April 2016
anier Voice V VANIER ELEMENTARY | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VANIER
MISSION
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
At Vanier Elementary School, we are committed to fostering lifelong learning in an atmosphere of caring and mutual respect, which encourages personal achievement and development, and promotes a sense of responsibility to society and the world.
We hope that all enjoyed the break and are recharged and ready to return to our final term of 2015-16.
VISION
We accomplished much in the short month of March. Our sincere appreciation goes out to our Gala - Auction committee, and our entire school community, for your support in our school fundraiser on March 5th. Over $20 000 was raised through our collective efforts towards our playscape. It was a wonderful evening! Sincere thanks goes out to all involved.
Visiting the Grade 5 Heritage Fair
Also during March, Literacy-Numeracy Teacher Ms. Darlene Tilley worked with students in Learning, sharing, growing—preparing for several grade levels to help them achieve learning goals. Our Scholastic Monster Book Fair was again a great success, and we thank all our families, volunteers and Ms. Gallant for the future
En apprenant, en partageant, en grandissant—on se prépare pour l’avenir Vanier Sea Star Song I am a Sea Star At Vanier. I follow our matrix Each and every day. In the bathroom, the hallway, At gym and music too, Playground and classroom Respect for me and you. I am RESPONSIBLE SAFE and KIND, RESPECTFUL and POSITIVE, In school and online. And then I am proud When I look up and see, I earned a Sea Star I'm the best I can be! I am a Sea Star, I’m the best I can be!
your incredible organization, hard work and support. Our elementary students attended the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra on March 10th. Character Development continued with our grade three classes presenting a beautiful assembly on March 15th on the character trait of Fairness. Thank you to all who came to view our Grade Five Heritage Fair on March 17. Grade six students attended Sharing Our Cultures at The Rooms on March 22nd. A very special Easter Assembly was led by grade one students on the last day before break. During the month of April, we salute our volunteers. National Volunteer Week, organized by Volunteer Canada, will take place April 10-16. At Vanier, we are reminded daily of the positive impact our many volunteers have on our school and our students. We invite all volunteers who have supported us in so many ways this year to attend a social in your honour on April 13th at 2:45 pm, as we celebrate volunteer week. We look forward to seeing you there! Volunteers are the roots of strong communities. Just like roots are essential for trees to bloom, volunteers are essential for communities to bloom...Even the tiniest volunteer effort leaves a profound and lasting trace in a community, much like tree rings that appear over time. (Volunteer Canada, 2016)
One final note, we ask families to please note our tentative professional development date this month on April 29th. This date is to be confirmed this week. We wish all our families a happy month of April! Happy Spring! Happy learning! Administration and Staff, Vanier Elementary
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION SCHEDULE | HORAIRE DE L’EDUCATION CLASS
PE DAYS
CLASS
PE DAYS
KE
2,4 AM; 1,3 PM
KF
1, 5 AM; 1, 3 PM
1E
1,4,5,7
1F
1,4,5,7
2E
1,2,5,6
2F
1,2,5,6
3E
1,3,6,7
3F
1,3,6,7
4E
4,5,6
4F
2,4,5
5E
3,6,7
5F
1,2,3
6E/ICF
3,4,7
6F
2,4,7
APRIL 2016 | AVRIL 2016
Sun | dim
3
10
17
24
Mon | lun
Tue | mar
Wed | mer
Thu | jeu
Fri | ven
Sat | sam
1
2
9
4
5
6
7
8
Day 7
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
11
12
13
14
15
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 1
Day 2
18
19
20
21
22
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
25
26
27
28
29
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Tentative PD Day
DATES TO REMEMBER
April 4
Gr. 1-6 First Day Back; KinderStart Session
April 5
Kindergarten First Day Back
April 8
Grade 6 Classes at Geo Centre
April 10 - 16 Volunteer Week - Social (April 13)
April 14
Breakfast Club Volunteer Meeting, 7pm, Resource Center
April 11-12
PIRLS Assessment in 4E
April 12
Grade 6 Students present Character Development: Citizenship
April 14
Grade 6 Immunizations
April 19
Gr. 6 Pythagoras Math Competition
April 20
Gr. 5 Fibbionnici Math Competition
April 20-22
Gr. 6 to St. Pierre
April 26
Rotary Festival
16
23
30
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VANIER BREAKFAST PROGRAM FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE UPDATE We would like to thank corporate sponsors PF Collins, East Coast Mortgage Brokers, and Hunt’s who provided supplies and monetary donations to our Breakfast Program. We appreciate your support of our program.
The Vanier KES Breakfast Program has received multiple monetary donations, supplies, and food items that have helped us reach our monthly goals. Without the support of the many parents, guardians, and family members, our program would not be a success. Thank you ! If you or your company would like to jump on board, please let us know. We will graciously accept any kind donation that you are willing to provide. We will be holding a parent volunteer meeting Thursday, April 14th at 7pm in the Resource Center. New volunteers are always welcome! Please contact Allison Chafe at
[email protected] if you would like to help in any way.
Donations of any of the following items are always welcome: Cereal bars (peanut free), plain and multigrain Cheerios, Shreddies, Triscuit Crackers, Premium Plus Whole Wheat Crackers, cheese blocks, cheese strings, and yogurt tubes. Monetary donations are also gratefully accepted and are used to purchase perishable items such as milk, fruit, and vegetables. Our “Fill the Fridge/Cupboard” is running biweekly with grade levels donating certain food items from the Vanier Food List. These items are based on the guidelines of the Kids Eat Smart Foundation, Newfoundland and Labrador. Thanks to your support, we have had more than 120 breakfast food items donated to our program totalling approximately $800! The dollar value will be matched by Kids Eat Smart and will be used to purchase even more items for our Breakfast Program. Our grade four classes will be invited to participate in our Fill the Cupboard/Fill the Fridge Challenge throughout the week of April 1115. You can follow our progress on the chart in the upstairs foyer. Thank you, Vanier School Community! Our first Recycling Blitz in aid of the Breakfast Program took place February 6, 2016 with great success. Our next Recycling Blitz will take place Saturday, April 9, 2016 from 10 am to 1 pm at Vanier Elementary Parking Lot. We accept the usual recycling materials; please note we also accept bottles (beer, spirits, wine). Please spread the word in your neighborhood…we hope to see you there!!
Heritage Fair Cinquième année Lucky Leprechauns
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ART PIECE REQUEST
VANIER CHESS CLUB NEWS
Our Breakfast Program Committee is kindly requesting an art piece donation from our school community. This piece of art would serve as a centerpiece at the Kids Eat Smart Gala to be held in a few weeks and would represent our school. Our whale and sea stars are symbolic of Vanier, but the committee is certainly open to other possibilities. The centerpiece should be small enough to sit in the centre of a table, be valued at approximately $100, and could include a business card or brochure from the artist acknowledging their kind donation. If any community members know someone who may be able to donate such a piece to this cause, please have them contact
[email protected]. Funds raised from the auction of the centerpiece on the night of the gala will go directly to our breakfast club.
Congratulations to Jacob Sheppard who won the Provincial tournament for Grade 2 and will be heading to Saskatchewan to represent NL! Other notable finishes from our players include the following: Riley Griffiths (2nd place); Jacob Brockerville (2nd place); Harrison Hefferton (2nd place). The next tournament takes place on Saturday, April 16 at Mary Queen of Peace School. This is the team tournament, meaning that all Vanier players are on the same team and players typically do not play others from the same school. Winning schools are awarded the team banners that you see around the school. There are individual medals as well. The Vanier Open tournament takes place on May 7th. Tournament information can be found at www.chess.nl.ca For those scheduling summer camps, a Chess Camp takes place in August at MUN. In the past it has been during the third week of August but the date has to be confirmed for this year. Participants learned chess in the morning and then did other activities (such as walks, etc.) in the afternoon.
RECYCLING BLITZ FORM Recycling Blitz Form - I RECYCLED! Student Name _____________________________________ Class
Date: __________________
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Number of beverage containers ($0.05)
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Number of containers ($0.10)
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______________________________________________________________________________ Recycling Blitz Form - I RECYCLED! Student Name _____________________________________ Class
Date: __________________
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Number of beverage containers ($0.05)
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Number of containers ($0.10)
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Recycling Blitz Form - I RECYCLED! Student Name _____________________________________ Class
Date: __________________
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Number of beverage containers ($0.05)
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Number of containers ($0.10)
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Thank you for recycling!
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WAY TO GO SEA STARS! March was a busy month for our students, with lots of accomplishments! We love to highlight achievements of all of our students, so if you have any news to share please contact Mme Maloney at
[email protected] . Congratulations to Ashton Stoodley and Ethan Clarke for winning silver medals in the Atom House Year-End Hockey Tournament on March 22. Congratulations to our students who competed in the Cygnus Gymnastics Snowbowl Invitational this month. Nadia Simpson (Best Choreography on Floor, 2nd All Around); Abigail Penney (Vault 2nd, Bars 1st, Beam 4th, Floor 2nd, All around 2nd); Ava Dinn (Vault 5th, Bars 3rd,Beam 5th, Floor 6th, All Around 4th); Natalie Gill (Vault 6th, Bars 3rd, Beam 4th, Floor 5th, All Around 4th); Rylie O'Dea (Vault 4th, Bars 2nd, Beam 3rd, Floor 3rd, All around 3rd); Chris Dyer (All Around Champion - Level 2); Jane Young (5th overall, 5th vault, 5th bars, 4th beam, 5th floor); Claire Gill (Beam 4th, Bars 5th, Vault 5th, Floor 5th, 5th Overall). Congratulations on these very successful showings! Way to go everyone! A big congratulations to the Vanier Boys Grade 5 Basketball Team and their coaches, who won their first game of the season against Rennie's River Elementary School in our home gym this month. All displayed great sportsmanship and it was very noticeable that all the hard work throughout the year has paid off. Congratulations to the six students who represented Vanier at the Clean St. John's SUPER (Speak Up and Promote Environmental Responsibility) Speak Off. Representing Vanier were Makayla Williamson, Harrison Hefferton, Paige Penney, Ian Walsh, Dylan McGrath, and Jasper Scott. Special congratulations to Ian Walsh who placed first and won $300, and to Dylan McGrath who placed second and won $200. It was an exciting evening for Vanier! Congratulations to Elizabeth Kaposy who competed in Corner Brook at the provincial synchronized swimming championships. She placed 3rd in her individual figures and her team came 2nd overall. Congratulations to Emily Fagan who has been having a very successful basketball season with the Marauders. Emily has won several 1st place finishes with this team this year. Bravo!
YMCA of Newfoundland and Labrador
Our School Age Child Care program is now accepting registration for Kindergarten Children for September enrollment. Please contact Olga Sullivan for more information
[email protected]
Little Green Thumbs Ça pousse à la maternelle !
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SEA STAR GALLERY
Easter Egg-stravaganza
Lucky Rainbow
Grade Two
Natalie, Grade Two
Pot of Gold Zain, Grade One
Joyeuse St. Patrick! Darcie, Première année
Les petits poussins Premième année Poussins Millie, Premième année
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SEA STAR GALLERY
Ella’s Pot of Gold Ella, Grade Three Globe de neige Eric, Quatrième année
Leprechauns
Les arcs-en-ciel
Grade Three
Troisième année
Think!
A View from Above
Samantha, Grade Six
Ben, Sixième année
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Togetherness Owen, Grade Five
Out of This World Stéphane, Sixième année
One-Point Perspective Anna, Grade Six Body Systems Liza and Heidi, Grade Five
Vanier Elementary École élémentaire Vanier 85 Ennis Avenue St. John’s, NL Phone: 709.754.2440 Fax: 709.754.1805 E-mail:
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Be the best that you can be Fais de ton mieux
