GREELY ROAD SCHOOL

Active Learning/Adventurous Teaching 109 Greely Rd

MAY 2012

I hope that everyone returned rested from their Easter Holidays and is enjoying the spring weather which is upon us! There is not much time left before we will be ending another school year. Reflecting on what we have done and thinking about what we have coming up in the next 43 school days makes our heads spin. May and June are historically as busy as September. There are so many special events, and gatherings happening and we begin to write exams and go on more field trips now that the weather is warm. May 1-4th Literacy Week May7 -11th Waste Free lunch Week May 14-18th Education Week May 22-25th First Nations, Mtis and Inuit Week Watch for details throughout this newsletter about the above weeks and please feel free to call the school with any questions you may have. The last day of school for Students will be June 28th.
Annalee Nutter Principal

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Literacy Night

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Assembly @ 8:10

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School Photos

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GIRL POWER

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Jump Rope for Heart

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Kinder open house 9am-11am

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GR 3 LA PAT Exam

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PAT Exam

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GR 6 LA

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Burger Gr 3 Math Day Gr 6 SS

PAT Exam

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JH

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GR 6 Sci PAT Exam JH Math Exam JH SS Exam

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Aboriginal JH Day Make up

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Last day K ECDP Grad

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Gr 3 Pioneer day Farewell

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Awards

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We are participating in WOOD BUFFALOS AMAZING WASTE RACE Everyday classrooms collect their paper and cardboard recycling and twice a week we take it to the recycling depot. We are doing many other activities and earning points to win money for our school!

THE AMAZING WASTE RACE POSTER CONTEST

Prizes will be given for the best poster in each division A select number of posters will be chosen to display in all businesses in Gregoire!

Criteria: -entire poster page is used; there are no large gaps of "empty space" -colorful; catches people's attention -message is simple and clearly written; easy to read -message is related to waste in some way

Prizes: Personal Art supplies!

Waste free Lunch contest: Mission Impossible?? May 6-11th

A waste-free lunch contains no throw-away packaging and produces no waste. Food is packed in reusable containers and drinks in refillable bottles. A boomerang lunch means any uneaten food or waste material is returned home. A student council member will collect daily, the names and number of students with a completely Waste free lunch.

Those students who successfully bring a waste free lunch for the entire week will be able to Celebrate with a SUBWAY picnic lunch which will also focus on reducing waste!!

PICTURE DAY IS MAY 8TH

JUMP RO PE FO R HEART MAY 1TH. 1

For more information visit
www.jumpropeforheart.ca

Aboriginal Awareness Week

Aboriginal Awareness week is a week to increase the awareness of Aboriginal Peoples. Its a week where we honor the many aboriginal cultures in Canada, including the Mtis, the Inuit and First Nations,. At Greely Road we are celebrating this week with presenters, Aboriginal crafts, and exciting games, the school will also be attending the Mtis Festival held on May 25th. The following is a list of presentations which will be going on throughout the week. Tuesday May 22nd Miss Beverly Lambert, a well-known Mtis Traditional Dancer will demonstrate and teach the school Mtis jig dancing and teach the traditional ways of Mtis peoples. Wednesday May 23rd Fry bread and Bannock distributed to classes and staff Elder Rita Martin will join us for a presentation on Aboriginal Culture Aboriginal crafts will be done throughout classrooms. Thursday May 24th Mr. Harold Issac will be doing a presentation on Aboriginal trapping. Friday May 25th Whole school attends Mtis Festival at the Mtis local grounds .

We would like to welcome parents to join us for any of these presentations.

We would like to thank everyone who helped with our fundraising efforts over Easter. We raised approximately $2500!

Year end Much Music Video Dance Party Grades 4-8 June 28th 1-3pm

School Clothing should be in by May 11th at the latest. Our regrets as there was a backorder issue with the Hoodies!

Literacy Week Apr. 30 -May4th

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Theme: Non fiction

Every day we will be silent reading as a whole school from 12-12:15 Grade 3 will share non-fiction trivia facts daily during announcements Guest Readers all week long

Family Literacy Night

Thurs. May 3rd 6-7:30 pm Come for fun reading Activities and the publishing party of our very own published books! Sign up for a public library card (adults will need picture ID) Backpacks of books to give away and Treats for the ride home! All students must come with a parent and there are prizes for parents too !

KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE We will be having our Kindergarten Open House on the following dates:
Thursday May 31st 2012 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday June 1st 2012 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am

PAT EXAMS
Your GRADE THREE son or daughter will be writing the

Provincial Achievement Tests (PATS) on May 15.

For the writing portion of the PATs I have taken this information right from the government of Alberta website: Part A: Writing consists of one writing assignment developed to be completed in 70 minutes. For the first 10 of the 70 minutes, students may discuss the picture prompt with classmates in groups of two to four or may think alone about the prompt. The picture is given to stimulate and direct the students writing. Students will engage in this discussion without teacher participation. During this discussion time, students may write their ideas on the Planning pages provided. For the next 60 minutes, students are expected to finish planning, to write, and to revise their stories. Children may be given a short break during the test, at a time deemed suitable by the classroom teacher. Students may take an additional 30 minutes to complete the test. To assist your child with this aspect of the test it would be helpful to give your child a picture and have them write a story about what they see in the picture. We have included a rubric with this letter to assist you in determining what is required to be in each story. Sincerely, Mrs. Hewlett and Ms. Davidson

10 Tips to help parents to counteract Cyber bullying:

1. Place computers with Internet access in an open and public space in the home, not in the bedrooms 2. Never give out personal information, passwords or personal identification numbers (pins). Personal information includes your child's name, names of friends or family, your address, phone number and school name or team name, if your child plays sports. Make sure that your child ask permission before they post any information on a website, chat with a buddy or register for anything online. 3. Dont believe everything you see or read online-Remember that people often bend the truth or tell outright lies online, and it is impossible to tell if a male is pretending to be a female or a 50 year old pretending to be 15. 4. Use Netiquette-Be polite online just as you would in person and teach your children to be as well. Tell them not to respond if someone treats them rudely or meanly. Online bullies are no different in person-they want a response 5. Dont send a message when you are angry Wait until you have calmed down and have had time to think. Ensure that messages are calm and factual. Youll likely regret sending a flaming( angry) email to someone.

6. Dont open a message from someone you dont know-Tell your children that if they received an email from an unknown source, they should alert you or their teacher. 7. If it doesnt look or fell right, it probably isnt-Tell your children that when they come across something on the internet that they dont like, makes them uncomfortable or scares them, they should turn it off and tell you or a teacher. 8. Sign on the dotted line-Make and print an online contract about the proper internet use with your children. 9. Take the following steps if your child is being cyber bullied: Tell them not to reply to messages from bullies Not to keep the information to themselves Contact your internet provider Dont erase the messages from bullies, keep them as evidence. Inform the police if the messages contain threats 10. Turn off, disconnect, unplug and try actual reality instead of virtual reality. Give yourself and children a break. Dont stay online or connected to long. Spend some real time with your family and friends.
For more information about bullying, visit www.cyberbullying.ca

Did you know...

Your children are secretly playing video games after they go to bed? Its true! Theyve been telling us at school. Many students have TVs in their Bedrooms, and some even have gaming systems hooked up. Playing games before bed, whether they are on a TV screen , computer Monitor or hand held game, doesnt make kids sleepy. In fact it wires them Up even more and makes it hard to go to sleep.

TV, Video Games at Night May Cause Sleep Problems in Kids By Amanda Gardner/Health.com | June 27, 2011 | 4 inShare13 Learn More

Watching television or playing video games close to bedtime can act like a jolt of caffeine to young children, making them more likely to experience difficulty falling asleep, nightmares, and daytime fatigue, a new study in the journal Pediatrics suggests. In the study, 28% of preschoolers who watched TV or played video games for at least 30 minutes after 7 p.m. had sleep problems most nights of the week, versus 19% of children whose TV and video-game use took place only before 7 p.m. Children are supposed to be winding down at bedtime, and TV and video games may interfere with that process by overexciting kids and amping up their brains, says Michelle Garrison, PhD, the lead author of the study and a research scientist at the Seattle Childrens Research Institute. Evening entertainment may also disrupt the nocturnal rise in melatonin, a hormone involved in the sleep-wake cycle.TV and computer monitors can keep melatonin levels from rising normally because of the brightness of the screens, Garrison explains.