School Organization, Classes, Programs and
Supports
FDK
A - 22
B - 25
C – 15 (without ECE)
Primary
Grade 1 – – 21
Grade ½ - – 23
Grade 2/3 – 22
Grade 2/3 – 23
Junior
Grade 4/5 - 28
Grade 5/6 – 25
HSP Grade 4/5/6 - 5
Total Student Population - 209
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Special Education, ESL and Library
Mandarin – JK to Grade
6. 2.5 hours of instruction a week.
This program extends the school day at Ogden by .5 hour.
Swimming – Grade 2 to 6 to
take lessons once a week at Scadding Court Pool. This weekly excursion is
currently not happening due to WTR.
Outdoor Classroom
Embedded outdoor and environmental education for FDK and Early Primary
students.
Nutrition Program
Morning snack in class for every student
Music (Strings) for
Grade 5 students
This program augments Music instruction at Ogden for students interested
in String Instruments. Students are selected based on interest and ability.
Information forms have gone out to all Grade 5 students.
Volunteer Readers
Reading support for emergent readers in Grade 1. Community and parent
volunteers form the support team and read in our community room on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays.
Jump Math and Lunch
Mentors
Big Brothers/Sisters mentoring students in Library on Tuesdays
Terry Fox Run – September 30 at 1:30
pm. Students will be asked to bring a coin.
Art Cart
Mobile cart filled with Art Supplies to enhance Visual Art instruction in
classrooms
Mobile Technology
Project
Focus on observation, inquiry, documentation, creation, presentation.
Use of Twitter and online classrooms
IPads – at least 5 Ipads in each Primary Classroom
Laptops – Access for students in Grade 3 to 6 in all classes
Academic Workplace and Google Classroom
Cross Country Runners
70 students are participating in our Team this year. Meet is on October 8th.
Parent volunteer drivers are needed.
Lego Robotics
Ogden Team of 10 Junior students are getting ready to compete again this
year!
Welcoming Communities
for TDSB Newcomers – Tuesdays to 4:45 pm.
Ogden School Playground
Phase 1, $115, 000 – Planned Starting Date – August 1, 2015
At this point an encroachment agreement is in the works. Legal from both
the TDSB and City of Toronto are working out the arrangements. Transportation
and Parks and Recreation have a stake in the outcome. School will notify
community as soon as there is an update. Councilor Cressy and Trustee Malik are
involved and supportive.
Phase 2, $100,000 – Work with School Council to determine priorities on
Master Plan that can be covered with this second allocation of Section 37
monies. Planning to begin when Phase 1 is complete. Construction to begin in
Summer of 2016.
LiveGreen Grant – 25,000 – Final report is due to City of Toronto in
October. There is budget room for seating (benches or rocks) and gardens. Live Green
monies will also be used based on the Ogden School Revitalization MasterPlan.
Work to Rule
The Elementary Teachers'
Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced that Phase 3 of its work-to-rule
campaign will begin on Monday, September 21, 2015. The new actions include not:
§ Filling in
for absent teachers
§ Participating
in interviews with parents, unless there is a concern about a student's progress
§ Updating
or distributing classroom blogs, websites or newsletters
§ Updating
Individual Education Plans by the deadline
§ Preparing
report card comments
§ Running
extra-curricular activities on Wednesdays
ETFO has indicated that if sufficient progress is not made, it MAY implement rotating one day strikes
in October. Read
more on ETFO's website.
The union
representing school support staff began job-related action in the form of
a work-to-rule on September 10, 2015. CUPE, Local 4400 members will
continue to report to work and perform their regular duties but will not
perform any additional duties. For example, staff have been instructed to work
only their regular hours, to take all breaks and lunch, and not to attend
unpaid meetings.
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