T I M O T H Y C H R I S T I A N S C H O O L

April 14, 2009

Phone: (416) 741-5770 Email: office@timothycs.com www.timothycs.com

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

I pray that everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend. The

weather was sunny and beautiful. I pray that you were able to spend

time reflecting on the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour,

Jesus Christ. What a wonderful God we serve, that He would send His

Son onto this earth for that specific purpose, that through Jesus’ death

and resurrection we who love and serve Him may have everlasting life

because of what Jesus did for us. It brings tears to my eyes knowing

that we serve a God who loves us so much, even though we are such

great sinners. May we always remember that we are saved because of

what God has done for us and not by anything we do on our own.

A few important dates that you should put on your calendar are:

Wednesday, May 6th

– Grandparents and Grand friends’

Day

Thursday, May 14th

– Parents and Members Meeting

Friday, May 15th

– TCS Track and Field

Thursday, June 4th

– Master Track and Field

Monday, June 8th

– Golf Tournament

Thursday, June 11th

– Fine Arts Night (formerly known as

Band and Art Night)

Monday, June 22 – Grade 8 Graduation at Covenant

Reformed Church

Announcements can be found in other areas of the Newsreel

regarding these events, as the dates come closer.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR

TRACK AND FIELD DAY

It’s that time of year again. Track and

Field day is fast approaching. We need volunteers to help

us with this fun day. Friday, May 15, 2009 is the day

scheduled for our annual Track and Field. Please call the

office, e-mail lorrainegroot@gmail.com, or speak to me if you

can help. Thank you!

I am God, and there is

no other; I am God, and

there is none like me.

Isaiah 46:9b

Newsreel Announcements:

Email to: tcsadmin@rogers.com

Deadline: Thursdays’

No

Peanuts

Nuts or

Sesame

Seeds

CALENDAR OF EVENTS…

A p r i l

16-18 MissionFest 19 Fireproof @ Rexdale

Alliance – 6pm 20 NO BUS 21 Hep B. 2

nd dose – HPV-3

rd

dose 22 Earth Day 24 Pizza Lunch 27 Battle of the Books

Tournament 5/6 Class trip – Queens

Park 29 7/8 – Badminton

Tournament @ TD

M a y

1 NO BUS 4-8 Christian Education Week 6 Grandparent’s &

Grand’friends Day 7 7/8 Class trip-Downtown 14 Parents & Members

Meeting-7pm 15 NO BUS Track & Field Day 18 Victoria Day – NO SCHOOL 29 NO BUS

TCS CERTIFICATES

Certificates can be purchased in

the office from Mrs. Van Ysseldyk

Mondays’ & Tuesdays’.

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK

MRS. UBBENS – GRADE 7/8

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~John 8:32~

Mrs. Crooks is in this week for Mrs. Ubbens. Welcome to our classroom Mrs. Crooks!

Spelling: No test and assignment this week.

Science: Independent Science Paper – due date April 21, regular progress checks are

scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays – have work in school.

Math: Assignment due Wednesday requires some at home assistance.

Writing: Regular in class assignments – no homework except for typing.

Bible: Gospels skit requires props and costumes in school for Friday, dress rehearsal next

Monday ready for presentation on Tuesday.

Health: Acting in community large projects is due for next week Tuesday - request for drivers

and chaperones to take us to Yorkdale Mall parking for our trip downtown on May 7.

Badminton Team: Tournament is on April 29 at TDChristian – we need drivers to take us

there and back – if you are available please contact the office asap.

Mme. Hudson - French Junior High Fri., Apr. 17: Registre d’écoute. Quiz on passé composé with avoir (includes participes passes of all regular –er, -re, and –ir verbs, as well as avoir, être, faire, and prendre)

MRS. SCOTT – GRADE 5/6 Thank you so much for your warm welcome! Staff, parents, and students have been

extremely gracious. Bless you all. ~ Mrs. Scott.

Creative Writing: We have begun a new unit, Poetry. Please bring to class pictures for our

“Inspiration Box”. You might consider old calendars, magazines or a favourite photo. They

may include nature, sports or anything amazing to inspire you!

Poet of the Day: Next week Kristen, Zach, Claire be prepared to read a poem to the class.

Devotions Leaders: Tuesday: Martin. Thursday: Mackenzie

Phys. Ed.: We are starting to practice for Track & Field. Please dress accordingly.

Spelling: Lesson 26 (next week)

Gr 5 Health: We will learn about CPR. Mme. Hudson - French Thurs., Apr. 16: Requiz for anyone who did not get perfect on their “-ir verb” quiz. We will requiz this until we get 100%. After this date, requizzes will run at lunch time.

WANTED: ICE CREAM PAILS and 4L

MILK BAGS For our composting program

(which will begin on Earth Day),

Spirit Club is requesting students

bring in 10 4L ice cream plastic

pails, which will be lined with

outer milk bags, that will

substitute for the green bins. A

person from each class will be

appointed to dump the compost

each week. We want to be

stewards of creation, and be an

example to the community and

other schools. ~Spirit Club~

P.S. Don’t forget about Earth

Week on April 22-24, 27-29!!!!

MISSIONFEST TORONTO APRIL 16-18

It's almost time for MissionFest

2009. There will be inspirational

seminars, 200 exhibits and

programs for children, youth and

everyone else.

Admission is free, parking is free

and the location is easily

accessible at the International

Centre, 6900 Airport Road.

TCS is an advertiser again this

year and we would like to raise

our visibility even more.

So come on out, wear your TCS T-

shirts and tell anyone who asks

about TCS to look at our ad in the

Missionfest booklet and visit our

website at TimothyCS.com.

For more information on

Missionfest please

visit www.missionfest.org

FULL TIME KINDERGARTEN STARTING

SEPTEMBER 2009 Did you know? TCS will be

accepting kindergarteners for full-

time or part-time programs

starting September. Do you know

someone who may be interested?

MRS. HUDSON - GRADE 3/4

Mrs. Hudson

WE DID IT!!! The students in grade 3/4 read over 100 books. Because of this,

Scholastic Canada and their partners will send books to another school in Canada that does not have the privilege of having free access to books as we do. Way to go! Our new spelling words will be coming home in our agendas, this week.

Mrs. Scott

Music: We have begun the study of orchestral instruments and the story of “Peter and the Wolf” this week. Students must continue to practice their recorder pieces (“March in the Woods” (#41), “O God Our Help in Ages Past,” and “Alleluia”- all parts). Parents, please remember to sign the recorder calendars.

Science: We are studying Bats & Polar Bears as a class. Each child will begin their own mammal project in class next week.

Mrs. Lise

Socials: This week we finish up our unit on the Conflict between the First Nations and Canadians. We will be learning about how one can seek reconciliation. Our unit will end with the students sharing through writing one side of the story, either Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal. Bible: This week our bible lessons focus on Israel’s journey after a year at Mt Sinai, how the Israelites continued to complain and sending the spies into the land of Canaan. Memory Work: John 3: 14-17 due April 30. Gym: We continue training for track and field. As we hope to spend as much time outside as possible please send along track pants and a sweatshirt for them to wear outside.

Here’s a summary of what’s coming up:

Mon., Apr. 20: Library. Tues., Apr. 21: Spelling test for everyone Wed., Apr. 22: Earth Day. Look elsewhere in Newsreel for special activities. Thurs., Apr. 30: Memory work due: John 3: 14-17 due.

MISS CHIANG – GRADE 1/2 He has truly risen! It is so wonderful to be able to celebrate Easter with family and

friends. It is also wonderful to hear the lovely stories the children have to share about

what they did at home and at church to observe Easter together.

In Science, the students are concentrating hard on grasping the concept of the

earth’s orbit around the sun. They have spent time looking at how the rotation of the

earth gives us night and day, as well as the seasons. Each one has worked so hard on

understanding what God has given us by creating a spinning earth.

In Math, both grades continue to focus hard on their geometry units. Grade 1 is

looking at dividing shapes in half, quarters and tenths. They are doing so well

recognizing the need for the divisions to be equal. Grade 2 spent time last week

looking at likeness and differences between shapes. They manipulated their shapes in

order to change one attribute at a time.

In Bible, the students are doing an awesome job looking at the division of Israel and

the actions of its people. We have also spent time looking at God’s care during their

time of captivity. The students have worked so hard comparing Israel and Judah

during this time.

Timothy Christian Schools Second

Presentation of "FIREPROOF" -

Plan to attend the showing of the

movie, Fireproof, Sunday, April

19, 6:30 pm at Rexdale Alliance

Church, 2459 Islington Ave.

Sponsored by Timothy Christian

School and the Rexdale Alliance

Marriage Builders Team. Mature

audience only. Registration is

suggested - Call Peter & Dorothy

Blythe at 416-745-8226 or

peter.blythe@sympatico.ca.

Doors open at 6pm.

CALLING ALL TCS FAMILIES ATTENDING REXDALE ALLIANCE CHURCH

As you know TCS will be co

sponsoring the showing of the

movie Fireproof with the Alliance

Church. Part of our

responsibilities include donating

some baked goods for a coffee

social afterwards so we are asking

all the parents of TCS who go to

the Alliance to bringing some

goodies to church that Sunday -

April 19. It would be very much

appreciated if you can

help in this. Please contact Dotty

Green.

… If you have not already seen

this movie I would highly

recommend it. I personally

have seen it 8 times. It truly is

a fantastic tool to help

strengthen any marriage and

encourages you to come closer

to the God who designed it.

~Judy Vandekemp~

MISS CHIANG – GRADE 1/2 – CON’T

In writing, the students have developed great stories about being stuck on a

deserted island. The students have worked very hard on self-editing their work.

They are developing their stories through adding details and expanding their

ideas. They are also doing a wonderful job sounding out the words they don’t

know and double checking for correct punctuation.

The students continue to develop their skills in track and field. Each student has

been doing a wonderful job critiquing their own techniques to get better results.

They have also done an amazing job encouraging each other. Keep it up!

Show and Tell: Wednesday – Group B: Bring in something that reminds you of one

of our seasons.

Word Wall Words: Grade 1 – won’t, then, their, there, could

Grade 2 – tell, came, person, country, important

Extra Spelling Words Grade 2 - seasons, rotation

Spelling Test: Friday

Scholastic Book Orders due Friday April 24

MRS. GROOT – JK-SK I hope you had a joyful Easter weekend. After watching the weather channel on Monday, I am excited we are going to have some spring like weather and temperatures this week. Our plan is to take a walk around the block and check out some signs of spring. I’d like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to get ready for litterless lunches. That means next week we are going to try not to bring any garbage in our lunches; no wrappers or drinking boxes only containers. (I must say that many of you do this already and so this will be a fairly simple challenge.) We are going to try really hard not to generate any garbage all day. Mmm... so we have some planning and discussing to do in our class. We will certainly recycle and compost. So please help us to be thoughtful about doing our part to take care of God’s world. Our letter of the week is Uu Unspeakable Gift II Corinthians 9:15. U is also for umbrella. In our language development we have been working on rhyme. I would encourage you as parents to keep reading rhyming books and playing with rhyming words. We will continue in class as well. For the next several weeks we will also do short, fun oral activities that work on identifying sounds in words and dividing very simple words into separate sounds or phonemes (/d/-/o/-/g/). In our theme studies we will also be focusing on aspects of SPRING WEATHER. Keep bringing in signs of spring. Many of the items the children have brought in are thoughtful and fun and have generated some good discussion. Thank you. In Bible we will resume our lessons about David being anointed and becoming the next king of Israel. In Math we have been doing class activities that help us understand the concept of measuring. Now we will have some fun doing measuring activities with a partner. Ask your child what they measured today. Since half of our week has passed by, there will be no Home Activity page. We will begin again next week. We did not go to the library but you can return your books any time this week or next Monday. Scholastic book orders are due this Friday, April 17. Please keep practicing the song for our upcoming grandparents/friends day on Wed. May 6. (If you need another copy please let me know and I’ll pass another one along.) We are also reviewing Psalm 100. The plan is for the Kindergarten students to recite this for Grandparents day.

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! II Corinthians 9:15

SPIRIT CLUB’S NEXT ACTIVITY IS… CRAZY EARTH DAY, APRIL 22

On Wednesday, April 22, Spirit

Club is hosting “Crazy Earth

Day.” Please bring a litterless

lunch, have your hair in a crazy

do and wear earth colours. There

will be participation points for the

school team totals. There will be 2

points for a litterless lunch, 2

points for crazy hair and 1 point

for earth colours. Litterless

lunches do NOT contain saran

wrap, plastic baggies, wrappers

and juice boxes. The litterless

lunches will continue for a week

to help build an Earth friendly

habit.

Our school has also decided as a

result of Earth Day, to start a

composting program. There will

be a „green‟ bin in each class, and

you will throw stuff in it like fruit

cores, peels, and used paper

towels.

$$$ TUITION INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR TCS

FAMILIES $$$ Timothy Christian School is once

again offering the tuition

incentive program to help

encourage current TCS families to

talk about our school to other

families that may be interested in

enrolling their children. Word of

mouth has always been the best

form of advertising and TCS has

room for more families. We have

the opportunity to glorify God by

providing Christ centered

education for interested Christian

families. We have excellent

enthusiastic teachers.

As of last March you all have a

chance to receive $1000 off your

tuition costs for one year, as well

as the new family that enrolled

because of your encouragement.

We pray that this new venture,

with God‟s blessings will bring us

the chance to open our doors to

new families. Further details and

terms are available in the office.