Fern Sports Teams and Clubs

Welcome to the Fern Athletics & Clubs website! Browse the different tabs to look into what Fern has to offer! If you are on a mobile device or tablet, look for the three lines in the the top left hand corner of the screen. 

EMA forms must be signed prior to any team participation and try-outs: https://parent.ema.tdsb.on.ca/#/ 

Fern Avenue athletic wear:   https://fernshop.ca/

Senior House league Volleyball 2025 

Our senior co-ed volleyball house league was a very exciting sporting and social activity for our students this year. As educators and coaches we are so happy for all our students that are active in athletics, developing skills, individual and team, and most importantly having fun with their peers. Fun was also the word that most of our students would use to describe our senior volleyball house league. With over 70 of our senior students participating, our house league became a focal point in senior students' extracurriculars during the months of November and December. Most games were close and the modified rules allowed for a relaxed and enjoyable sporting environment. It was really awesome seeing our more experienced players encouraging and helping out those with less experience. Over the duration of our house league each team's play became so much more exciting as the improvement of the level of play was amazing. The Spikers were the team that ended with the league golden trophy pictured below.

House league teams          SENIOR COED VOLLEYBALL

FERN CROSS COUNTRY 2025 - Photos below

Fern Avenue P.S. 2025-2026           

Physical Education and Athletics

(Junior /Senior)                 

Dear parents/guardians:

Welcome to a new school year!      

At Fern Avenue public school we are excited for the start of the new year, and preparing for an active and fun learning environment for our students. In addition to classroom/gym lessons, we are planning for extracurricular programs that add so much to students' life experience!

Physical education and athletics are integral and essential components of education at our school and in TDSB. Physical activity and sports provide kids the opportunity for fun, challenge, and interaction. Our program consists of activities that create opportunities for development of skills, knowledge, health-related fitness, and ultimately, the confidence to enjoy an active, healthy lifestyle. We start our physical education lessons this fall with fitness, yoga, low organization games, soccer, football and volleyball. In health we will cover material related to safety and injury prevention. A schedule with units taught in physical education and health throughout the year will be posted separately.

 At Fern Ave. P.S., we pride ourselves for offering many sports and athletic opportunities for our students. This year we are planning for our sports program to include cross country, soccer, touch football, basketball,volleyball, ice-hockey, swimming, badminton, slo-pitch, ultimate, and track and field school teams. 

Last year many of our senior and junior teams won district sports tournaments, and represented us in the city playoffs.  Also many of our students accomplished great individual records in cross-country, swimming, and track & field meets! We have raised our pennants in the school hallway with a lot of pride and a strong sense of school spirit . Although our goal is to excel with our sports program and teams, we would like to emphasize that regardless of championships and medals our top objectives for our teams are for our athletes to improve their individual skills, to become good team members, and to have fun! 

This fall we start our sports teams and athletics program with cross country for all grades and soccer teams for juniors and seniors. We will also have a senior touch football team. You will have access and sign up your child through EMA. There you will find the teams available and electronic permission forms with the details for teams entered.           TDSB - Excursion Management

Furthermore at Fern Avenue P.S., we highly value our house leagues, which offer the opportunity for all students to play with friends and have fun participating in sports, regardless of skill level. This year we will have house leagues for volleyball and soccer, and others tied to student interest. 

Parents and students, you are welcome to purchase athletic apparel and spirit wear for your children or yourselves. You will have access to FERN spirit wear through a link we will be posting. Students can use the Fern apparel, particularly the t-shirts, to also participate in many of our athletic events like cross country and track and field, or for physical education classes.

Thank you for partnering with our physical education and sports programs to develop your child’s lifetime health and fitness. By working together we can bring the joy and health of physical activity and athletics to your child and family. It is going to be another exciting year. Have a wonderful fall and remember to always keep everyone in your family active as possible. 

Sincerely, 

Physical education teacher

Sarantos Katsihtis