WILLIAM OF ORANGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

WEEKLY SNAPSHOT

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May 25-29, 2015

SCHOOL CALENDAR May 27 - Adopt A Street; parent volunteers: Amy Gunnink, Chris Vanderploeg

- Membership meeting; 8 pm

May 29 - Sports day/Pizza lunch

June 1 - Quad Track & Field (gr. 6/7)

June 2-5 - Camping; gr. 7

June 3 - “New” kindergarten morning; current K/1 students enjoy the day off

June 8 - Orange Courier submission deadline

June 17 - Cool treat (recess)

June 18 - Last day for gr. 7 students

- Grade 7 graduation

June 19 - Volunteer Tea

- Last day of school

YEAR END

Technically, summer is still a month away, but you'd never know it by observing the weather outside. Because

of the sunshine and lack of rain, the fields are in great shape for Sports Day, and we have all been spending lots

of time outdoors practicing for the various events. Other end-of-year trips are also being planned and eagerly

anticipated by our students.

With the signs of summer in the air, we sometimes forget that work still needs to happen. Students may need

a reminder that there is still homework to do, assignments to complete, tests to study for, and expectations to

meet. I encourage the teachers to continue with educational activities until as late as possible in the school

year, and to avoid treating the last few weeks of school as "throwaway time." As always, school functions best

when staff and parents are on the same page about matters such as this.

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Please be reminded of the upcoming membership meeting, May 27 at 8pm in the school gym. A quorum is

needed for the decision of the evening: budget 2015/16 and property development. Hope you will all plan to

attend.

PLAYGROUND SUPERVISION

With only 5 weeks of school remaining, it is time to make preparations for the new year. Due to various

circumstances, we have two morning supervisions that require volunteers. Tuesday and Wednesday mornings:

8:15 – 8:45. If you are able to help the school in this capacity please give the office (604-576-2144) a call.

Thanks.

SPORTS DAY

Next Friday, May 29th, weather permitting, we will be enjoying sports day activities. A schedule of the day’s

events is attached to this snapshot. In the event of soggy weather, an alternative date will be communicated to

you. All students should come to school in attire appropriate to participate in sporting events, including

outdoor running shoes (no flip flops/boots please).

Kindergarten students will be dismissed for the afternoon. They are free to go home with their parents (please

let the teacher know) and if not, we ask that parents take the responsibility, or make arrangements with

another parent to supervise their K-students after the lunch break.

A lot of clothes have found their way to our lost and found box. Please check the tables in the front hall when

you come for sports day. Clothing left at the end of the school year will be bagged and donated to our Big

Brothers Clothing Fundraiser.

AFTER SCHOOL RECORDER CLUB

On Tuesday afternoons right after school, in the French room, we’ve had a ‘recorder club’ for interested

students from grade 4-7 for the last two weeks. There’s no homework involved, but students can take the

music home if they want to and practice. Any questions or comments, call or e-mail Annette Souman

(annette@souman.ca).

BIG BROTHERS

There will be one final pick up at the school by Big Brothers before the school year ends. Finish up that spring

cleaning and donate your bags of clothes, shoes, linens, purses, etc. to support Orange Aid. Any questions,

contact Hilary Slump.

ORANGE AID

SHOPPER’S CORNER: Lean ground beef - $44.00 per box (10-1lb. pkg.)

Hamburger Patties - $36.00 per box (10 lb.)

Rookwurst - $ 6.00 ea

Cookbooks - $ 5.00 ea

Dishbrushes - $15.00

FAMILY FUN NIGHT

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GRADES KINDERGARTEN (M/W/F) ONE

MEMORY WORK � Hymn 20:4 (Due May 22) � Hymn 40:1 (Due May 29)

BIBLE � Curing a Leper

� Healing a Man Born Blind

� Casting out Demons

� Raising the Dead

� The Good Samaritan

LANGUAGE

ARTS

� Letters & Phonics:

- Sound of jJ

- Blending word parts – ending and

initial consonant

� Reading:

- “Bluebird, Bluebird”

� Pre-decodable Book:

Surpirise!

At the Pond

Sight Words: look, what, is, it, to,

the, no, out

� Author Study: Eric Carle

� Phonics:

- Review

- New learning:

- Story elements

- Informational Writing

� Reading:

- “Clyde Monster”

- “The Cat and the Mice”

- “Let’s Find Out About Houses”

� Outlaw Words: trouble, enough, none,

build

� Author Study : Eric Carle

MATH

Describe and act out addition and

subtraction stories

Read Numbers to twenty

Write Numbers to ten

� Comparing capacities

� Measuring capacity by pouring

� Measuring capacity with nonstandard

units

UNIT STUDIES � Plants – review and test

� Communities

P.E. � Gross motor movements

� Soccer skills

� Practicing for Sports Day

� Simple exercises

HEALTH � Sports Day!

ART (KD) � Collage using Eric Carle’s “The Hungry Caterpillar” as a model

NOTE:

- K/1 is a peanut free classroom.

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GRADES TWO THREE

MEMORY WORK � Psalm 127:1 Thursday May. 28

SPELLING � List 33, the last list for the year! Thursday, May 28

BIBLE STUDY/

CHURCH HISTORY

� The fall of Jericho

� Achan’s sin and Israel’s defeat by Ai

� The early church in the Roman Empire

� A pantheon of Roman deities

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES � All about birds

� Communities: Saskatchewan, the grain province

� Sault Ste. Marie, the city of locks (for ship)

MUSIC � Notes c, b, a, g, and f

� Bars or measures

� Treble clef

� Quarter and eighth notes

� Dotted whole and half notes

P.E. Practicing activities for sports day

LANGUAGE ARTS

� Reading Program: summarizing and report writing

� Spelling: Lesson 33

� Reading: various bird books

� Focus on: Astrid Lindgren

� Grammar

- Adjectives and articles

���� Six Traits of Writing: voice

���� Creative Writing

---- Using quotation marks in stories

MATH � The six and seven times tables

� Measurement: perimeter, area, and volume

� Division

� Rounding to the nearest ten

� Fractions

� Symmetry

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GRADES FOUR FIVE

MEMORY WORK

(BV)

� Psalm 143:5 due Thursday, May 28

BIBLE STUDY

(BV)

� Judah exiled, Daniel

MATH

(BV)

� Fractions

- Identifying and ordering fractions

- Finding tenths of a set or region

- Represent fractions concretely,

pictorially and symbolically

� Fractions

---- Creating sets of equivalent fractions

---- Comparing fractions with like and

unlike denominators

---- Relating decimals to fractions (to

thousandths)

LANGUAGE ARTS

(BV/LML)

� Spelling exercises

� Poetry: figurative language

� Grammar

- Parts of sentences and parts of speech

SOCIAL STUDIES

(BV)

� System of Canadian government: Parliament

SCIENCE (BV) � Habitats and Communities: habitats, communities, food chains and food webs

HEALTH (BV) � Identifying dangerous situations: abuse and exploitation

P.E. (BV) � Practicing events for Sports Day

ART (BV) � Painting using colour theory: Warm and cool colours

FRENCH (LML) � Assessment

MUSIC (KD) � Performance: Record duets and trios.

� Theory: Different types of instruments; woodwinds and percussion. Woodwinds

assessment on Thursday

� Listening: Music from film

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GRADES SIX SEVEN

MEMORY � Psalm 145:1 “I will exalt you, O my God and King…”

BIBLE (LML) � “A king like the other nations”

� King David

CHURCH HISTORY

(KD)

� After darkness, light: The story of John Wycliffe

� Math 6: Number Relationships

(primes, factors, multiples...)

� Our test for this unit will be on

Tuesday

� Math 7: Students are working on the

final review of the course. Some will

need to pick a project to work on.

MATH (KD)

Problem of the Week: Each of the 92 students (including Vernon) attending Sports Day

eats either one or two pieces of pizza. If there are 152 pieces given out, how many

students only ate one piece?

HEALTH &

PERSONAL PLANNING

(KD)

� No class this week due to Sports Day

LANGUAGE ARTS (LML)

� Reading Around the World: reading novels set in other countries, and comparing

the lives, cultures, problems, celebrations etc, etc, of children in other countries

with our own.

� Mini-poster #3 due: Wed., May 27

� Writing: comma splice and run-on sentences

� Vocabulary #12 “Greatest Hits” is due Friday, June 12

ART (LML) � Doodle Art…more skill involved than you’d think ☺

SCIENCE (KD) � Types of plate boundaries.

� Review sheet to be handed out

� Test on Thursday, June 11

S. STUDIES (BV) � Create your own country project – DUE May 28!

Schedule of completion:

---- May 26: 8 content criteria must be completed

---- May 28: Final due date! All 10 content criteria must be completed and in final

draft form.

P.E. (KD)

� Track and Field (including long jump, triple jump, ball throw, shotput, high jump,

100m, 400m, 1600 m.

� Intramurals is baseball, so bring your glove if you haven't already.

FRENCH (LML) � Assessment � Assessment

MUSIC (KD) � Performance: “Nature’s Fury” (our piece for the graduation ceremony)

� Theory: composition

� Listening: Classical versions of band pieces

Note: Track and Field is on June 1st, and camping is June 2-5. Permission slip will be sent home today.

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WILLIAM OF ORANGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

SPORTS DAY

MAY 29, 2015

Schedule of events:

8:40 – 8:55 start in class, change into phys. ed clothes, etc.

8:55 – 9:55 morning activities; part 1

9:55 – 10:15 first morning recess (snack provided by Orange Aid)

10:15 – 11:15 morning activities; part 2

11:15 – 11:40 second morning recess – bring your own snack

11:30 preschoolers race

11:40 – 12:40 morning activities; part 3

12:40 – 12:50 put away all sports day equipment

12:50 – 1:25 lunch

1:25 – 2:40 afternoon activities

2:40 – 2:55 afternoon recess

2:55 – 3:00 clean up

3:00 – 3:15 ribbons and closing

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May 29, 2015

Hockey

Relay

Long

Jump

Long

Distance

Goal

Kick

High

Jump

Basket-

Ball

Tug

of

War

50m

Dash

Swing

Throw

Obstacle

Course

Scooter

Board

Relay

8:55 K/1 2/3 4/5 6/7

9:15 K//1 2/3 4/5 6/7

9:35 K/1 2/3 4/5 6/7

9:55 Recess

10:15 6/7 K/1 4/5 2/3

10:35 4/5 6/7 K/1 2/3

10:55 4/5 6/7 K/1 2/3

11:15 Recess

11:30 Pre-schoolers Race

11:40 4/5 6/7 K/1 2/3

12:00 6/7 4/5 K/1 2/3

12:20 2/3 6/7 4/5 K/1