16 Nov to 20 Nov 2020
Monday, 16 November
Tuesday, 17 November
Wednesday, 18 November
Thursday, 19 November
Friday, 20 November
Looking ahead
23 Nov: Southlands masks ordering
27 Nov: Pro D-Day
26 Nov: DPAC General meeting, Sustainability: Principles to Practice
18 Dec: Pajama day
19 Dec: Winter Break starts
View the school calendar online
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Please make sure you review the daily health assessment before sending your child(ren) to school. Click here to review.
If you are late to school, your child must enter through the upper front door by the salmon mural and check-in at the office. Please call the office at (604) 713-5414 so they can let the child in.
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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We invite all caregivers to attend the PAC meeting on Wednesday. The meeting is over zoom, please join us on Wednesday at 7pm to provide your input. Agenda for the meeting is posted on our website here |
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Hello Southlands Families!
We hope you all received our email earlier this week and our Southlands Newsletter today. This week, we reviewed the Health and Safety procedures and protocols with all students. We are committed to keeping Southlands as clean as possible, washing our hands frequently, using respiratory etiquette and maintaining physical distance. Thank you for remembering to send your children in Grades 6 and 7 with their reusable masks.
Student Leadership members went around to classes today to talk about World Kindness Day. Next week we are going to practice Random Acts of Kindness. Students who experience such an act can write about it on the pink slips of paper that each teacher has. We will gather them on Friday. At Southlands we believe that every day is Kindness day!
Happy Diwali to all of our friends who celebrate this weekend. Thank you to Atharv and Aagam for talking about Diwali on the morning announcements on Friday. We love to learn about all of the celebrations that take place in our school community. Diversity is our strength!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please give us a call.
Sincerely,
Margaret Paxton
Principal (@SouthlandsIB)
PS Check out the VSB website and VSB Instagram for our World Kindness Day story!
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Our masks have arrived! Orders will be handed out by teachers this week so please check your child's backpack.
We will re-open for orders on November 23rd for two weeks - just in time for holiday shopping! We have a number of both youth and adult sizes left, but get your orders in fast to avoid missing out.
These beautiful masks provide 2 layers of fabric and have an insert pocket for a filter if you wish. The artwork is a portion of the Southlands school logo, which was redesigned in 2017, featuring artwork by a Musqueam Band member.
Masks cost $15.50 each and can be ordered by logging in to your MunchaLunch account and choosing “Fundraisers”. If you have questions about ordering please Renee at southlands.fundraising@gmail.com
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Happy Diwali |
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World Kindness Day |
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Communicators
For the month of November, we are focusing on the learner trait communicator.
Language is the foundation for all learning, and the PYP places great importance on good communication skills. This is evident in the number of different ways communication is emphasized:
- one of the ten Learner Profile attributes is Communicators
- one of the five Approaches to Learning is Communication Skills
- teaching and learning an additional language is a requirement in PYP schools
Please read the entire blog here at the Southlands PYP blog
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Here is an interesting webinar from the Kelty Mental Health Center at BC Childrens, that caregivers might want to attend:
Challenges with School Attendance Webinar Series
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Thank you to the families who have joined our FlipGive team! We have already earned $300 for Southlands programs. We encourage others to join the team using code FRJ3Z5.
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.
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