Updates & Announcements
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | March 7, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families,
Happy March Break! Remember, Lyonsgate is closed for March Break starting Friday, March 8, through Monday, March 18.
We return to school for the spring term on Tuesday, March 19.
We hope you all have a wonderful time on your trips to warmer climes, or enjoy the peace and restoration of a quiet week at home together.
This week, we have a little photo retrospective of the Montessori school year so far:
Toddler:
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | March 1, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families,
Well, we almost had a 5-day week…
March Break starts next week. March Break runs from Friday, March 8 [no school], through Monday, March 18 [no school], inclusive. Lyonsgate is closed on those dates.
We return to school for the spring term on Tuesday, March 19.
Be sure to read the updates from your children’s Montessori guides to learn what’s happening in your child’s Montessori environment.
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | Feb. 22, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, No Snow Days! (Although we anxiously held our breath with the freezing rain warning early this week). Now that the weather is hopefully improving, we’re asking everyone to please commit to arriving to school on time. The Montessori school day is divided into two distinct, long work periods — Montessori work cycles. These are the periods when children are guided to engage in focused work and to achieve deep states of concentration. Late arrivals…
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | Feb. 14, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, Errmmm... Hi, remember us? Your kids sometimes go to school here. We know the last two weeks have been very challenging with the weather and school closures, and we very much appreciate your patience and understanding. We have received a few expressions of frustration as school closures mean missed work days and early morning scrambles to find babysitters. The weather and closures over the last few weeks are unprecedented. There have not been back-to-back…
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | Feb. 8, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, Thank you all for your patience and understanding this past week as we endured the two-day closure due to the ice storm. It’s definitely been an interesting couple of weeks with the snow storm, a teaser of a spring day, and two days of ice. We hope you all had a safe experience. Last weekend, Ms. Boyle and Ms. Moffatt attended the annual Montessori Refresher course for Casa guides at the Foundation for Montessori Education in Toronto, where both…
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | Feb. 1, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, We had a snow day! And a deep freeze… Just so everyone knows, Lyonsgate takes advantage of the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board’s (HWDSB) process to determine whether or not to close school during inclement weather. Here’s a quick summary from them about how the decision is made: When bad weather is expected, Hamilton-Wentworth Student Transportation Services (HWSTS) carriers check weather reports, road conditions and road…
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | Jan. 25, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, Well that was fun! Hope everyone survived the up and down winter weather over the last week. Next week’s looking to be another cold one so make sure everyone has all the warm gear. We have lots of pictures this week to make up for not having any last week, and it was nice to see so many of you at the Parent Education evening on Thursday. To continue the learning about Montessori, each of your children’s Montessori guides have highlighted a…
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | January 18, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, Parent Education Evening: The winter term Parent Education Evening is next week: Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Lyonsgate Primary campus on Aberdeen Ave., from 4:00-5:00 p.m, in the synagogue’s Sanctuary (where the Holiday Concert was). Please click here to register for childcare (pizza will be available for registered children). This evening will introduce you to the different “Planes of Development,” as Maria Montessori called them. Montessori environments are…
Lyonsgate Weekly Update | January 11, 2019
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, Welcome back to school. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. The new term always means a few changes, and we have had some children from the Toddler level reach the point where they are ready for Casa and have made the big move. The newly opened space has allowed us to welcome a few new children into the Toddler environment; be sure to read the Toddler update to hear about how amazing the older Toddler children have been. We have also had a new student…