Pizza & Milk Forms

Pizza and milk forms will be sent home tomorrow (Tuesday) and due Monday, October 3rd. If you misplace your form or require another one, they are available on our school website http://cla.ocsb.ca/

Purple and Grey Day Monday!

Monday morning we will have our beginning of the school year liturgy at 9:30. Please remember to wear purple and grey!

Welcome Back!

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to a new school year at St.Clare!  We hope that your family had a wonderful summer and are returning to school ready to work hard and reach your fullest potential.  We look forward to working with you this upcoming year.  Grade 4 and 5 students in the extended French program will have Mme Joly as their French teacher. The grade 5s will go to Mrs. Moorman's class in the afternoon.  Grade 4 students in the immersion program will go to Mme.Corriveau in the morning and either myself or Mrs.Martinuzzi in the afternoon.  Mrs.Martinuzzi and I are working together closely this year and plan to to integrate technology and New Pedagogies for Deep Learning.

I would like to introduce Ms.Starkey. She is a second-year teacher candidate at the University of Ottawa and will be completing her practicum with the 4/5 extended class in the morning and grade 4 blended class in the afternoon. She will be with us throughout the majority of the year. Ms.Starkey has already demonstrated that she is a strong teacher and we are truly blessed to have her with us at St.Clare.

My name is Kyla Marchant, and I am very excited to be your teacher this year! This is my 13th year of teaching and I have taught grades K-8 in my career.  I believe it is very important to work together to ensure your child's social, emotional, and academic needs are met. My goal is to support your child in reaching his/her fullest potential this year. Please feel free to contact me through the form on my blog, by phone (613) 834-6334, or send a note with your child. I am also more than happy make an appointment with you to discuss any concerns you may have.

Check the blog regularly for upcoming events and important information. Please sign up for the email subscription at the bottom of my blog so that you don't miss any blog updates. I am also active on Twitter, so please follow me if you would like to see what we are up to as our day progresses. You can search under #gr45cla or #gr4cla to see what Ms.Starkey, Mrs.Martinuzzi and I have been Tweeting.

Please remember that the safety and well-being of our students is of the utmost importance.  St. Clare is a nut-free, peanut-free and scent-free school.  Please check the ingredients of lunch and snack foods carefully, and enjoy any containing nuts or peanuts at home only.  As well, parents volunteering at the school are asked to avoid the use of perfumes and other scented products for the comfort and safety of students with environmental sensitivities.  Your cooperation is very important and greatly appreciated.

Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle to keep on their desk throughout the day.  Staying well hydrated, together with eating healthy snacks, helps to improve energy, concentration and alertness, and builds better eating habits for a healthy lifestyle.

I look forward to meeting you all during our Curriculum Night, Wednesday September 14th at 6:45 p.m. Our classroom is room #107.  If there are any concerns you would like us to be aware of now, or at any time in the school year, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Your partner in education,

Mrs.Marchant and Ms.Starkey

St.Clare Goes Global with Inspirational Math!

St.Clare has become "Internet Famous!"

Throughout the first few weeks of school, our Grade 4 Extended Math class has been partaking in Youcubed's "Week of Inspirational Math" program. This program, designed by Stanford University and Professor Jo Boaler, pits students against challenging Math questions. The program is designed to assist students in fostering a better relationship with Math. Each day of the week corresponds to a video, which inspires students to try their best when it comes to Math problems. The follow-up to each video is a different Math activity where students collaborate to solve open-ended math problems. Our Grade 4 students have been asked to create and interpret graphs, follow a growing staircase pattern and explore proofs in Collatz Conjecture.

The grade 4 teachers (Mrs. Martinuzzi, Mrs. Marchant, and I) have all been furiously Tweeting student work using the hashtag #gr4cla. We have been tagging Professor Jo Boaler in all Tweets, gaining likes and retweets along the way. Last Wednesday, I (Ms. Starkey) received a personal Twitter message from Jo Boaler, asking to use photos of student work in the upcoming Youcubed newsletter. This newsletter is published worldwide for all Youcubians to see and this site recently reached over 2 million views! Mrs. Marchant and I responded immediately. Sure enough, the Youcubed newsletter was published with St Clare Catholic School student work photos. The students in Grade 4 became overnight "math celebrities." 

The next day, Mrs. Marchant, Mrs. Martinuzzi, and I informed the students of this incredible honour. They were elated! 

Ms.Starkey

Click here to view the newsletter sent out by Jo Boaler.

Welcome to our class blog! I teach grade 4/5 extended (Science, Art, Phys. Ed) in the morning and grade 4 blended (Math, Language Arts, Religion). I look forward to working with you and your child to make this a successful year at St.Clare.

Please sign up at the bottom of the page to receive email updates of my blog. You can also check out the classes on Twitter @MrsMarchantCLA or search #gr45cla (extended) OR #gr4cla (blended)

The staff that work in room #107 from left to right include Ms.Audrey (Educational Assistant), Ms.Starkey (Teacher Candidate), Kyla Marchant (English Teacher), and Mme.Joly (French Extended Teacher)