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The partners in learning at King George School, students, staff, parents and community are committed to providing a safe environment that promotes lifelong learning in a

climate of mutual respect and cooperation.

Dates to Remember

I Love to Read Month Feb. 3 PD - No Classes Feb. 6 - 10 I Love to Read Week (more information inside) Feb. 8 Gr. 7/8 Winter Band Concert @ WMCA @ 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10 Gr. 7/8 Basketball Jamboree Gr. 8 Westman Honour Band @ WMCA all day Feb. 13 Come to Band Day for our grade 6 students

Feb. 15 K-8 2017/18 Registration Starts

Feb. 16 Manitoba Hydro Youth Safety

Presentations

Feb. 17 We Can Make A Difference Workshop

Feb. 20 Louis Riel Day

No Classes

Enjoy the day with your family!

Feb. 21 Parent Council Meeting

Feb. 23 KG Winter Classic

Feb. 24 PD - No Classes

Mar. 3 PD - No Classes

Mar. 17 Student/Parent/Teacher

Conferences

Mar. 21 & 22 Cultural Days

Mar. 23 Cultural Evening @ 6:30 p.m.

Mar. 27 - Mar. 31 SPRING BREAK

Apr. 3 Classes Resume

Apr. 14 Good Friday (No Classes)

Principal’s Message

Barbara Miller

As we slide into February, we are reminded that it is a Manitoba winter and our students need to be dressed appropriately to enjoy the great outdoors when the

temperature is warmer than -27⁰ C (with the wind chill).

We have a busy month ahead with I Love to Read activities, the Winter Classic, our middle years We Can Make a Difference presentation, Hundred Day, Valentine’s Day, the Early Bird Basketball Jamboree, and our band concerts. Please check your child’s agenda/backpack for the Winter Classic off-site package that was sent home on Wednesday. We are in the process of organizing swimming lessons for our grade 3/4 classes and more information will be sent home as our plans are finalized. For more information on these events, please look further into the newsletter.

This past month, our middle years students spent a day focusing on career choices in technology and trades with a presentation on the employment outlook for Manitoba in these areas. The students were taught how to create a resume and were introduced to a computer program called Career Cruising to help them select possible career field based on an interest survey within the program.

Registration packages for next year will be sent home in the coming weeks. Please complete the registration package and return it to the school as soon as possible. Having this information helps us plan and staff appro-priately to meet the needs of our students. If you com-pleted a Special Request for enrollment because you moved out of the catchment area, you need to register at your catchment area school and fill out a School of Choice form if you wish to remain at King George. Decisions regarding School of Choice are made in June. If you require further information, please contact us and we would be happy to assist you!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

School Contact Information Telephone: 204-729-3990

E-mail: kinggeorge@bsd.ca Web site: www.bsd.ca/schools/kinggeorge/Pages

February is I love to read month!!

January EBS WINNERS *CONGRATULATIONS!!*

Early Years: Naomi,

Camila, Jackson, Lexi, Emily, Sai, Novalee, Priya, Charlie

Middle Years: Kayla and Helly

King George Library News

We celebrated the New Year in the library with lots of new books. Thanks to the hard work of our library parent volunteers in December, we have a large collection of new books ready for students to read. All classes were invited to preview our latest additions. Students were engaged using Book Talks, which are brief introductions to a book with the intent to grab the audience's interest and make them want to read the book. Students are now able sign out and enjoy these new books and they are very excited to check them out!

February is I Love to

Read Month I Love to Read is an annual month-long celebration to encourage reading, writing and sharing in the joy of literacy. Classrooms, schools, and libraries across Manitoba will be planning activities to celebrate and promote a life-long appreciation of literacy, reading, and books. We invite you to join in our celebrations this month. Monday, February 6 Reading Camp Out

Bring your sleeping bags, flashlights, pup tents and have a read around the camp fire.

Tuesday, February 7 Hero Day

Think of someone who is a hero to you.

Wednesday, February 8 Read My Shirt Day Please wear a shirt that has words on it and is appropri-ate for school!

Thursday, February 9 Design a book cover or

book mark day. Design a new cover or a bookmark for a favourite book

from home or school. Friday, February 10 Pyjama Day

Wear your pyjamas to school and curl up with a good book. Bring your slippers, blankets, pillows, and stuffies!

Also be on the lookout for special guest readers visiting our classrooms this month.

Happy Reading!

With the new year comes a new crop of geniuses!

In January, three more classes at King George began implementing Genius Hour once per six day cycle. I am lucky to be able to work collaboratively with Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Ketcheson and Ms. Meadows to introduce this personalized learning opportunity within these class-rooms. The focus is on exploring the 21st century skills within a self-directed learning context. I am excited to see all the creative ideas that are generated in 2017! Feel free to ask your child about this exciting learning opportunity, and have them explain what Genius Hour is all about.

Mr. Devin Foord

2017 Skilled Trades and Technology Showcase

Eight Grade 8 students and three advisors attended Crocus Plains High School on January 19th for the Skilled Trades and Technology Showcase. The students spent the day doing hands-on activities in different trade and technology areas. The sessions the students attended were welding, automotive technology, electronics, design drafting, carpentry, collision repair, and advertising art. This provided the students the op-portunity to learn about their options for secondary schooling and career planning. There was also a presentation from “Safe Workers of Tomorrow” included in the day.

Ms. Clarke and Mrs. DesRoches’ Class During the month of January, we have been really busy with math, reading and writing. The students are practicing their reading daily in our classroom. They are practicing their reading using a soft whisper voice so they can hear how they sound. This builds fluent, independent readers. The children have also been enjoying buddy reading, which is when they practice listening and reading out loud with a partner. The home reading program has been going strong all year. Thumbs up to the parents for their support!! We have been spending a lot of time learning new words to write in our journals. We have been busy building new words that we can write fast and accurate into our daily writing. Also, we have been practicing taking words that are known and building new words. Students have done a great job adding new words to their writing vocabulary!!

In math, we have been learning addition and practicing our mental math strategies through hands on math

stations. We have been using number lines, hundreds charts and rekenreks to learn these skills. Great work!

This month the Kindergarten classes have been learning about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We were able to make Mama Bear’s secret recipe for porridge. The students helped read the recipe, and followed the directions to make the porridge. Each student contributed to making our porridge by measuring out an ingredient needed to add to the slow cooker. We concluded with a taste test and graph. Most of the students liked the taste of porridge! With all the discussion about bears, it lead us to inquire about real bears. We have been exploring:

Exploring Bear habitats

Hibernation and learning about their diet

Different types of bears: Black Bears, Grizzly Bears, Polar Bears, and Panda Bears. Students have created their own bear dens, and have had the opportunity to learn all about the different types of bear paws imprints through sensory play with play-doh. We are going to wrap up our learning by collaboratively sharing interesting facts we have learned about bears with the other class and making yummy Polar Bear treats. During explorations, the Kindergarten classes were able to get out and enjoy the warmer weather while mixing primary water paint colours to make other colours!

“Caught In the Middle” A peer support program for children experiencing separation & divorce

brought to you by Family Conciliation

Spring Children’s Group Ages: 8-11 years.

Start Date: March 6, 2017 Time : 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

For six successive Mondays at the Elspeth Reid Centre.

East End Community Centre

(EECC)

Parenting can be the hardest job any of us will do, we can’t do it

alone. Below are some parenting resources that may be helpful

along your parenting journey:

Elspeth Reid Resource Centre ----------------204-726-6280

Healthy Baby Program ----------------------------204-578-2545

Parents Help Line ----------------------------------- 1-888-603-9100

Manitoba Parent Zone -----------------------------1-877-945-4777 or

www.manitobaparentzone.ca If you require further assistance with this, please do not

hesitate to contact me!

Kelly Walker

Social Worker

King George School

Telephone (204)729-3994

walker.kelly@bsd.ca

Parent Council The next parent council meeting will be

Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. Please enter through the south parking lot doors. The meeting will be in the library.

Babysitting will be available. Thank to the families who support the Kernels Fund-

raiser! We anticipate having your popcorn in the school by Monday, February 13, 2017.

Cultural Days

Just a reminder that the King George Cultural Days are coming up soon. Everyone is welcome to come and watch our Cultural Evening. It takes place in the King George gym on March 23rd from 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm. Doors open at 6:00 pm and we will have a preconcert performer on stage as you wait for the show to begin. Invite your friends and family to come and enjoy the performance.

Please contact Corinne (204-726-6439), Michelle (204-726-6186) or

Mark (204-726-6997) for further information

The clubhouse is closed when temperatures reach -30°C with the wind chill or the temperature is warm enough that the ice is melting.

Regular hours are Mon – Thurs 7:00 -9:00 p.m. Friday 7:00 -10:00 p.m. Saturday 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Sticks and pucks are limited to the designated hockey areas.

There is a free skate lending program at the Community Centre.

Children under 11 must be supervised by a parent!

Congratulations goes out to the following students who entered and were selected dur-ing our milk draw! Jack Mahi Gehna Jackson Charlie Ava Zara Sandra Lixin Noah St. Pierre

Spring Break

March 27 - March 31

See you back at school on

Monday, April 3, 2017

Fun in the Sun! KG students love to snowshoe! With mid-January temperatures soaring, KG students took advantage of the gorgeous weather this week and went outdoors for some snowshoeing fun! Middle years students learned a variety of information and games that incorporated aboriginal perspectives and Canadian history into their physical education lessons. Pictured here are some of our students playing territory and invasion games: “Inukshuk Tag” and “Capture the Flag” all while wearing snowshoes. Ms. Holt Physical Education

Building Students Success with Aboriginal Parents BSSAP Program

BSSAP & FINDING MY WAY PROGRAM 2017 This new year students in the finding my way program have completed the novel “Fatty Legs” a novel based on a young Inuit girl who attends residential school. Students answered questions and also talked about how the residential schools impacted families. For the next couple of weeks we will be learning about the medicine wheel and will cover each quadrant of the wheel. Students will engage, discuss and draw out their own medicine wheels. After that is complete “Culture Week” will be held at King George School. BSSAP & Finding My Way will be preparing & organizing a display area for students to learn about aboriginal culture, traditions and foods. Cultural Week will be held on March 20th to the 24th, 2017. There will also be a cultural evening held on March 23rd, 2017 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. If your child dances pow-wow we encourage you bring them to the “cultural evening” so they can take part and also present their dance to people in attendance.

More information on Cultural Week will be announced in the March newsletter.

BSSAP ~ Claudine Fries FINDING MY WAY ~ Delonna Morrissette

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K-8 Next Year School Registration starts

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LOUIS RIEL DAY ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED

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FEBRUARY 2017

Morgan S.