Nut Free School.

April 2016
Dear Sandowne Families,
Upcoming Events!
I hope you had a wonderful Spring Break. I have certainly been enjoying the gorgeous weather!
Apr 12 - District Battle of Books
Apr 15 - Chess Tournament
Apr 18 - Cultural Performance
This is always a busy and exciting time of the year.
We are embracing Spring with lots of outdoor activities and fun Science themes. This month we will be
focusing on taking care of the environment. It also
looks like we will have a few batches of chicks hatching, butterflies emerging, and tadpoles transforming
in the next few months at Sandowne.
Apr 19—Music week performance for Mrs. Budd’s fiddlers
Apr 20, 27 & May 4 - Gr. 3 Swim
Apr 22 - Community Clean up at
9:30
Apr 22 - 1/2 Day Curriculum Implementation - Dismissal at 11:30
It may seem early, but this is the time of the year that
we have to start working on staffing and student numbers for September. If it looks like you will be moving
in the near future, would you please make sure to let
us know at the office. Also, if there are still families
with children starting Kindergarten in September who
have not registered, please have them come in right
away.
Apr 28—Grade 5 Southgate Visit in afternoon
Apr 29 - Lifetouch Class Photos
April
Thanks for all that you do for Sandowne School.
Birthdays
Lori Elphick
Please remember
that Sandowne is a
Nut Free
School.
Thank you to all the
Lip Sync
participants in
March.
It was a lot of fun!
Please be safe
when packing
your child’s lunch.
Bell Schedule
1st Bell
8:40
2nd Bell
8:45
Recess 10:30– 10:45
Eat lunch 12:15 – 12:30
Outside play 12:30 – 1:00
Dismissal
2:30
Friday, April 22nd
is Earth Day!
We will be participating in a
Community Clean Up
from 9:30 -10:30. Watch for a permission slip and
please join us if you wish.
The afternoon is a School District
Curriculum Implementation Day
We will dismiss the students at 11:30.
Ella B.—April 3
Stella B.—April 4
Grace F.—April 6
Sydney T.—April 8
Kyle L.R.—April 9
Melissa J.—April 11
Andrew W.—April 11
Liam LR.—April 11
Nolan F.—April 11
Tatum J.—April 12
Andrew M.—April 12
Ethan H.—April 13
Kiah P.—April 14
Alana M.—April 14
Jonah N.—April 15
Raistlin G.—April 19
Xander T.—April 19
Timothy A.– April 20
Landyn K.—April 20
Sarah P.—April 23
Gwen W.—April 23
Nathan C.—April 29
Sean S.—April 30
Savanna B.—April 30
Battle of Books
Tennis Club
SD# 72 Elementary Tennis
Club will start soon. The club
will play on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 3:00-4:00pm
at Willow Point Tennis Courts.
The program will run from April 26th to June 9th.
The goal of the tennis club is to introduce grade 3—
5 students to the game of tennis, develop skills and
have fun. Information and permission slips are at
the office. For more information contact Brent Larmour at brent.larmour@sd72.bc.ca.
Our School and Zone Battle of Books
competitions were very well done. The
students who took part should be proud
of their efforts.
Well done everyone!
Congratulations to the three teams who
proceeded to the Zone Competition; The
Smarties, the Fantastic Fruit Loops, and
the Bookworms. A huge round of applause needs to go to the Smarties, our
grade four team who also competed in
the District competition this week.
Mr. Larmour’s Travel and Backpack Tags for Literacy
Several colourful travel and backpack tags were generously made by
Mavis Larmour. She donated her
time and the material to make the
tags. These can be used on luggage or they would be fun and
helpful on backpacks. There are
lots of beautiful fabrics to choose
from.
100% of proceeds from this fundraiser will be used to buy leveled
books to support readers from Kindergarten to Grade 5.
The purpose of the English Language Learner program is to foster
academic and personal success at
school. The goals of this program are to support the development of each of the following topics:
1. Enriching the development of speaking skills (oral language)
2. Building self-confidence
3. Improving reading and writing skills
If you would like to purchase one of these colourful tags for $5 each, they are for sale in the office.
Grade 3 Swim to Survive Lessons
Our grade 3 students will be taking part in
three Swim to Survive
lessons later this month.
Thank you to Strathcona Gardens for providing such a
valuable program.
Student Drop Off
Spring is here so more and more children should be walking or riding their
bikes to school. Morning exercise is
great for preparing our brains to learn.
Chess Tournament Learning Parties…
On Friday, April 15th the
District Chess Tournament
will be held at Ripple Rock
Elementary.
Good Luck to everyone!
Parents and Guardians,
please remember that we
are leaving the transportation of the children up to
you.
After School
Supervision
Students are being
reminded that they
are expected to go
If you have to drop your child off with a
directly home
car, please drive to the bottom of our
drop off loop when letting children out when they are dismissed at the end
of the school day. Please remember
of the car. When there, please be
quick because other people are wait- that we only have supervision at the
ing. Sitting idling in the
front of the school (not the playdrop off zone lane is not
ground) until 2:45.
On May 5th at 9:00 we will be
having a Ready, Set, Learn
event for children ages 3 to 5.
On May 25th at 12:45 we will
have our Welcome to Kindergarten event. This is aimed at
children who are starting kindergarten in September.
Please pencil it into your calendars and RSVP at the office 250923-4248 to let us know if you
plan to attend.
School Supplies
We will start collecting
for our School Supply
Purchase Program in
May. Please watch for
the order form at the beginning of May.
environmentally friendly!
Please think about safety.
Messages to Students
Class Pictures
Delivering messages to students at the
end of the day can sometimes be problematic. We will do our best to deliver
messages, however, we cannot be responsible for last minute arrangements.
We ask parents if at all possible to
make these arrangements before
school.
will be taken on
Friday, April 29th
(No paperwork is required.)
Music Week Performance
April 19th from 12:15—2:30
Elisabeth, Anson, Jaeden
and Layla from Mrs. Budd’s
fiddle group will be
performing at Trinity
Presbyterian Church, 145
Simms Road as part of
music week. Thank you to
Mrs. Budd and the
“fiddlers” for all of their
hard work.
Destination Imagination!
Birthday Board
Congratulations to the “Killer Kittens” (Isaiah, Irene, Emily and Maiah) and the “Imaginators”
(James, Mason, Kyle, Sarah, Dominic and Kai) for a fantastic performance in Surrey at the Destination Imagination Provincial Tournament. Both teams came in second place and Mr. Lewis’
team came in first in the Instant Challenge completion. Wow!
Thank you to our parent
volunteer, Griffin, for the
lovely birthday board
each month.. It always
looks amazing!
Thank you to our PAC, Save on Foods, and the School District for the financial support.
Thank you to Mr. Beavis, Mr. Lewis, and all the supportive parents who went to Surrey!
Friday, April 22nd is a 1/2 Day for Curriculum Implementation.
We will be dismissing students at 11:30.
April 2016
Sun
3
Mon
4
Tue
5
Wed
6
Thu
7
Hot Lunch
Fresh Slice
Pizza
10
11
12
13
District Battle
of the Books
Hot Lunch
Fusilli Grill
Fri
Sat
1
2
8
9
Hot Lunch
Hot Dog Day
14
15
16
Chess Tournament
Hot Lunch
Hot Dog Day
17
24
18
19
20
9:00 Cultural
Performance
Music Week
Performance
Grade 3 swim
10:00—11:45
Community
Cleanup—am
Hot Lunch
Katie’s Rice
Box
1/2 day—
dismissal at
11:30
25
26
27
Grade 3 swim
10:00—11:45
Hot Lunch
Subway
21
28
22
23
29 Lifetouch 30
Class Photos
Hot Lunch
Hot Dog Day