École Victoria-Albert School December 2017 Newsletter

ADMINISTRATORS’ GREETING

Principal, Nelia Husack Vice Principal, Marla Tran Phone Number 204-943-3459 110 Ellen Street, R3A 1A1

Dear Parents/Guardians,

For safety reasons we will be locking the main doors everyday

at 9:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Please ensure that your child arrives

at school everyday on time. If your child is later than 9:15 a.m.

and 1:15 p.m., please call the office and walk them to school

and enter in through the parking lot doors. Please ensure your

child is dressed for the cold weather!

The children play outside every day at recess and after lunch. It is important that they dress warmly. If you need help getting winter clothing

for your child please contact Tammy in the Parent Room.

Reminder that our Primary Concert for Rooms

1, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 21, and 22 will be on

Thursday, December 14th at 6:00 p.m.

Have a fun and relaxing winter break!

Wishing you all a very Healthy and Happy 2018!

** Lunch Program fees are due on the first school day of every month. When fees are more than 30 days late, we may remove your child from the lunch program and replace him/her with someone from our waiting list.

Le coin français (The French corner)

Are you looking for things to do with your children during the holiday season? Why not do something in French? Here is a list of things that you can do with your children to keep up with their French over the break:

• Visit the St. Boniface Library and borrow French books, movies and music that you can bring home.

• Visit the Manitoba Museum and ask for a French interpreter • Take a guided tour of the St. Boniface Museum (494 Taché Ave.). It is the

oldest building in Winnipeg, and the largest oak log structure in North America. The museum showcases objects related to the heritage of

French-Canadian and Métis peoples. • Stop by on nearby Provencher Blvd for something to eat. Try Chocolatier

Constance Popp (180 Provencher Blvd. ) for some delicious chocolate or even Promenade café for lunch or dinner (130 Provencher Blvd.)

• Shop for French books and games. There are 2 French book stores in St.

Boniface: Librairie À La Page (200 Provencher Blvd.) and La boutique du Livre (129 Marion Street).

• Visit the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre (340 Provencher Blvd. )

Saturday, December 2nd to take part in Santa’s Village. Children can experience the magic of Christmas in an enchanting setting resembling the North Pole. Ages are 6 months-8 years old. Please visit the website for more information http://ccfm.mb.ca/en/santas-village/

NEWS FROM THE GYM Mr. Delgado, Physical Education Teacher

The past couple of weeks have taken on a video game theme in Phys. Ed. Class. We have adapted the classic arcade game Frogger, and a very popular computer game called Sliter.io into fun and active games that teach fundamental movement skills. Frogger focuses on transportation skills such as running, hopping, and jump-ing along with strategic and teamwork components, and Slither.io focuses on teamwork and cooperation. We were even able to tie in some math and counting collections into Slither.io.

Important Dates:

November 28, 2017 - Grade 4/5 Volleyball Tournament at Wolseley School

November 30, 2017 - Grade 6 Soccer Game at The University of Winnipeg

December 12, 2017 - Grade 6 Volleyball Tournament at Wellington School

Permission forms will be sent home shortly for students on these teams.

MUSIC NEWS

A huge congratulations goes out to the Vic Al Dragonaires lunch hour choir who did a fantastic job of singing at Choralfest on November 21st!

Their singing and excellent behaviour made our school shine! Our next big project is to prepare for our Division wide musical, the Lion King. Our choir will join with 300 other students at the Concert Hall on February 13th as we all present songs from the Broadway version of the musical the Lion King. This will be an exciting musical adventure, and I look forward to working with our students on this fantastic musical project!

And speaking of the Lion King, one of our fabulous grade 4 students, Fatma Jusef will be playing one of the lead roles in the musical, so a huge congratulations goes out to her as well.

Way to go Fatma!

Winter Craft

Tuesday, December 5 at 1:00 pm we will be making a candle holder and poinsettias.

Sign up outside the Family Centre (Rm 6)

**Please Pre-Register for events as space is limited** There are sign up sheets on the bulletin board outside the Family Centre (Rm 6)

**Stop in for a coffee or attend one of the events and enter to win a monthly door prize**

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

4 5

Winter Craft

1:00 pm

6

PAC MTG.

4:30

Library

Borrow a book from our lending library

11

12

English/Arabic Café

10:00-11:30

13

Positive Parenting

Parent Information Session

3:30-4:30 pm

18 19

Nutrition Bingo

10:00-11:30 am

20

We offer tea, coffee and snacks to

participants of all our programs

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Questions?

Call Tammy

School Support Worker

204-943-3459

tkneisz@wsd1.org

Family Room Calendar December 2017

Winter Break

The second Wednesday of the month from 3:30-4:30 pm our Public Health nurse will be providing information sessions on the resources available in the area as well information on parenting, nutrition and health.

• Dec. 13 - Positive Parenting

• January 10 - Know Your Benefits

These sessions are FREE to

attend and there will be a door prize.

Afternoons with Jo-Anne Cowen

Win FREE Groceries

Play Bingo and win free groceries

When: December 19

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Where: Family Centre

Sign up sheets are outside the Family

Centre (rm. 6)

ÉCOLE VICTORIA-ALBERT SCHOOL 110 Ellen Street

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1A1

Telephone 204-943-3459

REMINDER - BUS CANCELLATION DUE TO COLD WEATHER

During the school year, there may be times when school bus transportation is cancelled due to cold weather or poor driving conditions, but schools will remain open. When bus transportation is cancelled in the morning, it will not resume later in the day even if weather conditions improve. This means families are responsible for both drop off and pickup, when buses are cancelled. School bus transportation is cancelled when the wind chill reaches - 45 C by 6:15 a.m. based on the Environment Canada readings at the Forks. You may listen to early morning broadcasts for cancellation information: 89.3 CBC FM; 990 CBC AM; CKSB 89.9 FM (French); CJOB-680 AM; Power 97-FM; 1290 CFRW; 99.9 BOB-FM; Curve FM (formerly Q94-FM); 92 CITI FM; 102.3 CLEAR FM; CKMM Virgin 103; QX 104 FM; CTV News; CityTV; Winnipeg Free Press website. Winnipeg School Division website www.winnipegsd.ca.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 - Day 3

Lunch Program

Fees Due

2

3 4 - Day 4 5 - Day 5 6 - Day 6 7 - Day 1 8 - Day 2 9

10 11 - Day 3 12 - Day 4 13 - Day 5 14 - Day 6

Primary Winter

Concert - Evening

6:00 p.m.

15 - Day 1

Non Instructional

Day - NO SCHOOL

16

17 18 - Day 2

Nursery/Kindergarten

Report cards go home

19 - Day 3 20 - Day 4 21 - Day 5 22 - Day 6

Last Day of

School

23

24 25

Winter Break

Dec 25-Jan 5th

26

NO SCHOOL

27

NO SCHOOL

28

NO SCHOOL

29

NO SCHOOL

30

31

School Re-opens

Monday,

January 8th

December 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Lunch Program

Fees Due

January 8, 2018

1

WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

2

WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

3

WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

4

WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

5

WINTER BREAK

NO SCHOOL

6

7 8

School

Reopens

9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29

Room 19 & 20

Manitoba

Museum

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January 2018