Bear Blast

As Treaty people, we take this moment to honor the lands of Treaties 4 and 6, and all they have provided to us and our families across many generations. These lands have long served as traditional meeting grounds, gathering places, and traveling routes for the Cree, Dene, Nakota, Dakota, Saulteaux, and Ojibway peoples since time immemorial. We also recognize these lands as the homeland of Métis Nation Eastern Region II.

We honor the ancestors whose footsteps have shaped these lands. We acknowledge that our use of these lands has come at a profound cost, including the impacts of colonialism and the residential school system. With this recognition, we commit to working together toward reconciliation and forging a path forward that honors the past and builds a better future for all.

Self-regulation is a skill that helps people effectively manage their feelings, thoughts, attention, and behavior, even in tough situations. It is like having a mental toolkit that helps a person stay calm, make good decisions, and handle stress without getting overwhelmed.

Effective self-regulation involves recognizing and responding to stress in ways that restore energy and promote growth.

(Shanker, 2021)

One of our focuses this year at PPCS is to help all of our students K-12 with self-regulation. We see self-regulation not only as an important skillset for learning, but also an employability skillset as well. Being able to self-regulate is critical for our students to be able to secure and hold down a job.

As we started our year we took time to reconnect with our matrix (Bears Expect excellence, Act responsible, Respect, and Show self control). We will continue to reconnect over the coming days and eventually connect the matrix to self-regulation awareness and strategies for our students.

We will begin by having the students recognize where they are in terms of the self-regulation spectrum. Imagine that their brain is like a car engine. If the engine is running too slow, it will stall out. This is where we may see student disengaged, lethargic or fatigued. It can also run to fast or hot. This is where we may see the "fight response" such as temper tantrums, aggressive behavior, or fleeing. Our hope is that students can recognize as their "engine" gets too slow or too fast, then we can equip them with tolls and strategies to help speed it up or slow it down.

Stay tuned in coming weeks and months for details on the work that we are doing in this area.

Visit 2024/25 Hockey Season | PORCUPINE PLAIN MINOR (spordle.com) to register your son or daughter for the 2024/2025 PPMHA season.

Registrations are due Sept 13.

Practices

Monday and Thursday

Jr. Girls 3:30-5:30 (Practice)

Sr. Girls 6:30-8:30 (Practice)

Games

TBD (Stay Tuned)

Tournaments

The senior girls were off to Carlyle Friday and Saturday.

They had a very successful weekend winning the B side of the tournament.

Practices

Monday, Tuesdays, Friday

All ages 3:30-4:30

Meets

Grades 4-6

Sept 25 in Nipawin

Oct 1 in Tisdale

Oct 9 in Hudson Bay

Grades 7-12

Sept 11 in Tisdale

Sept 18 in Hudson Bay

Sept 24 in Nipawin

Oct 2 NESSAC in Melfort

Oct 12 Provincials in Humboldt

Bears Athletics is looking for coaches for the upcoming school year, mainly Sr. Boys Basketball, Track and Field. and an assistant for Girls Volleyball but if you are interested in others let us know. Please contact Mr. Bloski for details.

Please note, as we get used to this new system, please be aware that punch card balances may be up to 1 week behind.

You can click the button below to check on how much your child has left on his/her punch card. To help support privacy, we have developed account numbers for each student. The account number is their grade followed by the last 4 digits of the phone number we have on file. For example, my son Noah is in grade 5. His account number would be 059017.

Once you click the link below and find your child's account number, you will see a number to the left of their account number (i.e. 17). That number will not change, so you only have to remember that number going forward.

We hope that this will help our families.