Principal: M. S. Aulakh Vice-Principal: K.K. Mangat

Wednesday December 6th, 2017

We wish our G.A.D. community a very festive holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!! May all of you have a chance to make some wonderful memories with your family and friends!!

Dear Parents and Guardians, We are coming to the end of our first term. November was an eventful month with our Guru Nanak Dev Ji Prakash Divas and Rememberance Day Assembly, STEM Contest and our Surrey Food Bank Drive. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Langar Seva for our Gurpurab celebrations; it is with the support of the parents that the school enviroment is even more enriched. We are wrapping up this term with more opportunities for our students to excel! We also hope the new year will bring new and challenging learning opportunities as well as development for all students. As a new month starts, we are shifting our focus to the value of “Compassion/Charity”. During this holiday season, it is important that we take the time to lend a helping hand to those who are less fortunate, to be in the spirit of Seva. The school will be having a number of initiatives to help our students build their empathy and show concern for others.

December 8th – Winter Art Contest December 15th – Final Day for Afterschool Clubs December 18th – Report Cards Issued December 19th – Religious Assembly December 20th – Parent Teacher Conferences December 21st – Christmas Concert

Our G.A.D.’s The Parent Support Group would like to thank everyone who came out for our very first Movie Night on Friday December 1st. It was a great turn out and we appreciate everyone who supported us by attending. A very heartfelt thank you to the students, teachers, parents and administrators that worked so hard to make this event a success. More event details will be shared in the Parent Support Group newsletter next week.

Report Cards will go home on Monday December 18th. Please keep in mind that our reports cards are in a format

that reflects the new curriculum. The new curriculum is driven by the Curricular and Core Competencies. It is no longer content focused as the former curriculum was. Please feel free to explore BC’s new curriculum:

https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/ Assembly for Shaheedi Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji and Mata Gujuriji and Chaar Sahibzadee, who sacrificed their lives for the Sikh religion, will be held on Tuesday December 19th from 8:40 am – 9:40 am. Please join us in celebrating with poetry and Kirtan. We will also be using this opportunity to recognize the winners from the Art Contest.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday December 20th from 1 pm – 5 pm. You will be getting notifications with your child’s report. Please take this opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with them and to

meet with your child’s teacher. During these conferences we will be asking for your feedback regarding our current report cards and what you would like to see in the reports. The Christmas Concert will be held on Thursday December 21st in the gym. Please join us at 1:00 pm to celebrate the festive season with a variety of songs and dances performed by our students. This year our theme is: “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”. We are fortunate to have our band students, along with their teacher Mr.Brad Muirhead, playing some live music to accompany our performances. There will be no admission fee for this event, but we will be accepting donations of non-perishable items for the food bank at the door. NOVEMBER’S STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Winter Break – The school will be closed for winter break from December 25th – January 5th. School will re-open on January 8th

, 2018

For the month of November we held our annual food drive for the Surrey Food Bank. Thanks to all of your generosity over 1000 items were

donated! Congratulations to Mrs. Khela’s 1C and Ms. Kaur’s 5B for bringing in the most donations per student! E-Newsletter – Please feel free to download the newsletter from our website (www.gadschool.com) and please make sure your email is up to date with the office as we send an email notification when the newsletter is ready for download. If you do require a printed newsletter, please notify the office in writing. Please check in with our website regularly for all current/updated information. Kindergarten Registration 2017 – 2018: Admissions to kindergarten for the year 2017-2018 are now open. If you have or know of a child who will be five years old by December 31, 2017, please contact the school as soon as possible to book a tour and/or reserve your spot for next year. Student of the Month – Each month the teachers pick one student that they believe went above and beyond in the classroom. Congratulations to this month’s winners! Keep up the great work! School Garden initiative – Grade 8’s are starting a school garden to promote healthy eating habits. This garden will also serve as an outdoor classroom for all grades as it will enhance learning for all students by providing different learning centers. This program is sponsored by B.C. Agriculture in the Classroom. A reminder to parents - please make sure your children come to school in their proper uniform. Also, since the weather is getting cold and icy, please walk your children to the building when you drop them off as the sidewalks and parking lot can be slippery and icy. After school clubs – The final day of afterschool clubs is Friday, December 15th. Information about clubs for term 2 will come in the new year.

KG-A Sevak Kaur Samra

KG-B Harman Sangha

KG-C Kaden Singh

KG-D Nathan Singh

KG-E Gursanjh Kaur

1A Jasnoor K. Gill

1B Narayan Randhawa

1C Sharwan Badhan

1D Sarena Samra

2A Ramneek Dhaliwal

2B Manreet Gakhal

2C Sarleen Mal

2D Sehaj Virk

3A Harprab Benipal

3B Sara Sidhu

3C Sharia Kaur Cheema

4A Ishmeet Kaur Sangha

4B Arhaan Sherin

4C Japji Lail

5A Sukhreet Aujla

5B Maya Jagjit Kaur Sidhu

5C Muskaan Sandhu

6A Seerit Batth

6B Gurneer Johal

7A Ravjot Mann

7B Prabhneet Bhandaal

8 Jason Chahal

Punjabi Ramiro S. KGD

Jaanveer Randhawa 2B

Gurnekpreet Sandhu 6A

Kirtan Navpreet Toor 7B

Tabla Harveen Sanghera & Harjaap S 3A/3C

Divjot Dhindsa 5B

PHE Imroz 5A

French Rehanna Thiara

Computer Harkaranvir Munday 5B

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)

On November 17th, KG to Grade 8 participated in the STEM Contest. It was a collaborative building challenge for which an engineering design process was used. Here

are the winning groups:

Grades Name of Students in Group

KG-A Sifatpreet Bath, Avneet Sandhu,Gurshaan Hunjan, Arnav Bal.

KG-B Harman,Armaan,Harnoor,Anayat, Arnav

KG-C Kaden Powar, Prabhnoor Mal, Anaya Mallhi, Mehtab Kamboj

KG-D Jaiveer Aujla, Kashvi Sheena, Nathan Singh, Sophia Dhaliwal

KG-E Armaan Sran, Keerat Kang, Sukhman Heer, Gursanjh Kaur, Jahan Gadhri

1A Ditarjit, Ashreet, Sukhman, Mannat & Jasmeen

1B Jayttan,Taran,Ekamjot,Arjun,Jovenpartap

1C Sukhmani, Parleen, Jugaad, Aagum & Zohar

1D All winners

2A Sahib Padda, Anahat Dhillon, Mannat Johal, Hunar Goyal

2B Pervaiz Khosa, Japreet Nagra, Saihaj Dhesi, & Ashwin Deol

2C Jasleen Randhawa, Gursirat Binepal, Sartaj Cheema, Sarleen Mal

2D Ramandeep Sangha, Prince Gill, Avneet padda, Gurleen Kaler, Praneet Dulai

3A Kirti, Kavreet, Gurman, Gunraj, Keerat Cheema

3B Deven, Parleen, Simar, Manroop Sohi

3C Jaipreet Singh, Gureet Kaur, Sahibjeet Sigh, Karanteshwar Singh

4A Amreen Kaila and Niyamat Sembhi

4B Gursirat Cheema, Maihr Kalsi, Karan Kathpalia, Gurleen Kaur

4C Sumare,Sartaj, Mehtab, Abhayveer

5A Sukhreet Aujla, Alina Malhi, Avinek Nahar

5B Maya Sidhu, Annie Sohi, Harshdeep Pooni

5C Tanisha Dhaliwal and Sukhseerit Marwah

6A Simrit,Amol, & Simran

6B Amreen, Gurnisha & Hannah

7A Ravjot, Daya, Tamanna, Keerat

7B Shubhreet, Mehak, Banraz and Jazzy

8 Tanjyote, Gurleen B., Avneet

December 2017

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Pizza & Movie

Night by PSG

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Winter Art Contest

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Final Day for

Afterschool Clubs

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Term 1 Report Card Shaheedi Sri Teg

Bahadur Ji and

Chaar Sahibzade

Assembly

8:30 – 9:30

Parent Teacher

Conferences

Early dismissal @

noon

Christmas Concert

1:00 pm

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SCHOOL REOPENS ON JANUARY 8TH

Winter Break December 25 – January 5