October 2016

October Parent Council Meeting

Tuesday, October 25th, 6:30 pm

EVERYONE WELCOME

We had a great September meet-ing of the School Advisory

Council. Our Council does a ter-rific job supporting our school. Your input is greatly appreciat-

ed. Please join us for the October meeting.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Families,

We have had a great start to the school year. Thank you to the entire

Woodland community for working together as we added staff and re-

configured classes. It was well worth the effort! Your participation in the

Meet The Staff and Mathematics Night was greatly appreciated.

Our mathematics focus will continue as staff look at data to determine

strengths and next steps for our students. We will be looking at EQAO re-

sults and year end assessments during the October 7th, PA Day. Our staff

are very proud of the results for the grade 3 and grade 6 EQAO assess-

ments from last spring (Percentages of students achieving level 3 or 4

Grade 3: Reading 57%, Writing 86%, Mathematics 79%, Grade 6: Reading

95%, Writing 100%, Mathematics 74%. Both our grade 3 and grade 6

math results were well above the Board and Provincial results. Well done!

Congratulations to all our students who participated in the T-Shirt Design

Contest. We had 14 entries. Isabell Bourne received the most votes by school

council. Well done!

The Wolves were very active in sports in September. Congratulations to the

Junior Co-ed Soccer Team for playing so well through the rain. The Co-ed

Intermediate Soccer Team were finalists at their tournament. Throughout

October, students are participating in Cross Country and Intermediate Vol-

leyball . Go Wolves! Thank you to our staff for coaching.

I wish all our families a Happy Thanksgiving!

Mr. S. Shad

Professional Activity Day

Friday, October 7th has been

designated as a Professional Ac-

tivity Day by the Distr ict School

Board of Niagara. There will be

no school for the students.

Thanksgiving Holiday

Monday, October 10th, is the

Thanksgiving Day Holiday.

Student Snack Program

We need volunteers for an hour, just 2 days a

month. The snack program runs Monday,

Wednesday, and Friday mornings. You would

be at the school from 10-11 am, preparing food

and handing it out to students. Please contact

the school if you are able to help.

PICTURE DAY IS COMING

Thursday, October 6th is the scheduled picture

day. Please mark it on your calendars and re-

member your smiles! Grade Eight photos will

take place in the afternoon, after D&T.

CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS :

Please send in your Camp-

bell product labels to the

school. BE sure the face of

the label and the bar code

are intact. We redeem these

labels for great items for the school.

TERRY FOX RUN

A huge Thank-You goes out to the Wood-

land students and community, for donat-

ing your ―Toonies for Terry on Friday,

Sept. 16th. We raised $513.00 to date.

Our donations will help researchers get

one step closer to finding a cure for can-

cer. Congratulations Woodland!

DSBN Parent Involvement Conference

Nov. 2nd, 2016

Eden High School

A free evening event of learning, sharing

and networking for all DSBN parents.

Register:

1) online at: www.dsbn.org

Click “Parents” then click “Parent In-

volvement” to get to the registration but-

ton.

When to keep your child at home?

Please keep your child at home and away from others if he or

she has any of these symptoms:

Fever

Diarrhea

Vomiting

Rash

Frequent coughing or sneezing

Yellow or green discharge from the nose, ears, or eyes

October Recognition Assembly

We will be celebrating our students at our October

Recognition Assembly on Friday, October 28th,

9:15am. Our Halloween Parade and activities will

also take place on Halloween Day (Mon. Oct. 31st,

at 12:15pm.

Grade 8 Students and Parents: Mark Your Calendars!

Starting high school is a huge step in a student's life.

While it's definitely an exciting time, it also brings with it many questions, such as "What's life in high school

really like? What programs and options are available to help me achieve my goals?"

A great way to have your questions answered is to attend an open house. Grade 8 students and their families

are invited to attend High School Open Houses from November 28 to December 1.

Students attending our school have the option of attending St. Catharines Collegiate or Sir Winston

Churchill according to their program needs.

High School Open House Dates and Times:

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary: Tuesday, November 29 - 6:00 p.m.

St. Catharines Collegiate: Monday, November 28 – 6:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER PICTURES

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 Day 10

QSP fundraiser

4 Day 1

QSP fundraiser

5Day 2

Cross Country

Meet, QSP fund-

raiser, Mad Sci-

ence pm break

6Day 3

QSP fundraiser

Photo Day

D&T-Gr. 8

7 PA Day

No School

8

9 10 Thanks-

giving Monday

No School

11Day 4

QSP fundraiser-

final day

Hot Lunch-Pizza

12Day 5

Mad Science pm

break

13Day 6

Dental Screening

14Day 7 15

16 17Day 8

Art Gallery

18Day 9

Hot Lunch-Pita

Pit

19Day 10

Mad Science pm

break

20Day 1 21Day 2

Kindergarten

Pumpkin Patch

Trip

22

23 24Day 3

D&T-Gr. 8

25Day 4

Hot Lunch –

Subs

School Council

6:30pm

26Day 5

Mad Science pm

break

27Day 6 28Day 7

October Recog-

nition Assembly

9:15am

29

30 31Day 8

Halloween Pa-

rade 12:15pm

Periods 4,5:

Gr. 1-6 activities,

Gr. 7/8 Dance

October 2016