Sir John Moore Community School

🎉📚 Education Week Spotlight 📚🎉 Ms. Lahey and Ms. Dow’s FDK class had fun building math skills while playing “First to 50!” 🎲➕ Students practiced counting, teamwork, and strategy through hands-on learning and play.

Education Week Highlight: What a fantastic talent show at Sir John Moore today! 🌟 Our students wowed us with their creativity, confidence, and hard work across a variety of amazing performances. A big thank you to Mme Cooke and all the staff who helped make the event such a success—we’re so proud of everyone who took part! 👏🎭🎶

Education Week Highlight from Ms. Leanne: This month we are making mini medicine bag necklaces and learning the difference between sacred tobacco and cigarettes. We planted some tobacco seeds and we are hopeful to have a plant to take home to our families soon!

Education Week Highlights from Mrs. Moran's class: For our Grade 6 unit on Space, we were exploring the 8 phases of the moon using Oreos. Students had to carve out the icing to represent each phase. 🌙

🏫 Education Week is here at SJM! ✏️ This week, we’ll be sharing highlights of the amazing learning happening in our school, centered on this year’s theme: “Learning that Unites Us.” Today’s post features students in Mme McLaughlin’s class releasing butterflies and highlights great learning in Mrs. Blankenship’s classroom. Follow along all week to see more of the incredible work of our students and staff!

Spring flowers will be available for pickup on Thursday in the gym between 2:00 and 5:00. If that time doesn't work, please call the office to make alternative arrangements. Thank you to everyone who placed an order—your support is truly appreciated and helps make a difference in our community. We look forward to seeing you at pickup! 🌸

Let’s have some fun while supporting a great cause with the DomINNo Challenge! We’re collecting boxes of cereal to donate to the Inn, helping support those in need in our community. SJM took the title last year—let’s see if we can hold onto it by collecting the most cereal per capita once again. Bring in your boxes and be part of the challenge! 🥣

Looking forward to seeing all of our talented Knights this week!

May the 4th be with you! Tomorrow is Star Wars/ Disney Day.

Huge congratulations to our Junior Boys team for their big win this past week! 🎉🏆 A special thank you to their coach, Mr. Wilson, for his dedication, leadership, and support in helping the boys achieve this success. Today, the team celebrated in the sweetest way—with an ice cream sundae party! 🍨👏 Way to go, boys! We are so proud of you! 💙💛

A big thank you to St. Clair Fire and Rescue for spending the last two days with the staff and students at Sir John Moore School! 🚒🔥 Students learned valuable lessons about fire safety, fire alarms, escape routes, and emergency preparedness. Our Grade 8 students also had the chance to practice using a fire extinguisher, making it a memorable hands-on experience. We truly appreciate your time and support in helping keep our school community safe! 👨‍🚒👏

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Students have been working with Ms. Leanne on fish scale art. She taught the students the importance of using the whole fish. After catching, cleaning, eating, and composting, the students used the dyed fish scales to make beautiful spring art. 🎣

🌍 Happy Earth Day from our school community! Today our classrooms were buzzing with curiosity, care, and creativity as students celebrated our beautiful planet. Mme Cooke's class did some artwork while Mrs. Blakenship's class planted seeds and went on a thoughtful nature walk, taking time to notice and appreciate the things that make our world special. Across the school, many classes joined in with their own Earth‑friendly activities—learning, exploring, and discovering new ways to care for the environment. We’re proud of our students for showing such heart for the planet we all share. 💚🌱

Edit: New ETA is 6:15 🚌 📢 Muskoka Woods ETA: At this point, the bus is expected to be at SJM at 6:00. If this changes significantly, we will update this post.

A small Muskoka sneak peek… full of sunshine, smiles, and good moments 💛

And they are off! 🚌 Wishing all our Grade 8s an amazing time at Muskoka Woods! 🌲✨ We hope they have fun, try new things, and make great memories over the next few days. We can’t wait to hear all about it! 🎉

Our Grade 5 students created beautiful ribbon sweaters while learning about their cultural significance in Anishinaabe traditions. 🧵✨ We are grateful to Carrie Plain and our community partners for this meaningful experience, including Aamjiwnaang and the Niigaan Gdizhaami Fund. Students are encouraged to wear their sweaters on Wednesdays as a commitment to reconciliation and to their ongoing learning and understanding. 💛

Our halls are blooming! 🌸 Our primary students have created beautiful bulletin board displays to welcome spring, filled with bright colors, creativity, and joy. Be sure to stop by and take a look—spring is in the air! 🌼

Our Salad & Pizza Day was a huge success! 🍕🥗 A big thank you to Padres for the delicious food, our amazing parent volunteers for preparing and serving, and our nutrition program for making it all possible. We appreciate your support in making this such a special lunch for our students! 🙌