FERNDALE WOODS E.S.

Joanne Merkley 170 Ferndale Drive South Kerry Butler Principal Barrie, ON L4N 8A1 Vice Principal Safe Arrival 733-5636 Ext. 1 School website: http://fer.scdsb.on.ca

FERNDALE WOODS WEATHER ZONE: CENTRAL JANUARY 2016

IMPORTANT JANUARY DATES RAINBOWS PROGRAM Jan. 11th- School Council Meeting 6 pm Ferndale Woods E. S. will be offering the Jan. 12th – Barrie Film Festival for Grades 7 & 8 RAINBOWS PROGRAM again this school year. Jan. 20- Barrie Blizzard Lacrosse Demo RAINBOWS is a program of support group Jan. 21st – Spirit Day –Twin Day meetings for children who have gone through Jan 25th – Kindergarten Registration Starts painful transitions such as divorce, separation Jan 26th & 27th – Dental Screening for JK-Gr 8. or death in the family. Jan 29th – PA DAY (NO SCHOOL) The program should be running by the end of January, 2015. If you would like your child included in this UPCOMING FEBRUARY DATES program please e-mail Rob Ford at [email protected] Feb 9-10th – Grade 8 Trip (for junior and intermediate students). Carmela Feb 15th – Family Day (NO SCHOOL) Alcombrack is the contact for primary students and her Feb 19th – Report Cards go home email is [email protected] Feb. 23rd- Celebrity/Hero Spirit Day GETTING YOUR NEWS FROM THE SOURCE For parents, it’s important to get accurate information about what’s going on at your school and school board. INDOOR / OUTDOOR RECESS DURING WINTER Please feel free to call the school at any time if you have WEATHER questions or concerns. Here is our school website: Please ensure that students are http://fer.scdsb.on.ca. There are also some helpful links appropriately dressed to spend up to 20 on the SCDSB website that may be of interest. minutes outside at lunch time. This may require sending an extra pair of gloves or mittens and socks. All students are JUNIOR & SENIOR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION expectd to go outside for recesses and we cannot FOR SEPTEMBER 2016 provide additional indoor supervision for those not Kindergarten registration for wishing to go out. Generally, a child who is too ill to go the 2016-17 school year out for recess should not be at school. Students will stay begins January 25th. Required indoors at recess if the temperature falls below registration documents -25 degrees C, and regardless of the wind include: Chill factor if it is reported to be -28 degrees C or -birthdate documentation colder. -proof of address -Immunization record EYE GLASS COLLECTION If your child was born in 2012 they will be entering The Local Lions Club and our Learning Junior Kindergarten, and if born in 2011 they will be center will be collecting all used glasses, entering Senior Kindergarten. sunglasses etc., to be For Registration please bring all documentation into the donated to 3rd world countries. Please school between the hours of 9:30-2:30 and 3:15-3:45 send in all glasses you have and help us daily. If you cannot attend during those times please call fill a box. the office to set something up. 705-733-5636. For more information, visit: available from 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 18, until 9 www.scdsb.on.ca/kindergarten p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. The EFSL application form will be available from 9 a.m. on INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES PROGRAM Free International Languages program starting in Wednesday, Jan. 20, until 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. January, limited spaces available 21, 2016. Would your child like to learn a new language or maintain their native language? The International While every effort will be made to accommodate Languages program is open to any student in Grades 1 to all FI applications, available space and staffing will 8. Classes run Saturday mornings from 9 to 11:30 a.m. There is currently space in the following classes: Spanish determine how many students can be registered in in Bradford; Beginner Mandarin, German, Spanish and the program. Applications will be processed in the Greek in Barrie. In-person registration at Barrie and order they are received electronically. Bradford Learning Centres takes place on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 9 a.m. Registration will be filled on a EFSL is an open access program. This means that first-come, first-served basis as there are limited spaces any student starting Grade 5 in September 2016 available. For more information, visit will be eligible for the EFSL program, and all online www.thelearningcentres.com. applications will be processed. It is important to note that January 2016 is the last time students ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE can register for the EFSL program in the SCDSB, as Do you or someone you know want to improve your English language skills? The SCDSB Learning Centres can the EFSL program is being phased out. Parents help. English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for who do not have Internet access at home, or who adults are offered at the Barrie and Bradford Learning require other assistance accessing the online Centres, and at the Allison Learning Centre (pending application, should contact the school. enrolment numbers). Please visit YMCA CHILD CARE www.thelearningcentres.com or call for more information: Barrie 705-725-8360,Bradford: 905-775- 4432 or Alliston: 705-435-7778. YMCA Child Care and SCDSB need to hear from you! FRENCH IMMERSION Before and after school (B&A) programs offer care French Immersion and Extended French Information programs for children in Kindergarten to grade 6 before Nights and Registration Information and/or after the regular school day and some schools offer full days of care on PA days and holidays. The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) offers B&A will only operate in schools if enough families French Immersion (FI) and Extended French as a Second require care. Language (EFSL) at select schools throughout the county. To help us determine the needs of each school, a survey FI begins in Grade 1 and EFSL begins in Grade 5. These is being sent home with youngest/only students in programs give students a bilingual education and the kindergarten to grade 5 or you can also complete the opportunity to become fluent in another language. survey online by visiting: Information sessions will be held in January for parents http://fluidsurveys.com/s/BeforeandAfterCare2016/ Even if your child already attends B&A, it is still of Kindergarten and Grade 4 students. A letter was important to complete the survey. already sent home to those parents with more details. Please be sure to fill out the survey online or return a Ferndale Woods will host their information session at paper copy to your school office by Friday, February 12, the school on Tuesday January 12 at 6:00 p.m. 2016. Listings will be available in early spring 2016 confirming To apply for these programs, you must complete which schools will operate B&A in September 2016. the online application form in January at SPIRIT WEAR www.scdsb.on.ca under Programs, French as a You’re not too late! There are still a few Spirit Wear T-Shirts available for Second Language. The FI application form will be purchasing. Please contact Mrs. Leigh in room 134, if you are interested. $7 each (Sizes Youth Sm-L , Adult Sm, M). We also have youth small sweaters and youth small jogging pants.