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October 2015 Valleyview Voice Newsletter Page

BSSAP DATEs TO REMEMBER

BELL TIMES

Please ensure that your child arrives as close to the bell times

as possible. NOTE: If your child will be late or

absent, please contact Mrs. Catherine Arksey, Home

School Liaison, at 204-729-3951 8:50 am ..................FIRST BELL 9:00 am ..................SECOND BELL

10:30-10:45 am ..... RECESS 11:45—12:45 p.m.. LUNCH 12:45 p.m. ............. ONE BELL 2:15-2:30 p.m. ....... RECESS 3:30 p.m. ............... DISMISSAL

Mission Statement Valleyview Centennial School strives to provide lifelong quality learning experiences within a safe, supportive, and respectful school community. Students, staff, parents, and community

collaborate as a team in an effort to meet the academic, emotional, physical, and social well being of students and staff.

Main Office Phone: 204-729-3950 E-mail: [email protected]

Call Back Phone: 204-729-3951 Web: https://www.bsd.ca/schools/valleyview

Fax: 204-729-3953

A Caring and Sharing Place

BSSAP (Building Student Success with Aboriginal Parents)

My name is Catherine Arksey and I would like to intro-duce myself as the new BSSAP Coordinator at Valleyview Centennial School. Many of you already know me through my other role as HSL (Home School Liaison). I will be hosting student and parent activities on diversity with a focus on Aboriginal culture. The first activities are happening at lunch time which will include a variety of Indigenous games coordinated by myself and Mr. Durston, our physical education teacher. Parents are welcome to attend. We will also be hosting an afternoon beading session for parents on Thursday, October 15th, 2015. Please watch for more information being sent home soon. If you have any suggestions or skills you would like to share, please let me know. I can be reached at 204-729-3951. I look forward to working with all stu-dents and parents. Anytime you are in the school be sure to stop into the office and say hi! Catherine Arksey Home School Liaison/BSSAP Coordinator

October

Oct 1 ................................. Cluster 2

Oct 2 ................................. Grade 5/6 Soccer Jamboree

Oct 6 ................................ BSSAP Gym 1/2

Oct 8................................. Round 1 Immunizations—Grade 4 &

Grade 6 Girls

Oct 9 ................................. Grade 4 Soccer Jamboree

................................... Cluster 3

Oct 12 .............................. No School—Thanksgiving

Oct 13 .............................. BSSAP Gym 5/6

Oct 14 ............................... Kinderlinks

Oct 15 ............................... Parent Invite—Beading Bee

Oct 19 ............................... Elections Canada in the gym

................................... Lighthouse

Oct 20 ............................... Cluster 4

Oct 21 ............................... Parent Council Meeting

................................... BSSAP Gym 3/4

Oct 23 ............................... PD Day—No School

Oct 26 ............................... Lighthouse

Oct 28 ............................... Grade 3/4 MooMania

................................... BSSAP Gym 1/2

................................... Kinderlinks

Oct 29 ............................... Cluster 5

Oct 30 .............................. Costume Parade in the Gym

November

Nov 2 ................................ Lighthouse

Nov 3................................. BSSAP Gym 5/6

Nov 4 ................................ Kinderlinks

Nov 6 ................................ No School

Nov 9 ................................ Cluster Sharing

................................... Lighthouse

Nov 11 .............................. No School—Remembrance Day

Nov 13 .............................. BSSAP Gym 3/4

Nov 16 ............................. Lighthouse

Nov 17 .............................. BSSAP Gym 1/2

Nov 18 .............................. Kinderlinks

Nov 19 .............................. Made In Manitoba Breakfast

Nov 20 .............................. Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences

Nov 23 .............................. Lighthouse

Nov 25 .............................. Kinderlinks

Nov 27 .............................. Spirit Day—Dress up as fav Celebrity

Nov 30 .............................. Earth Rangers Presentation in the gym

................................... Light house

October 2015

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October 2015 Valleyview Voice Newsletter

Co-Chair’s: Dagmar Jarvis Phone: 204-728-2330 Email: [email protected] Geraldine Whetter Phone: 204-725-7415 Email: [email protected]

Treasurer: Vicky DeVlieger Phone: 204-571-0942 Email: vicky_devlieger@my mts.net Secretary Danniele Carriere Phone: 204-724-2475 Email: [email protected]

Valleyview Parent Council—Minutes of Regular Meeting—September 17, 2015

PRESENT

Danniele Carriere, Geraldine Whetter, Wendy Piche, Dagmar Jarvis,

Sandy Harrison, Vicky DeVlieger, Susan Russell, Andrew Kennedy,

Sarah Darvill, Darren Darvill, Alana Hahn, Catherine Arksey, Jolene

Young and Colleen Mawer

ABSENT

NIL

The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 7:05 pm

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Colleen Mawer – Alana Hahn

That the Agenda be approved as presented. CARRIED

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Vicky DeVlieger – Alana Hahn

That the Minutes be approved as presented. CARRIED

PLAYGROUND

Final piece that was missing installed over the summer. Currently wait-

ing on an invoice from the Brandon School Division. The Child-

hood Dreams car show fundraising will be going towards new

benches and picnic tables, which have been estimated over

$5,000.00.

CAR SHOW

All volunteers are in place. Estimating around 200 entries. Whillier Dr.

will be closed from Clement to princess, the letters advising the

residents went out Tuesday. Forbidden Flavours will be donating

the coffee and supplies. Kuispers donated 40 dozen hotdog buns.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Treasurer’s Report

Concrete for the Playground paid for costing $591.81. Deposited $210

from lunch program and deposited $133.15 from our organization

acct into the playground! Month ending in June the organizational

account had a balance of $2000 and playground account balance of

$34,159.33.

NEW BUSINESS Principal’s Report See Attached Class Room Funds – Deferred to the next meeting Lunch Program Total students enrolled sit at 26. Current staff are; Linda Hunter, Jordyn

Duncan and Geraldine Whetter is

filling in where needed. Alana and Andrew have given their notice that this will be their last year running the Lunch Program. Volunteer’s needed ASAP.

STAFF REPRESENTATIVE

Mrs. Arksey is the Home School Liaison and heads the BSSAP program

within the School. She is a full-time employee.

NEXT MEETING

October 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT

Andrew Kennedy – Colleen Mawer


September has been Pete The Cat month in

Kindergarten. The students have been very

busy reading Pete books, creating Pete art

and playing Pete games.

On Sunday, September 20th the 3rd annual Childhood

Dreams Car Show was held on Valleyview school

grounds. 215 cars registered with numerous amounts

of spectators taking part in this wonderful event.

From a bouncy castle, limbo contest and noise minute

to the gorgeous weather, we could not have asked for

a better day!

Parent council hosted a BBQ and silent auction

raising just over $3,000 towards the new playground.

Money raised from the car show and 50/50 went to

the Pediatrics Unit at the Brandon General Hospital.

Approximately another $3,000 was raised for that

cause as well!

We would like to thank all parents, staff and sponsors

for their help in making this day such a success. We

couldn’t have done it without the help of so many

people. Also a huge thank you to everyone who came

out that day to support these wonderful children’s

causes!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Darvill

Coats for kids

C OATS FOR KIDS will be in operation again this fall. It is a program sponsored by a number of Brandon organizations, whereby winter coats are collected, cleaned, and distributed to those in need of warm winter outerwear. Coats for Kids will be open on

Friday, November 6th from 3:00-6:00 pm Saturday, November 7th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Town Centre For more information or to get a certificate for your family to obtain warm outerwear, please contact Mrs. Arksey at 204-729-3951. Please remember to take your certificate to this program to receive your warm outerwear.

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Just wanted to send out a big

Congratulations to Baylee

Hodgson who was the lucky

student selected to be Fire

Chief for the Day. Baylee will

receive a free lunch at McDonald’s, prizes and will

spend the rest of the day touring the Brandon Fire &

Emergency Services. Have fun Baylee, cannot wait

to hear all about it when you get back!


Our clusters are underway, with students enthusiastically

learning and participating.

Our topics this time are:

Superheroes

Agriculture

Art-astic x2

Wellness in the Making

Activ-ate

Checkers, Puzzle and cards

Green Screen exploration

The purpose of the clusters are to increase engagement in

education and to learn something new. Every cluster will

participate in creating a product or a service or both!

The final celebration is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 9 in the

afternoon.

HALEP Library

A big thank you to all of my student and parent

volunteers! You are a tremendous help with keeping the

library running smoothly, keeping it tidy and organized, and

prepping new books.

With any luck, we will have lots of new books coming our

way from Coles! Remember to keep adopting us at https://

adoptaschool.indigo.ca/. We need to you ‘adopt’ every day to

get into the top three schools in Manitoba.

Thank you to all those people who have adopted us or donated

books, or both. Let’s keep that energy up and win the grand

prize!

Parent Resource

My Child in the Middle Years: A Parent Resource

Manitoba Education and Advanced Learning is pleased to

announce the online release of My child in the Middle Years:

A Parent Resource. This resource will be available on the

department’s website at:

www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/midyears/index.html

Forms have been sent home with all students in Grades 4 to 6. Please return forms to the

school ASAP to guarantee a spot as the spots do go fast!

https://adoptaschool.indigo.ca/

https://adoptaschool.indigo.ca/


On the trick-or-treat trail

A parent or responsible adult should take young children trick or treating.

If your child is going alone, make sure you know where he/she is going and what time he/ she will be home.

Trick-or-Treaters should:

Stay in a group.

Carry a cell phone for emergencies.

Only go to homes with a light on.

Stay on well-lit streets and use the sidewalks.

If there are no sidewalks, walk at the side of the road, facing traffic.

Cross the street at intersections

Never cut across yards or use alleys.

Never go in a stranger's home or car for a treat.

Trick or treaters should be extra careful on the streets. Drivers may have trouble seeing them. Just because one car stops, doesn't mean others will.

Healthy Halloween

Check the treats before allowing your child to eat any. Throw away any spoiled, unwrapped or suspicious items.

Halloween safety tips

Valleyview staff and students are looking forward to Halloween

festivities on the afternoon of Friday, October 30th. Students who

wish to dress up may do so that afternoon. Please make sure that

your child’s costume is appropriate for school. Just a reminder that

no toy weapons are allowed. We kick off the afternoon with a

costume parade

in the gym at

12:50 p.m.

Parents are

welcome to

attend the

parade.

Following the

parade, classes

will take part in

classroom activities. We are looking forward to seeing all the

creative costumes.

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WHAT IS THE TEAL PUMPKIN PROJECT?!?

The Teal Pumpkin Project, (a Food Allergy Research & Education-FARE- initiative) promotes

safety, inclusion and respect of individuals living with food allergies. This nationwide movement offers ideas

for alternatives to food that your family can give out at Halloween and painting a pumpkin teal, the official

color of food allergy awareness, and setting it out for families and trick-or-treaters to see, will indicate

that you are providing safe,non-food treats! You may also download teal pumpkin posters from the

www.foodallergyresearch&education site & post them you window!

Frequently Asked Q's About Non-Food Treats!

Are there any non-food treats that I should avoid?

Some non-food items still contain food allergens, such as some brands of moldable clay (Playdoh), which contains

wheat. Additionally, try to choose latex-free items, as there are children who have latex allergies.

How can I safely pass out food items along with non-food items?

The point of the Teal Pumpkin Project™ is to make trick-or-treating as inclusive as possible. You can keep the

experience safe by keeping your food treats and non-food treats in separate bowls.

If I’m handing out candy and non-food treats, how do I determine which treat to give to each trick-or-

treater?

You can either ask trick-or-treaters if they have any food allergies, or give every visitor a choice of which treat

they’d like: candy or a non-food item.

Do kids really like non-food treats?

They don’t just like them, they love them! These types of treats are unique and stand out!!

All above ideas and images are respectfully borrowed from: F.A.R.E. and their program, the Teal Pumpkin Project.

Non-Food Ideas!

Finger Lasers

Bubbles

Vampire Teeth

Halloween Decorations

Glow Bracelets

Stickers

Bouncy Balls (latex free)

Note Paper

Window Clings

Spider rings

http://www.foodallergyresearch&education/


Dashing to the Library

Written by Grade 3/4

Sept. 2015

Tune of Jingle Bells

Chorus:

Reading books, reading books, we love reading books

Reading is so great you see, it makes us happy, yah!

Verse One:

Dashing to the library

Signing out new books

Piggy and Gerald, Pete the Cat

and all the other books, ha, ha, ha

Thank you library helpers

for sorting all the shelves.

You keep our library clean

just like Santa’s elves. OH….

Chorus

Verse Two:

Dashing through the halls,

Waiting for new books,

Fiction, comics, magazines,

We take a special look ha, ha, ha!

Books are everywhere,

Waiting to be read.

Can’t wait to share them without friends

Our brains are being fed. Oh…..

Chorus

Verse Three:

Looking through the library,

Searching for new books,

Reading with our buddies,

Laughing as we look, Ha, ha, ha!

Magazines and comics,

Reading every day.

Oh what fun it is to read

All new cool books. Oh….

Chorus:

Verse Four:

Dashing to the library

Signing our my books,

Reading through the pages

Laughing at the jokes Ha, ha, ha

Pete the Cat and Pigeon,

Piggy and Gerald too!

Oh how fun it is to read

Our books at Valleyview, oh…..

We need adopts, we need adopts, we need your adopts!

Thank you Coles for adopting us, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Valleyview Students Love Books!!

Tune of Wheels on the Bus

Written by Mrs. Monita’s ¾ class

We read books every day, every day, every day.

We read books every day all year long.

Please, please vote for us every day, us every day, us every day.

Please, please vote for us every day, once a day.

We learn by reading every day, every day, every day.

We learn by reading every day, all year long.

We love to read with out buddies, our buddies, our buddies.

We love to read with our buddies, on day one!

Our library is a great-great place, great-great place, great-great

place.

Our library is a great-great place to read books!

Helpers in our library are so great, are so great are so great.

Helpers in our library are so great, every day!

Thank you Coles for adopting us, adopting us, adopting us.

Thank you Coles for adopting us and helping us get books!

The 3/4 classes have been working on song writing during their writing time. So,

we decided to write songs for the Adopt a Book program with Coles. Check out

our Blog on the adopt a school site to hear them performed in our music

video! Great job!


October 9, 2015

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