3 Feb to 7 Feb 2020
Monday, Feb 3
- Fruit & vegetable snack
- Choir
Tuesday, Feb 4
- Point Grey @ Southlands, 9am
Wednesday, Feb 5
- Munch-a-lunch deadline (Hot Dog/Pizza)
- Drama Club
- Senior Boys Basketball
- Gr7 Info session @ Point Grey, 6pm
Thursday, Feb 6
- Art Club, Gr4/5
- Flute (bring flutes)
Friday, Feb 7
- Lunar New Year Assembly, 9:30am
- Art Club, Gr4/5
- Earth Kids club
- Pizza lunch
Looking Ahead:
Feb 12: Gr8 enrolment forms due to Gr7 teacher
Feb 12: Axis Theatre, Div 4
Feb 12: PAC meeting, 6:15pm
Feb 13: Fire Drill, 10:40am
Feb 14: Munch-a-lunch deadline (Subway)
Feb 14: Pro D Day
Feb 17: Family Day, school closed
Feb 21: Mother tongue day
Feb 23: Flying Bob, 1:30pm
Feb 25: MOA Dance Fest, Div 4
Feb 27: Pink Shirt day
Feb 27: Assembly by Gr4/5
Feb 27: DPAC General meeting
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.
Hot Dog & Pizza lunch - volunteers needed on Feb 7, 13
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)
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Hello Southlands Families!
The month has ended with a flurry of registrations for new kindergarten students! We are excited that so many families are eager to enroll their little people at our school. This week we also welcomed three new students from Vancouver Island. Welcome Kylie in grade 4, Shane in grade 2 and Owen in Kindergarten!
We also had two performances: How Raven Stole the Sun by 3 Crows Productions and The Black Dog String Quartet with Mozart and More. We ended Friday with an assembly organized by Div. 5 (Mrs. Mitsiadis and Ms. Cronk’s classes). The topic was the Learner Trait: Balance. They spoke about how the Coast Salish people stayed in balance with the earth and sea.
Next week, we will be sending home a newsletter on Monday. We remembered to put the Pizza with the Principal slip on this time! Next week will be Miss Alex’s and Mr. Moe’s last week. We are so sorry to see them go and we thank them for everything they have done for our school.
Our new, permanent Office Assistant is Teresa Sutter and she will start Feb. 10th.
Lastly, many thanks to Mr. Dyer and Mr. Lee for coaching the grade 6/7 basketball team. They are having fun, and so are the students.
All the best for the week ahead,
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton ( @SouthlandsIB) |
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Novel Coronavirus
VSB sent the below note to all parents on Wed, 29 Jan:
This morning, Health Minister Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that the first presumptive positive case of novel coronavirus (known as 2019-nCoV) in BC has been identified in the Vancouver Coast Health (VCH) region. The patient is in isolation at home and poses no risk to the public. VCH Public Health is currently monitoring the patient and their close contacts.
Even with this presumptive case, the risk to residents in the VCH region and in B.C. remains low. There is no ongoing risk posed to the public, and health care staff in our region are prepared should other cases arise.
The novel coronavirus (named 2019-nCoV) causes a respiratory disease that was first reported in Wuhan, China. VCH Medical Health Officers, our provincial partners and the Public Health Agency of Canada continue to actively monitor the situation and have protocols in place to screen for infections in any returning travellers. While there have been cases identified outside of China, all of these individuals are known to have recent travel to the Wuhan area. The Public Health Agency of Canada continues to reassure the public that the risk to Canadians is low and that our public health system is well positioned to identify and manage any additional cases.
All travellers returning from the Wuhan area who do not have symptoms are being advised to monitor for symptoms for a 2 week period. At this time, reports indicate that this virus is spread only after symptoms develop. There is no reason for travellers returning from Wuhan, or other locations in China, without any symptoms to be prevented from working, going to school or attending events unless instructed to do so by Public Health. There is also no evidence that novel coronavirus is circulating in the Chinese Canadian community.
In the meantime, we are reminding everyone to follow proper respiratory hygiene etiquette during the cold and flu season. This includes proper hand-washing with soap and water, covering your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, and staying home when you are sick.
We do not recommend that the general public or staff wear masks. Surgical masks are not designed for this purpose and are unlikely to provide significant protection. There is also no need to post signage, stockpile supplies or to implement special cleaning procedures.
More information about novel coronavirus can be found on the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) website
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your local Medical Health Officer.. |
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Southlands will be celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year with a special assembly on Friday February 7th, 9:30 am to 11:45 am. We have 45 minutes of performances (Dragon dance, Rat year store, Drama, Poem song singing, and magic), followed by games and activities (brush writing, long rope skipping, paper cutting, bamboo dancing). Children will have a chance to take a picture with a dragon too. Please mark your calendar to join us.
Volunteers are also needed to help coordinate the games and activities. If you can help, please contact Lana at 604-671-3677.
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Its time to order hot lunches again. This term all orders will be online so please visit the Munchalunch website to place your order. If you have issues please reach out to southlands.fundraising@gmail.com or read the flyer
Ordering for Hot Dog & Pizza is open till Feb 5. Subway will open after that. |
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DPAC Update
DPAC is looking for VSB parents interested in joining the following DPAC committees and working groups:
- DPAC Facilities Planning Committee (gathering input, sharing knowledge, creating toolkits for PACs, and making recommendations to DPAC exec on district facility matters including seismic) - contact committee chair, Vik Khanna
- DPAC Childcare Committee - contact DPAC committee chair, Alan Patola Moosmann
- VSB Policy & Procedures - contact DPAC secretary, Gord Lau
DPAC is looking for VSB parents interested in representing DPAC on the following VSB working groups:
- DPAC anticipates that the VSB Foods Working Group will have its inaugural meeting in the next couple months. If you are a VSB parent with interest/knowledge of food programs (including breakfast and lunch currently made by VSB staff), food growing, production, distribution, nutrition, and/or education and are interested in being our representative, please contact DPAC chair, Shaun Kalley before Feb 13.
- DPAC's current representative on VSB's Renaming Schools Working Group is no longer able to continue. If you are interested in representing DPAC in this group, please contact DPAC chair, Shaun Kalley before Feb 13.
How inclusive are Canadian secondary schools? The 2nd national climate survey aims to find out. Please share this survey with Canadian residents between the ages of 14 to 20.
The City of Vancouver has started a multi-year engagement process to determine a road-map for a "Vancouver Plan." They currently have a survey open to understand who you are and what Vancouver means to you with the intention to use this information to create a plan that reflects the aspirations, hopes and dreams of all who live, work and play here.
2020 Premier’s Awards for Excellence. Know an exceptional teacher, administrator or VSB support staff? Nominations are now open and are welcomed from all BC citizens. The deadline to submit nominations is April 30. This year awards will be given in the following categories:
- Community Engagement
- District Leadership
- Extracurricular Leadership
- Indigenous Education
- Outstanding New Teacher
- Outstanding Support (School Community)
- Outstanding Support (Teaching Assistant)
- Outstanding Team Collaboration
- School Leadership
- Social Equity and Diversity
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Fundraise while shopping!
Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We encourage others to join the team using code FRJ3Z5.
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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Severe Weather
All schools in the Vancouver School District will remain open if at all possible during severe weather events. Any district-wide closure will be decided by 7:00 am at the latest. Details of district-wide or individual school closures will be announced through the media and the district website front page. |
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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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