Tiger Day!

Staff and students will celebrate the Detroit Tiger baseball opener on Monday, March 31. Show your school spirit by wearing you Tiger gear and support Mrs. Pohanka's favourite team!

JK - AM Class of the Week!

Congratulations to Mrs. Pickersgill and her JK AM class. They have been selected as the AM 800 Class of the Week and will be hosting guests from AM 800 Thursday, April 3. The boys and girls will also be enjoying a delicious complimentary breakfast from McDonalds. Way to go JK AM!

Breakfast Club Volunteers Needed

Benson School is always looking for dedicated volunteers either in the classroom or in other capacities. Currently, there is a need for anyone who can help our students in the Breakfast Club getting students off to a great day with a nutritious breakfast. If you can help out on any day from Monday to Friday during the hours of 8-9 am, please call Mr. Petrusenko at 254-3761. Thank you so much.

Welcome

Welcome to the new blog for J.E. Benson School, home of the Bobcats!

Posted here will be current, up to the minute information for all of our Benson families.

We hope that everyone had a restful and entertaining March Break. We are ready to get back to stretching those minds!! Here are a few engaging literacy sites to keep students busy until Monday:

1. For Primary/Junior students:

Create sentences and put words in order: http://www.xmleducation.co.uk/magnets.html

2. For Junior/Intermediate students:

Spell your name with images from Flickr

http://metaatem.net/words/

3. For Primary students:

Have fun reading and working with words:

http://www.starfall.com/

4. For everyone:

Visit the Windsor Public Library online. Click Kids Corner : Fun & Activities, then Tumblebooks to listen to great stories on your computer.

http://www.windsorpubliclibrary.com/

Have fun! See you next week:-)
Mrs. M.