ÉCOLE CENTRALE Principal: Roswitha Dudar; Vice-Principal: Monique Bailey

Administration Office: 589 Roch Street; Winnipeg, MB R2K 2P7; Phone: 204-667-7130 604 Day Street, Winnipeg, MB R2C 1B6 Phone: 204-958-6426; Fax: 204-222-4873; WWW.EC.RETSD.MB.CA

A Caring Community of Learners / Une communauté dévouée d’apprenants

We remain hopeful that at some point, Spring will arrive!

We want to congratulate 2 of our grade 4 students for their achievement in the Concours d’Art Or-

atoire in April. Mia C and Noah M both received gold as they presented their speeches with stu-

dents from other early years French Immersion schools in our division.

École Centrale parents have always had the reputation of being devoted, active, and positive. Our

parents volunteer in the classroom, and around the school, preparing materials for teachers,

reading to the students in English, helping on field trips and at special events. Our school is very

lucky to receive such community support. It is hugely appreciated. The financial support of our

parents is also felt throughout the school year, with fundraising dollars supporting agenda pur-

chases, and supporting students through donations to the Music program, the Physical Education

program, year-end field trips, and much more. Oftentimes field trips are made possible especially

with PAC support in paying for the buses. Thank you! Thank you!

As we already look towards next year, we invite our newly enrolled 2019-2020 Kindergarten stu-

dents and their parents to our annual Kindergarten orientation on Thursday, May 16th from 6:00 to

7:30 p.m. We will meet in the gymnasium at 6pm for a brief introduction. Then students and their

parents will have an opportunity to rotate through activities in pre-arranged classroom groups.

They will experience a French Physical Education and Music activity, a calendar activity in the

Kindergarten classroom, and will receive an activity bag and snack in the library. We ask that par-

ents only bring their kindergarten child as there is no provision for child care.

We also invite all volunteers to join us the afternoon of Friday May 31 for a special Volunteer Ap-

preciation assembly and tea. The assembly will begin in the gym at 1:00 p.m. followed by a re-

ception in the library. The library will be open to volunteers until dismissal time

at 3p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!

As always, any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to call.

Mme Dudar

Mme Bailey

Remember no classes at École Centrale in 2019 on the following day:

Monday, May 20, 2019 VICTORIA DAY NO SCHOOL

There will be early dismissal at École Centrale 2018 –2019 on the following dates:

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 2:15 p.m. Friday, June 28, 2019 2:00 p.m.

REMINDER PLEASE REGISTER NOW

It’s not too late! Don’t Wait! If your child will be FIVE (5) years of age

on or before December 31, 2019 he/she is eligible to register for kindergarten.

Please make sure to bring your child’s Birth Certificate and Manitoba Health card. Proof of residence is also needed, therefore you will need 2 pieces of identification

with your current address on it.

NOTICE RE FEE-FOR-SERVICE BUSING

If you are requiring Fee-For-Service transportation, the application form must be submitted to Transporta-tion Dept. each school year. Transportation Application – Fee-For-Service 2019–2020 forms are available from the school office or follow the Quick Link “Busing Information” on the RETSD website at www.retsd.mb.ca Fee-For-Service applications must be submitted to the Transportation Department by June 30th of each school year. Applications received after June 30th will be reviewed on an individual basis.

A Caring Community of Learners / Une communauté dévouée d’apprenants

ATTENTION, ALL FAMILIES

Orientation Evening 2019–2020

If you are registered with École Centrale for kindergarten,

you and your Kindergarten child will be invited to a school visit on Thursday, May 16, at 6:00 p.m.

School of choice applications must be made at your catchment school.

Parents & Guardians,

Note that calendars are always subject to change, please consult the website regularly for updates

Please send your

photos

for the yearbook to

ecphotos@hotmail.com

Do you have photos that you would like considered for our 2019–2020 yearbook? If you’ve been able to

attend events or field trips at the school and have photos for the yearbook, please send photos to Rose

at ecphotos@hotmail.com, and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/

EcoleCentralePAC.

As the weather becomes warmer, please consider spending more time outdoors. Stud-ies suggest that being out in nature may improve your overall health. Take a look at the

following article for more information.

Natural Medicine: More Doctors Prescribing Time Outdoors • Copy and paste the link to your web browser to view the whole article:

https://www.ecowatch.com/us-network-news-climate-crisis-2635930833.html

Music is important because….. Music students are constantly using their memory to perform. The skill of memorization can serve stu-dents well in education and beyond. Stan Lesk, a great Canadian actor, visited our school and he will be returning to work with our stu-dents on May 9th, 10th, 23rd, and 24th. Mr Lesk works on drama skills with all our students which en-hances their creativity and builds social skills such as teamwork and cooperation. Our grade 3 and 4 choir will be singing for our final time this year at the Volunteer Tea on May 31st. Happy Spring!!! Mme R. Lawrence-Brown Music Teacher

Mother’s Day is Sunday May 12

Note that calendars are always subject to change, please consult the website regularly for updates

Note that calendars are always subject to change, please consult the website regularly for updates

Mr Ammann’s Class Math & reading buddies This month, the reading buddies did a math activity together.

Mme Kehler, Mme King, et Mme Stein

Fun en Français

The grade 2 students had a great time in their

French cuisine inspired workshop.

Note that calendars are always subject to change, please consult the website regularly for updates

Mme Stein’s Class

Mme Stein’s class had lots of fun learning about bugs this month. Take a look at the

chart below to see the evolution of the Super worm and moth.

In April, we wrapped up our Technology Club for the

year. The Grade 1s had a chance to try the VR gog-

gles and the Merge Cube games/activities. Some of

the VR games/activities included a virtual campfire, a

virtual kaleidoscope, learning about the human body

virtually, playing Pirate Island where you hunt for

treasure, playing Piranha where you eat as much su-

shi as you find, and many other games. The Grade 1s

were also introduced to the LittleBits pieces and

learned about circuits, (LittleBits are modular snap-

together bits that students used to explore buzzers,

lights and switches) then they used the pieces to

build a tickle machine and a car! Very cool!

We also had Grade 3s come to learn about

the Micro:bit, which is a tiny microchip.

Students learned to code the Micro:bit us-

ing a block coding system simply by drag-

ging the blocks needed into the workspace

and then snapping them together! Stu-

dents learned how to display a message,

create an animation, create music, down-

load their programs onto the Micro:bit,

and have it play to their headphones using

alligator clips! Some students even

learned how to send messages to each

other via Micro:bit! Wow! Great job! In

May, we will be choosing and training our

Grade 3s to be our future Tech Mentors

for next year!

Note that calendars are always subject to change, please consult the website regularly for updates

There’s MUFFIN’ like our

volunteers! Please join us as we celebrate our amazing volunteers!

Friday, May 31st

1:00 p.m. for an assembly in the gymnasium Presentations by grade 3 (Stein) & Kindergarten (Dupuis and Leslie).

A reception in the library will follow.

If you volunteered with us this year and plan to attend this event, please R.S.V.P. by

Friday, May 17 by e-mailing: ec@retsd.mb.ca Thank you for everything you do for us!

See you there!

Note that calendars are always subject to change, please consult the website regularly for updates

KEEP ACTIVE M Gilles Boulley

Mme Lisa Gosselin Physical Education Teachers

• During the month of May, students in Kindergarten and grade 2 will be going outside and play-ing playground games that they can play at recess. Students will be working on their skipping rope skills. We will continue with the striking activities such as T-ball. We will also continue prac-ticing our Folk Dances in preparation for the Divisional Folk Dance event.

  • Students in grades 3 and 4 will be presenting the folk dance that they created in

their group, playing Ultimate (a frisbee game), and playing soccer.

• Grade 1 and 2 students will be having fun dancing in a park setting on May 22 with a rain date of May 28 at East Kildonan Centennial park. More details will be sent home soon.

• The Club de Duathlon is continuing as per schedule. Students are training to race in a duathlon or a triathlon in June.

• Club de Course – Students from grades 1 to 4 will be invited to participate in a running

club. Grades 1 and 2 will be running together in the school yard with Mme Lawrence-Brown and Mme Stein. Grades 3 and 4 will be running in the school yard and in Kern park with Mme Lisa. The clubs will be starting mid-May, weather permitting.

• Our grade 4 students will be participating in a Ultimate/Soccer day with École Margaret Underhill which will take place at École Centrale in Kern Park on June 19 with no alterna-tive date scheduled due to time constraints.

• With the nice weather, students are forgetting to have a t-shirt for gym to change into as well as having proper and clean indoor footwear for the gym. So please help your child have these items for Physical Education classes when they are inside. I also would like to see students have proper footwear for running outdoors during our classes and clubs.

Lundi Mardi Mercredi Jeudi Vendredi

1 jour 4

Growing and Lear-

ning at Westview

2:00–6:00 p.m.

2 jour 5 3 jour 6

Children’s Museum

Grade 2

6 jour 1

7 jour 2

8 jour 3

Early Dismissal

2:15 p.m.

9 jour 4 10 jour 5

Hot Lunch

13 jour 6

Living Prairie

Museum

Grade 3

14 jour 1

Living Prairie

Museum

Grade 3

15 jour 2

16 jour 3

Kindergarten Ori-entation Evening 6:00–7:30 p.m.

17 jour 4

20

Victoria Day

NO SCHOOL

21 jour 5

22 jour 6

Folk Dance

Grade 1 & 2

23 jour 1 24 jour 2

Hot Lunch

27 jour 3

Transcona Museum

Mme Marion’s

Grade 1 class

1–2 p.m.

28 jour 4 29 jour 5

Transcona Musuem Mme Dedieu’s Grade 1 class 1–2 p.m. Lunch Program 6:00 p.m. PAC 6:30 p.m.

30 jour 6

31 jour 1

Volunteer tea 1:00 p.m.

NOTE THAT CALENDARS ARE ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE CONSULT THE WEBSITE FOR

UPDATED INFORMATION AT ALL TIMES.

Mai 2019

Lundi Mardi Mercredi Jeudi Vendredi

3 jour 2 4 jour 3 Bee Project Pre-sentation Grade 1

5 jour 4 6 our 5

7 jour 6

10 jour 1 Children’s Museum Grade 1

11 jour 2

12 jour 3 Patrol Outing

13 jour 4

14 jour 5 Grade 4 Farewell 1 p.m.

17 jour 6

18 jour 1

19 jour 2 Lunch Program 6 p.m.

20 jour 3 21 jour 4 Fun Mountain Grade 3 & 4

24 jour 5 25 jour 6 26 jour 1 27 jour 2

28 jour 3 Report cards pub-lished Early Dismissal 2:00 p.m. Last day of school

NOTE THAT CALENDARS ARE ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE CONSULT THE WEBSITE FOR

UPDATED INFORMATION AT ALL TIMES.

Juin 2019