February 9, 2015
Lifehack - A strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way.
(Oxford Online Dictionary)
Are you as drawn to lifehacks as I am? - you know, the ingenious (Remember MacGuyver?) ideas that show up on
your Facebook newsfeed from time to time: How to separate an egg using an empty water bottle; how to slice a
handful of cherry tomatoes in seconds using two saucers or plastic lids. You get the idea. If you had nothing else to do,
you could spend all day reading (and trying) 100 Life Hacks to Make Life Easier or 50 Life Hacks to Simplify Your
World. If you had that much time on your hands, however, you might as well do things the long or hard way: you
wouldn't need lifehacks.
We have lifehacks in school, too. They were in existence long before the term 'lifehack' was invented in 2004. Ask
your upper-grade child about tricks for remembering the 9 times table, the order of mathematical operations, the names
of the planets in order, or the names of the music notes on the lines of the treble staff, and you will probably learn
some of them. Memory tricks (officially known as mnemonic devices) such as using the first letters of words in a
sentence or phrase, putting words to music (I still sing the names of Jesus' disciples if I want to remember them.), and
adding actions, are a few examples of lifehacks your children can use to "manage [their] time and daily activities in a
more efficient way." (For more educational lifehacks, 'just google it'!)
Our spiritual life goes better with lifehacks too. By our example and our training, we can teach our children how to
consistently live the Christian life, filled with His peace and joy. One blogger, Joshua Benton, has suggested four
spiritual lifehacks which are summed up for you here:
1. Rhythm: To live a solid spiritual life, create a rhythm of prayer and serving, work and rest.
2. Pray: Prayer helps you refocus and reorientates where you're at and where you're going.
3. Submit: Submitting to the wants and desires of God helps you begin to see how temporary stuff is and how
eternal people are.
4. Walk with Jesus: Learn His teachings, learn His ways, for his yoke, his teachings, are easy and his burden is
light (Matthew 11:28-30). Part of the spiritual life hack is studying God's word. Meditating on it. Focusing on
it….Jesus. He gets you through it all. He is present and walks with you through it all. He does the work for
you. Best. Spiritual Life Hack. Ever.
https://spiritualmusclehead.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/4-spiritual-life-hacks/
Carol Cole
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Sunday
Next Mon.
- Lucas B., JK
- Samantha B., Gr.5
- Nathaniel H., Gr.5
- Ken R., Gr.3
- Zoe L., Gr.7B
- Eleanor R., Gr.5
- Malachi B., Gr.4
- Andrew H., Gr.7B
- Chelsea V., Gr.6
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
Prayer Corner: Our prayers go to the Van Dorp family (supporters of the school for many years) with the passing of Henry Van
Dorp. We entrust his wife, Leny, and their children/grandchildren to the Lord- He will give peace and comfort.
Last week Friday, Mrs Rika Mulder, also a longtime supporter of the school, died. She is the great-grandmother of Katelyn (Grade
2) and Paige (SK). We pray that God will fill her family with the strength and comfort they need as they grieve and we rejoice with
them in the comfort that Mrs. Mulder is with her Lord forever.
Scholastic Book Orders are due February 17. Thank You.
Registration Day is scheduled for this Wednesday, Feb 11th . Call the office 519-539-1492 or email
admissions@woodstockchristian.ca to book your appointment. Appointments can also be made (via the above contact information)
for a different date and time. Thank you. Dawn Streutker
Senior Boys' Basketball: We are finishing up our regular season games this week with a home game after school today against St.
Patrick's and a game in Innerkip on Wednesday against Trinity. Players can be picked up around 4:45 today, and 5:20 on
Wednesday at W.C.S. Our next game, a playoff game, is not known at this time.
Senior Girls Basketball: This week Tuesday we have our last scheduled game against Trinity here at school. The girls can be
picked up at 5pm. We will know the remainder of our games soon, and will let you know more as we receive the information.
WCS Hockey: The WCS hockey team will have its' second practice on Wednesday morning at the WCC @ 7:00am. The coaches
and students had a great first practice and look forward to a successful (short) season. Please remember to pay the $30 fee per player
to cover ice costs. Any questions can be directed to Mrs. Racicot (staff representative) at l.racicot@woodstockchristian.ca.
WCS Benefit Banquet: WOW, what a night, I am overwhelmed with all the support of the members, families and the community!
Thank you to everyone who was involved, from phone calls, to donating, to decorating, to serving, every area was covered and I
appreciate all of your willingness to help! The night was a great success with 100+ guests in attendance and raising over $6000 for
the school!
Congrats to all our door prize winners and to our very own Stephanie Linker who took home the grand prize!
Thank-you especially to all our donors!
Door prizes donated by:
Lazio Wines
Fred Estaire Dance Studio
Fifth Avenue Jewelry
Gunn's Hill Cheese
Jason and Charmaine Brown
Pasma Custom Woodcreations
Sixthirtynine Restaurant
Wild Comfort Body Care
Pampering to Di for
M&M Meats
Country Comfort Spa & Aesthetics
The Wicked Bee
Steve and Jane Warner
Food and other items donated by:
Shannon Steen Photography
Floral Express
Dee's Bakery
Streef Potatoes
Maranatha CRC
The Pie Place
By Design Arts Academy
The UPS Store
Jack & Jane Bosman
Fabricland
And a special thanks to our amazing chef & caterer for the evening Jed Lau - simply cooking with Jed, who not only delivered a
fantastic dinner for everyone but also donated his time and dishes to help make this event possible!
Thanks again to everyone, and I look forward to next year's event!
LONDON DISTRICT CHRISTIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL
'Welcome Wednesdays' come to LDCSS! Grades 9-12 Admissions Open Houses. Dates: March 4, April 1, and May 6, 9:30-11:30
AM, 12:30-2:30 PM. Come experience LDCSS in action! Please RSVP: 519-455-4360 ext.231 or admissions@ldcss.ca. LDCSS
school tours are also available by appointment. For more information visit www.ldcss.ca
LDCSS invites you to enjoy 'An evening in Paris' at their Spring Banquet on Saturday, March 7th. Featuring the musical talents of
LDCSS students as well as special guest artists, The Wiebes. We look forward to treating you to a gourmet dinner, great
entertainment, and a silent auction just for fun! RSVP by March 2, 2015 to dinner@ldcss.ca.
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Junior Kindergarten: Welcome to a new week! A big
happy birthday goes out to Lucas who celebrates his birthday
this week. On Thursday we will have our class Valentine's
party; please see my email for brief details about that. Next
week we plan on baking together. Enjoy your Family Day
next Monday!
Monday
- JK1 show and share: fruit for a fruit salad
Tuesday - JK2 show and share: fruit for a fruit salad
Thursday - Valentine's party
- Library
Friday
- no school
Monday
- no school
Senior Kindergarten: Welcome to a new week. This week
we will celebrate love and friendship. Please refer to the pink
paper for names of everyone in our class. We will have a
celebration on Thursday afternoon and you may bring a
peanut free snack to share. For show and share on Thursday,
please bring in something about love. Have a great week.
Wednesday - Library
Thursday - Valentine's Celebration
- Buddy time
- show and share about love.
Monday
- Enjoy your family. No school.
Grade 1: On Thursday grade 1 will celebrate 100 days of
school! Throughout the day all learning activities will be
focussed on '100'! Students are asked to bring something that
represents '100' to school on that day. Any idea that reflects
100 is acceptable - be creative! Students will present their
'100' day creations/collections to the class. Grade 1 will also
have a Valentine's Day party on Thursday. Students may
bring cards and treats to school to share with their peers. A
class list will be sent home for student names.
Grade 2: Welcome to a short week of school! There is a lot
happening on Thursday. Students are coming home with a
note regarding our Valentines Day Party as well as 100s Day.
Please remember for any snacks you may send in, we are
ENTIRELY NUT FREE. Please look for and send in a
collection of 100 items. These will be used in our math lesson
on Thursday. Our poems are coming along well, but keep
practising at home!
Monday
- See VIP Folder
Tuesday - Gym
Wednesday - Library
Thursday - 100s Day
- Valentines Day Party
Friday
- P.D. Day
Next Mon. - Family Day
Grade 3: Welcome to a new week. We will be memorizing
the last part of our poem this week. Be ready to say it on
Thursday or next Tuesday. We will celebrate 100 days of
school on Thursday. Please bring in a collection of 100
things. We will exchange Valentine Cards this Thursday.
Please remember everyone. If you are not doing cards, could
you share a treat instead.
Tuesday - Phys. Ed.
Wednesday - Math Test: Unit 7 Motion Geometry
Thursday - Celebrate 100 Day
- Celebrate Valentine's Day
- Library
- Spelling Test: List 20
- Mem. Work: Whole Poem
Grade 4: Welcome to the second week of February, grade
4!!! Grade 4, you all did an awesome job learning your
poems!!! Congratulations!!
Monday
- Malachi
- Phys. Ed.
Tuesday - Matthew C.
- Math test: Data Management
- Music: bring your recorders and books
Wednesday - Matthew T.
- Library: remember your book
- Phys. Ed.
- Electives #3
Thursday - Nathan
- French test: Les Animaux de Compagnie
- Spelling test: lesson 21
- Music: bring your recorder and book
- Celebrate Valentine's Day
Friday
- no school: enjoy your day off
Sunday
- Happy birthday Malachi!!!
Monday
- Family Day: no school
Tuesday - Owen
- Music: bring your recorder and book
Grade 5: Hello parents! Our facial tissue supply has been
rapidly dwindling over the past few months. If you do not
mind donating a box, we would greatly appreciate it! We are
now in the final stages of preparing for our speech
presentations. This week we will continue to practice our
speeches and will also prepare cue cards. Each student will be
assigned a day next week to present his/her speech to our
class. In Science, we will have a quiz on cells and the
respiratory system on Thursday; please see the Home Folder
for a study sheet. On Thursday, we will also be celebrating
Valentines Day. Your child is welcome to bring in
Valentines, a small snack to share, and his/her favourite board
game. Have a great week and enjoy the upcoming Family Day
weekend!
Monday
- Swimming
- Home Folders
- Happy Birthday Samantha!!
Tuesday - Recorder
- Happy Birthday Nate!!
Wednesday - Library
- French vocabulary quiz
- Electives
Thursday - Recorder
- math quiz (work this week)
- Science quiz
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- Memory work: first two minutes of speech
Friday
- PD Day (no school)
Next Mon. - Family Day (No school)
Grade 6/7A: We will begin memorizing our speech this
week, and will begin delivering them next Tuesday. Test
envelopes will be going home tomorrow with our tests and
quizzes from January. Parents, please sign the envelope and
return this week.
Wednesday - Elective begins after 2nd recess.
- Bible: Parable Assignment presentations
- Science Fair: Introduction, Possible
Applications, and Background Information. Only
2.5 more weeks until science fair projects are
due! (Make sure you are working hard to catch
up if you are behind).
- Geography: Africa Map Quiz: 1) Gabon,
2)Congo, 3)DR Congo, 4)Rwanda, 5)Burundi,
6)Uganda, 7)Kenya, 8)Somalia, 9)Tanzania
10)Malawi
Thursday - Spelling Test: Unit 21
- Math Quiz: Work this week
Next Tues. - French Test
- Begin delivering our speeches
Grade 7B/8: Welcome to a new week. We are happy to have
our Nicaragua team back and our whole class together again!
Last week was a full week with our visit to Caressant Care,
ice skating, electives and speech writing. This week students
should be learning their speeches and writing cue cards .
Students will perform speeches on Tuesday, February 17th.
Tuesday - Music/Band/Alt
Wednesday - Science Fair check-in. Introduction, Possible
Applications, and Background Information. Only
2.5 more weeks until science fair projects are
due! (Make sure you are working hard to catch
up if you are behind).
- Phys Ed
- Elective #3
- Math quiz: Percent
Thursday - Spelling test L21
- French quiz
- Cue cards due
- Geography: Tundra unit Quiz (on notes so far)
- Bible Quiz (see review sheet)
- Memory Work: Philippians 2:14-16
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 11
February 13
February 16
February 17
February 18
February 19
February 20
February 26
March 4
March 5
March 6
March 12
March 13-23
March 24
March 26
- JK-SK Registration Day
- Electives
- P.D. Day
- Family Day
- Board Meeting
- Electives
- Staff Meeting
- Pizza Day
- Chicken Orders are in
- Pancake Breakfast
- Electives
- Science Fair
- Sub Day
- Science Fair
- P.A. Day
- Report Cards
- March Break
- Back at school
- Pizza Day
SONG OF THE MONTH: Behold Our God
1 Who has held the oceans in His hands?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at His voice
All creation rises to rejoice
2 Who has given counsel to the Lord?
Who can question any of His Words?
Who can teach the One who knows all things?
Who can fathom all His wondrous deeds?
CHORUS
Behold our God seated on His throne
Come let us adore Him
Behold our King nothing can compare
Come let us adore Him!
3 Who has felt the nails upon His hands
Bearing all the guilt of sinful man?
God eternal humbled to the grave
Jesus, Savior risen now to reign!
Bridge
You will reign forever! (Let Your glory fill the earth) (3x)
You will reign forever! (Let Your glory fill)
Title: Behold Our God
Words & Music by: Jonathan Baird, Meghan Baird, Ryan Baird
& Stephen Altrogge.
© 2011 Sovereign Grace Worship
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