25 Nov to 29 Nov 2019
Monday, Nov 25
- Subway lunch (Mondays now)
- Choir
Tuesday, Nov 26
Wednesday, Nov 27
- Purdys & Gift card order form due
- Boys Volleyball practice
- Div 8+9 field trip, 9-12:30
- Drama Club
- Boys Volleyball game
Thursday, Nov 28
Friday, Nov 29
- Earth Kids club
- Hot Dog lunch
- Mad Science after school
Looking Ahead:
Dec 1: Dufflebag Theatre
Dec 3: Fire drill, 11:45am
Dec 11: PAC meeting, 6:15pm
Dec 15: "Elf" movie @ Dunbar theatre, Gr7 fundraiser 10am
Dec 18: Risk-taker assembly by Gr 4/5
Dec 18: Winter Social & Bake sale (evening)
Dec 20: Last day of school
Jan 6: School reopens
View the school calendar online
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We need your commitment so that we know days are covered by volunteers. We welcome guardians, grandparents, aunts and uncles to help. Please click this link to sign up.
Hotdog/Pizza - volunteers needed on Dec 6, 13
Winter Social - volunteers needed on the morning of the Tuesday Dec 17 to wrap baked goods, and volunteers need on Dec 18 to run the bake sale
PAC meeting sign - Looking for a volunteer to hang the sign up the first Wed of every month there is a PAC meeting (an ideal job for a JKC family who arrives by 8:15 am)
Crossing guards - Intermediate Students are eager to be cross walk volunteers, but we need an adult to manage the organization. Can we have one or two parents to please take this over? You can ask Mr Lee what is involved as he was the organizer last year. VPD will come and speak with volunteers about traffic safety before starting. Students or parents would be volunteering at the cross walk 8:40 am-9 am and 2:55pm - 3:15 pm every day.
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 Hello Southlands Families!
Hello, everyone. On Thursday and Friday, I attended the BC Superintendents Association Fall conference. Over the two days, we heard from four inspiring speakers: Dr. Santa Ono, president of UBC, Dr. Jan Hare, Associate Dean of Indigenous Studies at UBC, Shane Safir, author of The Listening Leader, and Dr. Margaret Wheatley, scholar, author and leader in the field of organizational behaviour and social change. It was the second time I’ve seen Dr. Wheatley and she continues to inspire me. She spoke about the concern she has for people today having “content without connection,” for example, being in contact with others through social media, but having no true connection or relationship in community. She said, “Ethics is how we behave when we decide we belong together.” She also said, “Listen to the children.”
Through conversations, advisory groups, teaching in classrooms, walking in the forest, and lunch time clubs, I am committed to listening to the children of Southlands and responding to their needs. To every adult who comes into our space and does the same, whether it is through teaching, volunteering, sponsoring a club or just being a caring adult: Thank you!
Please consider coming to our IB Parent Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 26th at 6:30 pm to learn more about IB and how to engage with you child about their learning. We will be discussing the foundations of the IB and you’ll have a chance to give us your input in the area of Communicating Student Learning.
Have a great last week of November, and as always stay in touch.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton ( @SouthlandsIB) |
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IB info session
Tuesday November 26th at 6:30pm
Do you have any question or curiosities about our IB Primary Years Programme at Southlands?
Do you have any questions about how the BC curriculum is integrated within the six transdisciplinary themes that guide units of inquiry?
- Who we are
- Where we are in place and time
- How we express ourselves
- How the world works
- How we organize ourselves
- Sharing the planet
Did you know that the Units of inquiry interweave subject areas such as mathematics, language arts, science and social studies? This approach encourages students to make their own connections between what they learn in core subject areas and how it relates to the world around them.
This session is for all parents/guardians of current Southlands students. We aim to help you develop a better understanding of the PYP at Southlands and your role in your child’s IB education.
RSVP appreciated, but we welcome everyone!
Please let us know if you require childminding.
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Gift Cards & Purdys orders due
Please submit your orders for holiday gift cards and Purdy's chocolates this week. The deadline is Nov 27 so that we can get you the orders before the holidays. These are important fundraisers for the PAC, so please consider ordering and asking family to order some cheer for the holidays!
If you are making paper orders, please return them and payment to the office (PAC tray). Cheques should be payable to "Southlands PAC"
For Purdy's orders, as an alternative you can take a picture of the order form and send it to southlands.fundraising@gmail.com |
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Grade 7 Fundraising
The Grade 7 students have been hard at work on two FUNdraisers, to raise money towards their Grade 7 June Graduation activities:
Movie + Gift basket raffle ticket (green ticket) - $10 each
This duo ticket gives you:
- Admission for one to Dunbar Theatre to see the holiday movie “ELF" and
- Gift Basket Raffle Ticket (see below)!
Great Value and Great Fun!!
We have rented out the entire Dunbar Theatre to show ELF on Sunday, December 15th at 10:00 am.
Gift basket raffle ticket (red ticket) - $5 each
This ticket gives you the chance to win 1 of 3 fabulous gift baskets (valued at ~ $250 each):
- Gourmet Food + Wine Basket
- Family Movie Night Basket
- Family + Friends Games Basket
The draw will be at the Winter Social on Wednesday, December.18th.
10% of each ticket sale will be donated to the Greater Vancouver Foodbank!
Tickets are available before school (8:45-9:00am) and after school (3:00-3:30pm) in front of school (weather permitting) or inside by the office (if raining/snowing). If you are unable to buy tickets during these times, please email, and we’ll be happy to arrange another time. |
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Fundraise while shopping!
Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $25! Please sign up this week and we can earn a $10 bonus for every person who joins and makes a purchase in November.
Shopping online through the FlipGive Southlands team is a fundraising method that allows you to shop and have a commission go to the PAC. There are no extra costs to you.
Use the FlipGive app or browser plugin before shopping online at stores like Starbucks, Amazon, Sportchek, Nike, Bay, The Gap, Indigo, etc. and you will be ensuring a percentage of your purchase gets credited to Southlands programs. There is even a way to shop in-store and get the same benefit!
Download the FlipGive App or visit www.flipgive.com/join to sign up. You will be asked to enter the Southlands Elementary team code FRJ3Z5.
How does it work? Stores on FlipGive pay a commission whenever you shop with them via their app or website, and FlipGive shares that commission with the team you are registered for. You can choose to make your shopping purchase private and no details of your shopping are shared with the PAC.
Happy Shopping!
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Join DPAC on Thursday November 28: 7-9:30pm
The goal of this session is to provide a lens on “What is Sustainability?” and to create an educational forum for gathering and distributing information on sustainability. From the City of Vancouver’s citywide plans to the actions of individuals, the session will highlight work being done to promote and involve communities in sustainability and responsible citizenship. This is an opening for parents to share, learn, and enhance the efforts taken by community members.
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Safe Arrival
If your child will be absent from school, please phone 604-713-5159 as soon as possible and leave your child's name, division number, the date and whether they will be absent or late. Our school code is 79.
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Throughout the year any purchases online from Stong's will earn our school a rebate when you select "Southlands Elementary School" from the drop down menu. Thank you for your support!
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