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December Newsletter 2016

December 2016 Winger School Newsletter

From the Office of the Principal, Mr. C. McInnis….

Mr. C. McInnis,

Principal

As the holiday season fast approaches, take time for what is really important in your life, family and friends. Don’t forget to tell your children the important messag-es, “ I love you” and “I’m here for you”. Take time every-day to read to your children and ask them about what they are learning in Math as well. Your interest is a great way to consolidate learning.

The students are getting ready for the Holiday Concert which will be held on Tuesday, December 20th at our school @ 2:00 & 7:00. Also, don’t forget to stop by the Penny Sale and Bake Sale happening the same day in Room 12, open from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

I wish you a safe and happy holiday season and all the best for a great 2017.

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Announcing Winger School’s

Holiday Penny Sale Fundraiser

Tuesday December 20th, 2016

1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Penny Sale will be closed at 1:55 pm for the 2 pm concert

Doors will re-open at 3 pm-7:00 pm

Draws beginning at 7:00 p.m. during our evening performance

1. We are looking for new items and donations for our PENNY SALE. Please send such items to the school by Thursday December 15th.

2. Plan to bake for our bake sale...and remember we do have students and staff who have severe allergies to peanuts and tree nuts, so we are

asking that you keep this in mind when baking.

We encourage you to donate cupcakes, cakes, breads, and pies for our bake sale. PLEASE BRING BAKE SALE ITEMS TO THE SCHOOL ON

THE MORNING OF Thursday December 20th.

3. Each class will have a themed basket which will also be in the Penny Sale. Tickets for the Penny Sale will be $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. ½

and ½ draw tickets will be $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00

4. Come and enjoy our Penny Sale, ½ and ½ draw and then come to the gym for our annual Christmas Concert at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on

Tuesday December 20th!

Penny Sale will be closed during our afternoon and evening performances.

Your support and generosity assists us in providing in school and extra-

curricular events to our students.

Thank you for your continued support.

From Winger Students and Staff!

Crossley Drama Dept. presents . . . .

by Patrick Barlow

Patrick Barlow, writer of the Broadway and West End hit "The 39 Steps", has retold Charles Dickens’

holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. Both playful and poignant, this thrilling adaptation uses a small com-

pany of actors to bring some of Dickens' most beloved characters to life. From Scrooge and Tiny Tim to

Bob Cratchit and Mrs. Fezziwig, Barlow's A Christmas Carol~uses nothing more than some simple props,

fresh physicality, and the power of imagination to convey this timeless story of redemption. Witness

Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation from a stingy miser to a man who generously celebrates the spirit of

the season all year long, in this highly theatrical adaptation.

Show Dates:Sunday December 11 - Matinee - 1:00pm curtain

Friday December 16 - Evening Performance - 7:00 pm curtain

Saturday December 17 - Evening Performance - 7:00 pm curtain

Sunday December 18 - Matinee - 1:00pm curtain

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Parking Lot Safety concerns

This is a friendly reminder that morning supervision outside starts at 8:45 am. If you drop your child(ren)

off before this time your child(ren) must wait outside in the back until supervision starts. Rain or snow, a

decision to bring them inside is made at 8:45 am.

Also, there is no stopping at any time in our bus zone, especially in the mornings. Buses can arrive any-

where from 8:50– 9:05 and if parents are parked in the bus zone, buses cannot drop off in a safe manner.

Pizza days at Winger are , December 2, 9, 16, 23

There will be NO Lunch Lady for the month of December. It will return February

2017. There will be NO Sub day in December. It will return in January 2017.

Thank you for your continued support in our Hot Lunch Days at Winger.

Winger is NOW On-Line . . .

We know you have many different priorities competing for your attention each day. To respect those demands, we’d

like to help you save both time and effort. Beginning Monday November 7th, you’ll be able to approve permission

forms and pay for school items, such as fieldtrips, school spirit wear, hot lunches , milk and pizza online.

It takes just five minutes to register for this service. You will be able to access the service by visiting our school web-

site and clicking on “School Cash Online.” There, you’ll find more information about the system, links to registration

and support. You can use School Cash Online with confidence; it is a safe and secure portal.

Using School Cash Online, you may never have to search for spare change again! That is,

unless you’re looking for coffee money. More information will follow. You will be able to ac-

cess this through our school website at www.wng@dsbn.org Thanks for your support.

Intermediate Boys Volleyball . . . from Mr. Lynett The boys' volleyball team had a successful season. In League play, we had 4 wins and 1 loss. At the

DSBN tournament, we made it to the semi-finals before losing to the eventual champion, Woodland. At the

Port/Wainfleet tournament, we won the consolation side of the tournament. Congratulations on a fine

season.Team members include Mike H., Jairus F, Dawson H., Tyler H., Wyatt S., Owen M., Aiden L., Eli-

jah M.

Intermediate Girls Volleyball . . .from Mrs. Robinson Congratulations to the Intermediate Girls Volleyball Team who had a great season this year! Tremendous growth in all levels of play! We finished 2nd in our season and were 2nd place in the Region 2 Volleyball Tournament. Thank you to all of the parents who drove the girls to the games this season. Team Members included: Tessa K., Gwen C., Tessa G., Kyla K., Paige P., Chloe P., Sophie S., Annika B. and Natasha S..

LOST & FOUND

Please ,Please, Please mark your child’s name inside of their clothing. We have 2 tables of lost cloth-

ing and its growing. This would help us return lost items of clothing to their owners, thank you!!

We have sweatshirts, sweaters, coats and now with the cold weather, mittens and hats. Please take a

look next time your in the school.

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From the Teachers at Winger School . . . . Grade three and four with Mrs. Morgan-Rauh

I would like to begin by thanking all students for their wonderful job in preparing for and hosting our Remem-

brance Day Assembly on November 11th. Well done! Winter is just around the corner! We are pretty excited

about the change of seasons and have been working on our musical every chance we get! Save the date, De-

cember 20th for our annual Christmas concert. We have two shows, a matinee at 2 pm and an evening show

at 7 pm. See you there!

In Literacy, we continue to work on vowel combinations and the sound patterns they make in our weekly

words. Students are to be congratulated on improving spelling dictation marks each week. The next step is

to transfer these skills to everyday writing.

In writing, students have all written short narratives to accompany an illustration from the picture book, “The

Mysteries of Harris Burdick” by Chris Van Allsburg. (He is also the author and illustrator of the famous chil-

dren’s book, “The Polar Express”.) We have taken quite a bit of time to learn about the writing process, right

from ideas on an organizer to several rough drafts, editing and now they are being published. Be sure to look

for them soon on our hallway bulletin board.

In reading, we have enjoyed learning about the Canadian author, Gordon Korman who published his first

book at 12 years of age. We have just finished reading his first book, “This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald

Hall” and we practiced making predictions and talked about components of a narrative text (characters, plot

setting, problem and solution) in this novel and had many laughs along with main characters, Bruno and

Boots! In guided reading small groups, we are continuing to work on fluency and comprehension skills as we

read books at individual reading levels. Keep up the good work with home reading! We have a snuggle up

and read day in December, check your calendars, and bring in a favourite seasonal picture book to share. In

December we will begin our first novel study of the year and students will be writing reading responses in

this unit.

In math, number of the day continues to be a classroom favourite! Ask your child to show you how we do it but this

comes with a warning….these kids are mathematicians! Many thanks to parents for helping out with telling time on

analogue clocks at home during our measurement unit. Our measurement unit is just wrapping up and we will be on

to a unit of study on Number Sense next. This unit will begin with reinforcing place value concepts (ones, tens, hun-

dred, thousands) and the value of numbers. We will be counting, adding and subtracting as well as comparing and or-

dering numbers. We will explore the concept of decimal tenths and money amounts. Many hands on activities and

investigations will take place. Students will be encouraged to use a variety of problem solving strategies. Students will

be eager to talk about real life connections with you at home. In Science we have completed the section on light and

will be having a unit test on Light. I will be sending students home with a “Study Buddy Guide” to help them prepare

for the test. Stay tuned for the date and look for the Study Buddy Guide to be stapled in the agenda. I know families

are busy, so I always give notice a full week in advance of a Science unit test and make sure they have their science

notes in their backpacks so they can prepare at home. This unit on Light and Sound is large, so I split it up. We are now

investigating how sound is made and have done experiments with elastics, rice on saran wrap, tuning forks and jars of

water to see how sound waves cause vibrations. It has been messy, but fun! The sound part of our unit will culmi-

nate with students making their own musical instruments!

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Mrs. Robinson’s Grade 7/8 Class . .

English Update

Students are currently working on two different forms of writing: recount and narrative. They have almost com-

pleted their published copies of narrative stories (Gr. 7 Historical Fiction and Grade 8 Science Fiction) and have

created covers for them. We are now looking at Recount text forms and students will be creating photo essays of

a meaningful event in their lives. We have read a number of recounts and developed a list of success criteria for

them. We introduced the form by writing drafts of our trip to Toronto to see ‘Matilda: The Musical.’

Math Update

We have just started our Measurement unit. As described by John Van de Walle, the big ideas in measurement

are:

measurement involves a comparison of an attribute of an item with a unit that has the same attribute (lengths compare with lengths, areas with areas and time with time)

estimation of measures and development of benchmarks helps students increase their familiarity with units

area and volume formulas provide a method of measuring these attributes with only measurements of length

area, perimeter, surface area and volume are related

Students in grade 7 and 8 will be developing formulas for area of a trapezoid and area of a circle. This is the first time that they are introduced to those shapes.

We are still collecting items for our White Elephant Sale until December 9th. Our sale will take place on Wednes-day December 14th. Items are priced from $.25 to $10 for all students to purchase. Thank you for your support!

Clean Your Hands

Cleaning your hands is the most effective way to prevent the spread of germs. Regular hand cleaning with soap and water, or

an alcohol based hand sanitizer will reduce the risk of getting sick.

Cleaning your hands should occur:

Before preparing meals, before eating, after using the washroom, after coughing or sneezing, after blowing your nose,

after playing with pets, after playing outdoors

Use warm water and soap and lather and scrub for at least 15 seconds if your hands are visibly dirty.

For more information, talk to your school nurse or go to www.niagararegion.ca/health.

Mr.Lynett’s Grade 3 Class . . . In Language, we are continuing with making words ( Holiday big words for December). Spelling tests

continue every Friday. In Reading, we are looking at fiction and nonfiction and continuing to make con-

nections to what we are reading. Raz kids reading is available on-line and can be accessed through the

Winger school website. In Writing, we will continue to work on writing paragraphs and also begin letter

writing. In both reading and writing we are working on punctuation and how it can effect meaning.

In Math, we are beginning a numeration unit that includes numbers to 1,000. We will be composing and

decomposing numbers and also adding and subtracting numbers to 1,000. We will look at money

amounts to $10., including making change. Estimating will also be a focus. Work on number strings and

Dreambox also continues. We are continuing to review 3-D shapes and patterns. Look for weekly up-

dates on the Class Dojo.

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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

December 26-January 6 - Christmas Break

Friday January 20—PA Day

Friday Februay 17—PA Day

February 20 - Family Day

March 13-17 March Break

Friday April 14— Good Friday

Monday April 17 - Easter Monday

Friday May 19—PA Day

Monday May 22— Victoria Day

Friday June 9—PA Day

Thursday June 29—Last Day of Classes

Friday June 30—PA Day

“The Lights of Jingle Bell Hill “

Winger is planning another exciting Christmas Con-

cert and we wanted you to know so you can save the

date, Tuesday December 20th, with a matinee perfor-

mance at 2:00 pm and evening perfor-

mance at 7:00 pm. Hope to see you all

there and don’t forget to save the date!!

Carol Ann Leppert Music Endowment money will be spent this

year sending Winger School to see “Shrek The Musical” at Scotia

Bank Centre in Niagara Falls. Monday December 19th, at 9:05 am

Winger School will be travelling to Niagara Falls to see this fully

professional production from the producer of Aladdin, Beauty and

the Beast, Oliver, Annie just to name a few. The performance will

be approximately 2 hours in length.

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TWELVE DAYS OF GIVING

To coincide with the 12 Days of Christmas festivities, we are going to have a 12 Days of Giving Food and Clothing Drive to benefit the Wainfleet Firefighters Food Drive. Due to the timing of pick-up of the items, we will be “doubling up” on the days! Please help us make someone's Christmas a little brighter....

TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

1st Day of Giving – Thursday, December 8th

Canned Fruits and Vegetables and Canned Meat/Fish

2nd Day of Giving – Friday, December 9th

Baby Items and Grooming Items

3rd Day of Giving – Monday, December 12th

Pasta Items, Canned Soup and Crackers

4th Day of Giving – Tuesday, December 13th

Cereal, Granola and Cookies

5th Day of Giving – Wednesday, December 14th

Juice Items and Snack Food

6th Day of Giving – Thursday, December 115th

Rice, Kraft Dinner and Instant Meals

1st Day of Christmas – Thursday, December 8th

Joy Day – The decorating of the classroom doors with the theme: The Lights of Jingle Bell Hill

2nd Day of Christmas – Friday, December 9th

Snuggle up and read – Older students and younger students will be sharing their favourite Christmas books with one another. Please bring your favourites to school today!

3rd Day of Christmas – Monday, December 12th

Christmas Hat Day – Wear your favourite Christmas hat to school (toque, antlers, Santa hats...)

4th Day of Christmas – Tuesday, December 13th

Spirit Day – Dress in red, white and green

5th Day of Christmas – Wednesday, December 14th

White Elephant Sale – Students will be brought into the gym to purchase items for gift-giving. Items are all priced at $5 or less and will be wrapped by the Grade 7 & 8 class.

6th Day of Christmas – Thursday, December 15th

Mid-way Food and Toy Drive Count – keep dona-tions coming in!

Support Eco-team with Warm Sweater/Ugly Sweat-er Day – the temperatures will be turned down to-day!

7th Day of Christmas – Friday, December 16th

PJ Day – students and staff wear their pyjamas to school. AND Mr. Stickney and Port High Music visit

8th Day of Christmas – Monday, December 19th

Dress Rehearsal for the Christmas Concert and Trip to Shrek in Niagara Falls (All grades)

9th Day of Christmas - Tuesday, December 20th

Winger Christmas Concert 2:00

10th Day of Christmas – Wednesday, December 21st

Christmas Movie Buy-out - $1.00 – Proceeds to be donated to Port Cares - Whole School p.m

11th Day of Christmas – Thursday, December 22nd Whole school carolling in the gym

12th Day of Christmas – Friday, December 23rd

Whole school carolling in the gym