September 2016 September Parent

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Council Meeting September 27th, 6:30 pm

Dear Families, You matter at Woodland! I can’t think of a better way to start the year than with that clear message. The DSBN has launched an

STAFF LIST—2015/2016 Mrs. J. Wiens

FDK

Mrs. S. Scapillati

ECE

Mrs. H. Masterson

Grade 1/2

Mrs. T. Strickland

Grade 2/3/LRT

Miss. Vandermeer

Gr. 2/3, 6/7

Mrs. T. Steingart

Grade 4/5

Mrs. G. Korosis

Grade 6/7/FSL

we go forward!

Mrs. Leontis

Grade 7/8/Arts

I greatly appreciate all the hard work the staff have been doing to

Mr. J. Kenworthy

Grade 7/8

Mrs. C. Odell

E.A.

Mrs. Clarke

Youth Counsellor

Mr. D. Jones

Head Custodian

Mr. Storin

Evening Custodian

Mrs. Collens

Evening Custodian

Mrs. L. Anderson

Secretary

Mr. S. Shad

Principal

exciting new strategic plan that says it all in two words, ‘I matter!” Each student, staff member, parent/guardian and community member matters. Each person brings their uniqueness to our community and we wouldn’t be the same without you. I trust that you will receive that message from the minute you enter our fantastic school. Stay tuned for more great ‘I matter’ information as

be ready for you. Let’s have an amazing year! Mr. Sam Shad

BELL TIMES

Supervision Starts at 8:45 am

ENTER SCHOOL—8:55 PERIOD 1 —9:00-9:50 PERIOD 2—9:50—10:40 FIRST BREAK—10:40-11:20 (Snack) PERIOD 3 —-11:20-12:10 PERIOD 4—12:10-1:00 SECOND BREAK—1:00-1:40 (Lunch) PERIOD 5—1:40-2:30 PERIOD 6—2:30-3:20

EARLY RELEASE DAY September 16th has been designated as an Early Release Day by the District School Board of Niagara. There will be no school for the students in the afternoon. All bus students will be picked up 3 hours earlier than normally scheduled. Students will be released at 12:20 pm.

PICTURE DAY IS COMING Wednesday, October 5th is the scheduled picture day. Please mark it on your calendars and remember your smiles.

SCHOOL CLUBS Be sure to listen carefully to the morning announcements for when try-outs will be. The Wolves NEED YOU to come out and join our sports teams and school clubs. GET INVOLVED—HAVE FUN Do you have an idea for a great school club? Let us know!

Preschool Program for Children 2.5 to 5 Before and After School Care for Children 3.8 to 12 Located inside Woodland Public School

Licensed by the Mad Science, the world’s leading provider of educational and entertaining science programs for children is coming to Woodland School! They will be getting kids excited about science with fun, entertaining and exciting activities and demonstrations. Students and teachers will be thrilled on Friday, September 23rd, 2016, at 9am, when Mad Science comes to the school to do a Spectacular Science show. The assembly will be educational, entertaining and also the kick off to the Mad Science Club. The Club is a 4-week science enrichment program offered to the students. Students who join the Science Club will go on a voyage of discovery designed to support the Ontario Science and Technology curriculum. The Club will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 21 during second break. New topics will be introduced.

Ministry of Education Open Year Round (except Statutory Holidays)

Hot Nutritious Lunch and Snacks Provided Registered Early Childhood Educators For More Information: (905) 735-1162 www.acw.on.ca

Medically At-Risk Students/Staff Please inform your child’s teacher and Mrs. Anderson, in writing, if your child is at risk of anaphylaxis or has a serious medical condition. Forms for you to complete (available at the office) should outline the expected symptoms and your requested intervention from school. We have a student who has a severe allergy to nuts as well as nut products, oils, etc. We thereby encourage nut-free lunches and snacks to be brought by all students. Please avoid sending products to school that say, ―may contain nuts‖ as well. If you are bringing in a special treat please check with the teacher or office in advance, ensure that you provide a nut free treat and bring it into the office. Although we cannot guarantee a peanut free environment, we appreciate your continued efforts with this delicate issue. We also have a very high scents/environmental sensitivity among staff. Please refrain from using fragrances at Woodland or any DSBN school. Thanks!

Woodland Agendas/Organizers All students in grades 1 to 8 will be given an agenda again this year. The cost of the agenda is Important School Forms $8.00. Please make your payment on school cash online. (See below Your children will bring home several important forms during for school cash online registrathis first week. Some will be sent home with each child, while tion) others will be distributed to the youngest child in each family. Please complete and return these forms as soon as possible. Milk can be purchased for 75 cents One of these forms is the confidential student information sheet which is kept on file at the school office. It is very important each day at first nutrition break. that we have up-to-date medical and personal information each You can buy a milk card for $10 (14 milks) at the office. year as well as an emergency contact number in case we cannot reach you at home or work. This contact person should be someone who is usually available and lives in relatively close proximity to the school. Please let us know if this information changes during the school year. Another form is encouraging you to help save photocopying costs and help save paper by receiving your newsletter by email or by checking the newsletter on our school website.

The DSBN is proud to offer access to School Cash Online for parents. School Cash Online is a safe and secure online portal that gives you the freedom to approve permission forms electronically and make payments for school items and events.

By using School Cash Online, you’ll never have to:

Find a crumpled permission form at the bottom of your child’s backpack, search for cash or exact change to pay for things such as field trips, send money in your child’s backpack To learn more and register, visit the school website!

What’s The Scoop? Meet the Staff/Ice Cream/Math Information Night Please join us for a fun, informative night to meet the staff on Thursday, September 15th from 5pm-6:30pm. Classes will be open for a visit from 5:00-5:30pm. We will have ice cream out back from 5:30-6:30pm. You may also join us in the gym from 5:30-6pm for an informative Math presentation to share the great Math practices at Woodland and links to the DSBN and Ministry of Education Mathematics expectations.

House Colour Activities/Terry Fox Walk/Run All our students will be part of a House Colour Team. On Friday, September 16th (early release day) ALL students are encouraged to come dressed in their NEW house colour. Throughout the morning we will be grouping students by colour and taking part in a variety of activities to get to know their new team! Thank you Mrs. Strickland for organizing our House Colour teams. We will also have our Terry Fox run that morning (weather permitting). Wear your running shoes and bring a water bottle. We encourage all students to bring in a 'Toonie for Terry' (or more donations if you choose) to support cancer research. Magazine Fundraiser Woodland is holding their annual magazine fundraiser from Sept. 22nd through Oct. 14th. We will have a kick-off assembly on Sept. 22nd at 9:30am. All money raised goes back into student programs and events.

Woodland ’I Matter!’/Student of the Month T-Shirt Design Contest The T-Shirt Design Contest will link the ‘I Matter!’ theme for the DSBN and Character Education at Woodland, we will continue to focus on the DSBN character traits and recognize students exemplifying these traits at our Student of the Month assemblies. As a school community we emphasize positive decision making, problem solving strategies, relationship building and character development. To kick off Woodland’s Character Education Program this school year, we are holding our annual T-Shirt Design Contest! All students are encouraged to enter the contest by designing a t-shirt promoting the ‘I Matter!’ theme, good character and school pride and to submit their entries to Mr. Shad by Monday, September 19th. The design must be created by ONE person only. Please create your design using plain white, 81/2 x 11 paper. Once again, the winning design will be used as Woodland’s official Character Education logo and will be printed on t-shirts. This year’s design should include the ‘I Matter!’ theme and can include the listing of the 8 character education traits (Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Caring, Optimism, Perseverance, Courage, Cooperation) or your own wording. So, get creative and have fun!

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