The ICS Journal
Wednesday, November 11th, 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 Events Nov 13 Absentee picture day Gallery Walk for Integrated studies (3-3:30 and 5-7 pm) Family Fun Night - Farewell to Mrs Ina Groeneweg 16 Book Week begins with visit with author Eric Walters 18 Chapel - Grade 5 & 6 20 Pizza Day - order form at end Last day of Term 1 - AR goals due No school for LDCSS 21 Tillsonburg parade 23 PA Day - Report Card writing 25 Grade 2/3 Field Trip to the Gay Lea Museum 25 ICS Fall Meeting 8:00pm 28 Aylmer Christmas parade | 75 Caverly Rd, Aylmer, N5H 2P6 School: office@immanuelchristianschool.net Principal: principal@immanuelchristianschool.net Website: www.immanuelchristianschool.net Telephone: 519-773-8476 Facebook: facebook.com/ICSAylmer Twitter: twitter.com/ICSAylmer LDCSS: www.ldcss.on.ca 519-455-4360 Foundation (endowment): www.ldcef.org |
From the Principal’s Desk:
A question is often an opportunity to think again about what we do and why. Children’s questions are valuable in causing us as adults and teachers to explain the “why.” However, the question “why” this time came from the editor of The Aylmer News (http://www.theaylmernews.com/). “Why does ICS go to the cenotaph in town on Remembrance Day?”
I had to stop and think a minute. We have done this since well before my time as principal. It has to do with connecting our school with our wider community and country. We train up our children to acknowledge God and his ways, not just in the private confines of life, but in all of life. The classic phrase asserts that “there is not a single square inch” of life where God does not call us to be faithful to him. Kirk Barons, the editor, printed my response: “We view Remembrance Day as a public recognition of our nation’s experience, freedoms and sacrifices caused by war and conflict… teaching our students to value and participate in their future responsibilities as members of our Canadian society.” In a small part, our school’s faithful attendance at our town ceremonies is part of our Graduate Expectation that each child grows as, “A Responsible Citizen, acknowledging being made in the image of God and aware that personal gifts and talents are to be developed in service to God and others.” In God’s strength, we endeavour to teach in word and in deed! Even small deeds, such as walking into town on a cool November 11th.
in Christian education, Keith Cameron, Principal and Chief Operating Officer
Praying for our families: Please join our staff as we pray for Cory & Jodie Hibbert as well as John & Tina Hiebert
Praying for our staff: Please pray for our Bus drivers: Mrs. Tesselaar, Mr & Mrs. Walters and Mr. Vannoord.
REMINDERS:
Tuition Reduction Incentive Plan (T.R.I.P): Due on Nov 12 with pick up on Nov 19
Cheese orders: Next order form sent out on Nov 18 (last one before Christmas)
Meat & Baked Goods: Order form attached, due Nov 26th, pickup on Dec 17th. Coolers with names on them can be dropped off ahead of time.
Grocery receipts: Do you ever shop at Aylmer Valu-Mart? If so, please save your receipts and bring them to the school. In June we received a cheque for $140.66 just from sending in saved receipts!
Volunteers. Each family needs 25 hours of Getting Involved For The Students (GIFTS). Thank-you to those who have signed up for our ongoing volunteer opportunities! Still need to get involved? Please go to: www.immanuelchristianschool.net and click on “Volunteer Opportunities” to sign up. All volunteers working with children will need to have a police record check done - our office will provide a letter.
Friday Family Fun Night APPRECIATION NIGHT for Mrs. Groeneweg - is this FRI NOV 13 from 5-7pm in the school gym. Enjoy a dinner of roast pork, oven baked potatoes, veggies, celebration cake, coffee, tea and hot cocoa all while being part of a tribute to our wonderful Kindergarten teacher! A farewell opportunity you don't want you or your children to miss out on… Adults $8 and Children (10+under) $5, delivery to Heritage Place and takeout also available. All proceeds go directly back to ICS Fundraising.
Please help spread the word to Mrs. Groeneweg's alumni students #MrsG #FFFN. Parents and supporters, this is a great opportunity to get connected, and this is our opportunity to express our appreciation to Mrs Ina Groeneweg for her faithful service teaching JK/SK. If you would like to volunteer click on the “Volunteer Opportunities” link on our web page to sign up.
Christmas Parade: The promotions committee is still looking for children participation to ride on the ICS Christmas float. The Tillsonburg parade will be on November 21st at 2pm and the Aylmer parade is November 28th at 2pm. If your children can help, please email Mrs. Helen Friesen at helenfriesen33@gmail.com to work out the details.
ICS BIANNUAL GOODS, SERVICES AND TALENT AUCTION: SAVE THE DATE – JANUARY 30, 2016
The G.S.T. Auction is one of our biggest fundraisers at Immanuel Christian School and features live and silent bidding. This year our auction will be held on Saturday, January 30th, 2016 in the school gym.
What is the G.S.T. Auction? Individuals and businesses make donations of goods, services and talents. In the past, we have auctioned items such as gift baskets, baked goods, gift certificates, Police Ride-a-Long, tools, furniture, house cleaning, meals, desserts, babysitting services, one week’s stay at a cottage or condo, gourmet dinners, seats to a concert, game or play, tractor driving, pool parties, photography services, Ladies’ day out, manual labour and wheels of gouda cheese. Donation items or services would be greatly appreciated to make this night a successful fundraiser for Christian Education. (No used items please!!!) An auction book will be available on the night of the auction. If you are able to donate or would like to make a cash donation, simply fill out the attached form and drop it off at the school office or, alternatively, send an email to jtvannoord@amtelecom.net.
Building Christian Community to Sustain ICS!
Fall Community Meeting, Wed. Nov. 25, 2014, 8:00pm
Immanuel Christian School Gym
“Sparkle and Cheese” food theme!
We are thankful for God's blessings, and our board vision is to build our school community!
On Wednesday night, November 25 we invite parents, grandparents, members and friends of ICS to come together to hear what’s going on (activities, finances, plans) and discuss how we work together to sustain a school - it’s much different than the public school model!
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Transportation Reminder: Parents please have your children at the bus stop 5 minutes before their pick-up time.
*Transportation Note for all High School Students - Since ICS has a PD day on Monday November 23rd, the busing for LDCSS will be as follows: Mrs. Tesselaar’s bus will leave her home at 7:45am (students catching the bus at her house should be three by 7:40am)
Stop at BURC (49823 Talbot Line) at 7:55am
ICS at 8:00 am
End of Forest & Elm at 8:04am
Hiemstra’s at 8:10am
Lyons at 8:15am
Kroondyk’s on Wilson line at 8:23am
Manning Drive 8:30am
The return trip home will be done in reverse
The LDCSS music department - is looking for graduates who would be interested in singing in a special alumni choir at the 2015 Christmas Concert (Thursday, December 17 @ 7:30 pm), as part of our school’s 50th Anniversary celebration. If you are interested, please send your name, graduating year, and voice classification (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, or Bass) to Mr. Matthew Atkins (matkins@ldcss.ca)
- Book Week - Everyone is welcome to hear Eric Walters speak on Monday morning (SK- 4 @ 9-9:50 and Gr 5-8 @ 10:30-11:30). This author visit kicks off Book Week at ICS with a variety of activities planned. Students will have an opportunity to buy books from Mrs. Tina Vyn’s Living Books display (see below). They will be given time to visit the display and make a “wish list” of interesting titles which they will then take home to review with parents. On Thursday, students who have parental permission and money return to make their purchases. Parents are welcome to join their children during this time. Thursday is “Dress-up as your Favourite Book Character Day”. Think of a favourite character to share with your classmates!
- Living Books is a Christian Catalogue company and has been around for many years. Tina Vyn has been setting up book fairs at Immanuel Christian School for over 20 years, and proceeds of the sale of Christian books, DVD’s, CD’s and cards go towards purchasing books for the ICS library. Tina will have a display out on Friday evening, the 13th of November at FFFN. Since the Auxiliary is no longer holding the annual Christmas Craft Sale, the dinner time is a perfect opportunity to purchase any cards and books you may need for Christmas time. These tables will also be up during Book Week from November 17-19. Children love to browse and purchase their own books to read. We love to see the enthusiasm on their faces when they get their own books.
Band: The ICS band has after school practices on Mondays from 3:30-4:30pm. This band is open to Grade 7&8 students only, as we have limited instruments available. The band will be playing different music than what is being practiced in Gr 7/8 music class. Band will be meeting every Monday after school, except the first Monday of each month (as Mrs Cameron needs to attend the ICS staff meeting).
Volleyball: Boys volleyball will practice Tue, Wed and Fri at lunch. Girls will practice Mon and Thu at lunch and Weds after school from 3:45 to 4:45. tournament date is Fri Nov 27. Boys and girls have games from 3:30-4:30 on Wed Nov 18, with the girls travelling to St Thomas Community Christian School and the boys playing STCCS in our gym. Parents of girls, please let the office or Mr Cameron know if you can help drive.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS:
Some of the things we have done in Kindergarten.....
Bible: The Passover
Out of Egypt
Letter and Sound: r
All About Number: 10
SK- Sight words: you
Beginning sounds
Counting by 5’s, Counting to 100
Numeral recognition
Printing numerals to 10
JK - Rhyme matching activities
Counting to 15
Size sorting - large, medium, small
Opposites
Tuesday, November 17 - Teddy Bear Day! Bring your favourite teddy bears to school.
Happy 6th Birthday
Pancho Dyck
Thursday, November 12, 2015
“May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Memory Work: for Wed. Nov. 18 we will start to learn Psalm 100
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
Psalm 100:1 and 2
Spelling: words to learn for Friday, Nov. 13 all have a short “e” sound in the middle.
Spelling List for Unit 9: pet, let, get, red, fed
Remembrance Day Poster: The students are working on a Remembrance Day poster for the poster contest sponsored by The Royal Canadian Legion. Your child took home his/her entry form requesting permission to enter his/her picture into this contest. Please complete sections “B” and “E” and return the form back to school if your child’s poster may be sent to The Royal Canadian Legion here in Aylmer. Thank-you.
A reminder list of things to bring to school:
- library books to return and an A.R. book you have read so you can do a quiz on any school day
- pizza orders are due this Friday, November 13
- we are collecting donations towards the poppy fund
- parent permission form for the Poster Contest sponsored
by The Royal Canadian Legion are due this Friday, November 13
Memory Work: for Nov. 17- Psalm 135: 1-2
Praise the Lord.
Praise the name of the Lord.
You who serve the Lord, praise him.
You who serve in the house of the Lord, praise him.
You who serve in the courtyards of the temple of our God, praise him.
Dictation Quiz on Friday, November 13.
Spelling words grade 2: the, that, them, day, may, made, was, of , if, a, wonder, care
Spelling words grade 3: swimming, swam, getting, coming, came, having, doing, ended, happened, happening, started, joked, received, smiled, smiling, remembered, wondered
Bible: We have concluded our study on God’s Law and are beginning a unit on ways that the Israelites worshipped God. We will look at different buildings, rules, and feasts.
Math: Thank you to those of you who have been practising your math skills at home with Mathletics! We are working on adding and subtracting with regrouping and the extra practice helps to solidify the concepts .
Creation Studies: Our Community unit work was sent home on Monday and is yours to keep.
We have begun our I Wonder… unit and are writing in our Wonder Journals and Prayer diaries to keep track of different things that we wonder about. This unit follows the structure of Psalm 8, beginning with wondering and discovering things about the heavens.
AR Goal Due Date: Fri., Nov. 27. AR Goal Reports were sent home on Monday! If you would like an updated report, please send me a note in the planner or send me an email.
Library class will be Thursday, so please return any books that are due!
Student of the Week: Our next student will be Jaywynn Loewen (Nov 16-20). Next will be Connor Mantel (Nov 24-27).
Scholastic Book Order: The December/ Holiday flyers were sent out today to ensure the orders arrive before it’s Christmas break! Please return any orders by Thursday, November 19 with the payment (cash, cheque or pay online). There are many great books in the flyers, especially for Christmas gifts!
Heritage Field trip: Photo/ Video release forms due Friday! Parents, if you are interested in volunteering, please let me know. Thank you to those who have responded.
Remembrance Day Poster: The students are working on a Remembrance Day poster for the poster contest sponsored by The Royal Canadian Legion. Your child took home his/her entry form requesting permission to enter his/her picture into this contest. Please complete sections “B” and “E” and return the form back to school if your child’s poster may be sent to The Royal Canadian Legion here in Aylmer. Thank-you.
Poppies: We received our poppies today, Remembrance Day, and welcome continued donations throughout the week, towards the poppy fund. Thank you.
A reminder list of things to bring to school:
- library books to return and an A.R. book you have read so you can do a quiz on any school day
- pizza orders are due this Friday, November 13
- parent permission form for the Poster Contest sponsored
by The Royal Canadian Legion are due this Friday, November 13
- Photo/ Video Release Forms
- Scholastic book orders by Thursday, November 19 if you are placing an order.
Wed. Nov. 18 - Memory Work - Over the next two weeks,we will be learning names of the books of the Old Testament, (the 5 books of the Pentateuch) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, (the 12 History books) Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, (the 5 Poetry books) Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs.
Creation Studies: *Leaf Project Update: Wow! What an array of leaves, deciduous and coniferous, simple and compound, toothed, smooth, wavy and scaled! Close to 50 different leaves from one classroom have been identified! Overall, student projects were very well done, demonstrating variety, creativity and excellent effort! Good work, girls and boys! *Our Project Share Class will be held on Thursday, Nov.12. *For their Project Share class, the students will need to bring their projects back to school, but should leave their evaluation page at home.
Wed. Nov. 18 - The Trees of the Field unit test. Students should review their in-class notes.
Remembrance Day Poster: The students are working on a Remembrance Day poster for the poster contest sponsored by The Royal Canadian Legion. Your child took home his/her entry form requesting permission to enter his/her picture into this contest. Please complete sections “B” and “E” and return the form back to school if your child’s poster may be sent to the Royal Canadian Legion in Aylmer. Thank you.
Fri. Nov. 13 - Spelling Dictation, Unit 8 - Grade 3 words are: swimming, swam, getting, coming, came, having, doing, ended, happened, happening, started, joked, received, smiled, smiling, running, ran
Grade 4 words are: follow, matter, summer, million, dollar, scissors, cattle, address, office, suppertime, blizzard, penny, wrapper, wallet, occurrence, village, collide, battle, silly, collector
Accelerated Reader: *AR Reports were sent home today with your child. So far, over one third of the class have achieved their First Term goals! Keep reading, everyone!
Library Class -Thursday, Nov. 12 - Remember to return any books that are due tomorrow, and continue to sign out AR books if you are working towards your Nov. 27 goal due date.
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Gavin Hibbert. Next week: Sarah Janssens
Poppies: We received our poppies today, Remembrance Day, and welcome continued donations throughout the week, towards the poppy fund. Thank you.
A reminder list of things to bring to school:
- leaf projects for tomorrow’s Project Share Class, Thurs. Nov. 12
- library books that are due, and any completed AR books
- pizza orders, due Fri. Nov. 13
- parent permission form for the Remembrance Day poster contest due this Fri. Nov. 13
GRADE 5 and 6 – Ms. Jones (k.jones@immanuelchristianschool.net)
I will check the planner daily and use it as a communication tool with you. Students will learn to keep track of work and events. I also comment about AR goals, spelling list and other concerns. It is not necessary to sign it daily, but if I have a note please initial so I can know that you have seen it and I will do the same. Students have been asked to set out planners nightly for you to see.
Next week’s Memory Work: Acts 4: 9-12 “If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
Spelling: List 8 Quiz on Friday: spoil, choice, avoid, moisture, oyster, royal, employ, annoy, ground, house, sprout, mountain, allow, ourselves, somehow, ounce, amount, boundary.
L.A.: Hand in penmanship, spelling notes and corrections from last weeks list by this Friday.
Grammar will be due each Wednesday. No new work this week due to Remembrance Day.
Bible: Lessons 6-8 due by Tuesday, November 17th.
French: Grade 5&6 - Unit 2 test on Tuesday Nov 10. Study sheets were handed out yesterday
Social Studies: Students will be conducting a mock election.
Science: Changes of State Comic due Friday, November 13.
Math: Unit test completed and starting a new Unit - Place Value.
The above math work is assigned Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The other days we have Mathletics. Assigned classwork is due Thursday at the end of class or first thing Friday morning. Students are reminded that they can complete work at their own pace but not to save all work to complete on Thursday. Math Redbook has addition, subtraction, multiplication, division skills that are due by the end of the term. This can be daily assisted homework as long as the student does not use a calculator. Please leave me a note if you wish it to be sent home.
French Tests have been graded and will be handed back tomorrow. Ask your child how they did.
POTLUCK: A big thank you to all who help make the potlucks a success! Next potluck is December 2nd and is Ms. Jones Christmas treat of Chicken Chili Sloppy Joes. Salads, desserts and drinks are welcomed as well as parents :) 11:45 start.
ART: Remembrance Day Art due Friday. Permission of submission form by Monday.
OVERDUE WORK HELP: I will be staying after school on Friday to help students complete overdue work. You will be notified if your child is needing to utilize this time.
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: Habakkuk 3:17-18
Mathematics: Chapter 3 test on Fractions is scheduled for Friday, November 13.
Science: Continue at-home experiments (Classroom Assignment 1b) - due by Nov 12. Chemical combinations unit test on Thu Nov 19.
Library & Tech: “Gathering Resources” assignment due Fri., Nov 13
French Tests have been graded and will be handed back tomorrow. Ask your child how they did.
Pizza Order Form - Friday, November 20th
__________________would like to order the following:
(child’s name) Grade ____
______ 1.00/slice
______ juice .50 cents
______ ice cream .50 cents
______ Total enclosed
Parent Signature___________________________
Orders and money must be in by Friday,
Nov 13th. No late orders please!
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Pizza Order Form - Friday, November 20th __________________would like to order the following:
(child’s name) Grade ___
______ 1.00/slice
______ juice .50 cents
______ ice cream .50 cents
______ Total enclosed
Parent Signature___________________________
Orders and money must be in by Friday,
Nov 13th. No late orders please!
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