RALPH BROWN SCHOOL REVIEW

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NOVEMBER 2019

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DAY 1

Parent Council Meeting 6:00

Remembrance Day Assembly

9:30 am

Dental Clinic pm

Triad Conferences AM

NO CLASSES ALL DAY

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Dec 2 Calendar Draw Kick-Off Dec 10 Parent Council Meeting - 6:00 pm Dec 17 Hot Lunch Dec 18 Winter Concert - 6:30 pm Dec 20 St. Nicholas visit Dec 20 Last day of Classes Jan 7 Schools reopen after Break

IMPORTANT ITEMS COMING HOME . . .

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CHILD’S BACKPACK DAILY FOR NOTICES, PERMISSION

SLIPS, HOMEWORK, ETC.

REMINDER TO PLEASE CALL THE SAFE ARRIVAL ABSENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

(1-855-278-4513) or go.schoolmessenger.ca WHENEVER YOUR CHILD WILL BE LATE OR ABSENT.

Reports Issued

Hot Lunch Day

Triad

Conferences 3:50 - 7:30 pm

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4

REMEMBRANCE DAY

DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 1 DAY 2

WORLD KINDNESS DAY

Calendar Draw Fundraiser Sales

begins

November 3

Picture Retakes -

pm only

Patrols to

Wheelies am

Student

Assembly

Gr. 5 & 6 Triple

Ball Tournament at Machray - am

Dear Families:

Thank you to everyone who supported our Peak of the Market fundraiser in October. To-gether we raised over $400. As well, the Show and Save App is still available—drop by the office if you wish to purchase one or have questions about it. Our next fundraiser, the Cash Calendar, will be run by our parent council. We really appreciate those families who are able to support our fundraisers as they provide crucial funds for our Healthy Snack program, upgrades to technology and support various student activities.

During this past month some of our Ukrainian Bilingual program students attended Keno Fest (movie) and toured the Legislature; Mr. Karpenko transformed the gymnasium into “Halloween Gym” complete with obstacle courses and fun activities; and Hip Hop Dance Club and Intramurals have started up over the noonhour! We are excited to once again be running the Roots of Empathy program, in which students from Room 106 have the op-portunity to be involved in the growth and de-velopment of a baby’s first year of life. Our ba-by this year, sibling to Kendra and Jurell, is Baby Logan.

Student learning continues to thrive in our classrooms as we continue to work towards our literacy, numeracy and social emotional targets. Staff continued their growth by collab-orating with division “specialists” and attend-ing the province-wide Professional Develop-ment Day on October 25th.

During the month of November we remember those who fought for our freedom in the past and for those who today continue to contribute to our freedom and a more peaceful world. Our Remembrance Day service will take place on November 8th at 9:30 am in the gym. Par-ents/Guardians and families are welcome to attend.

I look forward to returning this month and spending more time with our students, staff and families.

Rosanna Guzzi

Principal’s Message

Believe you can . . . and you are halfway there!

Theodore Roosevelt

IPAC: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

MAP of CANADA

In the months of September and October, Ralph Brown School was lucky enough to have the Indigenous Peoples Map of Cana-da sprawled across our gym floor! This giant map was a part of our continued commit-ment at Ralph Brown School to Reconcilia-tion through Education. Staff and students were lead through a series of lessons and activities, ranging from languages and com-munities, treaties, residential schools, histo-ry of colonization, hunting and trapping, tra-ditional teachings and mapping. All students from K-8, spent a minimum of 3 hours, learning about this content and much more! Watch for this map again in the Spring!

Staff took part in the Blanket Exercise and were educated on using the IPMC during the October inservice day.

CALENDAR DRAW FUNDRAISER

We are excited to once again be holding our Cash Calendar Draws. Watch for them

coming home with your child mid-November.

The first draw will be held on December 2nd. Each family will be given a “sample” which

they can use to collect orders. Once payment is received you will receive the actual calen-dars in time for the December draws. We

have some fantastic prizes this year so don’t miss out!

TRIAD CONFERENCES

Parents are invited to the school on Thursday, Nov. 21st in the evening and Friday, Nov. 22nd in the morning

when their child will share their learning and accomplishments to date.

Watch for more information coming home with report cards.

Show your child that you value their education.

NEXT PARENT COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, November 12th 6:00 pm

New Changes in Asthma Management

Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that causes symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Muscles on the outside of the airways tighten and the inside of the airways become more swollen and make more mucous. When you have asthma, the inside of the airways are always a little bit swollen. Good control of asth-ma can be achieved by avoiding known triggers (colds, pets, tobacco smoke, pollens) and using the prescribed asthma medicines.

For years, Reliever medicines (eg Ventolin) have been prescribed as first line treatment for symptoms for those with mild asthma. Reliever medicine is used for symptom relief and works by relaxing the muscles on the outside of the airways. Recent studies have shown that reli-ance on a Reliever alone for symptoms can have bad effects. It can lead to worsening of asthma and more frequent emergency room visits. If more than 12 canisters of a Reliever medicine (Ventolin, the blue puffer) are used in a year there is a higher risk of death from asthma. Patients often rely on their Reliever because of it’s quick action , its low cost and people often feel they do not need any further treatment. The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has recently published new recommendations for treatment of mild asthma. Their goal is to pre-vent asthma flare-ups and asthma related deaths. GINA now recommends adolescents and adults with asthma should receive a combi-nation medicine having both a fast acting Reliev-er plus Controller as the preferred choice for asthma symptoms.

It is no longer recommended that we treat asth-ma with just a blue puffer. An option would be to use regular Controller medicine to decrease the risk of worsening symptoms. These are recom-mendations and it is important to work with your doctor to make an Asthma Action Plan that will work best for you.

Contact the Children’s Allergy & Asthma Education Centre to learn about Info Sessions for Parents PH: (204) 787-2551 caaec@hsc.mb.ca www.caaec.ca

NUTRITION BINGO!

Come and join me, Ms Raposo, for a game of Nutrition Bingo in the Family Room.

Thurs., Nov. 21, 2019 at 10:30 am or

Thurs., Nov. 28, 2019 at 2:30 pm.

Fantastic food prizes to be won (cereal, milk, eggs, fruit, bread and vegetables).

Come and join me for some fun!!

SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS - EMERGENCY

PROCEDURES

The School Board Chairperson, in con-junction with the Chief Superintendent, makes the decision when emergency school closures are needed. The follow-ing radio stations will announce clo-sures: CBC, 92 CITI FM, 99.9 BOB FM, CBC French, CJOB, 1290 CFRW, QX 104 FM, CKJR Power 97, 102.3 Clear FM, Q94 FM, Hot 103 FM, City TV, CTV News, or check the Winnipeg School Division website for notices.

Note that when school buses are can-celled the school remains open and holds classes as usual. COLD WEATHER

We wish to remind parents to check before their children leave the house to see that they are properly dressed for the cold weather (mitts, toques, boots and warm jackets). All children from Grades 1-6 go out for recess un-less the temperature with the wind chill is below –27C.

There have been requests from par-ents/guardians to keep sick children in at recess. Although we would like to have all students at school all the time, we are unable to provide supervision for children who are ill. If your child is too sick to go out for recess, it may mean that they are too sick to attend. COLD & FLU SEASON

Children who are sick require REST and PLENTY OF LIQUIDS in order to get well. It is important that children know how germs are spread. Teach them to WASH THEIR HANDS OFTEN, cough or sneeze into their elbow or a tissue and not to share food or drinks with other children.

VOLLEYBALL

Grade 5/6 boys and girls will be playing in the Winnipeg School Division Co-ed Volleyball Tour-nament on November 29th at Machray School from 9:00-12:00. Practices will begin in early November.

INTRAMURALS

Intramurals will resume in early November with soccer being the activity for grade 3/4 students and volleyball for grade 5/6 students. All stu-dents are encouraged to sign up and join in on the fun over the lunch hour.

RALPH BROWN ROCKET GEAR

Ralph Brown Rocket clothing is available for pur-chase. Please see the attached flyer for details or see Mr. Karpenko in the gym.

Keep up the great work Ralph Brown.

GO ROCKETS!

CULTURAL CRAFT CLUB

Mrs. Demko, Panni Melnyk and Ms Villafana are inviting grade 4-6 students to a Cultural Craft Club, focusing on finger knitting, shell bead bracelets, Ukrainian embroidery and pysanky making. Permission forms will be sent home Nov. 4th - due back by Nov. 8th.

Start date: November 12th, 2019

Time: 12:15-12:50 pm Where: Room P6

Koats for Kids

Please take a few minutes to check the size/condition of your children’s winter clothing (jacket, ski pants, boots, mitts, toque, etc.) to ensure they have adequate clothing for the winter.

Ralph Brown School will be placing an order the first week of November with “Koats for Kids” for any families in need of outdoor clothing. Let us know as soon as possible if you would like us to place an order on your behalf.

ZONES OF REGULATION

One of our goals this year is to meet the social/emotional needs of our students. This year we will continue to use the Zones of Regulation to help us with this and to develop common language when helping students self-regulate.

Self-regulation is something everyone contin-ually works on. We all have situations that test our limits from time to time. If we are able to recognize when we are deregulating, we are able to do something about it to feel better and get ourselves to a better place. This comes naturally for some, but for others it is a skill that needs to be taught and practiced. This is the goal of The Zones of Regulation. Here is a quick look at The Zones:

Over the last month, I have been going into several classrooms to teach about The Zones. Parents, I encourage you to talk to your kids about The Zones of Regulation and give them an opportunity to share what they are learning with you! Mrs. Opalko Guidance Counsellor

ROOTS OF EMPATHY This year at Ralph Brown School, I will be teaching P4 a program called Roots of Em-pathy. Roots of Empathy is a program that has shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression and violence among children while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. Throughout the year, we will watch baby Logan grow from 2 months of age until just before his first birth-day. Each monthly visit is based on a different theme. They are: · Meeting the Baby · Crying · Caring and Planning for Baby · Emotions · Sleep · Safety · Communicating · Who am I? · Goodbye and Good wishes

In October, our focus was Meeting the Baby. We can’t wait to see what the year has in store for us! Stay tuned! BLUE ZONE

Sad Sick Tired Bored

Moving Slowly

GREEN ZONE

Happy Calm

Feeling Okay Focused Ready to

Learn

YELLOW ZONE

Frustrated Worried

Silly/Wiggly Excited

Loss of Some Control

RED ZONE

Mad/Angry Terrified

Yelling/Hitting Elated

Out of Control

October was a very busy month for Room 107 students. The entire class had opportunity to travel to Chief Peguis Junior High to meet oth-er English-Ukrainian Bilingual Program (EUBP) students and watch the Ukrainian made film "The Stolen Princess" and enjoy snacks as part of the 6th Annual Kino Ukrainian Film Fes-tival. The Kino Film Festival is a Ukrainian film festival held in Winnipeg annually. The Stolen Princess is about Ruslan, a wandering artist who dreams of becoming a knight. He meets Mila and falls in love with her. However, an evil sorcerer kidnaps Mila so Ruslan sets out to rescue her.

On October 30th the grade 5 students from Room 107 joined all grade 5 EUBP students

VACCINE QUESTIONS?

• Are your baby’s shots up to date? • Did your child miss a school vaccine? • Are you wondering if you are due for an immunization? • New to Canada and not sure what vaccines you need?

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT:

Call us at 204-940-2099

We have appointments Mondays & Thursdays during the day and evening.

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from across the province by travelling to the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to meet with MLA’s and tour the grounds. Students par-ticipating in a scavenger hunt and viewed the various Ukrainian statues on the lawn of the Legislature. These statues include the “Bitter Memories of Childhood” Holodomor memorial where there was a short Holodo-mor Memorial Ceremony to remember the Holodomor Genocide of 1932-33 in Ukraine where millions of people perished.

We are looking forward to taking the Cana-da Parks tour of The Forks and visiting The Canadian Human Rights Museum to learn more about the Holodomor early next month.