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Musical Masterminds
What do you get when you combine the talents of Pink Floyd, Green Day and Nirvana? Introducing Meaty Peasant Subway - the next generation in true rock-inspired music. Two members of this 6-piece ensemble (not only rock Gods by night…

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Passion for Dance
“My name is Shiva and I have been learning ballet since the age of 3. This year I was invited to compete at the YAGP (Youth America Grand Prix) semi-finals. YAGP is the world’s largest ballet competition. I performed 3…

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Sports Updates

The soccer teams this year had great success at their PSAA tournaments at Pine Glen Soccer Centre in Oakville!

Arts in Focus

This year's Arts Night was held on Monday, June 6, 2011. The event was a huge success and featured student work, performances and the highly anticipated Film Festival. Check out this video from Arts Night 2011 featuring some of Sommerville's Grade 8 students.

Tech Updates

Check out this video of Stormbots: Sommerville's Robotics team. They had a hugely successful season and look forward to improving their skills for next year.

Want to know how our laptop programme is making a difference for our students? Contact us to find out.

Upgrades to our internet and wireless network have made the launch of the new laptop programme, cart system and Interactive Whiteboards a huge success. Keep checking here for updates on how students are interacting with these new innovations.

Current Teams

Ultimate Frisbee and Touch Football
X-Country

Tryouts will begin in October for Ultimate Frisbee and Touch Football. Be sure to check tryout times at the front of the school.

For the Grades 4 to 6, Ultimate Frisbee is a great game to get involved in and represent Sommerville in the PSAA. The tournament for Ultimate is on November 9th at Pine Glen Soccer Centre in Oakville. Practices will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays after school until 5 pm.

The Footbal team is for our students in Grades 7 and 8. The team will take to the field on November 16th in the PSAA tournament at Pine Glen Soccer Centre in Oakville. Both the Ultimate Frisbee and the Football team are co-ed! Practices will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays after school until 5 pm.

The X-Country team is practicing hard for their upcoming meet on Wednesday, October 19th at Erindale Park. The team practices Mondays and Wednesdays after school until 5 p.m. We are sure the kilometers that are racking up in practice will pay off the day of the big meet. Be sure to check under the sports updates for permssion forms and meet information.

Current Clubs

Spellling Bee - J/I
Spelling Bee - Primary
Primary Readers Den
J/I Readers Den
Robotics
Choir (J/I)
Arts & Crafts
Card Making
Choir (Primary)
Yearbook

Do you like to learn how to spell new words? Do you want to improve your spelling skills? Do you want to compete against other students to become the top speller for your grade, division or even the whole school? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the Junior/Intermediate Spelling Bee Club is the club for you! We will be meeting on Wednesdays during lunch recess to practice, learn compete and eventually to make Sommerville's first ever Spelling Bee Team.

Do you like to learn how to spell new words? Do you want to improve your spelling skills? Do you want to compete against other students to become the top speller for your grade, division or even the whole school? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the Primary Spelling Bee Club is the club for you! We will be meeting on Tuesdays during lunch recess to practice, learn compete and eventually to make Sommerville's first ever Spelling Bee Team.

Primary Readers Den runs all year on Thursdays from 12:20 to 12:45 in the library. This is a drop-in programme where students are welcome to listen to books on tape or CD, read 3-D books, or check out the shelves for new reading material. No registration is required and students may come any Thursday. It is a great opportunity to get to know the library better in a relaxed, unstructured environment. All primary students are welcome.

J/I readers den runs all year in the library on Wednesdays from 11:55 to 12:20. This is a drop-in programme for all students in grades 4 to 8. It is a great opportunity to search for new reading material, peruse some of our in-school resources, or just catch up on your reading. Students may attend any Wednesday, but must remain in the library the entire time.

The robotics team meets every Monday and Wednesday after school until 5pm. The team is preparing for their First Lego League Food Factor Tournament in December 2011.

J/I choir is held on Thursday at lunch recess.

This club is held on Monday’s at lunch from October to June.

The students will be able to make a variety of arts and crafts throughout the school year to take home. We may use themes i.e. Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s day etc, to create crafts. A variety of different mediums and techniques will be available for the students to use and they will be encouraged and guided to use their ideas and imagination to create arts and crafts of their choice.

The card making club is offered to students in grade 3. We will be making a variety of greeting cards based on special occasions and holidays depending on the time of year. This will be offered one Monday a month throughout the school year. Cards will include Christmas, Valentine's, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Birthday, Thank you, and a free choice.

All students in grades 1, 2 and 3 are invited to participate in our Primary Choir which is held during the lunch hour each Wednesday. Primary Choir begins in October and we work on preparing songs for the Christmas concert; every year our Primary Choir is one of the major highlights of this concert and parents are always amazed by the calibre of their performance.

Choir members take a short break after the holidays and in March our weekly practices begin again as we prepare our repertoire for the end of year Musicfest concert. All of the songs we sing in primary Choir are FUN, and the children thoroughly enjoy themselves. Many songs are action songs, which the children particularly enjoy and there are also opportunities for solo performances for those students who wish to showcase their talents on stage. It is always a joy to work with the Primary children in choir; they certainly know how to enjoy music!

The Yearbook Committee works all year round to put together a fun and accurate representation on the school year. Our goal is to include the entire school body as we create a memorable book for each student to be able to look back on and remember.

We meet each Monday after school throughout the school year.