2015

Chief Beardy Memorial Elementary School March Newsletter

Chief Beardy Memorial Elementary School Kamiscowesit Okiskinowamatowikamik

P.O. Box 100 Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, S0K 1J0

Phone: (306) 467-2263 Fax: (306) 467-4539

March Newsletter 2015 Principal’s Message

It is nice to see that our daytime hours are starting to get longer. We still have some more cold days to come so please have your child dress appropriately for the weather. February has been a difficult month for everyone with grieving the loss of many community members. Condolences from CBMES to everyone affected.

On Wednesday, February 25, all CBMES students & staff “Stood Up Against Bullying”. We would like to thank the Brighter Futures Program for the amazing pink t-shirts to help promote this day. Thanks again Ms. Connie Ballantyne & Mr. Hal Cameron.

Thank you to Corrine Ham (Willow Cree Health - Indian Residential School Coordinator) for the involvement with our after school Art Club. This program also graciously purchased many awesome art supplies for our school.

A big “Thank You” to Willow Cree Healing Lodge Nicisanak for the wonderful books bags the made for our school. These books bags will definitely enhance our home & school reading program. It is evident that the Nicisanak have dedicated countless hours of pride with the preparation of these top quality book bags.

CBMES would like to “Thank” Allison Babich and Willow Cree Health – Youth Empowerment Through Exercise (YETE) for the generous contribution for us to purchase 30 pairs of snowshoes and 10 gym matts for use with our physical education program

Another reminder to everyone that CBMES has our local hockey arena booked for Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. All students entering the ice area will be required to wear a helmet with a mask for safety and injury prevention reasons. Thanks again to Willow Cree Health - Injury Prevention Program for purchasing 50 helmets with masks for us which greatly enhances our physical education program.

March Calendar

March – Nutrition Month Wednesday, March 4 – Mrs. Charlene Thompson will continue with Healthy

Lung Project Thursday, March 5 – early dismissal (CBMES Staff – Traits Writing

workshop) Friday, March 6 – CBMES Winter Carnival (watch for posters – pledge your

support) Sunday, March 8 – Daylight Savings Time (all other provinces except Sask.

change time) Wednesday, March 11 – Allison Babich short presentations for Nutrition

Month

Thursday, March 12 – early dismissal (CBMES Staff – Sask. Reads workshop)

Thursday, March 19 – Report Cards - early dismissal CBMES Parent / Teacher Interviews

Monday, March 23 – No School (TSEC Shared Professional Development) Thursday, March 26 – early dismissal (CBMES Staff Meeting)

- CBMES Family Literacy Night

I would like to welcome all parents/guardians to take any of these opportunities to visit

our school and your child’s classroom. Thank you for making the time to read this memo and for

your continued cooperation. If you have any questions or concern, feel free to contact myself or

your child’s teacher/education assistant at school 467-2263 or at home 467-4554. I look forward

to continuing to work with you during the 2015 year.

Ekosi Yours in Education,

Mr. Andrew DeBray Principal – CBMES

Introducing ENVIRO HERO!

Enviro hero would like to encourage all citizens to continue with your

efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle. It is important to presevrve and take

care of our planet for future generations. Enviro hero would also like to

mention that C.B.M.E.S. has received new Loraas recycling bins and has

become more environmentaly friendly. Way to go staff and students!

A special “Thank You” to Mr. Brian Seesequasis & Mr. Conrad Gamble

(Beardy’s & Okemasis First Nation Lands Department) for financing the

rental and disposal of Loraas Recycle bins for both schools. They certainly

help our CBMES recycle program.

P.S. Enviro hero is also taking milk jug donations.

Please send your child to school with uncrushed, clean

milk jug containers. Student support services will be

using them to finish building their reading center igloo.

Thanks

Pre-Kindergarten Parents/Guardians

Tansi!! I would like to thank you all for the treats and baking for our Valentine’s

Day party. The children enjoyed it. :)

We have been discussing the meaning of friendship, love and sharing. I find the

students have a better understanding and are now practicing these traits in the

school. I am proud of their growth thus far. We will continue to read and learn

about our First Nation’s culture & traditions. If you have any ideas or anything

you like to share with the Pre-K class, please come visit us. We welcome you to

our classroom!

March is nutrition Month so we will practice the importance of eating healthy!!

If you have any

concerns please call

me at the school 467-

2263.

Important dates for

March

No school (PD)

March 23, 2015

Literacy Night

(watch for

handouts)

Winter Carnival

(pledge sheets

hand-in Wed.

March 4)

March 19 Report

Cards

Mrs. Thomas

Miss. Eyahpaise

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March News from the Kindergarten Classroom

Hello! Wow did the month of February ever fly by! It was a great month; we had a puppet show from

Wide Open Theatre performing Robert Munsch stories, visits from Leah Dorion, Winston Wuttunee and

a presentation from Cst. Bryan Lefebvre on anti-bullying. Every student received an anti-bullying t-shirt.

During the month of March we will be working on Exploring Numbers, Traits Writing, Oral health and

the letters Ff, Cc and Aa. We also will be continuing with practicing our reading and writing skills. If you

have any questions/concerns regarding your child, please do not hesitate to contact me, also feel free to

stop by our classroom anytime for a visit.

March Birthdays: Daynian and Jezebel

****Please ensure that your child has indoor shoes and a change of clothes. Also

please make it a habit to check your child’s backpack for important classroom

announcements.*****

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February was a short, but very busy and productive month. There

were many school activities that enhanced the school spirit and

made all learning experiences fun: story-tellers, puppet show, mini

pow-wow, spirit week, and our valentine’s party. We want to say a

very special thank you to all the parents that sent treats,

cupcakes/cakes/cookies, and a fruit platter. The students were

excited to share all their goodies and their valentine cards.

Students in our grade 1 classroom learned the importance of

treating each other with kindness. The whole school was presented

with pink t-shirts to demonstrate our goal to “Stand Up Against

Bullies”. Everyone looked awesome in pink.

Mrs. Michael

Ms. T, Anderson

Mrs. V. Gamble

GRADE 1 NEWSLETTER

Perfect Attendance for February

Jordyn Mike

Greetings from Grade 2

Dear Parents/Guardians:

I would like to extend a gratitude note to each and every one of you for

your continuous support to your child’s reading program and it is

showing in their efforts! Our class will be hosting the fundraising for

our year-end field trip during the month of March 2015.

March 6/15 – Winter Carnival (5$ full meal deal)

March 13/15 – Bake Sale

March 20/15 – Hotdog Canteen Sale

March 27/15 – Pizza Sale

*We will be sending reminders home with the students*

Throughout the month of March, our class will also be selling

Easter tickets. Each student will be sent home with 2 books

Grade 2/3 News Hello Parents/ Guardians,

February was a very eventful month! We had many different presenters and fun activities happening at the school. March will be another busy and exciting month for us. Students have been busy learning about connections and the writing process in language arts, number stories in math, and liquids and solids in science. There are a few important dates coming up in March.

· March 6th: CBMES Winter Carnival

· Thursday, March 19th: Report Cards and Parent/Teacher Interviews

· Monday, March 23rd: No School

I hope to see all parents/ guardians at parent/teacher interviews when you pick-up your child’s report card. If this date does not work for you please contact me at the school to set-up another date to meet. Thank-you, Miss. Thomas Mrs. Gardipy Mr. Seeseequasis

Hello from Grade 3

Dear parents/guardians,

March is here and spring will soon be coming!! I would like to remind parents to send

appropriate clothing to school with their child (boots, winter coat, ski pants, mitts and toque, and

an extra set of clothes). March still has unpredictable weather and all students are expected to go

outside for recess unless a note from home is sent. On Tuesday, March 17th we are planning

some fun activities for St. Patrick’s Day and I am asking that students wear green.

Miss Gardypie is now fulltime teaching so please make sure to ask your child all the great things

they are learning from her. Next month in April it will be our fundraising month for our end of

the year field trip. I am welcoming any suggestions on what kind of fundraising our class can

do. I will also be asking for parents to volunteer their time or make donations for our

fundraisers. Please let me know if you have any ideas.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call or come and see us at the school.

Thank you,

Ms. D. Benson Gr. 3 Teacher

Miss. D. Gardypie Intern

Miss. J. Gamble EA

Tansi from the Grade 4 Classroom!

Time is flying by when one keeps busy! Can you believe there are less than 4 months of

school left!

We have completed our Developmental Reading Assessments (DRA) of all the grade four

students. I am glad to report that all of the students have demonstrated growth in their

reading levels. Keep up the good work. I commend parents/guardians for encouraging your

child to read at home. We completed another strand on Numbers and will be starting the

next strand on Shapes and Sizes (measurement) for the next three weeks.

We are in the process of planning our yearend trip to Regina in the month of May. This trip

is based on the 3 AAA, Attendance, achievement and ATTITUDE. The onus is put on the

students and so far it has been a positive environment.

Birthdays in February: Jericho Constant - February 10 (10 years), Kerissa Bird - February

28 (10 years)

Best attendance since September - Aurora Gamble - keep it up!

Ekosi Pitama

Mrs. Beatrice Cameron

Mrs. Laverne Gamble

Mr. George Gamble

Cree Language Tansi!

The Month of February has been very busy throughout the school. There were so many

activities that were enjoyed by all, such as: the Presenters with their educational based

programs. It was also KISAKITIN month, which means I Love You.

The month of March will also be very busy with all the excitement of MIYOSKAMIN, means

Spring, and all the spring activities throughout the month. We will be having our Winter

Carnival on Friday, March 6th, parents and/or guardians are welcome. The students are also

learning more Cree words since the last Newsletter was issued. The new words are:

Matow – cries Kimowan – it is a rainy day

Kasihkew – wash your face Wepahik – sweep

Tapasinahik – draw Kisakitin – I love you

Yotin – it is windy Kisastew – it is a hot day

Kitatoskan – you work Awiyak – someone

Pahpi – laugh Mwestas – later

Itapi – look Kanawapahta – look at

Waniska – wake up

Please continue to help your children learn these words at home.

Thank you,

Mrs. Delores Smallchild,

Cree Language Teacher

ELA Catalyst Mentor (Mrs. L. Cameron) March, 2015

Our next Family Literacy Night will be March 26. Please watch for notices on the

date and activity planned for the up-coming evening. A big thank-you to all those

who came to our February ‘Community Blanket - Family Literacy Night’, which was

intended to embrace the history of Beardy’s & Okemasis FN. Supper and socializing

was also a big part of the evenings family fun time spent together.

My role this past month as an English Language Arts (ELA) Catalyst Mentor was

focused on assisting teachers assess students growth in reading and writing. These

assessment results are what drives the instruction for each child’s learning needs.

In March we will begin using the information for our ‘focus for instruction’.

The Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) is underway with new groups. We are

pleased with the eagerness the students express as they return each day with

their books read and activities completed. They are not only becoming better

readers and writers at a speedier rate, but they are also building self-confidence

in their own abilities. This is exciting for us as well as for the students.

Math/ Levelled Literacy Interventionist (L.L.I)

This month the mathematics strand will be Shape & Space with a measurement focus.

Once again each student will conduct a pre-assessment and once the concepts are completed

they will also complete a post-assessment.

L.L.I.

The new L.L.I. groups have been selected and the program is well under way. If your

child has been selected for the L.L.I. program, please ensure they are reading at home and

completing their assignments.

If you have any questions or concerns reguarding the Math program of L.L.I., please feel to contct me

at the school at your convienience

Thanks, Mrs. J Head

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2015

March 2015 School Calendar

Nutrition Month Mar

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 Early Dismissal

2:10

6 Full Meal Deal Winter Carnival

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8 9 10 11 12 Early Dismissal

2:10

13 Bake Sale

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15 16 17 18 19 Early Dismissal

2:10 Report Cards

Parent/Teacher Interviews

20 Hot Dog Canteen

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22 23 No School P.D. in North Battleford

24 25 26 Early Dismissal

2:10 Family Literacy

Night

27 Pizza Sale

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29 30 31 Easter Draw Ticket