Carisbrooke Newsletter

In this September issue of the Newsletter:

• Principal's Message
• Calendar Dates
• Coming Up!
  
• Photo Day
• Staff Update
  
• School Organization
• Open House
  
• Crossing Guards
• Late Arrivals
• Indigo and Read -A- Thon fundraisers
  
• Welcome Back Assembly
• School Plan
  
• Learning Highlight
  

Welcome back! We extend an extra special welcome to the new families and the Kindergarten families joining us this year. This is the first monthly newsletter of the school year. In each newsletter you'll find calendar dates, upcoming school events, information, and learning highlights. You will also get a weekly reminder, 'What's On' every Thursday with sports' schedules, band practices, field trip information, school activities, and hot lunch days, etc. to help you plan the week ahead.

Please mark these dates, especially early dismissals and school not in session days,

in your calendar NOW!

Indigo fundraiser begins Friday, Sept. 13 - October 6

'Blast Off!' Read -A- Thon begins Sunday, Sept. 15 (at home)

Open House - Thursday, Sept. 19 from 4:00- 5:00 pm

PAC Ice-Cream Social - Thursday, Sept. 19 at 5:30 pm

PAC Movie Night- Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 pm

Marathon of Hope 2$ collected beginning - Monday, Sept. 16 ( all week)

Terry Fox Run at 2 pm - Friday, Sept. 20

Orange Shirt Day - Wednesday, Sept. 25

Collaboration Day - Wednesday, Sept. 25 EARLY DISMISSAL 2:00 pm

PAC Meeting in the library- Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7:00 pm

Photo Day - Friday, Sept. 27

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Friday, Sept. 30 SCHOOL NOT IN SESSION

Thanksgiving - Monday, Oct.14 SCHOOL NOT IN SESSION

Professional Day - Friday, Oct. 25 SCHOOL NOT IN SESSION

Collaboration Day - Wednesday, Oct. 30 EARLY DISMISSAL 2:00 pm

K - 7 Hallowe'en Parade - Thursday, Oct. 31 9:15 am Parents welcome!

Terry Fox Run

The run happens Friday afternoon on Sept.20. Students will gather for a Terry Fox assembly in the gym at1 pm and run at 2pm. Grade 7 students will collect Toonies (2$) from each class. Your donations go to the Terry Fox Cancer Foundation. Parents are welcome to run with or cheer for students and teachers at 2 pm.

Orange Shirt Day

Orange shirt day honours the healing journey of residential school survivors and their families. The orange shirt has become a symbol of hope, reconciliation and a commitment to a better future. Wearing an orange shirt to school on Sept. 25, makes a statement to support reconciliation and commit to the truth that EVERY CHILD MATTERS. Students will attend an Orange Shirt Day assembly in the morning and take part in a K - 7 whole-school art project.

Carisbrooke PAC

The Carisbrooke PAC extends a warm welcome to all families, new and returning. Come and meet Kate Cacic, this year's PAC chair, and PAC executive members on Thursday, Sept.26 at 7 pm in the library. Together, the PAC and the school hope to make our school community a healthy and happy one. Please join us and be a part of this first meeting. All are welcome!

Photo is Friday, Sept. 27. Both individual student photos and class photos will be taken on this day.

This year we welcome 4 new staff members: Ms. Emily Gray, Ms. Natacha Sadafi, Ms. Fiona Humbert-Droz, and a black labrador puppy named Zed. Ms. Gray teaches in each grade 4/5 class. She grew up in North Vancouver, has two young children, and is happy to be with us at Carisbrooke this year. Ms. Sadafi is our new school counsellor, Ms. Humbert-Droz is our new Speech and Language Pathologist, and little Zed is a CNIB guide dog-in-training under the care of Ms. Friesen.

Div. 1 grade 6/7 Kevin Backie (M/W/TH/F) and Pat Rickard (T)

Div. 2 grade 6/7 Michelle Phillips

Div. 3 grade 6/7 Nicole Micallef (M/T/TH/F) and Pat Rickard (W)

Div. 4 grade 4/5 Rhiannon Wellbelove (M/W/TH) and Emily Gray (T/F)

Div. 5 grade 4/5 Diane Ehling ( M/ T/ W/ F ) Emily Gray (Th)

Div. 6 grade 4/5 Helen Carmichael (M/T/TH/F) and Emily Gray (W)

Div. 7 grade 3/4 Anika Walker

Div. 8 grade 3 Jennifer Knibbs

Div. 9 grade 2/3 Margaret Inglis ( M/T) and Kaylen Bevan (W/Th/F)

Div. 10 grade 2 Deb Anderson ( M / T) / Kim Campbell (W/Th/F)

Div. 11 grade 1/2 Nicole Soares

Div. 12 grade 1 Robyn Fenyedi ( M/ T alt W) / Sarah Killam (alt W/ Th / Fri )

Div. 13 Kindergarten / 1 Andrea Koch ( M /T) / Jessie Vroom ( W /Th/ F)

Div. 14 Kindergarten Lisa Leeson/ ( M / T/ W / Th ) Andrea Koch ( F )

Arts Education Margaret Inglis ( W)

Physical Health and Career Education and French Pat Rickard (M/Th/F)

LST Janet Friesen

LST/ELL Joanne Tansey

ELL Judy Hope (M /T /Th)

School Counsellor Natacha Sadafi ( M/T)

SLP -Fiona Humbert-Droz (T)

School Psychologist Sandra Waddle (M)

Teacher Librarian Esther Clark (M - Th)

Custodians Jessica Paladar / Ira Malgapo / Erwin Jumarang

Education Assistants: Carla Matilpi, Leah Daniels, Nadiya Tavakoli-Afjadi,

Katie McKenzie, Heidi Lauritzen, Lynn Fitzgerald,

Kirsten Hemsley, Simona Chutnakova, Adria Johnstone, Shadi Kabir-

Soltani, Angela Santavenere

Administration Assistant Stephanie Backie

Office Assistant Tracey Phillips

Supervision Aide Sheree Roberts

Please come with your child(ren) to meet teachers, walk through the school, and visit classrooms. The Ice-Cream Social follows the Open House at 5:30 pm and Family Movie Night begins at 7:30 pm.

The program needs YOU! This important community work is a shared responsibility. Sign up here to register and help out. The sign up is currently for September and October.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B49ACAC28A7FE3-51085644-crossing#/

Coming to school on time sets children up for a successful day. It lessens the workload for office staff and minimizes disruption to teachers and classmates. The entrance bell (or first bell) rings at 8:45 am and by 8:50 students should be in classrooms seated at their desk. We know exceptions and mishaps occur, but we ask that families do their best to ensure their child(ren) arrive ON TIME. Parents of students who are chronically late will be contacted by School Administration.

Indigo Fundraiser begins next Friday and lasts for 3 weeks. If you make a purchase at the Park Royal Indigo you will be asked to donate to Carisbrooke's library. Our school is one of only 30 schools across Canada to be adopted by Indigo. We need your help to make this fundraiser a success.

Reading takes you out of this world and we are hoping to ignite the love reading for students K -7. The Blast Off! Read - A- Thon launches this Sun.Sept. 15 and ends Sat. Sept. 28. Details will come home with your child(ren) today. We ask parents to help children find sponsors, visit school and local libraries, and set your child up with a regular reading routine at home. All monies earned will go towards supporting the Carisbrooke library.

Students gathered in the gym last Friday, not only to formally welcome new students and staff, but also to learn about the purpose of school, rules and expectations, and friendships. Below you will find some excerpts spoken of at the assembly.

Purpose of School

Why are we here? The purpose of school is learning. There is so much to learn, but especially as you are growing up. You have learned so much already - at home with your families, in the community, outside in nature, and with your friends. There are many things we do know, and there are things we don’t know YET. Each of us has a strength and each of us has something to work on – whether it’s being a good reader, a skilled writer, an adept mathematician, an artist, an athlete, a friend. It’s true that learning can be fun, but it can also be hard, sometimes sad (orange shirt day), and often challenging. You will never know what you are capable of learning until you challenge yourself, take risks, and persevere when learning gets tough. Perseverance..this is when you try really hard and don't give up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqcVsLgdsU

School Code of Conduct and Rules

Your teachers have high expectations of you and so do I – especially students in grade 6 and 7 who are role models for students in the lower grades. Intermediate students will model how to be a friend, how to be safe, how to give back and help the school, and how to take school work seriously. There will be bumps and disagreements along the way, but you will learn how to resolve conflicts peacefully - using your words, seeking help, and learning to take someone else’s perspective. Just like rules for driving, we have rules at school. The reason we have rules is to keep everyone safe, happy, and learning. There are rules for walking down the hall, rules for playing on the playground, even rules for singing O Canada. No one has the right to disrupt others in the class, to make anyone feel afraid or unsafe, or to make anyone feel they don’t belong. Like throwing a rock into a still pond, the ripple effect upsets not just one person –but everyone in the class, in the school, and at home. There are immediate consequences for students who break rules. Students who break rules lose privileges, and parents are called.

Friends

One of the best things about coming back to school was seeing your friends. But this year, in your new class, you may have found yourself in a class without a ‘best friend’. What an opportunity you have – to meet new people and make new friends. Of course, keep your friends from last year and play together at recess and lunch. And you will see them when we get together as a school or when teachers work create learning groups. It's wise to not have one single best friend, rather, look for the best in all your friends. You may be surprised to learn that even if someone is different from you - taller, shorter, blue eyes, green eyes, curly hair, straight hair, or speaks a different language than you – new friendships are always possible. Remember, the friends you have today were at one time, new to you. I am counting on each of you here today - Kindergarten to grade 7, to make our school a place where EVERYONE can learn, feel safe, and belong. We all share similarities and differences. But together, we are incredible!

Every journey has a plan, including all of the schools in the North Vancouver School District. With input from teachers, education assistants, office staff, parents, caregivers, and students, our 2022 school plan was created. You will find the school plan on the school website https://www.sd44.ca/school/carisbrooke/Pages/default.aspx#/= and here, attached below.

Grade 1 students spent last Wednesday with Ms. Friesen. As in most classrooms - on this surprise (non-moving) day, the theme was "Being Together". This is a nature mandala made outside with sticks, leaves, and rocks that children collected and placed together into a heart shape. Thank you Grade 1s for this beautiful work and important learning!