students go to their
Donation for playground form
Funds donated to the Upper Grand Learning Foundation for $20 or more, receive a tax receipt. Thank you for your donation. Forms can be brought to Brisbane P. S. Click on the form below. UGLF Form UpdatedReport cards go home today!
Report cards go home today. Please celebrate student successes and areas for improvement. We had a wonderful Grad ceremony yesterday and awards assembly today to recognize all of our students. Tomorrow is our final day of school and we want to thank you for a fantastic school year! Have a wonderful summer holiday!!Update Mon June 25th
We are already in the final week of school which is hard to believe!
A reminder of our grade 6 graduation ceremony that starts tomorrow at 5:30 pm. Students should arrive in between 5:00-5:15 pm and go to the pod. You may park in the bus turnaround for this special occasion. A reminder if you are taking pictures to not post pictures/videos of other students due
Playground update
Playground Update:
Please see the information attached regarding our playground planning for this summer. We have been meeting regularly to be able to get to this stage and we have approx $65,000 worth of funds collected to start phase 1. We are very excited!! Brisbane Public School Playground Project Jun208
Summer is almost here and playground construction will be underway before we know it! If you are
Play Day
Tomorrow is our staff appreciation lunch. Thank you for all of the incredible donations toward the staff luncheon!
This Friday is Play Day and students are going to be in their colour house teams going through a variety of fun outdoor team activities to incorporate physical fitness. Please make sure your child is dressed in their colour team. They also need to be dressed for outdoors
