C.R. JUDD PUBLIC SCHOOL JAGUARS

FEBRUARY 2017 Please call the school if your child will be late or absent: 705-671-5953

Principal’s Message

Winter is definitely upon us now and the children are enjoying various outdoor and indoor activities. The children have been participating in a number of activities including, Curling, Cross Country Skiing, Snow Shoeing, Outdoors Nature Walks, Junior Volleyball and Basketball. We have a PA Day on Friday February 3rd which translates into a day away from school for the students. I hope you enjoy the Family Day on February 20th. There is no school for the students on Family Day. Please join us for a Free Family Skate at the Capreol Arena from 4:15 - 5:15 on Feb 21st. The 1st report card will be going home on February 22nd with parent-teacher interviews as requested after school that day. If you would like to meet or have a conversation with your child’s teacher please make arrangements with them (agenda, send a note or call the school) at your convenience. We will also be hosting a book fair during the week of February 21st . The book fair will be open to parents until 6:00 pm on Feb 22nd in the library. Please continue to promote reading and math with your children. The homework program for students in Grade 1 to 6 continues to be available on the board website at www.rainbowschools.ca. Mr. Mantha

Full Newsletter Online Only

In an effort to reduce costs and be environmentally friendly, our full monthly newsletter will only be available online at www.rainbowschoolos.ca, “Schools”, “Directory of Schools”, “C.R. Judd”, “Visit School Website”, “News”, or you may request a paper

copy from the office. The following link brings you to our news page: http://crjudd.rainbowschools.ca/news/ . We will also distribute the newsletter to our parents’ emails. If you would like to be added to our parent email contacts (or removed), please call the office to advise us. Only the 1st page of the newsletter and calendar will be photocopied and distributed to all parents. Our pizza and milk order form is also located on our school website.

Check us out and like us on Facebook at C.R. Judd. We are in the process of using Facebook to communicate with our school community and are excited to use social media to get the word out on the many great things that make CR Judd the best place for your children.

Celebration Assembly

Each month, CR Judd will host a school wide assembly to celebrate the many things that make CR Judd a great place for the students and our families. Our sports teams are recognized as well as other notable events or clubs. In January we recognized the boys and girls junior volley ball teams , the curling team and the cross country ski team. Mrs. LeGrand also took a few minutes to invite the students to join the EcoSchools team. She also shared the news that each

students will receive a free re-usable water bottle courtesy of CN Railway and the school council. These bottles will help our environment as students can refill them at our re-filling located by the jr/int washrooms. Two students are also selected from each class for displaying that month’s character trait. These students are presented with a certificate and parents and their families are invited to attend to join in the celebration. Pictures are taken and these will be displayed on our “Character” bulletin board at the school. Congratulations to our students selected by their teachers for the month of December (Responsibility). They are: FDK: Farren O., Dakota D. Grade 1/2: Morgan G., Hannan A. Grade 2/3: Evelynne G., Makaio H. Grade 3/4: Kesiah H., Dorian B. Grade 5/6: Lucas F., Tucker B. Grade 6/7: Connor M., Emma H. Grade 8: Mickalah N., Dylan R. Bell Times:

Entry: 8:45 Second bell 8:50 Attendance

Morning Recess: 10:50—11:10 Morning Nutrition Break: 11:10—11:30

Afternoon Recess: 1:00 — 1:20

Afternoon Nutrition Break: 1:20 — 1:40

Dismissal: 3:10 pm

There is NO early dismissal on the first and last day of school.

Congratulations! You are the owner of a new metal water bottle compliments of CN Railway and C.R. Judd Public School! Our school is now part of a province wide program that helps us to be more environmentally friendly! Students from grades 3 to 8 are invited to join our EcoSchools Team, who will be part of making decisions that will change how our school interacts with the environment. One of our first endeavours will be to encourage all students and staff not to bring disposable water bottles to school. Did you know: our school has an automatic water bottle refilling station at our main water fountain! Our city water is as healthy and delicious as any bottled water, so please leave your new water bottles at school and enjoy fresh water all day long!

Watch for more exciting news from our EcoSchools Team!

Please find the new pizza and

milk form for Jan-Feb-March at

www.Rainbowschools.ca - go to

C.R. Judd Public School website

in the “News” section.

Books and More Books at

the Book Fair It is that time of year when the children get excited about the Book Fair coming to C.R.Judd. Book sales will take place on Feb. 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Feb. 23rd from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the library.

Please remember that for every $10.00 you spend, $5.00 comes back to the school as a credit so that we can

purchase new books. This is the major fundraising activity for the school library and allows us to replenish and update the library books each year. As you can see, the more books we sell the more books we can purchase for the library! You do not have to have a child in the school to come to the book fair. Everyone from the community is welcome. Please invite grandparents and friends. There are many great gift ideas for all ages. Parent volunteers are needed. You will work a three hour shift assisting students to find and purchase their books and tidying up the tables. You can e-mail Ms. Swalm (Library Clerk)

or call Ms.

Smith at 705 671-5953 to leave your name as a volunteer.

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school on Feb. 21st, 22nd and 23rd ! What

better way to promote reading to our students than by supporting this important

literary event. We invite your entire family to participate by

purchasing the latest and greatest in children’s books at the book fair. Your support of this vital literary

event is a key part of helping us obtain new books and resources for our library and classrooms Watch for further information coming soon! See you at the Book Fair!

Little Kittens have Lost Their Mittens

We are in need of mittens or gloves for our JK to Grade 3

students. If you have extra pairs at home, please consider donating them to the school so that our

students can make the best of their outdoor play time. Thank you for your help. They can be dropped off at the school or sent with your child to the school at any time.

SCHOOL COUNCIL Successful education requires a strong partnership

between the school, the home, the staff and

members of the community.

Our school Council is made up of:

Chair: Trish MacLean

Teacher: Tracey LeGrand

Parent: Dave LeGrand

Parent: Anka Brown

Parent: Paula Marshall

Parent: Natalie Phaneuf

Community Rep: Andrya Briscoe-Illsey

Principal: Mr. Mantha

Our Next School Council meeting is held on:

Thursday March 2nd, 2017

from 3:30—4:30 p.m.

All parents are welcome. Please call the school if

child care is required and we can arrange for

child care at the school.

JK Orientation and Registration

Do you have a child starting school for the first time in September of 2017? Please call the office at 671-5953 to make arrangements to register your child for school in September.

Inspiring your Child to

Learn and Love Math

The Council of Ontario Directors of Education

have published a Parent Engagement

Document for use in Ontario Schools. Inspiring

Your Child to Love Math is a parent tool kit and

guidebook

designed to

support the

important role

parents have

in

contributing to their children’s learning at home

and at school. A kit was distributed to the

parents at the last school council meeting. A

few more kits are available at the office and

can also be downloaded from the CODE

website at

www.ontariodirectors.ca/parent_engagement.h

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CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE MONTH:

COURTESY

What is Courtesy?

1. Showing politeness and consideration towards others.

2. Best way to show respect and caring.

3. Courtesy words and phrases: Hello, good morning, please, thank you, I am sorry, excuse me, nice to meet you, have a nice day…

Valentine’s Day Tuesday February 14th

This Valentine’s Day tell those you love how wonderful they are and how much they mean to you. Do something extra

special to show you care.

Curling Bonspiel Our school was well represented at the Rainbow District Curling Bonspiel on January 14th and 15th. The event took place at the Sudbury Curling Club. In this year’s event we had the returning siblings team of Meagan M., Connor M., along with Ashley R. and Dylan R. This team played well together, won 2 of their three games and placed 2nd in their pool. It was our good fortune to enter a second team

consisting of Rida A., Zack P., Nour A., and Khalie P. A big thank you to Trisha MacLean. The entire event was a display of good sportsmanship

with each team representing CR Judd with class. Way to go C.R. Judd!

Important Dates

February 1: Jr, Boys V.Ball (N.E.)

February 2: Jr. Girls V.Ball (N.E.)

February 3: PA DAY(no school)

February 7: Pizza & Milk Start for February

February 8: Jr. Girls Volleyball RDSB-Confed

February 9: Jr. Boys Volleyball RDSB-Confed

February 10: JK-SK @ Science North

February 10: Capreol Cross Country Ski Loppet

February 14: Valentine’s Day

February 14-15: Girls Int. Basketball @N.E.

February 17: Cookie Dough Fundraiser kickoff

February 20: FAMILY DAY(no school)

February 21st: Free Family Skate: Capreol Arena

4:15-5:15

February 21: Book Fair preview

February 22: Book Fair Purchase Day

: Parent/Teacher Interviews(by request)

: Report Cards go home

: Book fair open till 6:00 pm

Feb 22-23: Grade 6-8 Ski Trip to Searchmount

February 23: Book Fair a.m. Last Chance Purchases

February 24: Ski Loppet Naughton

March 1st: March Pizza & Milk $ Due

Recycle for Education is an ink and toner

recycling program designed to educate adults and kids on the benefits and importance of recycling. Please encourage students, friends and family members to drop off their empty ink cartridges off at the school or directly to Staples.

Grade 1 to Grade 6 Homework Program

The Homework Program for February and March 2017 for Grades 1-6 is available at the RDSB website. These homework page are posted each month, along with many extra resources for families to access.

• http://www.rainbowschools.ca/parents/HomeworkProgram.php The program is intended to be worked on 4 out of the 7 days in a week.

Picking up or Dropping off

Children

If you are driving and parking your car to pick

up or drop off students, please be mindful of

the bus loading zone at the start and end of

each day. Kindly refrain from blocking any

driveways as well. Please feel free to park

further down along Lincoln Crescent, in the

school's lower parking lot or across the

street from the school and walking your child

across the street. The school bus loading

zone is a busy area and we all need to work

together to ensure the safety of all of our

students. Thank you for making the bus

loading area a super safe place for all of the

students. Mr. Mantha

C.R. Judd Family Skate

You are invited to a family skate at the Capreol Arena from 4:15-5:15 pm on Tuesday February 21st, 2017. Bring your children and enjoy a free family skate in our community arena. Please call the school at 705-671-5953 if you would like to borrow a helmet or skates. All children must wear a helmet for safety and be accompanied by an adult for supervision purposes. Looking forward to seeing many of you on the ice again this year.

Health Unit and Immunizations

Key messages to parents Did you know? 1. As a parent you are responsible to report your child’s immunizations to the Sudbury & District Health Unit. Visit the Health Unit’s website to report online (www.sdhu.com) or call their vaccination reporting line at 705.522.9200, ext. 458 (toll-free 1.866.522.9200). 2. The Sudbury & District Health Unit’s main office offers the following immunization clinics, by appointment: • weekdays, during normal business hours • Wednesday evenings, from September to June • Saturday; February 18, March 4, April 1, and April 29, 2017 Appointments are also available at our district office locations. For more information, visit www.sdhu.com. Immunizations can also be obtained via your health care provider or a walk-in-clinic.

Wanted: Lunch

Supervisor C.R. Judd Public School is

currently seeking

applications for

lunch supervisors.

The position would

be for 1 or 2

hours per day at a rate of

approximately $13.00/hr.

Responsibilities include

supervising children at lunch

time and at recess, reporting

issues to the Principal and

providing some help in

classrooms (ex: reading, pizza

delivery...). Training will be

provided.

The successful candidates must

provide the school with a

police check.

If interested or would like

more information, please see

Mr. Mantha or call the school

at 705-671-5953.

Electrical Safety and Conservation

On January 31, 2017, the students from JK to grade 8 had an electrical safety and conservation presentation in the gym. The entertaining presenter taught the students safety around power lines and ways they can conserve energy at home.

His main message around safety that you could review with your children are:

1. Electricity wants to get to the ground. 2. Never fly kites near power lines. 3. Never climb trees near power lines. 4. Stay away from substations and

electrical equipment. 5. Stay away from downed power lines,

call for help. 6. Water and electricity don’t mix. Check

your GFCI outlets with parents. 7. Never overload outlets. 8. Never put things in electrical outlets. 9. Check cords for signs of wear. 10. Outside extension cords, 3 prong

plug=ground wire. 11. Unplug chargers,adapters. Don’t charge

items on your bed/pillow/soft surfaces.

Curling for everyone, from Sudbury to Syria 2017-01-21 by Randy Pascal

Like countless other sports in Canada, curling will thrive in the long-run, to the extent that it is able to be introduced to as wide a spectrum of young athletes as possible. That is, in part, the attraction of the annual “Rainbow Elementary Bonspiel” to organizer Jason Bissonnette, taking on the torch from others

who have continued to grow this January tradition for the past several years.

While I did not take the time to complete a formal survey, common sense would suggest to me that a large percentage of those in the field of more than 20 rinks were enjoying their first taste of the joy that is curling via the school that they attend.

That was definitely the case for 13 year old Rida Alzahran, representing C.R. Judd Public School in Capreol roughly a

year after making the move from Syria to Northern Ontario with his family.

“It’s different in Syria,” he explained. “We play soccer a lot, basketball a little bit, just with friends. We would play at fields, but not like the ones here with a fence. Our fields would have good grass and flat ground, so we would play there. But no curling, ever, ever.”

Not that a lack of knowledge or even general awareness of the sport was about to slow this young outgoing teenager one iota. “When I got to school, all of my class were going to curling, so I got to try it. It’s a little bit hard to learn the rules in curling, like when you try and tell your friends how and where to throw the rock.”

The reason this would be important, for Alzahran, was that he has ascended to the role of skip after just one game in this bonspiel, as his team progressed from a game 1 loss to a game 2 tie.

Still, the way he saw it, he was probably not the best person to ask about why he might make a good skip. “Maybe I’m good, I don’t know,” he said with a smile. “You would have to ask the coach.” In any event, he was thrilled with the progress than his team was enjoying, even in the early stages of the event.

Alzahran. “Now, if there is a rock for the other team in the middle, I move it from the middle.” The new Canadian and his team may not have advanced to the finals, but judging from the smiles, that was the least of their concern.

Handwashing

Properly washing your hands should be

an important part of your daily routine.

Washing your hands is your best defence

against spreading illness such as the

flu, colds, food-borne diseases,

and norovirus (general information from

Health Canada and information for health

professionals from the Ministry of Health

and Long-Term Care).

How to wash your hands

Follow these steps for healthy

handwashing habits throughout your day.

1. Use regular—not antibacterial—soap and

running water.

2. Lather the front and back of your hands.

3. Rub between your fingers and under your

nails.

4. Wash for at least 15 seconds.

5. Rinse with warm water.

6. Dry your hands with a paper towel.

7. Use a paper towel to turn off the faucet.

When should I wash my hands?

When to wash your hands is also key

to preventing the spread of illness. Here’s

when you should be washing your hands:

when you arrive at work or home

when arriving at, or leaving, a daycare

when arriving at, or leaving, a health care

facility

when your hands are visibly dirty

after handling garbage

after handling dirty diapers

after sneezing or coughing

after wiping your nose

after using the toilet

after handling animals or animal waste

before preparing, serving, or eating food

before giving or taking medication