Today the Business Club at Mountsfield Public School held it's first official "Dragon's Den" session. So many fantastic pitches from our group of young entrepreneurs!

No walls no problem! Our virtual Gr. 6 classes Mountsfield Public School have been using Google Jamboard for a digital Thinking Classroom. These tricky surface area questions were no match for collaboration and creative thinking.

Today in social studies we welcomed @achimhurrelmann my mentor from Carleton University Political Science to talk to our class about international trade. We had a wonderful discussion about CETA with lots of great questions the bright young minds at Mountsfield Public School!

Today the Business Club Mountsfield Public School welcomed Mr. Currie, crypto blogger and one of our favorite supply teachers, to give a talk about cryptocurrency. Great discussion and debate!

Now that cursive is officially back the Gr. 7/8s Mountsfield Public School have been learning about how script has changed over throughout history and how to develop their style. Check out our historiated initials based on medieval texts! TVDSBLiteracy

Today Mountsfield Public School our Gr. 7/8s put their cursive writing skills to work to transcribe authentic historical letters written by my great great grandfather in 1932. Such great convserations about forms of script and context clues TVDSBLiteracy

Today Mountsfield Public School our Gr. 7/8s are dove into the world of global finance🌍 Using real money from different countries, we investigated foreign currencies, applied exchange rates, and converted them to solve problems TVDSBmath

Ever wonder where words come from? The Gr. 7/8s Mountsfield Public School are learning about the history of language and etymology. We used our knowledge of Greek and Latin roots to map out some tricky vocabulary words from our article of the week. TVDSBLiteracy

The Gr. 7/8s Mountsfield Public School are hard at work on their investment portfolios! We're using our financial literacy skills to act as an advisor and develop an investment strategy for a fictional client. Next we'll be graphing and pitching our strategy. TVDSBmath

In 7/8A Mountsfield Public School we've been learning about the effects of mining on our environment and took on the cookie mining challenge! We learned that it isn't so easy to get the resources we need without damaging our cookies even with the right tools! Thames Valley DSB

Diagrams just don't do molecules justice so we figured why not make our own? In 7/8A Mountsfield Public School we applied our knowledge of particle theory to create common molecules using Tinkercad. Next we'll be 3D printing our models to use as manipulatives TVDSB STEM

What a great day to spend outdoors watching an exciting rocket launch competition by our intermediate students! Mountsfield Public School Lucas Anderson

Everyone loves a good foldable! In 7/8A we've been exploring how different nations interacted in historical context as well as how to study them using our knowledge from geography last term. What amazing work! Mountsfield Public School

Do you picture stories as you read? In 7/8A we applied our knowledge of setting by visualizing and drawing scenes based on key details. We created these after identifying sensory details and annotating short stories. Great collaboration! Mountsfield Public School TVDSBLiteracy

Modern day shop class! This week the Gr. 7/8 classes Mountsfield Public School are putting our knowledge of structures, and manufacturing systems to work to design our own line of cardboard furniture. They look great put how much weight can they hold? We'll find out soon! TVDSB STEM

Our cardboard chairs are looking fantastic! Take a look at all the unique designs from our Gr. 7/8s Mountsfield Public School! They hold me up but can hold former superstar linebacker Mr. Dasilva?! We'll see... TVDSB STEM

It's chair contest day! I ended up on the pavement more than a few times but over half our chairs were able to hold up former bodybuilder Mr. Da Silva. Awesome engineering from our Gr. 7/8s Mountsfield Public School TVDSB STEM

Classroom is all set up for another year Mountsfield Public School! Had an amazing start with our Gr. 4/5s and I can't wait to see what the year brings🍎📚#BackToSchool

That's a wrap on a fantastic first week of school! Whether it was saving Fred the Gummy Worm or beating the cup stacking challenge, the Gr. 4/5s Mountsfield Public School are already a fantastic team. Here's to a great year of learning ahead!

I always love doing Sara VanDerWerf's 1 to 100 Challenge at the beginning of the year. The Gr. 4/5s Mountsfield Public School shook the rust off their number senses to find the best way to 100! We had a great discussion about what collaboration looks like in math! tvdsbmath