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May Newsletter 2017

May 2017 Winger School Newsletter

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

May Newsletter

May! Such a short little word but one with such high expectations on it. We expect that with the month of May, we will experience warm, sunny weather, lots of bright col-ourful flowers and spring scents. Fortunately these things are uplifting and help us to accomplish the expectations that we must meet at this time of year.

We are gearing up for the EQAO assessment and although it only technically effects the grade threes and sixes, the rest of the school is involved. While the “testing” ses-sions are going on, the rest of the school tries to minimize unnecessary movement in the halls and eliminate the noisy chatter that sometimes occurs in the halls. Additional-ly, our LRT, Mrs. Kolbinson will be adjusting her schedule for working with students and staff, to accommodate assisting the teachers on the EQAO assessment days. Please re-member that this assessment offers important information to our assessment profile for our students. It will be appreciated if appointments could be avoided during the as-sessment timeframes. Information will follow as to the specific dates for each of the grades.

The second term is always like a race to the finish. Staff are focusing on ensuring that the curriculum expectations are completed by the end of the school year as well as complete the necessary administrative tasks that are required for the year’s end.

Please pay attention to the school calendar and newsletters to stay tuned to all the important activities in the last two months, by the way, I can’t believe that it is almost the end of the year. Time truly does fly when you enjoy what you are doing!!!!

Mr. C. McInnis, Principal

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NO PARKING OR STOPPING

Safety is always first at Winger School. Please avoid stop-

ping or parking in the bus loading zone. Buses are

having to wait for cars or drop off students unsafely

in other areas. Bus loading and unloading signs

are posted.

Winger School is looking for a Lunch Room Supervisor

Do you like spending time with some great kids. Winger School is looking for a

Lunch Room Supervisor. This is a paid position through the District School

Board of Niagara. Please call the school and speak with Mr. McInnis if your in-

terested in this position. Thank you for your interest.

Morning Supervision at Winger . . . .

This is a reminder that supervision starts at 8:45 am. Students who are dropped off

earlier are to go around the back of the school and wait outside. There is NO super-

vision until 8:45 am. If you need to drop off your child(ren) early please contact the

office and arrangements can be made. Thank you for your cooperation.

Chocolate Bar Fundraiser was a huge success. Mrs. Bisson is still counting

the money, but wow, there’s a lot of sales. The winner of the $100 Best Buy

gift certificate was Taylor Clapp who sold the most chocolate by the draw

date. The winner of the Great Wolf Lodge Gift Certificate which was drawn

at School Council meeting this week was the Marr Family. Congratulations to

these winners and congratulations to Winger School for mak-

ing this fundraiser one of our top ones.

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Pizza days at Winger are Friday May 5th,12th, Thursday 18th, Fri-

day 26th.

Lunch Lady Wednesday May 31st, 2017.

No Sub Day in May .

All pizza, sub and lunch lady orders can be ordered

through school cash on line. It just takes a few minutes to sign up,

and its easy too.

Hanging Baskets for Sale

Our Hanging Basket fundraiser will run from Wednesday April 26th to Tues-

day May 9th. All baskets will be $12, giving the students $3.75 profit to-

wards their year end trip. This will be our last fundraiser for this year, so get

your orders in and save on your trips in June. Thank you for your continued

support of all of our fundraisers. All baskets can be picked up Wednesday

May 10th. We appreciate you!!!!

YEAR END TRIPS

Many teachers are preparing and organizing their year end trips. Our Intermedi-

ates this year will be travelling to Toronto for several excursions and an overnight

stay , June 13th and 14th.

Juniors are planning a trip to Medieval Times dinner theatre in Toronto on June

15th, and our Primary classes have finalized their trip to Zooz

Niagara in Stevensville on Thursday June 22nd.

Watch for more details to follow and permission forms to

come home. Remember if you do fundraise that money will

be deducted from the cost of the trip. (Exception to chocolate

bar fundraiser for grades JK-6).

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From the Teachers at Winger . . . .

MAY NEWS FROM GRADE 4/5

Spring greetings from the grade 4/5 classroom! We have enjoyed taking advantage of the warmer

weather to use the outdoor classroom. Please be sure to send your child to school with a refillable

water bottle and a hat so we can continue with outdoor activities. We have been hard at work in Liter-

acy with reading and analyzing poetry. Students are reviewing parts of speech (nouns, adjectives,

verbs and adverbs) and counting syllables as they follow specific formats to write various types of po-

ems. When the writing is complete, students will be illustrating and preparing booklets for publishing.

Look for these to come home early this month for you to enjoy!

In math we have just completed a unit on transformational geometry and symmetry and students

enjoyed using grid co-ordinates to play “Battleship” and then extended that learning to locate places

in an atlas using grid co-ordinates. Students used pattern blocks, “mirras” and grid paper to create

symmetrical designs. Our next unit in math is a measurement unit and we will be estimating, measur-

ing and recording Area, Volume and Capacity using a variety of strategies and materials. Creating a

creature using centimetre cubes and measuring its volume in cubic centimetres is a favourite explora-

tion in this unit. We continue to work on numeration skills (adding and subtracting with regrouping

and multiplication and division) in daily bell work. Reviewing multiplication and division facts at home

will be beneficial for all students.

In Science, the eco houses were very successful and all of the designs kept the ice from melting for

2 hours. We even had some designs that passed the 6 hour mark! Students are to be congratulated

on their creative thinking and designs for this experiment! A unit test on energy will be coming up

soon. A “Study Buddy” Guide will come home to help students prepare for this test.

May is a busy month and we are looking forward to Music Festival, Jump Rope for Heart and Track

and Field and Grade 4/5 Day at E.L. Crossley! Stay tuned for more information on these events.

Mrs. Morgan-Rauh

8th Annual Wainfleet Safety Awareness Day and Bicycle Rodeo

presented by the Wainfleet Community Advisory Committee

Saturday June 3, 2017

10:00 am to 1:00 pm

31917 Park Street, Wainfleet Arena

For more information contact: Betty Konc at

bkonc@wainfleet.ca

Bicycle and helmet are required to participate in Rodeo

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SPRING VENDOR, BAKE SALE and PENNY SALE

AT WINGER SCHOOL

Thursday May 4th, 2017

5:00—8:00 pm

Vendor Fair

All vendors are asked to donate an item worth $20 to our Penny

Sale. Set up will start at 3:30 pm

Bake Sale—Please send in bake sale items on Thursday

May 4th before 4:00 pm, and remember peanut and

tree nut allergies when baking, thank you.

All questions and sign up can be emailed to, Wingerfundraising

@gmail.com

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE

Thank you for your support!!

Winger Spaghetti Dinner

Once again our Spaghetti dinner was a big hit. Raising over

$1100. Big winners of the night were, Owen Matthews win-

ning the 50/50 draw, $150 and Annette Kernicky winning the

door prize, Toronto Blue Jays gift cards. Thank you

to everyone who came out and a huge thank you

to the parents and staff that helped out.

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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday May 8—Winger Track & Field

Wednesday May 17—Group T & F Meet

Friday May 19—PA Day

Monday May 22— Victoria Day

Friday May 26—Jump Rope for Heart

Wednesday May 31—Lunch Lady

Friday June 9—PA Day

Tuesday June 13 & Wed. June 14—Interm.

trip to Toronto

Thursday June 15—Junior Trip to Medieval

Times in Toronto

Thursday June 22—Grade 8 Graduation @

BIC Church

June 22—Primary Trip to Zooz Niagara

Tuesday June 27—Kindergarten Grad and

Awards Assembly

Thursday June 29—Last Day of

Terry Fox Merchandise Order

Form

Please copy, fill out and re-

turn with payment to Winger

School by June 20th, 2017.

Orders will be placed through

the school and merchandise

will arrive in September 2017.

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Dear parents/guardians,

The Eco-Team at Winger School along with the entire school will be having a school yard

pick up on May 18th, in honour of Earth Month and the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-

up. Students will be cleaning up our school yard along with their teachers and picking up

the garbage that has amassed after a very long winter. Please dress your child accordingly

with rain/mud boots, coats or jackets according to the weather and gloves if you have

them so that they can participate in helping keep our Earth clean and healthy. The Eco-

Team thanks everyone for their support in promoting this worthwhile cause at Winger.

Mme Jones The Eco-Team

Fight the bite!

Ticks, mosquitos and rabid animals have no boundaries and can be a risk to you and your family when

walking to and from school or work, waiting at the bus stop, family trips, and while playing in the yard

at home or at the park.

Protect yourself and your family from West Nile Virus:

Reduce standing water where mosquitoes breed

Cover up, wear long sleeved shirts, long pants, hats socks and shoes

Repair any damaged window screens

Use insect repellants containing DEET or Icardin (follow manufacturer’s instructions)

Reduce the risk of Lyme disease:

Wear light coloured clothing to help spot ticks

Use insect repellants containing DEET or Icardin (follow manufacturer’s instructions)

Check yourself, your children and pets for ticks after being outdoors

Cut your grass and dispose of leaf litter where ticks can live

Prevent rabies:

Vaccinate your pets

Do not feed or approach any wild, stray or strange animals

Do not trap, transport, keep or pet any wild animals

Do not try and nurse sick animals back to health

Presently, all of these diseases exist in Niagara. For more information, contact Niagara Region Public

Health. 905-688-8248 ext. 7767 or 1-888-505-6074

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MUSIC NOTES!

Winger School is entered in the Port Colborne Festival of the Arts

and will be competing in the Festival on the following dates.

WINGER SCHOOL CHOIR—At Central United Church, 30 Delhi St.

Port Colborne

Wednesday May 3, 2017

10:30 am to 11:30 am

WINGER SCHOOL GRADE 7/8 ORFF ENSEMBLE—At McKay Public School, 320 Fielden

Ave. Port Colborne

Thursday May 4, 2017

1:30pm to 2:30 pm

Parents and Grandparents are welcome to come to attend to

be part of the audience and hear our students perform. They

have worked hard and they sound wonderful! Best Wishes to

all our musicians.

Mrs. Morgan-Rauh

Student Transportation of Canada—STC

Parents and caregivers are encouraged to sign up with

NSTS.ca (Niagara Student Transportation System) or in-

formation on cancellations or delays with your child’s bus.

Go to www.nsts.ca and press on subscribe, enter your

email and password and you will be notified

when and if your child’s bus is running late or

has been cancelled.

If you have any questions please call the