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March2026 display

As we enter March (and soon to be spring), our display focuses on Greek Heritage month, Holi (March 4th), International Women's day (March 8th), and Ramadan (February 17th-March 19th). Our LLC displays reflect and celebrate these themes. Happy Reading RRPS!

Partnerships February/March

Spotlight on... With room 29, we partnered on Social Studies Strand B for both grades 5 and 6 inspired by their visit to Little Canada. Students created Canadian landmarks and included electricity and moving parts. This project culminated in a market place with presentations and quizzes for peers from their buddy classroom.

February 2026 display

Another new month means another display! Our February display focuses on African and Chinese Heritage month, Chinese New Year (Feb 17-March 3rd), as well as Ramadan (Feb. 17th-March 19th).

Author visit February

The author Nadia L Hohn came for a long awaited visit in our LLC to share her newest picture book Patty Dreams as well as carried out some fun and interactive activites with our students in grades K-2 (room 6, 8 and 16). We learned patty themed songs, and LOTS of great dance moves! We were so grateful for her visit!

Nadia L. Hohn is a children's author and a nominated Forest of Reading author (you may be familiar with her very popular Malaika series). She shared her newest picture book Patty Dreams with us. We engaged in her book's theme on patties in interactive and musical ways. We learned a Patty song accompanied by Nadia's bucket drumming with dance moves to Nadia's song: Mix the filling, knead the dough, pop in the oven, and a so it go. Our grade K-2 students in rooms 6, 8 and 16 really enjoyed interacting with Nadia and her book's themes. There was a lot of singing, dancing and love of reading during Nadia's visit.

Partnerships February

Below are some pictures showcasing an overview of some of our February LLC partnerships. Some partnerships on the go include: exploring Sustainable Development Goals in order to use Design Thinking to create an app or 3D printed prototype of (an app or product) to combat a local or global issue connected to the Global Goals; 3D printed objects symbolic of Canadian Black Icons for our February student led assembly for African Heritage month; room 15's Subway Map for coding practice with Talebots; Dioramas with room 18 for our habitat project; MakeyMakey exploration with room 29 for their upcoming miniature home building with electricity; some of their electricity circuit success; plasticine ocean themed artwork with room 8; and arcade game simple machine building with room 20. Watch this space for more!

January 2026 display

Happy new year Regal Road! For this first month of 2026, our diplay focuses on Tamil heritage month as well as social emotional helath and well-being to get us through these cold months! Happy reading Regal Road!

Partnerships January

So far we've been exploring simple machines in room 20; conducting electrical circuits in room 29; researching sustainable development goals for our goIT app design inspired project using 3D printing; as well as loose parts for JK/SK inquiry to extend their classroom inquiry. That's just a few of our partnerships for Term 2 so far! Please watch this space for more in terms of what collaborative partnerships look like in the library learning commons.

New books!

The Fall resource fair books have finally arrived and are ready to be enjoyed! Lots of new high interest non fiction books, new French titles, and popular and new graphic novel titles - happy reading RRPS!

December 2025 display

It's already December which means a new LLC display. This month focuses on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (De. 3) as well as winter celebrations: Hanukkah (Dec.14-22); Christmas (Dec. 25); and Kwanzaa (Dec.26). Happy reading Regal Road!

December partnerships (snippet!)

Students in room 30 created Makey Makey buzzers to accompany their quizzes connected to their Water Equity projects during partnerships last week.

November 2025 display

It's already November which means a new LLC display. This month's display focuses on Indigenous Education Month and Hindu Heritage Month, as well as Remembrance Day November 11th, and Anti-Bullying Awareness and Prevention week (Nov. 17-23). Happy reading RRPS!

November partnerships

Room 31 (Ms. Gharaiya's class) held a marketplace and invited families to come see their body systems and animal and habitats coded ozobot maps paired with their Adobe Express slideshow presentations.

October partnerships

STEM stations: building strong and stable structures with room 22.

Body systems and habitats using ozobot coded maps with room 31.

October 2025 display

October's LLC display focuses on Islamic and Somali heritage months, Latin-American History month, as well as Women's History Month at the TDSB - Diwali is also being celebrated on October 20th this year. Our displays have a range of books to support learning in these areas, happy reading RRPS!

September 2025 display

Welcome to and welcome back to RRPS!

September's LLC display focuses on The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day (SEP. 30th); The International Week of the Deaf (SEP.20-SEP.26th); The International Day of Peace (SEP.21st); International Dot Day (SEP.15th); Terry Fox (SEP.15th); and books on the theme of the first days of school - happy reading Regal Road!

Display books and the themes of the International Day of Peace and the International Week of the Deaf

Display books on The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day.

Display books on the theme of the first day of school

Curriculum night STEM station preparations

Library helpers create STEM stations for curriculum night each year in order to provide families with a glimpse of what goes on in our library learning commons and makerspace. Each year they choose a theme, this year they chose animation. Today they made lego wall animations and popsicle stick puzzles in preparation, such creativity!

JK/SK inquiry

Through this read-aloud, inquiry, and creative STEM challenges, students reflected on how kindness is an action that can grow, connect, and make a positive impact on themselves, their friends, and the wider world

For the first week of school, room 6 explored the themes in the picture book: "First Day" by Katherena Vermette: This Indigenous picture book prompted discussions about empathy and creating a welcoming environment. Students explored the question, "What can we build to feel better?" They brainstormed and built objects (in STEM stations) like a heart or a bridge, focusing on how these creations could help others feel safe and included at school. This activity linked STEM concepts to social-emotional learning, showing how building and design can address personal and community classroom building needs.

For week 2 of JK/SK inquiry with room 6, I used the book All Are Welcome Here as a guide to teach students about community, diversity, and collaboration through STEM activities.

Here is an overview:

Building Community and Home Students learned about what makes a community and what makes their own homes unique. They built community places like a school or library with blocks and planks, and then constructed homes for their families using Lego and connecting cubes.
Connections and Welcoming Spaces The focus shifted to building connections. Students worked with partners to create bridges to connect different "places," and then designed welcoming playgrounds with stacking cups and blocks, emphasizing inclusivity.
The Collaborative City The week culminated in a grand project where students combined all their individual creations to build one giant, collaborative city. This final activity reinforced the week's theme of working together to create something beautiful.

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