DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF NIAGARA
FEBRUARY 2017
The Husky Howler
Issue 6
Inside this issue:
Grade 6 perspectives
on making Dreamcatchers
Pg.2
—3
E-Recycling at WHPS!
Pg. 4
Understanding Numbers
With Your Child….
Pg. 5
On-line Homework
Help available for
students in Gr 7& 8
Pg. 5
NEWSLETTER QUIZ
Pg.7
Upcoming Dates to Know
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Feb 1-3 Grades 3 & 6 Mid Year
EQAO practice—Literacy
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February 2: Kindergarten Open
House. 10am-6pm
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February 2—Primary grades to see
Fenwick Flossie for Ground Hog
Day in Fenwick 9:20-10:30 am
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February 6-10—Candy-grams for
sale ($0.50 each or 3 for $1.00)
•
Feb. 10— Term 1 Report Cards go
home
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Happy 100th day of School!
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February 14 Happy Valentines Day
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Feb 15-16 Grades 3 & 6 Mid Year
EQAO practice—Numeracy
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Feb. 20—Happy Family Day!
•
Wed. Feb. 22 DSBN Pink Shirt
Day (wear PINK)
•
February 27—SAC meeting 6:30
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Tue. Feb. 28 Skating @ Pelham
Arena (Gr k-2 9-10 am, Gr 3-5 1011 am, Gr 6-8 11 am-noon)
By Mr. M. Leduc,
Term 1 Report Cards Go Home ject is only being taught in datory for all students, the
Term 2, then the teacher will teacher may request an interFriday, Feb. 10, 2017
On February 10, 2017 all students will bring home their
“pay-cheques” for first term!
Students have been working
hard, and the Term 1 Report
Card will share with you what
your child is doing well, and
areas that they will need to
focus on for continued growth
and development.
Learning Skills and Work
Habits are an important focus
of this report card. These are
critical life skills that students
will work on from Grades 1 to
Grade 12. Teachers evaluate
how well students are achieving these skills for their grade
level and include a comment
about each student's strengths
and some next steps for continued growth. The development of these skills is crucial to
creating the conditions for
future academic success for
students and for developing
those attributes that will help
promote leadership, responsibility and positive relationships.
For each subject being taught
this term, your child will receive either a letter grade
(Grades 1-6) or a percentage
grade (Grades 7 & 8). If a sub-
check NA (not applicable) for
that subject on the report card.
For each subject, there will be
a comment that describes your
child's strengths and some
next steps that will support
learning in Term 2.
view to discuss some specific
needs or next steps for your
child. If you have any questions or comments for your
child’s teacher, but an interview was not requested, you
are invited to contact the
school or teacher to schedule
an opportunity to discuss your
child's achievement and next
steps for learning.
Communication between
teachers
and
parents/guardians is an important
support for student success.
We encourage all parents/guardians to discuss the We are looking forward to a
report card with your child. great Term 2 here at WellingWhile interviews are not man- ton Heights !
Mrs. Brennan’s Class: Dream, Catcher Project
Some Students’ Perspective…...
On Monday morning Mrs Brennan announced that Mrs. Stevenett would be coming to our class for our
double art period. Mrs. Brennan explained that Mrs. Stevenett has Native American cousins who live on a
reserve and still use the Native American way of life. Everyone was super excited and hoped that Mrs.
Stevenett would bring some Native American things to show. Since Native American Culture was our main
focus in Social Studies, some of us were wondering why she was coming for our double art period. The day
seemed to last forever but finally she arrived. She brought a bag full of cool Native American stuff including
lots of beaded jewelry, a turtle shell bag and quite bit of dream catchers. Once everyone got a good look at
all the Native American things, she pulled out more stuff from the bag. On a table she placed two spools of
deer hide. One spool was brown the other was white. Next she pulled out quite a few gold bracelets, some
waxy looking string, small containers with beautiful coloured beads inside and a tiny bag filled with feathers.
Mrs. Stevenett explained that we would be making dream catchers! Once Mrs. Stevenett finished handing
out the materials for the first step (1 gold bracelet and an arms length of brown or white hide) we got to
work. First we had to wrap our deer hide around the bracelet. How hard could that be? Well first of all, the
hide kept unraveling because the glue that we used to keep the deer hide in place was not doing its job.
We had to place one finger on the spot where the glue was and use our other fingers to to wrap the hide.
Also the deer hide had to be wrapped very tightly so once the glue dried it would never come off. Finally the
glue dried and we were ready for the second step. For the second step we had to use that waxy string,
which by the way was man made sinew. Real sinew was made from animal intestines, so I was pretty happy to know that we were using the artificial one. We used the sinew to make the webbing for the inside of
our dream catchers. Soon we ran out of time and did not get the chance to add the beads or the feathers,
but Mrs. Stevenett promised she would come back another day to finish the dream catchers.
I can’t wait till Mrs. Stevenett comes back! Making the dream catchers was so fun!
-Sydney
Making Dream Catchers
I think it was a great idea to make homemade dream catchers. When I saw the size of the dream
catchers that we were making I thought it was going to be easy but it was not. I can't believe people
make those for their living. I almost wanted to give up but I did not. It was a lot of fun. I think it's a
good idea for people to learn their backgrounds in school. I love learning about all of this stuff. I
loved seeing all of the other ones that people had made.
Thank you so much Mrs. Stevenett.
by, Claire L, Gr. 6
Making Dream Catchers
Making dream catchers in Art was so much fun, but also a pain. When I saw the size of the dream catcher that we were making I thought it was going to be simple but No! It was so hard. Most of us were going
to give up.That is if Mrs.Stevenett wasn’t there to encourage us to keep going. It may be hard but it is really fun.Thank you Mrs.Stevenett for everything it was a lot of fun.
From: Megan Gr. 6
Our class made mini dream catchers. I personally thought
it was going to be easy because the ring we started with was
small and we just had to wrap string around it. But it was
harder than I thought. It was hard because you had to hold
the glue after you glued it and you had to hold the glue
while you wrapped the material around the gold ring. And
I’m still not done. I had trouble with the material wrapping as you know. Then I found out that was the easy part
and I was shocked. I found it pretty cool how the native
peoples made these with no glue and they made big ones
too and they make a lot of them because they waste nothing. I thought this project was really unique and it was
pretty fun! I hope we could do another cool native project.
-Riley R 6B
E-Recycling Day at Wellington Heights!
On Saturday, April 29th from 10am-2pm, Wellington Heights will be hosting its first E-Recycling fundraiser, with funds raised to go towards the purchasing of items for the Makerspace. Shift Recycling will be
providing us with 5,000 flyers to distribute, asking the community to look around and see what they have to
donate. Mrs. Keus is hoping that many families will begin to put the word out now, and start collecting items
as they become available. Parent volunteers would be appreciated for the actual collection day as well, because pick up of some items may be required. We have been working on technology take-aparts for a while
now, and have already a healthy collection of items to be recycled. If you are able to assist in any way,
please contact Mrs. Keus, andrea.keus@dsbn.org. Here are a list of items that are eligible to be recycled:
Computers And Network Equipment
Telephones and Cell Phones
-Desktop Computers
-Laptops
-All In One Computers
-Monitors
- Servers, Routers, Switches And Modems
- Typewriters
-All Computer Peripherals Keyboards, Mice, Wires etc.
-Landline and office telephones
-Cell phones and Blackberries
-Office telephone systems
-Answering Machines
Audio And Video Equipment
- Stereos, Radios, Amplifiers And Speakers
-Car Audio Equipment
-Cameras And Camcorders
-DVD Players, VHS Players And Satellite Receivers
Wires And Cables
- All Wires And Cables
-Keyboards And Mice
-Adaptors
Televisions
-All Televisions (CRT, Tube projection…)
-All monitors (CRT, Tube, LCD, LED)
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The Husky Howler
Intermediate Basketball Season Well Underway for our Huskies!
Our Intermediate Basketball season is
well underway. Both our girls and boys
have been working hard with their
coaches practicing during nutrition
breaks in preparations for their league
games over the last month. They continue to have fun and develop skills and are
working hard to prepare for the upcoming DSBN tournaments on Feb 21 (boys)
and Feb 23 (girls). Both teams will also
participate in the EL Crossley tournament on Friday, Feb 3, 2017.
Understand Numbers with Your Child
Research tells us that in mathematics, higher achieving students have a stronger flexibility and understanding of the relationships between numbers. In classrooms, educators are working with students to
build skills with understanding and connections, to help develop their sense of number as well as learning and remembering facts. This helps them when problem-solving.
Think about knowing 4 + 7 = 11 simply as a memorized fact.
Now think about knowing that 4 + 7 = 11 because it is a 3 + 7 and 1 more (linked to knowing that 10
is an important number).
The understanding of this relationship can help a student to
think flexibly about 64+27.
In the same way, it can be thought about as 60 + 20 + the 10
(that was made by the understanding of 4+7) and 1 more = 91
As a parent, you can support your child in thinking flexibly about how numbers are related:
•
What other numbers or facts is this connected to?Example: 6 + 7=? This is like the double I know of 6
+ 6 and then 1 more.
• What do you know that might help you get there?Example: 7 x 4 =? I remember that 5 x 4 = 20, so then
I have to add on two more 4’s, which is 8, to get 28.
What is another way that you can know that?Example: 4 x 25 =? I can think about money and know that 4 quarters
is $1.00, so 4 x 25 = 100
Hmmmm….What Might the Answer Be??????
Farmer Rusty is heading to the fair to purchase some
more animals for his farm. He gets some great deals!
He is able to purchase pigs for $5.00 each, Sheep
for $2.00 each, and Chickens for $0.10 (ten cents)
each. If he spends exactly $100 dollars and purchases exactly 100
animals in total, how many
of each animal
must he have
purchased?
Hand in your
answer with
your newsletter quiz.
Huskies Heading to the Rink….
On Tuesday, February 28th, students at
Wellington Heights will be heading to
the rink to participate in a great leisure
activity...skating! Our K-Gr. 2 students
will start off from 9-10 am, followed by
our students in Gr. 3-5 from 10-11 am,
ending with our students in Gr. 6-8 who
will head to the rink from 11-12 pm. We
welcome any parents or grandparents
who might be available to join us to help
with skates and on the
ice to meet us at the
arena on the 28th.
CSA approved helmets must be worn by
all participants going
on to the ice.
Homework Help for Students Grade 7 to 10
Homework Help is a free online math help resource for students in Grades 7-10. Homework
Help provides free, live one-on-one tutoring from Ontario teachers Sunday to Thursday from
5:30pm – 9:30pm ET. The program is funded by the Ontario government and administered
by TVO's Independent Learning Centre. To log in, students will need to register with their Ontario Education Number (OEN), found at the top of their report card near their name.
(Your child’s OEN never changes so any of their Ontario report cards will have it.)
https://homeworkhelp.ilc.org/
Note: Homework Help is offered in English and is only available to students at publicly
funded schools.
Water Does Wonders Pledge Campaign As part of the Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC), Niagara has teamed up with communities across
Ontario to launch the www.waterdoeswonders.ca Pledge Campaign to encourage organizations and families to
make it easier for children to choose water over sugary drinks. Why Pledge? To be part of the solution! Kids are drinking way too many sugary drinks, which has a negative
impact on their health and on the environment. We can all help by making water easier to access and by reducing the amount of sugary drinks we serve and sell to children. By taking the pledge, you are affirming your
commitment to help children sip less sugar. What can you do? •
Sign the pledge at www.waterdoeswonders.ca. Your pledge will help Niagara earn Top Community status on the
Hall of Pledges. •
Print your pledge certificate and display it prominently •
Check out the resources available at
Newsletter Quiz
www.waterdoeswonders.ca Other than skates, what equipment is
•
Spread the word using #WaterDoesWonders to inspire others. 1.
mandatory for all participants on February 28?
2.
How many of each animal did Farmer
Rusty purchase (math challenge on page
6)
3.
When do our Basketball teams head to
EL Crossley for the tournament?
4.
Who helped the Grade 6 class with their
dreamcatchers?
***Bring in your answers to the office on a
piece of paper with your name and class on it
for a chance to win a “valuable” prize :)
School Cash On-Line will be open for March’s hot lunch orders, pizza orders and milk
orders, from Saturday, February 4th through to Sunday, January 19 at midnight..
School Cash On-Line is our preferred method of payment. If you’re having difficulty signing up, they
offer a great support line. You can reach them at 1-866-961-1803.
**Hard copies of March Hot Lunch...if needed...can be picked up at the office.