Set Your Clocks to Runnymede Standard Time

The clocks and bell at Runnymede run four minutes fast The clocks and bells run four minutes fast at Runnymede.

If you are using a cellphone to keep time, you will find yourself running four minutes behind for drop-off and pick-up. Your children may be marked late.

Unfortunately our Admin has no control over the bell system, so adjust your alarm clocks and watches at home to avoid those late slips!

DECEMBER 18th UPDATE: The clock system has been updated by TDSB and now runs on regular time

Save The Date for the Centennial Fun Fair!

Shop the Scholastic Book Fair & Support the Runnymede P.S. Library!

The fair is your one-stop shop for the holidays! Great books and awesome stocking stuffers await you. There’s no better way to thank your family, friends and teachers than by giving them the gift of reading.

The fair will be held in the library, and is open to students and their families from Thursday, November 26th to Monday, December 7th. Students can shop the fair during their regular library time. There will also be opportunities to shop during recess and every day after school until 3:45. We accept cash, cheques, debit and credit.

A large percentage of sales made at the fair go back into our school library. With last year’s sales we were able to purchase innovative teaching resources in both French and English and a multitude of new fiction and nonfiction for our students.

We look very forward to seeing you at our Book Fair!

If any parents are able to volunteer, please email Ms. Edgar

New Council Calendar

We have switched to a Google calendar! You can print it, synch events with your personal digital calendar and you can help us keep it up to date. Do you know about an upcoming tryout, club sign-up or important school event? Email runnymedeps@gmail with dates and details and we will post to the calendar.

Check out our awesome YouTube video for more info on the calendar’s features:

Use this iCal code to subscribe to the calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/runnymedeps%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics

The Centennial Playground Project

Check out the Centennial Playground plan diagrams (in 2 & 3D!) The plan incorporates leading-edge playground design with many different types of active play zones that will benefit the varying ages of students and the different modes of play.

The active play zones for the overall front yard include:

An “Active Zone” that is provided by the artificial turf field/track installed by the TDSB*. The area provides space for soccer, baseball, running, cartwheels and more
A “Climbing Zone” with three Parkour-style playground climbing structures
A “Basketball Zone” with a brightly painted full basketball court and an additional practice court for a total of three hoops
A “Wall-ball Zone” with bright targets painted on a building wall where kids can practice their throwing and catching skills
A “Games Zone” that includes two triple hoop games and a variety of brightly painted schoolyard games; four square, tic-tac-toe, hopscotch and a 100 chart
A “Fun Trail” of painted circles that lead children throughout the entire new playground space
“Quiet Zones” within the Centennial Grove of trees with a picnic table and seating boulders with engraved game boards, along with added benches for seating including a Buddy Bench.The plan incorporates leading-edge playground design with many different types of active play zones that will benefit the varying ages of students and the different modes of play that our kids have.

Click here to donate now via Canada Helps. Donate to help put our Centennial Playground plans into action by Summer 2016. Invest in your children, your school, your community and play!

* The artificial turf/track area was paid for by TDSB and the Centennial Playground area is being paid for via fundraising.