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costume parade success!!On Friday October 29, ÉSMS took took things out to the streets of St Malo with a COVID-friendly Costume Parade. We were graced with great weather for the day and had a exceptional turn out of number of students with costumes. Families and our grade 5/6 cohort joined in the fun from their yards, windows, and parked cars along the route. The parade was live-streamed to our grade 5/6 cohort students and staff who weren't able to attend. As we made our way through town, following our Pumpkin pilot car, kids danced along to great music sending out Happy Halloween wishes while families and onlookers cheered on. A special detour was made to visit our friends at smile Epic and the Chalet Malouin. All in all, it brought smiles and laughter out to the school community at a much-needed time. School Wear Store deadline extended!Check out the new school apparel and accessories available this year! New: Tuque. mask, backpack, Black to grey ombre hoodie available. Purchases can be made directly through the store website. There links to both the general school wear and the HCSA school wear stores are below. Note: Ombre hoodies and ombre shirts do have a longer delivery date due to COVID manufacturing delays (6-8 weeks from closure date of store- may not have these item by Christmas Break). November 10: Remembrance Day Ceremony November 10: Parent/Teacher Evening (4 to 7pm) November 11: Remembrance Day - No School November 12: Parent Teacher ((-11:30 am) - No school for students November 26: No School PARENT TEACHER November 10 & 12Parent teacher conferences will once again be held via phone or G-meet on Wednesday November, 10 (4 to 7 pm) and on Friday November, 12 (9-11:45 am). Please click on the link below to access the online booking app. Please note that the booking app will be open until November 12, 8am. esms.schoolappointments.com/admin/ What to do if my child is sick...The province has recently released new safety guidelines for the South East Health Region. In the event that your child is not well and showing COVID related symptoms, please refer to the following chart to determine your course of action. The list of COVID related symptoms is also listed below. Please note that if a student becomes ill with COVID related symptoms at school, the student will be isolated in a supervised area and families will be contacted to come pick up their child at school. If siblings may also be required to be picked up (if the circumstances are within the RED category below). In the event of a confirmed covid caseThe school may receive a confirmed COVID case notification from Public Health or from families themselves. At that time, contact tracing is completed and families for students who were identified as close contacts are directly contacted via phone by the school. This will be followed up with a close contact notification letter to the family (sent by the school on behalf of Public Health). A school wide notification will then be sent (again by the school). Close contact students will be required to be picked up from school immediately. At that time, in following with the South East Health Region Guidelines, siblings of these close contacts must also be picked up at school. Identified close contacts are required to isolate at home until the date indicated on their most recent close contact letter. Siblings of the close contact must isolate until the close contact has a negative COVID test, qualifies for an exemption, or is directed otherwise by Public Health. At all times, we follow the directions of Public Health (ie: criteria for close contact, duration of isolation required, return to school date). If you have questions or concerns about the health of your child in regards to being identified as a close contact, or questions about a vaccinated child, siblings as secondary contacts, please communicate with Public Health via Health Links 1-888-315-9257 or 204-788-8200 Donation Request - Gently used winter clothesWith winter nipping at our heels, we are reaching out to our school community to help ensure all of our students are warm and safe during our upcoming long winter months. If you have any gently used outdoor clothing that you can donate to the school, it would be greatly appreciated. We are looking for all sizes of winter clothing articles that will assist K-8 students. You can send your items with your child OR you can drop them off at the front office of the school. We thank you in advance for your support in keeping our students safe during our long winter months. Dressing for the weatherpumpkin fun in grade 1/2This week we had a lot of fun participating in Halloween activities. We counted the seeds in our pumpkins. After, we got to paint them! 3/4 E celebrate halloween!We had the best Halloween week in 3/4E but also missed many of our friends who were home keeping our school community safe! We made bat crowns, pumpkins, skeletons, mummies and topped it off with carving our own pumpkins and the Halloween parade in our costumes! Phys Ed with the k-4 classesDuring our K-4 classes we are learning how to control, throw and catch, October 29th: Costume Parade November 10: Remembrance Day Ceremony November 10: Parent/ Teacher Evening (4 to 7pm) November 11: Remembrance Day - No school November 12: Parent Teacher (9-11:30 am)- No school for students November 26: No School what to do if my child is sick...The province has recently released new safety guidelines for the South East Health Region. In the event that your child is not well and showing COVID related symptoms, please refer to the following chart to determine your course of action. The list of COVID related symptoms is also listed below. Please note that if a student becomes ill with COVID related symptoms at school, the student will be isolated in a supervised area and families will be contacted to come pick up their child at school. If siblings may also be required to be picked up (if the circumstances are within the RED category below). IN THE EVENT OF A CONFIRMED COVID CASEThe school may receive a confirmed COVID case notification from Public Health or from families themselves. At that time, contact tracing is completed and families for students who were identified as close contacts are directly contacted via phone by the school. This will be followed up with a close contact notification letter to the family (sent by the school on behalf of Public Health). A school wide notification will then be sent (again by the school). Close contact students will be required to be picked up from school immediately. At that time, in following with the South East Health Region Guidelines, siblings of these close contacts must also be picked up at school. Identified close contacts are required to isolate at home until the date indicated on their most recent close contact letter. Siblings of the close contact must isolate until the close contact has a negative COVID test, qualifies for an exemption, or is directed otherwise by Public Health. At all times, we follow the directions of Public Health (ie: criteria for close contact, duration of isolation required, return to school date). If you have questions or concerns about the health of your child in regards to being identified as a close contact, or questions about a vaccinated child, siblings as secondary contacts, please communicate with Public Health via Health Links 1-888-315-9257 or 204-788-8200 New Lunch PLanLunch and snack time procedures have been modified in order to maintain the safety of all students. During this time, students will be seated at a minimum of 2 meters apart (6'). Where this was not possible in a classroom due to the number of students & limited space, secondary overflow lunch rooms/spaces are available for students. In attempts to minimize the amount of time students spend unmasked in inside. October 29 zombie walk and paradeCome join us on October 29th for the first ever Costume Parade and Zombie Walk. It will be weather-dependent, but if the rain or snow stays at bay we still plan to head out! We are using a route similar to Terry Fox but making a stop at the Chalet for a window parade before heading back to school. See the map attached below. Families and spectators are asked to remain in their cars and/or remain in their yards in order to help us maintain COVID guidelines. We ask families/spectators to refrain from handing out candy to the students, while appreciated, it is difficult for us to manage in keeping with current health guidelines. In lieu, honk & cheer on the students! A few reminders about costumes:
Water Bottles for StudentsWater fountains are available to students for water bottle refills only. We rare asking that every students has their own personalized water bottle that can remain at the school. This is particularly important during physical education classes where water is needed to keep students hydrated and where the water fountain is only accessible for water bottles. It should be labelled with both their name and grade. If you have extra gently used water bottles at home that can be donated to the school, we could put those to great use for our students. Simply drop them off at the office. DONATION REQUEST - GENTLY USED WINTER CLOTHESWith winter knipping at our heels, we are reaching out to our school community to help ensure all of our students are warm and safe during our upcoming long winter months. If you have any gently used outdoor clothing that you can donate to the school, it would be greatly appreciated. We are looking for all sizes of winter clothing articles that will assist K-8 students. You can send your items with your child OR you can drop them off at the front office of the school. We thank you in advance for your support in keeping our students safe during our long winter months. DRESSING FOR THE WEATHERWith the amount of time students spend outdoors on an average day, up to 1 1/2 hours per day, it is important that students are appropriately dressed for the weather. Only during times of rain or extreme cold will recess be held indoors. GRADE 1/2 LEARN ABOUT SHADOWSCette semaine nous avons appris comment les ombres sont formées. Nous avons aussi appris que même si le soleil paraît changer de position, il est immobile. C’est la rotation de la Terre sur son axe qui donne l’impression que le soleil se déplace. Nous avons eu beaucoup de plaisir avec nos ombrages. - This week, students have learned how shadows are made. We've also learned that although it may appear that the sun is changing positions, it is actually stationary. We've had a lot of fun with shadows! 3/4 writing math problemsLes élèves de la 3e année s’amusent à créer des problèmes à résoudre et les partager avec leurs amis! Le but de cette activité est de créer un problème avec un résultat inconnu. L’ami doit ensuite essayer de résoudre le problème. On pratique à utiliser la bonne terminologie. Les élèves s’en viennent très bons! ROOTS OF EMPATHY PROGRAMWelcome back to Mme Kaelyn who will be joining us from her maternity leave virtually with baby Huxon for our Roots of Empathy program! We will get to watch baby Huxon grow and reach so many milestones. Through his relationship with his mom, we will learn to read emotions and body language and develop empathy for those around us. 5/6 learning all about dolphinsAll about dolphins in 5/6A. Students started their first writing workshop using a variety of writing strategies to get their creative energy flowing. Our three starting strategies are : draw it out, act it out, write it out. Mr. Kyle's GRade 6 Class having fun through techGrade 6E has been recently introduced to using Blooket to add to our learning activities. Think of it as a mix between Prodigy and Kahoot! Our classroom favourite is Cryptohack. If you're interested in setting up a class competition Mr. Kyle would be happy to set it up! A trip to st. malo provincial parkToday, students in Mme. Rachael and Mr. Seeley's 7/8 classes went to St. Malo Provincial Park for an ecosystem scavenger hunt. Students had the opportuniy to locate biotic (living components) and nonbiotic (nonliving components). Biotic components include plants, animals, and decomposers. Nonliving components include air, water, and soil. SCHOOL WEAR STORE NOW OPEN!Check out the new school apparel and accessories available this year! New: Tuque. mask, backpack, Black to grey ombre hoodie available. Purchases can be made directly through the store website. There links to both the general school wear and the HCSA school wear stores are below.
Note: Ombre hoodies and ombre shirts do have a longer delivery date due to COVID manufacturing delays (6-8 weeks from closure date of store- may not have these item by Christmas Break). From pen pals with other classes, Seven teachings, community clean up, learning to take turns, and a school wide kindness tree, our classrooms rose to the challenge and connected the school community with great activities. |
HCSA students ready for flag Rugby. This sport works on our cardio-vascular endurance, coordination, teamwork and thinking strategically. | HCSA students learn about Nutrition for Hockey players on a rainy day! |
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