JUNE HOT LUNCHES

6th—Sub Day 13th—MV Café Hot Lunch —Parent Council Hot Lunch **Sponsored by Parent Council Please pay with school cash, if paying with cash please pay with exact change. Thank you.

GRADE 8 GRADUATION June 26th Picutres at 5:30 Dinner at 6:00 Ceremony at 7:00

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Hello everyone! It is hard to believe that we are at the beginning of June and have a mere 4 weeks left in this school year. It has been an exciting and informative learning year for all of us at Sherwood. Over the course of the year we have had some staffing changes that led to learning opportunities for students and staff alike. We are please to have Mr. Schiestel returning to us for the rest of the school year. He will be in the Grade 5/6 classroom. This year staff and students have worked together with a focus on creating good citizenship and a sense of communi-ty. I want to thank all those who have been a part of this effort. It has made our school a better place for everyone! I also want to thank parents for the work you do at home that prepares students to achieve. When students get prop-er sleep, proper nutrition, and lots of love, they can achieve great things at school. It is a busy time of year, and one of the things I am doing is preparing for next year. Our staffing is well underway, and although it is not confirmed yet, it looks like our staffing will be as follows: JK/SK/Grade 1 TBD Grades 2/3 Mrs. Ducker Grades 4/5 Mrs. Recoskie Grades 6/7/8 Ms. Poff French/Arts Mme Wojick SERT Ms. Fritz I hope that you all have a wonderful summer, filled with great memories and lots of rest and relaxation. I look forward to seeing everyone well rested and raring to go on another learning journey. Thank You Greg Harkness

DRESSING FOR THE WEATHER With warmer weather here, students and parents are reminded of our dress code. Stu-dents are expected to wear appropriate school attire. Inappropriate clothing includes any shirt which does not cover the midriff, tops with “spaghetti” straps, and short shorts and skirts. In cases of non-compliance, the school staff will ask that the student change into, or cover up with, other clothing. Our dress code can be found on page 5 of your child’s agenda. Thank you very much for your support and attention to this matter.

Dear Sherwood School Family,

The Kindergarten Team is planning a new routine for our class and we need your help.

Our class and all Sherwood Students, will be using the outdoor as a regular learning space to develop new learning experiences. There is a growing amount of scientific evidence that when we provide children with the chance to spend regular time in nature- they are happier, healthier, and better learners. These experiences are critical for full development.

To enhance our outdoor learning area, we are requesting the assistance of our loving and supportive school community to gather donations.

We are looking for: (No glass please)

Metal pots

Large and small metal utensils.

Tires

Wood slices

Large wooden “stumps”

Metal strainers

Measuring cups

Metal cookie and bread baking pans

Large and small containers to transport water and mud

Large and small rocks

Brooms and dustpans

Short and Long logs for balance beams

Flowers to the Gow Family who are building a mud kitchen

Partners in Education, Ms. Wolfgram and Ms. Wattie

Please check our lost and found table before the end of the school year. We will be do-nating any remaining items.

Yearbooks for sale Sherwood Public School yearbooks will be available for purchase this year, thanks to the dedicated work of the grade 7/8 yearbook team, and their leader Ms Jana Tamosetis! Please have orders into the school by Friday, June 14th. Yearbooks will cost $20 each. You may pay by cheque or through School Cash. Yearbooks will go home during the last week of school.

Attention Grade 8 Students Think Ahead!

Just a reminder to Grade 8 students that the Ministry of Education requires each student to complete 40 hours of community involvement for secondary school graduation. Students who have just finished Grade 8 may begin to accumulate their 40 hours on July 1st, BEFORE their Grade 9 year. If you would like to begin this summer, please come to the office to pick up a form.

Track & Field—Gr. 4, 5, 6,7,8 Thursday June 6th @ KPS Primary Soccer Grades 1-3 June 14th @ PRPS

FROM OUR COMMUNITY

RCJTC is OPEN all year long including the summer months, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). September to June (regular school year)

By email or phone from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday

In person from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding holidays. July to August (summer break)

By email or phone from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday

In person from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding holidays.

The Renfrew County Joint Transportation Consortium (RCJTC) is responsible for providing transporta-tion service to over 10,000 Renfrew County students to 53 different schools for both the Renfrew Coun-ty District School Board and the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board. Three routers are re-sponsible for creating over 200 bus routes to ensure that these students have safe, efficient, effective transportation to and from school daily. As safety of students is a priority, it takes time, and occasional-ly a physical review of a designated stop to process transportation requests, especially from mid-August to mid-October when there is a high volume of requests which results in delays in responding to individual requests.

What can you do to help? Please log into the “Parent Portal” by visiting our website (www.onthebus.ca) after August 20

th or at any

time throughout the regular school year to confirm your child’s bus information for the 2018-2019 school year.

If you haven’t yet subscribed to receive email notifications for cancellations and delays or timing or bus # changes, we encourage you to do so by visiting our website and signing up for subscriptions at any time:

Go to our website at www.onthebus.ca;

Under the “Portals” heading on the home page click on “student/parent portal”;

Enter Student ID (this is your child’s Ontario Education Number which can be found on your child’s most recent report card), Birth Date, School, Grade. Then select “I’m not a robot” check box;

Then click on the “Sign In” Button;

Enter your E-mail address and click on the “Subscribe” button;

Confirm the subscription process, via the validation email that is sent to you shortly after-wards (within 3 minutes).

Visit the RCDSB Transportation webpage (https://www.rcdsb.on.ca/en/schools/transportation.asp) for more in-formation:

on changing your child’s addressing or transportation details (your home, your sitter, custody change, etc.) for new families who have moved into the area over the summer months

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3 4 Celebration of Learning (Junkyard Sym-phony)

5 Jump Rope for Heart Forms Due Kinders Year End Trip

6 Track and Field (6-8) Subway Day

7 PA DAY

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10 Stay afloat Spirit Day

11 Polka Dot Spir-it Day Jump Rope For Heart

12 Dress Like a Teacher Spirit Day JK/SK/3/4 Valley Manor

13 Flip Flop Spirit Day MV Café Hot Lunch

14 Sherwood Colour Spirit Day Yearbook pay-ment due

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21 Party Spirit Day 7/8 Year End Trip

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25 Kindergarten Graduation

26 Sherwood Gr 8 Graduation

27 Last Day Of School

28 PA Day

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School Hours 8:20 Entry to school 8:20-10:08 Instructional Block #1 10:08-10:48 Nutrition Break 10:48-12:24 Instructional Block #2 12:24-13:04 Nutrition Break 13:04-14:39 Instructional Block #3 14:40 Dismissal

341 John Street Barry's Bay, ON

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