THE MESSENGER A Newsletter for Supporters of Immanuel Christian School Vol. 26 No. 19 January 24, 2014 From the Principal – Mr. P. Veenendaal Our first news this week concerns our teaching staff for next year. The school board has offered a full- time teaching position to Mr. Dave Nienhuis and he has accepted that. As most of you know, Dave left us about 4 years ago after many years of teaching French and other subjects and working as our Vice- Principal and Athletic Director, to teach in Fergus, Ontario. For several reasons, Dave, along with his wife, Erica, expressed the desire to return to teach at Immanuel in Winnipeg. When Mr. Edmund Nederveen told us that he would not return next year so he could pursue a Bachelor of Education degree at an Ontario university, we had an opening to hire Mr. Nienhuis back. The Nienhuis’s plan to move back to Winnipeg with their 2 youngest daughters this summer. Other teachers will soon receive their contracts/offers from the school board. Please encourage them to continue in their tasks here at Immanuel for the next year. We appreciate their work and we would like to continue working with the same team that has worked well in the past. The Clarion pages are filling up quickly with “wanted ads” so we realize that there are still many opportunities to work in Reformed schools. In the Messenger you will find a new student timetable for the second semester. We have had to drop a Grade 12 Social Studies course because of a lack of enrolment, so that means we had to do some changes in teaching assignments. Thanks to all involved with this for your great cooperation. LIBRARY NEWS Student-recommended: available in our school library D-Day: Juno Beach, by Lance Goddard, combines photos, accounts from the veterans involved, and writing by Lance Goddard (author of several books on the “invasion of Europe” by the Allies) to capture the heroism and sacrifice required for the Canadian army to establish a beachhead on D-Day, and begin the long process of freeing Europe from Nazi domination. Library Hours for the Rest of Us: Students have their own library times, but library hours for the rest of us for 2013-2014 are from 8:45 to 11:45 - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. Overdue Library Books: Kindergarten: Jade V. Grade 1 Mikaela R Nicole V. Grade 2: Keith M. Matthew M. Julia V. Kevin W. Grade 3: Seth V. Grade 5: Julia W. Grade 6: Kazia T. Grade 7 : Matthew D. James N. Rebecca R. Grade 8: Robyn D. Savannah M. David N. Grade 9: Leonard B. Carrie P. Grade 11: Izaak V Grade 12 : Stephanie D. Shania K. Shayna T. Kenny V. Caitlyn V. Courtney W.
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THE MESSENGER A Newsletter for Supporters of Immanuel Christian School
Vol. 26 No. 19
January 24, 2014
From the Principal – Mr. P. Veenendaal
Our first news this week concerns our teaching staff for next year. The school board has offered a full-
time teaching position to Mr. Dave Nienhuis and he has accepted that. As most of you know, Dave left
us about 4 years ago after many years of teaching French and other subjects and working as our Vice-
Principal and Athletic Director, to teach in Fergus, Ontario. For several reasons, Dave, along with his
wife, Erica, expressed the desire to return to teach at Immanuel in Winnipeg. When Mr. Edmund
Nederveen told us that he would not return next year so he could pursue a Bachelor of Education degree
at an Ontario university, we had an opening to hire Mr. Nienhuis back. The Nienhuis’s plan to move
back to Winnipeg with their 2 youngest daughters this summer.
Other teachers will soon receive their contracts/offers from the school board. Please encourage them to
continue in their tasks here at Immanuel for the next year. We appreciate their work and we would like
to continue working with the same team that has worked well in the past. The Clarion pages are filling
up quickly with “wanted ads” so we realize that there are still many opportunities to work in Reformed
schools.
In the Messenger you will find a new student timetable for the second semester. We have had to drop a
Grade 12 Social Studies course because of a lack of enrolment, so that means we had to do some changes
in teaching assignments. Thanks to all involved with this for your great cooperation.
LIBRARY NEWS
Student-recommended: available in our school library
D-Day: Juno Beach, by Lance Goddard, combines photos,
accounts from the veterans involved, and writing by
Lance Goddard (author of several books on the
“invasion of Europe” by the Allies) to capture the heroism
and sacrifice required for the Canadian army to establish a
beachhead on D-Day, and begin the long process of freeing
Europe from Nazi domination.
Library Hours for the Rest of Us:
Students have their own library times,
but library hours for the rest of us for 2013-2014 are from
8:45 to 11:45 - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
mornings.
Overdue Library Books:
Kindergarten:
Jade V.
Grade 1
Mikaela R
Nicole V.
Grade 2:
Keith M.
Matthew M.
Julia V.
Kevin W.
Grade 3:
Seth V.
Grade 5:
Julia W.
Grade 6:
Kazia T.
Grade 7 :
Matthew D.
James N.
Rebecca R.
Grade 8:
Robyn D.
Savannah M.
David N.
Grade 9:
Leonard B.
Carrie P.
Grade 11:
Izaak V
Grade 12 :
Stephanie D.
Shania K.
Shayna T.
Kenny V.
Caitlyn V.
Courtney W.
GENERAL NEWS:
1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS: “Helping Boys
Learn by Dr. Edmond Dixon” Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Place: St. John Brebeuf
Parish Hall, 1707 St. John Brebeuf Place. Time: 7 p.m. Fee: “Free Will Offering Basket” to
help offset event costs. RSVP: In order to help us staff the event, please register
at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/helping-boys-learn-by-dr-edmond-dixon-tickets-10294584379.
For more information, please contact Danielle Savage, St. John Brebeuf Parent Council
We had another full week and most of it spent indoors due to the weather. This week we had a special
guest, Constable Dow (Lilliana’s dad) in our classroom to teach us about police work in our community.
Thank you for sharing your work and all of the tools you use to help keep us safe. Please keep on
practicing your address and telephone number with your child. It is important safety information. We will postpone our community helper dress up day to a day in Feb. as we plan to continue this unit
into Feb. Remember that there is no school on Friday. Elementary teachers will be busy getting the
school decorated for “I Love to Read” month. It is an exciting month that all of the students look forward
to each year.
Here is what’s planned for next week:
Parent Helpers: M: D. Nobel
W: J. Dewitt
Monday: Library books and home reading bags (5 books) are due
Bible Stories: M: The Ten Commandments
W: The Golden Calf
Memory Work: Song: Psalm 134:1, 2,3, Text: Mark 12: 30-31b(leaving out the words “The second is
this…”) Address and Telephone number
Show and Tell: Mon: Krista & Lilliana
Wed: Matt & Nadia
Math: #6 & 7, comparisons
Language Arts: Continuing with Animated Literacy-letters, sounds and songs. Phono awareness studies
Social Studies: Family and Community Helpers
P.E.: Manipulative Skills
Grade 1: Mrs. Heidema Slowly but surely we are moving into our new Science/Social Studies/Health unit that we (Mrs. D. Dykstra
and Mrs. Heidema) named ‘Living in this World’. Our lessons and theme centers revolve around the question,
“How do I make a difference living in this world?” We will focus on differences in peoples and their needs and
animals and their needs. This offers us a great opportunity to see how God created man wonderfully and fearfully,
how He provides for our needs and what task He gives man in his environment all the way through history from
Adam and Eve in paradise to us here in Winnipeg. Not only that, but God also provides in the world of animals.
Just read Psalm 104 (what we will do this week) and you will see: How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom
you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. (vs.24)
Parents thank you for doing the Home Reading so diligently. Around this time of the year the reading
skills of many students are increasing noticeably. Also, their confidence in reading is growing. Daily reading
practice certainly pays off! With I Love to Read Month coming up there will be even more chances to read more
and more and more…
We are looking forward to our field trip on Feb. 5 to the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Parents please
send in the permission slips if you haven’t done so yet. Have a good week again!
For next week:
Helpers: Brett, Cohen, Brooklyn and Noah K.
Memory Work: - Song: Ps 142:1 (due Thursday January 30)
- Text: Joshua 1:9 (due Thursday January 30)
Bible: After the Israelites celebrated the first Passover they finally could leave Egypt. This week the stories will be
about the Exodus, the passage through the Red Sea and we will see how God provides His people with food and
water in the desert.
Word Wall Words: Into – nice – on – our.
Letter Work: Last week we practiced words with the ch sound. With letter cards the students formed words like
rich, inch, chin, child and children. Keep your eye open for some more ch-words and/or start a little collection on
the fridge door. Some students need to see this sound more often, especially when they are not sure about the order
of the letters that make up this sound. (“Is it hcip or chip?”)
Math: The subject is again “Friends of Ten”. The students are learning what two numbers together make ten, for
instance, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 1 and 9. Besides activities that are geared towards memorizing these combinations we
will introduce the number families that come with these combinations, first the additions: 1+9=10, 9+1=10,
10=1+9, 10=9+1.
Grade 2: Miss Vandermeulen
Memory Work: Song = Psalm 72:10 (due Jan 30)
Memory Text: John 13:34-35 = “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you,
so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one
another.” (due Feb 7).
Bible: Continuing with the unit: Jesus’ Ministry – The following stories are still to be covered in this
unit: The Healing of the Leper/The Centurion’s Servant/Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son/Jesus is Anointed
by a sinful Woman.
Math: Unit: Statistics and Probability. We finished up this unit this week. Review and test at the
beginning of next week. Next unit: Shape and Space: For the first part of this unit we will be working
with 3D objects and 2D shapes.
Mental Math: Doubles + 1
Social Studies: Finishing off the unit: Our Local Community. Thanks to all who volunteered and helped
out with our field trip to the Transcona Museum this week. That was great! The grade 2 students had a
fantastic time and learned a lot! We’re almost done wrapping this unit up. Next week we’ll finish up, do
some review and write our test.
Gym: Gym days: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Continuing with ball skills – focusing on kicking
skills and foot dribbling skills along with games that practice these skills. We have now “graduated” to
playing mini soccer games.
Spelling: Lesson 18 – Review of lessons 13-14
Word Wall Words: more, nice, mail, they’re, clock (due Jan 30).
Show and Tell: Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes! The schedule for January should run as
follows: Jan 8: Matthew, Ryan, Samuel. Jan 9: Abigail, Benjamin, Brady, Chelsea. Jan 15: Connor,
Erin, Fenton, Hayley. Jan 16: Jared, Jasmine, Joshua V.L., Josh V. Jan 22: Julia, Keith, Kevin, Kiera.
Jan 23: Landon, Leanne, Logan. Jan 29: Matthew, Ryan, Samuel. Jan 30: Abigail, Benjamin, Brady,
Chelsea.
Grade 3: Miss L. Klos
Memory Work: For Jan. 30: Psalm 43:1 Memory Text: For Jan. 30: Matt. 5:19, 20
Bible: We will be finishing up our unit called, “Life in Egypt to Mount Sinai.”
Monday: Crossing the Red Sea - Ex. 14
Tuesday: God Provides for His people in the desert – Ex. 15:22 – 16:36
Wednesday: Review
Thursday: Quiz on “Life in Egypt to Mount Sinai”
Science/Social Studies: We will continue in our social studies unit on “Exploring the World,” focusing
on communities around the world.
Health: In health we are learning about what the word ‘smart’ means for each of us. We are discovering
our strengths as a class, and also what areas we can help each other in. We have finished taking surveys
in class. Just a friendly reminder to please return the completed surveys to me next week! We are
finishing off this unit in health, and I would love to take up the results in class! Thank-you!
Math: We are continuing to become familiar with the concept of multiplication and the vocabulary of
arrays, groups, and sets.
Language Arts: We are going to continue in the writing trait, word choice, focusing on synonyms,
similes, and metaphors as great ways to spice up our writing. We are also continuing to work on book
reports!
Spelling words: We will be doing a review of past spelling words this week! I will send them home
in their agenda next week.
Word wall words: what, usually, really, especially
PE: So far in our in-class hockey tournament the Canucks and Flames are tied for the lead, each with 4
points. Next week Phys. Ed will be in the afternoon due to the exams being written in the gym in the
morning. We have the following scheduled gym classes next week: Tuesday and Thursday @ 2:25- 3pm.
Show-and-Tell: Mon.: Timothy and Zachary; Tues.: Jesse and Matthew; Wed.: Cody and Emma; Thur.: