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ÉCOLE SUN VALLEY SCHOOL
Communication-Citizenship-Creativity-Collaboration-Celebration
125 Sun Valley Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2G 2W4
P 204.663.7664 F 204.668.9360
Principal. Mr. M. Beauchamp
Vice Principal. Mr. S. Osiowy
May 2015 Newsletter
On behalf of the staff, thank you for your continued support of our school.
School Hours
Thank you to Sun Valley PAC for the incredible Staff Appreciation event that
Entry Bell
Recess
Lunch
Recess
Dismissal
8:50
10:15-10:30
11:40-12:40
1:55-2:10
3:25
spanned 10 days. The Sun Valley Survivor activities led to much excitement and
Office Hours
8-4:30
uted baking. As well, thank you PAC for funding our recent residency with Artist
friendly competition among staff. The staff appreciation luncheon held on May
7th was delicious. All Sun Valley staff felt appreciated and valued. Thank you to
the parents who volunteered during these events as well as those who contribin Schools Program, Fubuki Daiko. This local Japanese drumming group of enthusiastic and talented musicians has had a tremendous impact on our school
Student Absences
community thus far.
If your child will be absent from
school, or if you expect him/her
As outlined in the April 2015 newsletter, staff is now in the process of creating
to be late for attendance, please
class lists for 2015-2016. This is a complex process involving many factors and
call the school office at 204-663-
completed by a team of classroom teachers, administrators, and student sup-
7664. You may leave a message
port services teachers. Letters from parents , which provided information about
at this number 24 hours a day.
their child’s learning style, social/emotional health, etc. have been helpful in this
process. However, due to many factors, requests for specific teachers are not
School Website:
possible. Our team creates balanced classrooms (academic strengths and areas
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to grow, behaviour needs, social/emotional needs, gender, etc.). We will work
Teacher Websites:
very hard to ensure that students are placed in a class that is positive and pro-
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ductive. We appreciate your understanding and support of this process.
Staff have been working hard to create a school plan for 2015—2016. Literacy
Inside this issue:
(reading and writing), Behaviour, and Building Community will be the main areas
Communication
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of focus.
Collaboration
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We look forward to your support and continued citizenship over the final two
Celebration
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months of the school year.
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Mario Beauchamp & Shawn Osiowy
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Come One, Come All!
It's almost that time of year again - it's time for FUN FAIR!
Sun Valley families and their guests are welcome to join us from 4pm-7pm on Friday, May 29th
for the 2015 FUN FAIR! This is an annual event organized by the Sun Valley Parent Advisory Council.
Activities include:
Inflatables
Face Painting/Tattoos/Hair Colouring
Carnival Games & Prizes
Sun Valley Sweet Shoppe
Interactive Martial Arts Demonstrations
Crafts & More
Wristbands $7.50 per child
Great food and drinks from Dominoes Pizza, Car-B-Que, Lemon Heaven, Marcel’s Donuts
Rain or Shine - a good time is guaranteed!
Watch for a Fun Fair brochure and wristband pre-order form being sent home with students soon! All students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian as this is an after school hours event.
Spend your summer at Oak Hammock Marsh!
July 1, 2015
Celebrate Canada’s birthday at Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre with horsedrawn wagon rides, face painting and special birthday cupcakes!
August 22 & 23, 2015
The Dragonfly Festival is an annual event featuring Dragonfly Safaris, Face Painting, Food Art Contests
and a special performance by Al Simmons (August 22 only)!
Oak Hammock Marsh is also offering weeklong camps for children ages 5 to 13 in July and August. Camp
is filled with fun indoor and outdoor themed activities that could include scavenger hunts, canoe adventures, outdoor cooking and nature crafts.
For more information on special events, weekly themes or to register a camper please visit: http://
www.oakhammockmarsh.ca, or call (204) 467-3300.
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Concours d’art oratoire
Le Concours d’Art Oratoire is a French public-speaking event for students learning French throughout the
province. At this event, students from grades 4-12 are challenged to create, write a text, and recite poems en
Français. They are judged on voice, quality of language, fluency, choice of subject, and gesture.
Congratulations to the following thSun Valley School students who participated in the RETSD Concours d’Art
Oratoire that took place April 14 at College Pierre Elliot Trudeau:
Grade 4 French Communication and Culture (formerly Basic French): Summer H, & Tavis D.
Grade 5 French Communication and Culture (formerly Basic French): Jacinthe L, & Jayme K.
Grade 4 French Immersion: Alexandra H; Taryn P, & Carmen S.
Grade 5 French Immersion: Brooke E, & Kendra G.
Thank you to our wonderful French Communication and Culture teachers, French Immersion teachers, Mme
Leclerc, and Mme Reid for working with the students to promote and celebrate the French language.
Tavis, a Grade 4 student from Rm. 52, earned a Gold Medal at the divisional-level competition held in April.
He was then chosen to represent the River East Transcona School Division in the Communication and Culture
(formerly Basic French) Grade 4 category at the provincial-level competition held on May 2nd at l’Université
de Saint-Boniface.
At the provincial competition, Tavis did an exceptional job speaking with great expression, as well as showing
strong poise and confidence as he recited Claude Roy’s poem, Une histoire à suivre to the panel of judges and
approximately 250 captivated spectators. After all the poems were presented, Tavis ended up placing 3 rd in
his group. Congratulations Tavis for all your hard work! We admire your determination, courage, and commitment to language learning.
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Sun Valley Library
Mrs. Paul’s Picks
http://bikesafety.caa.ca/cyclists/index.php
CAA’s Bike Safety site is worth looking at, both for drivers and for cyclists. The tabs make it easy to navigate, the images are clear and the information is simple to understand. There is an online quiz and a Road
Test that parents can print out to test their bike-riding child’s road-worthiness.
Whatever our transportation preferences, we all share the road with cyclists. Even though we may feel
that our children know how to ride a bike, for their safety and our peace of mind, they should be aware of
sound cycling practices and the rules of the road.
http://www.winnipegparent.com/
Winnipeg Parent Newsmagazine has been around since 1993! It remains a current friendly go-to resource
for family life in Winnipeg. The May issue features Summer Day Camp information, as well as tips to help
your child pack for camp so that they will freely enjoy the camp experience. The site contains the full pdf
of their hard copy. Many timely hyper-linked details are found on the Family Fun Calendar; this feature
alone makes it a great site to bookmark, particularly as we hover over the verge of summer festival season!
The calendar offers an assortment of family activities in all price ranges, in and around Winnipeg.
http://www.tipjunkie.com/post/end-of-school-activities-your-kids-will-cheer-for/
As we inch closer to the end of another school year, this crafty website has plenty of great treat ideas to
celebrate the last days. Don’t see anything that appeals to you here? Scroll down to the end of the blog
post to find links to more ideas.
*note: the websites included here are not meant to be endorsements in any way, but merely the observations of the author. All websites were last
viewed May 11, 2015.
IBL
Did you know that the opposite of bendy is rigid? The grade 1s in Room 8 have been learning about materials and objects in our environment. They have been touring the school sketching and looking at the things in
their environment in new ways.
The Grade 2s in rooms 6 and 11 have been raising mealworms. They have created cozy habitats for their
critters and are exploring what is necessary to help them metamorphose into darkling beetles.
The Grade 4s in rooms 12 and 52 are learning about Manitoba history by searching pictorial websites, such
as http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/features/timelinks/imageref/ and seeing our first settlers through the images of the day. We have been talking about taking the time to really see what each image can tell us about
these early first nations peoples and the settlers who came to Manitoba from other lands.
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Social Studies
On Friday, April 10th, the Grade 5 students in Room 50 had the opportunity to participate in the Museum
Highlights Tour at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Students were very enthusiastic to explore the
different exhibits, to learn about Canada’s human rights journeys, to engage in a variety of human rights stories and to view interesting artifacts.
“It was really cool how they had different artifacts from the First Nations and Métis cultures. It was very interesting to learn about.”
~ Olivia S.
“I thought going through all of the exhibits was neat and the staff was nice. I learned a lot”.
~ Réal J.
“The guide we had was really nice and gave us lots of information.”
~ Kendra G.
“I thought it was really cool how at the bottom of the Museum it was dark and as we walked higher up, it became lighter.”
~Aleka C.
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Music Monday / Lundi en
musique :
Every year the Manitoba Music Educator Association (MMEA), in
collaboration with the Coalition for Music
Education, celebrates and creates awareness for music
education in our schools on the first Monday of May.
This year, a high school student named Connor Ross
submitted a song entitled “We Are One” to the crossCanada contest and won! Connor’s song captures
Canada’s great multi-cultural heritage, and also expresses how special and important music can be to everyone,
no matter who you are.
Here are some thoughts on this year’s anthem, “We Are One,”
from some of École Sun Valley School’s students:
“I liked the rhyming words like share and care.”
–Bradley, Ms. Code’s Grade 1 Class
“It was so pretty, that song, because all the words were so nice.”
–Robert, Mme Waite’s Kindergarten Class
“I really liked how he sang really clearly and you could hear every word he said.”
–Adam, Mrs. Odaisky & Mrs. Jonasson’s Grade 3/2 Class
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I liked when everybody was clapping together.”
–Cameron,
Mme Baydack’s Kindergarten Class
Awesomeness. It was forte [loud].”
–Remington,
Ms. Hunt’s Kindergarten Class
“I liked it because I could hear the steady beat. It
was excellent.”
–Beruke, Mrs. LaRocque’s Grade 2/1 Class
“I liked the beat of it and the music that they sang.”
–Maddie F., Mme Baydack’s Kindergarten Class
“I liked it because they were all doing their best.”
–Eva, Mrs. LaRocque’s Grade 2/1 Class
“I liked how the piano made different sounds.”
–J.D., Mme Baydack’s Kindergarten Class
“I liked it because there are people working
together.”
–Reena, Mrs. LaRocque’s Grade 2/1 Class
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Pay it Forward at Sun Valley!
Payer au suivant!
By Room 12
Pay it Forward Week was a huge success at Sun Valley. It all started on Monday morning when we watched
a video with our Kindergarten buddies about passing on acts of kindness. We put on special “Pay it Forward”
bracelets to remind us to do kind things for others just like the people on the video! Starting Tuesday, we
brought in “Cans for Kindness” to give to Winnipeg Harvest. On Wednesday, we wore pink clothing (or pink
feathers) to remind us to prevent bullying.
All through the week we read stories, brainstormed ideas about how to be kind, and wrote thank you notes
to people who were kind to us. During the announcements each morning, Sunny Soleils’ kindness tips were
read. Teachers and students were also thanked for their kind deeds.
All around the school, students and teachers were smiling and saying hello, opening doors for each other,
and even bringing in special treats!! Room 12 students along with other students, were looking out for
younger children on the playground, helping clean up their classrooms, and helping their siblings feel better
when they were sad.
Pay it forward week wasn’t about getting “paid back” for doing something kind. It was about making someone else happy! We discovered by changing the way one person feels, you can change the lives of many
people and even change the whole world! We would like to say thank you to the teachers that organized
the activities, and thank all students and adults who are making our school a happy place to be.
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Sun Valley Dodgeball Tournament
This month many of the staff and students of Sun Valley have been seen practicing how to dodge, dip, dive,
duck and…well…dodge (dodging is so important that it has to be repeated). That’s right! Dodgeball fever
has hit Sun Valley, and the only cure is to grab a colorful jersey and headband and join in the action.
Tournament play began in early May and features 150 participants organized into 12 teams. Games are
played during both the short recesses, as well as over the noon hour. Each match is 15 minutes in length,
and provides participants with an opportunity to play a fun and strategic game in a safe environment. Who
will win the championship? Will it be the Average Joes? Maybe it will be the Global Gym Purple Cobras?
Or perhaps it will be the Human Targets, or even Patches O’Houlihans’ Heroes. Come down to the gym
during the month of May to find out!
Technology-Enabled Learning Plan (TELP)
You may have read about this project in our divisional newsletter The Torch. The article can be found at
http://www.retsd.mb.ca/Lists/Publications/Budget_15.pdf and features a photo of our very own Mr. Rawdon along with a few of his students. The plan is tied to our divisional priority to make educational technology an integral teaching and learning resource, especially in the area of Mathematics.
In January, every Grade 4 classroom and Grade 7 math classroom in RETSD was equipped with a set of
iPads—one iPad for every five students. A variety of teacher selected math apps and creative tools designed
to help students strengthen their skills.
Students work individually, in pairs, in small groups, or as a class group.
Students are engaged in problem solving as they explore, create, and research with these new learning tools.
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Grade 2 Choir:
Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day
This year, Grandparents’ & Special Persons’ Day was April 21st, 2015. The
Grade 2 choir students here at Sun Valley were EXTRA lucky because they
happened to have choir class while their special guests were here!
Students chose the repertoire ( a variety of songs ) and performed a “year in
review” for all of the guests. They even included a song from the Christmas
concert!
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École Sun Valley School Calendar 2014-2015
Monday, May 25
Tuesday, May 26
Friday, May 29
Friday, June 12
June 15—17
Wednesday, June 17
Friday, June 19
Friday, June 26
Monday, June 29
Tuesday, June 30
Lunch Lady
Grade 4 Immunizations AM
Fun Fair 4 —7 P.M.
Hot Lunch
Field Day
Grade 5 Camp
Lunch Bunch Meeting – 5:45 (all welcome)
PAC Meeting – 6:45(all welcome)
Field Day (Rain Date)
Hot Lunch
Grade 5 Farewell Assembly—9:30 A.M.
Last Day of Classes—EARLY DISMISSAL – 2:25 P.M.
LOOKING AHEAD – 2015 - 2016
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015
Friday, Oct. 9, 2015
Friday, Oct. 23, 2015
Tuesday, Nov.10, 2015
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015
Monday, Dec 21-Jan. 1,2016
Monday, Jan. 4, 2016
First Day of Classes
Co-ordinated Day, NO CLASSES
Co-ordinated Day, NO CLASSES
Co-ordinated Day, NO CLASSES
Remembrance Day, NO SCHOOL
Christmas Break, NO CLASSES
CLASSES RESUME – Day 1