February Newsletter

Principal Sparling School 1150 Sherburn Street Winnipeg, MB R3E 2N4 Phone: 783-6195 Fax: 786-6373 Lionel Pang, Principal

Important Dates

For March March 1 - 3:00pm Dismissal March 4 - Report Cards Home March 7 - Parent Council Meeting 6:30pm March 11 - Science Fair Grades 4-6 March 11 - Room 11 Field Trip to Manitoba Museum March 14 - NO SCHOOL March 17 - Room 8 + 13 Field Trip to Japanese Cultural Centre - ORFF Goes to Festival March 18 - Movie Night March 23 - Room 6, 8 and 11 @ Symphony with Mrs. Bodner in the Morning March 24 - Assembly March 28 - April 1 - SPRING BREAK

February

2011

Important Dates

For February

Feb 1 - 3:00pm Dismissal Feb 2 - Groundhog Day Feb 4 - NO SCHOOL Feb 7 - Parent Council Meeting 6:30pm Feb 14 - Valentine’s Day Feb 16 - Hot Dog Day Feb 21 - Lois Riel Day NO SCHOOL Feb 25 - Movie Night - Chinese/Vietnamese New Year Feb 28 - Intermediate Choir Goes to Festival in Morning

Dear Parents/Guardians: Every family has its own unique routine that works for its family members. Family routines take into consideration the time of day we must get up, to the type of morning activities we engage in, to the place we entrust our children during the day, to the evening and bedtime activities. Children need a routine, but they need a routine that is conducive to their health and well being especially during these cold months. According to the National Sleep Foundation, these are the following sleep guidelines : Newborns 10.5 - 18 hours Infants 14 – 15 hours + a nap Toddlers 12 – 14 hours + a nap Preschoolers 11 – 13 hours School ages (5-12) 10 – 11 hours Teens 8.5 – 9.25 hours Please take care and keep warm during these cold months. Regards, Lionel Pang

Sparling All-Stars

Valour C.C. will be starting an indoor soccer program for the Boys and Girls that are going to be 9

years of age in 2011 for the summer season which starts in May. Valour's Soccer U9 to U18 Convenor will be running the indoor soccer league for the U8s that will be turning 9 in 2011.

Some exceptions will be made for younger boys and girls that show a higher skill level then their age group. We would like to train the kids to get

ready for the outdoor season and find proper coaches for the kids as it is a big transition to a big field and rules. So the league will run for 12 Saturdays from

6:10pm to 7:15pm; and 7:20pm to 8:30pm to accommodate all the teams. There will be 30 minutes of training and 30 minute games to start then progress to 1 hour

of practice and 1hour games. There is a $45 dollar fee for the league to cover trainers that will be helping out and training shirts for the kids. $10 goes towards the Community Centre rental of the gym and clean up etc ...

The Program will start December 4th and Registration will be at Valour C.C. as of November 15 ( Isaac Brock Site 715 Teller Street ) If you know of any other kids that are in the Valour

area who want to play soccer you can have their parents/guardians contact Bob at 775-3869.

Thank you Rui Goncalves

Valour C.C Head Coach

Hot Dog Day!

Wednesday, February 16th

Forms will be sent home on

February 10th. Watch for them!

Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2nd. If it is cloudy when the Groundhog emerges from it’s burrow, it will leave the burrow, signifying winter will soon end. If it is sunny, the Groundhog will “see it’s shadow” and retreat back into it’s burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks.

Movie Night

Friday, February 25th

Posters will be

posted throughout

the school!

Suggestion box

will be located

outside the office.

The Intermediate Choir will be

going to a Festival in the morning with Mrs. Bodner on

February 28th!

Room 8

In our room we have been learning about Vikings.

Vikings put dead Vikings in ships and set them on fire.

Vikings eat meat, porridge, vegetables, fruits, desserts

and bread. Vikings drink water, blood, apple juice, herbal

drink and honey wine.

By Rochelle

The Vikings stole from Norway Sweden Denmark and

stole food from them.

The human ear has three little bones called the hammer,

the anvil and the stirrup.

By Angel

The Viking long ship is at least 1000 feet long. The Vi-

kings treat their ships like their own children.

By Emily B.

The Vikings use runes for the letters. And did you know

that they put it on a rock?

By Eunice

The Vikings have different ships.

One is called the Drakkar.

Another is called the Knorr.

By Jemreal

Vikings write in runes and runes are like rocks.

They had 8 gods.

By Sofronio

The Vikings have different ships.

The long ship is called Drakkar

The Drakkar have 20 oars and 20 shields.

By Matthew

The Vikings have two ships named Drakkar and Knorr.

The Knorr is used to trade things and deliver supplies and

the Drakkar is used to war.

The Vikings long ship has a dragon head to scare their

enemies.

By Miguel

The Vikings buried their swords with their owners.

The Viking axe is 9cm.

By Michaela

Vikings called their house a longhouse. A Viking roof is

made of grass. The walls were made of stones. In the

house there were no rooms just the house was a room.

By Zach

The Vikings loved to skate in winter and they even liked

sledding. And they liked to play board games and to play

sports.

By Lorniza

The Viking children don’t go to school they stay at home

and help their family.

The Vikings lived in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Most Viking families lived in the farm and used peas to

make bread.

By Allayssa

Vikings used boats called longships. They were called

Drakkar and Knorr.

By Thang

Vikings lived in Norway Sweden and Denmark.

By Xander and Karl

Sound!

Sound is created by stuff vibrating.

An echo is created by sound waves bouncing off things.

By MaKayla M.

I learned that the sound can bounce off walls and the high

notes vibrate faster and the lower the note

the slower it will vibrate.

By Emily M.

Vibration is a sound that you hear like talk, music, clap.

Vibrate also means that if you talk in the hallway it will bounce

then you can hear your own voice. A sound wave is a sound that

you hear like a echo - it bounces on the wall but you can’t see

the wave.

By Josh

Science: what I learned about sounds is that sound is made by

an object vibrating. An echo is made from sound waves bounc-

ing wall to wall.

By JC

To make sound waves you have to make something vibrate. Tun-

ing fork: you must hit the tuning fork on your shoe then it will

vibrate.

By Jaydhen

What we’ve been learning about…