Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Mission: Immanuel Christian School assists parents in raising children to follow Christ with an excellent elementary program and a focus on Christian character growth.
Feb 1st - ICS Speakfest
3rd - Winter Electives #2, Swim to Survive #2
4th - Legion Public Speaking Event (registration starts at 12:15pm)
6th - MAP Winter testing begins
Jump into Kindergarten #1
7th - Hockey practice begins 7:00 - 8:00am EECC
8th - Chapel - Gr 2/3
10th - Jump into Kindergarten #2
Winter Electives #3, Swim to Survive #3
13th - Jump into Kindergarten #3
14th - Hockey practice (7:00-8:00am)
School Spirit -Pink, Red & White day
15th - New Registration Day
Chapel - Gr 3/4
School skate 2-3pm
16th -100 days of school!
LDCSS Gr’s 5-8 workshops at ICS
17th - Jump into Kindergarten #4
Winter Electives #4
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75 Caverly Rd, Aylmer, N5H 2P6
Principal: principal@immanuelchristianschool.net
Telephone: 519-773-8476
ICS Spirit Wear: check out the possibilities on: www.immanuelchristianschool.wikispaces.com/ICS+Spirit+Wear.
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From the Principal’s Desk:
“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body,” (Romans 12:4-5). Reflecting on the past week, which included our first Electives session on Friday, our Wedding to Remember fundraising dinner on Saturday, and our Small Schools Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, I am struck by how we are embedded in community, and how amazing that is! God has really created each of us to need each other, and we are stronger together. We have so many gifts being shared through electives, our largest selection in recent years! Our fundraising dinner brought together Christians from many churches who might not otherwise join together. Our sports reflect and unite a family of Christian schools with like aims. For the remainder of this week, I am privileged (with Amanda) to join with 700 other Christian school leaders from across Canada, the US and Australia at a conference in Orlando. Our God is doing exciting things through our faithful schools around this globe, and we all are a part of that!
In Christian education, Keith Cameron, Principal and Chief Operating Officer
Praying for our parents: Please join us as we pray for Josh & Judi Milmine as well as our homeschool parent partners Ryan & Jenn Meesters.
Praying for our staff: Please pray for our bus drivers: Mrs. Debbie Atkinson (our newest driver), farewell to Mr. Abe Miller, Mrs. Rita Tesselaar and Mr. & Mrs. Walters. Thank you for transporting our children/students safely each and every day.
REMINDERS:
Tuition Reduction Incentive Plan (T.R.I.P): Order form is attached. Due Feb 9th with pickup on Feb 16th.
2017-2018 Registration: We are asking you to confirm your registration for 2017/2018 using the link at https://goo.gl/aVpUx5 (also on FB) by Friday 17 Feb. Thank-you for your help in this.
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Congratulations to the following students who were chosen to present at our ICS SpeakFest today! Selected students will be able to move on to the Aylmer Legion Public Speaking on Saturday, February 4 at 12:30.
Storytelling:
Grade 1: Travis Dykxhoorn, Aron Wall
Grade 2: Jayla Hibbert, Katelyn Janssens, Eve Sinke
Grade 3: Rachel Cameron, Connor Mantel
Poetry Presentations:
Grade 4: Josiah Kroondyk, Aryanna Lockyer, Allyson Mantel, Eden Shelton, Phoebe Sinke
Speeches:
Grade 5: Kiera Giesbrecht, Sarah Janssens
Grade 6: Gracie Bergen, Josh Vannoord
Grade 7: Dawson Banman, Megan Friesen, Alyssa Giesbrecht
Poetry:
Grade 8: Julia Banman, Holly Cameron, Kayla Klassen
To our FuNdrasing committee, and our many event volunteers, from our Principal, “Great work on the Wedding to Remember, it was an entertaining event, great food and good people connections! I'm sure you're still recovering! A huge thank-you!”
The total profit from the Wedding2Remember event was $23,400!
A very big Thank you to all those who had given so much to make this event happen. Our volunteers, our amazing dessert creators, our supporters, ICS office admin, our donors and our school community. Don’t forget to share your photographs to our facebook page A Wedding 2 Remember and tag #icsfun.
Committee members: Janina Dykxhoorn, Rose Fehr, Chris Hiemstra and Keith Sinke.
Aylmer Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championships: Immanuel had a good showing at the annual KOC Free Throw Championships, our team placed third out of five schools even with two no-shows. Tyon Foster and Claire Vording captured first place plaques and will move on to the regional competition in Tillsonburg this Thursday. All the best! Thank you to all who came out to support our team.
FROM THE CLASSROOMS…
SK, Grades 1 and 2 Team Building Skills Elective: On Elective Fridays the primary students in SK-2 will be enjoying this time together. For our first activity we will be playing a variety of games with each other. To help add to our selection the students may also bring in a game for this Friday, Feb. 3 elective.
BIRTHDAY!: We would like to wish Claire Schuurman a very happy birthday. Claire turned 6 years old on Sunday, Jan. 29. Happy Birthday, Claire! May God richly bless you in your new year of life.
Library: Please return your books each Monday with your library bag.
Scholastic Book Order: The February flyers were sent home today! If you are purchasing anything, please return the order by Friday, February 10 with payment: cash, cheque or online.
Bible: David Writes Psalms, Solomon Writes Proverbs, Proverbs 3:5-6. Solomon Builds a Temple,1 King 5-9.
Letter/Sound of the week: b We now know: s, a, t, i, n, p, c, k. e, h, r, d, m, g, o, u, f, l.
SK words: a, the, at, I, in, it, God, blue, green, red and yellow, purple, orange, black, brown, white, & with. CVC words: -at, -it, -an, -in and -ing. New Words: and & can.
JK Printing: Please continue to work on writing your name at home, using the proper lowercase letters.
SK Math: Measurement (high, long, tall, short).
JK Math: Number match 1-15 and comparing.
Happy 7th Birthday 
Travis Dykxhoorn
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
“May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Happy 7th Birthday 
Dennis Fehr
Monday, February 6th, 2017
“May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 115:15
Memory Work: for Wed. Feb. 8 The Ten Commandments (shortened form, Exodus 20:3-17)
The first four commandments remind us of our relationship with God.
- You shall have no other gods before me.
- You shall not make for yourself an idol.
- You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God.
- Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Scholastic Book Order: The February flyers were sent home today! If you are purchasing anything, please return the order by Friday, February 10 with payment: cash, cheque or online.
Spelling: Dictation quiz will be on Friday, Feb. 3
Grade 1 words will be from list 18: we, me, he, be, see, need, tree, sheep
Remember:
- Library Books are due tomorrow
- To enjoy reading your books and sight word page(s)
- Scholastic Book Orders due Friday, February 10Memory Work: Creation Song (sung to the tune of “Mary had a Little Lamb”)Day One he made the day and night, day and night, day and night.Day One he made the day and night, after he made light.Day Two he made the sky appear, sky appear, sky appear.Day Two he made the sky appear, above the water blue.Day Three he made the land and sea, land and sea, land and sea.Day Three he made the plants as well, and then he said, “It’s good!”Day Four he made sun, moon, and stars; sun, moon, and stars; sun, moon, and stars.Day Four he made sun, moon, and stars; and then he said, “It’s good!”Day Five he made the fish and birds, fish and birds, fish and birds.Day Five he made the fish and birds, and then he said, “It’s good!”Day Six (pause) was a busy day, busy day, busy day.Day Six (pause) was a busy day—he made animals and us!Day Seven he took some time to rest, time to rest, time to rest.Day Seven he took some time to rest, and said, “It’s a holy day!”God created everything, everything, everything.God created everything; we know he cares for us.Spelling Dictation quiz on Friday, February 3: Review 3Gr 2 : letter, happy, will, fawn, long, tall, played, wait, rain, making, didn’t, doingGr 3: ladies, family, finally, surprises, truth, true, looked, awful, brought, tough, happened, usually, choice, enjoy, pointing, everywhere, everybodyMath: Grade 2s will be continuing to practice their multiplication facts and will have a review quiz on facts 0-3 on Monday, Feb 6! We are almost finished our first book and are very excited to begin our new book early next week. Our new unit will be on addition and subtraction strategies.Creation Studies: We have discovered a lot about solids, liquids, and gases this term. As we are wrapping up our unit, we will be working on learning about buoyancy and other amazing properties of the states of matter.Scholastic Book Order: The February flyers were sent home today! If you are purchasing anything, please return the order by Friday, February 10 with payment: cash, cheque or online.MAP Testing: Thurs. Feb 2: 9:00-10:00: Grade 2/3 Reading TestFri. Feb 3: 11:00-12:00: Grade 2/3 Math TestWed. Feb 8: 1:00-2:00: Grade 3 Language TestStudent of the Week: This week: Alana Bierman. Next week: Rachel CameronFIELD TRIP NEWS: Our class has been given an opportunity to visit the Ontario Police College for a morning tour on Friday, February 24 from 10-11:30. If you would like to join us, please write a note in your child’s planner or send me an email. We are excited to learn about what it takes to be a police officer in Ontario!Remember:
- Library books are due tomorrow
- To enjoy reading together with your families
- To practice your multiplication tables. Can you beat your mom or dad at fast recall?
Grade 3 Students: Our 2nd Swim to Survive lesson is on Friday, Feb. 3. Remember to bring swimwear and a towel to school on that day.
Congratulations: We would like to wish Owen Vis a very happy birthday. Owen will be turning 10 years old on Saturday, Feb. 4. Happy Birthday, Owen! May God richly bless you in your new year of life.Memory Work: Song: In the Beginning - Verses 1, 2 and 3- In the beginning the whole world was gloomy; in the beginning the earth was void.
God spoke his word and the light was created, marvelous light we have long enjoyed.2) In the beginning came clouds, fog, and water; in the beginning came sky above.God spoke his word and the waters divided; up came the wonderful land we love.3) In the beginning good soil was created so that the bushes and grass could root.In the beginning came blossoming flowers, all kinds of trees that can give us fruit.Text: Based on Genesis 1:1-6, Hanna LamTune: Wim ter Burg, Harmony, Bert PolmanScholastic Book Orders: The Feb flyers were sent home today. Please return any completed Book Orders by Fri, Feb. 10.Library Class: Tomorrow is Library Class. Please return any due books.Accelerated Reader: AR Reports will be sent home on Thurs. Feb. 2.MAP Testing: Thurs Feb 2nd Math test, 11:00-12:00pm, Mon Feb. 6th Language test, 9:00-10:00am, Fri Feb 10th Reading Test, 11:00-12:00 pm.Fri. Feb. 3 - Spelling Dictation -*Grade 3 words are: follow, below, own, grown, town, ground, around, found, about, house, group, would, should, country, cousin, double, hollow*Grade 4 words are: also, bought, cough, almost, false, officer, soft, stalk, halt, faucet, saucer, caution, lawyer, awesome, stall, crawl, awful, because, caught, saltMath: Grade 3 - Mon. Feb. 6 - *Checkup Quiz, multiplying with 6 as a factor. Example: (5 x 6, 6 x 6, 9 x 6).
Grade 4: Fractions Quiz - Mixed Fractions, Improper Fractions
Student of the Week: This week’s Student of the Week is Michael Penner. Next week: Dylan Rempel.
Français: Check it out! Students have been taught how to access the French section of the 3/4 Wikispace and are encouraged to check it often! Looking for volunteers that would be interested in donating baked-goods for our “Conversation Café” during class. If you’re interested, please connect with Miss Smeets.
Reading: Students will have A, mid term reports sent home this week. Please check planner for report. Some students are still trying to achieve 1st term goals, and need to also reach second term goal by the end of the term which is March 1st.
Math: Unit test Friday, February 10th
Creation Studies: Small quiz on energy on Friday.
Language Arts: Literature Circles starting next week. We will be studying The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Students will be reading a chapter per week.
Check out Epic Books https://www.getepic.com/app/account_select - Sign in under my email and use ICSfollow as a password to check out Audio books and online reading.
Spelling: New spelling review will be due Friday, February 10th for Feb 17th quiz.
Français: Check it out! Students have been taught how to access the French section of the 5/6 Wikispace and are encouraged to check it often! Looking for volunteers that would be interested in donating baked-goods for our “Conversation Café” during class. If you’re interested, please connect with Miss Smeets.
From the Art Room: If you know how to knit or have knitting supplies you are willing to donate (yarn specifically) please contact the office or Ms. Farrow Jones. Easy and fun volunteer hours can be had at the Art Room!
Basketball tournament -
Student Led Devotions - This Week: Thursday- Holly, Friday- Megan
Next Week: Tuesday- Kolbie, Thursday- Lucas, Friday- Keoni
Speeches: The following students have been chosen to represent their class at the ICS Speakfest today:
Grade 7: Alyssa G., Dawson B., Megan F.
Grade 8: Holly C., Kayla K., Julia B.
Selected students will be able to move on to the Aylmer Legion Public Speaking on Saturday, February 4 at 12:30.
Congratulations to these students, as well as to all. The students have put in a lot of their own time into writing their own speeches and/or memorizing their selected poems. I was impressed by many of the presentations.
Memory Work: Monday: Revelation 14:7
MAP Testing: Friday Feb 3: 9:00-10:00 (Reading)
Thursday Feb 9: 9:00-10:00 (Language)
Friday Feb 10: 9:00-10:00 (Math)
Math: Friday: The students will take a math test on Chapter 3 of their text books as well as the Transformation worksheets they have been working on for the past two weeks.
Français: Check out the French section of the 7/8 Wikispace! Students have been taught how to access this site from in-class tutorials and are encouraged to check it often! Looking for volunteers that would be interested in donating baked-goods for our “Conversation Café” during class. If you’re interested, please connect with Miss Smeets.
High School registration forms: A reminder to hand in applications forms for grade 9. Early enrolment deadline is Feb 1st for LDCSS to save the enrolment fee.
