summer solstice full moon

June 20th was the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. The summer solstice hasn't happened in decades. Technically, the summer solstice isn't the entire day. The moment when the earth's northern axis of rotation is most tilted toward the sun. This year it happened at 6:34p.m ET on June 20.

The moon was at its fullest at 7:02a.m ET, putting the two events on the same day. The last time it happened for those in western and central Canada was in 1986, 30 years ago. Atlantic Canada hasn't had it in 1967. That's because the 1986 full moon occurred at 11:42p.m. on June 21 - the day of the solstice - the Toronto, but 12:42a.m. The next day in Halifax, the day after the solstice.

The full moon in June is often called the "strawberry moon". A name believed to originate with Algonquin tribes who used it to mark the start of strawberry season.

The moon becomes full every 29.5 days, or 12 to 13 times a year, but because the moon's cycle doesn't divide evenly into the number of days in our calendar year, the full moon(s) for a given month is shifted about 11 or 12 days per year. It can happen on June 20, 21 or 22. That's because the summer solstice is technically the moment when the earth's northern axis of rotation is most tilted toward the sun, and that happens every 365 1/4 days, and our calendar is just 365 days (with a leap year every four years).

If you would like to read more click the link below

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/technology/summer-solstice-full-moon-1.3640759

  girls grade 5 soccer tournament

        It was a hot sunny June 15, 2016, there was a tremendous grade 5 girl soccer tournament at Earnscliffe senior public school. The girls did so well. Their performance was filled with energy and it looked liked everyone was having so much fun. Dorset had notorious games and won first place. Howson played awesomely and ended up in second place. Folkstone's coach said we are very confident. Lose or Win does not matter we're having fun anyways. For Folkstone, Dorset was the hardest team. They were behind schedule and barely had any half-times -which was had for the girls - but they were really good at saving energy. The teams also were nice to one- another and to the other teams.
    Everyone said that their team played astonishingly well. The coaches said that well practicing there teams improved in passing, aiming and having power in they're shots. The referees did a great job. They made sure that everything would be fair. They did make some mistakes, but they are human. They were out-ragingly good. Mr.D was the head of the tournament this year, and it turned out to be a big success.
Every game will be a fight. Every team is good. Excellently executed Folkstone's coaches catch phrase.

Every game will be a fight. Every team is good. Excellently executed Folkstone's coaches catch phrase.

                                                                by: Simran.M, Elysprit, Sarbotam,                                                          Simran.T, Kanika, Jessica.                                                                                                                                                                          

CANADA'S WONDERLAND

Canada's wonderland has so many new rides. two of the most fun new ones are..........

Sky Howk "earn your wings"

Sky Howk is one of the new rides at Canada's wonderland 2016. On this ride you get to flip upside down (latterly) and go in complete circles. the most circles spun is 51.

Guardian

The guardian is a video game ride in canada's wonderland 2016. It starts off as a roller coaster. then turns into a video game. To win the gaame you must get the most points at the end. Be careful on the ride, thiers a suprise waiting for you.

Global warming is real, it affects everybody and everything.
We need to change our behavior or else........ You can fill in the gap!

Global Warming Google Slides Prepared by Xianna, Johanna and Brianna 7F1

The Upcoming Talent Show!

        

         A talent show is an event where participants perform talents of singing, dancing, acrobatics, acting, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument or other activities to showcase their skills. As you may know, the talent show eventuates near the end of the school year at Earnscliffe. Students will be performing their talents which they chose to perform at the last monthly assembly that will take place on the 20th of June, 2016 this year. Every year at the talent show, parents arrive to see their children perform their talents to the audience. I am certainly excited to see our Eagles perform wickedly because last year was a success! Lets go Eagles!

Here is a picture of the talent show last year:

By: Sarah Sattar

The Asian Heritage and Perseverance Assembly

The Asian Heritage and Perseverance Assembly

By: Tanraj Dulai

 

On Friday, June 3, 2016, Earnscliffe Senior Public School held a double assembly to recognize Asian Heritage month, and celebrate their character trait of the month: perseverance. At this assembly, there were 8 amazing performances by Earnscliffe students. There was 1 demonstration by BBASS, 5 Asian heritage performances, and 2 perseverance pieces.

BBASS is a group of grade 8 students that get together to practice turntablism. The students that put on a mind blowing sound performance were Dj Kk, Dj Willis, Dj Siren, Dj Aliyah, Dj Z, Dj Crossbones, Dj Phantom, and Dj Lightspike. They focused on explaining what scratching discs was really about, and hoped to spark the interest of current grade 7 students to join the club for next year.

The Asian heritage month performances included a Tabla (traditional South Asian drum) piece by Anikate, a Bhangra dance using a “sapp” and “khunda” by Jason, a bollywood dance by Marva, Olivia, and Vrinda, and traditional Hindi dance by Preya. To top off the entertainment, students showcased different clothing types from all over Asia.

a perseverance poster made by the class 7F5

To display their character trait of the month, perseverance, the students of 8M1 presented a skit that drew on famous quotes that revolved around perseverance. One of the quotes used was by Albert Einstein, “It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” The final performance was a dance number choreographed by Taaliyah and Tyniqua, and it was performed by 7F5 as a class.

Overall, students seemed to enjoy the performances put on by their fellow classmates through vigorous clapping and cheering. The positivity and support that these students show for one another really represents their school spirit and livelihood. Go Eagles go!

Senoir Boys Ball Hockey Team!

  On May 19, 2016  there was an undefeated victory for the Senior Boys Ball Hockey Team! Our senior boys, played notoriously with 2 goals in the Final game. With Mr.Dourmissis coaching the team we had  Curtis North as our goalie and Sukhjot Cheema as our backup goalie.Matthew Obukuro,Ammaran Fernado,Wahaj Zafar, Pavin Mattu, Nathan Williamson, and Ethan Humphries playing in defence.  Saihej Gill,Brendan Rubin,and Zsombor Raduli in Center. Jeremy St.John, Jashan Sandhu, and Zach Finch in Left Wing. In  Right Wing Jay Ghandi, Brennan Ciccoroli, and Guran Athwal.  These hockey players played with tremendous skills and a positive attitude towards the other teams.  Saihej Gill (center), Pavin Mattu (defense), Sukhjot Cheema ( Goalie) exclaimed "All the other teams played well, but we were un defeatable"

        


                                                                                      By: Elysprit,Sarbotam,and Simran.M 7F2

  

The Grade 6,7 and 8's Youth Symposium Trip!

On Wednesday, May 17th, 2016, the grade 6's, 7's and 8's took a trip to the Cineplex Cinemas near the Square One mall. We attended a youth symposium put together by Hope 24/7. We were one of the largest groups to attend the symposium. At the event, we were told about by-standing and bullying.  We were also told real life scenarios that have actually happened to people. We met a 19 year women named Shayley who was assaulted by her own step-father at the age of 14 and we also met a bunch of other people who really inspired us to stand up and not be a bystander and just make us realize how we would feel if these kind of scenarios had happened to us or our family members. We also watched some music videos that other schools had made including Earnscliffe's video, How We Livin''. After a while, we had lunch. We enjoyed some pizza and chips while watching an episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel-air" on the big screen. After we were done eating, we continued with our talk about bullying and we also watched a video of famous actors like, author of "The Fault in our Stars", John Green, famous actress, Jamie Lee Curtis and many more talking about bullying and just giving us inspiration. We discussed different problems/questions that the audience had and we thought of ways we could also prevent bullying and shred them with everyone. We had a lot of fun, at some times times we laughed and at some times we just really thought about bullying and how serious it is. Overall it was a great trip and let's prevent bullying together! Check out their Youtube channel: Hope 24/7
 Here are some pictures from the trip:

Lining up to go outside. 

The view from our line. 

The inside! 

Our bus. 

Our bus (again).

A beautiful day. 

By: Kanika.B, Simran.T & Jessica.M

*suggestions are greatly appreciated. 

 

Here is the concluding part of the debate video.
Click and watch.
Debate Video

Click the link below to watch the first Earnscliffe Debate Ever!

Earnscliffe Debate.

Links for the debate competition

https://youtu.be/EWmpkUm04Mo
https://youtu.be/66B-oPU2ecE

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The Astonishing Debates at Earnscliffe Senior Public School

The Astonishing Debates at Earnscliffe Senior Public School 

On Friday April 15th 2016, it was a regular day for most of the school but not for one club. It was the spectacular debates of 2016 from the debate Club. Our own astounding school Earnscliffe was the host. It was a mesmerizing day. A lot of school participated in the debate and all are deserving. We have interviewed one of the chief  Director of this event. Mr. Gagu one of our stunning grade 6 teachers. He said " the students loved it and they were into it also this year  the other teams were not prepared but had good  Academic focus" - Mr.Gagu.  We had also interviewed one of our stupendous competitors and one on the girls/ boys that had represented our school Hamisha from 7F4. She had said "  It was boring and people were cheating. There was food and also it was nerve wracking because there were a lot of competitors and schools. One of the girls said some points information but she got denied 3 times. Some drama happened it was a 7/10. It was the first year so there is room for improvement. Practices were good for the club and the MVP got the juniors won championships. But unfortunately the seniors got none championships but they had most points". - Hamisha 7F4  Overall we all think that it's was an astonishing day and all are deserving of the titles and thank you to all the competitors for representing Earscliffe at there full potential. We all appreciate it.

By : Sarbotam & Simran & Elysprit  7F2 

THE EARNSCLIFFE PRESS  Gentle Members of the Press, our meeting will come up on Thursday May 5th, 2016 in room 109. Please line up at the key pad doors on the portable side of the school at 11:35 sharp. I will come to let you in. Also come with your agenda to the meeting.  After the meeting, I will let you out from the exit door near room 109, you will not be allowed to go back to your class.

The reading cafe in room 109

    On the 27 of April 2016, it was a normal day like any other  day 5. We had Mr. Adegbite for the first period. At first, we thought we were going to have a tedious day. Then we found out that we were going to have the reading cafe!!!! Everyone was surprised. MS. Kao brought food and all the kids would present their perspective assignment. Everyone has worked incredibly hard on the perspective assignment. Everyone did a wonderful job and everyone tried their best on completing it on the due date. It was an honor to participate in such an honorable event. I loved it. I rate it 10/10.
                              
                                       By:Simran.M and Sarbotam.D 7F2                                                                             

Le café de lecture dans la salle 109

Sur le 27 avril 2016, s'était une normal jour comme tout les jours 5. Nous avons Mr. A pour la première période. Premièrement, nous avons penser nous avons une autre ennuyeux jour. Puis, nous découvrons que nous vont avoir une café de lecture!!!! Tout le monde était surprisé Ms. Kao avait apporté la nourriture  et tout les étudiants va présenter leur tâche assigné de perspective. Tout le monde a travaillé incroyablement très fort sur les présentations. Tout le monde a travaillé fantastiquement sur les présentations et tout la monde a essayé de rentré la travailler sur la propre date. C'était une honour de participé en cette honorable évent.

                            Par:Simran.M et Sarbotam.D 7F2 

French Café!!!

      On the 21 of April 2016 Mme. Pierro, 7F6, and Mme. Butt's core French classes all planned the French café. To promote the café, everyone went class to class, made posters, and even cleaned the courtyard. On the day of the café we had a turnout of around 30 people!! Each table had a game to play so everyone had fun and made new friends. The food table consisted of croissants (a rich, flaky pastry), grape juice and lemonade. The decorations were astonishing, our tissues had the Eiffel Tower on them, beside them were flowers in pretty turquoise pots and the table covers complimented the tissues and flower pots. At the end we got amazing feedback and I certainly hope we do it again. I rate the French café 10/10.

Written by: Ajeet Grewal 7F6 (Earnscliffe News Correspondent)

 
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ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR: THE EARNSCLIFFE PRESS CLUB

INTRODUCTION

The Ethical Standards for the Earnscliffe Press Club represents a vision for our practice. At the heart of a virile and effective journalism is a commitment to the truth, fairness and equity. Members of the Earnscliffe Press Club, in their position of trust, demonstrate a high sense of responsibility in their relationships with fellow students, colleagues, school administration, teachers, partners, and the environment.

“Principles for Ethical Journalism”

THE PURPOSE OF THE CODES OF CONDUCT FOR THE PRESS CLUB ARE:

·         To inspire members to reflect and uphold the honour and dignity of the Press Club

·         To guide ethical decisions and actions in the Press Club

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Very Interesting!

It is very interesting to see how many Eaglets are ready to soar at The Earcsliffe Press Club! We had a great turn out during our last two meetings, students were very enthusiastic and passionate about the club. They asked many great thought provoking questions, and they got the right answers to their questions.

Remember your paragraph is due during the next meeting in Room 109.

Hope to see you then.

In this club, we learn, we write articles, we publish them on our famous blogsite and we also have fun. We also follow great columnists and discuss issues, news, and current cases around our school and the community on a daily basis. Anybody who is interested and loves reading newspapers, magazines and engage in creative writing is welcome in our club!