Lyonsgate Update Oct. 10, 2023
Happy Monday Tuesday Lyonsgate Families, Hope everyone had a fantastic long weekend. Elementary parents: be sure to check the Elementary section for details of your first Parent Education event of the school year, this Thursday, Oct. 12. Toddler Parent Education will take place next Wednesday, Oct. 18, from 3:00-3:30. Casa Parent Education will be next Thursday, Oct. 19, from 3:45-4:30. The next PD Day of the school year is Friday, Oct. 20. Both Lyonsgate campuses will be closed. Please…
Lyonsgate Update Oct. 2, 2023
Happy Monday Lyonsgate Families, Next Monday, Oct. 9, is the Thanksgiving Holiday and both Lyonsgate campuses will be closed. Please see below for photos and updates from your children’s Montessori environments: Toddler Casa Elementary Photo Gallery Toddler Toddlers are on the move! Toddlers are naturally inclined to be on the move. Physical movement helps to develop the brain, build strength and coordination, and it encourages an awareness of other people. Movement is a part of every…
Lyonsgate Update Sept. 25, 2023
Hello Lyonsgate Families, This week: Casa and Toddler vaccine history forms are due back to Lyonsgate today. Thank you. This Friday, Sept. 29, is a PD Day. Both Lyonsgate campuses are closed. Free Cars! Lyonsgate has three of these little cars that are available to good homes on a first-come, first-served basis. Please let us know at admin@lyonsgate.ca if you would like one: Toddler Casa Elementary Photo Gallery Toddler [Please note: back to school germs have hit staff as well as kids;…
Lyonsgate Update Sept. 18, 2023
Happy Monday Lyonsgate Families, The school year is well underway and Lyonsgate students are settling back into the school routine. A couple of reminders: Casa and Toddler students’ Public Health vaccine history forms are due back to Lyonsgate on Monday, Sept. 25 The first PD Day of the school year is on Friday, Sept. 29. Please check your Lyonsgate calendar regularly for up to date events, details, and information. Toddler Casa Elementary Photo Gallery Toddler Greetings Toddler…
Lyonsgate Update Sept. 11, 2023
Hello Lyonsgate Families, We regularly publish general updates from each of our Montessori levels to keep you up to date on what’s going on in the classrooms and the school in general, as well as reminders and other bits of important school info. You will also find a gallery of photos from the previous week so you can see what the students have been up to in all of the classrooms. Toddler Casa Elementary Photo Gallery Toddler What a fantastic week in the Toddler classroom! It was…
Welcome to the Lyonsgate 2023.2024 School Year
Hello Lyonsgate Montessori Families, We wish to extend a genuine, warm welcome to all of our new and returning students and families for the 2023.2024 school year. We hope you enjoyed a wonderful summer and are ready to embrace the school year ahead. We have been excitedly preparing the school and classroom environments to welcome and inspire your children. The staff are now eagerly waiting to greet new students and to see how much the returning students have grown and changed over the last two…
Last Day of School Visitor
We had a beautiful surprise visitor for the last day of school today. A fledgling bird that is also taking its first steps, and flaps, into the wider world came to visit during recess:
Lyonsgate Parent Update June 19, 2023
Dear Lyonsgate Families, It is hard to believe another school year is almost complete. As Montessorians, we always struggle with the end of the school year approaching. While friends and family kindly offer celebratory congratulations to us on a year almost complete, the truth is, for us, the end of a school year always leaves us feeling more than a little unsettled. Opposed to other learning institutions where there is a set curriculum to complete within the year, we recognize that there is…
Lyonsgate Parent Update June 12, 2023
Hello Lyonsgate Families, As a number of you noted last week, the end of the school year seems to be approaching at a rapid pace. While we don’t make notable mention of it, the students are starting to sense some excitement in the air, as well as some smoke. Thank you all for understanding as we adjusted to another new and not-so-exciting issue to deal with last week. Parents of New and Returning Elementary Students in September: There are a number of Elementary events in the coming…
Lyonsgate Parent Update June 5, 2023
Hello Lyonsgate Parents, As always, we will end our school year with an all-school picnic and Casa graduation ceremony at Dundas Driving Park. The picnic will run from 12:00-4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 23. The Casa graduation ceremony will begin at 12:30 p.m. Please feel free to bring a pot luck item to share with the school community, and please include an ingredients list for those with allergies or other restrictions. All items must be nut-free, and we also have students with anaphylactic…