Elementa ry - School District 47
Elementa ry - School District 47
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Henderson<br />
Our Mission is to<br />
provide and<br />
promote a safe and<br />
caring learning<br />
environment where<br />
we respect<br />
ourselves and<br />
others.<br />
5506 Willow<br />
Powell River, BC V8A 4P4<br />
Phone 604.483-9162<br />
Fax 604.483-3272<br />
Principal Mr. Fisher<br />
www.sd<strong>47</strong>.bc.ca/school/he<br />
Check out newsletters and<br />
calendar items on-line.<br />
<strong>Elementa</strong><strong>ry</strong><br />
The Vancouver Public Aquarium’s travelling road show the AquaVan<br />
will be visiting Henderson <strong>Elementa</strong><strong>ry</strong> on Tuesday November 6th.<br />
Thanks to the generous support of B.C. Hydro, the Vancouver Public<br />
Aquarium and the Powell River <strong>School</strong> Board the AquaVan will be<br />
making its only stop at a Powell River <strong>Elementa</strong><strong>ry</strong> school. The AquaVan<br />
offers fun, interactive aquatic education programs to schools across<br />
British Columbia. Our students will be provided with a unique hands-on<br />
opportunity to discover and explore the lives of animals from British<br />
Columbia’s shores.<br />
A huge thank you to Jennifer Harper and Teresa Schofield for serving a<br />
wonderful breakfast for students, staff and visitors.<br />
Retake Picture Day is Coming!<br />
Mark your Calendar for our <strong>School</strong> Picture Day on<br />
Tuesday, November 13th, 9 am<br />
Photo Retake Forms are at the office.<br />
<strong>District</strong> Cross Count<strong>ry</strong> Meet<br />
Congratulations to all the Henderson runners who represented<br />
our school at the Fall <strong>District</strong> meet. They ran their<br />
hearts out and made all of Henderson proud. Well done!<br />
November 6, 2012 1
October Good Workers-This Thursday, November 8th is our<br />
Good Workers Assembly 12:50 in the gym.<br />
Here are October’s good workers...<br />
Excellence in Math<br />
Div. 3: Kayden<br />
Piniewski<br />
Div. 1: Kate Capling<br />
Div. 3<br />
Perfect Attendance<br />
Tyliah Banack<br />
Eli Forsyth<br />
Ricky Hodgins<br />
Gibson Janze-Goodfellow<br />
Chyanna Nivens<br />
Jamie Vallee<br />
Note: Div 3 will be<br />
swimming during this<br />
month’s assembly<br />
Div. 5<br />
Great Effort in Math<br />
Hailie Hodgins<br />
Bravin Lundigran<br />
Aiden Robertson<br />
Travis Brenner<br />
Jessa Morris<br />
Donovyn Woloschuk<br />
Div. 2<br />
Consistently Positive<br />
Attitude Towards<br />
Learning<br />
Ally Boyd<br />
Dylan Barnes<br />
Geoffrey Hodgins<br />
Supportive<br />
Group Members<br />
Dylan Craig<br />
Cam<strong>ry</strong>n Cline<br />
Jayden Coe<br />
Div. 4<br />
Hard workers! These<br />
students start their work<br />
and always t<strong>ry</strong> their best<br />
Falyn Forgarty<br />
Tanner Brown<br />
Kalum Griffiths<br />
Isabella Hebert<br />
Kenedee Low<br />
Layna Van Asseldonk<br />
Div. 1<br />
For their self-motivation in the<br />
classroom and consistently<br />
demonstrating a positive<br />
attitude towards their learning.<br />
Dalton Murphy<br />
Bailey Piccini<br />
Emma Piniewski<br />
Isabelle Nivens<br />
Caring Kid Draw Winners<br />
Congratulations to our Caring Kids Draw winner, November 2nd.<br />
Isaac Hebert– for keeping our school grounds clean.<br />
Henderson’s resident Song Sparrow who ‘owns’ the parking lot.<br />
His territorial protective behaviour includes fighting all the other Song<br />
Sparrows that show up in the rear view mirrors of cars in the lot.<br />
Breakfast for<br />
Learning…<br />
Help Wanted<br />
The Breakfast for<br />
Learning program is<br />
looking for a few<br />
volunteers to even out<br />
the workload. This<br />
fabulous program feeds<br />
many students in the<br />
morning helping them<br />
start their days in the<br />
right frame of mind to<br />
foster learning and<br />
achievement.<br />
The coordinator is<br />
looking for a volunteer<br />
that can help one<br />
morning a week for<br />
approximately one<br />
hour. Please contact<br />
Mr. Fisher at the<br />
school.<br />
Remembrance Day<br />
Ceremony<br />
Friday, November 9<br />
10:45-11:15<br />
Piper<br />
Mr. Lyster<br />
Legion Members<br />
Mr. Campbell<br />
Mr. Law<strong>ry</strong><br />
RCMP<br />
Cons Hofsink<br />
2 November 6, 2012
Haunted House<br />
A huge thank you to<br />
Darren Nivens who stepped up to<br />
take over the PAC’s main fundraiser<br />
The Henderson Haunted House. It<br />
looked like this money maker would<br />
go the way of cheap gasoline, but<br />
Mr. Nivens stepped up and<br />
successfully kept it going,<br />
energizing it with some new ideas.<br />
Mr. Nivens and his ghoulish band of volunteers did<br />
a great job of scaring people and bringing in money<br />
that is used to fund programs and activities for<br />
students here at Henderson.<br />
Ter<strong>ry</strong> Fox Run<br />
A big thanks to all who volunteered and helped out<br />
with our Ter<strong>ry</strong> Fox run, also a huge thank you to<br />
Mitchell Brothers and Quality Foods for their<br />
generous support of our post run lunch.<br />
Ter<strong>ry</strong> had a goal to raise a dollar for each person in<br />
Canada. At Henderson we raised over 10 dollars for<br />
each student at the school. Ter<strong>ry</strong> would be ve<strong>ry</strong><br />
proud of Henderson. Thank you for your generous<br />
support.<br />
<strong>School</strong> painting-Henderson’s inside will be getting<br />
a bit of a facelift over the next few months as<br />
the school district paints our gym and hallways.<br />
Please excuse the inconvenience this may cause,<br />
but the painting will not occur during instructional<br />
time and will sure brighten up our school.<br />
COUNSELLOR’S CORNER<br />
SLEEP……..How Important is it?<br />
Adequate sleep is a major factor in your child’s<br />
success. A child who gets adequate sleep is<br />
more alert, better able to learn, less accident<br />
prone, and more cheerful.<br />
Children with parents who regulate bedtimes<br />
and enforce routine sleeping patterns (EVEN<br />
ON THE WEEKENDS) do better<br />
academically. Unlike adults who become<br />
sleepy with inadequate rest, children that do not<br />
get enough sleep or have erratic sleeping<br />
patterns often appear hyperactive or “wired”.<br />
Chronically tired kids can be impulsive, with<br />
emotions swinging from one extreme to<br />
another. This may manifest as attention deficits<br />
or hyperactivity. In addition, there may be<br />
emotional outbursts such as aggression, c<strong>ry</strong>ing<br />
and inappropriate behaviours.<br />
Six year olds need about 11 hours of sleep.<br />
This decreases to about 9 or 10 hours by the<br />
time they turn 12.<br />
Glynis Romanica, SD <strong>47</strong> <strong>School</strong> Counsellor<br />
We Want Wool<br />
& Yearn for Yarn!<br />
Do you have any spare balls of wool<br />
we could use for arts and crafts?<br />
Please put them in the box under the table<br />
outside the office.<br />
Thank you!<br />
Recycling<br />
Our recycling team is up and<br />
running and doing a great job of<br />
cutting down waste here at<br />
Henderson. Each week they<br />
collect paper, plastic, cardboard<br />
and metal for recycling. We also<br />
collect all juice boxes and plastic<br />
refundable bottles to be returned<br />
with funds going to the Div. 1 field trip fund.<br />
We are always looking volunteers to help us deliver<br />
these containers to the recycling depot. If you can,<br />
please contact Ms. Leigh or Mr. Fisher.<br />
November 6, 2012 3
Scholastic Book Fair<br />
Nov 26-27-28<br />
The PAC will also be organising<br />
a Scholastic Book Fair on<br />
Nov. 26-27-28. This is a great<br />
time to pick up some great<br />
Christmas presents or new<br />
reading material.<br />
Parent<br />
volunteers<br />
are always<br />
needed.<br />
Traffic<br />
Safety<br />
Parents please remind<br />
students to cross at cross<br />
walks and to look both ways<br />
before crossing the road .<br />
We’ve had a couple of close<br />
calls and students could use<br />
a reminder.<br />
Powell River<br />
Therapeutic Riding<br />
Association Christmas Open<br />
House<br />
Saturday, November 24 – from 11am to 3 pm<br />
4356 Myrtle Road, (604) 485-0177<br />
(Paradise Valley Exhibition Grounds)<br />
Eve<strong>ry</strong>one welcome!<br />
� Have your picture taken with Santa & the Horses<br />
� our the riding centre, and<br />
� buy some Christmas goodies at our bake sale!<br />
� Light refreshments will also be served.<br />
We are ve<strong>ry</strong> proud of the therapy we provide<br />
on horseback for people with disabilities in<br />
our community. Please join us for this event!<br />
P.R. King’s Reading Hero<br />
Each week 2-3 Powell River Kings visit Henderson school and spend<br />
time sharing their love of reading with Henderson students and classes.<br />
We are ve<strong>ry</strong> fortunate to be involved with this great program. A<br />
Henderson student is awarded the Reading Hero award each week<br />
which is a $10 Breakwater Books certificate and 2 tickets to a Kings<br />
game. Go Kings Go!<br />
Reading<br />
Heroes<br />
Week 1 –Veda<br />
Van Hees<br />
Week 2-Kalum<br />
Griffiths<br />
Week 3-Kaden<br />
Piniewski<br />
Week 4-Ally<br />
Boyd<br />
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Div 2 and Div 4<br />
Reading Buddies<br />
enjoying some<br />
time outdoors<br />
reading.<br />
Be a Good Reading Role Model<br />
The most effective way children learn is by watching parents and<br />
adults in their lives. Modeling the behavior that you want teaches<br />
manners and respect, but it can also teach reading and writing.<br />
Children need to see you reading for a number of purposes: enjoyment,<br />
recipes, directions, and to answer questions. The same is true for<br />
writing. Be sure to talk about what you are doing, Say “Let’s read the<br />
directions to figure out how this works.” “I think that I will write this<br />
down, so that I don’t forget how to do it.” Seeing adults who are<br />
important to them read and write speaks much louder than words that<br />
reading is valued.<br />
Who Should Read - Parents or Kids?<br />
The answer to that questions is both! When children learn to read by<br />
themselves it is easy to drop the read aloud habit. The reality is that<br />
until at least middle school, reading aloud is important. That’s when<br />
their reading level begins to match vocabula<strong>ry</strong> - but too many families<br />
have stopped reading aloud by this time.<br />
When you read aloud you can read books at a child’s listening level<br />
which is higher than their reading level. You model what good reading<br />
sounds like and expand a child’s vocabula<strong>ry</strong>. It gives you a chance to<br />
talk about more complicated stories and ideas. You can read about<br />
things that your child may not choose to read on his or her own. When<br />
reading aloud together, you also give your child the attention from you<br />
that is so important.<br />
Haiku’s written<br />
by Div.4<br />
Inspired by:<br />
Sadako and the<br />
Thousand Paper<br />
Cranes<br />
Sadako was sick.<br />
She got herself a toy doll.<br />
She is really sad.<br />
~Kalum<br />
Sadako felt sick.<br />
She had atom bomb disease.<br />
Sadako felt sad.<br />
~Kyle<br />
Sadako is sick.<br />
She is in the hospital.<br />
She is ve<strong>ry</strong> sad.<br />
~Falyn<br />
Sadako was sick<br />
and she had leukemia.<br />
In the hospital.<br />
‘~Layna<br />
Sadako is sick.<br />
She is in the hospital.<br />
She liked to make cranes.<br />
~Tanner<br />
Sadako is sick.<br />
Sadako made paper cranes.<br />
Sadako’s gums hurt.<br />
~Jacob<br />
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Sliammon Cultural Visit<br />
6 November 6, 2012
Halloween 2012<br />
November 6, 2012 7
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />
4<br />
11<br />
18<br />
25<br />
5<br />
Kings Visit<br />
12<br />
Remembrance<br />
Day<br />
Holiday<br />
No <strong>School</strong><br />
19<br />
Kings Visit<br />
PAC Meeting<br />
7 pm<br />
26<br />
Kings Visit<br />
November 2012<br />
6<br />
Aqua<br />
Van @<br />
Henderson<br />
13<br />
Photo<br />
Retakes<br />
9 am<br />
Volleyball<br />
20<br />
Volleyball<br />
27<br />
Volleyball Final<br />
7<br />
14<br />
21<br />
Div 5 to Dojo<br />
28<br />
Book Fair in the Libra<strong>ry</strong><br />
8 November 6, 2012<br />
1<br />
Parent-Teacher<br />
Conferences<br />
No school<br />
8<br />
Good Workers<br />
@ 12:45 pm<br />
Div 3 Swim<br />
15<br />
Destination<br />
Conservation<br />
Home Opener<br />
9 am<br />
Div 2 Swim<br />
22<br />
Div 3 Swim<br />
29<br />
Div 2 Swim<br />
2<br />
9<br />
Remembrance Day<br />
Assembly<br />
10:45-11:15<br />
16<br />
Hot Lunch<br />
23<br />
Deadline for<br />
Peak stories<br />
30<br />
Hot Lunch<br />
3<br />
10<br />
17<br />
24
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