press for all team up-dates! On May 9, all K-12 stu-dents will be treated to a special presentation from comedic performer, Trent Arterberry. Trent is an award-winning physical comedian who has toured extensively across Canada and throughout the US, performing at thousands of schools over the last 20 years. His shows blend his trademark physical expressiveness with mul-tiple speaking characters and dramatic story lines which entertain students and allow him to deliver a powerful message. The show will start at 2 pm and the community is welcome to attend. Hope to see you all there! Kelly Logan Principal
Thank you to all families who attended Student Led Conferences on April 19 & 20! It was great to see
all of you out in the school to celebrate your child's learning!! With report cards and conferences behind us, we will be busy preparing for the many events coming up in May. Our badmin-ton teams will be compet-ing in various tourna-ments as the season comes to an end. Our sen-ior team competed in pre-districts on Apr 26. Win-ners from this tournament will advance to the district playoffs in Oxbow on Apr
30. District winners will advance to the regional tournament which will take place on May 7, and provincials will be held on May 14. Good luck to our senior team as they try to work their way to provincials! Our rookie and junior teams will compete in pre-districts on May 3. Rookies will be playing in Manor at 1 pm and juniors will be playing in Redvers at 1 pm. Winners from these tournaments will advance on to districts which will be held on May 7. The rookie tournament will be held in Moosomin and the junior tournament will be held in Stoughton. Track and field practice has be-gun for gr. 7-12 students. The regional track meet will be held in Carnduff on May 18. Individuals who advance will com-pete in the district track meet in Weyburn on May 25. Watch the Pony Ex-
Principal’s Report
Newsletter
MANOR SCHOOL Volume 1, Issue 1
May 2016
Important Dates
May 3—Rookie & Jr. pre-district badmin-ton
May 7– Rookie/Jr. District Bad-minton
May 7—Sr. Re-gional Badmin-ton @ Kipling
May 9—Trent Arterberry Presentation 2PM
May 13—Gr. 1-6 to Public Li-brary for author Faye Rempel 1PM
May 14– Sr. Pro-vincial Badmin-ton
May 16—SCC Meeting & Sup-per 6PM
May 18—Track & Field Region-als
May 23—No School
May 24—No School
May 25—Track & Field Districts
May 27—Manor Graduation.
Meet our Graduates:
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Manor Graduation Exercises
Friday, May 27 7:30 PM
School Gymnasium
Everyone Welcome!
Riley McCrimmon Parents: Darcy & Micki McCrimmon
Shae-Lynn Mills Parents: Ward & Sheila Mills
Shelby Rose Parents: Lorne & Grace Rose
Tim Englot Parents: Toby & Shawna Englot
Tristan Switzer Parents: Cory Haight & Shirley Ens
Chelsea Beaton Parents: Everett & Judy Beaton
Kennedy Turgeon Parents: Leon & Nicole Turgeon
Matthew LeNouail Parents: Roger & Audrey LeNouail
Subway Lunch
both evenings. We real-ly appreciated a hot meal after a long day
and the des-serts were yummy too!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our stu-dent led conferences on April 19th & 20th. And a huge thank you to the School Community Council for sup-plying a deli-cious supper for the staff
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Thank you to the
Knockaert Family for the delicious
Subway school wide –
lunch!
Student Led Conferences
We create change is a massive coin drive in support of Adopt a Vil-lage through the We Day Organi-zation. As a school, we've de-cided to partici-pate in this event in support of the
community of LaLoche. During the month of May all stu-
dents of Manor School will be asked to collect change in their special We Create Change zip-loc bags. Emily Rooks from the We Day Or-ganization has recog-nized Manor School for our efforts in creating this provincial fundrais-ing initiative through our We Day Club and has asked oth-er schools in our
school division to partic-ipate alongside us. Thank you in advance for your support!
you to Mrs. Weir for her patience and understand-ing during these very busy art projects!
The 9/10 students have been busy learning about doing forms of sculptures. In the past month students have completed three differ-ent sculpture projects: a recycled art project, one foot sculpture and a twig sculpture. A big thank
We Create Change
Visual Arts 10
Photography 10
quad split. Thanks again to Mr. Taylor who came in and shared his Pho-toshop expertise with the students who are now able to use those skills to teach their classmates.
The grade 9/10 students have spent the last cou-ple of weeks working on expanding their Photoshop skills. Their most recent pro-ject involves creating a lesson plan that they will then teach to the grade 7/8 students in their
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Thank you / 1. a heartfelt expression
of gratitude towards another person showing appreciation for good deeds and
kindness given / 2. to pass on feelings
of grateful recognition /
During the month of April, the rookie bad-minton team played games against Wawota, Arcola and Carlyle. On Wednesday, May 3rd, Manor School will be hosting the rookie bad-minton pre-district tour-nament starting at 1 pm. The Manor rookies will be competing against Redvers and Bellegarde,
and the winners from this tournament will ad-vance to Moosomin on Saturday, May 7th to compete in the district tournament. We hope to see lots of Mustang fans in the crowd cheering us on! A big thank you to Ja-mie Brimner, Toby Englot, Cindy Weir and Decia & Raymond
Knockaert for driving our team to and from games. We really ap-preciate your will-ingness to help out! Mrs. Logan & Cooper Fox
Special thanks to the Nurishus program and Sask Milk for the $500 prize we received! Looking forward to Monday morning smoothies!
Rookie Badminton
SRC News
objects found in or around Manor and southeast Saskatchewan. Stay tuned for their pro-jects!
The grade 7/8 students have moved on to their second last unit of dance. They have been busy learning about the elements of dance and the different forms of art. The students have just begun their dance project where they have to create a dance using
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Arts Ed 8
The final fundraiser for the We Day Club is a pie bake sale. On May 19th Joretta King and Candy Bye will be com-ing to the school to share their baking exper-tise and assist with this fundraiser. The students will only be making 40 pies and you must pre-order your pie by calling Teresa at the school 448-2110. The cost to pur-
chase a pie is $12.00. When you call Teresa, please let her know how
many you would like to order and whether you want cherry or apple.
snacks for the stu-dent led confer-ences. Thanks to the foods 30 stu-dents who served these food items during the student led conferences!
The Foods 30 students spent the last couple of weeks learning about food preservation tech-niques. Some of the pro-jects included home-made applesauce and beef jerky. The students were also responsible for preparing all of the
PIE SALE
Foods 30
Track & Field
Track and Field practic-es are in full swing. Please remind your son/daughter to listen to an-nouncements for upcom-ing practices. Good luck to all of our athletes as they prepare for their upcoming competitions in May!
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We will be hosting the Rookie
Badminton Pre-Districts on
Tuesday, May 3rd. The SRC will be running a canteen throughout the day and the students are
welcome to buy lunch during their lunch hour. The
prices are as follows:
Soup .. $3.00 Sandwich .. $2.50
Veggie Tray .. $2.00 Fruit Tray .. $2.00
Cake.. $0.50 Juice box .. $1.00 Bottled Water ..
$2.00
Good luck to our Junior badminton team who will be heading to Redvers on May 3rd to compete in the sub-district badminton com-petition. Thank you again to all of the amaz-ing parent drivers on our team!
well for our boy’s dou-bles team. The 1st & 2nd place finishers are off to Oxbow this week-end for District playoffs. Watch next months newsletter for details. Thank you very much to our community coach Jordan Fox for all his time spent coaching this
The Senior badminton team went to White-wood on April 23 for a tournament. The entire team played very well. Then on April 26th the team was off to Redvers for pre-districts. Again the team all played very well, bringing home 1st place in all categories and a 2nd place finish as
team. Also thank you to all the par-ent driv-ers, we couldn’t play with-out you!
Junior Badminton
Senior Badminton
Our drama club has been busy practicing their play. If you have a son or daughter in drama, please remind them to be practicing their lines and working on the scenes that have been assigned to them.
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Intramurals:
Mrs. Weir and Mrs. Fox have spent a lot of time organizing
our intramural activities throughout the year. Thank you to both of them for the time and effort
they put into making this such a fun event
for our students!
Drama
Email: [email protected]
What is kinder-garten readi-
ness? You know your child best.
Think about what your
child is like when playing
with others and when
alone in their room. Then
ask yourself the follow-
ing:
1) Can my child listen to
instructions and then
follow them? Children
need these skills to func-
tion in class, to keep up
with the teacher and
with their peers.
2) Can my child put on
their coat and go to the
bathroom by themself?
Children need to be
somewhat self-sufficient
by school age.
3) Can my child use scis-
sors, hold a crayon or a
pencil or pick up small
objects or manipulate
pieces to complete a puz-
zle? Children will need
these fine motor skills.
4) Does my child show an
interest in books? Do
they try to "read" a book
by telling a story based
on the pictures? This is a
sign that their language
development is on a par
with other kinder-
gartners.
5) Is my child curious and
receptive to learning new
things? If a child's curi-
osity is stronger than
their fear of the unfa-
miliar, they will do well in
school.
6) Does my child get
along well with other
kids? Does my child
share and know how to
take turns? Your child
will be interacting with
other children all day, so
your child's social skills
are particularly im-
portant for success in
school.
7) Can my child work to-
gether with others as
part of a group? The
ability to put their needs
second, to compromise
and join in a consensus
with other children, is
also part of emotional
competence.
If you answered "yes" to
most of these questions
and "sometimes" to the
rest, your child is ready
for kindergarten.
If you child will be turn-
ing 5 in 2016, please con-
tact the school in your
area for information on
registration.
South East Cornerstone Early Learning
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Doyourememberhowexcitedyourchildrenwereaboutmaths*whentheywereyoung?Howtheywereexcited bypatternsinnature?Howtheyrearrangedasetofobjectsandfound,withdelight,thattheyhadthesame number?Beforechil-drenstartschooltheyoftentalkaboutmathswithcuriosityandwonder,butsoonafter theystartschoolmanychildrendecidethatmathsisconfusingandscaryandtheyarenota“mathperson”.
What can parents do to transform maths for their children? Here is a step to take:
Encourage children to play maths puzzles and games. Award winning mathematician, Sarah Flannery report- ed
that her maths achievement and enthusiasm came not from school but from the puzzles she was given to solve at
home. Puzzles and games – anything with a dice really – will help kids enjoy maths, and develop number sense,
which is critically important.
Advice for Parents, from Professor Jo Boaler
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Raymond, Decia,
Dareeion, Turner & Toree for the delicious Subway lunch!
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 WE DAY CHANGE for the month of May
2 Day 5 K day
3 Day 6 Hot Lunch Badminton playoffs—Rookies @ Man-or Juniors @ Redvers
4 Day 1 K day
5 Day 2
6 Day 3 K day
7 Rookie/Junior District Bad-minton Sr. Regional Badminton
8 9 Day 4 Trent Arterberry Presentation 2PM
10 Day 5 K day
11 Day 6 RSVPs due for Graduation
12 Day 1 K day
13 Day 2 Gr. 1-6 to public library for presentation 1PM
14 Sr. Provincial Badminton
15 16 Day 3 K day SCC Meeting & supper 6PM
17 Day 4 18 Day 5 K day Track & Field Regionals
19 Day 6 Pie Making Gr. 7-10 with Jor-etta/Candy
20 Day 1 K day
21
22 23 No School Victoria Day
24 No School PD Day
25 Day 2 Track & Field Districts
26 Day 3 K day
27 Day 4 Manor Graduation
28
29 30 Day 5 K day
31 Day 6
MAY 2016
P.O. Box 28 Manor, Sask. S0C 1R0
Phone: (306) 448-2110 Fax: (306) 448-4906 Email: [email protected]
Newsletter
Manor School
SHOUT OUTS …... To Jeremy & Dawson for helping out at Junior Badminton—Miss Cundall To Caydence & Shay for volunteering to help another student— Mrs. Parker To Cooper, Kruz, Shelby, Kennedy, Matthew, Brooke, Kris, Trista, Destiny & Mackenzie for your help at the student led con-
ferences—Miss Cundall To Jeremy, Davien & Trey—for all of your help at badminton—Miss Cundall To all of our Parent drivers, we really appreciate the time your take to get our students to where they need to be—Mrs. Fox To Mackenzie & Haley for helping out with noon supervision in the elementary classrooms.
Reading buddies are enjoying the story Charlotte’s Web”, along with the cool activities and crafts.
All staff & stu-dents will watch the movie togeth-er on June 21st—
1PM