september-newsletter-2 - Bamfield Community School Association

The Bamfield Community School Association would like
to thank everyone who made our summer camps a
success. Special thank you to Community Affairs, the
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, the Huu-ay-aht First
Nation, Bamfield General Store, Kerry Robertson, and
many individuals who helped out along the way.
Fay Bennett
September 18th 1948 - August 9th 2011
Most importantly thank you to all of the children and
parents who came out and played with us this summer.
We had 52 kids attend our summer camps! Our highest
attendance: 29 kids and 16 adults when we did an
Invertebrate Lab with BMSC.
A sampling of Fays songs can be heard at
Check out all of the fun pictures on pages 4 & 5.
http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Fay-Bennett
Trinity Morrow and Sebastian Frye were the winners of
our summer prize raffle. Congratulations!
SEPTEMBER 2011
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Yoga
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Yoga
2
3
Port Alberni
Fishing Derby
4
5
Labour Day
6
BACK TO
SCHOOL
7
8
Int’l Literacy
Day
9
10
11
12
13
Yoga
14
15
Yoga
16
17
18
19
Community
Affairs
20
21
22
Yoga
23
24
26
27
Yoga
28
29
Yoga
30
25
Yoga
Yoga Every Tuesday and Thursday @ noon: Community Health Clinic
Basketball Every Tuesday @ 7:30pm at BCS
3rd -5th Port Alberni Fishing Derby
4th - Beach Party at Pachena Beach. 3pm-6pm
Hot dogs and fun courtesy of The Anacla Ladies
Group. All welcome!
5th - Labour Day. Go to the beach and relax, it is
going to be a great weekend.
Computer Access and
Library Hours
Monday to Friday
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Tide Chart on page 3 of the
electronic version. Fun photos on
page 4 & 5. Email
bcsa.ct@gmail.com to subscribe.
8th - International Literacy Day
To celebrate join us at the school for a
Back to School BBQ .
5pm start. Burgers, veggie burgers and hot dogs
courtesy of the BCSA. Bring your favourtite
desserts or squares to share.
19th - Community Affairs is back and better than
ever. Don’t miss out.
Stay posted for Monthly Community Nights hosted
by the BCSA and BCS.
Buddy Reading starts in September. If you can commit to 1/2
hour, one day a week, Mon-Thurs to read with the students
please contact Marnie Cameron at the school.
Wanted Preschool Coordinator
Volunteer Spotlight
Linda Roberts has generously
volunteered her time in the BCSA
children’s library this summer.
She came to Bamfield to volunteer at
the BMSC library and has recently
returned to Vancouver to pursue
work in Library Sciences. She has an
MA in Anthropology specializing in
faunal analysis.
She discovered that the BCSA
children’s library has over 800 books,
CDs and DVDs in its permanent
collection. Thanks to Linda Roberts
we now have an inventory for our
children’s library.
Thanks for all your help this summer!
Adult to organize and run a weekly preschool group for
parents and tots at the Bamfield Community School.
The group will meet once per week to play and practice
literacy, numeracy and social skills .
Thank you Deb Moncer for taking the
time and energy to lead many of our
weekly yoga sessions this summer.
Contact Catherine at the BCSA or email
bcsa.ct@gmail.com for details and application
requirements.
Welcome Andrew Clappis and Grace
Geall. Our newest students in the school.
Tides for September 2011