THEME OF THE MONTH: Being Fair Important Dates to Remember:

Mar 3rd - School Council Meeting 7-8pm Mar 4,5,6th - Aussie X visits Corsair Mar 5-11th - Spring Candy Grams Fundraiser Mar 13th - Crazy Hair Day Mar 16-20th- March Break— No School for students Mar 27th - Character Assemblies Gr. 1 & 2 at 10:15am, Gr.3-5 at 10:55am Mar 31st - Right to Play Assemblies

March 1st, 2015

Corsair Public School 2230 Corsair Road Mississauga, Ontario L5A2L9 Phone: 905-279-1511 Fax: 905-279-8603 Scott Krueger Principal Tracey Lai Thom Vice-Principal Marilyn Henderson-Briehl Office Manager Anthony Edwards Superintendent Janet McDougall Trustee Sue Lawton Trustee

February 20, 2015 Students were quite excited to have the opportunity to watch as Mr. Krueger got Duct taped to the wall. The student who read the most minutes and the student who raised the most money from each class got the opportunity to duct tape Mr. Krueger to the wall. Once taped, Mr. Krueger read a picture book to Students. Many thanks to our School Council members who helped to organize the Pop Corn parties and the as-semblies. The funds raised went towards purchasing French Reading Materials.

Grade

ones

cele-

brate

the

100th

day of

school

Unique Symposium Addresses the needs of Families of Children with Special Needs

This free family event is being held at West Credit Secondary School during the afternoon of April 18th. Agencies such as Peel Children’s Centre, Erinoak, MotherRisk, CCAC will be in attendance as well as presenters that will address the social/emotional and behavioural needs of unique children. Parents will have the opportunity to ask psychiatrists, social workers, speech and language and behavioural specialists, questions about community re-sources and network with other parents. There is limited babysitting available.

This free event is open to parents of all grade levels. Please speak to your school administrator for a registration form or e-mail trelawny.ps@peelsb.com or call 905-824-0360 ext 402.

Apply for a position on the board's French as a Second Language Advisory

Committee

The Peel District School Board is currently seeking parent members for its first French as a Second Language Advisory

committee. The committee will meet three to four times during the school year to provide input and feedback in an advi-

sory capacity to the board regarding the development and implementation of French programs and initiatives.

We are now in the process of inviting parents to apply for eight available positions on the committee.

Members will be selected based on the following criteria:

demonstrates a keen interest in public education and French as a Second Language pro-

grams

understands the importance of parent, family and community engagement

has experience working with French language/cultural organizations

demonstrates advocacy and community development skills

has a present level of involvement in the education system

reflects the diversity of the community

If interested, visit www.peelschools.org/parents/involved/french for an application and more details.

Kids’ CBC hosts a free family kite festival event on March 21 & 22

This free family event will feature an exciting day full of fun for kids as they make kites, rangoli designs, spin tops, hear

South Asian stories and enjoy a digital gaming zone and more. They will also meet and greet with their favourite Kids’

CBC characters including host Patty, Daniel Tiger, Bookaboo and Super WHY! The kids will have a chance to appear on camera, as Kids’ CBC camera crew captures fun moments of the day to be fea-

tured on-air and on the Kids’ CBC YouTube Channel.

Saturday March 21, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Mississauga Central Library 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Mississauga

Sunday March 22, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Bramalea City Centre 25 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton

For more information on the event and Kids’ CBC, visit www.cbc.ca/parents.

Using Social Media Safely

With the growing number of social media sites, it is no surprise that social media is the most common form of communication for children and teenagers. Posts, status updates, comments, instant messages, video up-loads, tweets and texts have become a regular part of their lives. While there are many positive benefits to us-ing social media, including staying connected with friends and expressing your interests, students must be cau-tious in their use of these networks. Among the most popular social media platforms used are Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, WeChat, Vine and Kik Messenger. Many of these platforms are free and are available on smartphones and other elec-tronic devices. These platforms are easy to navigate and often allow information to be shared instantly, not only with friends, but with strangers. On social media, it is important to remember that the world is watching. Here are some tips, provided by the Canadian Safe School Network and GetSafeOnline.org, to keep your chil-dren safe and help them make smart choices when using social media: Set some boundaries for your child before they get their first ‘connected device’ (mobile, tablet, laptop or

games console). Once they have it, it can be more difficult to change the way they use it or the settings. · Have a conversation about what is appropriate online behaviour and what actions could

have huge repercussions that could damage their reputation and be harmful to others.

· Talk to your child about the kind of websites they look at. Encourage them to speak to you if they come

across something they find worrying or upsetting on websites, games or social media.

· Discuss with your child what is safe and appropriate to post and share online. Written comments, pho-

tos and videos all form part of their ‘digital footprint’ and could be seen by anyone and available on the

internet forever, even if it is subsequently deleted. · Explain to your child that being online doesn’t give them anonymity or protection, and that they shouldn’t

do anything online that they wouldn’t do face-to-face. Users should only accept people they know in order to protect themselves from spammers, strangers and others who may be using social networking sites to commit crimes.

· Unlike when they’re meeting someone face-to-face, children don’t always know who they’re actually

‘talking’ to online, even if they think they do. Tell your children they must never email, chat, or text with

strangers, and it’s never okay to meet a stranger in the real world.

· Ensure your children set their privacy settings appropriately. Take the time to learn how privacy settings

work on your children’s favourite sites, and teach them how to control their privacy. · Tell your children never to share personal and private information with anyone online. This includes,

but is not limited to, his or her full name, age, birth date, address, phone number, social insurance number, credit card information and parents’ full names.

After a month and half of practicing at Recess, some of our Grade 4 and 5 students got the opportunity to play in a

Volleyball Tournament at Hickory Wood on Friday, 27th February, 2015.

They played a total of 3 games and tied one game. Thanks to Mme Snyder and Mr Rotman who accompanied

them. They played hard and did well. Congratulations to the students who played in their very first competitive

game!

Students trying out for our Basketball team had a surprise guest visit last Friday, 20th. Mr. Maharaj coached basketball in Japan and vol-unteered his time to run some drills with our stu-dents. Students enjoyed the ‘Japanese’ greetings and responded well to our guest’s exercises.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR VOLUNTEERS ANNUAL OFFENCE DECLARATIONS Offence Declaration Forms will be mailed from Human Resources to the home address of every active vol-unteer who submitted a Criminal Record Check with a police search date prior to August 1st, 2014. Any volunteer who submitted a more current Criminal Record Check is exempt from this process. Forms should arrive in homes this week. It is important that a completed and signed Offence Declaration is submitted to Human Resources by March 31st. It is the responsibility of each volunteer to ensure that his/her Offence Declaration is submitted by this date to enable him/her to continue to volunteer next school year. Offence Declarations are required on an annual basis.

Conference helps parents make a difference in numeracy and beyond'

The Peel District School Board is hosting its annual parent conference on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Fletcher’s Meadow Secondary School in Brampton. This year, Nu-meracy & Beyond: Parent Conference, will focus on numeracy—25 out of 60 work-shops help with math. Parents will still have the opportunity to attend workshops on other topics, including literacy, special education and science.

This free learning event is open to Peel parents of students at all grade levels.

Space is limited. Registration closes March 27.

Have any left

over wool?

Do you have any left over wool from your finished knitting and crocheting projects? Corsair Crochet Club would appreciate the donation!

Joyce in Mme Badri’s class shared:

“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.” This quote tells me that if I work

and cooperate together, I can do more than I

think! I like this quote because it shows that hav-

ing friends is meaningful and sticking together we

can help guide each other through good times and

in bad.

Students in Grade 5 were

asked to choose a quote that

they liked and to explain why.

Aya in Mme Badri’s class

chose this quote:

“Art should comfort the

disturbed and

disturb the

comfortable”

I like this quote because I love

art and it shows what Art is

about and it gives us an idea or

inspiration to do art.