Tag Archives: Sir James Dunn

Literacy is so important as it impacts every aspect of our lives.  An amazing idea from Mrs. Farand which was to celebrate Literacy Week sparked the SJD Spirit Club into action.  After some brainstorming and gathering of materials, the morning of Monday, January 27th became a morning of celebrating Literacy! Students were divided into five teams with leaders from Grade ...

Nov 9 @ 8:12AM Mackey Street is closed at this time due to a broken power pole and wires across the roadway. There is no power inside Sir James Dunn School. The pole snapped just above the transformers.   There is no official word from school administrators, but there probably isn’t school today for the students of Sir James Dunn. ...

  Oct 17, 2018 at 10:01 Sir James Dunn Public School is off to a great start.  On Thursday, September 27th parents and students were invited to a Welcome Back BBQ filled with food, games and professional face painting.  This was a night for everyone to get to know each other and tour their child’s classroom to observe all that they ...

May 23, 2018 @ 11:21   It sure is hard to wait and watch four little eggs for 21 days when you are 5 and 6 years old, but in the end, the wait is worth it. The Kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn had an opportunity to have 3 baby chicks come to visit their classroom in February.  It ...

Mar 2, 2018 @ 10:46     February may have come and gone but it certainly was a very busy month for the staff and students of Sir James Dunn.  The Grade 8 Game Changers were busy organizing a few things at the school.  At the beginning of January, each classroom was approached to make some Valentine Cards for the ...

Feb 23, 2018 @ 08:47     On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, 30 students hit the slopes at the Searchmont Ski Resort in Sault Ste. Marie.  After receiving lessons from qualified instructors the skiers and snowboarders enjoyed a sunny, warm day on the slopes.  Mrs. Bernath and Mr. Culhane were so impressed with how well the students persevered through some ...

Jan 23, 2018 @ 18:28 The 23rd Annual Wawa Cup Elementary School Soccer Tournament was held on October 4th at the Michipicoten Community Centre sports field and hosted by Sir James Dunn. Seven teams from Wawa, Chapleau, Hornepayne and Dubreuilville vied for the coveted cup throughout the day. After round-robin, quarter-finals, semi-finals and championship games, Sir James Dunn won the ...

Jan 10, 2018 @ 14:27   The halls of Sir James Dunn were busy for the month of December.  The Grade 8 Game Changers organized a few fun activities.  This group of dedicated students (under the direction of Mrs. McKenzie and Ms. Portis) first organized a winter door decorating contest.  All the classes participated and all the doors were unique ...

Jan 6, 2018 @ 08:30 The Sir James Dunn Kindergarten class had a very busy and exciting week before the Christmas break.  On Monday morning they decided to bake some fresh gingerbread cookies after having read three different versions of the popular Gingerbread Man book.  In all three versions, someone opens the oven while the gingerbread man is baking and ...

The middle of January is always an exciting time at Sir James Dunn Public School.  That is when the staff and students have the opportunity to meet and greet next year’s incoming Junior and Senior Kindergarten students. Kindergarten registration always comes with mixed emotions from both the parents and their little ones.  Excitement for all the new learning opportunities and ...

Dec 14, 2017 @ 10:29   The Kindergarten students at Sir James Dunn have been very interested in police officers lately so their teacher Mrs. Bernath invited the OPP to visit their classroom.  The focus of the visit was to let the little ones know that while officers do arrest people and put them in jail, that is not the ...

Dec 14, 2017 @ 10:24 It has been a long standing tradition for Sir James Dunn School staff and students to honor the veterans during a Remembrance Day service held in the gymnasium.  This past November 10th, the ceremony was started off by a very moving presentation by Mr. Poldmaa, the principal.  He spoke to the audience about his family’s ...

Oct 27, 2017 @ 08:05   The kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn received a special surprise last Wednesday.  The Technology team from the board office dropped off a new little critter to the classroom.  He is called Bee-Bot and Bee-Bot is a programmable floor robot, ideal for teaching control, directional language and programming/coding to young children.   The students ...

Jun 9, 2017 @ 08:09 SJD’s got talent – instrumental, vocals,  dancing, magical and comical talent that is! On Friday, May 5th, students, from as young as Senior Kindergarten  to our older students sang, played the piano and guitar, danced, and performed magic for an audience made up of students, staff, parents and grandparents. What a show!  We can’t wait for ...