RAYLEIGH ELEMENTARY
306 Puett Ranch Road,
Kamloops, BC V2H 1M9
Telephone: (250) 578-7229
Fax: (250) 377-2246
E-mail: rayleigh@sd73.bc.ca
Newsletter #5
January 8, 2010
Respect Responsibility Attitude Manners Safety
Happy New Year! We are returning to
school on the full run with lots of activities
in the line up!
Vancouver Science World
Visits Rayleigh
Just before Christmas, we were given the
opportunity to host a traveling programme for
Vancouver’s Science World Centre on Friday,
January 15th. All primary students will see a
special presentation in the gym on the topic of
“It’s a Gas!”
(9:00 – 10:00) while the
intermediates will be seeing an “energetic”
presentation on the topic of “Energy in Action”
(10:30 – 11:30).
Stranger Danger
Cst. Brian Smith will be at our school on Monday,
January 18th to train students in the proper
procedures if ever approached by a suspicious
stranger. Cst. Smith has worked with our
students before and has provided all students
with age appropriate strategies.
TRU Lunch Time
Basketball Camps
Once again, our grade 4 – 7
students will have the opportunity
to participate in TRU Basketball camps during
lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan.12th–
Feb. 4th, a total of 8 sessions. The fee for these
camps is $10 for all 8 sessions with the TRU
students getting all the proceeds. Sign up
information will be made available to students
wanting to participate.
Student Led Conferences
Please mark Thursday, February 11 and Friday,
February 12 as Early Dismissal Days to allow for
Student Led Conferences to occur. Students will
be dismissed at 12:30 on these two days. Each
teacher will send home a schedule for you to
attend your child’s conference. This format is
always special in that each child gets to “show
case” their accomplishments and areas of
growth. More information will be coming home
by the end of the first week in February.
The Olympics are Coming!
Meeting for Proposed
Middle School
The decision of having a Middle School at Brock
Secondary next year will be made in mid
February. All parents are encouraged to attend a
special “feeder school” meeting on Tuesday,
February 9th (7:00 p.m.) at the Henry Grube
Education Centre. If this concept is approved,
our current grade 6 and 7 students will be
attending Brock next September in a Grades 7 –
9 Middle School. Be sure to attend this meeting
to find out more. Please contact me if you would
like further information, prior to the meeting.
Foundation Skills
Assessment
Beginning January 18th, all grade 4 and grade 7
students in the province will write FSA tests.
These tests are used for programme assessment
as well as District and Provincial information.
Students will complete assessments in
Numeracy, Problem Solving, Reading, and
Writing Skills. All students are expected to write
these tests and only students that fit the criteria
given by the Ministry of Education can be
excused. More specific information regarding
the time table will be coming home to parents of
students in grade 4 and 7 prior to January 18th.
Our intermediate students will be studying and
participating in a “Mini-Olympics” later in
February. Teams will be formed to represent
countries from around the world to compete in
hockey, bob-sled racing, team biathlon, curling
and “trophy-cup stacking”. Our Mini- Olympics
afternoon will be Friday, February 26th.
Community
Ice Rink
Due to water problems at
the tennis courts in the park, the Community Ice
Rink has been prepared at our black top area by
the mailboxes. It has been some time since we
have had the rink on our property, due to safety
concerns. We have agreed to have the rink here
on a “trial” basis to see if we can get the
cooperation of students and families to follow
district safety guidelines when using the ice rink.
Students will be allowed to use the ice rink at
lunch times and after school provided that they
have skates and a helmet on. Students are
aware that if the basic safety rules are not
followed we will have to have the rink removed
as it poses a safety concern if protection is not
worn. If your families are using the rink at other
times, modeling helmet usage would help.
Hopefully, this can become an integral part of
our encouraging safe, healthy and active living.
Important Cross Walk
Safety Reminder
We need your cooperation when dropping off
your child on Puett Ranch Road. Please
remind your child/children to use the
supervised crosswalk rather than darting
across Puett Ranch Road from a vehicle to the
school gate opening.
Parent – Child Mother
Goose Program®
This is a free programme designed to target prekindergarten aged children and their parents.
Trained Early Childhood Educators share with
parents and children fun games, poems and
songs that promote the skills needed for a
successful Kindergarten transition. If you know
of anyone with a child aged 3-5, please have
them contact the school to enroll in this well
received and enjoyable time. The program starts
next Wednesday, January 13th and will run until
the Spring Break from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Siblings of these aged students are also welcome
to attend.
Family Movie
Night Jan 29
The next Family Movie
Night
will
be
on
Friday, January 29th.
The school doors will
open at 6:00pm and the movie will
start at 6:15pm.
The Movie has
not yet been determined, if you
have
any
‘G’
Rated
movie
suggestions, please contact the
School Office or Cheryllee McKenny
@ (250) 578-8077
National Family Literacy Week
January 20th to 27th, 2010
School Challenge
“Heap the Honda with gently
used and new children’s
books!”
From the Board Meeting of: DECEMBER 7, 2009
1.
Mr. Gord Stewart, Executive
Director of the Big Little Science
Centre, gave a presentation on the
vision and activities of the centre. In
the 2008-2009 school year, there
were over 12,000 visitors from all over
the School District and the region
(school age to seniors).
2.
Ms. Jennifer Keim, from the Marion
Schilling Parent Advisory Council, gave
a presentation on maintaining Marion
Schilling as a dual-track French
Immersion/English school in the
Valleyview area.
3.
Ms. Carolyn Boomer and a
delegation from the Stuart Wood
Parent Advisory Council gave a
presentation on keeping Stuart Wood
open as a heritage school in a
convenient downtown location.
4.
District Principal Greg Howard
discussed the various trades and
transitions opportunities available to
students in School District #73.
These include partnerships with
Thompson Rivers University to offer
post-secondary
courses
and
programs to students still in
secondary school, as well as a
number of short-term initiatives that
provide students with workplace skills
and credentials.
5.
The Board approved a Board
Authority Authorized course, Art de
Parler 10. This course gives French
Immersion students opportunities to
extend and apply their oral French
language skills both formally and
informally, in complex contexts such
as debate, media, and theatre.
6.The Board passed revised Policy #518.1
“Field Trips” and Policy #542.1
“Threat/Risk Assessment”.
To celebrate Family Literacy Week, the ABC Family Literacy
Committee is working with Kamloops Honda to challenge the
community to load up a Honda Ridgeline with
gently used and new children’s books.
Books will be sorted and distributed to a variety of locations.
Social service agencies, schools and other locations where
families gather will be provided with books, so families can select
a free book/s to take home.
The “Heap the Honda” challenge is to be launched at Kamloops
Honda on Saturday, January 9th at noon. The challenge ends on
Saturday, January 23rd at the ABC Family Literacy Day
Celebration at the Henry Grube Education Centre.
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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Wednesday
4
5
Welcome Back!
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11
Thursday
Friday
6
12
13
2
8
9
15
Science World
Visit
16
7
PAC Meeting
8:45 a.m.
Saturday
1
Pizza Day
14
Hot Dog Day
17
18
FSAs
(Grades 4 & 7, To be
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YPC Concert
(Mr. Scott &
Ms. Hull’s Classes)
done by Jan. 29th)
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25
26
20
Sun Peaks
Ski Trip
(Mr. Scott &
Ms. Hull’s Classes)
27
21 Sun Peaks
22
Sun Peaks
Ski Trip
(Mr. Scott & Ms. Hull’s
Ski Trip
(Mr. Scott &
Ms. Hull’s Classes)
28
Classes)
YPC Concert
Subway Lunch
29
Popcorn
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