November 26, 2018Parent-Teacher Conferences

Thank-you parents for the prompt and efficient way in which you signed up for PTCs this year! We at WCS areblessed to partner with you in the education of your child(ren). Research shows that students learn more, have highergrades, and have better school attendance when parents are involved in their child's education. That's why attendingparent-teacher conferences is so important: it's a great way for parents to become involved and stay involvedthroughout the school year. By attending conferences, you also send a positive message to your child that school isimportant. These conferences are intended to by two-way conversations. If you have questions or observations, theconference is a good time to share those with the teacher. Share what you know about your child, their interests andhow they spend their time outside of school. You may want to ask your child if there is anything they want you toshare with the teacher at the conference. Your information helps the teacher better understand and teach your child.Some classrooms will have conferences in which the student is included. Typically these students will have a portfolioor collection of work which they will share. Students show and discuss their learning - not just the end product, but thelearning process with their parents. Be sure to check out the book fair with Usborne and the Christian Book Suppliervendors. Looking forward to seeing you at the PTCs this week! (sources: Mrs. Verbeek, meachamparknia.org & kidshealth.org)

C. Verbeek

Monday - Cole M., Gr.3ASaturday - Emma K., SK1

- Ezra V., JK1Sunday - Alissa D., SK1

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Boys Volleyball: Today after school we have a playoff match and will be travelling to London as per the email sent last week.We could be back anytime between 7:30 and 9:00 p.m. Players will call home when we are travelling back. Way to go, team, inwinning the 2nd place banner on Friday!

Chicken Orders due tomorrow!: Thank you to those of you who continue to support WCS throughchicken sales. For every box sold, our school earns $5. This is a simple way to support the schoolwhile making purchases you would normally be making at the grocery store. You will find the orderform attached to today's parent link email. Please return your order forms to the school, accompaniedwith payment, no later than Tuesday, November 27 . Orders received without payment will not beth

placed. We are only able to accept cash, cheques or debit. No credit cards. Orders will be available forpickup on Thursday, December 13 between 3 and 4 pm. Please make arrangements to have yourth

orders picked up during that time frame, as we will not be storing any orders at the school. We ask thatyou do not come for your order before 3, as we are often sorting orders right up until that time. This

ensures accuracy for everyone. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Sol at 519-539-7839 or jmsol@rogers.com.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on November 28 and 29 from 4-6 pm and 7-9 pm. In some cases, these will beth th

student-led conferences - your child's teacher will have communicated with you in regards to whether your child should attend.

Book Fair 2018: Our Fall Book Fair time is upon us once again. It will be held during ALL Parent Teacher Conference Times.We hope you are able to support it as all proceeds help to support our school library. There are however a few changes I wouldlike to let you know about. This year's Book Fair will feature two vendors. Gospel Lighthouse Inc., will be our Christian booksupplier and Cindy Armstrong will be our Usborne Book provider. Scholastic is not attending as they no longer run book fairs atmulti vendor events. WCS also offers the book sales monthly with the book clubs, so be sure to order from there if you arewanting something from Scholastic. (Please contact Miss Body if you wish to know more about that.) We may have anotheroffering from Scholastic Book Fair at another time of the school year. If you would like to volunteer and help out in any way,please feel free to contact me at m.dieleman@woodstockchristian.ca. Thank-you! Mrs. Dieleman

WCS Career Day: On Thursday, November 29, WCS Student Life team is hosting "Career Day". What gifts and talents hasGod given you to use for the service of others? Learn about the details of a job or career that interests you. Come to schooldressed up as someone working in the job or career that interests you. Thank you, School Life Leadership Team

P.A. Day: Please note that Friday, November 30 is a PA day. Teachers will be conferencing with parents on Wednesday andth

Thursday evenings, so Friday is designated as a PA day.

Triple Ball Tournament: Students from grades 5 and 6 are part of the Triple Ball team. We will be playing against otherChristian Schools on Monday, Dec. 3 at Strathroy Community Christian School. Thank you to the parents who volunteered tord

drive the team to the tournament. A schedule is still coming but we will be playing during school hours. If there are any questionsplease contact Mrs. Hickey

"Angel Alert! The night that heaven came down" is the grades onethrough grade four WCS Christmas drama which will take place onDecember 4 & 5 . Rehearsals are taking place now and excitement isth th

building! Performers should be in their classrooms by 6:15 pm on December4 and 5 . The program will begin at 6:30 pm. Because this production isth th

about 30 minutes long, it is being supplemented on the Tuesday evening bymusical performance from the grades 7&8 Christmas Band, the Grade 6Band, and the Grade 5 Chimes/Christmas Recorders. On Wednesdayevening there will be musical and speaking selections performed by the JK,the JK/SK, and the SK classes. Kindergarten students will perform at 6:30pm. Kindergarten parents, there will be a brief intermission around 6:50 pmduring which you can reclaim your kindergarten son/daughter at the front ofthe gym so that you can sit together as a family for the Angel Alert! drama.

Christmas Tea: Please invite grandparents and friends of WCS toThursday's (Dec 6) Christmas Tea matinee which will begin at 1:30 pm.

Homemade apple crisp, coffee & tea will be provided. The program for the Tea will include scenes from Angel Alert, as well asmusical contributions from students of kindergarten, and the junior and intermediate grades.

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School Skating: Grades 1 through 8 will be going skating at theSouthwood Arena on December 21 . You are most welcome to joinst

us! Grades 1-3 will skate at 1:15 pm. Grades 4-8 will skate at 2:15pm. Helmets, skates, and gloves must be worn by everyone on theice.

Mission To Haiti Update: I would like to inform our schoolcommunity that Djunylove Monny is no longer attending theschool in Cazeau. We were informed last week that she has likelymoved out of the area with her family. We continue to hold her inour prayers, but also begin to pray for the new little girl thatMission to Haiti has given us. Thank you to Jana and her sisterChristi for taking a picture of this new little child so that we canbegin to pray for her and her family. Once more informationarrives, I will be sure to share it with you.

Learning Place - Mrs. Bulthuis: I'm looking forward tomeeting with many of you this week at Parent-Teacherconferences. Some of you will be meeting with me in theLearning Place, and for others, I will be joining theconference with your child's classroom teacher. A big thankyou to Mrs. DeBeer for making an awesome dragonheadband for the grade 3 reader's theatre last week! The gradethrees have now begun a writing unit on personal narratives.The grade 6 math group has 5-15 minutes of homework everyevening to help prepare for their tests and quizzes.Tuesday - Grade 6 Math quiz (pages 75-88)Wednesday - Book bags (grades 1-3)

J.K.1 - Mrs. Westerveld: Welcome to a new wet week. Weare excited to visit the Art gallery on Wednesday. If you arecoming along, please be at the school at 9:30. Our show andshare this week is to show a special gift from someone. Ourtwo songs for the Christmas program are being sent hometoday. Please have your child sing you their songs. I'mlooking forward to seeing you this week to learn more aboutyour child. Have a great week.

S.K.1 - Mrs. Poort: Well its the last week in November. Weare well on our way with our Christmas memory work. Pleasepractice Luke 2 at home with you children as we will beperforming next week. This week we are continuing our studyon Moses. In gym we are strengthening our core muscles onscooters, and balance with hula hoops. In math we arecontinuing to study shapes; their sides and corners. I amlooking forward to seeing each of you at PTI's this week. :)Monday - aiWednesday - j

- PTIThursday - oa

- Sub Lunch- whole school career day dress up (ex. police,nurse, construction worker...)- PTI

JK2/SK2 - Miss Body: Welcome to a rainy week. I hopeyou had a good weekend. Our letters this week are ai, j andoa. Our sight words are blue, not and one.Wednesday - Library

- book fair- parent/teacher conferences

Thursday - Sub day- parent/teacher conferences

Grade 1 - Mrs. Schuster: Welcome to a brand new week! AHUGE thank you to all the families that were able to make itout to Emmanuel on Sunday. It was a great time of praisingand worshipping our God with the greater community. I lookforward to meeting with each one of you later this week. Inorder for me to be properly prepared for our meeting, pleasereturn the yellow report card envelope and purple pre-conference form tomorrow. Thank you to those who havealready sent them back.Monday - See VIP FolderTuesday - Library

- Return report card envelopes and pre-conference forms

Wednesday - Book Fair & Parent-Teacher Conferences 4-9pm

Thursday - Spelling test- Book Fair & Parent-Teacher Conferences 4-9pm

Friday - P.A. Day

Grade 2A - Mrs. VanderPloeg: Welcome to another weekof school. It is a four-day week this week! I look forward tomeeting you throughout the week. Check your emails for anupdate of what's going on in Grade 2!Tuesday - Phys. Ed.Wednesday - Library

- Show&Share: Isabella & Elise P.- Parent-Teacher Conferences begin!

Thursday - Spelling Test: Homophones- Parent-Teacher Conferences continue!

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Friday - NO School! Enjoy a long weekend.

Grade 2B/3B - Mrs. Horinga: Welcome to an other week ofschool. This week in spelling we are focussing on 2 syllablewords - sometime breaking words up into syllables helps uslearn to spell them better. We are going to enjoy playing somegames we made in Bible to review the stories of Jacob beforewe head in to an advent series and the Christmas story.Monday - LibraryWednesday - Parent-Teacher conferencesThursday - Sub day

- Parent Teacher conferencesFriday - PA day: no school

Grade 3A - Mr. G. Hiemstra: Thank you for having yourchildren attend the Emmanuel service yesterday to participatein the primary choir there.Wednesday - PTI's

- French Activity DayThursday - Spelling Test

- Math Quiz- PTI's- Memory work: Genesis 17:8- Creation Studies Test on Mapping God'sWorld (see study sheet sent Tues.)

Grade 4 - Mrs. VanAndel: Welcome to the last week ofNovember, grade 4! I am looking forward to meeting withyou all this week at Parent Teacher Interviews.Monday - LibraryTuesday - All class rehearsal for Angels AlertWednesday - Grade 1-4 rehearsal for Angels Alert

- Book FairThursday - Spelling test

- Bible Test: Judges- Grade 1-4 rehearsal for Angels Alert

Friday - no schoolnext Mon. - Dress Rehearsal for Angels Alert

- Library

Grade 5 - Mr. A. Hiemstra: Welcome to a new week ofschool! I had an amazing trip to Children of the Promise inHaiti, but it feels good to be back in routine with my family,friends and students. A short week this week: parent teacherconferences happening on Wednesday and Thursday evening,and a P.A. day on Friday. You should have or will be notifiedby the office with your scheduled time. If you'd like to bringyour child along, you may, but it is not required. I lookforward to meeting with all of you!Tuesday - Music: bring recorder

- PhysEd: bring gym clothesWednesday - Rough draft of Narrative dueThursday - Spelling Workbook and Quiz: Lesson 12

- Memory Work Quiz: Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)- Music: bring recorder- PhysEd: bring gym clothes

Friday - P.A. day, no school

Grade 6 - Mrs. Hickey: Welcome to a new week. We arepreparing for student led conferences and look forward tomeeting together. Return the report card envelope signed.Tuesday - Music (instrument)

- LibraryWednesday - Phys. Ed. (gym strip)Thursday - Sub Lunch

- Music (instrument)- Dress up for Career Day- Spelling Test - Unit 9- November AR book is due

Grade 7 - Mrs. Racicot: Students will receive 3 periods towrite their November reading assignment in class. Additionaltime may be needed in the evening. The report is due on thelast day of the month, Friday November 30.Monday - BMW John 8:12

- no spelling this weekWednesday - PTIsThursday - math quiz

- PTIs

Grade 8 - Mr. Schaafsma: Welcome to a new week! I amlooking forward to meeting with you for Parent TeacherConferences on Wednesday and Thursday evening. Studentswill be presenting their NIGHT Projects this week. Grade 8will be heading to Caressant Care on Friday December 7, ifyou are interested in joining us as a parent chaperone pleaselet me know.Monday - Phys. Ed (bring gym clothes)Tuesday - Music (bring instruments)Wednesday - Phys. Ed. (bring gym clothes)

- Math Quiz Unit # 2 Lessons 1-7Thursday - Music (bring instruments)

- Sub LunchFriday - No School (PA Day)

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: November 28 BookFair

Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-6; 7-929 BookFair; Sub Day

Parent/Teacher Conferences 4-6; 7-930 P.A. Day

December 4 Angel Alert Musical 6:305 Prayer Group

Angel Alert Musical 6:306 Christmas Tea & Musical18 Board Meeting19 Prayer Group20 Christmas Chapel

Skating 22-Jan.6 Christmas Break

26 Boxing Day Hockey TournamentJanuary 7 Back at School! Chapel @ 8:30