Yesterday, the ELC was blessed with a visit from Dr. John, who came as part of the "Brush-A-Mania" program and as a...
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Glimpse Into A Classroom: Role of Debate in A Classroom
Debate is a great way to help students internalize what they have learned in class and for them to get emotionally...
Senior Band: TD Christian High School Grade School Band Festival
On Friday morning, our Senior Band headed off to Toronto District Christian High School in Woodbridge. Wesley was one...
Reading Buddies Week – Term 3
This year, we hosted our Reading Buddies sessions a little differently. Instead of the JK to Grade 8 students reading all together at the same time on a particular afternoon, Reading Buddies sessions were scheduled at different times during a designated week. Teachers...
ELC Special Event – “Brush-A-Mania”
Yesterday, the ELC was blessed with a visit from Dr. John, who came as part of the "Brush-A-Mania" program and as a Wesley parent volunteer. From the outset, he kept the children entertained and focused. After introductions, he showed an upbeat video with dance moves...
Glimpse Into A Classroom: Role of Debate in A Classroom
Debate is a great way to help students internalize what they have learned in class and for them to get emotionally involved in what they are learning. On the surface it looks like they are only doing research, writing speeches and presenting; but in reality, they are...
Senior Band: TD Christian High School Grade School Band Festival
On Friday morning, our Senior Band headed off to Toronto District Christian High School in Woodbridge. Wesley was one of six elementary schools invited to participate in a mass band workshop with the TD high school band. There were approximately 200 students! After...
Today’s ELC Chapel Service – April 11, 2025
This morning, our SK1 class led the ELC chapel service, opening with the recitation of the pledges, O Canada and the Lord's Prayer. To begin our praise part of the service, more representatives from the SK1 class joined the chapel leaders in the front to do all the...
Today’s Chapel Service – April 11, 2025
Our elementary chapel service was a little smaller and more intimate this morning, as the Senior Band (Grade 6-8) was attending a band festival at TD Christian High School. Our chapel leaders led the singing of O Canada and the Land Acknowledgement before launching...
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Glimpse Into A Classroom: Role of Debate in A Classroom
Debate is a great way to help students internalize what they have learned in class and for them to get emotionally involved in what they are learning. On the surface it looks like they are only doing research, writing speeches and presenting; but in reality, they are...
Glimpse Into A Classroom: Grade 8 Art – Jackson Pollock
The grade 8 students have been continuing their exploration of art history and recently looked at Abstract Expressionist art, focussing on the work of Jackson Pollock. Pollock was a New York City-based artist who produced work in the 1950s and 1960s that used a...
Glimpse Into A Classroom: Grade 5 – Bible
In the Grade 5 Bible Curriculum, we have been studying the Old Testament and focusing on the history of the Israelites after they settled in the Promised Land. In each of the units, there is a character trait that is connected to the main character or story. Through...
Glimpse Into A Classroom: Grade 4 – Black History Project
In the month of February, we celebrated Black History Month. An important part of this month is celebrating and sharing in the joys and accomplishments of African American men and women. Over the course of the month, the Grade 4 classes researched and learned...
Glimpse Into A Classroom: PK2 – March Break Adventures
March Break Adventures was a time filled with excitement, creativity, exploration, self expression and laughter for our Pre-K students! Teachers helped facilitate engaging experiences, leaving the children with memories to last a lifetime - from an up-close encounter...
Glimpse Into A Classroom: JK2 – Celebrating Black History: Afro-Caribbean Rhythm and Drumming
Our JK2 class embarked on an exciting journey into the world of rhythm! We first read the book, Max Found Two Sticks, by Brian Pinkney. It is the story of a boy who finds rhythm in the world around him using two sticks he found. Inspired by Max’s...
Today’s ELC Chapel Service – April 11, 2025
This morning, our SK1 class led the ELC chapel service, opening with the recitation of the pledges, O Canada and the Lord's Prayer. To begin our praise part of the service, more representatives from the SK1 class joined the chapel leaders in the front to do all the...
Today’s Chapel Service – April 11, 2025
Our elementary chapel service was a little smaller and more intimate this morning, as the Senior Band (Grade 6-8) was attending a band festival at TD Christian High School. Our chapel leaders led the singing of O Canada and the Land Acknowledgement before launching...
Today’s ELC Chapel Service – April 4, 2025
The SK2 class led this morning's ELC chapel service. Representatives led the pledges and we sang four songs - "Hosanna", "I Love You Lord", "Pray About Everything" and "Give All Your Worries to God". Mrs. Wu was the speaker today and she began by asking the students...
Today’s Chapel Service – April 4, 2025
The Chapel Team opened this morning's elementary chapel service with the singing of O Canada and the Land Acknowledgement. Our first worship song was "Not Be Shaken" by Norm Strauss. This was followed with an introduction on today’s theme – perseverance. The Chapel...
Today’s ELC Chapel Service – Friday, March 28, 2025
In the ELC chapel service today, the JK2 class led the pledges, O Canada and the Lord's Prayer. Ms. Lin then put on three familiar songs for the students to worship God - "Sing High, Sing Low", "Every Move I Make", and "God Is So Good". As she transitioned to getting...
Today’s Chapel Service – Friday, March 28, 2025
The Chapel Team opened this morning's elementary chapel service with the singing of O Canada and the Land Acknowledgement. Going forward, classes will recite the pledges and The Lord's Prayer in their classrooms on Fridays, during a teacher designated time, in order...
Reading Buddies Week – Term 3
This year, we hosted our Reading Buddies sessions a little differently. Instead of the JK to Grade 8 students reading all together at the same time on a particular afternoon, Reading Buddies sessions were scheduled at different times during a designated week. Teachers...
ELC Special Event – “Brush-A-Mania”
Yesterday, the ELC was blessed with a visit from Dr. John, who came as part of the "Brush-A-Mania" program and as a Wesley parent volunteer. From the outset, he kept the children entertained and focused. After introductions, he showed an upbeat video with dance moves...
Senior Band: TD Christian High School Grade School Band Festival
On Friday morning, our Senior Band headed off to Toronto District Christian High School in Woodbridge. Wesley was one of six elementary schools invited to participate in a mass band workshop with the TD high school band. There were approximately 200 students! After...
Fun Friday – February 28, 2025
On Friday afternoon, elementary students had a chance to engage in some fun activities in their House Teams. Students went through four rotations - board games & cards, "Just Dance" in the gym, quiet paper based activities (Colouring, Word Search, Mad Libs, etc.)...
Pink Shirt Day – February 27, 2025
Today is national Pink Shirt Day in Canada. It is a day to raise awareness about the prevention of bullying and to promote kindness. Bullying can take place anywhere – home, online, work and at school….even at Wesley. By asking our community to wear pink shirts today,...
Term 2 CRISP Celebration – February 25, 2025
This school year, the focus of our elementary division is to encourage students to display CRISP (Compassion, Respect, Integrity, Servant's Heart, Perseverance) behaviours. On Tuesday afternoon, we held our Term 2 CRISP Celebration to recognize students that displayed...
Grade 7 Visit to the Centre for Dreams – April 2 & 9, 2025
Recently, our two Grade 7 classes had the opportunity to visit our neighbours at the Centre for Dreams, an adult day program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, located at McCowan and Highway 7. This excursion was an extension of February's...
Grade 5 Care & Share for City Street Outreach – January 29, 2025
This month, for Care and Share, the Grade 5's decided to help City Street Outreach by collecting men and women mittens for the cold weather. On Thursday, January 30,the Grade 5's went to each classroom to collect all the mittens and recorded how many pairs of mittens...
Grade 8 Boys’ and Girls’ Field Trips To The Salvation Army
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.Matthew 5:16 This week, the Grade 8 boys and the Grade 8 Girls made two separate trips to the Salvation Army on Markham Road. It was a very...
CTV/Salvation Army/Toronto Area FORD Dealers’ Toy Mountain Visit & Broadcast
In October, our Grade 6 class organized our Care & Share event for Toy Mountain. Each month, one of our SK-Grade 8 classes picks a charity or organization to support with tangible hands-on help to share God's love and blessings with others. It has become a Wesley...
Update – November Care & Share – Operation Christmas Child
On Friday, October 18th, our SK1 class announced that our November Care & Share event would be for Samaritan's Purse - Operation Christmas Child. Wesley families were asked to fill empty shoe boxes with toys, school supplies and personal care items that would be...
Grade 6 Care & Share – Shopping for Toy Mountain
This morning, our Grade 6 students had the opportunity to walk over to Toys R' Us at Markville Mall, which opened an hour earlier to give our students exclusive shopping time. Using the donations collected from October’s Care & Share, our Grade 6 class was able...