Category Archives: Oakville Elementary News

After a 3-year hiatus, on Tuesday, April 25, we welcomed 11 schools to our annual Rotherglen Chess for Charity. The event raised $2179.00 for The Rotherglen R.E.A.C.H. Foundation. Special thank you to the R.E.A.C.H. Parent Guild and Grade 8 leaders for all their … Continue reading →

The first week of May is designated as Mental Health Week in Canada. This is a Canadian tradition, involving communities, schools and workplaces working together to celebrate, protect and promote mental health. The 2023 theme is MY STORY. During the coming week, … Continue reading →

Our Casa and Grade 1 students welcomed Oakville author Godfrey Apap for a classroom visit and reading. Mr. Apap’s book, Adventures of Left Hand Island, is about a group of 5 year old children who are on a mysterious island … Continue reading →

Grade 7 students have been engaging in a number of exciting and thought provoking activities as of late. For example, in science our students have been tasked with designing and building a working siege engine. Taking the principles learned during … Continue reading →

In Grade 6, students have been busily consolidating what they have learned about surface area and nets for 3-Dimensional shapes to construct a final product of their choice. Students built castles, animals, robots, and their favourite characters, showcasing their creativity … Continue reading →

Grade Two students had a great trip to Mountsberg Conservation Area. They enjoyed learning about how the Indigenous people discovered and made maple syrup using the resources they had. They also learned about modern conveniences and were able to taste … Continue reading →

Students had fun engaging in a variety of building challenges in LEGO club over the last 6 weeks. They built food items, fairy tale settings, skyscrapers, famous landmarks, and robots which all had to meet a certain criteria. So much … Continue reading →

The students in Grade Two were excited and happy to work on their Cereal box project. They started by planning and creating an outline for their project. They named their cereal, they thought about their target audience, the ingredients they … Continue reading →

Students in Grade 3 had the pleasure of visiting the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). They had the opportunity to visit and focus on the entire second floor of the museum. The galleries they explored included the Mammals, Dinosaur, Birds, Biodiversity, … Continue reading →

The Grades 5 and 6 Speech Showcases took place in the lower gymnasium. The finalists that were selected by their peers did an incredible job presenting their speeches, which were both engaging and creative, to a group of teachers, parents, … Continue reading →