Parent Council Meeting

All parents are invited to our Parent Council Meeting this Tuesday, March 1 at our new time: 6:00pm.
We meet in the school Library.

Winnipeg Music Festival

Our first choir group performs on Monday. Good luck Gr. 2/3s!

Cuddle Up and Read

On Thursday, the whole school got together to cuddle up and read. It was so great to see all our students and staff engaged in reading together. 

We love to read!

Thank You

Our annual I Love To Read Month Book Swap was a great success again! 

Thanks to families for helping your child(ren) select books to exchange at school. We hope they came home with some new favourites. 

Remember, books are meant to be shared. Have your child(ren) trade books on a regular basis with friends. 

Go to your local Public Library to sign out books. It's free! You can also ask your child's teacher to send home books from the school. We would be happy to share books with you. 

Annual Book Swap

If your child(ren) have any books they have read and are finished with at home, have them bring them to school on Wednesday, Feb. 24 to swap with other students so they get some new books to take home to read.

100 Day

Happy 100th Day of School!

Remember to look at your child(ren)'s class blog sites, and Twitter and Instagram feeds to see what we do at school. You can use these sites to open up discussions with your child about what they did at school today. 

Leisure Guide

City of Winnipeg Leisure Guide

The City of Winnipeg is proud to provide a wide variety of recreation and leisure opportunities that contribute to the overall well-being of our community.  The Leisure Guide is published three times per year and is filled with fun and exciting programs for everyone.  The Spring/Summer 2016 edition features spring skating lessons and a number of exciting camps to keep the kids busy this summer, including a new full-day format for our “L’il Critters” preschool camps!  

For more information on leisure, sport and fitness programs, please pick up a copy of the Leisure Guide, call 311 or visit Winnipeg.ca.  Guides are available for pick up at civic pools, libraries and leisure centres, and at a number of retail locations including Safeway, 7-Eleven and Mac’s.  

Watch for the Spring/Summer 2016 Leisure Guide at the beginning of March!  Registration for swimming lessons only will begin on March 15 at 8:00 am.  Registration for all other programs will begin on March 16 at 8:00 am.  

Register for any 2016 City of Winnipeg summer camp by April 22 and you could win your camp for FREE!

City of Winnipeg Priceless Fun 

Winnipeggers now have easy access to information about free recreation, leisure and library programs with the free programming guide, Priceless Fun.

The Spring/Summer edition of Priceless Fun, available in March, provides information about the free programs for children and youth being offered by the City of Winnipeg throughout the city, all in one convenient guide. 

Hard copies of Priceless Fun are available for pick up at all civic indoor pools, libraries and leisure centres. You can view the current edition of Priceless Fun online at: Winnipeg.ca/cms/recreation/leisure/leisureguide.stm.Information about programs is also available by calling 311.

Kindergarten Registration

For families who have children born in 2011, registration for Kindergarten for the fall is on:
Monday, February 22, 8:00am - 6:00pm at the school.

Open House

Our Kindergarten Open House Information Night is Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7:00pm at the school.
This is for families who have children born in the year 2011.
Free babysitting is available.

Phys. Ed. Program Goes to the Circus!

Our Phys. Ed. Teacher, Mr. McKinnon was chosen by our school division to study with the National Circus School! 

He has been studying all of the concepts online since January. This week, Mr. McKinnon, as well as the Phys. Ed. Teacher from Ecole Robert Browning - Mr. Vermeylen, and our school division's Phys. Ed./Health Coordinator - Mr. Ross, are in Montreal to study all of the practical skills necessary to implement some circus techniques into a Phys. Ed. program. Research has shown that using these 'circus skills' in a Phys. Ed. program more effectively improves students' overall fitness levels than with a regular program. We strongly believe in helping our students to be the healthiest people they can be. So, we are really excited to find out what Mr. McKinnon has learned!

Beliefs

On a recent Inservice Day, our teachers worked together on our literacy and numeracy programs. We are always reflecting on our teaching practices, looking at the latest research in education, and finding the most efficient and effective ways of delivering quality literacy and numeracy instruction to our students.

When we begin discussions around teaching practices, it is always important to look at our beliefs. As a teaching staff, we feel it is important for all of us to have the same beliefs so that the values we are teaching remain the same throughout our students' time at our school. We summarized all of our beliefs into 3 core statements. From these beliefs, we have made detailed teaching plans in order to help all learners achieve in reading, writing and math. It is our hope that you share the same beliefs and will celebrate all of your child(ren)'s accomplishments at home and at school along with us.

Here are our core beliefs around literacy and numeracy:

Thank You

Thank you to our families for all the treats this week! We feel very appreciated (and full)! 

The staff at Stevenson feel very fortunate to get to work with such great kids and families. 

Gr. 5 Families

For those of you who missed the George Waters Open House last night, please go to their blogsite for more infomation: George Waters Blog

Registration packages will be sent home for all Middle Schools on Friday.

Gr. 5 students....

Music Celebration

Last night, our Grade 2 and 3 students performed at the St. James-Assiniboia School Division Music Celebration. Thank you to the families who were able to bring your child(ren) and stay to enjoy the performance. We received some compliments and advice from an adjudicator.

The Choir practiced today at school together. They were already able to make the improvements suggested. Ms. Rempel is very proud of this choir! She says they have a lovely sound together.

Grade 2 and 3 Choir Performance Tonight

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations everyone for participating in the Great Kindness Challenge again this year!
We saw, and still see, so many acts of kindness happening at school every day.

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY

Family Read In Tonight

Just a reminder that our Library is ready for all families to come to our annual Family Read In Night from 6:00 - 7:00pm.

Feb. 3

Global School Play Day

On February 3, Stevenson School will be participating in a “Global School Play Day”. This will be a day for unstructured, student-initiated play. Students will still come to school for a regular length of school day. On this day, students may bring items they wish to play with. This is to be a day to promote active and imaginative play. You decide what items you are willing to have your child bring to school such as board games, dolls, Lego, blocks, trucks, cars, racetracks, playing cards, empty cardboard boxes, markers, jigsaw puzzles, social games (charades, Pictionary, etc.) The only restrictions: They must bring toys that do NOT require batteries or electricity. No devices. Help your child choose a few toys to bring to school to share. Students will also be free to use play items provided by the school. Students are familiar with what kinds of toys, games, and activities we have.

Please go to the Global School Play Day website for more information: www.globalschoolplayday.com . Research shows that we learn more deeply when we are playing. Feel free to share this with your family, friends, and work places. Challenge other adults to try this challenge too. The more we play, the better we become. We are never too old to play.

You are welcome to join us for part of the day or the whole day if you can. Please contact your child’s teacher to find out how you can help. Follow along with us on Twitter and Instagram that day using #GSPD. Our address is @stevensonelem.

Play is the Way,

Stevenson Staff