Queen Elizabeth School 80 Wilson St. E., Perth, ON K7H 1M4 Telephone: 613-267-2702 Fax: 1-855-428-1499 Principal: Ms. C. Ciocio Vice-Principal: Ms. B. Stairs NOVEMBER 2013 REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE PRIMARY CHRISTMAS CONCERT Monday, November 11th @ 9:45 a.m. GRADE 1-3 CONCERT Thursday, December 12 Grade 5 students are leading the service, and the Grade 3 students will be singing as part of the service. 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. You are invited to our ceremony in remembrance of Snowdate: Mon. Dec.16 the young men and women who died fighting for the Grandparents and any family members who are unable to join us in freedom and liberties which we all enjoy today. the evening, are invited to join us for the afternoon performance. Please join us. Kindergarten Students will be hosting Christmas Celebrations in their classrooms Dec.10 (B-Day) & Dec.11 (A-Day). Info to follow. MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL Resilience Wednesday, November 20 -6:30 p.m. @The Stewart School Next School Council Meeting: Monday, November 18, 2013 Mental Health research increasingly is showing us that a child’s ability to “bounce back” from difficulties is a very important factor in their future mental well-being. We also know that this “resilience” is not something that everyone is born with, but it is something that everyone can learn. Come out to this workshop presented by Open Doors and Public health to learn about how to help you child (and perhaps yourself) be more able to rebound from life’s challenges. 6:15 p.m. in the QE School Library Separation & Divorce Childcare provided. School Council meetings are open meetings. You do not need to be a council member to attend. John Gow, Principal from PDCI will be speaking with the Council about plans for the coming year’s transition to 7-12 @ PDCI. Council News:  Thank you to Sheri Hanna and Nancy Sweetnam who will be our School Council Co-Chairs for this school year.  Thank you to everyone for the incredible support of our QSP Magazine Fundraiser. The totals are in and together we sold $6500 worth of magazine subscriptions, which is down slightly from last year. The school receives 30% of the total product sold, which means we have raised $1900. These proceeds will go towards the cost of Scientist in School workshops. Special thanks to Nancy Sweetnam for looking after this fundraiser.  You can continue to support the school throughout the year online at www.qsp.ca (code 10454) as a percentage of sales will go to the school anytime magazines are purchased. Wednesday, November 27 -6:30 p.m. @The Stewart School Separation or Divorce has a very real and very large impact on parents and kids, since it is one of life’s biggest stresses. Come out to this workshop to learn about what “normal” child reactions are to separation and divorce, and what you can do as a parent to help your child cope in a healthier way with the stress of separation. HEALTHY EATING: The children have now had a few days to enjoy their Halloween treats. We would like to keep our focus on healthy snacks and lunches at school. In order to do this, we ask that children do NOT bring Halloween treats to school. Please keep these treats at home where you as parents are better able to decide what gets eaten, how much gets eaten and when it gets eaten. We thank you for your cooperation. Thank you to everyone for the donations to our Snack Bin program. Through your generosity we raised $400 to help us provide healthy snacks for all. Raising Healthy, Caring, Responsible, Children Children and youth are more likely to grow up healthy when they feel safe at home, at school, and in the neighbourhood. Three ways to help your children feel safer: 1. Be an “askable” parent, so your children learn they can tell you about things that concern them, especially personal safety issues. 2. Give practical suggestions on how your children can be safe in specific circumstances. 3. Reassure your children that your goal is to keep her or him safe. The Cross Country season has been a busy one for QE runners and coaches. In September, 140 students competed at the Gladys Burt Invitational Memorial Cross-Country Meet where they were named the Overall Champions. 43 of those students qualified to represent QES at the Lanark Regional Meet on October 23 where they all finished in the Top 50. 31 of these 43 qualified to go on and represent QES at the Upper Canada Cup X-C Meet on October 30 and the stories of success are listed below: Grade 4 Boys finish in 1st Place...Max Benda (2nd), Rowan LaHaise (3rd), Bryden Burns, Cole Schmidt, Ben Marr Grade 5 Girls finish in 1st Place...Meg Wheeler (2nd), Delaney Stone (7th), Evelyn Jones, Taylor Warwick, Hilary Fournier Grade 5 Boys finish in 5th Place...Ewan Jordan (2nd), Nathan Duncan, Noah Fraser, Dylan McKay Grade 6 Girls finish in 7th Place...Katie Burns, Myah Douglass-Cain, Lili Hansen, Hannah Bain Grade 6 Boys finish in 1st Place...Jonathan Miller (4th), Oliver Bell (5th), Owen Baillon (6th), Aidan Ireton (8th), Corbett Marsh (9th) Other team members included Matthew Czubak, Agatha Mackey, Lucas Marr, Maple Martine-Scheuneman, Kyra Mitchell, Grace Schmidt, Zoe Strachan, Aryanna Sweeney. Congratulations to the QES Cross Country Team for being named Junior Champions at the Upper Canada Cup X-C Junior Meet. Thank you to Mr. Christy & Mme Heuff for coaching the team and for running open practices for all interested grade 3-5 students and to all the parents who cheered our students on at the Meets. Special thanks to Shannon Baillon for the additional coaching. Junior Girls’ Soccer Team: Kaitlyn Boychuk, Elizabeth Ellson, Elizabeth Greaves, Makayla Hopper, Sarah McNames, Grace Schmidt, Shawna Taggart, Allina Warwick, Taylor Warwick, BobiJo Watts & Meg Wheeler (photo top left) This team competed at the UCDSB Lanark County Regional Soccer Tournament. The girls won all 3 games in their round robin finishing 1st in their pool. They were defeated in the quarter finals against Naismith. Junior Boys’ Soccer Team: Owen Baillon, Oliver Bell, André Caya, Matthew Czubak, Ben Drouin, Aidan Ireton, Rowan LaHaise, Lucas Marr, Corbett Marsh, Jonathan Miller (photo top right) This team competed at the UCDSB Lanark County Regional Soccer Tournament during a day of non-stop rain. They made it all the way to the semi-finals . Amazing grit displayed by all! We also had 3 other teams participating at the Perth Schools Soccer Festival. Girls’ Team: Samantha Callan, Emma Coleman, Gracie-Lynn Dodd, Leighla Foster, Hilary Fournier, Holly Herrington, Alex Lewis-Beavis, Paige Lowery, Maple Martine-Scheuneman, Claira Popplewell (Photo bottom left) Boys’ Team 1: Nolan Atterbury, Ben Capell, Blair Coleman, Spencer Cooke, Sam Kennie, Sam Moore, Nathaniel Venuta-McNamara, Mitchel Wilson Boys’ Team 2: Kyle Atchison, Jake Bingley, Devon Cameron, Jacob Cooke, Nathan Duncan, Nicholas Fox-Furman, Noah Frazer, Max McNamee Special thanks to our coaches, Mr. Christy & Mme White and to Eli Hansen and Paul Miller who refereed for the Boys’ Festival. November 2013 Dear QES Parents and Staff and Administration, Thank you all for a successful and exciting year raising funds for the new playground additions. It was such fun to watch the play structure and dry river bed installations. The students really seem to be enjoying the new play areas. This year, QES council would like to focus our fundraising efforts on some smaller, but no less important, projects:         Scientist in School workshops for all classes Sport team jerseys Sport competition expenses (like busing, teacher coverage) Excursions/field trips Art presentations Subsidizing grade 5/6 trip to Ecole de Neige Subsidizing swimming lessons Playground improvements to new Kindergarten addition 2014/2015 To accomplish these fundraising goals, you will see many notices arrive in your email inbox or your child's agenda. These include:   Fall Family Fun Run Mabel's Label Reminder: This is an on-going fundraiser. Place your orders any time at www.qes.mabelslabels.com.  QSP magazine sales Reminder: You can continue to support the school throughout the year online at www.qsp.ca (code 10454) as a percentage of sales will go to the school anytime magazines are purchased.  Christmas wreaths  Christmas cards  Easter chocolates  Maple syrup Please know that you are free to partake in as much or as little of these fundraisers as you wish. We are trying to offer quality items that you might purchase for yourself or your household anyway and help the school at the same time. As always, if you would prefer to make a donation, the school can offer tax receipts for donations of $20 or more. All cheques are to be made payable to Queen Elizabeth School. Thank you for your continued support of our wonderful school. We have so much to be proud of and we look forward to another exciting year. Nancy Sweetnam & Sheri Hanna QES School Council Co-Chairs