UG2GO 

Our board has a wonderful resource for all of our students that can be accessed 24/7 from school or from home. It’s called UG2GO and includes Learn360 (educational video streaming), Student Link (a site children use at school that gives them access to web sites that are kid friendly and relate directly to their current units of study), Tumblebooks (a site that has hundreds of books children can click on and have read to them), Noodletools ( gives children help making bibliographies), Knowledge Ontario ( a variety of approved encyclopedias, magazine articles suitable for elementary students), and much more. When students are at home they can go to the main address: https://www.ugdsb.on.ca/ug2go which will prompt them to enter the same Windows username and password that they use at school to get onto the school network. Once they enter their Windows username/password they will enter the site and they can then click on any of the resources and be taken directly to the individual resource without the need to login.

 

Please take a few minutes to explore the site with your child. It is an important tool that will aid them in their education, and may make your life easier when it comes to homework and projects. We are excited that students will be able to access information from anywhere and at anytime in this information age!  

 

Option sheets are now due. Most of our students have handed in their completed forms. Norwell needs them to start forming classes for the fall. If you need an option sheet or have questions please talk to Mrs. Pam Tarbush at Norwell SS.

February is here and with it lots of snow. February is also report card time. Teachers have been busy writing report cards. Report cards go home on February 8th. Scientists in the Schools have been visiting some of our classes this month. They always bring excellent programs for our students. The theatre trip to St. Jacobs to see the production of the Wizard of Oz was very successful. We are looking at booking another trip to see a production of Annie. We will be looking at a December date. More information will follow.
[ Read the full February newsletter (PDF) ]