Peel District School Board

Volume 7, Issue 9 "Believe … Achieve!"

A GREAT ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH!

The Asian Heritage Month celebrations, which took place throughout the

month of May, were an unqualified success. Samosa lunches, Mehndi

hand painting, a special Cultural Dress Day, and a school wide Bollywood

D.P.A were among some of the events enjoyed by our staff and students.

The highlight of the month, once again, had to have been the Community

Potluck Dinner which took place on Thursday, May 29th in the gymna-

sium. The event was well attended. Everybody enjoyed a rich variety of

foods not only from Asia but from all over the world, a song by the pri-

mary cultural choir and a live Bhangra performance.

The members of the Asian Heritage Month Committee, Mrs. Sran, Mr.

Yan, Mrs. Baniwal, Mrs. Basra, Mrs. Kaur, Mrs. Parmar-Goorah, Mrs. Ga-

nesh, Mrs. Rai, Mrs. Romeo, Mrs. Jaswal, Mrs. Kapila and Mrs. Pannu

would like to thank the Shaw Community for its support and would espe-

cially like to acknowledge the contributions of the many parent volunteers

who helped with the Mehndi hand painting.

June 5, 2014

Community Potluck Pg. 2

Cultural Dress Day Pg. 3

CBO Asian Heritage

Visit

Pg. 4

Family Activity Night Pg. 5

Kindergarten Butterfly

Garden

Pg. 6

Shaw Move/Skip-A-Thon Pg. 7

Shaw Certified Eco-

School

Pg. 8

Lunchroom Supervisor

Job Description

Pg. 9

Inside this issue:

Shaw Public School Newsletter

905-790-6095 Attendance/Voice Mail

Special points of interest:

Wednesday June 18th is Welcome to

Kindergarten Information and Com-

munity Outreach from 5:00 p.m—

6:00 p.m.

Report Cards go home Wednesday

June 25th

Last Day of school is Friday June

27th

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SHAW’S COMMUNITY POTLUCK DINNER

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CULTURAL DRESS DAY

BOLLYWOOD DANCING

A group of grade 5 students went with Mr. Yan to the Central Board Office for the ―Spotlight on Asian

Heritage" event where they enjoyed presentations and engaging and educational activities.

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Family Activity Night

The evening of Thursday, May 15th was Shaw’s 2

nd ever Family Activity Night. This night featured an

introductory cricket session done by Aussie X. As the participants took part in a variety of activities,

the laughter and excitement echoed through the Shaw gym. Attendees also checked out the com-

munity partner booths by Brampton Cricket League, Peel Public Health, the Chinguacousy Wellness

Centre and Bramalea Boys Softball to learn more about physical activity opportunities that are of-

fered in Brampton. Thank you to those families that came out and had some fun with us; we hope to

see you all next time.

Shaw Walks

The students of Shaw Public School have been doing a great job at participating in the I-Walk pro-

gram by walking to and from school and at recess times. The numbers of students that have been

walking with the Walking School Bus on the first Wednesday of each month has been increasing as

well. Our final walking school bus takes place on Wednesday, June 4th. Students that have been

participating have been filling out an I-walk card and those that have walked for 50 days have

handed in their card for a chance to win a prize. Congratulations to the following students who had

their names drawn for a prize in the month of May for completing 50 days of walking:

Abigail – DR2 Rovin – JD5 Balpreet – W12 Ishaan – C34

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SHAW’S NEW KINDERGARTEN BUTTERFLY GARDEN

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Shaw Public School Move/Skip –A-Thon

Thank you to the students and families at Shaw for raising funds for our school. The fundraiser was a great success! We raised over $10,000.00 to purchase new technology to benefit the whole school. Congratulations Shaw!!!

We would like to give a special thanks for the following prize dona-tions:

Toronto Blue Jays for 4 Blue Jay Tickets

The Are Family for a $50.00 Swiss Chalet Gift Card

The Brampton Beast for a Gift Basket

Additional Prizes from Mrs. Parmar-Goorah, Mrs. Southworth, Mrs. Green and Mr. Luu

The Peel District School Board’s We Welcome the World Centres located in Brampton, Malton and Mississauga, are the first point of contact for all newcomer families to become familiar with the edu-cational system in Peel. The centre are open all year—including the summer months. In addition to providing literacy and numeracy assessments, We Welcome the World Centres pro-vide newcomers with a host of services including: reception, orientation, interpretation and referrals.

At each centre parents/guardians and students will discover: computer portals—guided introduction to the Peel Welcome to School Kits and other Peel re-

sources settlement service information translation of materials to support the reception and assessment process age and grade appropriate educational and related program resources audio-visual materials to explain the adult education program professionally administered child-care (only available during assessment and orientation proc-

ess) information about various community supports and programming available

For more information about the We Welcome the World Centre and the services they provide, call 905-366-8791.

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A group of grade 5 students went with Mr. Yan to the Central Board Office for the Spotlight on "Asian Heritage" event

where they enjoyed presentations and engaging and educational activities.

SHAW IS OFFICIALLY A CERTIFIED ECO-SCHOOL!!!

Thanks to all of the hard work by the Environmental Team, on May 14th, Shaw was officially de-

clared an Eco-School! A representative from Ontario Eco-Schools came for a visit where she spoke

to a few members of our Environmental Team (Anmol, Inderprit, Ghania, Avneet) about our eco-

friendly initiatives at Shaw. She was particularly interested in our recycling program and our motiva-

tional awards of the "Golden Lamp" and "Golden Recycling Bin". Thank you to all the students and

teachers at Shaw who have tried hard every day to save energy and recycle properly. Some of the

things that we have worked hard at implementing this year are: weekly Friday announcements,

tracking classroom recycling and energy use, the Great Gulp challenge, the monthly "Golden"

awards, presentations at assemblies, various class field trips, and the annual spring clean-up for

Earth Day. We hope to continue all of these in the next school year and we also look forward to im-

plementing some new initiatives as well.

Stay green!

Love,

The Environmental Team

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HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BECOMING A LUNCHROOM SUPERVISOR ?

Shaw P.S. is looking to increase the number of Lunchroom Supervisors we have for next year.

Please read the following description to see if it would be a good fit for you:

Job Description: Lunchroom Supervisor

Job Purpose: Maintain a safe and secure environment for students by patrolling and monitor-ing students in classrooms, in transition and/or outside.

Job Duties:

Contributes to team effort to keep students safe

Directs students in transition to ensure safety

Enforcing school standards of practice for behaviour

Reporting to administration observations, information and occurrences both written and verbal

Conscientious and dedicated with regards to attendance

Helpful Skills:

Team player, good communication skills, time management, positive approach with children

You will also need to provide, a satisfactory, up to date, Criminal Record Check. The cost of the Criminal Record Check is the sole responsibility of the applicant.

If you think this might be the right fit for you, please call our office and set up an appointment for an interview. Be prepared to list two references and bring a copy of your resume. Teachers, secretaries and other Peel District School Board employees are not acceptable references.