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February
2010 News
Wolverine
Words
Several
grade 4, 5, and 6 students have signed up for this
year’s Cross-Country Ski Club. The grade 5’s
and 6’s’s hit the trails behind the
school from 3:30 – 4:30 on Tuesdays and the
grade 4’s meet every Thursday.
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Grade
7 Boys Basketball Practise
Will
be held every Tuesday from 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Please
mark February 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd on your
calendars.
Submitted
by Ms. Lisa Zayac
Pizza
Fun Lunch
The next Boston Pizza
Fun Lunch for Grades 1-4 will be held Friday, February
5th. Pizzas are $5.00 each with the choice of pepperoni,
cheese or Hawaiian. All monies raised are in support
of the Learning for Life Program. Forms were sent
home January 25th and were due back in on January
29th; late orders will not be accepted.
Submitted
by Ms. Lisa Zayac
I
Love to Read
This
year, there will be different events taking place
during the month of February and March to celebrate
“I Love to Read”.
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Chess
Club
Our
VW Chess Clubs are underway! Students in grades
5 to 8 have been playing Chess twice a week. Our
Early Years Chess Club has begun with great success!
There are over 28 students attending. Thank you
to the grade 5-8 student s who also attend the Early
Years Chess Club to mentor others.
Submitted
by Chantal Fillion
Club
de lecture
For
the month of January, École Van Walleghem
had a grand prize winner! Félicitations Madison
(2 Bridgeman) who won a prize from DREF (Direction
des ressources éducatives françaises),
the organizer of this reading club.
Van
Walleghem winners for the month of February are:
Lis-moi
tout
Kostubh
(2Kovach)
Rachelle
(3Neufeld)
Je
lis tout
Jeffrey
(4Palmer)
Madison
(5Munro)
submitted
by Chantal Fillion
Counsellor’s
Corner
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
A date for the Babysitter's course for students
12 years of age by March 31st, 2010 has been confirmed
for Friday, March 12th . The course will be held
at Van Walleghem and is facilitated by an instructor
through the South Winnipeg Family Information Centre.
An information letter with permission slip will
go home with interested students in mid-February.
Space is limited so be sure to get your note and
cheque in quickly to reserve your spot!
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Winnipeg
Harvest Needs our Help!
Dear Students and
Parents,
The 11th Annual Operation Donation for Winnipeg
Harvest takes place from Monday, March 1st- Friday,
March 5th, 2010. Van Walleghem will be participating
in this event and we encourage students to bring
a donation of a non-perishable food items to school
next week.
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Bake
sale for Save our Seine
February
9th and 11th
–
Tri-conference evenings
We are the VWGREENTEAM. This is our second year
in action here at Van Walleghem. We have given ourselves
the mission to make people think about the environment,
to teach them ways they can help and to try and
make a difference. Your child volunteered in September
to be a GREENTEAM Representative for his or her
classroom throughout this school year.
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Admin
Report
I graduated from high school in … dare I
reveal it … 1983! We have teachers on staff
that had not started school in 1983. Okay, we
have teachers that were not even born in 1983!
Looking
ahead … the Class of 2014 (our Grade 8’s)
began their planning for high school with visits
to Shaftesbury and Oak Park High Schools. Check
the Pembina Trails School Division for the dates
of all High School Open houses for parents and
students.
The Class of 2023 is on deck to begin classes
at Van Walleghem this fall. We have the pleasure
of meeting their parents this Thursday evening
for our Kindergarten Information Evening (Feb.
4 at 7:00 pm). Thanks to the 10 current Van Walleghem
parents that will act as their guides on school
tours. The best source of information on Van Walleghem
is often from parents who already have children
at Van Walleghem.
Next
week we are ready to receive all parents and students
at Tri-Conferences. At the time of writing this
parents have booked 640 conferences through our
online booking system. If you have not booked
an appointment visit our website (www.pembinatrails.ca/vw)
and click the link to tri-conferences in the lower
right corner.
Also next week we are very pleased to have master
teacher and popular presenter Martha Kaufeldt
here at VW for a parent education evening. Her
presentation focuses on what every parent and
teacher should know about brain research and learning.
Martha is from California and has been brought
to Winnipeg by the ASCD, a professional association
for educators. Thanks to the ASCD we are able
to feature Martha at Van Walleghem without the
cost of her flight. Her speaking fees are being
covered by the Parent Councils of Van Walleghem,
Linden Meadows and Whyte Ridge Schools. This event
will take place Wednesday, February 10 at 7:00
pm in the VW gymnasium. It is offered at no cost
and is open to the entire community. See details
below Martha’s picture in this edition of
the newsletter.
Another
indication of the popularity of VW’s internet
use is the online calendar. In the last 31 days
there have been 2471 web views of our online calendar.
You can find the calendar linked to our homepage
at www.pembinatrails.ca/vw
.
Do
you tweet? You can now follow Van Walleghem on
twitter. We try and set a tweet a day about something
happening at Van Walleghem. Follow us on by clicking
This
month’s video newscast focuses on our efforts
to support Haiti and a great achievement for two
of our elite athletes. You will find the video
report (Van Walleghem News) at www.pembinatrails.ca/
vanwalleghem/Feb_News.avi
Your
questions or comments are always welcome.
Brad Burns (Class of 1983)
Cheryl Chuckry (Class of 1989)
Your Admin Team
Begin
with the Brain!
3
Things Parents and Teachers
NEED TO KNOW!
Guest Speaker: Martha Kaufeldt
Master Teacher, Popular Presenter and Author
Date:
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010
Time:
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Location: École
Van Walleghem
No Cost
Sponsored
By:
The Parent Councils of:
École Van Walleghem School
Linden Meadows School
Whyte Ridge School
and the Pembina Trails School Division
This
engaging evening presentation provides recent
research about how kids’ brains grow, develop
and respond to the environment. Learn valuable
information about three key elements of Brain-Compatible
Teaching and Learning.
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Cultural
Connections
“In
the Spirit of Humanity”
The grade 7 Cultural
Connections class learns about different cultures
around the world through Art, Dance, Drama, Food,
and research. They have been fortunate to have several
visitors to their class in the past two months.
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École
Van Walleghem - one of top ten schools
For the second time, the VWGREENTEAM
coordinated Take Pride Winnipeg's Plastic Bag Roundup
Challenge. During the first two weeks in November,
all students from K to 8 brought in as many clean
used plastic bags possible.
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Choir
Notes
VW
Choirs have been hard at work since returning to
school in January in preparation
for
two exciting performance opportunities. The first
is Pembina Trails Sings, an annual choir festival
in our division. PT Sings is a festival not only
for students, but for families as well.
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Music
Notes
Recorders,
recorders, recorders! Grade 3 and grade 4 students
have been waiting patiently to start playing the
recorder and the time has finally arrived! All students
in grade 3 and grade 4 will participate in Recorder
Karate, a motivational program where students earn
“karate belts” as they develop their
recorder skills.
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Roots
of Empathy
Baby
Anders was joined by both his mom and dad for the
January family visit. The focus was on emotions.
Discussion led to an understanding that babies aren’t
bad when they cry; it is a sign that they need something.
Anders’ dad, Mike, shared with us what makes
Anders happy, sad, scared, and mad. Now that Anders
is 6 months old we are seeing many facial expressions!
submitted
by Kerri Lewis
A
special thank you to all the staff, the parents
and the students at Van Walleghem School for their
participation in the UNICEF Fundraiser back in November.
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Do
you love to sing? Would you love to sing with others
who share your passion for choral music? Pembina
Trails Voices, Pembina Trails School Division’s
honour choirs program for talented choristers in
K-12 invite you to consider auditioning for the
2010 – 2011 season.
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Community
News
For
more information on Little Years School, Fort Garry
Women's Resource Centre, Karate Classes, and more,
click here.
more
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