Rossburn Elementary School

October Newsletter

Principal Message

Makerspace Materials:

We are still in need of materials for our developing Makerspace in the Library Learning Commons. Donations to

support the important learning that takes place in a Makerspace would be greatly appreciated. The maker

movement in school libraries is about encouraging students, teachers, and parents to think creatively and with an

innovative mind-set. People are encouraged to look for DIY solutions to their problems and create a space that

allows for both collaboration and co-operation. We hope you will support our Makerspace.

Playground Challenge:

Students in K-8 have been involved in a Playground Challenge during their Library Learning

Commons time. Students are learning how to use the Design Process in order to create an

improved Playground in the areas of physical space, games & activities, and behavioral

guidelines. Students have started to move into the brainstorming phase after having looked at

the problems and needs areas. Soon, students will be developing solutions and creating

model/prototypes in collaborative grade-level groups in the Library Learning Commons. They

will then present these to the RES Playground Committee, as well as to the staff at RES, after

which student recommendations will be chosen for implementation. We are excited to see the

final outcome of this design challenge!

Halloween Party

A Halloween party will take place on October 31st in the RES gym starting at 1:00 p.m. Students

will be able to change into their costumes after eating lunch, and should be ready to go after

the lunch bell at 12:35 p.m. We will have a parade and a pumpkin-carving contest within our

House groupings in the gym. Other fun games and challenges between Houses will also take

place.

Parent Advisory Council:

Hooray! Rossburn Elementary has a new Parent Advisory Council! Chair - Tanya Chuchmuch;

Vice-Chair - Kathleen Dyck; Secretary/Treasurer - Patsy Chuhai. Other members also include

Steve McKim, Nancy Woychyshyn, Marilyn Lawless, Alicia Grassinger, Kelly Hunter, Gretchen

Layh-Antoniw (taking picture), and Mary-Ann Mitchell-Pellett (Principal). It is exciting to have

such a dynamic and forward-looking group supporting quality education for our students! Our

next meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 13th in the RES Library Learning

Commons.

WE Leadership Team at RES:

We have started the WE Leadership Team at RES, which is composed of students

from grades 1-8. The We Team will divide into sub-groups as required to tackle

different leadership jobs in the school such as: clean up, recycling, fundraising,

tabloid day, presentations, school dances, and projects to support the

environment and the great community. Our We Team is composed of the

following members: Allison Kreshewski (Grade 1); Grady Mackedenski, Aaliyah

Langlois (Grade 2); Natalie Bartkiw, Jackson Antoniw (Grade 3); Emma Rudolph,

Tatum Chuhai, Laney Dunits (Grade 4); Pressley Jerome (Grade 5); Jessica

Halliday, Gavin Chuhai, (Grade 6); Makena Lawless, Abby Rudachyk, Shauna Teige,

Angelina Kostecki, (Grade 7); Carly-Jo Carson (Grade 8).

The WE Leadership Team is also planning to attend the Provincial WE DAY kick

off in Winnipeg on October 25th. We are looking for volunteer drivers to make

the day trip with our students. Please contact Ms. Mitchell-Pellett as soon as

possible if you are available.

HEALTHY LUNCH EXPECTATIONS AT RES:

It is important that students bring a healthy lunch and snacks to school.

Junk food does nothing to nourish students’ bodies or brains required for

effective learning. Please refer to the following link that described the effect

of junk food on students’ developing brains:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/junk-food-could-disrupt-

childrens-brain-development

At RES, we also support the Manitoba School Nutrition Guidelines, which

are located here:

https://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyschools/foodinschools/documents/handbook

.pdf. Please familiarize yourself with guidelines and plan your child’s

lunches accordingly.

LUNCH HOUR EXPECTATIONS

Students staying for lunch are expected to behave in an appropriate manner and are

solely responsible for their action(s) to the noon hour supervisor and/or teacher in

charge. These are our lunchroom expectations:

Students will eat their lunch in a socially acceptable manner, seated in their designated

eating area.

Students’ talking must be conversational.

Yelling across the room is unacceptable. Students are responsible for cleaning up their

eating area.

Lunchroom supervisors/teachers will check the students’ tables prior to dismissing the

students.

Students deposit any food waste, use the washroom/locker, and then proceed directly

outside.

During inclement weather, students are expected to be involved in quiet activities.

Students staying for lunch at school may not leave the school property without

WRITTEN PARENTAL PERMISSION FOR EACH OCCASION. These notes must be

given directly to the office. As well, students who are going uptown for lunch need to

leave at lunchtime – NOT during recess after lunch.

Junk food such as soda pop, chocolate bars, candies, energy drinks, or chips are not

allowed. These types of foods have no nutritional value, and affect students’ ability to

focus and have the brainpower needed to do well in school. Parents please support your

children in bringing healthy lunches and snacks to RES.

Staying at school during lunch hour is a privilege, not a right. Students will be provided an

opportunity to work at improving lunchroom behaviours if there are problems. However, if a

student continues to misbehave on a regular basis, the students may be suspended from

staying for lunch for a determined period of time.

Remembrance Day Ceremony:

A Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held at the RES gym on November 10th starting at 10:30

a.m.

The Grade 3/4 class has had a busy month! We are back into routine and have

been learning a lot across all our subject areas. In October we…

Started our Global Read Aloud, exploring the author Mem Fox! We are

connecting with different classrooms around the world.

Continued our Novel Study, Holes!

Began learning about coding!

We are learning about the Physical Regions of Canada in Social Studies!

We did Pointillism fall art using pencil crayon and paint.

We are learning about food chains and balance in science.

We started addition and subtraction of three and four digit numbers in

math.

We also started working on using different strategies in problem solving.

We are coming up with our own criteria for different classroom tasks and

assignments and are self reflecting daily!

We started writing our own newspaper articles to submit to our classroom

newspaper that is published monthly.

We continue to go to the Personal Care Home to read with our Buddies. We

will also have a party this month for Halloween.

Check out the link for the Grade 3/4 Classroom to stay up to date with what

is happening in our classroom on the Rossburn Elementary website! We

have shared our Global Read Aloud Padlets at the end of every week!

Stay tuned for our November News!

Box 68 Birtle MB R0M 0C0 Ph. (204) 842-2100 www.pwsd.ca Fax (204) 842-2110

Stephen David Superintendent/CEO Jon Zilkey Assistant Superintendent Dorelle Fulton Secretary-Treasurer

Date: September 29, 2017 Topic: Executive Summary of the September 28th Regular Board Meeting --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Connie Zimmer and Louise Langevin, the Division’s K-8 Literacy and Numeracy Facilitators, presented the latest assessment data to the Board. 2. Trustees reported on the various Open Houses that they attended throughout the division. 3. The Superintendent and our new Community Connector will attend the BSSAP Fall Gathering on October 4-5 in Portage la Prairie. BSSAP is the grant for Building Student Success with Aboriginal Parents. 4. Grade 10-11 students from across the division will attend a Mental Wellness workshop on October 11 in Shoal Lake. 5. A small divisional team will visit our Saskatchewan neighbours in Good Spirit School Division to learn more about their distributed learning initiative. 6. The Waywayseecappo / Park West educational partnership will host a conference on November 14-15 in Russell. 7. Rebecca Cheasley, a Birtle Collegiate student, is being recognized as an honourary board member for her work with Career Trek. 8. The Divisional assessment leadership group will meet on October 12 in Birtle. 9. This year, the school division newsletter will be available in electronic format only. Schools will share the newsletter with their parent contacts. If you would like to receive a print out of the newsletter, please contact your school directly.

Box 68 Birtle MB R0M 0C0 Ph. (204) 842-2100 www.pwsd.ca Fax (204) 842-2110

Stephen David Superintendent/CEO Jon Zilkey Assistant Superintendent Dorelle Fulton Secretary-Treasurer

Date: October 16, 2017 Topic: Executive Summary of the October 12th Regular Board Meeting --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Park West Maintenance Supervisor Rodney Snow updated the Board on work his team has been completing on across the division. 2. Trustees passed the following motion which was carried by a unanimous vote: Whereas we have reviewed the catchment area policy and the reasons for it, we endorse the current policy and structure. 3. Hamiota and Major Pratt Schools have made nominations for the provincial “Yes I Can” awards. These awards were established to acknowledge the achievements of children and youth with disabilities; to overcome barriers caused by disabilities or public misconceptions; to encourage children and youth with disabilities to seek their highest potential; and to increase awareness of the abilities, aspirations, and personal qualities of people with disabilities. 4. The Assistant Superintendent provided an overview of divisional professional development for the current school year. 5. The Secretary-Treasurer has been busy finalizing the June 30, 2017 year-end results in preparation for the annual audit. 6. The Board discussed the formation of a committee to provide leadership to the various Indigenous Education programs and initiatives in our division. 7. Trustees will be attending the Region 1 Meeting of the Manitoba School Board Association on October 23rd, 2017 in Brandon.

Kindergarten News – October

R. Lukinski

The kindergarten folks have settled nicely into class routines. In

the morning they get down to business with their chalkboards,

learning correct letter formations, sight words and how to listen for

the beginning and ending sounds in words. This is the beginning

of spelling skills.

We have been participating in the Global Read-Aloud studying

works by the author Mem Fox. This program hooks up classrooms

around the world with computer technology. We were fortunate

to have a video call with a grade one class in Brooklyn, Ohio.

In math, we continue to work with patterns, set recognition and

counting skills. The children need to learn how to count to 100

and help at home would be appreciated.

Grade 1/2 News

October has been a busy month in the Grade 1/2 room!

In Math, students have been working on repeating and increasing patterns, as well as working

with numbers to 100.

In ELA, students have been working on reading and writing in using the Daily 5 program and are

getting used to the format of it.

The students are excited to begin our home reading program called Books and Beads! For every

10 books, a student reads they will get a bead to put on their shoestring. By the end of the year,

they will have a colorful necklace of beads to take home!

In Social Studies, students have worked on the unit Our Local Community by learning about

various aspects of what makes Rossburn a special place to live.

In Science, students are learning about the Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases through many

delicious experiments using cake batter and root beer floats!

We had a beautiful day participating in the Terry Fox Run!

We are looking forward to Halloween and are excited to participate in the school wide

Halloween parade in the gym to see all the wonderful costumes!

37th Annual Terry Fox Run

We held our annual RES Terry Fox Run in support of the Marathon of Hope on Tuesday,

September 26th. Brenda Kreuger, a cancer survivor from Winnipeg, was a guest speaker

at our school that day. She spoke to us about her journey and how Terry gave her

inspiration.

Thank-you to all students and staff who participated in making our Terry Fox Run a

success. We had a beautiful afternoon to be outside to run and walk! We raised $ 372.25.

All the money that was raised from the hot-dog, juice, T-shirt raffle sales and donations

has been given to the Terry Fox Foundation. Congratulations to Mrs. Nash. She was the

lucky winner of the Terry Fox

T-shirt!

Grade 1/2

Free Flu Clinics

Don’t Spread the Flu!

Clinic dates in our area

Appointment preferred call 1-877-646-3888

Walk-ins may be accepted.

Rossburn Wednesday, November 22, 2017

1 pm – 7 pm Community Hall

Russell Monday, November 6, 2017

1 pm – 7 pm George P. Buleziuk Centre (New

Location)

Sandy Lake Friday, October 27, 2017

10 am – 4 pm Sandy Lake Drop In Centre

Erickson Monday, November 6, 2017

1 pm – 7 pm Erickson Legion Hall

Notes from the Office

Effective the end of October, milk cards will now cost $20.00 each for 20 milks.

Please arrange for payment at the office, Monday-Friday

between the hours of 8:30-2:00.

Volunteering this Year

If you would like to volunteer during the school year, please stop by the office and pick

up a criminal check and child abuse record form. These checks must be completed and

authorized before one can volunteer in our school.

Mom’s Pantry Order forms are due by Monday, October 30th

Student/Parent Handbook is also available on our RES School website on the

homepage.

Coming Events

November 10 Remembrance Day Service at 10:30

November 13 PAC Meeting 7:30 RES Library Learning Commons Room

November 14 Report Cards Go Home

November 16 Parent Teacher Student Conferences 4-7 pm

November 16 Scholastic Book Fair 3:30- 7:00 pm

November 17 No School/Admin. Day

November 17 Parent Teacher Student Conferences 9:00 am-12:00 pm

November 17 Scholastic Book Fair 8:30 am – 1:00 pm