February 2024

We use our ROAR every day.

We do our best in every way.

We make strong choices.

We respect all voices.

We strive for more.

Here we ROAR!

February 8 - Early Dismissal at 12:25

February 12-13 - Skating Kindergarten to grade 5

February 15-16 - Teacher's Convention. Schools Closed, no school for students

February 19 - Family Day - No School

February 20 - Parent Council at 7:00pm

February 20-23 Carnaval d'hiver

February 22 - Cinderella Performance at Peter Lougheed grades 1-5

February 26 - Staff Collaboration Day - no school for students

March 7 - Early Dismissal at 12:25

March 18-22 Spring Break

M/W Kindergarten / Maternelle (Mrs. Skoglund & Mme Urkow)

February 23

March 8

T/Th Maternelle (Mme Urkow)

February 9

March 1

March 15

Reminder that all of our forms are now switching to online. This includes permission forms for field trips, sports, clubs, etc. If you have not signed up or into the portal yet, please visit this website: https://brsd.powerschool.com/public/home.html

If you do not know your login information, please see our Google Drive here with videos and information on how to log in: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ljcw0u9PRj3j9eiJfElxRPAG3ramyT6Q

A reminder that school start time is at 8:45, and buses arrive at the school at 8:30. We do not have staff outside for student supervision in the morning until 8:25.

With the weather getting colder we would like to remind everyone that our cut off for outside recess is anything below -20C. So if it is below -20 we will not be sending students outside during the recess times, unless they are part of the Polar Bear Club.

Battle River School Division follows an administrative procedure (AP 555)

around bus cancellations due to inclement weather. See blow for information regarding temperature:

AP 555 - 2.1 Temperature

2.1.1 Bus Routes will be cancelled when the air temperature reaches -40 degrees Celsius;

2.1.2 Bus Routes will be cancelled when the air temperature combined with wind chill reaches -40 degrees Celsius.

2.1.3 Air temperature and wind chill will be determined by accessing www.theweathernetwork.com and viewing the information for the town/village in which the school is located. This website displays temperature and wind chill for each area in the Division.

2.1.4 The information acquired above shall be obtained just prior to the bus route, not the night before. However, in extreme conditions, the Director of Transportation may make the decision the night before.

Reminder if buses are cancelled in the morning they will not run in the afternoon.

Thank you for all the interest in Art Club.

If your child has signed up for Art Club, please see below for more information on the projects and dates.

The Chess Club is in full swing and we have already seen some amazing plays and a few checkmates. The Chess Club welcomes a different class everyday during lunch recess from Tuesday to Friday. At the moment, only the grades 3, 4 and 5 students are invited. A springtime tournament will be held after spring break. The Chess Club continues to welcome any chess sets that families would like to donate.

École Sifton Winter Carnival

Community Ice Sculpture

Friday, February 23

This year, as part of our Winter Carnival festivities, students will be creating an ICE SCULPUTURE in front of the school for the community to enjoy.

To make the construction a success, ALL STUDENTS are asked to bring ONE OR MORE BLOCKS OF ICE to school on Friday, February 23 to add to the sculpture!

HOW TO MAKE YOUR ICE BLOCK

1) Find empty containers in your recycling.

2) Fill containers with water. Add a few drops of food coloring if you have some.

3) Place the containers outside in your yard, on your porch or balcony, or in your freezer.

4) Bring your frozen containers to the front of the school the morning of Friday, February 23 before

class!

*** PLEASE NOTE: We would greatly prefer if students froze ice blocks using recycled MILK CARTONS (any size) or ALUMINUM PANS. Using a milk carton or aluminum pan will make it much easier for your student to remove the ice block from the container.

Frozen water balloons work well too! Empty plastic containers are also an option (e.g., recycled margarine, sour cream, yogurt containers).

Containers and recycling will NOT be returned. THANK YOU!! ***

Thank you to all the students and families who are using their library bags consistently and keeping our books in good reading condition.

Literacy week was January 22 - 26. We celebrated literacy with different activities that created excitement amongst us all.

Classes participated in a school wide door decorating contest. Judges came in from our Division Office to judge the doors and declare a winner. All the doors were exceptionally well done and it was a very hard decision. There was a tie for first place between 1K (Mrs. Kelly's grade 1 English class) and 3B (Mme Ballhorn's grade 3 French class). Congratulations!

A reminder that an account has been opened at the bottle depot where families can drop off bottles any time, and the funds can go towards the school. Ask to donate them to "Sifton School Parent Council" when you drop them off.

Hot Lunch is available to order for students in Grades 1 - 5.

If you have ordered hot lunch and you child is absent, their lunch will be donated unless you contact the school by 12:00pm to make other arrangements. Unfortunately we can not offer refunds for any reason. Thank you for your understanding.

Ordering for February hot lunch was open from January 15 - 26, and is now closed.

Ordering for March hot lunch will be open online from February 15 - 26

March 1 Booster Juice

March 8 Subway

March 15 Boston Pizza

Please place your ordering using our online payment system : https://www.studentquickpay.com/brsd/

Without parent volunteers we would not be able to have hot lunch.

If you would like to help distribute hot lunch please sign up using this link: https://forms.gle/9bbr3YJ8G6bDUHGg7

Thank you for your support!