Important Dates:

Mar. 30 - Holidays!

& Apr. 2 No school! Apr. 5 - Volleyball Tourn.

@ Corsair

Apr. 10 - Spring Photos

Apr. 11 - Day of Pink

Apr. 17 - Earth Rangers

Assembly

Apr. 18 - Superintendent

Van Hooydonk visit

Apr. 23- - Education Week

Apr. 27 (see inside for

details)

Apr. 27 - Character

Assembly

April 3rd, 2018

Corsair Public School

École publique Corsair

2230 Corsair Road

Mississauga, Ontario

L5A2L9

Phone: 905-279-1511

Fax: 905-279-8603

Scott Krueger

Principal

Harpreet Hassanwalia

Vice-Principal

Marilyn Henderson-

Briehl

Office Manager

Darren Van Hooydonk

Superintendent

Janet McDougall

Sue Lawton

Trustees A MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM

We would like take this opportunity to remind our families about safety and attendance

protocols at Corsair PS. Following these ensures consistency and safety for all.

When dropping off children using our Kiss N’ Ride lane, please ensure that they

use the passenger side door to exit directly onto the curb. This will help avoid

travelling between cars and helps to keep our kids SAFE!

Also when using our Kiss N’ Ride lane, please ensure to pull up as far ahead as

possible to accommodate the maximum number of vehicles and alleviate traffic.

A reminder that the earliest parents can drop off children at school is 9:00 am,

when supervision begins.

If families would like more information about our before- and after-school

program (PLASP) for care beyond our supervision times (9:00—9:15 am and

3:35—3:50 pm) they can visit www.plasp.com.

Families are able to input absences up to 5 days for their children using our

SafeArrival system, but absences over 5 days must be reported to the school office

prior to the absence (for example a vacation lasting over 5 days).

We wish everyone a safe and Happy Spring! Yours in partnership,

Mr. Krueger and Mrs. Hassanwalia

SCHOOL HOURS:

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9:15—9:35

9:35—10:15

10:15—10:55

10:55—11:35

11:35—12:15

12:15—12:55

12:55—1:35

1:35—2:15

2:15—2:55

2:55—3:35

3:35

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Period 2

Period 3

Nutrition Bk

Period 4

Period 5

Nutrition Bk

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Period 7

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Thank you goes to The Jane Goodall Institute-Ape Fund for supporting Corsair's greening initiatives and visual arts program. Thank you also goes to all students, staff and parents who voted. We will be receiving a grant of $500 to paint one picnic table. This will give the students and teachers a place to sit and learn at while learning outside. The art on the table will be a mix of native plants from our garden and the hopes and wishes for the environment by the students. The table will be placed under the large tree near The Roots Garden.

If you can help in anyway to prep and/or assemble the table please contact Ms. Rodrigues. Thank you.

MEMORY PORTRAITS “What is a portrait?” is a question the grade 4 and 5 students reflected on as they learned about the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and created their portrait. Each student chose a memory and reflected on it, including the colours, shapes, and textures in it. They then considered what materials would best represent their memory, including if it would be best represented as 2D or 3D, and they gave their piece a title. As they went through the creative process, they developed important problem solving skills and reflected on a moment in their life. They also used many recyclable materials including cardboard, wine corks, wallpaper books, wool, cd's, etc...Very few new materials were purchased for this project. Please take the time to speak with your child about this project. A lot of emotions were brought up and in doing so this project was very therapeutic for some students. Have your child look around your home and see what they can use to build and create with, instead of purchasing new materials.

THANK YOU! Mme. Weir's and Mme Wessinger's classes thank The Apple Market for donating fresh fruit and fresh vegetables for two weeks in March. Please consider

adding one fresh fruit and one fresh vegetable to your child's lunch daily and talk with them about the importance of eating this food group daily.

REDUCING WASTE AT CORSAIR

In January Boomerang Lunches were introduced. You might have seen wrappers, left over food and other garbage type items in your child's lunch bag as they brought them home to be recycled and composted.

Over March and April all students have been taking part in a Wasteless Lunch Campaign. The objective of this campaign is/was to encourage students to use reusable containers instead of packaged items including juice containers and individual wrapped items. The Green Team is encouraging all students and staff to think and act upon the waste in their lunch bag - what can be composted and what reusable containers can be used. Anything that can be composted is to be taken home.

The Green Team Teachers would like to thank all students, staff and parents for taking part in this initiative and encourage all to reduce our waste at Corsair and at home.

ART IN THE COMMUNITY Ms. Misener's class and Ms. Grieco's homeroom class took part in a workshop at the Art Gallery of Mississauga in March. All funding was provided by the art gallery and Corsair students greatly appreciate all the funding that we receive from the gallery.

Ontario Focused Intervention Partnership (OFIP) Tutoring—French and Math!

Students are excited about learning Math through games and fun activities! The Math OFIP program will end on May 3rd.

GRADE 4 SCIENTIST IN THE CLASSROOM We learnt about pulleys and gears and the difference between compound and removal and fixed pulleys! Students also built their own pulley that was a water well with rope and paper clips and string.

Corsair Vikings Basketball

The Corsair co-ed team competed in two tournaments. In one tournament they came just short of making the semi-finals and finished 5th out of 12 teams.

The girls and boys teams competed in a very tough tournament and learned a lot from the grade 4-6 students they played against. The girls came in 3rd place and the boys came in 4th. Mme Raso and Mme Coelho-Freeman really enjoyed coaching the students and are very proud of how well they played and represented Corsair.

EDUCATION WEEK AT CORSAIR APRIL 23—27, 2018

We will be hosting a variety of activities and celebrations for students and families during our EDUCATION WEEK! Please see the list of activities below. We are excited to share our learning with our community and our families. Mon., April 23rd: “Games Day” (Families welcome) Come to school and engage in French and Math games with your children to see how we learn in fun ways.

Tues., April 24th: “Roland Bibeau” concert (students only) Students will participate in a French concert by Roland Bibeau—learning French vocabulary and having fun! Wed., April 25th: Family Math Night (Families welcome) This is an event hosted by our School Council! More details to follow soon. Thurs.,April 26th:Corsair Talent Show (Families Welcome) We will host two Talent Shows (Primary and Junior)! Come celebrate with us with our “Showcase of Talent”! Fri., April 27th: Character Assembly (Families Welcome) Honouring the achievements of our “Responsible” award winners!

“The solar panels on the windmill reflects the light and when there’s no sun, the windmill stops going.” – Abhijay “We learned that solar panels give us electricity.” –Maryam “We learned that the sun gives us energy and light.” – Riya “We learned that insulation keeps us warm.” – Luna “I learned that we eat sunlight. Like whenever we eat fruits, without sunlight the food won’t give you energy.” – Talha “We put a little round paper on the round thing, and then we got to put paint on it. It was blue, red and yellow. The sunlight made it spin.” – Becker

GRADE 1 SCIENTIST IN THE CLASSROOM

“ENERGY”

Caribou Math contest

(grades 3, 4 and 5)

The next contest will be taking place Wednesday April 4th & Thursday April 5th, 2018. The next interactive question will be Floodfill which your students can practice now on our games page.

On the practice page you can select the number of colors, whereas in the contest it is part of the problem to find out the number of colors that are needed. This is not a problem because in each step one should try to reuse colors that are already used. If at the end too many colors are used the program will tell and one can change colors or try again from scratch.

There will be no history question in this contest.

For more information please visit: https://cariboutests.com

WORLD WATER DAY

March 22nd was World Water Day.

All students and staff took part in the Great Gulp on March 22nd. Students were encouraged to bring in a refillable water bottle filled with water on the 22nd. At the end of morning announcements, the entire school took a big gulp of water together. The objective was to get everyone thinking about their consumption of daily water, protecting the quality of our water, drinking more tap water rather than store bottled water and reducing our waste which leaches into our water supply. Please think about supplying your child with a refillable bottle filled with tap water everyday.

Great job Corsair! And thank you Ms. Caldwell and Boomerang Lunch students for creating such beautiful posters and inspiring announcements.

CARNAVAL DE CORSAIR 2018

On Tuesday March 27, students participated in our “Carnaval”. Even though the weather did not cooperate with us to have outdoor activities, students thoroughly enjoyed fun activities throughout the school! Some of the stations included “Curling”,

“Limbo”, “Pin the Smile on the Snowman”, “Scooter Relay” and “Spoons” (playing music with spoons). And of course, students LOVED drinking hot chocolate!

Thank you to the organizing committee—Mme Raso, Mme Lemieux, M. Doucet, Mme Claire, Mlle Grieco, Mme Horne, Mlle Weir and Mlle Puzzuoli!

OF THE MONTH!

SAVE THE DATE! Monday April 23rd….

Please join us for an exciting new event that fosters school-home partnership! Corsair’s Numeracy Committee has put together Games for Learning, a school wide opportunity where you can:

Engage in many hands-on games in Math or French with your children, other parents and their children.

Take home Math and French resources and ideas for home activities

Learn how your children build numeracy/ language skills through play

When: Monday, April 23, 2018 9:35- 10:15 Grades 1 and 2 10:15-11:35 Grades 3, 4, 5 Where: Your child's class Registration form to follow soon. Let the Games begin!

CORSAIR BOOK FAIR

The Book Fair will be starting soon in the library! From April 26th—May 8th, books will be on display for students to preview. Cash, debit and credit cards are welcome.

We are looking to hire lunchroom supervisors to work on an “as needed” basis to help supervise students during our nutrition breaks.

Nutrition Break timings are from 11:35 am- 12:15 pm and 1:35 pm—2:15 pm.

Interested applicants should drop off their resumé at the office, to the attention of Mrs. Hassanwalia, the Vice Principal.

SAVE THE DATE! Friday May 11...

School Council proudly presents:

Corsair Family Fun Night!

When: Friday May 11 Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm Special guests will be in attendance:

a performance from the Living Arts Centre Police Libraries Fire Parks Celebration Square so much more...

More information to follow...

Celebrate Administrative Professionals’ Day Wednesday, April 25, 2018 Peel schools will pay tribute to administrative professionals on Administrative Professionals’ Day on April 25, 2018. The day will be celebrated with special activities and events that provide teachers, students and parents an opportunity to thank the administrative staff who help support student success each and every day. The Peel board appreciates the important job administrative staff do each school day and April 25 provides an opportunity to give these individuals the recognition they deserve. Let’s celebrate the contributions of Mrs. Hastie, Mrs. Haskell and Mrs. Henderson—how about a note, a card or some kind words?

CORSAIR PS GOES PINK ON APRIL 11

On Wednesday April 11, 2018, Peel District School Board schools will recognize Day of Pink. Unlike Pink Shirt Day, which is meant to combat all forms of bullying, we celebrate Day of Pink in Peel to specifically combat homophobia and transphobia. “Equity and inclusion is something that all Peel schools teach throughout the year and discuss with students daily—it is embedded in everything we do,” says Peter Joshua, director of education. “Day of Pink is just one more way for us to ensure students and staff learn, work and develop in environments that are safe, equitable, inclusive, respectful and nurturing for all.” Day of Pink began when a high school student in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, was bullied with homophobic language because he wore a pink shirt to school. The next day, hundreds of students at his school stood up to bullying and wore pink to school to show their support for equity and inclusion.

Help us to encourage and enhance parent involvement in Peel Apply for a position on the board's Parent Involvement Committee The Peel board’s Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) meets regularly throughout the school year to review the board’s plans for parent involvement as they relate to parent, family and community engagement, and to make suggestions to schools, councils and the board regarding additional parent outreach. As mandated by the ministry, the purpose of Peel board's PIC is to:

support, encourage, and enhance meaningful parental involvement within schools and across the district, including, outreach to parents who find involvement more challenging work collaboratively with the school board to support student success seek out the advice and ideas of school councils, and other parents and partners as they plan and implement strategies to involve more parents at the regional level develop strategies for enhancing parental engagement and outreach.

WELCOME MRS. HASTIE We would like to wish Mrs. Hastie a warm Corsair Viking “Welcome”! Mrs. Hastie has joined our office administrative team and is at Corsair every afternoon. We know she will enjoy working here!

HELP US TO ENCOURAGE AND ENHANCE PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN PEEL Apply for a position on the board's Parent Involvement Committee

The Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) meets throughout the school year to review the board’s plans for parent involvement relating to parent, family and community engagement, and to make suggestions to schools, councils and the board for additional parent outreach.

As mandated by the ministry, the purpose of Peel board's PIC is to:

support, encourage, and enhance meaningful parental involvement within schools and across

the district, including, outreach to parents who find involvement more challenging

work collaboratively with the school board to support student success

seek out the advice and ideas of school councils, and other parents and partners as they

plan and implement strategies to involve more parents at the regional level

develop strategies for enhancing parental engagement and outreach

Parent application packages will be made available by April 11,2018 at www.peelschools.org/PIC.

Important changes coming to SafeArrival system in May 2018 The Peel District School Board is currently using the SafeArrival system by Synervoice Technologies. As Synervoice has been sold to West Communications, there will be slight changes to our SafeArrival system and how you will report your child’s absence from school. The phone number to report your child’s absence will stay the same, but there are a few other changes. Beginning May 14, 2018, all elementary school parents/guardians need to report their child’s full-day absences, late arrivals and/or early departures from school via our new School Messenger SafeArrival system.

The phone number will stay the same: 1-855-209-6155

Website has changed to: go.schoolmessenger.ca

Download a new app: School Messenger App (from Google or Apple) (please be sure to delete the old Safe Arrival app after May 11)

Please continue to use our current Synervoice system until Friday, May 11, 2018. The new School Messenger SafeArrival will be live on Monday, May 14, 2018. Important to note: The transition to a new company and system will require parents to set up a new account with School Messenger SafeArrival as data will not be transferred from the old system to the new. More information on how and when to set-up your new account will be coming in the next month.

ParentConnect

Online parent portal to access important student information

The Peel District School Board is excited to announce the launch of ParentConnect, an online parent portal to access important student information. The pilot program was introduced at select schools and phased in to all Peel schools on Feb. 23, 2018.

What is ParentConnect?

ParentConnect is a safe and secure website, created by the Peel District School Board, that acts as a single point to stay informed and to access all electronic services provided to Peel board parents and legal guardians.

The parent-friendly website will allow you to:

view school-based alerts and information

access real time absence reporting

view current and historic elementary report card information

get up-to-date busing information

review secondary school credit history and diploma status

and more

To learn more about the benefits of ParentConnect, visit our school website or www.peelschools.org/parentconnect