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Quaker February 2016
Term 1 Report Cards Home Friday, Feb. 5, 2016
On February 5, 2016 all students will bring home their “pay cheques” for first term!
Students have been working hard, and the Term 1 Report Card will share with you
what your child is doing well, and areas that they will need to focus on for continued
growth and development.
Learning Skills and Work Habits are an important focus of this report card. These are critical life
skills that students will work on from Grades 1 to Grade 12. Teachers evaluate how well students are achiev-
ing these skills for their grade level and include a comment about each student's strengths and some next
steps for continued growth. The development of these skills is crucial to creating the conditions for future
academic success for students and for developing those attributes that will help promote leadership, respon-
sibility and positive relationships.
For each subject being taught this term, your child will receive either a letter grade (Grades 1-6) or a per-
centage grade (Grades 7 & 8). If a subject is only being taught in Term 2, then the teacher will check NA
(not applicable) for that subject on the report card. For each subject, there will be a comment that de-
scribes your child's strengths and some next steps that will support learning in Term 2.
Communication between teachers and parents/guardians is an important support for student success.
We encourage all parents/guardians to discuss the report card with your child. While interviews are not
mandatory for all students, the teacher may request an interview to discuss some specific needs or next
steps for your child. If you have any questions or comments for your child’s teacher, but an interview was
not requested, you are invited to contact the school or teacher to schedule an opportunity to discuss your
child's achievement and next steps for learning.
We are looking forward to a
great Term 2 here at Quaker !
Principal
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tue. Feb. 2: Skating @ Pelham Arena (Gr 1-4: 9:00am-11:00am)
(Gr5-8: 10:15am-12:00pm)
Thu. Feb. 4: Gr3 Swim to Survive
(12:20pm @ YMCA)
Fri. Feb. 5: Term 1 Report Cards go home
Tue. Feb. 9: Pancake Day
Thu. Feb. 11: Gr3 Swim to Survive
(12:20pm @ YMCA)
Fri. Feb. 12: “100 Day” and Early
Release Day (dismissal: 12:30pm)
Sun. Feb. 14: Happy Valentine’s Day
Mon. Feb. 15: Family Day
(NO SCHOOL)
Thu. Feb. 18 Gr3 Swim to Survive
(12:20pm @ YMCA)
Tue. Feb. 23: Gr2/3 & 3-1 to Walker
Living Campus (9:00am)
Wed. Feb. 24: DSBN Pink Shirt Day
(wear PINK)
Fri. Feb. 26: Mar/Apr/May Milk
Forms due (9:00am)
Fri. Mar. 4: Mar/Apr/May Pizza
Forms due (9:00am)
D I S T R I C T S C H O O L B O A R D O F N I A G A R A
Volume 1, Issue 1
February 2016
Quaker Comet CARING Award
winners for 2015 2
Mindful Parenting , Mindful
Kids 3
Girl’s Basketball Food Drive
for Furry Friends Feb 1-5 4
Math Made Fun 5
Math Made Fun 5
Inside this issue:
FEBRUARY
SPOTLIGHT
Quaker Road Public School recognizes
Korey M., in Mr. Hannahson’s class
and Mr. Middleton for their outstand-
ing dedication to our Milk Program.
The Milk program runs Monday
through Friday, from October to May
inclusive during the 2nd Nutrition
Break. Korey counts out milk for each
class, grades 1 through 8 then deliv-
ers.
The final Milk Form will be sent home
Tues., February 16th and available for
viewing (and printing) on the school
website at www.quakerroad.dsbn.org
in the “calendar” tab.
Korey M.
and
Mr. Middleton
CARING Award Winners at Quaker in January
Front (lt - rt): Beckett F. (Gr1), Yumi Y (Gr1)., Colin M. (Gr2), Leah K. (Gr2)., Lindsay W. (Gr2), Sierra B. (Gr2), Rachel V. (Gr5)
and Travis B. (Gr5).
Back (lt - rt): Ruby T. (Gr3), Nate P. (Gr3), Colson T. (Gr6), Devon C. (Gr8), Grace T. (Gr8), Paige N. (Gr8), Wil D. (Gr8), Sylvia
K. (Gr5), Ethan S. (Gr5), Owen W. (Gr4) and Erika M. (G4).
Absent from photo: Nathan D. (Gr4) and Hayden T. (Gr6)
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CARING Award Winners at Quaker in January. The students
awarded this character certificate have demonstrated a genuine
willingness to reach out and help, support and protect others.
Above: Anna W. holding her
sustainable city in her hands.
Right: city created by Abby D.,
Kyla H. and Madison M.; city
created by Claire A., Paige N.
and Grace T; and city by Mi-
chael D. and Zach P.
CANADIAN ANIMALS
My name is Parker Koch and I am in Mrs. Shannon’s
grade 1/2 class. Our class did an animal research re-
port on a Canadian animal. I chose the porcupine.
Here are three interesting facts about porcupines:
1. porcupines hum and dance to get a girlfriend;
2. sometimes porcupines fall out of trees; and
3. porcupines give three warnings before they
quill a predator—clack their teeth, give off a
bad smell and make their quills stand up to
show a white stripe on their back.
If you have any questions come and get me out of Math
class. ;-)
by Parker K. (Gr 1/2)
lt—rt: Parker K., E
owyn B. and Colton G.
Mr. Leduc is very interested in learning about Bald Ea-
gles, Snowy White Owls and Porcupines when students
come to the office to share their projects with him.
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Mindful Parenting, Mindful Kids
Mindfulness involves being fully present and accepting of our moment-to-moment experiences, without be-
coming lost in thought about the past or future. Life as a parent is busy and as a result it’s easy to operate on
auto pilot. Being a mindful parent means taking the time to enjoy the everyday moments with your children. As
parents, mindfulness is especially important because it allows you to role model mindfulness practice, allow-
ing your entire family to reap the benefits.
Some examples of daily mindfulness activities you can do with your children include:
- Going for a walk and giving everyone the task of finding 5 things that they hear, see or feel touch during
the walk and reporting back to the family upon return
- Spending time unplugged and together as a family. Take turns sharing stories about your day and listen
to each with kind attention.
Practicing daily mindfulness activities prepares you to respond thoughtfully to situations rather than react to
them. For example, if your child is showing signs of anger, rather than reacting with discipline, take the time to
think about why they are upset. Connecting in this way, with compassion can help defuse the situation.
Dan Siegel, best-selling author of several parenting books, co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Re-
search Center and executive director of the Mindsight Institute, offers a wonderful description of what it means
to be a mindful parent in this short video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXxrJEnIboM
Being a more attentive, mindful parent can help you feel more confident and content within your family!
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
The future is NOW! It has been a great month get-ting to see all the learning that has taken place in our grade 7/8 Geography class. Students were tasked with designing their own communities that included examples of sustainable development and ways to promote an eco-friendly balance with na-ture. From maps and physical models to 3D cities constructed in Minecraft it has been a pleasure to witness the amazing ideas that have been present-ed by our students. Great work 7/8's!
by Mr. Carnegie
Above: Anna W. holding her
sustainable city in her hands.
Right: city created by Abby D.,
Kyla H. and Madison M.; city
created by Claire A., Paige N.
and Grace T; and city by Mi-
chael D. and Zach P.
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Go-o-o-o-o Cougars!
On Thursday January 14 the grade 7/8’s went to Welland Centen-
nial Secondary School to watch the “Jr. Cougar Classic” where the
Centennial Cougars fought against the Beamsville Buccaneers in
an awesome basketball game. At half time the cougars had a free
throw competition and two people got to go up from each school.
The students who got to go up from our school was Abby D. in
grade 7 from Mr. Carnegie’s class and Nick U.
in grade 8 from Mr. Bootma’s class. They did
not win but they did a great job. I can’t wait till
next year to go back! Yay!
by Kendra L (Gr7)
The Intermediate Girl’s Basketball Team will be holding a food drive for the Welland Humane Society. We will be collecting the following items during the week of February 1-5:
Canned cat food Canned kitten food Canned dog food Non-clumping cat litter
All donations will be greatly appreciated by our furry friends! by Miss Haining
the rose
the wind blows as it sways the rose
the thorns
are like little horns
this little flower
has
a lot
of
power by Alex Watt
INTERMEDIATE BOYS’ BASKET-
BALL
The Intermediate Boys’ Basketball team has started their season. The boys have put in great effort and time to prepare for the season. Regular season games con-tinue through the first week of February with playoffs following.
Team members are:
Randall B., Ethan C., Michael D., Ryan H., Zack P., Cade R., Dalton S., Ryan S., Carter T., Nick U., Carter W and Kai Xiang X.
Mr. McLean is proud of the team’s efforts thus far. Keep it up boys!
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Grade 1’s Explore an Arithmetic Rack
Ms. Mackenzie (Brock Student-Teacher) and Ryder R. are explor-
ing the arithmetic rack and sharing strategies during a Math Con-
gress (sharing of strategies used by students). The grade ones in
Ms. Bernard's class are using arithmetic racks as a powerful
model and tool to act out a story and explore Number Sense. The
arithmetic rack is a calculating frame consisting of two rows of
ten beads with two sets of five in each row. The unit is designed
to encourage the development of cardinality the number you end
on is the number of objects in the set), one-to-one correspond-
ence (there is a corresponding object matched to each object in
the set and these sets are equal), hierarchical inclusion numbers
grow by one and exactly one (six includes five, plus one: five in-
cludes four. plus one etc.) and compensation and equivalence if
you lose one (from five, for example) but gain it (onto the three),
the totals stays the same.
by Ms. Bernard
DELICIOUS MATH LESSON
Stack it up!
Students from the grade 5/6 class collected data to calculate the mean, median and mode, for how high each student could stack Oreos . Each student found the following and it was agreed: the mean was 21, the median 22, the mode 24 and range was 16. After they evenly divided the Oreos. Yum!
by
Ms. Nesbitt
NEW PD Day - April 15, 2016!
The elementary school year calendar has been tweaked slightly. As a result, your chil-
dren will get to enjoy a PA Day on Friday, April 15, 2016. We’ll also send out a quick
reminder closer to the date, but wanted to give you a heads up so you can begin planning.
If your children currently access before and/or after school care, your provider will contact you with infor-
mation about availability closer to the date.
Mathematicians left to right are:
Lucy H., Alex S. (back) and Gary N.
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905-732-5412
As part of our Safe School Pro-
tocol, we ask you to report
your child’s absence or late promptly so we can
ensure their safety and identify where they are.
The answering machine is available 24/7, so
you are able to leave a message even after
hours. Students who are absent and we have
not received notification of their absence must
be located through phone calls to your home
or place of work taking valuable time.
Students who arrive at school late are expected
to report directly to the office where they can
be signed in and given a late slip.
At this time I would like to thank all those par-
ents and guardians who faithfully call the school
to report absences and lates. It is very much
appreciated!
Ms. Comfort
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Newsletter Quiz Congratulations to the January Newsletter Quiz win-
ners:
Madelynne D. (7/8-1),
Sydney S. (5/6) &
Taylor V. (3-1)
1. Who are the 2 people who have the “Spotlight”
on them because of their dedication to the Milk
Program? (pg 1)
2. What are 2 “Mindful” Activities parents can do
with their children? (pg 3)
3. What are the days the Intermediate Girl’s Basket
ball team will be holding their food drive for the
Welland Humane Society? (pg 4)
To qualify for our Newsletter Draw please bring your
answers to the office on a piece of pa-
per with your name and class.
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
On Thursday, January 28, 2016, we hosted
“Kindergarten Registration” for new students who
will be starting this September. New families and
returning families enjoyed a day of excitement vis-
iting Quaker Road Public School. Shown left, is
Jude N., giving a thumbs up to his visit at Quaker.
A great big thank you to the many grade 7 and 8
students who helped take families on a tour of the
school, along with Mrs. Boon, Mrs. Ellis, Miss Hain-
ing, Mr. Leduc, Mr. McLean, and Mr. Murphy.