Poirier E-News

Monday/lundi

Kindergarten Registration begins today at 8 a.m.  All children born in 2007 are eligible to enrol.  Please bring an original birth certificate (a copy will be made). Proof of residence (hydro bill, phone bill etc.) is required for students registering in English (Poirier Catchment).  We are the catchment school for French Immersion students.  One adult per registration please.  Please pass on this information to your friends and neighbours.

Tuesday/mardi

Guest Presenter – Dustin Anderson, aka the Purple Pirate, will be performing at our school today.  He teaches about the FUN-damentals of Fitness and healthy living.

9:30-10 -Kindergarten, gr. 1 and grade 1/2

10:45-11:30 – grades 2-5

11:45-12:15 – Basketball Teams

Field Trips – Mrs. Blatchford and Ms. McCallum’s classes are “slipping and a sliding” from 1:20-2:30 at SEAPARC. Mrs. Lovbakke’s class is “flipping-out” at Lion’s Pride Gymnastics.

Wednesday/mercredi

Thursday/jeudi

P.A.R.T.N.E.R.S. Program Meeting for Parents – 4:30 – 6 in the Multi-Purpose Room. If your child has brought home a form stating they are part of this program, please attend.  If you would like to find out more about this home reading program, please leave a message in the office or email lszadkowksi@sd62.bc.ca.

Friday/vendredi

Popcorn Sales – Popcorn will be on sale today outside of Western Red Cedar Modular.  Bags of delicious popcorn will be available at lunch for $1.

Metis Project – Mme. Zeni, Mrs. Ridewood, and Mrs. Lovbakke’s classes will take part in the second part of their workshop on the Metis people of Canada.

Field Trips – Mrs. Ridewood and Mrs. Miller’s classes will be skating @SEAPARC 9-10 am.  Mme. Campbell and Mme. Buchanan’s classes will be skating from 10:20-12:15 pm.

Information:

Literacy Week – We had a busy and fun-filled week as students and staff Jumped into Learning during Literacy Week.  We gave away over 100 books and we have a few more to give away on Monday too!  Thank you to all the parents who helped by finding the favourite book under the bed, sending in the best cookies ever, and helping sew/build/find the costumes.  Merci for the donations for the READ-A-THON – donations will be taken in the office up until Friday.  We had many community members in to share their love of reading and explain how they use reading and writing skills every day in their jobs.

Mad Science – We were amazed by Mad Scientist Dr. AaaHa’s experiments on Thursday as she balance balls on hot air and lit things on fire.  If would like to find out more about the six week Afterschool Program offered at our school please go to www.madscience.org/vancouverisland and/or fill out the entry form sent home last week.  The first class begins on Tuesday, 2:50-3:50 pm in the Multi-Purpose Room.

Quebec Trip – Watch for information coming home in March about an opportunity for our intermediate students to travel to Quebec during Spring Break 2013.  Our previous two trips, 2009 and 2011, gave students and up-close and personal experience in la belle province.  Both our English and French students who are currently in grade 4 or 5 (gr. 5 & 6 when you travel) are eligible to join Mme. Ryan on the trip.

New staff – We welcome Jennifer Mullen to our school as our new Noon Hour Supervisor.  Jennifer is replacing Dan, who has worked with our students for the last several years.  Dan has moved to John Stubbs, which is closer to his home.

PAC Information:

We had a great response to our request for snacks to add to the lost lunch program (such as snack bars or other packaged “healthy” items), therefore, we would like to place another reminder. Your donations to the office are appreciated.

Plans are already underway for the Fun Fair on April. If you happen to have access to any carnival-type activities, suitable for a fun fair, please email Laura R (laurareaney@me.com). We are also hoping to receive donations of small new or used toys for prizes/ fish pond giveaways. As well, we are requesting a source for bottled water, yogurt tubes, or juice boxes. All of these donations allow us to minimize the overhead of this fun event. Any other fun fair feedback or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for your help!

Thank you to all of the volunteers for Friday’s pizza lunch. A huge thank you to Bev B and Dee V for their years of hard work in organizing and implementing the food days. Your contributions have resulted in creating a fun event for the kids as well as providing significant opportunities for our kids through the funds raised from the lunch program!!

The next lunch day, on Feb 10th, will be provided by Lunchalicious and it will feature a Valentine’s themed lunch. Information forms will be distributed this week. Melanie Norris is now the contact for lunch orders at our school.  Thank you to Melanie for taking on this position.  Contact Melanie at melanietravels@shaw.ca

We are still requesting a volunteer to organize the French book fair. Please let the office know if you are interested.

There have been some isolated incidents of lice during school scalp checks. Remember to check your child’s scalp regularly: “Once a week, take a peek”