Dressing for Winter!

Dear Stoney Creek Parents,

Well, Winter has finally arrived and our students need to wear warm, outdoor clothing to protect themselves from the harsh elements of our Winters when they go outside during our 2 nutritional breaks.

Today, many of our students in Primary all the way to Intermediate did not have appropriate clothing on.  All students should have on a hat, mitttens/gloves and a scarf to cover their face from the wind.  If you could reinforce at home that if your child brings snow pants to school, they must wear them at recess time.  Also, an extra pair of mittens/gloves in backpacks are also recommended as the first pair are usually wet by 2nd recess.

It may not be 'cool' to wear snow pants in grades 6, 7 or 8, but when students are outside for 25 minutes, they tend to get very cold without snow pants on. 

Please have a talk with your child to ensure they bring the appropriate clothing for being outside tomorrow. 

Students who do not have the appropriate clothing are asked to take items from our 'lost & found' table to wear to protect themselves from the cold.

Thank you for your support.

Music Update

Congratulations to all the performers in the winter concerts this past month. It was certainly a great beginning to our performing year! Membership in the bands and choir opens again in January. For more information about ensembles, please visit my webpage.

The choir and bands will be learning new music for our upcoming spring festivals and concerts. The junior/intermediate choir will also be performing the national anthem at the London Knights game on February 5th. Order your tickets today from the office.

To begin the new year, students in grades 4 and 5 will be venturing into the realm of the recorder. If you own a recorder please have it ready to bring to school for music classes next week. If you do not own a recorder and are in grade 4 or 5, an order form has been distributed this week with a due date of January 11.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Stoney Creek Parents and Community,

As we are approaching the festive season, we would like you to mark your calendar for some very important upcoming dates. 

Our Season concerts are fast approaching and a list of the dates are below.

Tuesday, December 8th - 2:15 p.m.             FDK concert
Wednesday, December 9th 6:00 p.m.          Primary concert
Thursday, December 10th  6:00 p.m.          Junior/Intermediate concert

Please click on the link below to access information about our Primary Music Notes:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7DyGbqvKBCtZXM5ZlNPeVlSZUE/view?usp=sharing

Thank you

Hope to see you at one of the concerts!

Parent/Teacher Interviews & Progress Report Update

MESSAGE TO PARENTS

As a result of contract ratification by the ETFO and the Board’s association OPSBA, Progress Reports will be completed by all teachers (Grades 1-8) and distributed to parents on Friday, 2015 December 11.

Friday, 2015 November 20 remains a day where there will be no classes for students.  Interviews relating to this Progress Report will be initiated at the teacher’s discretion, if the teacher identifies a concern about your child’s progress.  Teachers are committed to ongoing communication with parents/guardians regarding student progress.  As always, parents can contact their child’s teacher to discuss their child’s progress and there may be a telephone conversation or there may be an interview, at the teacher’s discretion.

If you have any questions please feel free to call us. 

Sincerely,

The Administration Team of Stoney Creek

Comic Con at Stoney Creek!

Hello Stoney Creek Community!

We have had a very successful Comic Con week with Monday and Tuesday being our Conference Days and students viewing some amazing Superhero creations.  We had Rogers TV come out to video the students work and interview many of them about their Superhero's. Look forward to the link to view this. We are so proud of our Student Council representatives for taking the lead on this project and supported and guided many of our classes during the conference.  Our students were incredibly engaged and mesmerized by the Superhero creations.  The 3D models were detailed, collaborative and out of this world! The students also created trading cards describing the Superhero attributes and a video trailer on the Ipads demonstrating the special powers of their hero.  We were very proud of the entire schools’ involvement as all 42 classrooms participated in this special Comic con conference.

Friday is our Superhero dress up day and all students are encouraged to wear their favourite Superhero costume.  No need to go out and purchase a costume, everyday items can be used to create a superhero image using towels or fabric as capes. 

Friday is also our Marvel Movie Day for our students.  FDK’s will be viewing ‘Kung Fu Panda’, Grades 1-5 will be viewing ‘The Lego’ movie and our Grades 6-8 will be watching ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’.

There will be snacks for the students to purchase prior to watching their movie. Please allow your child to bring in a toonie to purchase a snack to munch on during the movie.

Thank you once again for your continuous support.

The Admin Team

Labour Relations Update

Dear Parents and Guardians,


There is a letter posted today from our Director Laura Elliott in regards to the Labour situation within Thames Valley.  You can click on the link below and once you are on the school website, click on the 'Labour Update' button to read this new update.

We will continue to communicate updates in regards to Stoney Creek through our monthly newsletters, our regular emails and through our facebook page.  We will continue to offer extra curricular activities at Stoney Creek.  As parents, if you have any concerns please feel free to call, email or drop in.


Thank you

The Administration Team of Stoney Creek



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Chocolate Bar Fundraiser Update

Chocolate Bar Fundraiser

Well done Stoney Creek!!  For the past two weeks, we've had over 600 cases of chocolate bars out in the Stoney Creek community.  It is almost time for our  Stoney Creek Chocolate Bar Fundraiser to come to an end, however, due to an overwhelming response to our chocolate fundraiser this year, we are extending the fundraiser by a couple of days.   Instead of the fundraiser ending, Friday, October 16th, we will now carry it over the weekend and all money and chocolate must be returned no later than Monday, October 19th if you would like it to count towards a prize and your classroom totals.

All money received after Monday, October 19th, will not count towards your classroom totals, nor your chance at winning one of our top prizes.  So, please get your money and any unsold bars in latest Monday, October 19th.