School Profile 2013-2014
Bayshore Public School
JK-5 English/Core French
Address:
145 Woodridge Cr.
Nepean, Ontario
K2B 7T2
Phone: 613-828-8698
Fax: 613-828-6716
School hours:
8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
School Website1
Principal
Jeff Gervais
Vice Principal
Debra Jackson
Office Administrator
Heather Beaudry
Chief Custodian
William (Bill) Bayer
School Council Co-Chairs
Cheryl Cooper
Afsha Shaikh
Superintendent of Instruction
Olga Grigoriev
School Trustee
Theresa Kavanagh
Chair of the Board
Jennifer McKenzie
Director of Education/
Secretary of the Board
Jennifer Adams
General Board Information:
Phone: 613-721-1820
Board Website2
Accessibility Information3
Our School
At Bayshore Public School, we provide a safe, supportive
environment where student learning is the focus. Our priorities
include a focus on literacy and numeracy with an inclusive
approach to education. Four years ago, Bayshore P.S was one
of the first schools to implement a Full Day Kindergarten
program. The Extended Day Program also runs at the school
providing parents with before and after school care.
We follow a Balanced School Day :
8:25 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
Arrive to School
8:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Learning Time
10:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Recess/Nutritional Break
11:30 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Learning Time
1:10 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Recess/Nutritional Break
1:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
Learning Time
3:10 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.
Dismissal
Our Students
Bayshore P.S has an enrolment of 370 students representing
over 34 countries and more than 30 languages including Arabic,
Bengali, Farsi, Dari, Urdu, Pashto, Somali, among many others.
Students attend Bayshore P.S. from Kindergarten to Grade 5.
When students leave Bayshore Public School to continue
schooling in grade 6, they go to D. Aubrey Moodie Middle
School.
Our Staff
Bayshore P.S. employs 26 teachers, 8 Early Childhood
Educators, 2.5 Educational Assistants, 1.5 office staff, 4
custodians and the support of a Multicultural Liaison Officer (2
days a week). There is also a Principal and teaching VicePrincipal. Students have the ongoing support of a Speech and
Language Pathologist, a Psychologist, and a Social Worker. We
also have 6 lunchtime supervisors to help supervise children
during the nutritional breaks.
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Our Community
Parents and Community
Bayshore families represent a rich diversity of languages, cultures and faiths. Bayshore is
truly a community school with more than 95% of our students walking to and from school
each day. School Council and parent volunteers help with our hot lunch program, milk
program, daily nutritional snack program, Early Literacy and Numeracy Initiatives, field
trips, and fundraising events.
Our school houses many programs including:
 Adult ESL/LINC through the OCDSB Continuing Education Department
 International Languages Program on every Saturday morning/ afternoon and during the
month of July
 LINC pre-school daycare for adult students attending the LINC program
 OCDSB Extended Day Program throughout the school year and during the summer.
We also have many community partnerships, including but not limited to,
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Bayshore Advisory Committee meets monthly with all stakeholders in the community to
promotes and enhance interactions among the community.(members include area
school principal, City of Ottawa Parks & Recreation staff, The Boys & Girls Club,
Accora Village staff, & Community Police Officer)
Management of The Bayshore Shopping Center
Accora Village and Minto
Ottawa Public Health
Pinecrest-Queenesway Community Health Service (PQCHS)
Mission Statement
Our Motto “Learning, Playing, Growing Together”
Picture of Bayshore Public school
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Programs and Services
Academic Programs
Bayshore P.S. offers an English Program with Core French for students in Junior
Kindergarten to grade 5. Bayshore P.S. offers a Full Day Kindergarten program for Junior
and Senior Kindergarten children, as well as an Extended Day Program from student in JK
to Grade 5.
Classroom Organization
Below is how are classes are organized this year. There are some classes that are
combined multi-grade classes. The 5 kindergarten classes are combined JK/SK classes;
there is a grade 1/2, grade 3/4, and a grade 4/5
Number of classes: 16
 5 - JK/SK Full-Day Kindergarten classes
 2 - Gr. 1 classes
 1 - Gr.1/2 class
 3 - Gr. 2 classes
 2 - Gr. 3 classes
 1 - Gr. 4 class
 1 - Gr. 4/5 class
 1 - Gr. 5 class
Special Education and ESL Programs
Bayshore P.S. offers:
 Special Education support. There are 1.5 Learning Support teachers and 2 Learning
Resource teachers
 English as a Second Language (ESL) support and English Language Development
(ELD) support. There are 3 ESL teachers ti support English language learners.
 Empower Reading Intervention program and Level Literacy Intervention Program (LLI)
 The Quiet Zone: a body break and sensory relaxation support area.
Clubs and Activities
Bayshore P.S. students have a wide choice of extra-curricular programs. Please note that
clubs and activities listed here is a sample. Throughout the year some clubs may not run,
while new clubs are formed.
 Arts and Crafts Club
 Lunch Monitor Program (to promote leadership)
 Chess Club
 Primary indoor soccer, Primary dodge ball
 Junior soccer, Junior volleyball, Junior basketball
 Skating
 and many more activities…
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Safe Schools Initiatives
Code of Behaviour:
At Bayshore, we respect and value our differences and we cooperatively create a peaceful
place to study and to play. Bayshore’s code of behaviour, developed with input from
parents, staff, and students, reinforces the belief that “We treat each other the way that we
would like others to treat us.” Throughout the year, BPS students are recognized publicly
for demonstrating the OCDSB Community of Character attributes which include:
acceptance, appreciation, cooperation, empathy, fairness, integrity, optimism,
perseverance, respect and responsibility. Students are provided with academic and cocurricular opportunities to practice these values and to develop positive social skills and
healthy life styles. The Multicultural Liaison Officer (MLO) assists in establishing closer ties
with BPS families and the various community groups.
Other Safe School Initiatives:
We actively teach students expectations for safety and respect while at school. Since
2012-2013, Bayshore P.S. has implemented an anti-bullying program called WITS/LEADS.
We have also created a Safe School Committee with school staff, social worker, Principal
and Vice-Principal, and student representatives.
WITS/LEADS – Anti-Bullying Program – WHAT IS IT?
 We are creating a responsive community for the prevention of peer victimization in our
school by implementing the WITS Program as part of an OCDSB initiative and pilot
program.
 Research says that we have to bring the community together if we want to deal with
bullying; developing social skills or positive character traits alone is not enough. WITS
is a parallel program whose premise and basis can be applied with other approaches.
 The WITS Programs bring together schools, families and communities to help
elementary school children deal with bullying and peer victimization and to encourage
adults to respond to children's requests for help.
 WITS has two components: the WITS Primary Program4 (Kindergarten - Grade 3) and
the WITS LEADS Program5 (Grades 4 - 6).
The WITS Primary Program teaches children in
Kindergarten to Grade 3: to make safe and positive
choices when faced with peer conflict. The WITS acronym Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out, and Seek help - provides a
common language that children and the adults in their
environments can use to talk about and respond to peer
victimization.
Picture of WITS Poster
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LEADS is a more grown-up version of WITS: and is designed
for students in Grades 4 to 6. The LEADS Program teaches five
problem-solving strategies to help children deal with conflict and
keep safe: Look and listen, Explore points of view, Act, Did it
work? and Seek help.
Picture of LEADS Poster
Parent Partners: Although the WITS Programs start at school, parents have an important
role to play. Talking about WITS at home teaches children to apply these strategies
beyond the school walls.
Community Partners: Community leaders, including emergency services personnel (e.g.
police officers, firefighters, paramedics), university or high school athletes, elders and
other community role models interested in preventing peer victimization also play an
important role in the WITS Programs.
Facilities and Resources
Bayshore P.S. provides the following facilities to its students and its community:
 School use: Library, gymnasium, computer lab, Quiet Zone, large play
structures/sandbox in the school yard, School Council office, Bayshore Park outdoor
skating rink/ field house, and voicemail/email access.
 School-Community use:, ESL/LINC Adult classes and pre-school childcare, and
numerous community programs are run in the school organized by the community, city
of Ottawa, and Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Center, including a
homework club in the evening.
Google Map of Bayshore Public School
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Achievement and School Improvement Planning
Measures of Student Achievement and Success
Assessment for Learning
This is the most important form of assessment. For Assessment to be useful to students, it
must inform them in words, not number (or letter) scores. They need to know what they
have done well, what they still need to learn, and what they need to do next in order to
improve. Students learn best from the feedback they receive during the learning process.
Studies show that students who received feedback only show a higher level of success
than those who received marks and feedback or marks only. Therefore, Bayshore
teachers give the students feedback and many opportunities to correct their work.
Students in Grade 1-5 will bring home a student Progress Report in November. It will focus
on sharing each student’s learning skills development and provide an overall indication of
progress in the subject areas. Strengths, needs and next steps for learning will be
outlined.
How are our students assessed?
Assessment and instruction are inseparable. Every day, teachers assess children’s work
using a number of strategies.
These include:
 Oral work
 Performance tasks (such as the presentation of a poster project or a play)
 Written tasks
 Observations regarding the child’s work habits
 Formal assessments such as PM Benchmarks & CASI for Literacy
Throughout this process, children are given clear directions so that they know what is
expected. Each assessment helps teachers decide what children need to learn in order to
achieve the provincial expectations.
What does this look like?
During the term, parents receive feedback through the work sent home with your child.
This feedback will be in various forms such as:
 Comments written on children’s work
 A rubric (or chart) which describes a number of skills and level of achievement in each
skill area for a specific task
 A test with comments (such as the child completed this test independently; the child
needs to practice his spelling). Number or letter grades are not included
 The most important thing parents need to understand is that our focus will be on giving
students concrete directions regarding how to improve academic performance
 Assessment of Learning (The Report Card)
 The Ministry of Education has certain curriculum expectations that students are to
meet. Report cards go home twice times a year for students in SK and Gr. 1 to 5.
There is one report card per year for students in JK. All reports include anecdotal
comments and, for students in Gr. 1-5, letter grades. The purpose of the report is to
provide a summary of progress as compared to the standards established by the
Ontario curriculum.
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School Improvement Plans and Initiatives
Over the past several years, we have worked on a number initiatives directed at improving
our students’ literacy skills. They include:
 Higher Order Thinking Skills
 Questioning
 Inferring
 Make connections between reading texts, previous learning and personal experiences
 Communicate thinking and justify strategies used when solving mathematical problem.
Each year, we have had a specific goal that we build on year after year.
During the 2012-2013 school year the Smart Goal was:
With a focus on English Language Learners, students will engage in authentic experiences
and tasks to allow for opportunities to learn and apply rich vocabulary in a variety of
contexts.
During the 2013/2014 school year, we have identified the following SMART goal:
By June 2014, students will become more engaged (with what they are learning in class in any subject) by providing them with meaningful and authentic tasks along with
opportunities to share and consolidate what they have learned with a focus on oral
communication.
We want students to:
 Be motivated by having unique opportunities to demonstrated their learning.
 Be involved in tasks that allow them to reflect and share their learning with a focus
on oral communication.
 Access and use different types of technology to support and extend their ideas, and
document and share their thinking.
 Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety
of media and formats. ( media literacy, through the Arts)
 Demonstrate creative and critical thinking
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Leadership Recognition
“Leadership in the OCDSB is the demonstration of personal initiative
to achieve a positive outcome.”
Students
We are proud of our students who demonstrate citizenship by helping in many ways including
being Lunch monitors, attendance monitors, Milk monitors, and part of the recycling committee.
Students have shown leadership in extracurricular activities including sports, choir, and drama. In
addition to informal recognition, we also acknowledge their contributions in our classrooms, school
announcements, newsletters, and year-end awards ceremonies. Students who demonstrate
positive character traits are recognized through the ‘gotcha’ program. Spirit assemblies are held
regularly and individual’s contributions to the school community are celebrated.
Staff
Our teachers have a wealth of professional qualifications including Bachelors, Masters Degrees
and college diplomas. Staff have expertise in curriculum and administrative areas including Arts,
Curriculum and Instruction, Phys. Education and Sciences as well as qualifications in Special
Education, English as a Second Language, Music, Reading, Phys. Education, and Computers.
They participate in Board-wide professional development in literacy and numeracy. We have 8
Early Childhood Educators who joined the staff to help support the full day kindergarten program
and Extended Day program. Our support staff bring a diverse background of expertise that
ensures our school is a safe and caring place for students to learn. Our office team welcomes new
students and their families to Bayshore P.S., shares important information and maintains home
and school communication in a friendly, supportive manner throughout the school year. Our
custodial team ensures a safe, clean learning environment. Our Library and Educational assistants
support student learning. Bayshore P.S. staff work effectively both as individuals and as a whole
school team.
Parents/Guardians/Volunteers
We have many parents who have taken on important roles as lunch program coordinator, and
lunch time supervision monitors. We also have parents who work as early learning assistants in
the Extended Day Program. Our volunteers contribute countless hours of support for the benefit of
students in our school by helping us with our hot lunch program, field trips and as classroom
teacher helpers. OCDSB high schools students are welcomed to Bayshore P.S. as Co-op students
who work in our classrooms and in the office. As invaluable partners, we thank our parents,
guardians and volunteers and look for opportunities to acknowledge them such as in school
announcements, newsletters, and our annual volunteer appreciation social.
Community
We would like to thank the following organizations:
 There is a lot of support from our community. We have strong working relationships with the
Bayshore Shopping Center and, Minto, who manages Accora Village.
 The school works closely with Pinecrest Community Health Center to provide support for
students and parents in our community.
 Bayshore Lenscrafters who provide glasses to needy students
 Alcatel employees who read to our children and have donated funds for books
 We work with the Ontario Soccer Association to provide the Soccer 'N' Settlement program to
student during the school day.
 Student teachers from the University of Ottawa, Nipissing University, and other universities.
 Child youth worker interns and nursing students from Algonquin College
 Local businesses, including Starbuck’s in the Bayshore Mall and Domino’s Pizza on Carling
Avenue
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URL References
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̶ http://www.bayshoreps.ocdsb.ca/
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̶ http://www.ocdsb.ca/
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̶ http://www.ocdsb.ca/ab-ocdsb/
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̶ http://web.uvic.ca/wits/schools/primary-program/
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̶ http://web.uvic.ca/wits/schools/leads-program/
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̶ http://www.eqao.com/
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