It’s that time of year again when

we need to offer a reminder about

a few division policies regarding

cold weather because we’ve had a

taste of it already, and I think it’s a

safe bet that more of it’s on its

way before we see spring.

Remind your students to wear the

proper warm clothes to school

again this season, including snow

pants for elementary students

headed outside to slide around

and play in the snow, as well as for

any of our students being picked

up by bus. Bus Drivers do have the

authority to refuse students entry

to the bus if they don’t have prop-

er clothing for cold weather. In

the case of a breakdown, all stu-

dents should have proper clothing

to ensure they are safe and warm

on the bus while waiting for sup-

port to arrive. While on the topic

of bussing – a reminder that a

combined temperature and wind

chill that drops to minus 40 de-

grees will cancel buses for the day.

If a bus doesn’t run in the morn-

ing, it will not run in the after-

noon. Classes will never be can-

celled on those days – the school

is required to remain open for

those students who do make it to

school, including those whose

parents drive them in.

We will be continuing this year

with our Cold Cats club for stu-

dents in grades K-7. Again, re-

member that this is an option on

the indoor recess days for stu-

dents who still want to go outside

for some fresh air and outdoor

play. I’ll be supervising them on

those days on the playground until

they’ve had enough. They can go

back in when they get cold or

once they’ve had enough, but it’s

sure great for many of them to

get some fresh air and exercise,

even though its that cold. Please

ensure those students are pre-

pared with warm clothing and

accessories so they can enjoy

the recess. Call or email the

school to sign up your Cold Cat

student to be on our list. We

even have Cold Cats shirts for

sale!

The grade 11 and 12 students

enjoyed another morning earlier

this month at the annual Career

Fair in Saskatoon. Planning

should be well underway for

students to narrow their options

for careers or education follow-

ing grade 12. For those students

who are still struggling with ide-

as, help is always available from

Mr. Tucker who can lead the

students to directions to start

looking for answers. I’ll also en-

courage any students who are

considering an apprenticeship

opportunity to spend some time

to complete the Youth Appren-

ticeship Program this year as it

offers many benefits to the stu-

dent and the employer.

Our Christmas Family Fun night

will take place on Dec. 12th and

the annual Christmas Lunch for

students and staff will again be

on the last school day of school,

Dec 21st.

Just a reminder that the Grade

12 Work Experience week one

is scheduled for the first week of

next month, December 3–7.

Students are expected to meet

with their work placement em-

ployer for their interview in

preparation for the first day that

week. Good luck to each of the

students as they spend a week in

their chosen career areas.

We started sending progress

reports home last week with

students in elementary grades.

Our system has had some trou-

bles this go round so I want to

thank you for your patience as

we wait for the updates to the

program and get the paper copies

sent home. The first quarter of

the year has passed us very

quickly. Congratulations to stu-

dents on all your wonderful

marks and achievements already

this year.

We had a wonderful fall of extra-

curricular teams doing well rep-

resenting our school. Congratula-

tions to the Senior Girls Volley-

ball team on their push that end-

ed at Regionals! It was also a

great season for the Junior Girls

who played at District playoffs

this year and also to the Senior

Boys who had a team.

The same congratulations to the

Football team for a well-played

season and a tough provincial

game against Hafford! The school

is very proud of all players and

coaches across the school for

such great seasons thus far this

year! As always, our students

proved again that they are won-

derful representatives of Hanley

Composite School and their con-

duct continues to make us proud.

That’s all for now. For further

information and updates from the

students and classrooms, check

out our school website at http://

blogs.spiritsd.ca/hanley/. As al-

ways, Mr. Anderson and I would

love to talk to you if you have

time to drop by the office or give

us a call. Talk to you soon.

Chris Tucker

From the Office:

Hanley School

Newsletter

Christmas

Banquet

Dec.

21

Christmas

Break Begins

Dec.

24

Classes Resume

Jan.

7

Gr. 10-12

Semester 1

Final Exams

Jan.

23-

28

PD Day

No School

Jan.

29

Semester 2

Begins

Jan.

30

DATES TO REMEMBER

November

2018

Hanley Saber Football

1A Six Man Football

2018 Provincial Silver Medalists

The Hanley Saber Football team had an exceptional season this fall, finishing the year with a 9 win - 1 loss record - sadly that one loss came in the provincial final! The team would like to thank the communities of Hanley, Dundurn and surrounding areas for the incredible support that was demonstrated each game. We hope that our play on the field not only entertained, but was also an example of sportsmanship and hard work.

The team would like to congratulate our graduating players on their success this year and thank them for their contributions to the club over their years with the team.

They are:

Kohl Bayer, Rylen Bellina, Brayden Cline, Matthew Fairbairn, Sammy Gogol,

Justin Kloetz, Logan Mooney, and Daniel Washington.

Also, a huge thank you to our parents and other volunteers who helped out wherever needed!!

SEE YOU ON THE FIELD IN THE FALL OF 2019!!

Substitute Educational Associates Required Hanley Composite School is looking for people to apply as substitute Educational Associates. Educational Associates provide assistance to students who require additional supports. Candi-dates must have a Grade 12 diploma from a provincially recognized institute. A valid driver’s li-cense is preferred. Required skills and abilities include:

Ability to maintain strict confidentiality in school operations. Ability to work as a team player. Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability and knowledge to perform lifting of students when required. Willingness to provide personal care to students. (Training will be provided as needed).

Under direction of the principal, special education resource teacher, and classroom teacher, du-ties as a substitute Educational Associate may include:

Assisting with learning activities and basic life skills. Supervising students in the classroom, playground, hallways, or lunch area. Assisting assigned students with communication, reading, speech, assignments, tests, and com-

prehension of presented curriculum based on the student’s Inclusion and Intervention Plan.

Perform other duties and tasks as required to ensure students’ health, safety and educational needs are met.

Remuneration as a substitute Educational Associate is $ 15.52 per hour. If you are interested, please contact Lisa Button (lisa.button@spiritsd.ca) for questions or assis-tance filling fill out the online application for Substitute Educational Associate at Prairie Spirit School Division: https://www.applitrack.com/spiritsd/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Substitutes+-+All

‘All About My Day’ which

describes the beginning, mid-

dle and end of their day in

grade one and two. They

were eager about this learn-

ing experience as they got to

create a book and read it

aloud to their peers. In social

studies we will continue to

It has been an exciting month

in grades one and two. In

math we have been focusing

on identifying, ordering,

working with numbers on a

number line and showing

numbers in equal groups. In

literacy, each student just fin-

ished their own book titled

focus on our community and

the different factors that con-

tribute to how a decision is

made. I am looking forward

to the month of December in

grades one and two!

Grades 1 & 2

and drawing our stories using

art materials. Our bulletin

board is filling up with stu-

dents’ stories! We are con-

tinuing to learn about pat-

terns and students are finding

many different materials in

our room to create patterns

with. We are working on our

letters and letter sounds and

students are enjoying finding

different letters in the books

we are reading and identifying

words we hear certain letter

sounds in. We will be continu-

ing to share our wonders about

the seasonal change we are ob-

serving in our outdoor environ-

ment and exploring what hap-

pens to the living things in our

environment when winter

comes. We are looking forward

to this month leading up to

Christmas and all of the fun that

will come with it!

Over the past few

weeks in Kindergarten we

have been exploring playful

storytelling and it has been

great to see all of the stories

emerging in our classroom!

Students have been creating

stories about animals and the

outdoor environment as well

as sharing stories of their

own experiences. We have

been discussing how to share

our stories with one another

Kindergarten

Hanley School has several students with nut allergies.

Just a reminder we are a NUT ALERT school.

Please make sure your child does not bring nuts or nut products to school. Make sure to check packaging.

shop and will soon start our

letters to Santa! We have

also learned several literacy

devices during our Robert

Munsch author study that the

students have been making all

sorts of connections to dur-

ing other learning and stories,

which is super neat! For sci-

ence, I have started a unit on

animals with all of the grade

twos from both mine and

Miss Ward’s classes. Mr.

Block, who is our school

learning facilitator, is teaching

the grade threes about forces

and magnetism. I will be

teaching the remainder of the

grade three science units in

the new year. We’ve had a

bit of a break in social stud-

ies, but are now nearing the

end of our unit on our local

community. Please save the

date for our annual Family

Fun Night, which is Wednes-

day, December 12th!

November has been flying by; I

can’t believe that we are on the

countdown to Christmas al-

ready! We had an amazing field

trip last week to the Forestry

F a r m , M o n t a n a ’ s a n d

Clip’n’Climb! I’m not sure who

had more fun, the kids or me!!

For math, the grade twos are

about halfway through our unit

on numbers to 100, and the

grade threes also continue with

their unit of numbers to 1000

with Mr. Hutchinson. During

ELA, we have been working on

paragraphs for writer’s work-

Grades 2 & 3

Wednesday. Multiplication

and division are next. We

have finished our rocks and

minerals unit with an erosion

simulation. Up next they will

be learning about sound. In

social studies we are trying to better understand the

meaning of the Medicine

Wheel. We also will learn

about why people started

coming to Canada from Eu-

rope. It will be great to see

everyone at the Christmas

Family Fun Night!

The Grade 4s have been work-

ing hard! This past month we

have been reading text to find

the main idea. This will help

them with research projects

that are coming up after Christ-

mas. In December they will be writing Christmas stories. Our

whole numbers unit in math is

ending with our test on

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grades 5 & 6

This month we have started a

"Choose Your Novel" unit in

reading. The students chose

their own novel, read it, an-

swered questions and then they

will do a culminating activity, ei-

ther a “Book in a Bag” or a “Read Aloud with a Poster” to

share with the rest of the class.

We are reading “Mr. Terupt

Falls Again” for a read aloud.

The class loved the first novel so

much that Jordyn kindly brought

us the second novel to read!

In Writing, we have worked on

journal writing, letter writing,

persuasive writing and we are

currently working on a narrative

fiction piece. With this piece we

are making sure we go through

each step of the writing process.

The grade 5/6 class is busy pre-

paring for Family Fun Night. In

ELA, the class is learning about

peace and what happens without

it. The students will be learning

about the pros and cons of ura-

nium and nuclear energy. In Sci-ence we have begun a new unit

all about weather. The students

will become familiar with reading

We are working on ideas,

organization and word

choice.

Math has been busy with lots

and lots of multiplication.

Ask your child about the

game “I Have, Who Has?”

Please practice those multipli-

cation facts at home every

day!

In Health, we have started a

nutrition unit! We are learn-

ing about the bad effects of

sugar, how to read nutrition

labels and how to make

healthier food choices.

The most exciting thing going

on in our class is Genius

Hour. The students wrote persuasive essays trying to

and understanding weather

forecasts, learning about

weather instruments as well

as world wide weather and

the effects. In Social Studies

the students are learning

about wor ld current events. We will begin to

study countries bordering the

Atlantic Ocean. In Health, the

convince me that we should

have Genius Hour. They

were successful and the ex-

citing journey of learning

about something that they

are intrigued about has be-

gun!

class will be studying a variety

of illnesses and diseases and

how to stay healthy. Please

ensure that students are

coming prepared to stay out-

side for recess.

soon. In social studies, we

have come to the end of our

Dynamic Relationships unit

and will be having a unit test

next week. We will be start-

ing a new project in art. If

anyone has left over wood stain and would be willing to

donate it to our class, we

would be very grateful! Any

colour of wood stain would

be welcomed! In closing,

should you ever have any

The Grade 7 class has been

working hard this month! In ELA

we wrapped up our Science Fic-

tion unit and have begun our

Mystery and Suspense unit. In

math, we have moved on from

Number Theory and are focused on fractions and fraction opera-

tions. We will be moving to-

wards Expressions and Equa-

tions shortly! The class finished

their science unit on Ecosystems

and will begin their new unit

concerns regarding your

child’s progress, please feel

free to contact me at the

school:

Nicole.Bain@spiritsd.ca or

306-544-2511.

Grade 8

break. In ELA, the students have moved onto a nonfiction unit where they are writing all about their own lives. Ancient Mesopotamia is old news in Social, as the students are now learning about Ancient Egypt. Rational Numbers are the focus of Math class and Science is still focused on At-oms and Elements. In Careers, the students are learning

about the qualities that good employees have. Welding and Small Engines continue to be the themes of IA and Home Ec. has the students cooking. In Art, the students are illustrating poetry collec-tions and Phys. Ed. is focused on basketball. That’s all for the Grade 9’s in the month of November. Stay warm every-one!

November has marked the end of Football and Volleyball. Con-gratulations to all the students who took part for their success-ful seasons. Many of the stu-dents are looking forward to the basketball, curling, and dra-ma seasons ahead.

The Grade 9’s have continued to be busy as they work their way towards the Christmas

Grade 9

In Math 8 the students are

working on their unit about

"Integers". In ELA 8 the class

has begun looking at the theme

of "Social Justice". In Science 8

the unit of study is “Optics and

Vision”. In Career Education

we are learning Work Habits of

Successful People and internal

and external ‘Motivation’. In PE

we have started a mini-unit of

basketball skills and games lead-

ing up to Christmas. The Social

Studies class is learning about

“The Fur Trade” and other

types of trade in general. In

Home Economics, the stu-

dents are learning to cook.

They will be starting a unit on “Kitchen Safety” right away.

Lastly, in IA they have started

designing their own small

wood projects.

Grade 7

Grade 11

Well, with football and volleyball

done, AND with having scram-

bled to get everything handed in

for report cards, the grade tens

almost have a bit of breathing

room. Almost. In Science, they’ve

been working hard on the peri-odic table, learning about mole-

cules and different kinds of mo-

lecular bonds. In ELA, they are

writing book reviews on the

dystopian novels they read.

Wildlife Management is cur-

rently looking at wilderness

survival. They’ve been playing

basketball in Wellness and

working on their projects in IA. We’ve been being treated

to hot lunches, including

quesadillas and meatballs

(two separate meals, although

- a meatball quesadilla… that

could be good) in Home Ec.

And finally, in Math, the grade

tens have finished up angles

and will be starting on similar

polygons soon.

Grade 10

Wow, November is flying by!

We hosted a successful Remem-

brance Day Service in the Gym

on November 8th. Thank you to

all in attendance.

ELA/History 20: We are plan-

ning and constructing WWI

trenches.

Foundations 20: We are gra-

phing two inequalities.

Environmental Science

20: We are investigating Sas-

katchewan watersheds and

watching a Plastic Ocean.

Physical Science 20: We

are studying refraction of

light and calculating using

Snell’s Law.

Psychology 20/30: We are

analyzing advertisements.

Robotics 20/30: We are

building robots.

Phys. Ed 20: We just fin-

ished fitness testing and are

now starting basketball.

the political spectrum. In

ELA the students are reading

and ana lyz ing Joseph

Boyden’s Three Day Road.

Mr. Herman and the Pre-

calculus class are studying

radians and trigonometry. The chemistry class just

completed a unit on equilib-

rium. The grade 12 students

will be heading to work for

their first week of Work Ex-

perience on December 3rd.

Greetings from the grade 12

homeroom. Our students con-

tinue to be immersed in their

studies as their classes pick up

pace before the Christmas

break. Our social studies class

is completing our second unit of study on Canadian confeder-

ation and political system. The

students are currently studying

Grades 12

FUN FACT:

The average person walks the equivalent of

three times around the world in a lifetime.