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16 Old Brock Road, Puslinch, ON N0B 2J0 519-763-7040 @AberfoylePS 11 Zumba for Children’s Tumor foundation - $2 April showers will hopefully bring May flowers. With weather permitting Spring also comes thoughts of planting and warmer weather. 12 6:30 PM: School Council – Library 7:00 PM : Oratorical Contest – Zone Finals All the best, Paul Tribe, Principal 13 Assembly – Jump Rope for Heart Intermediate Floor Hockey Thank you Puslinch Optimists! 14 Good Friday We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the 17 Easter Monday Puslinch Optimist Club for donating $1000.00 to our school! Check out our article about the Oratorical 18 Talent Show Auditions – Primary competition later in the newsletter. Leadership Assembly – Grade 4 PD Days 2017 19 Gr. 7 Hep B; Gr. 7 girls HPV Blue Spruce voting – JK to Gr. 3 Please note for babysitting purposes that there is no school for students on the following days: 20 Colour Day • April 28th, Talent Show Auditions – Junior, Intermediate • June 9th, and 21 Scientist in School – gr. 5 • June 30th. Quebec Trip Third Payment Due Intermediate Spring Dance UPCOMING EVENTS APRIL EVENT 24 Teams and Clubs – Photos 03 PM - Primary Classes – Green Legacy 25 Focus on Nature – Gr. 5 all day Talent Show Auditions 04 Grade 2 - DASH Ms. Moldenhauer to Puslinch Library 05 AM – River Run – Ms. Singh, Ms. Moldenhauer, 26 River Run – Mr. Fiddes, Ms. Dinsmore, Ms. Ms. Robbers classes Bertrand Senior Luncheon – Ms. Singh, Ms. 1:30 PM - Music Night Rehearsal Moldenhauer, Ms. Robbers 5:00-8:00 PM – Parent Involvement Committee event – Centre Wellington DHS 06 UGDSB Chess Tournament – Puslinch Centre 27 Ms. Singh to Puslinch Library 07 Skills Ontario – Centennial and College Heights 7:00 PM – Music Night – School Gym Twin Day Week of Giving – Hope House 28 PD Day – no school for children 10 Grad and Sibling Photos Volunteers are Awesome! Week of giving – Old glasses 11 5:00 – 10:00 PM: Chapters Fundraiser for the Aberfoyle considers its parent and community Library – Stone Road Mall volunteers a special resource. Parents and community members are encouraged to help in the classroom, on Volume 3, Issue9 · April 2017 · Follow us on Twitter: @AberfoylePS Page 1 school trips, assist in the library or with extra-curricular If you are buying presents for Easter, birthdays, activities and to participate on School Council. Being a Mothers Day, Fathers Day or a little something for volunteer is a wonderful way of participating in your yourself please come out on April 11th, from 5:00 until child’s education! Contact your child’s teacher to find 10:00 PM to help support our school. out how you can help. Here is the link to our Aberfoyle School Council Facebook group. It will give you access to what is Request for Consent happening with our School Council. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1509233629393288/ Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into force on July 1, 2014. As a result, the Upper Grand District As is usual, we had an excellent meeting on February 8. School Board, would like to ensure that we have your The next one will be on Wednesday, April 12 at 6:30 consent to receive newsletters, school and Board PM. We would love to see you. Come out and get to updates, announcements, event invitations, and other know an excellent group of people making a difference electronic messages which may contain advertising or in their school. promotions regarding school fundraisers, field trips, the sale of yearbooks, student pictures, uniforms, books, If you would like to see the most recent minutes, just prom or dance tickets, or similar events and offers. check out the Facebook page or our website http://www.ugdsb.ca/aberfoyle/. If you wish to receive the above communications from us, please visit our CASL registration website at: Spring Bulbs from School Council www.ugdsb.on.ca/CASL Just in time to celebrate Spring, If consent is not provided, you will not receive we are excited to share an electronic messages containing commercial content and upcoming fund raising may find it more difficult to be aware of the activities event! There will be an opportunity to order from a that take place in school, and which your child may have variety of Spring planted bulbs and plants, including an interest in participating. fruits and vegetables from Veseys Canada. If you have any questions or if you wish to withdraw Order forms will go home on April 10th and completed your consent at any time, please click the link at the order forms are due back April 21st to allow time for bottom of email messages you receive from the school, submission. or visit the same site and click on “Unsubscribe” to remove your name from our contact list. For additional information on Canada’s Anti-Spam A Fundraiser for our Library at CHAPTERS! Legislation you may visit our board’s website at www.ugdsb.on.ca. As you know our library is going through some exciting changes. It is transitioning into a learning Community Builders at Work! commons but we need your support. Once again the community helpers will be running a "Pay it forward week". Here at Aberfoyle School we are The school council is running a fundraising event on very fortunate. So to extend our Aberfoyle A.C.E. Motto April 11th at Chapters in the Stone Road Mall. It will be "C is for caring" we are going to be supporting some a great opportunity to raise money to support the local charities, with the help of the school maker space and learning commons projects. A portion of all the sales from friends and families purchases community. This is an optional program. throughout the entire store will be given to the school. Volume 3, Issue9 · April 2017 · Follow us on Twitter: @AberfoylePS Page 2 On Friday, April 7th we are supporting "The Hope House" by collecting shampoo, hair brushes, combs, toothpaste, toothbrushes and deodorant for adults and children. On Monday, April 10th we are collecting children and/or adult used eyeglasses to send to the Waterloo Optometrist teaching school. This is where they clean scratches and fix the arms as needed. They in turn volunteer their time overseas to do eye surgeries and take these much needed glasses with them. On Tuesday, April 11th we are hoping to support Julia Turner's Tumour foundation with a 2$ donation for a Zumba fest. This Zumba event itself may be postponed until June, due to weather. On Wednesday, April 12th it will be baby days for "Better Beginnings, Better Futures" (located in Guelph) by donating baby wipes, new bibs, sleepers, baby food, diapers or other items you think a baby would need. On Thursday, April 13th we will once again be collecting items for "Sending a child to camp" such as small shampoos, soap, brushes, combs, beach towels, wash cloth, face towel, hats, sunscreen or insect repellent. Thanks in advance for all your help. Community Builder Team Recess is for Fun! Volume 3, Issue9 · April 2017 · Follow us on Twitter: @AberfoylePS Page 3 • Learn more about the environment and the Monthly Environmental effects of global warming. Encourage Activities to help awareness and promote the Reduce, Reuse and celebrate our planet Recycle way of life. Remember that every day is Earth Day! Don't restrict yourself to just one day a year. Make environmental nd April 22 actions and caring about the planet a habit - on Earth is Earth Day! Day and every day. It is vital to teach our children to How Do you Relax? respect and take care of the environment. The Community Builders helped us recently learn more about self-regulation and what to do when Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd! we feel stressed. Ms. Moldenhauer introduced a “Founded in 1990, Earth Day number of students to yoga and how it might help Canada inspires people of all ages find a better way to maintain balance. across the country to connect with nature and build resilient communities as well as foster an intrinsically motivated, enduring commitment to stewardship and conservation.” https://earthday.ca/about/ Why is it so important to connect kids with nature? Kids who don’t get outside, who aren’t stimulated by their environment, won’t grow up with the motivation to protect our planet. Kids who don’t connect to their inner nature through creative play won’t be as resilient as generations before them.” https://earthday.ca/ed2017/everyone/ Ideas for your family to celebrate Earth Day: • Get involved with Earth Day’s EarthPlay https://earthday.ca/ed2017/schools/ . You can download an activity tool kit and enjoy the many suggestions to promote outdoor activities and learning for kids. • Spend a day outside. In the garden with your family, plant vegetables, trees or native flowers and attract native animals and pollinators. Or join a local community event to help clean your neighbourhood or restore local plant life, • Make commitments to cut down on your energy usage as well as waste. Turn lights off, power down electrical devices, turn down your thermostat and only do full loads of laundry and dishes. Always bring cloth bags when shopping, refuse to buy over packaged products, and lug a mug instead of using non-recyclable coffee cups. Volume 3, Issue9 · April 2017 · Follow us on Twitter: @AberfoylePS Page 4 Talking about Mental Health - May 1-5 is Child and difference in your school and community. Start Youth Mental Health and Well-being Week! small, you never know where it will lead too. Child and Youth Mental Health and Well-being Week is Friday May 5 – Resilience - “Every Challenge is a in the first week of May.