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NOVEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER

CHAFFEY-BURKE ELEMENTARY 4405 Sardis Street Burnaby BC V5H 1K7

ChaffeyBurke@burnabyschools.ca T: 604-296-9008

MESSAGE FROM MS. CLARK

October has been a busy and fun-filled month at Chaffey-Burke. We started the month with our annual Terry Fox Run that allowed our students to show support for Cancer research as they put tremendous effort into running in our community or around our school field. Our students particularly enjoyed the staff challenge at the end of the run where they watched several Chaffey staff members being soaked with water. There was great laughter and cheering.

Our grade 4 to 7 students attended their first Young People’s Concert at the Michael J. Fox Theatre. They were treated to a performance by Groupo America . On October 17th, we participated in the Great B.C. Shake Out. This was our first earthquake drill for the school year. Our students demonstrated fabulous cooperation during the Shake Out as the weather was quite uncooperative. October ended with a fun-filled Hallowe’en day. Our students showed their individuality and their creativity in the costumes they wore and there was a good variety of activities that took place in the classrooms and in the gym.

We are continuing to work on our reading goal at Chaffey. This month, several of our primary teachers

have been participating in a school-based book club facilitated by our District Literacy Consultant. They are reading the Daily 5 book. Daily 5 is a Literacy Framework that focusses on the goals of instilling

behaviors of independence, creating a classroom of highly engaged readers, writers, and learners, and providing teachers with time and structure to meet diverse student needs. Our group of primary teachers are working collaboratively to integrate the concepts and practices of Daily 5 into their daily schedules. We also have 4 intermediate classroom teachers working collaboratively to implement Daily 5 into their curriculum. Many positive reading experiences continue to be offered in each classroom at Chaffey-Burke.

The Burnaby School District offers numerous Mental Health Literacy resources for staff and families on the District website. In October, the Mental Health Literacy focus was on sleep hygiene. We have included for you a couple of examples below and you can find

more information on the district website @

IMPORTANT DATES

NOVEMBER 3 Daylight Savings Time

NOVEMBER 7 Special Lunch - Pizza

NOVEMBER 8 Remembrance Day Assembly

11:00 am

NOVEMBER 11 Remembrance Day

School CLOSED StrongStart CLOSED

NOVEMBER 14 Student Individual Photo Re-Takes

Special Lunch – Spaghetti & Meatballs

NOVEMBER 15 Snack Sale 12:15-1:00

NOVEMBER 22 NO SCHOOL

DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DAY StrongStart CLOSED

NOVEMBER 29 Snack Sale 12:15-1:00

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https://burnabyschools.ca/blog/2019/10/17/sleep-what-students-and-families-need-to-know/. You will find many other resources for families on the District website as well.

We greatly appreciate the continued support from our Chaffey parents and community members for the programs and activities at our school. We look forward to another outstanding month in November.

Thank you, Kim Clark

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SCHOOL NEWS

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour on Sunday, November 3rd.

TERRY FOX FUNDRAISER

Another amazingly successful run this year at Chaffey-Burke! We raised over $7000.00 . Thank you to everyone who made this years event such a success.

We look forward to next year’s run as it will be the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Marathon of Hope. Be on the watch for the 40th anniversary t-shirts.

CROSS COUNTRY The Chaffey Cross Country Team had an excellent running season! Our runners had early morning practices

each week, rain or shine, which allowed our students to improve their personal best times over the Cross-Country season.

Thank you to Ms. Slack for her continued dedication to coaching our Chaffey Cross Country team. Thank you also to all our parents that volunteered to drive to the meets each week.

Congratulations to all of our Cross-Country team members for their commitment and their running efforts!

VOLLEYBALL The Chaffey volleyball season is now in full swing. Our team members have been practicing for a few weeks. Both our boys’ and our girls’ teams have already played games away and at home. The team members are enjoying their experience and are already showing improvement in their volleyball skills. The season will end with a volleyball tournament for both teams during the week of November 18th. Thank you to our Chaffey coaches – Ms. Sumpter, Ms. Conroy, Ms. Sue and our Teacher Candidate, Ms.Marchese. Also thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to drive to our away games.

REMEMBRANCE DAY Our annual Poppy Drive will take place from Monday, November 4th to Friday, November 8th. Students from Division 2 will be visiting classes all next week to collect donations to the Royal Canadian Legion for poppies and every student will receive a poppy on Friday, November 8th. We will also have our Remembrance Day assembly at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 8th.

SAVE THE DATE We will be having a Winter Concert this year that will involve our students in Divisions 10 to 24. The performances will take place at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11th. More details will be provided at a later date.

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STUDENT LATES AND ABSENCES

Please call the office at 604-296-9008 and press #2 to leave a message on our absentee line if your child is going to be late or absent due to an illness or appointment. As part of our student safety policy, phone calls are made to every student who is not accounted for after morning attendance. If your child arrives to school after the second bell at 8:58 am, they are considered late and need to report to the office for a late pass so you don’t receive a phone call. We

appreciate your cooperation in advance. WHEN TO KEEP YOUR SICK CHILD HOME

For the protection of your child, as well as other children, please keep your child home if he/she: • Has a fever • Is too sick to take part in all normal school activities • Has a suspected or known communicable disease (ie: strep throat, pink eye, chicken

pox, or any other undiagnosed rash). Keep them home until they are no longer infectious.

Please let the school know your child’s symptoms.

MESSAGE FROM THE SCHOOL COUNSELLOR There is a new, free service that's available to help BC families with young children who are experiencing challenges with anxiety.

The Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Anxiety Program is a phone-based coaching service for parents and caregivers that effectively reduces mild to moderate anxiety in their children ages 3 – 12.

Through a series of online videos demonstrating key concepts and approaches, supported by 4 to 8 weekly coaching sessions, parents and caregivers build skills and strategies they can use with their child at home, at school and with friends.

Developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division in collaboration with BC experts who work extensively with children experiencing anxiety and their families, this ‘made in BC’ program incorporates concepts from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

These phone- and web-based programs improve access to early interventions by reducing barriers to support such as long wait times, cost, distance and stigma associated with accessing interventions.

PLEASE NOTE: Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Anxiety Program is available at no cost to families across BC through physician, teacher or school counsellor referral. For more information and referral forms, please visit www.confidentparentsbc.ca.

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