Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
Mission: The mission of Immanuel Christian School is to prepare students to meet the challenge of the world and culture they live in as young and growing Christians. Thus, students are taught the skill of discernment in the light of God’s Word, the practice of stewardship for creation, the required commitment to a life of Christian service, and the beauty of witness through modeling God’s love in a broken world.
Upcoming EventsMay 6 - Chapel (5/6)
Open House - “Bring Your Parents to School Day!”
10 - Christian Education Sunday @ ACRC
13 - Chapel (3/4) - New Tribes Misson
17 - Christian Education Sunday @ TCRC
18 - Victoria Day - no school
19 - PA Day - no school (except Grade 7&8 8:30-12:30)
20 - Chapel (1/2)
21 - Track and Field
25 - JK/SK Orientation
Notes of Joy - Aylmer Bandshell 7pm
27 - Chapel (SK & Resource)
31 - Christian Education Sunday @ Grace Community
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75 Caverly Rd, Aylmer, N5H 2P6
Principal: principal@immanuelchristianschool.net
Telephone: 519-773-8476
Facebook: facebook.com/ICSAylmer
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From the Principal’s Desk:
This is me… sort of! At the April 24th teachers’ District Professional Activity Day, we focused on
growth mindsets for learning – ours and our students. Walking in our students’ shoes, we used an exemplar (ourselves, reflected in a mirror) to draw a self-portrait. In small groups, we shared helpful critique: “I like…”, “I wonder if…”. And then, just like we do at any “real-life” task, we improved our work, moving to draft #2. So often in school, the task stops at the teacher marking. Do students have a chance to really improve after feedback? It’s also hard work to re-do a draft! Confession: I found it easier to ‘improve’ my sketch by adding a beard, but I was actually clean-shaven that day. The beard I’m sporting this week is my effort to see if reality can match my sketch! Being in the place of our students, doing something we’re not ‘naturally’ good at, and sharing our work with supportive colleagues – these are all ways we use a PA Day to help us improve as professional teachers!
As a teaching staff, we’ll reflect further on how a growth mindset might help us focus on fostering faith and Christian character… In the words of one of our teachers, let’s use a growth mindset “as we encourage our students to try their best and to use their own unique gifts and strengths to bring glory to God”?
in Christ, Keith Cameron
New families needed for the 2015/2016 budget: 4 of 8! Keep praying for parents as they decide! With enquiries, I am setting 31 May as a good target date for enrolments so we can prepare for Sep.
Praying for our families: Please join our staff as we pray for Dave & Angie Bergen as well as Jake & Lydia Bergen
Praying for our staff: Please pray for Ms. Jones
REMINDERS:
T.R.I.P: Order form is attached, due by May 14th with pickup
G.I.F.T.S Forms: How are your gifts forms coming along?
Cheese orders: Delivered today. Next order will be sent out May 20th
JK/SK Orientation morning: Our new Kindergarten students for Sept. 2015-2016 will be having their orientation day on Monday morning, May 25 from 8:30-12:00pm, alongside our current Kindergarten students who will stay for the full day. Students are welcome to ride the bus to school (please contact the office to arrange this) We look forward to having them join us!
Grade 2/3 and Music Teacher Sought!
We are pleased to announce a vacancy for a full-time position teaching grades 2/3 and rotary music for grades 2 through 8. Position term runs from 15 August 2015 to 30 June 2016, with the possibility of a follow-on permanent position. Formal music teaching qualifications, including instrumental band, are preferred. Evidence of successful music teaching experience is also acceptable. Ontario College of Teachers certification required, Christian School Teacher’s Certificate preferred. Please forward a resume, a statement of your philosophy of Christian education, evidence of successful classroom teaching and references including a pastoral reference by 15 May 2015.
Please pass this on if you know of someone interested!
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2015 New Registration - With plans for an additional teacher, all grades continue to be open! Parents of JK and SK children step into school at ICS with tuition at 40% and 60% of full tuition respectively. Our board continues to support our New to Christian Education Incentive which allows parents of older children to step into Christian schooling at the same rates - 40% the first year, 60% the second, family tuition thereafter. This allows all to “taste and see” how good Immanuel can be! Please spread the word!
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Spring is Coming and new footwear is required!!! FACTORY SHOE FUNDRAISER. Fundraising distributed the Factory Shoe Fundraising Cards in November. Please consider shopping at Factory Shoe…this fundraising program is a great way for Immanuel Christian School to raise money! It is easy…simply present the card when you buy footwear from Factory Shoe, and they will donate $5 for every purchase over $35. You can re-use the card as often as you like, and we have more cards for you to share with family and friends. For additional cards to distribute to your family and friends please call or email Janine Shelton at 519-765-2471 or sheltj2@gmail.com or visit the School Office
15th Annual Golf Tournament. The Golf Tournament is being held once again @ Pine Knot Golf Course in Dorchester on Saturday May 16. This will be special year with more prizes and contests for your enjoyment. Contests include Most Uniquely Dressed Golfer, Longest Drive with Opposite Driver and many more. Entry forms are available in the office. Make sure you get your team entered for the Early Bird Draw. E-mail your team list today to jtvannoord@amtelecom.net
Yearbook: If you would like to advertise your business in our yearbook please contact the office.
Business Card $40, ¼ page $60, ½ page $100, Full page $160, Inside cover $300
Spare Drivers: We are in (still!) need of Spare Bus Drivers to be available as required to fill in on routes. A valid B License is required. We will assist anyone interested in obtaining their
License. Anyone interested in this, please contact the office.
To all our faithful supporters of our paper recycling program: The buyer of our recycling paper program (Thermo-Comfort in St. Thomas) makes insulation from the paper we recycle. Due to the process they have to put the paper through, they can only accept newsprint paper. ie London Free Pree, Aylmer Express, Penny saver, Elgin County Market. They do not accept glossy flyers. Please do not put magazines, catalogues, telephone books, cereal boxes, junk mail, computer paper or brown paper shopping bags. Your town/or township will recycle that kind of paper. Thank-you for you cooperation in continuing with this great free fundraiser for our school!
London District Christian Secondary School - Student Connections Night
If your family has a child registering for (or considering) Grade 9 at LDCSS this September, your child is invited to attend the 7th annual Student Connections Night May 8-9. New students are invited from 5 p.m. Friday - 9 a.m. Saturday morning, for food, games, and icebreaker actives with the goal of building new friendships. If your child is attending please RSVP admission@ldcss.ca.
LDCSS is planning to have the 4th annual Summer Smash Volleyball Camp this year August 17-21. Registration forms can be found on the LDCSS.ca website and will cost $160 per person. Registration is limited to 30 individuals so register early. Please email Steven Wassing at swassing@ldcss.ca if you are considering the camp and have any questions.
Track and Field: Thursday May 21. This will be a JK and SK day. Parent volunteers are essential to success, assisting with events and supervision. We ask you to sign up for a morning or afternoon, with flexibility to see you own child(ren) compete - we will send out an email by Fri for opportunities! Sport is often used as an important analogy of the Christian life, and this is an opportunity for all children to “run with perseverance the race marked out!”
Notes of Joy
When: At 7:00 PM, on Monday May 25th
What: we will host our annual “Notes of Joy” recital (individual and group vocal, dance or instrumental selections)
Why: celebrating our students' God-given musical talents.
Who: any student from grades 1 – 8, recommended by their music teacher / parents! Sign up by Friday!
Where: Palmer Park Bandshell, Aylmer
Cycle of Hope (July 3-18): How does one show thankfulness to God for His mercy and healing grace in a tangible way? That was the motivating question that underpinned my decision to take two weeks this summer and ride 1600 kilometers (from Niagara Falls to Winnipeg) in support of a Christian charitable foundation, Habitat for Humanity, in its annual Cycle of Hope. Still suffering lingering physical and emotional effects from the cycling accident that nearly cost my left leg and my life, my older brother invited me to join him in a cause he has supported for many years. It was then I felt God’s leading to close this chapter of my life in a practical way. I invite you to partner with me by supporting this adventure in prayer and with donations so I can fulfill my obligation of reaching $2500. Thank you, Mr. TenBruggencate http://www.habitat.mb.ca/events-cycleofhope.cfm
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten...
Bible: Feeding 5000
Healing a Man Born Blind
Curing a Leper
Printing Practice
Beginning and Ending Sounds
Counting by 5's, 1 - 100
Subtraction Activities
God's Changing Seasons: Spring Splendour - Life Cycle of a Frog
We are looking forward to our SK Field Trip on Wednesday, May 27, to Clovermead from 9:50 A.M to approximately 2:30 P.M. We need 3 volunteers to help us that day. Please call the school or send me a note if you are able to help. Thank you!
Happy 7th Birthday 
Madyson Bakker
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
“May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Memory Work: for Wed. May 13 Lift High the Cross
Words: George W. Kitchin, 1887; revised by Michael R. Newbolt, 1916
Refrain:
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name.
Verse 1:
Come, Christians, follow where our Saviour led, our King victorious, Jesus Christ, our Head.
Spelling: dictation will be a review test Friday, May 8
Words for Gr. 1: lists 22 - 28
Words for Gr. 2: lists 22 - 28
French Quiz: Tues. May 12 - Les gens de notre quartier (People in Our Community) et Les professions. Practice and review your in-class duotang work, everyone.
Memory Work: Wed. May 13 - (Psalm 139: 13 - 14)
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Spelling Dictation - Fri. May 8 - Grade 3: useful, quietly, slowly, careful, careless, quickly, useless, worthless, fearful, fearless, joyful, smarter, fastest, funniest, happiest, cheerful, hardly
Grade 4: quiet, quite, angel, angle, already, all ready, desert, dessert, weather, whether, pitcher, picture, loose, lose, aisle, isle, dairy, diary, your, you’re
Science: Why are birds so amazing? Different birds can soar, glide, flap or hover.
Though soaring, gliding and hovering were not part of the activity, we did try flapping our arms for one minute in class! Some students “flapped” for two minutes before stopping. Our arms got very tired!
We don’t have a very large breast muscle. A bird’s breast muscle is the biggest muscle in its body!
We learned that a hummingbird can fly straight up, upside down, and backwards and an albatross can sleep while it flies! While the pelican weighs about 11 kilograms (25 pounds) its skeleton weighs just a little over half a kilogram (23 ounces)! God gave birds wings, feathers, bones, and muscles that are just right for flying. The next time you see a bird in flight, think about everything that goes into one flap of its wings!
Bird Projects: Most students are in the research stage of their project work, recording information about their specific bird. Remember to include facts and details about all of the Sub-Titles on your Project Content Outline, girls and boys. Parents, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Project due date is Friday, May 15.
Accelerated Reader: AR Reports were sent home with your child today. Goal due date is Fri. June 12.
Student of the Week: Our Student of the Week this week is Selena Kroondyk.
Next week: Jefferson Loewen.
Music: Students are working on playing pieces with boom whackers. We are currently working on a piece called “David and Goliath”.
GRADE 5 and 6 – Ms. Jones (k.jones@immanuelchristianschool.net)
Memory Work: For this Wednesday, and Thursday - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Next weeks memory work: Matthew 26: 57-63
Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” But Jesus remained silent.
L.A.: Ch 8&9 Literature circle roles due Thursday for discussion. Read Chapters 10&11 only for next Wednesday, May 13.
Spelling: Monster Quiz this Friday: see list in planner.
Bible: Well done with the Bible Test! 89% average!!!
Science: Ask students about successful experiments about air pressure. What are the 4 principles for air?
French: There will be a Unit 6 test in French on Thursday May 14. Review sheets will be handed out tomorrow.
Music: Students are working on a three-part recorder piece, called 1812 Overture. Please advise your child(ren) to practice O Canada at home.
GRADE 7 and 8 – Mr. TenBruggencate (e.tenbruggencate@immanuelchristianschool.net)
Please see our class wiki page (linked from the ICS website, https://immanuelchristianschool.wikispaces.com)
Memory Work: Proverbs 1:1-2
Bible: Both the Tell Me The Secrets Shared Assignment and the Secrets Box are to be submitted no later than Wednesday, May 13.
Grammar: Next Wednesday there will be a Section 2 test on Verbs.
Math: There will be a unit test on Integers for both Grades 7&8 on Tuesday, May 12th.
Integrated Study - Student / Staff PA Day on May 19! There will be no busing, and students are requested to make arrangements to attend at ICS from 8:30 am to 12:30pm (including lunch).
Science: We will have an Erie Thames electrical safety presentation from 11-12 on Friday, taking up most of science class – look out for the shocking pickle! Lab groups need to be prepared to present on their assigned theory of heat on Mon May 11.
Music: Continue to practice “Sawmill Creek” on page 20 and “Montego Bay” on page 21 for playing test on Mon. May 11.
French: There will be a Unit 6 test in French on Thursday May 14. Review sheets will be handed out tomorrow.
Art: Photography work due to be uploaded by Tuesday, April 28th for class critique.
Elementary School Badminton Tournament: Eight students represented ICS at last weekend’s badminton tournament. Two teams qualified for the championship rounds and two of the consolation teams made it all the way to the consolation championships, and won! Well done team players Dylan Vandersleen, Correy Mantel, Dean Rollins, Dyllon Bergen, Jessica Friesen, Amanda DeJong and Lindsay VandenBrink.
