SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL

September-December 2013

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September
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Language Arts Assessment First ddle lessons of the year

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October
Terry Fox Run School Photos Artist in the School Visit (Hans Arnold - Photographer) Science Consultant Visit ( Jacquiline Monteith - Identication of animal pelts, bones, and tracks) Math (Geometry) Assessment

So far, weve had visits from consultants and artists, done lots of fundraising for ourselves and others, taken trips inside and outside of town, and learned a whole lot in class!

eptember brought us all back to school, some reluctantly and some with great excitement. The building seemed noticeably quieter without Keena, Denay and Hailie, who had all moved on to high school in Wanipigow; but Katerina, Nathan, and Brady, and Dominic, who all started school this year, quickly lled the void. In 2013!2014, our little school is home to 19 pupils and is split into two classrooms. Mrs. Klyne is once again teaching the ten littlest ones who make up the nursery to grade 2 class; while Mrs. Armstrong is charged with

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wrangling in the oldest nine, who range from grade 4 to grade 8. We are grateful to have Anna Wynne manning the front o"ce and keeping us all organized, and we are also joined once again by Art Foubert, who keeps our school clean and disinfected. Our newest addition to the sta# is Trisha Penner, who joins us as an EA. She is settling in nicely and we are excited to have her!

November
Remembrance Day Peak of the Market/ Moms Pantry Fundraisers Operation Christmas Child Basketball and Floor Hockey with The PE consultant

December
Artist in the School Visit (Oeld Williams - Breakdancer) Christmas Concert Senior Class Field Trip

Artists in the School

In November, our students were lucky to have the talented Hans Arnold come and spend a week teaching photography to the Grade 1-8 students. He brought a class set of cameras and taught them how to capture the elements of colour, shape, light and composition.

Twice a month our school is visited by the musical Mr. Baggins. A member of the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts and a founder of the Frontier School division Fiddle Program, Mr. Baggins brings years of experience and talent to our students. He worked very hard with both the senior and junior ddle classes to prepare them for the Christmas concert and for the ddle jams that they will later attend.

Brandon and Robbie getting into the Christmas Spirit! During the rst two weeks in December, Our students were lucky to have a visit from Oeld Williams. He is a breakdancer, DJ and a music producer as well as being a certied Yoga instructor. Oeld has completed ve successful years in the Artists in the Schools program, and we were very lucky to have him bringing his skills to our students and community. He taught them lots of dance moves and yoga exercises designed to improve concentration, encourage good posture, and he put together a fantastic Christmas concert performance.

Natural Resources Field Trip

Early in the year, Our students were invited down to the natural resources ofce to meet smokey the bear and learn about re safety and re prevention. They even got to climb into the lightning surveillance helicopter and try out the reghting equipment!

We love taking eld trips as a whole school and its especially great when we can all get in a picture together with Smokey the Bear and one of his forest rangers!

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The Terry Fox Run
Once again our students and some parents came out to raise money and support for the Terry Fox Foundation. Students in grades 1 to 8 completed a 2km run around the school and together, with donations from the community, they raised $1130.00

Operation Christmas Child

On November 14th, our front hallway was transformed into a dollar store thanks to School committee member, Lacie Levesque. Students had previously been discussing different living conditions around the world, and jumped at the chance to be involved in a hands on project that would bring smiles and a little Christmas cheer to less fortunate children around the world. Students were invited to do a little shopping between lessons and there was a wide assortment of things to buy. Some thought the children would like bouncy balls and colouring books, others bought practical items such as hairbrushes and soap.The gifts varied, but each was packed up along with notes and drawings, and by the end of the day wed packed 5 boxes so tightly that they needed to be held shut with elastics before they could be shipped off to needy children all over the world.

We have a new Science Consultant!

Frontier School Division recently hired a second science consultant. Her name is Jacqueline Monteith and she complements our current science consultant nicely. Our students love when Rockford McKay comes to visit because he is an expert in chemistry and physical science and has a air for making things go BOOM. Jacquiline, on the other hand, has a background in the natural and environmental sciences. In November, she came out to Bissett to pay our students a little visit. She brought with her a truck full of animal skulls, pelts, and pictures of their tracks. Students all had a chance to feel them and learn about how different local animals can be identied.

Remembrance Day
A huge number of community members came out to our Remembrance Day ceremony again this year. Once again, it was held in the Elsie Kasperski Memorial park, and the children did a fantastic job of reciting poems and telling stories to remember the soldiers and veterans who fought for us .

Can you identify these prints?

School Fundraising...

Did you know that every single one of our grade 4!8 students got an A on their recent Geometry assessment? Keep up the great work!

Peak of the Market Once again this year, our students went door to door taking orders for 10 or 20 dollar bags of fresh vegetables. Together we raised a fantastic $645. Spaghetti Supper Students young and old came together to cook up a fantastic dinner of spaghetti, garlic bread and caesar salad. Dessert was donated by the Friesen family and thanks to the generous donations of community members, we raised over $300 for the senior class trip to Winnipeg.

To wrap up the rst four months of school...

ur grade 4 ! 8 class took a trip down to Winnipeg during the last week of December.

Field Trip Our rst stop was the Assiniboine Zoo where students and their terried teacher had an up close look at some animals. The hands on demonstration was lmed and broadcasted throughout the Frontier school division . Schools as far away as Churchill got to tune in to watch Mrs. Armstrong hold a tarantula in her trembling hands. Even our very own Nursery to grade 2 class was able to tune in and watch!

We were joined on the trip by a selection of students form the Manitoba School for the Deaf and our well practiced students were able to try out the alphabet and phrases theyd learnt in order to make some new friends. Can you spell your own name in sign language?

where we were lucky to be able to take in a planetarium show. Then students were able to participate in a hands on mummication demonstration before seeing an authentic Egyptian mummy

in the Mummy of Pesed exhibit. Although we returned home with an exhausted bunch of kids, It was a fantastic two days!

Manitoba Museum After the Tarantula, an assortments of reptiles, snakes and bugs were brought out for the students to examine. After a surprise visit to the movies, where students watched Frozen in 3D and a good night sleep, We spent the second day of our eld trip at the Manitoba Museum. Students spent the morning exploring the Science gallery. By far, their favourite activity was building and testing their own race cars on a speed track.

The Christmas Concert

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to support the students young and old as they performed their songs, ddle playing, poetry and dances. The nursery to kindergarden class came together with a rousing rendition of Frosty the Snowman which was a huge hit! And to cap it all o#... Santa showed up with presents for all!

When the inside portion of the visit concluded, we were walked over to the Polar bear enclosure for a behind the scenes look at Hudson the polar bears feeding routine. He has to be very careful not to let his wet nose get stuck to the fence as the frozen sh is passed through!

After a bag lunch, we moved from the lower oor of the museum to the upper,