Originally built in 1960, Lynngate Junior Public School is situated in Agincourt. Lynngate became a junior school in 1969 with the opening of John Buchan Sr PS. We have 210 students from around the world, particulary China and Sri Lanka. Many students are English Language Learners. Lynngate shares its facility with the YMCA Daycare. We also receive some students from the Good Sheppard Daycare, on Birchmount Avenue. Our Mission Statement: Each member of the Lynngate family - community, home, and school - is committed to educate every child in its care by providing the skills, knowledge, and values necessary for individuals to be capable and responsible participants in Canadian society.
Student Life - Where You Belong
- Arts Programs music, visual arts, dance and drama are complemented by Learning Through the Arts in literacy, math, social studies and science. Students also have the opportunity each year to view in-school performances by visiting professional artists, and to attend the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's Student Performances.
- Athletic Teams include Cross-Country, Intramural Sports, Tennis, Track and Field and Volleyball.
- Clubs include Board Games, Boys' Reading, Boys' Social Skills, Dance,Eco Schools, Girls' Reading, Girls' Social Skills, Homework, Fitness, Recycling.
- Competitions include Concours D'Art Oratoire and Spelling Bee.
- Leadership Opportunities include Door Monitors, Eco Schools, Library Helpers, Morning Announcements, Office Helpers, Peer Helpers.
- Pathways and Transitions are supported through Parent Information Nights with foci on EQAO, Making Connections, Math, H1N1 and Welcome to Kindergarten.
- Remedial Language Support include Early Intervention Program, Reading Recovery, Kindergarten Early Language Intervention (KELI).
- Social Skills is supported by the BRASS team.
Superbrain Yoga
Lynngate is the first TDSB school to engage in Superbrain Yoga. SBY is combined with the basic understanding of how the body’s energy works, how the brain functions, and how the body utilizes its fuel. SBY is an effective technique designed to specifically optimize brain wellness to improve mental performance and regulate emotions by energizing the brain to stimulate the production of Alpha Brain Waves which produce a synchronization of the right and left hemispheres of the brain, creating the brain’s most optimal state for healthy, conscious learning. Optimum results occur when practised consistently: Lynngators do SBY twice a day.
What Sets Us Apart
Lynngate is one of TDSB's Schools on the Move. Our focus in year one is to increase physical activity through intramural sports and activities at lunch and after school. Our second focus is to encourage our grade 5 and 6 students to develop leadership skills as peer leaders during recess activities. To complement our initiatives in Schools on the Move, we also offer a Nutritional Snack Program to grades 1 to 6 every morning. This program is supported by the Toronto Foundation for Student Success and implemented by parent/student volunteers. Lynngate is also one of the schools identified by the Ontario Tennis Association to receive complimentary Cardio and Progressive Tennis Lessons as part of our Physical Education Program. Students are encouraged to join a community tennis club such as L'Amoureaux so that tennis fitness can become a leisure skill for life.
Parent and Community Engagement
We have a good relationship with the YMCA Daycare through support of programs and supervision of children. We participate annually in the Terry Fox Run and the Christmas Food Drive for Agincourt Community Services. Our students visit the Agincourt Public Library. We host student teachers from Medaille College, OISE/UofT , Seneca College and the Zurich University of Teacher Education. We have an active School Advisory Council with parents who work as partners in education. Parent and community volunteers assist with classroom activities, excursions, sport competitions, the library, Nutritional Snack Program and special events. Every January, parents are invited to participate in our "Snuggle Up and Read" as part of our Family Literacy Day. Each year we plan and invite our parents and students to a special Family Night in either Literacy, Math or Fitness.
