Woodlawn Early Years School

We made it through September! What a beautiful month we had with warm weather all the way through (minus an epic flood of course!). We also had some wonderful schoolwide events including our annual Terry Fox run and our Orange Shirt Day celebrations with the Mason sisters! What a great way to get the whole school together for some positive events!

October brings cooler weather, so please make sure that your children are dressed for the weather. At Woodlawn we believe that outdoor play is an important part of the school day so unless it is raining hard or below -30 degrees celsius, we will be heading outside for recess!

A quick reminder to regularly check our school website and keep an eye on the school calendar so you don't miss any important events in the coming weeks. There are lots of fun, exciting and educational events happening in October and November!

Vince Hiebert - Principal

Marla McEachern - Vice Principal

Hearing screening will take place at Woodlawn School in late October. The screening helps to identify children who may have educational difficulties due to undiagnosed permanent or long-term hearing impairment. Early identification is expected to result in earlier intervention and thus fewer and less severe associated difficulties.

All students in Kindergarten and grade 1, new students to Hanover School Division, and students whose teachers have suggested hearing screening will be screened. Children with known hearing impairments will not be screened. The students will be brought to the area where the screening is taking place by a staff member or a parent volunteer.

If after the screening it is determined that further testing with an audiologist is needed, parents/guardians will be contacted by the school.

If you have any questions about the screening please contact the school.

The Hanover Parent and Child Community Program invites parents and their preschool children to attend free parent-child programming!

Children will have the opportunity to play, learn, create, sing, and develop skills to prepare them for kindergarten. Parents will stay and play with their children. Snacks are provided. Families can attend once or twice a week or drop by when able. Children should bring indoor footwear.

We will follow the school schedule in regards to school closure days and inclement weather.

Parents please report to the office for check in and park in the church parking lot across from the school.

We will meet on Monday mornings from 9:00 to 11:30 am and Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 - 3:30 pm.

Please contact Stacey Marcoux at 204-326-9829 or email smarcoux@hsd.ca should you have any questions.

Rocco's Pizza Fundraiser pick up is on Wednesday, October 16 from 4:30-5:30pm in the Christian Fellowship Church parking lot (across the street from the school on Henry Street). Winners of the prizes will be announced that same day.

If you have any questions, please email the PAC at woodlawnelementarypac@gmail.com.

Please note that we are scent aware at our school and on our buses. Scented products can aggravate problems for some people, especially those with fragrance sensitivities, asthma, allergies and other medical conditions.

The HSD Parent Portal is a communications tool designed to enhance and increase parent/guardian involvement in the education of their children by providing secure online access to their child's student information. We encourage all parents/guardians to set up a parent portal account. With a single username and password you can access data for each of your children attending an HSD school. If you have not yet set up an account for each of your children please contact the school office for the access codes and set up information.

Please take a few minutes to review the student information and contact information for your child. It is important that the school has current address and contact information for your child in case it is necessary to reach someone during the school day. Contact the office for any changes that need to be made on the parent portal.

Mark your Calendar for our School Picture Day on

Wednesday, October 16 and Thursday, October 17

For your convenience orders may be placed online.

All students will be photographed for school service products.

For Tips on preparing for photo day visit www.lifetouch.ca

Any questions, please call Lifetouch at 1-866-457-8212 or email: guestservices@lifetouch.ca

Click this link to check the date that your child's class is scheduled for photos

Picture Day Schedule

If your child will be away from school or will be late or will not be returning to school after any of our nutrition/activity breaks please ensure you call the school at 204-326-6110 or email woodlawn@hsd.ca to let us know. If you know ahead of time that your child will be absent please enter the absence in your child's parent portal account, email woodlawn@hsd.ca or leave a voice mail. When the school is not advised of an absence or late arrival, the office begins a call back procedure to parents and emergency contacts. Many of these calls can be avoided if parents call ahead to advise us of the absence.

Thanks to all the students who brought a money for the Terry Fox Fundraiser. We will be donating $95.50 to the Terry Fox Foundation.

To ensure the safety of our students and due to congestion of our staff parking lots and bus loop areas, parents are not to enter those areas between 8:15 - 4:30. Also note there is no public parking available at Entrance D (Barkman Street) at any time. All parking is reserved for school staff. If you are dropping off or picking up your child please DO NOT park on Henry Street as there are signs for no stopping and you may be ticketed. Please park on the church parking lot across from the school. For the safety of your child we request that you escort your child across Henry Street. For students' safety, please avoid parking along Barkman Street across from the school during 8:30 - 9:00 am and 3:30 - 4:00 pm.

If your children walk to and from school it is always best if they walk in small groups and never alone. There is a crossing guard at the corner of Penner and Barkman from 8:35-8:53 and 3:45- 4:00. There is a crossing guard at the corner of Hespler and Ashford/Barkman from 8:30-8:50 and 3:30-4:00. Please remind your children to always go straight to school/home so they don't miss the crossing guards.

An urban bus catchment area map is posted on the HSD website. Any urban or rural bus that will be late due to weather or mechanical issues is listed on the HSD website under the bus delay tab.

Go to the drop down menu of Services/Transportation Services and you can select:

1. School Bus Delay Bulletins - where any bus that is late is posted with the approximate delay.

2. Catchment Maps

Thank you for checking these options before calling the Hanover School Division Transportation Department with your questions regarding bus delays and Steinbach urban bus routes times and maps. Any questions for transportation please call 204-320-2347.

Most school bus fatalities occur when children are outside the bus and 75% of these fatalities involve children under the age of nine.

Things Parents Should Know About Bus Safety

• School buses are the safest form of transportation
• The most dangerous part of the bus ride is getting on and off the bus
• Young children are most likely to be struck because they:
  
• Hurry to get on and off the bus
• Act before they think and have little experience with traffic
• Assume motorists will see them
• Don't always stay within the sight of the driver
  

Things Children Should Know About Bus Safety

• Stand back from the curb
• NEVER run to or from the bus
• NEVER try to pick up something that has fallen under the bus
• Stay in your seat and sit quietly so that the driver is not distracted
• Wait for the driver's signal and then cross in FRONT of the bus

Fire Prevention Week begins on Sunday, October 6 and the Office of the Fire Commissioner website has been updated with all Fire Prevention Week – “Cooking safety starts with YOU!” material.

There is a contest that children Kindergarten to Grade 4 can enter to win a $200 gift card as well as items for their class. Click HERE to read about the contest.

Email: woodlawn@hsd.ca
Website: www.woodlawn.hsd.ca
Location: 411 Henry St, Steinbach, MB, Canada R5G 0R1
Phone: 204-326-6110
Twitter: @WoodlawnHSD