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Extra! Extra! Extra-curricular!

[Update] Introducing Our Competitive Badminton Team We are pleased to announce that our first competitive badminton team is up and running. The players, who were selected by our physical education teacher Mr. Henry and the head coach Mr. Efendi Wijaya from E-Badminton Training Centre, have started training with Mr. Wijaya himself as well as assistant coach Mr. Donatus Wong. We...

School Happenings

[Update] CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish The toy drive, organized by Mrs. DeFreitas and the Grade 4 class, raised over 200 new and unwrapped toys for the CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish program. The drive ran over a span of three weeks, however, the students spent significantly more time planning and running the event from designing posters to loading the toys onto...

What’s My Child Doing?

[Update] A Peek Into Our Teachers’ Books For those that may not be aware, your teachers have been providing updates through an additional medium for the last few years: the class websites. Each site is updated with the academics your child is learning and will be learning, as well as recent activities that your child has participated in. It is...

Banting! McClung! Peterson! Tecumseh!

[Update]House Activities In order to foster house spirit, your teachers have been organizing house activities to enable members of their respective houses to develop a stronger bond with each other. The latest activity had the students making house bracelets to wear proudly during house rallies. We hope these activities will help each house build on their teamwork going forward, enabling...

Develop My Child!

[Update] Class Assemblies Each month, one Elementary class is responsible for preparing a presentation for assembly. Each one of these has a specific theme that requires the students to research and prepare ahead of time. This, we feel, is a great way for the students to develop responsibility and leadership skills. Over the course of preparing these assemblies, we have...

Español And Pǔ Tōng Huà. Huh?

[Update] Third Language Classes Are Now In Session Every Tuesday and Thursday students in grades 1 to 6 attend their third language classes either in Spanish or Chinese (Mandarin). We would like to take this time to introduce to you our multilingual team of teachers. [caption id="attachment_195" align="aligncenter" width="625"] From left to right: [Spanish teachers] Mrs. Garcia, Mrs. Ohlis; [Chinese (Mandarin) teachers]...

CAT•4 vs. EQAO

[Update] The Canadian Achievements Test Beginning this spring, Trillium students will take part in the Canadian Achievement Tests (CAT·4) at various intervals in the elementary years.  Specifically, students in grades 3, 5 and 7 will participate.  The CAT•4 is a standardized testing process which measures students’ achievement in the areas of Language and Math against same-grade students from across the country.  The...

Where’s The Third Term?

[Update] Two Reporting Periods With Progress Reports Trillium has switched to a two-report card system in the elementary division this year.  Two equal reporting periods - Sept to Jan and Feb to June – is consistent with the practice observed in  the public school system.  The longer instructional periods means that teachers will be able to procure a more comprehensive assessment of students’ achievement and abilities....

Watcha Talkin’ ‘Bout

[Update] The Speakeasy Corner For those who may have overlooked the purple box on the Elementary sign-in and out table, this is the comment box made especially for you to submit your thoughts to us. We have received a lot of useful insight so far and we were able to immediately address some below. Others will take more time to discuss ways we...