Newsletter

March 13, 2020

BIGGAR CENTRAL SCHOOL

2000

www.saskschools.ca/~bcs2000

www.sunwestsd.ca.

Our Mission:

to provide a safe, supportive learning environment which promotes respect and accountability. We believe that educa-

tion is a shared responsibility of the student, home, school and community.

Our Vision:

“Striving today to succeed tomorrow.”

We are PEANUT/NUT ALERT Do not bring peanut/nut products to school

Please be FRAGRANCE FREE @ BCS2000

Find us at:

http://www.biggarcentral2000.sunwestsd.ca/ http://www.facebook.com/

BiggarCentralSchool2000

Message From The Office:

SANCTIONS UPDATES: Teacher sanctions continue next week. All SRC-sponsored activities will be discontinued, which may mean the canteen is closed. Please make sure to send a lunch with your child, but if someone forgets or needs a lunch we continue to have our frozen meals to make sure no one goes hungry. Gr. 5 /6 Table Mountain Trip on March 18th will be cancelled if sanctions are not lifted by Monday, March 16th at 3:30. All community groups who use the school during the weekday hours can continue to do so as long as they are in the building prior to 3:45 when the principals must lock the doors. All community groups who use the school on the weekends have been cancelled until fur ther notice. Subway lunches continue, but Hot Lunches are temporarily postponed. Those who have paid for March meals can have the credit applied to future lunches. Repor t cards will go out to K-9 students Thursday, March 19th, and Tri-conferences will go on as scheduled on the 25th. COVID-19 INFORMATION: Please see this week’s attachments. The division has sent out a memo to all parents to inform about Sun West School Division’s current status with respect to COVID-19. I have also attached a document of Frequently Asked Questions that the Government of Saskatchewan has on the website. But in happier news….read what our presenter this week had to say about our awesome students! “Thank you so much for having me in your community. You have a fabulous group of students and I hope a few of the words that I said get stuck in their minds and encourage them when they need it. The positive statements I heard from the students were very encouraging, as they tried something new and found success in it. I felt so at home in your community and I can’t wait to come back to visit again in June for the Fibre Fair.” Thank you for your understanding and patience over the next while. It is appreciated! Kim Fick

UPCOMING DATES Mar. 19—K-9 Report Cards out Mar. 20 - No School Mar. 24—School Division Online Public Meeting Mar. 25 - Wellness Fair and Tri-Conferences Mar. 30 - No School Mar. 31st and April 1st - Kindergarten Cap and Gown

SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS IN CRISIS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS If you are needing support outside of school call 811.

To speak to a counsellor, call the Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868 or text 'Hello' or 'hi' to 686868 to

text the Kids Help Phone.

BIGGAR SKATING CLUB

Biggar Skating Club presents “Disney on Ice!” Friday, March 13th. Come and enjoy a Magical Performance featuring our local STARS on ice! Travel Voucher Draw will be made at the Carnival. Tickets still available!! Contact a Skating Club Member!!

SUN WEST INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT

Sun West School Division has just launched an Instagram account. Search for sunwestschooldivision to fol-low them and see all of the amazing things that are happening throughout our school division.

LIVING SKIES FIBRE BRINGS WEAVING INTO WELLNESS TO BCS 2000

This week, our students in Grade 7-11 learned about how fibre weaving can be a fun and helpful wellness strategy. Students learned about fibre Thank you to Biggar Lionel A. Jones Wheatland Regional Library for

bringing in @livingskiesfibre to give our students this opportunity!

BIGGAR MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION We regret to inform everyone that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Performers Concert on Saturday even-ing has been cancelled. Please watch this page for a list of those that would have been performing as well as the announcements of the awards, Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN Kids in the Kitchen will proceed as usual during the period of the sanction. The outside doors will be locked so if you are picking up your child(ren) please wait outside till they are done and they will come out. Thanks!

GRADE 5/6 MARCH MADNESS READING COMPETITION

JUNIOR DISTRICT CHAMPS - MIXED CURLING Well another season of curling has come and gone. We had a senior team and a junior team. Both teams did really well. This year we had 6 on our junior team and we came out on top at Junior Districts in Kyle. Thanks to everyone that made that possible. A special thanks to the Biggar Curling Club and Preston who took care of the ice and always made sure we had ice time. Thanks to Amy Arnal for all your help with coaching. Picture: Left to right: Tracy Thomson (coach), Hayden McMahon, Hayden Hoogeveen, Katelyn Fecht, Bella Baroni, Xavier Downton, and Colton Neufeld.

Biggar Senior Boys Basketball Team Wins Conferences Playoff This past weekend March 6/7 the Biggar Senior Boys Basketball Team hosted the Conference 4 playoffs. Teams from Biggar, Asquith, Saskatoon Christian, Kerrobert, Walheim, Hafford, Hepburn and Luseland at-tended. On Friday night the boys played Hepburn and won 71-30. Then on Saturday in the semifinals they played Sas-katoon Christian. This was a close game all the way with the Blazers prevailing 61-47. This put the Blazers in the final against a very tall and talented Waldheim squad. The Blazers came out fast and firing on all cylin-ders, built up and early lead and ended up winning 86-63. Congratulations to the Biggar Blazers 2020 Conference champions!