Are you interested in working as an education assistant? Find out about the training program and employment opportunities at the information session on Thursday December 6.

This year's French Scholastic Book fair is a big hit with Tennyson students; you can feel the excitement  as they browse the books on offer, and it's fun to hear them speak animatedly about their favourite books with friends.

A huge thank you to everyone who has already come by and bought books. Every sale goes towards getting  up to 60% credit back from Scholastic that will be shared between  all divisions, the library, and the resource teachers to be used to buy books and resources for our children.

Your class teachers, our Librarian Mme Paule,  and our Resources Teachers  Mme Morin and Mme Vosahlo have put together wishlists of books they would love to have for their classrooms for students to keep on reading new and interesting French books throughout the year.  Photos of each list are posted above (you can click pause on the slideshow when you see the class list you're interested in). A book fair volunteer will be happy to help you buy the wishlist books of your choice. Just stop by and tell them what you want

There is still plenty to time left to shop. The book fair is running for two more days and is open late on Thursday (until 5.30 pm).

The book fair book fair hours for Thursday and Friday are:
Thurs: Before School (8:45-9:15 am), Recess (10:25-10:55 am), After School (2:45-5:30pm)
Fri: Before School (8:45-9:15 am), Recess (10:25-10:55 am), After School (2:45-3:30)

The annual Tennyson Remembrance Day Assemblies were held on Thursday, November 8th, 2018.  On this very special occasion, the Tennyson school community gathered together to reflect on the significance of this day in the past, present and into the future.  At the 11 am assembly, we had the honour of having Petty Officer Justin Heron speak powerfully to our students about his decade spanning experience in the Canadian navy.
 
We would like to say a big thank you to our Grade 7 leaders who organized and led the entire assembly as well as to Mme Adrienne and Mme Arnold who had had their students work for many weeks on the Remembrance Day Assembly art work.

When: Tuesday December 4, 2018 in Lord Tennyson Library

Time: 6:30-8:00 pm

Parenthood never arrives with a rulebook, and when it comes to explaining the world of sexual health to your child, it can be hard not to end up a bright shade of red. Using humor and straight talk in an open, interactive environment, Saleema Noon Sexual Health Educators will show you how easy it is to convey healthy, positive messages about sexual health to kids.

In this workshop parents will learn:

•     Why we need to talk to children about sexual health at a young age
•     How to reduce risk of child sexual abuse
• What children should know at each stage of development, with specific examples of how to explain concepts and processes
•  How to become their kids’ preferred source of sexual health information
• How to normalize open, honest sexual health conversations in their family
•  How to effectively answer even the toughest questions kids ask
•  What will be covered in Body Science workshops for students

Join us!

This talk is sponsored by Lord Tennyson PAC.
Babysitting is provided by Grade 7 students.

For more information about Saleema Noon Sexual Health Educators go to www.saleemanoon.com.

At Tuesday's fantastic parent presentation, Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl outlined how critical it is to foster kindness and empathy in our children, for their health and  personal and academic success, and for the betterment of society as a whole.

As well as providing empirical evidence for why Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has been incorporated into the school curriculum,  Dr Schonert-Reichl also explained how SEL programs like Roots of Empathy and  Mind-up which are being used by many Tennyson teachers, are having a positive impact on  student's well-being and even grades.

Of course so much SEL happens at home, so Kim also explained what we can do to help our children, and   provided links to tons of online resources for fun activities and useful tools in her presentation and the handouts below.

• Acts of Kindness Activities
  
• Kindness Booklet “Fostering Children’s Compassion and Empathy” Suggestions for Parents and Caregivers
• Schools families and social and emotional learning
• SEL List of Resources for Promoting Kindness
  

Thank you Karen for bringing  another excellent speaker to our school. You're awesome!

A French tutor is selling slots of textbooks and workbooks. See the Craigslist Ad for details.