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The Best Memory System

Author Unknown

Forget the kindness that you do, as soon as you

have done it;

Forget the praise that falls on you, the moment

you have won it.

Forget the slander that you hear, before you can repeat it;

Forget each slight, each spite, each sneer, wherever you may meet it.

Remember every kindness done, to you, whate'er its measure;

Remember praise by others won, and pass it on with pleasure.

Remember every promise made, and keep it to the letter;

Remember those who lend you aid, and be a grateful debtor.

Remember all the happiness that comes your way in living;

Forget each worry and distress, be hopeful and forgiving.

Remember good, remember truth, remember heaven's above you.

And you will find through age and youth, true joy and hearts to love you!

Read to or with your

Child Every Day!

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January 16, 2019

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CHANTELLE DEBOER AT 780-962-4754

All parents are welcome; babysitting is available.

Just a Reminder:

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COLD WEATHER REMINDER During cold weather, please be certain that your child comes dressed with boots, hat, scarf, mitts or gloves, well enough to spend time playing outside during recess and lunch hour. On cold weather days, it is best if students plan on ar-riving at school close to bell time in the morning and afternoon. When it is extremely cold, students stay in their classrooms during recess. Students are dismissed at 3:00 p.m. and asked to go directly home or to the babysitters.

In the event of inclement weather or other emergencies, please check our website: www.psd70.ab.ca click on the Transportation menu and choose Bus Status, listen to CFCW or your local radio station to see if busses are running.

Even though busses are running and school is open, the final decision to send your child to school rests with you the parent. If you, as a parent, think the weather conditions make it unsafe for your children to attend school, please keep them at home.

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Children And The Importance of Sleep

Sleep, which includes practices like providing a cool and quiet sleeping environment or reading before bed time to help

kids unwind, is increasingly popular among parents looking to ensure their children get a good night's rest. But are these

practices all they're cracked up to be? University of British Columbia sleep expert and nursing professor Wendy Hall re-

cently led a review of the latest studies to find out.

"Good sleep gives children the best chances of getting adequate, healthy sleep every day. And healthy sleep is critical in

promoting children's growth and development," said Hall. "Research tells us that kids who don't get enough sleep on a

consistent basis are more likely to have problems at school and develop more slowly than their peers who are getting

enough sleep."

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends the following amounts of sleep,

based on age group:

4 to 12 months -- 12 to 16 hours

1 to 2 years -- 11 to 14 hours

3 to 5 years -- 10 to 13 hours

6 to 12 years -- 9 to 12 hours

13 to 18 years -- 8 to 10 hours

The UBC review aimed at systematically analyzing the evidence for sleep across different countries and

cultures, and honed in on 44 studies from 16 countries. The focus was on four age groups in particular: infants and tod-

dlers (four months to two years), preschoolers (three to five years), school-age children (six to 12 years) and

adolescents (13 to 18 years). These studies involved close to 300,000 kids in North America, Europe and Asia.

"We found good-to-strong endorsement of certain sleep practices for younger kids and school-age kids:

regular bedtimes, reading before bed, having a quiet bedroom, and self-soothing -- where you give them

opportunities to go to sleep and go back to sleep on their own, if they wake up in the middle of the night," said Hall.

Even for older kids, keeping a regular bedtime was important. The review found papers that showed that adolescents

whose parents set strict guidelines about their sleep slept better than kids whose parents didn't set any guidelines.

Hall and co-author Elizabeth Nethery, a nursing PhD student at UBC, also found extensive evidence for limiting

technology use just before bedtime, or during the night when kids are supposed to be sleeping. Studies in Japan, New

Zealand and the United States showed that the more exposure kids had to electronic media around bedtime, the less

sleep they had.

"One big problem with school-age children is it can take them a long time to get to sleep, so avoiding activities like playing

video games or watching exciting movies before bedtime was important," said Hall.

Many of the studies also highlighted the importance of routines in general. A study in New Zealand showed family dinner

time was critical to helping adolescents sleep.

Information provided by Chinese studies and one Korean study linked school-age children's and adolescents' short sleep

duration to long commute times between home and school and large amounts of evening homework. With more children

coping with longer commutes and growing amounts of school work, Hall says this is an important area for future study in

North America.

Surprisingly, there wasn't a lot of evidence linking caffeine use before bedtime to poor sleep; it appeared to be the total

intake during the day that matters.

While Hall said more studies are needed to examine the effect of certain sleep factors on sleep quality, she would still

strongly recommend that parents set bedtimes, even for older kids, and things like sitting down for a family dinner, es-

tablishing certain rituals like reading before bed, and limiting screen time as much as possible.

"Sleep education can form part of school programming," added Hall. "There was a project in a Montreal school where eve-

ryone was involved in designing and implementing a sleep intervention -- the principal, teachers, parents, kids, and even

the Parent Advisory Council. The intervention was effective, because everyone was on board and involved from the out-

set."

Story Source: Materials provided by University of British Columbia. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.

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Tis’ a Wonderful Season for Artwork

Mrs. Blanchets’ Grade 1/2 class wrote

letters to Santa.

They also showed Santa’s very happy

Reindeer in the Stable,

upside down, and sideways.

Ms. Lynds

Grade 1’s

made and

decorated

wonderful

Christmas trees

and their

Reindeer

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great

personalities.

Mrs. Awe and Ms. McMahon’s Grade 4

class created some very stylish

Christmas Sweaters.

Mrs. Eidick’s Grade 3/4 class

created Snowflakes and

no 2 were alike

Ms. Stoffelen’s Kindergarten classes

made strings of lights for Kindness.

Kindergarten students gave their

thoughts of what

“Christmas is . . .” to them.

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Whoville’s Spectacular Hair Show ParklandVillage School attended the Whoville Spectacular Hair Show with their own

very impressive hair styles. The event was enjoyed by all.

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Christmas Hamper Elves A special “Thank You” to our group of Grade 4 Elves who helped sort and pack up our Christmas Hampers this year. Also, we would like to THANK our caregivers for their generous donations which enabled us fill our Christmas Hampers. A huge thanks to Mrs. Milne for working with our Grade 4’s and coordinating the massive sorting detail.

Ms. Yeomen LOVE’S Christmas

Check out her amazing Christmas outfit.

Mrs. Funtasz’s Grade 2 class

wrote what it would be like “If they were an Elf . . .”.

Ms. Stoffelen’s Kindergarten classes had a little help

from Mrs. Lee’s Grade 3 class doing

Christmas crafts together. They had so much fun!