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March Newsletter 2017

April 2017 Winger School Newsletter

From the Office of the Principal, Mr. C. McInnis….

Well, April has finally arrived and we have a busy month

coming up. Welcome to Mrs. McCumber who will be our

2/3 teacher until the end of the year and be a permanent

part of our Winger Staff. Our Grade 3 students have taken

part in the “Swim to Survive” program at the YMCA in

Welland. A reminder that there is no school on Good Fri-

day (April 14th) and Easter Monday (April 17th). Finally,

our main focus continues to be Math. As a result of our

EQAO mid-year assessments the teachers of Grade 3 and 6

have set individual “next steps and goals” for each of their

students to hopefully improve their results on the official

assessment in May/June. Additionally, all staff members

are following the similar plan to improve each and every

student. Looking forward to seeing everyone out at Pasta

night on the 7th and additionally excited about the vendor

fair on May 4th . .

Mr. C. McInnis, Principal

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NO PARKING OR STOPPING

Safety is always first at Winger School. Please avoid stop-

ping or parking in the bus loading zone. Buses are having to

wait for cars or drop off students unsafely in other

areas. Bus loading and unloading signs are posted.

Winger School is looking for a Lunch Room Supervisor

Do you like spending time with some great kids. Winger School is looking for a

Lunch Room Supervisor. This is a paid position through the District School

Board of Niagara. Please call the school and speak with Mr. McInnis if your in-

terested in this position.

Thank you for your interest.

Morning Supervision at Winger . . . .

This is a reminder that supervision starts at 8:45 am. Students who are dropped off

earlier are to go around the back of the school and wait outside. There is NO super-

vision until 8:45 am. If you need to drop off your child(ren) early please contact the

office and arrangements can be made. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Chocolate Bar Fundraiser

WOW!!! Winger we sold over 185 boxes of Chocolate Bars in such a short time. Our top seller was Taylor

Clapp from Mrs. Whitefords JK/SK class. She sold 9 boxes of chocolates and won the $100 Best Buy Card.

There are still some outstanding monies and/or chocolate bars out there, please send in the left over

chocolate bars and monies by Friday April 7th. Thank you for your continued support in all our fundrais-

ing efforts.

Pizza days at Winger are Friday March 31, April 7, 13(Thurs), 21, 28.

Lunch Lady Wednesday March 29th, 2017

Sub Day is Wednesday April 26th.

All pizza, sub and lunch lady orders can be ordered through school

cash on line. It just takes a few minutes to sign up, and its easy too.

April Book Fair

Winger book Fair is booked for April 3 to 7. Students will have the oppor-

tunity to buy during both nutrition breaks.

If there are any parents who wish to purchase please con-

tact the office and we will get you in to buy too. All you

have to do is ask. Thank you.

YEAR END TRIPS

Many teachers are preparing and organizing their year end trips. Our Intermedi-

ates this year will be travelling to Toronto for several excursions and an overnight

stay .

Juniors are planning a trip to Medieval Times dinner theatre in Toronto and our

Primaries are finalizing their details to go to Zooz Niagara in Stevensville.

Watch for more details to follow and permission forms to come home. Remem-

ber if you do fundraising, that money will be deducted from the cost of the trip.

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From the Teachers at Winger . . . .

APRIL NEWS FROM GRADE 4 / 5

In literacy the Grade 4 /5 students have been presenting their public service announcements each

day on morning announcements and have completed posters for our media message bulletin board

on ways to conserve energy. We have been exploring an old writing tool, the dictionary, and practic-

ing alphabetical order and learning how to use the guide words on the page to help find words. We

have also been exploring a new writing tool, chrome book computers, and we have had a workshop

on how to use google read and write. April is poetry month and we will be reading, interpreting and

writing various forms of poetry.

In math, students have been conducting surveys, collecting and organizing data and displaying it in

a variety of graph forms. It has been fun to look at the results when we surveyed other classes. We

continue to work on fraction concepts using pattern blocks to represent improper fractions and mixed

numbers as well as basic number sense skills in our daily bell work. Our next step in math will be a

geometry focus, using grid coordinates and the cardinal directions to identify and describe the loca-

tion of an object on a grid map which ties in well with our map work in Social Studies. We will also

explore reflections and translations (flips and slides).

In Science, we explored forms of renewable energy (wind, water, solar) and enjoyed making cereal

box windmills and using wind energy to lift paperclips. We are still waiting for enough sun to cook a

marshmellow using a homemade solar cooker! Stay tuned for information on our next experiments

on finding the best insulator and construction of our “eco houses”.

We have many exciting upcoming field trips. The first is April 20th trip to Port Colborne High School

for Grade 4 day. This is a free trip and lunch is provided. On May 24th we have a trip to E. L. Crossley

for Grade 4 day. This is a free trip and lunch is provided. The purpose of these trips is for students in

3 /4 , 4, and 4 /5 classes to meet students from other feeder schools, participate in team building ac-

tivities and see the high schools. Many students in our class are members of the Winger School Choir

and will be travelling to Port Colborne on May 3rd to participate in the Port Colborne Festival of the

Arts. Our big junior division year end trip is to Medieval Times in Toronto on June 15th. Students have

the opportunity to sell Easter/Spring Kalanchoes to help offset the cost of their trip. Orders forms

have been sent home.

Have a happy Easter!

K. Morgan-Rauh

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SPRING VENDOR, BAKE SALE and PENNY SALE

AT WINGER SCHOOL

Thursday May 4th, 2017

5:00—8:00 pm

Vendor Fair

Vendors will pay $25 if they bring their own table, or $30 if they

need one of our tables. All vendors are asked to donate an item

worth $20 to our Penny Sale. Set up will start at 3:30 pm

Parents of Winger School will have the opportunity to be a vendor

until, March 19th, after that we will open it up to the public. One

direct sales company per event. First to pay gets choice of table lo-

cation. Vendors must sign up at, Wingerfundraising@gmail.com and

payment can be made by cheque payable to Winger School, cash or

payment is available through school cash online.

Bake Sale—Please send in bake sale items on Thursday May 4th, and

remember peanut and tree nut allergies when baking, thank you.

All questions and sign up can be emailed to, Wingerfundraising

@gmail.com

Thank you for your support!!

Winger Spaghetti Dinner— Friday April 7th, 5:00 and 6:00 pm

sittings.

Penne, meatballs, Caesar salad, garlic bread and ice cream. Walk-ins and

take out will also be available. We will have raffles and a 50/50 draw. Hope

to see you there.

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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

March 13-17 March Break

Friday April 14— Good Friday

Monday April 17 - Easter Monday

Friday May 19—PA Day

Monday May 22— Victoria Day

Friday June 9—PA Day

Thursday June 22—Grade 8 Graduation @

BIC Church

Thursday June 29—Last Day of Classes

Friday June 30—PA Day

Winger is looking for volunteers to come in and read with the students

in Grades JK to Grade 3, in their classroom. By volunteering with stu-

dents you get to meet your child’s friends, read with them and connect

with the great kids we have at Winger School. The Reading Program is

Thursdays from 9:15—10:15 am. So if you have an hour a week to

spend with some great kids come to Winger.

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