May 5, 2015 - SD68 School District

Bayview Elementary News
Bayview Elementary School
140 View Street
Telephone: 250-754-3231
Nanaimo, BC V9R 4N6
Fax: 250-754-2336
E-mail: BayviewElementary@sd68.bc.ca
Website: http://schoolsweb.sd68.bc.ca/bayview
Principal: Mrs. Diane McGonigle
Secretary: Mrs. Vicky McIntyre
PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS
April was a busy month with lots of
different events happening. Here is a
sampling of some of the events:
 Author visits – Terri Mack and Bill
Helin for Div. 2-4 and Michael
Kusugak for Div. 5-7
 Physical Literacy teaching joining us on
Tuesdays for Div. 1-5
 Ready Set Learn for 3-5 year olds
 NLSF Donor Appreciation Tea – Mrs.
Chapman’s and Mrs. Rustand’s classes
performed as a thank you for the
grant we received
 Div. 6 & 7 visited the museum
 Div. 2 & 3 saw a performance at the
Port Theatre
 Nuu chah nulth guest Sally Williams
for Div. 1-4
 Metis guest Connie Kulhavey for Div. 1,
4, 6 & 7
 Div. 2, 3 & 5 to Fish Hatchery
It is great to be able to provide these
additional learning opportunities for the
students. We have lots more coming up in
May and June so please watch for notices
and information coming home.
FIELD TRIPS
We have lots of field trips coming up. The
school district requires us to have a
permission form signed by the parent/
caregiver. We are not supposed to accept
verbal consent as we need proper
documentation. Please make sure you return
the permission form so your child does not
miss out on the field trip. If you have
misplaced the form, you can write out a note
indicating that your child has permission to
attend the field trip. Thank you.
STAY CONNECTED
Check us out online!
http://schoolsweb.sd68.bc.ca/bayview
https://www.facebook.com/bayviewpac
Twitter: @bayviewboxers
May 5, 2015
WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN
Our Welcome to K session for students
entering Kindergarten in the fall will be on
Mon., June 1 from 1:15 to 2:30. If you know
someone who has a child coming into
Kindergarten, please remind them to
register as soon as possible and let them
know the date for the Welcome to K.
DATES TO REMEMBER
*dates with early dismissal or no school
are in bold
*not all individual class field trips are
included in the newsletter
May 8
School Track and Field Meet – Gr. 3-7
at Rotary Bowl
May 11
Mr. Tohana’s class to Healthamongus
May 11
Dismissal at 1:30 – PLC time
May 12
Mrs. Robinson’s class to Healthamongus
May 12
PAC Meeting 6:00 – Pizza supper and
babysitting provided
May 13
Mr. Tohana and Ms. Konynenbelt’s
classes to seashore field trip
May 14
Science World Show 9:15-10:00 –
families welcome to join us
May 14
Mrs. Robinson’s class to science field
trip at VIU
May 18
Victoria Day holiday
May 19
Barsby Bulldog Theatre show at 2:00
– families welcome to join us
May 21
Zone Track and Field
May 22
Shawl Dancers to Forest Park 12:45-1:15
May 25
Dismissal at 1:30 – last PLC time
for this year
May 27
Mrs. Rustand’s Class to Butterfly World
May 27
Mr. Tohana’s Class to North Island
Recovery Centre
June 1
Welcome to K 1:15-2:30
June 3
Grade 7s tour Barsby
June 4
District Track and Field Meet
June 18
Grade 7 Grad Evening
June 22
Whole school field trip to
Gabriola Island
June 23
Year End Assembly at 1:30
June 24
Last day – report cards issued
Fun Day in the morning
Ks and Grade 1s Bowling in pm
Grade 2-7 swimming in pm
June 25, 26, 29, 30, and July 2 and 3 Office
open
SPORTS
Reminder that we are a “Nut/Allergy Aware”
school. Please avoid sending any products
containing nuts to school.
Congratulations to the basketball team
players on a great season. Unfortunately,
the Bantam team had a tough match up for
their first game of the playoffs and was
knocked out in the first round. The players
were: Patrick, JoJo, Jayden, Allen, Preston,
Jordan, Rylee, Wesley, Reid, Caleb, Conor,
Daniel, Scottie, Edward, Austin, Cy’rena, and
Justin. The team demonstrated great
sportsmanship over the season and a huge
improvement in skills. Thanks again to our
coaches Dover Bay Grade 12 student Gary
Gladstone,
Mr.
Lowrence
and
Ms.
Konynenbelt who ran the Friday after school
basketball drop-in sessions. Thank you to
the parents and staff members who helped
drive the team.
Next up we have Track and Field. Students
in Grades 3 to 7 have been practicing Track
and Field skills in their gym classes. All
these students will participate in our school
meet along with Georgia Ave. this upcoming
Friday. Qualifiers from that meet will go on
to the Zone Meet on May 21.
BAYVIEW FAMILY FUN FACTS
We are in our final few weeks of our
Bayview Family Fun Facts program. Thankyou to all those people that have sent
things in for their children to share and
those who have sent in little notes about
their family heritage on their weekly
ballots. We have been continuing to learn
lots about our students, their families and
their communities. Our final few weeks
will include the words First Nation
(especially those living off of Vancouver
Island), Multi-cultural, Clothing, and
Food...if you have anything you or your
child would like to share, please contact
Gena Seward-Wilson or Jenn Stringer @
the school.
Students can receive 1 ballot each week.
BUT, they can receive 2 extra ballots by
sharing our Weekly Fun Fact sheet at
home and having it initialed by a
parent/guardian, then returning it to
school. Each week we give away 2 prizes: 1
to a student in Kindergarten to Grade 3
and 1 to a student in Grades 4 to
7. Continue to look for these Fun Fact
sheets coming home each week. Keep your
eyes open for information on our Year-End
Family Fun Facts Celebration.
NEW 3 YEAR CALENDAR ADOPTED
The Board of Education voted in favour of
adopting five recommendations set forth in
the local school calendar consultation. The
recommendations are:
1) Extend the existing three-year local
school calendar to 2017-2018
2) Elementary school local schedule
guidelines
3) Secondary school local schedule
guidelines
4) Two week spring break
5) Removal
of
one
district
implementation day and replacing it
with an instructional day
Come to the PAC meeting on Tues.,
May 12 to find out more info and help
with some school-based decisions
around our daily schedule.
KEEP ACTIVE KEEP MOVING EVENT
DRESS CODE
This inaugural event is taking place Sat.,
May 9th 10:00 – 3:00 in Maffeo Sutton Park.
Join Doctors Poteryko and Houghton at
11:00 a.m. in a Walk With Your Doc
www.walkwithyourdoc.ca, a one hour easy 3K
walk around the park. It’s for people of all
ages, no matter your ability. There will be
free interactive sports demonstrations – try
your hand at dragon boating, paddling, bocce
ball, basketball, Tae Kwon Do, gymnastics,
Tai Chi, Pilates - even lawn bowling! Check
out the information/demonstration booths in
the park.
With warmer weather on the way, just a
reminder about our dress code. The school
is a place to work and learn and as such
students are expected to dress in a manner
that is conducive to this expectation. At
school we rely on the good sense of students
and their parents rather than a strict code
as to what is suitable to wear to school.
Remember ‘tops should meet bottoms’,
‘lasagna straps’ instead of spaghetti straps,
and no inappropriate language or pictures on
the clothing.
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