@LauraThirkill

Empathetic educator, enthusiastic learner. SCDSB elementary educator. Former Blind/Low Vision Itinerant, OELC TF and CC. BPHE, BEd, MHK.

 Collingwood, Ontario
Joined January 2013
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Bringing a little OELC action into the school with this “draw a leader” activity with our OPHEA fleet leaders this week! @acfleet
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Happy holidays from these thoughtful Grade Threes ♥️🎄🥰 @acfleet
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Sunshine, leadership, and physical activity on this November day! Capture the Flag scheming during outdoor physical education ☀️ @acfleet
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Mme Lockhart@MmeLockhartLDS29 Oct 2023
#ICYMI…
Mme Lockhart@MmeLockhartLDS10 Feb 2021
Goodbye old Balanced Literacy “guess the word” bookmarks... HELLO Structured Literacy bookmarks! I’ve created my own bookmarks that will enable parents to help their children at home with early literacy skills and help set students up for reading success! #parentinvolvement #MMSL
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Today is White Cane Day! What's so special about the White Cane? It's both a mobility device that supports independence for people who are blind or low vision & a symbol of independence. Here are some online resources & activities for White Cane Day! bit.ly/341sH85
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New year, new space, new role! Today our fantastic Grade 3s painted in the portable for this first time and it was a fun, beautiful, happy success! @acfleet
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Mme Lockhart@MmeLockhartLDS26 Jun 2023
Wish you had a printable copy of the new Ontario Language curriculum?? Look no further! Huge thanks to Marshauna Smith Parkes for creating this printable version of the Language curriculum (and welcoming people to share it, too!) docs.google.com/document/d/1…

Language Curriculum 2023 - Condensed Grades 1-8 (1)

ONTARIO LANGUAGE CURRICULUM 2023 Grades 1-8 Condensed Document Created by Marshauna Smith Parkes, Ontario Certified Teacher, using the Ontario Language Curriculum 2023 Grades 1-8 retrieved at,...

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“Reading into Summer” is a highlight of our day! Students bring a fav book to share from home or the library with their peers! Beautiful to see how their oral language grows as we learn about questions, comments, and compliments. @acfleet @GjacobsG @SCDSBey
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Passion, focus, and pride! Amazing to see the growth over two years in Kindergarten. Literacy behaviours, fine motor control, oral comm. We all learned a little more about Toronto from this S who visited with his family and drew it out for us to see @SCDSBey @GjacobsG @acfleet
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Cruise into Kindergarten was a blast! It was wonderful to welcome new families and little siblings, and meet new families who, like me, have recently joined this great community! Thank you to our amazing OPHEA Fleet Leaders for their support. @acfleet @GjacobsG
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Our collaborative book is growing! Our responsible and accountable students connected with the situations in this story and wrote our own version about our own classroom community. If we all do just a little bit, we can make a big difference together. @GjacobsG @acfleet
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We completed our collaborative piece inspired by Norval Morrisseau in our kindergarten community today! Working together and trying our best helped us when it was tough. @GjacobsG @acfleet
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April showers bring May flowers! Trilliums & trout lilies are here and we noticed they start with the same sound! Nature walks build community and support gross motor & oral lang. development. We keep ourselves safe, respect the land, & respect each other. @GjacobsG @acfleet – at Collingwood, Ontario
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Mme Lockhart@MmeLockhartLDS17 Apr 2023
Instead of “This student isn’t learning because…” let’s reframe our thinking to “This student isn’t learning so…” Our job as educators is more important than ever before. The only thing more important than teaching is student learning. As @weedentracy said: Be the light⭐️
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Wintery, snowy walks to the forest are quickly becoming a favourite time of day in kindergarten! Amazing for our gross motor, oral language, and self-regulation goals! ❄️ – at Collingwood, Ontario
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@mraspinall15 Nov 2022
A beautiful collaborative way to build school culture and student leadership. 🎥 via @DrFrankRud – at Essex, Ontario
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Very proud of our students who practice our “secret passwords” before heading to purposeful play! We add a new one every other day or so & have been using a combination of the traditional introductory order, and sounds that are important to us as they come up. @SCDSBey @acfleet
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Sprinting across the kindergarten yard with 30+ kindergarteners to see the DOUBLE rainbow is a moment we won’t forget. Pure happiness and joy on their faces!🌈 #scdsbey @acfleet
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Admiral Collingwood@acfleet5 Oct 2022
Our students offered appreciation and gratitude to our custodial team through song! “They’ve got the whole school in their hands”. Our school always sparkles thanks to Mr. McQueen, Mr.Johnson, and Mr. Cutler!
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