Programs and Services
Academic Programs
Meadowlands P.S. is a dual‐track school offering English and Early French Immersion (EFI) programming for students from kindergarten to grade 6. Students in English receive Core French instruction in all grades, while EFI students receive 1 hour of English instruction from grade 2‐6. The Learning Support Teacher, the Learning Resource Teacher and the English as a Second Language teacher provide support to all students in grades 1‐6.
Classroom Organization
Meadowlands P.S. is a community school presently organized into 16 classes.
Regular English Classes
- Four kindergarten classes
- Grade 1
- Grade 1/2
- Grade 2/3
- Grade 3
- Grade 3/4
- Grade 4/5
- Grade 5/6
- Grade 6
Early French Immersion
- Grade 1
- Grade 1/2
- Grade 2
- Grade 2/3
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 4/5
- Grade 5/6
Special Education and ESL Programs
Our Special Education and ESL teachers support children within their classes and provide small group support as needed. Students at Meadowlands receive in‐school support from special education teachers, including gifted students, students with learning disabilities, with autism and hearing impaired students. Many students are also supported by school board special education staff who work in the school. English Language Learners are supported in classes and in small groups in the school by regular classroom teachers and ESL teachers.
Clubs and Activities
Organized activities at Meadowlands P.S. include sports and clubs, and vary from year to year depending on student interest. Sports available to junior and/or primary students usually include volleyball, basketball, Borden ball, soccer, cross‐country running, sideline soccer, ball hockey, track and field and skipping. Clubs include such diverse interests as environmental club, board games club, yearbook club, chess club, science club, craft club and the newly formed glee club. Older students are given many opportunities for service to the school as kindergarten helpers, milk monitors, and lunch monitors. Special activities for all include the Terry Fox Run, Jump Rope for Heart, Toonies for Autism, regular whole‐school assemblies, awards assemblies, class field trips, special presentations and/or performances by visitors to the school, spirit days, holiday food drive, Education Week activities and holiday celebrations.
Safe Schools Initiatives
The Code of Behaviour for Meadowlands P.S. is founded on the principle that each individual in the school community has both rights and responsibilities, which govern all actions and attitudes. Students are encouraged to reflect and act on these rights and responsibilities and to develop respect for themselves and others. Values and Character Education is taught through classroom and whole‐school activities. Every year all students participate in school-wide, multi-grade themed character rotations with various foci, such as "First Nation, Metis and Inuit", "Mathematics", and "Diversity". A Roots of Empathy program has been in place for several years. Meadowlands P.S. subscribes to the goals of the Inclusive, Safe and Caring Schools program of the OCDSB. Students learn skills to make informed choices and to solve problems. The students and staff use WITS approach and language to support the children with prosocial ways of resolving conflicts: Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out, and Seek help. The Safe Arrival Program ensures that all students are accounted for each day. Clearly identifiable teachers supervise the schoolyard before school and during recesses. Duty teachers carry walkie‐talkies so that they can contact the office in cases of emergency,