Upcoming Events
Sept. 21 8:55 Chapel – rescheduled from Wed.
24
Immunization for gr. 7 & 8 students
25 WDCS Cross Country (Oct. 4 raindate)
26 Chapel 8:55
29 Ride for Refugee
Oct. 3
Chapel 8:55; Thanksgiving Dinner
8 Thanksgiving
17 & 22 Parent
Teacher Conferences |
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From the
Principal's Desk:
Well,
this year has certainly started with excitement – some the kind we’d seek, and
some not…! In successes (like the energy
of the first week back), and in setbacks (like Mr T’s recent accident), I am
reminded of the call not to be anxious about anything, but, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, to present my requests to God (Phil 4:6).
We
are thankful to welcome Darrel and Helen Klassen (Seth, gr 4; Devon gr 2; and Jedediah , SK
Update
on Mr T: As you may be aware, Mr Evert
TenBruggencate was struck by a car while cycling in St Thomas
in
Christ,
//Keith
Cameron//
Praying
For Our Families: Last week Thursday we prayed Dave & Angie
Bergen, Jake & Lydia Bergen.
Praying
For Our Staff: This week
we will pray for Ms. Pieters.
Reminder
Items: The Meat and Baked Goods Order
is due tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 20th. No Late Orders!
Band Fees are due to Mrs. Smit. $150
if you are renting $75 if you bring your own.
We
are missing Band shirt # 13. Anyone
find it at their house?
Transportation
Note: Mrs. Tesselaar’s bus will leave 20 minutes
later in the morning, this Friday, Sept 21 because LDCSS has a
PD day.
Return time will stay the same.
Phone number additions: please add to your bus call list – Alice
Kraan cell phone 226-456-6040 and
Darryl Schipper 519-866-3731 (after you have tried both cell phones)
Looking for 2 volunteers: How
would you like to be an active volunteer working with a group of fun-loving
women and helping to serve the school in a variety of different
capacities? Well, the Ladies Auxiliary
would love to have 2 more members join their group. (It’s an instant 25 hours volunteer time for
your GIFTS program.) Please e-mail
Bettina bett@amtelecom.net or Paddi pvd@amtelecom.net if you would like to be
involved. The first two responses are
in!
Student Activity Fee/Chocolate Bar Sales. Remember:
For every box sold you can put your name in a draw for a class prize. If you
are not selling chocolate bars then your Student Activity Fee is due.
Our Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 3.
Are you willing to participate?
Thanks for the great response of food items sign up for already, but we need several more items and more
willing workers! See the form at the
end of the Journal of what is still needed.
We are looking forward to sharing a meal together in the gym with our
whole student body!
Also, the teachers are collecting $2.00 per student to cover the cost of the turkey meat, due by the
end of September.
Cheese orders: As a fundraiser for our school's library, we offer
cheese for sale once a month. You will find an order form at the back of
this journal. Simply fill it out and return it to school if you wish to
order cheese. There are various Dutch treats available too. If you wish
to have a standing order for the year, check the box on the top left of the
page. The order comes in on the first Wednesday of every month and is sent home
in your child's backpack or can be picked up in the school's kitchen fridge.
This order is due Wednesday, September 26 and cheese will be delivered
Wednesday, October 3. Questions? Call Keli-Lyn 519-765-1026
(keli.lockyer@hotmail.com) or Nancy
Robinson (librarian)
Parent/Teacher Interviews
are coming up soon - Wednesday, October 17 and Monday, October 22. A sign up
form is found at the end of the Journal. Please choose your time slot and return it to
the school by Friday, Sept. 28
so we can start the scheduling. The staff would
like to meet with every family for this first set of interviews.
A schedule will be sent home with the Oct. 10th
Journal.
Looking for a Boys'
Volleyball Coach: Are you able to step in for Mr T and help coach our boys' team?
Please speak with Mr Cameron...
Cross Country: As many as 40 children turn out for practice
on Tue and Fri mornings! Permission
forms and running logs need to be returned by Fri Sep 21. (see the end of the
Journal) Our meet is Tue Sep 25 in Stratford
Boy's Soccer: Tomorrow is the first
exhibition game scheduled from 3:30 to 4:30 with St. Thomas Community
Christian School St. Thomas Community
Christian School 77 Fairview Avenue , St. Thomas St.
Thomas Clinton
Thank
you, Ms. Pieters
Girls' Soccer: An exhibition game against
Faith Christian
Academy , in St. Thomas
The
Woodstock District Schools Soccer Tournament will be held on Tuesday, October 2
in Clinton
RIDE for Refuge: The RIDE for Refuge is a great
cycling event that brings together Christians of many different churches while
raising funds for those in various needs
(http://rideforrefuge.org/canada). This
year the RIDE is on Sat Sep 29, starting at 8 am at the Sommerfeld
Mennonite Church
in Mount Salem
PRE-REGISTRATION: The
Ontario Police College 10716 Hacienda Rd. , Aylmer ON N5H 2T2
ONLINE: www.eventsonline.ca
LATE REGISTRATION: 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3rd,
2012
LOCATION: Drill Hall , Ontario
ENTRY FEES: $20 for adults, $15 for students (High
School/Elementary)
**Entry
Fees are Non-Refundable** $50 in
pledges = Free entry!
The
first 500 entries receive a free t-shirt!
Come rain or sine!
FROM THE
CLASSROOMS:
School-wide memory work: We
began the Protectors Freedom from Bullying program in our weekly chapel last
week. This is an area of continual growth, as we acknowledge our
fallen nature, and as we seek to educate young and growing
Christians. This week we will look at Jesus's actions demonstrating
that self defence and protecting others is not revenge. Memory work
for Wed 25 Sep is from John 18:23:
“If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify
as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?”
JUNIOR / SENIOR KINDERGARTEN
– Mrs. Groeneweg
Reminder: JK & SK will be selling chocolate bars
again this year as a fundraiser for our student fund. The JK and SK
students are asked to sell five chocolate bars, or if you prefer, you may pay
the $10 Student Activity Fee instead.
Thanksgiving
Dinner: JK
students are invited to join us for our annual whole school turkey dinner, with
parental accompaniment. Please be at the
JK/SK room in school at 12:20 to join with your child’s school family. For new parents who are not familiar with this
our school families consist of 10 students ranging in grades from JK to grade
8. The senior students take a leadership
role in their school families.
Some
of the things we have done in Kindergarten:
Bible:
Adam and Eve, Sin Enters the World
Letter and sound this
week: t
Math: sorting and
simple patterns; numbers 1-3 ( JK), 1-10
(SK)
Practicing
how to print their own names
Practicing scissors
skills and pencil grip
Nursery Rhymes: Humpty
Dumpty
GRADES
1 and 2 - Ms. Pieters
to
Allie Weesjes
Sunday, September 23, 2012
“May you be blessed by the
Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Memory Work: for Wed. Sept. 26 please
see above
Spelling: Spelling Dictation words
for Friday, September 21.
Grade
1: pan, man, can, cat, sat
Grade
2: is, his, an, can, and, land, hand, all, call, small,
Field Trip: We are looking forward to
visiting the YMCA Children's Safety Village in London
Accelerated Reader Program: Grades 1/2 students have
been given what level books he/she may read from our school library. Please
encourage your child to read their A.R. books each week and do the quizzes on
the computer. It is good to have your child practice reading out loud at home
to help them with their fluency and comprehension. The goal for students in
Grades 1/2 is to read and do A.R. quizzes weekly. All the grade one
students took home books for the A.R. program marked with a pink happy face
sticker on the spine of the books. Here is how you can help your child begin
this program: first look at the pictures and ask your child what the book may
be about, next read the book to your child, then read the book aloud pointing to
the words and having your child read along with you and finally have your child
try to read it to you. This process should be done over several days so your
child will start to recognize the words in the book. Check to see if your child
has comprehended what was read by asking them some questions about the story.
Have your child take the book to school with a note indicating that he/she is
ready to do an A.R. quiz on the book. The computer program will ask your child
five or ten comprehension questions about the book that was read. Parents
please call if you have any questions or come in after school some time to see
how the program works.
GRADES 3 and
4 – Ms. Buma
Welcome: We would like to welcome Seth Klassen to our
classroom. We hope that you will soon
feel at home among us, Seth! We look
forward to getting to know you, and hope that you will enjoy participating
in class activities and in school
events.
Fri. Sept. 21 - Spelling Dictation: Grade
3 words are: pitch, drink, swim,
life, while, I, my, light, buy, eye, which, find, why, kind, try, think, recite
Grade 4 words are: fact, began, clasp, rapid, able, later,
space, stranger, grade, display, main, explain, freight, neighbour, weigh,
vein, April, ankle, sprain, shake
Wed. Sept. 26 – Memory Work: (See above)
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Cody
Bergen. Next week: Haley Broer.
Library Class: Remember to bring due books back for Library Class
tomorrow. Students have their First Term
AR goals and should be pacing their reading and taking follow up AR quizzes
regularly. First Term AR goal due date
is Fri. Nov. 9. *Star Reading
Highlights and Chickadee
Magazines: Parents, thank you for
sending in the Highlights and Chickadee forms!
Each yes or no parent-signed completed form enables your child’s
classroom to benefit through a free subscription, or through helpful classroom
resources. Any forms that have not yet
come in can still be sent to school with your child. Due date is Friday, Sept. 21.
Chocolate Bar Sales: Approximately half the class have handed in their
sale amounts. Remember that every sold
box allows you to put your name in the draw for a class prize. There is still some time to make more
sales. Keep up the good work, girls and
boys!
Thanksgiving Dinner: We are looking forward to our upcoming Thanksgiving
Dinner with our new School Families, on Oct. 3.
Please bring in any donation/helping forms and $2.00 towards the cost of
the meal. Thank you!
GRADE 5 and 6 – Mrs Drop
Memory Work: please see
above
Spelling: The students have
their spelling dictation books in their backpacks. Please sign on the
Unit 1 Dictation page to show that you have seen their results. Thank
you! The next dictation will be on Fri., Sept. 21. Have exercises
and Unit 1 dictation corrections completed for that date too.
Math Quiz: There will be a quiz
on Number Patterns on Fri., Sept. 17. Grade 5; Practise page 22:
1-4 (Show What You Know). Grade 6: Practise page 26: 1-6 (Show What
You Know). The questions on the quiz will be similar to the review pages.
Social Studies: Class work is being used to create the
student portfolios for their country projects.
Your son or daughter’s individual project task will require homework –
please ask to see his / her task card(s).
Portfolios are due and presentations will start on Weds Sep 26.
GRADE
7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate
Memory Work: please see
above
PLEASE bring planners/agendas each day. Please have signed if there are any notes or
reminders. I will be checking them at
the beginning (at your desk) and end of everyday (before dismissal). Parents:
please use this as a communication tool, I will be looking at it every morning.
The students will be looking for a quick initial from you, in the evening if
they have something written in it. Thanks:)
Math7: Area of Parallelogram and
Triangle Sheets.
Math8: test on Thursday - Estimation (know place
values, rounding numbers and rounding methods for estimation)
http://interactive.onlinemathlearning.com/num_round.php?action=generate&mode=mixed&numProblems=10
Art: please bring in a large sheet of white bristol board for next Wed, Sept. 26th.
Art: please bring in a large sheet of white bristol board for next Wed, Sept. 26th.
Cross Country Permission Slips -
please return by Friday, Sept. 21st
My
child _______________________________________ has my permission to attend the
Woodstock District Cross Country meet on Tuesday, Sept. 25th.
o __________ I can attend as
a parent chaperone.
__________________________________________________
Parental signature and date
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Boys' Soccer Permission Slip - For Thursday September 27,
2012 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm
__________________________________
____
may attend the exibition game
in St. Thomas
print student name
____ may not attend the exibition game in St. Thomas
I am _____
able to drive _____ boys to the the exibition game in St. Thomas
I am _____ not able to drive. Please check and indicate
how many boys you can take.
Boys' Soccer Tournament
Drivers Slip
I am __
able to drive ___ boys to the tournament in Clinton
I am _____ not able to drive. Please check and indicate
how many boys you can take.
________________________________
______________________
parent's name (please
print)
parent's signature
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Thanksgiving
Dinner (updated
list)
1. I will donate:
_______ 3 jars of apple sauce (need 1 person)
_______ 2 pkgs Buttered dinner rolls
(need 8 people)
_______ milk, butter for mashed potatoes
and Veloutine for gravy (need 1 person)
2. I can help by:
_______
cooking and carving a turkey (need 2 people)
_______
working in the kitchen 9:30 – 11:30 (need 1 person)
_______
working in the kitchen 11:15 – 1:30 (need 6 people)
_______
anyone interested to come in and wash dishes at 12:45
to speed the clean up for
the second crew?
_______________________________________________ Your Name
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Parent/Teacher
Conferences
Please indicate on this
form the date, approximate time and which teachers you would like to
see for your scheduled conference. If your child has Resource support, please
book a conference also
with the Resource teacher. We would like all parents to attend the first
set of conferences so that as
staff and parents we can touch base with each
other.
Showing a (1) for first choice and a (2) for second choice will
help us in our time scheduling.
A “Parent – Teacher
Conference Schedule” sheet serving as your confirmation will be attached to the
Journal of October 10.
Wednesday,
October 17 Monday,
October 22
4:00
– 5:00 __________ 4:00 – 5:00
__________
6:00
– 7:30 __________ 6:00 – 7:30
__________
7:30
– 9:00 __________ 7:30 – 9:00
__________
I wish to see the following
teacher(s):
Child’s
teacher Child
________________________________ concerning ___________________________
________________________________ concerning ___________________________
________________________________ concerning ___________________________
________________________________ concerning ___________________________
________________________________ concerning ___________________________
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Parent’s name (please print)
