January
2010 News
Overwhelming
Responses from VW Hamper
"Once
again, your Staff, Students and Parents have come
together to offer our clients comfort and support
through the Xmas Hamper Program at Van Walleghem
School. I can not begin to tell you how fortunate
our staff feel to be in partnership with your School
in this exercise. Our clients are very appreciative
of your efforts, and they were overwhelmed by your
generosity."
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VW
Staff Worked at Winnipeg Harvest as a Christmas
Social Event
Program
Wolverine
Words
submitted
by Mrs. K. Sauder
Happy
New Year and welcome to 2010! We hope everyone had
a terrific holiday and that you are prepared for
an energizing New Year full of fun and fitness as
you experience the excitement of the Vancouver 2010
Olympic Games. Here are some of the activities our
students will be enjoying this winter at Van Walleghem:
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Students
Appreciate Newly Finished Gym Floor
Thanks
to VW Custodians!
Space
Camp
Fundraiser
submitted
by Mme. A. Hutchinson
We
will be doing three Pizza Lunch Fundraisers for
Grades 5 through 8 on the following dates:
January 8
January 22
January 29
Thank you for your continued support!
Pizza
Fun Lunch
submitted
by Ms. L. Zayac
Our
second Boston Pizza Fun Lunch for Grades 1-4 takes
place Friday, January 8th. Forms were collected
prior to Winter Break. This Learning for Life fundraiser
will continue throughout 2010 on the first Friday
of each month. Thanks for your support!
Milk
Program
submitted
by Mrs. L. Lawrie
Order
forms for the second term will be coming home the
first week in January and are due back January 15th.
One order form per child must be filled out, but
families can pay for children with a single cheque
if they choose. The second term of the milk program
begins Monday, February 1st, 2010.
Happy
New Year from Your Lunch Lady
submitted
by Ms. C. Fisher
As
we start a bright new year please remember our pledge
to continue to offer your children healthy, balanced
meals with lots of variety and wholesome goodness.
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Clubs
de lecture
submitted
by Mme C. Fillion
Here
are the winners for the months of December and January:
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Learning
for Life
submitted
by Mme C. Romeo-Mzakar
The
first term was a busy one for our group. Many students
benefitted from numerous exciting initiatives. We
supported the United Way with a cupcake sale and
pasta dinner sold to staff. These activities included
comparison shopping, label awareness, and social
skill building.
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Olympic
Torch visits VW
Admin
Message
2010
is going to be quite a year if this first week is
any indication. We came back to a shiny gym
floor and some freshly painted walls… which no one
noticed as they returned full of energy and focused
on fun and learning. In this first week alone,
on top of classroom activities, the 6-8 Choir, Knitting
Club, Book Club, Craft Club, New Media Club and
Chess Club met; and the Grade 7 & 8 basketball
teams started practicing.
Also
in the first week, thanks to Aileen Madden, VW had
its own Olympic Torch Parade. Please see the
video report
(click HERE)
courtesy of the New Media Club.
What
is your New Year's Resolution? The VW resolutions
are in our School Plan which you can read in its
entirety by visiting this link.
Our goals focus on implementing the latest techniques
in literacy instruction, English as an Additional
Language, Information and Communication Technology
and Oral French. But behind the goals is a
professional culture that can be summarized in three
words… Collaborate,
Innovate, and Care.
We
welcome Mme Bevan who replaces Mme Munro who is
on maternity leave.
Please
enjoy this month's Van Walleghem Voice newsletter.
Sincerely,
Brad
Burns
and
Cheryl Chuckry
School
Admin Team
Band
News
submitted
by M J. Normandeau
The grade 8 Music
Experience Class is headed off to camp Manitou for
the first ever Guitar Camp. The dates are
January 14 and 15 and the camp is simultaneous with
Band Camp. We are looking forward to this being
the first of many years of all the gr. 8's being
offered a wonderful camp experience.
The Winter Band Concert for Grades 6 - 8 will be
held on January 21, 2010 at Immanual Pentecostal
Church at 7:00 pm.
Music
Notes
submitted
by Mme A. Ciavarelli
Bravo
to all of our students on a wonderful “December
Extravaganza”, our holiday concert on December
15, 2009. An event like this wouldn’t be possible
without the energy and enthusiasm of our students
and the support and encouragement from our staff
and community of families.
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Circle
of Love
submitted
by Mme C. Fillion
Our December Circle
of Love with the kindergarten classes was a huge
success! Thank you to everyone who participated!
A special thank you to our special reader, Santa,
for making this a magical event for all.
Chess
Club
submitted
by Mme
C. Fillion
Our
VW Chess Club is underway! Students in grades 5
to 8 are invited to join us in the Library twice
a week to play Chess and meet new friends.
An Early Years Chess Club will begin in January
for interested students in grade 4
Community
News
For
more information on Snow Trek, Little Years School,
Yoga, etc. click here.
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Choir
Notes
submitted
by Mme A. Ciavarelli
Congratulations
to the VW Grade 6-8 Concert Choir for their performance
at the Legislative Building on December 9, 2009.
The choir’s performance was part of a Canadian
Citizenship Ceremony where new Canadian citizens
take the Oath of Citizenship as well as receive
Citizenship Certificates.
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Grade
8s See Science Research in Action
This
month the grade 8 students got the opportunity to
tour four different science laboratories at St.
Boniface Hospital Research Centre. While there,
students learned how scientific research is conducted
as well as recent discoveries that have been made
about the benefits of flax and about how cardiovascular
disease impacts the human heart. Students
took part in some hands on activities where they
used pipettes to load a gel for DNA analysis. A
special thank you to the researcher at St. Boniface
Research centre for encouraging and inspiring scientific
learning in our students.
Parent
Council Update
The
Parent Council will be holding its first meeting
of 2010 on Tuesday, January 12th, from 7:00 to 8:30
p.m. in the school library. Please come join us
to hear about our exciting plans for the balance
of the school year. All VW parents are invited to
attend and participate at Parent Council meetings.
We look forward to seeing you on January 10th!
Submitted
by:
Debra Poskar
Jennifer Moszysnki
Co-Chairs VW Parent Council
Roots
of Empathy
submitted
by Mrs. K. Lewis
In
December, the students in the grade 3 english class
all clapped and cheered when baby Anders rolled
over on the green blanket for the first time!!!
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Counsellor’s
Corner
submitted
by Mrs. K. Lewis
Happy New Year Everyone!
I hope you had an enjoyable winter break. Returning
to school in January can bring challenges to students
and families with the return to routine of getting
up early in the morning and having to focus for
long periods of time during the day. Irritability
and tiredness is often noticed the first few weeks
back at school by parents and school staff.
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Attention
Deficit Disorder (AD/HD)
submitted
by
Learning
Disabilities Association of Manitoba
Children
with AD/HD can often place a tremendous strain upon
family relationships. ADHD is not caused by poor
parenting, however, how the child interacts with
his or her environments over time will have a lot
to do with the outcome. Parents have a lot of control
in the environments of the child, and may be able
to help provide a positive outcome for the child.
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