Englefeld School Newsletter December 2018

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Newsletter December 2018

Up-Coming Events

December

4th - Gr 3-6 UofS Field

Trip

6th - Band Concert – Lake

Lenore 7:00

20th - SCC Christmas

Family Supper 5:30,

program 7:30

21st – Last day of school –

2:20 early dismissal

January

7th - Back to school

Box 100 Englefeld, Sk, S0K 1N0 (306)287-3568

http://englefeldschool@

horizonsd.ca

marie.stockbrugger@horizonsd.ca

Principals Message

Congratulations to the Senior Girls’ Volleyball team and their

coaching staff on bringing home the Silver Medal from the

Provincial 1A Volleyball competition. We are so proud of your

accomplishment! Another banner for our school gymnasium!

Congratulations as well to the Senior Boys’ Volleyball team and

their coaching staff on an excellent season. Here at the Eagle’s

Nest, we are proud of you all.

This year for Christmas, we are trying something a little different.

Englefeld School’s “Christmas with a Twist” will take place on

Thursday, December 20th at the school gym. Preparations are in

full swing. We will be having an SCC family dinner, beginning at

5:30 pm. (Hopefully all families have sent back their reply

already.) Grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and community

members are asked to join us following the dinner, for a ‘Twist’ of

a Christmas Program around 7:30 pm. Socializing with our

traditional donuts and coffee will follow. Let’s get together to

celebrate the reason for the season!! Perhaps, if we are lucky,

there will be a visit from the jolly man in red, too.

We will once again enjoy an early dismissal on the last day of

school before the Christmas Break. The busses will be leaving

Englefeld School by approximately 2:20 pm. If, for some reason,

your child will not be on the bus, please notify your bus driver.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all staff, students, and

community members a very Happy Holiday Season! I wish each

of you the best of health and happiness as we enter 2019! Hold

your families and loved ones close! Merry Christmas to all, and

we will see you on the 7th of January!

Mrs. Corinne Harcourt

Thank You

.

Jason Sweet for donating Christmas Lights to

make our hallway beautiful for Christmas. Patsy Knafelc for donating all the hamburger for

our SCC Spaghetti Lunch.SCC for donating all the money from their SCC

Spaghetti Lunch to go towards the transportation of

our field trips.Trevor Kowalski, Michael Miskolczi and

Constable Lewis for helping the Teachers try to beat

the Grade 12’s in volleyball.Trevor Kowalski and Brooke Muller for coaching the Sr. Girls Volleyball. Drew Ross and Clarice Pawluk for coaching the Sr. Boys Volleyball. Bonnie Bohay for being our perogie Angel. She

made 113 dozen perogies for our volleyball

tournament, and was also gracious and donated 10

doz!! Thank you Bonnie for supporting our School.Thank you to all the volunteers that helped out at

our 3 volleyball tournaments. It takes a community to

help run a successful School.

Marko, Zakary and Cole Sommers for making our

Remembrance Day Program awesome.Mr.B for Organizing the 7-12 Community Service

Project at the rink.

Wanted

We are looking for props for a photo booth at the Christmas Supper/Concert.

Can be Christmassy or just for fun. We will be purchasing a tote to keep all

items in, so that they can be reused for future events.

Also Wanted to Borrow:

Fake/Blow up guitars

Purple scarf

Long haired wigs for rock and roll artists

Frog costumes

Sunglasses

Please label, thank you.

Don’t Stop Until

You Are Proud.

“Believe in yourself. You are

braver than you think, more

talented than you know,

and capable of more than

you imagine.”

- Roy T. Bennett -

Important Reminder

Please dress your children warmly for the cold, winter weather! All Children, especially bus students, must have warm outdoor clothing when riding on school buses in the event there is a problem with the bus. Please send your children to school in ski pants, toques, mitts, a warm coat and winter boots.

Is your Criminal Record Check

completed? Call Marie if you need an extra letter to take to

the RCMP Office.

Is your Driver Authorization

form filled in? Call Marie for extra forms.

Kindergarten

Hello from Kindergarten!

We began November learning about heroes: Superman, Batman, firemen,

police officers, first responders, and soldiers to name a few. We also learned

we can do things to help and care for others which makes us heroes too.

The last couple weeks we’ve been investigating Canadian animals. We found

out they prepare for winter in some smart ways and we’ve been trying out

some of those things, like building a beaver lodge. We’ve also met a new

friend named Aski the turtle. He has been telling us stories about his friends

and how it’s important to care for the earth.

“Your Mind is a powerful

thing. When you fill it with

positive thoughts, your life

will start to change.”

- Unknown -

Grade One and Two

Our class has been learning all about communities! Each student has chosen a

job and a lot of our learning is centered around community meetings with our

newly elected mayor, Mason. We are writing about our jobs, using little stick

characters for dramatizing scenarios, and discovering the types of jobs created

by different businesses. We went to the Post Office to see what kinds of

activities postal workers do to help out in our community. Thanks to our

Englefeld Post Mistress Maryanne we know that workers need breaks and

special places to store their personal things - and eat their lunch!

In Math we have been working on ordering random numbers from least to

greatest or greatest to least, and comparing numbers using the symbols < and

> (Grade 2) and representing numbers to 20 (Grade 1). In Health we have

been practicing using our ‘Growth Mindset’ which helps us to remember that

we don’t have to be good at everything, but that we CAN practice and get

better at things that we aren’t good at yet!

Grade Three and Four The Grade 3/4 classroom has been very busy in the last month! The students

have been enjoying our unit in dance as we explore an assortment of different

dances and the cultures that come with them. In social we began our new unit:

First Nations People of Saskatchewan. We have also started a new book for

our read aloud titled ‘Top Ten Ways to Die’ by the Hardy Boys. Students are

continuing the home reading program! We are working hard towards a class

total of 32,000 minutes. So far, we have approximately 11,895 (Woohoo!!)

We are very excited for our field trip to Saskatoon on December 4th as we will

be visiting the Western Development Museum, the University of

Saskatchewan’s Rayner Dairy Facility, as well as the Museum of Natural

Sciences in the Geology building. We will be starting “Secret Santa” in our

classroom, a note will be sent home soon with your child providing more

details! May love, hope and happiness be yours this holiday season!

Study Tips

1. Pick a place and time

2. Study every day

3. Plan your time 4. Discover your

learning style 5. Review and

revise 6. Take breaks 7. Ask for help 8. Stay

motivated 9. App it up 10. Look after

yourself Now come up

with your own

strategies

Grade Five and Six

Well done to the Grade 5/6 students preparing and delivering a well put-

together P-T-S conference!

As Term Two begins, the Grade 5/6 group will continue studying Global

Interdependence in Social. Students will take a closer look at their personal

beliefs and values and notice how culture and place influence them. Different

cultures will be explored, with particular focus on the Arabian Peninsula and

Iraq.

In Math class, Grade 5 students have been exploring Whole Numbers while

the Grade 6 group finishes up Patterns and Equations.

During ELA, the class has been working through communication and group

skills to help maintain respectful relationships. In the latest unit, Peace and

Conflict, students have initiated a Random Acts of Kindness challenge for the

month of December. Watch for kindness coming your way! Throughout the

unit, students will be discussing proverbs, reading short stories, traditional

narratives, poetry, and acting out role plays.

As the Diversity of Living Things unit comes to a close, students have learned

about the microscope and the impact micro-organisms have on our lives. The

upcoming Science test will happen before the winter holidays.

A note will be sent home shortly regarding Secret Santa in our classroom.

Participation in this activity is voluntary and will begin Monday, December 17

and wrap up on December 21, our last day of school before the break.

May this Christmas season find you in good health and good company. Be

safe and enjoy the holiday season!

Grade Seven and Eight Submitted by Logan and Sean

As a new month came around the corner, the students of Gr. 7 and 8 learned

and discovered plenty of new things. One of the things that they learned is

how to properly write an informational writing piece. First they learned by

writing their own informational writing about our animal. Moving on to Social

Studies, we are currently learning about the differences between the USA and

Canada. We are learning information about the different historical events

between the two countries. As we transition to Science, we have already done

our unit test based on cells, microscopes, and the history of cells and its

theories. In Math with Mrs. H the Gr. 7 are currently learning Transformations

and Coordinates grid. Although Mrs. H has decided to make the Gr. 8 learn

about the Pythagorean theorem. As we transitioned to Mrs. K Math, both

grades currently learned and finished a test about Fractions, Decimals, and Per

cents, but now we are focusing on proper and improper fractions. During our

subject on gym, Mr. Ross has given us exercises like T25. Moving on to

Health have finished up our first unit on different Health services, and now are

learning about Family responsibilities. Given us the subject PAA we are

currently separated by groups and are given the task to make a healthy foods

for the whole class room. During Fine Arts we are coloring a large trees using

different coloring techniques. Upon our Career Ed. class, Mr. Burton has

made us write a report about our future jobs.

Grade Nine and Ten Submitted by Guillanne

The grade nine and ten classroom have been very active this month. Starting

with English, both grades have been learning about the unit on, “The World

Around and Within Us”. This unit consisted of finding our social identity,

diversity, deep and shallow reading, exploring power and privilege, and

examining the word “plagiarism”. We have recently been also looking at the

literary lenses. In Science class, we recently finished the unit, “Molecule and

Compounds”. The grade nines are learning about exponents this month, while

the grade tens wrapped up their previous unit on, “Angles and Transversals”.

They have now moved on to, “Similar Polygons”. In Life trans, we learned

about the importance of, goal setting. Mr. Burton has pushed us to come up

with our individual goals. We are learning about each other’s families

traditional foods. This month we have cooked Landon and Rudolph’s

traditional family food and we are excited to cook for more! In Art, we have

been doing small art projects, like illustrating an image, using the “Principles

and Elements of Design”. We are currently working on drawing an image of

our everyday life, inspired by the artist, Annie Pootoogook. Lastly, in

Yearbook, we completed our portrait photos and our artistic photos. This

month would be described as “challenging”, as well as “overloaded with

homework” from the nine and ten class.

Grade Eleven and Twelve Submitted by Nicholas and Royce

The 11 and 12 class has been very hard at work this month. In math the 12’s

are doing Trigonometry, while the 11’s learning how to find “x” in the

equations. In English, the 12’s are doing short stories meanwhile the 11’s just

finished reading the play Someday by Drew Hayden Taylor. In the exciting

world of History we concluded World War 1 and are reviewing what happens

in the lead up to World War 2. In Personal Finance we are learning about

decision making strategies. Physical Science the students have been balancing

equations and just completed their unit test. Law students have been learning

about the charter of Rights and Freedoms while French students are learning

about “les Media.” The students can’t wait for the Christmas holidays.

You deserve to feel safe, respected, and welcomed at Englefeld School.

Are you being bullied?

Witnessed someone else being bullied?

Are you, or someone you know, at risk of hurting yourself or someone else?

What is bullying?

Verbal: usually involving taunts, name-calling, put-downs, slurs, offensive gestures, incessant mocking, threats, intimidation, and laughing at someone else’s expense;

Social: excluding, ganging up, ridiculing, gossiping, spreading rumours, extortion or stealing of money and possessions;

Physical: involving physical harm often from kicking, punching, hair pulling, pinching, and pushing;

Sexual: involving unwanted physical contact or sexually inappropriate comments; and Cyber: using a computer or other technology to forward or spread hurtful messages and/or

images.

Whatever form bullying takes, it is not “just something kids have to go through”. It needs to be reported and addressed.

It can happen anywhere: in the community, at school, in the park, on the street, at a friend’s house,

on a sports team, or in a club.

Getting help

You are not alone. Others will stand with you to stop bullying. There are people in your life who will

understand and help. Tell them what you need.

Ignore the bully or tell him/her to stop Walk away and tell a trusted adult Avoid being alone with the bully Call Kids Help Phone - https://kidshelpphone.ca/ Call Health Line at 811 Use the Report Bullying Saskatchewan Student Online Reporting Tool through the I Am

Stronger website. Report Bullying SK is an anonymous and confidential online reporting tool for students. Report it. Your online report will be anonymous if you do not include your name or contact information. https://reportbullyingsk.edudata.ca/apps/bullying/

Yearbook Our new yearbooks are here!! We will be hosting a yearbook sale and signing party during the noon hour of December 7th. Come and pick up your new yearbook and get ALL of your friends to leave a message and a memory for the years to come!! Yearbooks are $20 each. We will be handing out all pre-paid yearbooks that day.

2018 Remembrance Day Literacy and Poster Contest Winners Black & White Poster

Junior: 1st Guillanne C

Intermediate: 3rd Sean G

Senior: 1st Guillanne C

3rd Torri M

Color Poster

Junior: 1st Katherine O

Poems

Senior: 1st Khrystyna O

Senior Girls Volleyball Submitted by Kara

The Sr. Girls volleyball team ended their season

with a bang. Conferences were in the first week of

November in Annahiem. They ended up in the

final with Rose Valley, and it was intense. They

won the first set, but the second was even more

intense. Sadly, they lost the second 35-33, and

after lots of hard work they won the third. The

next weekend was regionals. Again, they found

themselves in the final game against Rose Valley.

This time, they won in two. They were fired up

and ready for their last weekend of volleyball in

Fox Valley for Provincials. They fought hard and

were undefeated on Friday. Their setter, #9 Anne

Lyza had injured her leg in the second game, but

the team kept going, keeping their win streak

alive. On Saturday, Anne Lyza was back to

playing, and they won their last pool play game

against Fox Valley. It was a sweet victory. They

began play-offs with another win! During the

heated semi-final match, they beat Vonda in the

first set, and on the last point of the second set, #6,

Tanya, went down, pulling a tendon in her foot.

Although she was injured, her play secured us a

medal. Tanya was no longer able to play. They

stayed undefeated until the final game against

Rose Valley. Sadly, they were unable to win the

gold, but they played well, and never gave up.

Thank you to all the fans who supported them

throughout the season! Go Eagles!

Senior Boys Volleyball

The Senior Boys volleyball team had a great year!

Unfortunately, we did not finish the season the

way we wanted to. The team placed fourth in

conferences which made us excluded us from

advancing into Regionals. However, we enjoyed

spending several weekends together making

countless memories that we will treasure and carry

with us into the future. We would like to thank

everyone that believed in us and came to cheer us

on during our tournaments. A special thanks goes

out to our parents that went out of their way to

supply us with whatever we needed, and for

driving us countless kilometers around

Saskatchewan. As well, our team wants to

thank Mrs. Pawluk for coming out to our home

games and helping us during our practices. She

made sure Mr. Ross didn’t go too hard on us and

helped provide some encouragement on the court.

Most importantly, we would all like to thank Mr.

Ross for his dedication to our team and for

constantly working with us to become better

players on the court, and better individuals off the

court.

SRC Submitted by Khrystyna

The SRC had a great November! Firstly, the SRC

had an easy hot lunch for the students and staff

consisting of hot dogs, hamburgers, and smokies.

Then a second hot lunch was held on November

14th provided by the SCC in which the SRC

members helped serve. This lunch was held for

diabetes awareness. There was a T/12 held on the

28th where teachers and students played a game of

volleyball. Lastly in-motion games were held in

the gym on November 30th. The SRC decorated

the school for Christmas with amazing lights and

ornaments. We are planning more exciting things

for December that the students and staff with love!

Our next meeting is on December 4th.

Menchies Frozen Yogurt

$4.00

We are selling frozen yogurt at the school. Kinds will

vary. Students are welcome to come at noon to the

office to purchase one.

Public Library Hours

Tuesday: 10 – 2

Wednesday: 4 – 8

Thursday: 10 – 2

Phone Number 1-639-280-7770

Englefeld School Christmas Program

December 20th 7:30

We will have: Christmas Program

Photo Booth Coffee and Doughnuts

and of course Santa