December 18, 2014

Jan 5—Classes Resume

Jan 8—SCC Meeting 4-6 pm

Jan 9—Skating Gr. 2 & 3

Jan 13—Baking Day

Jan 16—Hot Meal forms due

Jan 16—Skating Gr. K & 1

Jan 21—Hot Meal & Formal Dress-up Day

Jan 23—Skating Gr. 4 & 6

Jan 28—check e-mail for newsletter

Jan 30—NO SCHOOL

Feb 5 & 6—Gr. 1 & 2 Assemblies

Box 310, 300 4th Avenue East Delisle, SK S0L 0P0

Phone: 306-493-2451 Fax: 306-493-8238 Website: www.spiritsd.ca/de

E-Mail: delisleelementary@spiritsd.ca

Jolayne Rempel—Principal Marc Normand—Vice-Principal

Sheila Crowe—Administrative Assistant

Safe...Caring...Learning

Celebrate and Educate

D Delisle

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D Delisle

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Dates to Remember

Please visit our website for

more information about our

school at

http://www.spiritsd.ca/de From the Staff & Students at

Delisle Elementary School

Merry Christmas &

Happy New Year

Picture created by Ella C in Grade 3

Counsellor’s Corner In continuing on the topic of Resilience, the focus of this edition of Counsellor’s Corner is on

confidence.

Confidence is the belief in one’s own abilities which is rooted in competence. We become confident

when we are provided opportunities to try things and become good at them. Some suggestions for

developing confidence in kids include:

Fostering competence (see last newsletter)

Providing opportunities to build on strengths – encouraging them to do the things they are good

at and that interest them, even if they don’t seem interesting to you

Helping kids recognize when they do well or do right

Looking for and pointing out the positive aspects of your child

Making sure praise is honest, authentic, and appropriate

Encouraging your child to push him/herself within reasonable limits

Playing with/spending time with your child – it helps them to feel they are worthwhile

Making sure your child knows that you value them and love them just because of who they are

Giving your child responsibilities

The focus of the next edition will be on the third C which is connection.

Resources: Brooks, Robert Ph. D., and Goldstein, Sam, Ph. D. Nurturing Resilience in Our Children. Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 2003

Ginsburg, Kenneth M.D., M.S. Ed. Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics,

2011 www.fosteringresilience.com

P. Ippolito

School Counsellor

Answers to which symbol belongs to your House team…did you guess correctly?

Trojans Crusaders Vikings Spartans

Congratulations to Riece F for winning the House Team guessing game. She won a whole

armful of prizes! Thank you to everyone for playing. You all earned 50 points for your

house team just for guessing!

Trojans Crusaders Vikings Spartans

Current House Totals:

6998 6695 7293 6720

We would like to extend a huge

To Ken & Cherryl Schumacher and family

for supplying all of the beef for the taco

pitas that were enjoyed for Hot Meal. We

really appreciate your generosity!!

To Abigail Mahoney for the coffee supply.

Thank you for your help in keeping the

staff energized!

Delisle Composite Life Skills

group would like to thank you for

all your generous support with

our “Coats for Kids’’ collection.

Your thoughtful gifts of gently used winter clothing

will warm the hearts of families in need.

From all of us MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Craft & Bake Sale

The sale this year was a huge success once again. We hope everyone loves their gifts

because the kids enjoyed shopping and wrapping them! Thank you to everyone who donated

gifts and baking and a huge thank you to our volunteers: Kristen Griffith, Tori Grenier, Anne

Gessell, Shauna Adams and Jolene McLeay. Our raffle winners pictured are:

Cali A—puppy & frozen cake, Jackson M—mud racer truck, Paige F—snowman baking set,

Axtyn S—snowman baking set

Skating Delisle Elementary students are scheduled to skate at the Delisle Centennial Arena. We will leave the school

at 12:30 and return for last recess at 1:40. In recognition of the Sports Safety Policy, each student is required to wear a

CSA approved helmet. Students in Division II (Gr. 4-6) will be walking and students in Division 1 (K-3) will be bussed. Please

dress appropriately and skates and helmets are in a carrying bag. Parents are needed to help with tying skates.

Jan 9—Grade 2 & 3

Jan 16—Kindergarten & Grade 1

Jan 23—Grade 4 & 6

Feb 6—Grade 5 & 5/6

Feb 13—Grade 2 & 3

Feb 27—Kindergarten & Grade 1

March 6—Grade 5 & 5/6

March 13—Grade 4 & 6

Hot Meal & Formal Day

January 21, 2015

Hosted by the Grade 5/6 class

The menu will be:

Chicken Noodle Soup or Chili

60% Whole Wheat Bun Veggies & Milk

Yogurt & Berries

Watch for forms coming home in

January

Dress in your Sunday best!!

Reading in Kindergarten… There are a few things needed for 4, 5 and 6 year old students to love reading. First you need lots

of books covering a wide range of topics, books from Star Wars to Lego to Princesses to animals,

plants, the ocean, Safari, and to cars and trucks. One student a few years ago said to me, “Miss

Leslie, I can’t read any of your books here!” I asked, “why?” and he said, “Because all of your books

are boring!” So I sat down with the class, made a list of what they wanted to read and went out and

bought those books. When I came in with my bags of books the following week you can only imagine

the excitement in my classroom. I’ve been learning in my own studies that giving students choice

about what they want to read is key for building a lifelong reader.

In Kindergarten you also need places to read in and invite your

students to read anywhere they want to: at your table, in your locker,

on the floor or on the carpet, under tables and chairs, in bean bag

chairs, on the counter in the kitchen area and sometimes even outside

(cold and warm weather…).

Students also need the choice about how they are going to read that book: with friends

or by themselves. Even if the student reads alone he or she will always come across

something in the book that they have to show to a friend.

Our times of reading are loud, not because students are off track from reading but rather that they are engaged in

conversation with a friend or two or three or more… about a book. As students make connections with an illustration

they want to tell someone or if a student sees something really “cool!” on the page they want to show someone. Reading

is not an individual activity; it has a social piece with it.

Reading is exciting! It’s almost as though the illustrations come to life in a child’s thoughts and as they share that

thought the story builds collecting more connections along the way. As that is happening the excitement is building!

I thought I’d share a few quotes from the Kindergarteners…

“I’m really good at reading! I can read all of the illustrations!” “I found that penguin book you read to us, Miss Leslie. I’m

going to read it to my friends!” “I’m taking this book out of the library again… it’s all about bunnies and I love bunnies!”

“I didn’t get to look at that book… when are we going to read again so I can get that book!”

I read to the class everyday. As I pick a book to read and share with them I want one that will be interesting and will

help us as we make connections, infer, wonder and allow the illustrations and the print to take us on a journey.

Miss Leslie

Discussing the content...

Doing research, with their pencils

behind the ear, just like Miss Leslie!

The “teacher” asking

the “student”

questions about the

book

Kindergarten Registration 2015

We are presently working on next year’s enrolment

for Kindergarten.

Children who are five years of age as of December

31 of the school year (2015) may be admitted to

kindergarten. PSSD Policy No. 403.2.a.

If you have a student or know of one that will be

attending Delisle Elementary in the fall of 2015,

please send us their name, phone number, address and date of birth.

You may call Mrs. Crowe @ 306-493-2451 or email

at sheila.crowe@spiritsd.ca

Wise Active Readers of DES

Our school has been focusing on many components of

literacy including ‘Wise, Active Reading”. What is a wise, active

reader? A wise, active reader is a person of any age who gets

into a book and enjoys it! Wise, Active readers can be found

everywhere! In a library, classroom, bedroom, hallway, kitchen,

or even in a vehicle! These readers can read with expression,

can predict what will happen in a book, and can visualize

what they are reading. Wise, active readers think about what

they read while they are reading, and may even try different

kinds of books. These wise readers know how to pick a ‘Just

Right’ book, using a variety of reading strategies, and has

reading stamina. Ask your child how they are practicing to be-

come a wise, active reader!

By Darrah and Ariana, Grade 6

Pictured L-R: Miss Lucyshyn,

Sean McKeague of CF

Industries, Mr. Sauer

We would like to say a big thank you to

the following organizations for funding

our Delisle Community Learning Garden:

CF Industries $1,500

Vanscoy & District Ag Society $500

Agrium $10,000

We look forward to starting the

project in the spring.

Perpetual Donations

Delisle Co-op

Delisle Credit Union

RM Review

K & K Enterprises

Delisle Senior Centre

Phipps & Rempel Denture Clinic

Vetter Enterprises

Cencan Processors Ltd.

Schumacher Farms

Colburn Farms

Agrium Inc.

Back 40 Embroidery

RBC Royal Bank

Carrol King

Janet Norrie

Dorothy Carnell

Cary Brunett

Jacquie Renneberg

Linda Kielo

Servers for December

Ms. Carnell

Mrs. Cunningham

Paige F

Jordan L

Tori C

Kaylee S

Chloe H

Clay G

Parker M

Eryn K

Kris B

Michelle L

Mayah G

Alix B

Vivien M

Trace B

Keeley M

Austin G

Timi M

Alex L

Emma G

Hailey G

Sam H

Robin S

Joss P

Avery S

Erika St

Lauryn I

Brysyn S

Erika Si

Cooper T

Rowan G

* Enjoy January’s recipe

for out-of-this-world

Cosmic Cookies that are

served for our

breakfast program and

Hot Meals!

Donations for December Bakers for December

Morning

Breakfast Prep

Mrs. Cooper

Mrs. Rempel

Mrs. King

Method: Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, com-

bine wet ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix at low speed (or by hand) until

just combined. Do not over mix. Gently flatten cookies before baking. Bake for 10 minutes or until

bottoms are lightly browned (ovens will vary). Yields 24 small cookies or 12 large cookies.

1 cup oats

1 cup flour

½ cup sunflower seeds

½ cup pumpkin seeds

¼ cup shredded coconut, unsweetened

2 Tbsp flax seeds

½ cup granulated cane sugar

½ Tbsp cinnamon

1 tsp sea salt

¾ cup chocolate chips

2/ӡ cup raisins or craisins or both

2 Tbsp water

2 Tbsp molasses

¹/ӡ cup canola oil

½ cup milk (soy, rice, cow or more water)

Cosmic Cookies

Food Security Presentation The grade fives and sixes went to the high school on Dec. 2 for the Food Security Presentation. It was very neat and inspiring. Some things we learned are that 9% of Canada is food insecure and that it would only take $30,000,000,000 to end hunger in the world when we are spending more than that on things that don’t really matter. Another very surprising thing we learned is that every three seconds, someone dies of hunger. After seeing the presentation, we are ready to take action and help end world hunger. By Allie H and Alex B

We would like to thank everyone who

helped to make our Christmas turkey &

ham hot meal a delicious success: Kim

Mechor, Sharon Gessell, Anne Gessell,

Karen Isley, Cary Brunett, Kristen

Griffith, Ken Schumacher, Donna Dreher,

Shauna Adams, Carrol King, Linda Kielo, Carol-Lynn Howe,

Cherryl Schumacher, Betty & Bill Gessell, Donna Johnson

and Bev Junop. Also, thank you to those who donated cash

to help purchase items needed for the meal.

The kids and staff loved it!

From your Hot Meal Committee

CURLING Tuesday Night Family Curling League

Delisle Curling Club Starting in January $150/family

Please contact Chris/Dawn @ 493-8192 or email dawnsc76@gmail.com for details

Santa Family Day

December 21

11am-2pm at the Centennial Arena

Hot Dogs, Hot Chocolate, Family Skate (12:30-2),

Wagon Rides (11:00-2:00), Santa(12:00)

There are over 4000 chemicals and at least 50

carcinogens found in secondhand smoke.

It takes at least three hours to clear the air from

the smoke of one cigarette.

Secondhand smoke from cigarettes, cigars or

pipes affects a child’s behaviour and ability

to think.

Children exposed to secondhand smoke can

be 3 to 5 months behind other children in

school (especially in math and reading).

They can also be more cranky, restless and

hyperactive.

Secondhand smoke also affects a child’s health

– increasing their chance of ear infections,

asthma and respiratory infections.

The best way to protect your family from

secondhand smoke is to make your home

and car smoke free.

Keep the air your child breathes smoke free at

home, when visiting and at the babysitters.

This will be an on-going project and will not

happen overnight.

For more information on how to quit smoking

and making your home smoke free phone

Community Addictions Services at 655-4100,

the Smokers’ Help-line at 1-877-513-5333 or

go on-line at www.GoSmokefree.ca .

Reviewed: Sept 26/14

Secondhand Smoke and Children

(For parents &

children age 8 - 12)

| Wednesday | 6:30-7:30 pm | Jan 28, 2015 – Mar 25, 2015 (no group Feb 18) (8 weeks) Fee: $140.00

Pre-registration is required.

Catholic Family Services

200-506 25th St. East

Saskatoon, SK S7K 4A7

Phone:(306) 244-7773

Fax: (306) 244-8537

www.cfssaskatoon.sk.ca Delisle Bruins Initiation Tournament

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Come cheer on your Delisle White vs. Delisle

Black at 9:00 am

Progressive 50/50

Lots of great prizes on our raffle table!

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