June 2018

LINSFORD PARK SCHOOL

CONTACT INFORMATION

“Building Healthy, Inclusive Relationships and Academic Competencies”

PARENT NEWSLETTER

Website: http://lps.blackgold.ca

Email: lps@gshare.blackgold.ca

Address:

4502—51 Street Leduc, AB T9E 7J7 Phone: 780-986-8474 Fax: 780-986-2411

EARLY

DISMISSAL

Wednesday

June 6

@ 2:30

RODEO DAY!

June 1st is Rodeo Day. Students and staff are encouraged to wear their rodeo gear. No toy guns or lassoes please!

It’s great to finally be enjoying warmer weather! June, as always, will be a very busy month as we complete the school year. The month will be filled with lots of fun activities as well as hard work. Just a reminder of our dress code: no short shorts, shirts must cover the midriff and have sleeves or wide straps, spaghetti straps are not allowed. Bathing suits are not appropriate class room apparel.

BLACK GOLD ELEMENTARY TRACK MEET

This track meet will be held on Friday, June 8th at Riverview Middle School in Devon. Students in grades 3-6 have been trying out for the school team for a few weeks. All the students who were chosen to participate brought home a letter.

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PARENT COUNCIL NEWS

Parent Council will meet on June 11th at 6:00 pm. All Linsford parents are welcome to attend the parent council meeting.

FIELDTRIP DATES FOR JUNE

June 1 Manluk Swimming Pool (Gr. 1M, 1/2A & 2O)

June 4 Peter Puffin’s Whale Tale presentation (3/4/5S)

June 5 Rodeo bikes (Gr. 3M)

June 7 Telus World of Science (6W)

June 7 & 8 Canadian North at the airport & Summer Walk (Kindergarten)

June 8 Black Gold School’s Elementary Track Meet (Linsford Team)

June 15 Gr. 6 Grad and Movie 1M, 1/2A, 2O, 3/4/5S, and 5/6M

June 21 Botanic Gardens (1M. 1/2A & 2O)

June 22 Kindergarten Year End to All Star Playground & LRT ride

Safety Patrol Outdoor Pool

June 25 Year End trip to Mallas farm (5/6M & 6W)

June 27 Outdoor Pool (gr. 1-6)

****Please note that a few fieldtrips have not yet been finalized and therefore are not listed above. Permission slips will be online as soon as possible.

ICE CREAM DAY

Parent Council will be serving free ice cream to all students for dessert at lunchtime on Monday, June 18th. Thanks Parent council! What a great treat!

Our Mabels Labels fundraiser is still running! They have a wide selection of labels for summer camps and the upcoming school year.

Please visit campaigns.mabelslabels.com and search for Linsford Park School to place your order.

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PROVINCIAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

Provincial Exams will continue this month for students in grade 6. Exam preparation is well on its way in the classroom and further studying at home should be occurring in order for students to do their best. All exams start punctually at 9:00 am.

June 18 - Language Arts (Part B, reading)

June 19 - Mathematics

June 20 - Science

June 22 - Social Studies

On June 15th at 12:30 pm, students in grades 4 and 5 who would be interested in becoming safety patrol members for the 2018 - 19 school year, will have a chance to learn about a safety patroller’s responsibilities. This is a great leadership opportunity for students to be part of! Please note that patrollers are chosen based on citizenship skills and excellent school attendance.

EARLY VACATION

If you are leaving early on vacation, please provide a self-addressed envelope with adequate postage attached in order for us to mail your child’s progress reports. Your child will also need to clean out their desk and locker prior to leaving.

SUMMER CAMPS

With summer quickly approaching you might be looking for fun things to keep your children busy. Please feel free to come in and check out our bulletin board that is full of great opportunities for your children.

SAFETY PATROL RECRUIT MEETING

Congratulations to Leah Penney, Myah Thomas and Levi Lawrence for winning this month’s wrist band challenge!

PRIZE WINNERS

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STAFF APPRECIATION

Special thanks to all who helped prepare, bring items and offer supervision/office support while the staff enjoyed a tasty staff appreciation lunch on May 10th. It was a great treat to relax a bit and enjoy a delicious meal together!

SPEECH COMPETITION WINNERS

Linsford Park School’s annual Speech Competition, which occurred on May 4th, was an amazing success! All participants spoke very well. Winners this year were: Grade 4 - Elora Miller Gothjelpsen (gold), Evan Davies (silver), Sutton Paliwoda (bronze) and Payton Young (honorable mention); Grade 5 - Emilee Parr (gold), Myah Thomas (silver), Griffin Williams (bronze) and Maycee Siemens (honorable mention); Grade 6 - Jace Berreth (gold), Chad Wegner (silver), Sophia Lowie (bronze) and Clara Ingbrigtson (honorable mention). Special thanks to Mrs. Dixon-Welch, Mrs. Nesdoly and Mrs. Hammer for their great job as the competition judges!

SAFETY PATROL 2017/18

Thanks very much to our safety patrol members who did a fantastic job helping our students safely cross the street throughout the school year! They will be celebrating their great efforts at the outdoor pool and a pizza party on June 22! Special thanks to the parent council for paying for this event through fundraising efforts!

During the afternoon of Tuesday, June 26th all students will participate in FUN DAY events. Students in grades 1-6 will be arranged into teams containing all grades. Grade 6 students will be designated as captains and will be responsible for leading their team members through fun playground activities. Perhaps this year we will break a few school track and field records.! Assuming it’s a nice warm day, sun screen & hats are recommended! Thanks to Parent Council for supplying freezies for this event!

The last day of school for students is Wednesday, June 27th. Linsford’s annual awards ceremony will occur @ 10:30 am. Parents of students who are receiving awards will be notified ahead of time. Our annual school wide outdoor pool swim will also occur this afternoon from 1-3 pm. Parents are welcome to join us for this fun school wide event! Thanks Parent Council for making this event to happen!

JUNE 26 & 27

YEAR END EVENTS

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SUMMER LITERACY AND MATH CAMPS!

Summer literacy and math camps are available in July for children completing grades 1-6. We strongly encourage students who are struggling with reading and math skill development to attend. To register please go to the Black Gold website and find the link under Black Gold Summer School.

LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS

Last day of classes in the Library Learning Common will be Friday, June 15th. All books are due by Monday, June 18th, as well as payment for any lost items. Thanks to all who participated in our annual book fair, lego club and grade 5-6 book club. It was another great school year! Have a wonderful summer and see you in September!

Mrs. Pollard, Librarian.

SUMMER LEARNING CHALLENGE MAD SCIENCE

On Wednesday, June 20th, the summer reading coordinator from the Leduc Public Library will be visiting classes at our school to discuss the exciting summer learning camps that the public library will be offering throughout the summer.

Linsford Park Parent Council is looking to Mentor or Replace our Hot Lunch/Healthy Snack Coordinator as the next school year is our Coordinator’s last year at the school. Currently the position is held by one person but could easily be split into two. Healthy Snack Coordinator Duties - Shopping for Groceries - Acquiring Volunteers to work the snack sale every Wednesday morning (except the first of the month which is the Popcorn Sale) -Preparing and serving the snacks to be sold, or to have adequate volunteers to fill the needs. Hot Lunch Coordinator Duties - Setting up the Hot Lunch On-Line Program - Collecting Orders and Money for the Treasurer - Contacting area restaurants to set up dates and menus for Hot Lunch - Coordinating Volunteers to sort and distribute hot lunches - Ordering all hot lunch items

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Patty at pdburak@icloud.com.

HELP NEEDED!!

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Counselor Corner

STUDENT LEADERSHIP GROUP

THANK YOU!

The Linsford Park Parents' Association would like to extend a huge thank-you to those families that participated in our many fundraising events this year! These events included bottle drives, Mom's Pantry, World's Finest Chocolate sales, Popcorn sales, Healthy Snack, and Hot Lunch days. The money raised from these events helped reduce the cost to our students for many events, including LRC swimming lessons for Grades 1 and 2, field trip bussing, staff luncheon, Grade 6 grad party, Patrol party, ice cream day, and Alex pool rental for year-end. Much of the money raised this year also helps in planning special events for the upcoming school year. Your contribution helps foster a wonderful environment for our students and staff. Thank you again!

Special thanks to our Student Leadership group members who did an amazing job running the Playground Pals program and the polydot hallway activities! These successful programs will continue again in the fall!

Throughout this school year both Mind Up and Zones of Regulation programming have been used to help teach self regulation and emotional management. Parents are encouraged to use the same vocabulary and techniques of these programs at home.

Please see http://www.zonesofregulation.com/learn-more-about-the-zones.html.

School use of these programs will continue next year.

BE FIT FOR LIFE

We are excited to welcome leaders from Be Fit for Life to our school for the following three weeks. They will be running a club called GO Play; which is part of the Girls Play initiative. It is specifically for girls with the purpose to keep girls engaged and active throughout their lives. Any girls who attend 2 or more sessions will also get their names drawn for LRC passes.

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WE WISH ALL OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES A GREAT

SUMMER. THE BEST OF LUCK TO OUR GRADE SIX

STUDENTS AS THEY MOVE ONTO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL!

DARE GRAD

SPEECH COMPETITION

WINNERS

DARE GRAD

ESSAY WINNER

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Leduc Public Library is proud to

introduce our

Summer Learning Challenge 2018

MAD SCIENCE!

July 9th

-August 17th

It’s FREE! It’s FUN! and we offer something for kids of all ages and adults too!

Research shows that children can lose one to three months of learning every summer.

This is called the “Summer Slide”. You can help your kids keep learning in the summer

when you sign them up for our Summer Learning Challenge. We offer reading, hands-

on STEAM discovery and open-ended design challenges to keep kids’ brains working

over the summer.

At the Leduc Public Library, we believe summer learning is all about having fun,

discovering, creating and exploring. The library will be offering free programming and a

learning challenge for all ages with many fabulous prizes. We understand the summer

months can be a busy time and therefore our program is designed to be flexible, so all

families are able to attend at their convenience. The challenge will be drop-in without

registered times.

Our program will be lead by a BEd student, certified teacher and certified educational

assistant. Our goal is for children to develop a love of learning as we explore science

through exciting science themed activities, crafts, and books!

All Learning Counts! Reading for 20 minutes a day helps your child practice important

reading skills.

Mark your calendar to drop-by throughout the month of June for details or visit our

website at www.leduclibrary.ca or give us a call at 780-986-2637 for

more information. Registration will begin in late June.

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