ESL/ELD Teacher with Peel District School Board/ 2nd Generation Settler on Indigenous Territory/ Child of Immigrants from Colonized Land
Joined October 2013
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"Schools have a role to play in supporting bilingual children as the adults working there are part of the child’s extended family, so if the child sees that they value their language they will feel that their identity belongs there." -Dr Francesca LaMorgia thetimes.co.uk/article/raise…
Glad to see Canadian universities are changing their colonial mindset application process for English speaking international students. "You are made to feel that no matter how well you think you speak this language, your language is inferior.” theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Rehearsing for next week's morning announcements in Cantonese! Thank you to Anna and her wonderful parents for supporting her. #AsianHeritageMonth #ELLPeel #EmergentBilingual @ThornwoodPS
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Families are asked to complete the Peel board’s Return-to-School Survey to help us plan for students’ and staff safe return to school. A second survey, where families will be asked to confirm plans for their child(ren), will be sent in August.
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This will be our last post until the fall, so feel free to explore these activities. You can choose to check these off or maybe even get into the habit of doing them on a regular basis. Enjoy and stay safe! #peelconnected @peel_fc @PeelSchools #MindfulnessMonday
Super excited about the line up for 1A's Talent Show at our last Google Meet for the school year! Thanks for signing up everyone! I bet it was hard to choose just 1 thing to show off about how amazing you all are! @ThornwoodPS
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SickKids experts have led the development of proposed recommendations on the safe reopening of schools. The document, COVID-19: Recommendations for School Reopening, also examines the impact of #COVID19 on the health & well-being of children & youth:
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"My ideal ally is willing to go outside of her comfort zone to have discussions about race, gender, ethnicity, religion and all of the other pieces of our identity that are deeply personal."
What an ally looks like to me is someone who is aware that our kids will walk through life differently. huffp.st/jqz6mTB
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So I have had this idea floating in my mind. I want to connect Black students with Black professionals in the careers they may be interested in, as well as the ones they may have never considered. But, I need help to find Black professionals who would be interested 1/2.
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27 books to help you talk to your kids about racism bit.ly/36KbtM1
Today's mystery guest got us off the couch and moving for our Google Meet today! Thank you to my multi-talented colleague, Mr. Falbo who wrote this song and performed for us today! Great moving grade 1s! @ThornwoodPS @PeelSchools
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Eid Mubarak! A very happy and joyful Eid-al-Fitr to those who will soon begin to celebrate in our communities.
Thanks @ThornwoodPS for joining me this morning for my first ever livestream read aloud on YouTube. Loved this opportunity to share @OmarKhawajaUSA's fun book Ilyas&Duck & the Fantastic Festival of Eid al Fitr as we head into the last days of #Ramadan2020
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A treat to watch @Mrs_Shere read Ilyas & Duck: Fantastic Festival Eid-al-Fitr by @OmarKhawajaUSA. Thanks for the live YouTube stream & teaching @ThornwoodPS something new. Ramadan Mubarak to those celebrating!
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In 1980, Terry Fox, an amputee, set out to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
He needed help, so he wrote to Adidas asking for shoes. They sent him 26 pairs.
The company is now re-releasing the same shoes, with all proceeds going to cancer research.
A newcomer to Canada joined class 1A @ThornwoodPS this month.
We can't be at school to welcome him but thought of ways to do it even while isolating at home! @PeelSchools
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Be sure to watch what 1A has been experimenting with during this period of isolation!#greenthumbs #youngscientists @ThornwoodPS
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1A @ThornwoodPS says, "Thank You Essential Workers" for continuing to work during the Covid-19 pandemic. youtu.be/tbwfwNH_fvQ via @YouTube
