Stop, Drop and Pray!

May God use each one of us in our lives to give glory

to Him. We pray for the Wilson family this week

Miranda (5), Emily (3), Leah (1).

FRIDGE DOOR

Calendar of Events

May 30 SG Track and Field

June 1 SG Track and Field Rain Date

June 2 Grade 3/4 Bake Sale

June 3 Spirit Run

June 6 Grade 5/6 Trip to Medieval Times

June 7 Primary Field Day

June 8 District Track & Field

June 9 Fun Afternoon

June 12 Graduation Assembly

June 13 Gr. 5/6 French Café

June 14 Kindergarten Celebration

June 15 Grade 3/4 Trip to Lang Pioneer Village

June 16 Grade 8 Graduation

June 19 Retirement Tea for Mrs. Botting

June 20 Volunteer Tea

June 21 JK-2 Trip to Presquile

A Glimpse into Student Life

How many times are we to forgive one another? The

answer is seventy times seven! Forgiveness is one of

those things that we can all struggle with. How do we

forgive when we have been deeply hurt or offended?

How do we forgive if we are still feeling angry?

Forgiveness is an act of our will. We forgive by choice

and when we do that, it gives God the freedom then to

work in our hearts. In chapel, we talked about

forgiveness and how we all make mistakes. Our mistakes

can hurt people and we need to learn to own them and

ask for forgiveness. Trying to understand why people

offend us or why we have offended them is another good

exercise in walking in forgiveness. People always have a

reason why they do what they do. If we understand why

something was done, perhaps it will be easier to forgive.

Jesus taught us how to forgive - he gave his life for us.

Monday, May 29, 2017

Parents of Grade 8 Students

Graduation is quickly approaching and plans are

underway. We are in need of 10 pictures of your

child at varying ages for our processional. Please

send your digital copies of these pictures to the

school a.s.a.p. It is very important that they come in

by the end of this week.

Grade 8 Celebration Chapel is scheduled for

Monday, June 12th. We hope you can join us in

celebrating our grade 8's and the impact they have

made on our school! Chapel starts at 9 am.

Invitations for graduation will be sent home

tomorrow. You will be receiving one dinner

invitation for parents and three invitations to the

ceremony. You will also be receiving an

information sheet about more specific graduation

details.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs.

Roeper.

Job Opportunity at B.C.S.

B.C.S. has an exciting opportunity for someone who is

creative, loves children and has a spirit of care for our

students who need after school care for the 2017/2018

school year. This program runs every school day students

are present, excluding PA days, school closure days and

possibly school days when the need is limited.

The duties of the successful applicant:

will plan and submit a monthly calendar in advance of

that month to be distributed to our parents through

the office.

will create interactive opportunities to engage the

students.

will be directly accountable to the administrative

person on duty.

will check all windows, check and secure all doorway

exits and lock the office doors and set the alarm at

the end of the program.

will record the hours on the time sheet made

available by the office.

will track attendance of all families and the amount of

children who use this service.

Please send your application letter along with your

references and faith statement to our office.

office@bellevillechristianschool.ca

Deadline: June 1, 2017.

What’s Happening at BCS

Community News

Great Wolf Lodge - It's that time of

year again! A block of rooms has been

reserved during the annual Fall PA

days for our Christian schools.

Discounted rates are available for the

dates of Oct. 26 & 27, 2017. Room

rates start at $179.99/night. Our group

booking code is: 1710CHRI_001. To

book your room go to:

www.greatwolf.com/niagara or call: 1-

866-949-9653. Booking deadline is

Sept. 26, so reserve early to avoid

disappointment! For further

information, please ONLY contact

Tammy Veld - rtveld96@gmail.com or

call/text: 905.745.5609

Student Life

Next week Friday, June 9th, we will be having our annual "Fun

Afternoon". This is our last opportunity for our Colour Houses

to have some fun together. We are planning some water

activities so wear some clothing that can get wet.

Spirit Run Update

Currently we are around $ 9,000

including our sponsors! We are off to

a great start. Let's work hard this

week and reach our goal of $20,000.

If we raise more, more teachers will

be smooching a pig on Saturday! We

will be meeting at the property

between 9-9:30, Saturday morning.

Our first run/walk will begin at 10am.

There are some great draw prizes to

be given away. We also have games

for the kids and a BBQ for our

community. This is a wonderful

community event and we would love

see you all there!

Grade 3/4 Bake Sale

On Friday, June 2 the Grade 3/4 class will be hosting a bake

sale. All proceeds will go to help the Grace Inn Emergency

Homeless Shelter. Don’t forget to bring some money for a

yummy treat and to support a worthy cause. That sounds like a

win-win to me!

Gift Cards

The last gift card order for the year will

be going in Friday, June 9th. Don’t forget to

stock up for the summer!

After School Care

The last after school care of the year will be on Thursday, June

15th. Check the ASC calendar for the upcoming activities.

Quote of the Week

"Synergize is my favourite

habit because you can do it

with a friend!"

Grace

Kindergarten

Math

This week we will find different

ways to make ten, and learn about

the tricky Teen Family of

numbers!

Literacy

We are finishing up out individual

books! We will learn that to

publish a book means covers and

bindings and titles! SKs will also

practice finding the medial, or

middle sound in a word.

A Note from Miss

Kuipers

Parents you are invited to

our Kindergarten

Celebration of Learning on

June 14 at 2 p.m.! Please

save the date - more

information to follow!

Other upcoming dates:

June 7 - Primary Field Day,

June 14 - Celebration of

Learning,

June 16 - Gr 8 graduation,

June 21 Class Trip

Memory Verse

1 Cor 12:27 "Now you are the

body of Christ, and each one of

you is a part of it."

Due Friday

Bible

We will continue to learn about

God and His character. We have

worked very hard on our

posters about who God is and

will finish them this week. This

project has challenged us to

illustrate “God Is” statements

with Bible stories and instances

from our life to consolidate our

learning.

Inquiry

"You have knit me together in my

mother's womb." We continue

studying the 5 senses, the ways

God gave us to explore the world,

with the senses of taste, smell,

and hearing.

Grade 1 & Grade 2

News from Ms. Russell

In Bible this week students will hear stories of Jesus

performing miracles. Students will learn that Jesus'

miracles showed his authority from God, his power

over nature, and his love for people.

In our creation studies unit, "The Earth Declares," we

will be focusing our attention on soil this week.

Students will learn the four main components of soul:

minerals, organic substances, water and air. As well,

students will learn about how God brings life from

death through decomposition. They will learn that

God is a detailed designer who created several things

that break down materials, they are called

decomposers.

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News from Mrs. Botting

This week the calendar turns over to June! Please

make sure your child is done the reading of four book

bundles for the month. We are starting a new math

unit on 2D geometry and patterning. And keep in

mind the dates for Primary Field Day (the morning of

Wednesday, June 7) and our class trip to Presqu'isle

(June 21.)

Memory Verse Corinthians 13:4-7 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It

does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It

does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is

not easily angered, it keeps no record of

wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices

with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts,

always hopes, always perseveres.

The grade 2 students made obstacle courses

for their lego men.

They had lots of fun!

Grade 3 & Grade 4

Math: We are moving into money just in time for our bake sale. We will be learning about adding and

subtracting money and making change.

Phys. Ed.: We are going to our SG Track & Field

competition on Tuesday. After that we will be using frisbees

and start playing Ultimate Frisbee.

News from Mrs. Mackay:

I hope you got a chance to see and read the final copy of the Writing the Lives of the Elderly projects. They came

home on Thursday. The students were a wonderful blessing to the elderly at Westgate Lodge last Thursday; they

shared their projects, visited, sang "10 000 Reasons" and bid their friends good-bye. There were a few tears. If

you and your family would like to continue contact with your child's elderly friend, contact Shelly Hills at

Westgate Lodge and she would be happy to help set up visiting times!

We are well into our class novel study, "They Called Us Loyalists" which ties in so well with our current Creation

Studies unit, "Our Historical Communities". We are studying about pioneer life and we are seeing that early

settlers had to practice Habit 6: Synergize just to survive! They also relied on God and the community. We will be

sharing our own family histories this week and creating a Coat of Arms for our family, based on our histories and

family values. I am planning to have a pioneer morning on Thursday, June 8. On that day, we will dress like

pioneers (ideas will come home soon!) and eat like pioneers and have school like pioneer kids. Should be fun!

Our field trip to Lang Pioneer Village is Thursday, June 15. A letter is coming home today on BRIGHT yellow

paper! Check it out and please send back the bottom portion if you are planning to attend the trip or can drive.

The entrance fee for students and parents who drive will be covered by the student fund. Parents who attend but

do not drive will pay a $5 entrance fee. We hope many of you can come as it's always an excellent field trip!

THIS week our class is hosting a bake sale with the proceeds going to support the opening of the Grace Inn

Shelter for homeless people in downtown Belleville. The building that has been secured needs much renovation

so our class wanted to be a part of the fundraising. Please discuss with your child what they could bake and

bring. Thanks for your support. The Grade 3/4 class will be running this and this will give them practical

experience with making change with money. DATE CHANGE! The bake sale will be on FRIDAY, JUNE 2!! Thanks

for your support:)

Music: Gr. 3/4 musicians are playing

rhythm bowling, Silly Socks and

boomwackers alongside recorder to

practice for recorder Olympic medals.

Bible: his week we will be finishing our Bible unit and we

will be reviewing what we have learned. We will have our Bible

memory test on Wednesday.

When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what

can I do for you before I am taken from you?” “Let me inherit a

double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied. “You have asked

a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am

taken from you, it will be yours – otherwise, it will not.”

2 Kings 2:9-10

French: The verb quiz on

“Avoir” was returned on Friday.

Some students will be doing a

retest on Thursday, June 1st. We

have completed most of the menus

for the French café that we plan to

host on June 13th. We will be

asking for contributions of

sandwich ingredients, desserts, and

drinks. It will be a fundraiser.

Music: Gr. 5/6 Music We are

very thankful to Pinnacle Music for

lending to us bass and acoustic

guitars plus a full drum kit to help

expose our students to Praise Band

instrument playing. Also special

thanks to Jordan Hall, Alex Jeffrey,

Deb Morgante and Jane VanderWilp

for giving so generously of their

time and talent to allow for this

opportunity.

A Note from Mrs. Visser

Don’t forget to collect sponsors for the Spirit Run, which is

happening this coming Saturday! I wonder who will be kissing a

pig?

We are looking forward to our Medieval Times class trip next

Tuesday, June 6th. Please be at the school at 7:45 am so that we

can be on the road by 8 am.

Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 30th) is the SG Track and Field day at

the Trenton High School track (Note the location change for this

year). We will be leaving BCS at 8:30 am, by bus.

Grade 5 & 6

Literature: We are reading

“Picture in the Bedroom” - an

excerpt from C.S. Lewis’ book

“Voyage of the Dawn Treader”.

This book is an awesome

example of how the fantasy

genre can be used to portray

biblical truths.

Math: We be finishing up our

Geometry unit by examining 3D

shapes and their properties. We

will also create patterns using

transformations. There will be

a quiz on Friday.

Writing: We are writing

fantasy stories. The draft is

due this week. I will be meeting

with students to discuss their

progress. I am seeing some

vibrant imaginations on display

in student writing, and good

application of writing skills, like

good beginnings and vivid

vocabulary.

Bible: p. 649, p. 650 and p.

651 will be covered this week.

This includes the story of the

stoning of Stephen.

Word Work: We are finishing up

the vocabulary assignments from

last week. The Hero’s Quest

vocabulary is due tomorrow. No

spelling test this week.

Art: The fantasy book covers

should be completed this week. Be

sure to check the rubric and

include a back cover summary of

your story.

Science: We continue by

studying the digestive system

that gives us our energy. Pages

181 to 183.

Grade 7 & 8

Math: Algebra concepts will

be taught today and the final

comprehension test is complete

by half the class. I will finish

marking this individually for

each learner by Friday. This

test will be put in their

Leadership Binder especially for

grad eight as they go into grade

nine in September.

Science: The Healthy Living

Series unit on human relationships

continues on Thursday.

Word Work: Students should

only have 2 out of the 4 lists left

for this school year. Turn the

sentences in on Google

Classroom.

Writing: We will not have

class this week due to the trip to

Fair Glenn. When students

return, we will continue to

explore writing News Articles.

French: Tasks 1-3 have been posted on Google Classroom for our unit, “A

Votre Santé” about food, exercise and healthy living choices. We are aiming

to finish these by June 2nd. Study the verbs vouloir, pouvoir, and devoir

(present tense). You will be quizzed on these next week. The final

presentation of the “Plan D’Action" should be on June 7th.

Geography: We are working

on our last project about

building a sustainable town

around mining or forestry.

Reading: Canadian Author

Reading Response assignments are

posted on Google Classroom. They

are due this Friday, June 2nd. I will

provide class time, but some of the

work will need to be done as

homework. Remember to keep on top

of assignment due dates and finish

the year strong!