December 2017

Principal’s Message:

It’s hard to believe it’s already December! November was jam packed with so

many wonderful things; it’s hard to list them all. Some of our favorites included:

The amazing Remembrance Day assembly where EVERY student participat-

ed in a performance

Participating in the Royal Canadian Legion Poster and Writing Competition.

Special congratulation go out to:

*Haven Sittler for winning Second place in the Junior Coloured

Poster competition

*Hollen Bates for winning First place in the Intermediate Poem

competition, AND Second place in the Intermediate Coloured Poster

competition

The Girls’ Volleyball team wrapping up the season with a strong finish at

Extravaganza in Debden

Grade 5 & 6s being trained as Recess Guardians (a recess activity program

sponsored by the Red Cross)

The entire school having an amazing time at a private movie showing at the

Shellbrook Theatre (the popcorn & drinks were fabulous, too!)

Our totally fun Writing Goal Assembly

The incredibly successful Wild Rose Before and After School Program

Christmas Trade Show & Craft Sale

December shows no sign of things slowing down around here, either! On

Thursday, Dec. 7, the entire school will be traveling to Pr ince Alber t to

attend Alice in Wonderland at the EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts. We will

return around noon, and enjoy our annual Christmas Luncheon. Thanks so very

much to the SCC, Wild Rose parents and guardians, and community members

who have generously offered to donate food or time to make this huge event

happen. As your holiday calendars begin to fill up, please mark Wednesday, Dec.

20, and plan on attending our Christmas Concert. It is a wonderful evening where

we have a chance to showcase our amazing students, followed by time to connect

with family, friends and neighbours over coffee and Christmas baking.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a wonderful

holiday season, and all the best in 2018. Have a safe and enjoyable break

(beginning Saturday, December. 23, and returning to school Monday, January 8,

2018).

Happy Holidays,

Ms. Leanne Tretiak

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Importance of attendance ...... 2

Walkathon Incentive ............... 2

Mrs. Klaassen’s message ......... 3

Miss Gunderson’s message...... 3

Ms. Young’s message ............... 4

Miss Roth’s message ................ 4

Library News ........................... 4

Miss Bompais’ message ........... 5

Mr. Mackie’s message .............. 6

Food Drive .............................. 6

Legion Awards ........................ 6

IMPORTANT DATES

December 1—Report Cards

December 7—EA Rawlinson Centre

December 7—Christmas Luncheon @ the school

December 4-15—Food Drive

December 20—Christmas Concert 7pm

December 22—Last Day of Classes

January 8—Back to School

May your Christmas and every day ahead sparkle with happiness and new surprises!

Walkathon incentive:

On December 7th we will

travel to the EA Rawlinson

Centre to watch a Disney

Musical!!

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One of the best gifts you can give your child is a good education. It’s tempting to

extend your vacation by a few days, but it is important to consider the impacts on

your child’s learning. Just a few missed days here and there can add up to too

much lost learning time. So we look forward to seeing your child in school every

day, right up until vacation starts. Our teachers will be teaching, and our

students will be learning. Have a Happy Holiday!

Travel down the rabbit hole and join Alice, one of literature’s most beloved

heroines, in her madcap adventures. Featuring updated songs from Disney’s

thrilling animated motion picture, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland JR. is a

fast-paced take on the classic tale. The ever-curious Alice’s journey begins

innocently enough as she chases the White Rabbit. Her adventures become

increasingly more strange as she races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, raps with a bubble-blowing Caterpillar and

beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game! Roles are plentiful, including

three Cheshire Cats and dozens of other wonderfully wacky characters,

providing plentiful opportunities to showcase students of all different musical

skill levels. A chorus of kids playing in the park, rock lobsters, talking fish,

royal cardsmen, unbirthday partiers, as well as a group of mean-girl flowers,

allows for a highly expandable cast size.

Grade One/Two: Miss Gunderson

Thank you to all who made it out for parent-teacher interviews! It

is always nice to see lots of friendly faces around the school on

such a busy night.

The grade 1/2 class has been buzzing lately! The students have been running our

Morning Meetings, setting writing and reading goals, participating in the Remembrance

Day service, taking in the book fair, and SO much more! We have moved from a busy

time of year to an even busier one! We have begun our preparations for the much-

anticipated Wild Rose Christmas concert. Please expect to see our song lyrics come

home within the next week and please have your child practice the lyrics every night as

part of his or her reading time.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me

during school hours at 306-747-2323, by email at lgunderson@srsd119.ca, or send me

a message on Seesaw!

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Gunderson

SANTA’S JOKE CORNER

Q: What is the first thing elves learn in school?

A: The “elf”-a-bet!! 3

Kindergarten: Mrs. Klaassen

The kindergartens have been continuing to work hard on their writing goals. We have

been practicing many different ways to write our names with a capital letter at the

beginning and lowercase throughout. We have been using magnetic letters, shaving

cream, whiteboards wooden letters and many other ways to have fun while we are

practicing.

We have many exciting things happening in the kindergarten classroom and around our

school in December! On Thursday, December 7th

, is our trip to the E.A. Rawlinson Centre

to watch Alice in Wonderland followed by our annual Christmas dinner. Thank you to all

of the parents who are donating food and/or assisting with this special day. December

20th is the evening of our Christmas concert. Please have your child in our classroom 15

minutes before the concert begins. Please send a Santa hat for your child to wear for this

evening. You can send this to school at any time before then as we will be practicing with

them on. If you need help finding a Santa hat, please let us know and we will be happy to

help! Our last day of kindergarten before the Christmas break is Thursday, December

21st. We will be having our class Christmas party on this day and the students are

welcome to wear their pajamas and bring a small stuffy to school. Our first day back for

kindergarten after the Christmas break is Monday, January 8th

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Happy Holidays to you and your families!

Grade Five/Six: Miss Roth

The students have been very busy this month. The

grade 5’s have been writing and reading about Mystery

stories and the Grade 6’s have been writing and

reading about descriptive stories! Every student has

their very own writing goal, please ask your child what

their goal is and how many stars they have earned

towards their goal ! The grade 5’s have worked very

hard to complete their long division unit while the

grade 6’s have been busy working at angles! I am so

proud of each and every student and am so lucky to have them in my classroom

This month will be a busy one with all of the Christmas festivities happening, there is

the Christmas Musical in Prince Albert, the Christmas Dinner, and the Christmas

Concert! December will be very exciting!

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Grade Three/Four: Ms. Young

The month of November was very busy with Remembrance Day,

parent teacher interviews, pictures and so much more. Students

have just wrapped up their unit on descriptive writing and are now

beginning to write their own legends. Students will be working step

by step through the writing process to create legends that have bold

beginnings, mighty middles and excellent endings. In Science we

are currently experimenting with light and are retelling legends that

students have read through shadow puppet stories. In Social

Studies we have been talking about the people who have shaped

Saskatchewan and researching these people to find out why they are

important to Saskatchewan. As we move forward into December students will begin

learning some dance and music elements of Arts Education; in preparation for the

Christmas Concert. Thank you to everyone who has signed up for Seesaw so far the

students enjoy sharing their learning with all of you. If you still have not signed up and

you would like more information please feel free to contact me at the school.

Our school Christmas Concert is on Wednesday, December 20 at 7pm

Please join us for a fun filled evening of student performances, followed by dainties & visiting.

We will be accepting non-perishable food donations for the Shellbrook Food Bank.

Library News:

Thank you to everyone who supported our Book Fair again this year. It is a great oppor-

tunity to raise money for our library and to encourage reading with our students.

Our new books will arrive sometime in December!

Wishing you all the best this holiday season! Eat, Read & Be Merry

Reminder: Students should dress warm enough to be outside before

school, at recess and lunch. Please come to school with your

winter clothing: mitts, toque, winter coat, and snow pants.

Miss Bompais’ Math Corner

Kindergarten - In Kindergarten this month, we have been practicing tracing our

numbers and recognizing numbers in written form. We have also been using a

buffalo drum to help us count forwards and backwards to 10. Counting during

our daily activities has been fun and helpful for us to remember the order of

counting, and that we count to find out how many of something we have or need.

We will continue to practice the outcomes in the number strand, as well as work

on sorting strategies throughout December!

Grade 1/2 - The number strand continues to be our focus in grade 1/2 and we

have been playing different games to help us. We have been counting to 100 in a

variety of ways, and will begin to learn to skip count backwards. We have been

working on representing numbers, more than and less than, and addition

strategies. The grade twos are beginning to learn strategies to use with addition of

two digit numbers, with and without regrouping. Please continue to practice skip

counting at home with your children.

Grade 3/4 - I am excited to be teaching the grade three students math now as of

this last month! We have been working on multiplication strategies in both grades.

The grade three students have been focusing on multiplication to 5 x 5 and the

grade four students have been working on multiplication strategies for up to 11 x

11. We will continue to practice multiplication as it is so important, and a

necessary skill to have going forward. Next up on our agenda is working with

division and how it relates to multiplication.

Grade 6 - Grade six students have been working on outcomes within the shape

and space strand. They have been learning about the different types of angles

(right, acute, obtuse) and ways to measure angles. Throughout December we are

hoping to begin working on Blended Math, which will bring the focus back to the

number strand.

Grade 7/8 - The students in grade 7 and 8 have also been

working on outcomes within the shape and space strand, and

the grade 8s working on probability and statistics as well.

Throughout December, we are hoping to begin working on

Blended Math, which will bring the focus back to the number

strand, and students can work on outcomes that they need to

personally focus on and work at their own pace.

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Grade Seven/Eight: Mr. Mackie

The Grade 7/8 class has had a busy November. Wild Rose held a Remembrance Day

ceremony early in the month and students worked hard on Remembrance Day

poems, essays, and posters. Of those assignments, the grade 7/8 class won two

awards from the Shellbrook Legion. We have also had the opportunity to dust off the

snowshoes and get outside a few times in P.E. and we have started practicing our

basketball skills. Gearing up for Christmas the class is holding a Secret Santa once a

week until the break, as well as beginning to work on their Christmas Concert

performance.

SLC NEWS

The SLC is hosting a food drive of non-

perishable food items for the Shellbrook Food

Bank. These food items get put together in

hampers, and given to families in need for the

Christmas holiday. This year we are having a

classroom competition. Students can bring in

items, the items will be weighed and the total

will be divided by the number of students per

classroom to come to a weight per student.

The food drive will run from Dec. 4 – Dec. 15.

The winning classroom will receive floats or ice cream.

The Royal Canadian Legion hosts a Remembrance

Day contest every year, in which Grade 1 to Grade 12

students, throughout Canada can enter. The different

categories for competitions are Black and White

Poster, Coloured Poster, Essay and Poems. Each year

Wild Rose Public School students enter their work

into the competition through the Shellbrook Legion

Branch 111. The Shellbrook Legion Branch 111 members judge the art and literacy

entries, which come from Wild Rose Public School, Shellbrook Elementary School and

W.P. Sandin School.

There were two winners from Wild Rose Public School:

Haven Sittler – won 2nd

place with her Junior Black and White Poster;

Hollen Bates – won 1st

place with

her Intermediate poem as well as

2nd

place with her Intermediate

Colour poster.

Hollen’s first place poem will

continue on to province wide

competitions.

Congratulations to both girls!