May 2015 - River East Transcona School Division
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May 2015 - River East Transcona School Division
1 ÉCOLE SUN VALLEY SCHOOL Communication-Citizenship-Creativity-Collaboration-Celebration 125 Sun Valley Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2G 2W4 P 204.663.7664 F 204.668.9360 Principal. Mr. M. Beauchamp Vice Principal. Mr. S. Osiowy May 2015 Newsletter On behalf of the staff, thank you for your continued support of our school. School Hours Thank you to Sun Valley PAC for the incredible Staff Appreciation event that Entry Bell Recess Lunch Recess Dismissal 8:50 10:15-10:30 11:40-12:40 1:55-2:10 3:25 spanned 10 days. The Sun Valley Survivor activities led to much excitement and Office Hours 8-4:30 uted baking. As well, thank you PAC for funding our recent residency with Artist friendly competition among staff. The staff appreciation luncheon held on May 7th was delicious. All Sun Valley staff felt appreciated and valued. Thank you to the parents who volunteered during these events as well as those who contribin Schools Program, Fubuki Daiko. This local Japanese drumming group of enthusiastic and talented musicians has had a tremendous impact on our school Student Absences community thus far. If your child will be absent from school, or if you expect him/her As outlined in the April 2015 newsletter, staff is now in the process of creating to be late for attendance, please class lists for 2015-2016. This is a complex process involving many factors and call the school office at 204-663- completed by a team of classroom teachers, administrators, and student sup- 7664. You may leave a message port services teachers. Letters from parents , which provided information about at this number 24 hours a day. their child’s learning style, social/emotional health, etc. have been helpful in this process. However, due to many factors, requests for specific teachers are not School Website: possible. Our team creates balanced classrooms (academic strengths and areas www.sv.retsd.mb.ca to grow, behaviour needs, social/emotional needs, gender, etc.). We will work Teacher Websites: very hard to ensure that students are placed in a class that is positive and pro- Username: svuser Password: Sunnysoleil1 ductive. We appreciate your understanding and support of this process. Staff have been working hard to create a school plan for 2015—2016. Literacy Inside this issue: (reading and writing), Behaviour, and Building Community will be the main areas Communication 2 of focus. Collaboration 9 We look forward to your support and continued citizenship over the final two Celebration 13 months of the school year. Calendar 15 Mario Beauchamp & Shawn Osiowy 2 Come One, Come All! It's almost that time of year again - it's time for FUN FAIR! Sun Valley families and their guests are welcome to join us from 4pm-7pm on Friday, May 29th for the 2015 FUN FAIR! This is an annual event organized by the Sun Valley Parent Advisory Council. Activities include: Inflatables Face Painting/Tattoos/Hair Colouring Carnival Games & Prizes Sun Valley Sweet Shoppe Interactive Martial Arts Demonstrations Crafts & More Wristbands $7.50 per child Great food and drinks from Dominoes Pizza, Car-B-Que, Lemon Heaven, Marcel’s Donuts Rain or Shine - a good time is guaranteed! Watch for a Fun Fair brochure and wristband pre-order form being sent home with students soon! All students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian as this is an after school hours event. Spend your summer at Oak Hammock Marsh! July 1, 2015 Celebrate Canada’s birthday at Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre with horsedrawn wagon rides, face painting and special birthday cupcakes! August 22 & 23, 2015 The Dragonfly Festival is an annual event featuring Dragonfly Safaris, Face Painting, Food Art Contests and a special performance by Al Simmons (August 22 only)! Oak Hammock Marsh is also offering weeklong camps for children ages 5 to 13 in July and August. Camp is filled with fun indoor and outdoor themed activities that could include scavenger hunts, canoe adventures, outdoor cooking and nature crafts. For more information on special events, weekly themes or to register a camper please visit: http:// www.oakhammockmarsh.ca, or call (204) 467-3300. 3 Concours d’art oratoire Le Concours d’Art Oratoire is a French public-speaking event for students learning French throughout the province. At this event, students from grades 4-12 are challenged to create, write a text, and recite poems en Français. They are judged on voice, quality of language, fluency, choice of subject, and gesture. Congratulations to the following thSun Valley School students who participated in the RETSD Concours d’Art Oratoire that took place April 14 at College Pierre Elliot Trudeau: Grade 4 French Communication and Culture (formerly Basic French): Summer H, & Tavis D. Grade 5 French Communication and Culture (formerly Basic French): Jacinthe L, & Jayme K. Grade 4 French Immersion: Alexandra H; Taryn P, & Carmen S. Grade 5 French Immersion: Brooke E, & Kendra G. Thank you to our wonderful French Communication and Culture teachers, French Immersion teachers, Mme Leclerc, and Mme Reid for working with the students to promote and celebrate the French language. Tavis, a Grade 4 student from Rm. 52, earned a Gold Medal at the divisional-level competition held in April. He was then chosen to represent the River East Transcona School Division in the Communication and Culture (formerly Basic French) Grade 4 category at the provincial-level competition held on May 2nd at l’Université de Saint-Boniface. At the provincial competition, Tavis did an exceptional job speaking with great expression, as well as showing strong poise and confidence as he recited Claude Roy’s poem, Une histoire à suivre to the panel of judges and approximately 250 captivated spectators. After all the poems were presented, Tavis ended up placing 3 rd in his group. Congratulations Tavis for all your hard work! We admire your determination, courage, and commitment to language learning. 4 5 6 7 8 Sun Valley Library Mrs. Paul’s Picks http://bikesafety.caa.ca/cyclists/index.php CAA’s Bike Safety site is worth looking at, both for drivers and for cyclists. The tabs make it easy to navigate, the images are clear and the information is simple to understand. There is an online quiz and a Road Test that parents can print out to test their bike-riding child’s road-worthiness. Whatever our transportation preferences, we all share the road with cyclists. Even though we may feel that our children know how to ride a bike, for their safety and our peace of mind, they should be aware of sound cycling practices and the rules of the road. http://www.winnipegparent.com/ Winnipeg Parent Newsmagazine has been around since 1993! It remains a current friendly go-to resource for family life in Winnipeg. The May issue features Summer Day Camp information, as well as tips to help your child pack for camp so that they will freely enjoy the camp experience. The site contains the full pdf of their hard copy. Many timely hyper-linked details are found on the Family Fun Calendar; this feature alone makes it a great site to bookmark, particularly as we hover over the verge of summer festival season! The calendar offers an assortment of family activities in all price ranges, in and around Winnipeg. http://www.tipjunkie.com/post/end-of-school-activities-your-kids-will-cheer-for/ As we inch closer to the end of another school year, this crafty website has plenty of great treat ideas to celebrate the last days. Don’t see anything that appeals to you here? Scroll down to the end of the blog post to find links to more ideas. *note: the websites included here are not meant to be endorsements in any way, but merely the observations of the author. All websites were last viewed May 11, 2015. IBL Did you know that the opposite of bendy is rigid? The grade 1s in Room 8 have been learning about materials and objects in our environment. They have been touring the school sketching and looking at the things in their environment in new ways. The Grade 2s in rooms 6 and 11 have been raising mealworms. They have created cozy habitats for their critters and are exploring what is necessary to help them metamorphose into darkling beetles. The Grade 4s in rooms 12 and 52 are learning about Manitoba history by searching pictorial websites, such as http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/features/timelinks/imageref/ and seeing our first settlers through the images of the day. We have been talking about taking the time to really see what each image can tell us about these early first nations peoples and the settlers who came to Manitoba from other lands. 9 Social Studies On Friday, April 10th, the Grade 5 students in Room 50 had the opportunity to participate in the Museum Highlights Tour at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Students were very enthusiastic to explore the different exhibits, to learn about Canada’s human rights journeys, to engage in a variety of human rights stories and to view interesting artifacts. “It was really cool how they had different artifacts from the First Nations and Métis cultures. It was very interesting to learn about.” ~ Olivia S. “I thought going through all of the exhibits was neat and the staff was nice. I learned a lot”. ~ Réal J. “The guide we had was really nice and gave us lots of information.” ~ Kendra G. “I thought it was really cool how at the bottom of the Museum it was dark and as we walked higher up, it became lighter.” ~Aleka C. 10 Music Monday / Lundi en musique : Every year the Manitoba Music Educator Association (MMEA), in collaboration with the Coalition for Music Education, celebrates and creates awareness for music education in our schools on the first Monday of May. This year, a high school student named Connor Ross submitted a song entitled “We Are One” to the crossCanada contest and won! Connor’s song captures Canada’s great multi-cultural heritage, and also expresses how special and important music can be to everyone, no matter who you are. Here are some thoughts on this year’s anthem, “We Are One,” from some of École Sun Valley School’s students: “I liked the rhyming words like share and care.” –Bradley, Ms. Code’s Grade 1 Class “It was so pretty, that song, because all the words were so nice.” –Robert, Mme Waite’s Kindergarten Class “I really liked how he sang really clearly and you could hear every word he said.” –Adam, Mrs. Odaisky & Mrs. Jonasson’s Grade 3/2 Class 11 I liked when everybody was clapping together.” –Cameron, Mme Baydack’s Kindergarten Class Awesomeness. It was forte [loud].” –Remington, Ms. Hunt’s Kindergarten Class “I liked it because I could hear the steady beat. It was excellent.” –Beruke, Mrs. LaRocque’s Grade 2/1 Class “I liked the beat of it and the music that they sang.” –Maddie F., Mme Baydack’s Kindergarten Class “I liked it because they were all doing their best.” –Eva, Mrs. LaRocque’s Grade 2/1 Class “I liked how the piano made different sounds.” –J.D., Mme Baydack’s Kindergarten Class “I liked it because there are people working together.” –Reena, Mrs. LaRocque’s Grade 2/1 Class 12 Pay it Forward at Sun Valley! Payer au suivant! By Room 12 Pay it Forward Week was a huge success at Sun Valley. It all started on Monday morning when we watched a video with our Kindergarten buddies about passing on acts of kindness. We put on special “Pay it Forward” bracelets to remind us to do kind things for others just like the people on the video! Starting Tuesday, we brought in “Cans for Kindness” to give to Winnipeg Harvest. On Wednesday, we wore pink clothing (or pink feathers) to remind us to prevent bullying. All through the week we read stories, brainstormed ideas about how to be kind, and wrote thank you notes to people who were kind to us. During the announcements each morning, Sunny Soleils’ kindness tips were read. Teachers and students were also thanked for their kind deeds. All around the school, students and teachers were smiling and saying hello, opening doors for each other, and even bringing in special treats!! Room 12 students along with other students, were looking out for younger children on the playground, helping clean up their classrooms, and helping their siblings feel better when they were sad. Pay it forward week wasn’t about getting “paid back” for doing something kind. It was about making someone else happy! We discovered by changing the way one person feels, you can change the lives of many people and even change the whole world! We would like to say thank you to the teachers that organized the activities, and thank all students and adults who are making our school a happy place to be. 13 Sun Valley Dodgeball Tournament This month many of the staff and students of Sun Valley have been seen practicing how to dodge, dip, dive, duck and…well…dodge (dodging is so important that it has to be repeated). That’s right! Dodgeball fever has hit Sun Valley, and the only cure is to grab a colorful jersey and headband and join in the action. Tournament play began in early May and features 150 participants organized into 12 teams. Games are played during both the short recesses, as well as over the noon hour. Each match is 15 minutes in length, and provides participants with an opportunity to play a fun and strategic game in a safe environment. Who will win the championship? Will it be the Average Joes? Maybe it will be the Global Gym Purple Cobras? Or perhaps it will be the Human Targets, or even Patches O’Houlihans’ Heroes. Come down to the gym during the month of May to find out! Technology-Enabled Learning Plan (TELP) You may have read about this project in our divisional newsletter The Torch. The article can be found at http://www.retsd.mb.ca/Lists/Publications/Budget_15.pdf and features a photo of our very own Mr. Rawdon along with a few of his students. The plan is tied to our divisional priority to make educational technology an integral teaching and learning resource, especially in the area of Mathematics. In January, every Grade 4 classroom and Grade 7 math classroom in RETSD was equipped with a set of iPads—one iPad for every five students. A variety of teacher selected math apps and creative tools designed to help students strengthen their skills. Students work individually, in pairs, in small groups, or as a class group. Students are engaged in problem solving as they explore, create, and research with these new learning tools. 14 Grade 2 Choir: Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day This year, Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day was April 21st, 2015. The Grade 2 choir students here at Sun Valley were EXTRA lucky because they happened to have choir class while their special guests were here! Students chose the repertoire ( a variety of songs ) and performed a “year in review” for all of the guests. They even included a song from the Christmas concert! 15 École Sun Valley School Calendar 2014-2015 Monday, May 25 Tuesday, May 26 Friday, May 29 Friday, June 12 June 15—17 Wednesday, June 17 Friday, June 19 Friday, June 26 Monday, June 29 Tuesday, June 30 Lunch Lady Grade 4 Immunizations AM Fun Fair 4 —7 P.M. Hot Lunch Field Day Grade 5 Camp Lunch Bunch Meeting – 5:45 (all welcome) PAC Meeting – 6:45(all welcome) Field Day (Rain Date) Hot Lunch Grade 5 Farewell Assembly—9:30 A.M. Last Day of Classes—EARLY DISMISSAL – 2:25 P.M. LOOKING AHEAD – 2015 - 2016 Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 Tuesday, Nov.10, 2015 Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 Monday, Dec 21-Jan. 1,2016 Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 First Day of Classes Co-ordinated Day, NO CLASSES Co-ordinated Day, NO CLASSES Co-ordinated Day, NO CLASSES Remembrance Day, NO SCHOOL Christmas Break, NO CLASSES CLASSES RESUME – Day 1