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MemoJune 2, 2017

255 Tartan Drive, Ottawa, ON K2J 3T1613.825.3000

Important DatesFriday, June 2

Abuse Prevention Workshop, 2:30pm

Monday, June 5Report Card Writing Day, noon dismissal

buses will be running

Friday, June 9TRIP gift card orders due

Final deadline before summer

Friday, June 16SK Graduation, in the gym

Wednesday, June 21No chapel today

Grade 8 Graduation Dinner

Friday, June 23Last day of school, noon dismissal, buses running

Grade 8 Graduation, 7pm, all are welcome

Classroom NewsGrade JKThank you to the parents who helped during our ‘I Want To Be A Scientist’ workshop. It was a great suc-cess as the students did hands on activities related to astronomy, paleontology, physics, meteorology and chemistry. In Bible we heard a couple of stories about how Jesus taught the people to pray. Until the end of the school year, we will offer a special prayer for the Su-perKid of the day. He/She will also come home with a ‘Special Effort’ page that highlights the character traits that we appreciate about him/her. On Monday, June 19th, we will celebrate our great year together by going to Clarke Fields with our reading buddies and playing some games and sharing some treats with each other. Show & Tell (Mon. Mya), (Wed. Jerome), (Fri. Land-on)

Our first Forest of Reading book club at OCS was a great success!! Thank you to all those that helped make it hap-pen. Although we are finished for this school year, we are looking ahead to the next school year to assemble our book club team now. Did your children enjoy the book club this year? If yes, parents please consider joining the book club team now to keep this initiative going for our OCS students in the upcoming school year. A team of 3 to 4 parents would be ideal to share the organization of the club. This would also count towards your volunteer hours. If you have a love for reading and are interested in joining the book club team or have questions about book club and what would be involved, please contact our librarian Alta MacFie at library@OCSchool.org or Angela McLin-ton at gregmclinton@rogers.com. Thank you for your consideration.

Forest of Reading Book Club

Grade SKWe had a great week being germ detectives and start-ing our Pete the Cat unit. Thanks to all the parents who came with us to Loblaws! We are very excited to make our own grocery store in the classroom. Next week we have our year end party at Hibiscus park on Friday. We will leave at 11:30 and come back for the end of the day. It is a splash pad, so please be sure to bring a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel and an easy lunch that can be eaten at the park. If you can drive to the park, please let Denise know. On Friday, we will also be having smoothies with Grade 1 to finish our Safe and Healthy unit. We bought our supplies at the gro-cery store and Grade 1 is bringing special fruits to add to the smoothies. If you would like to bring some washed, cut fruit to add, please do! (However, it is a busy day and we should have enough with our sup-plies and Grade 1’s fruit.) Show and Tell: Did you read a sign? Take a picture of it and send it to Mrs. Vedder’s e-mail address.

Grade 1Flat René has returned from his adventures! He had a great time in British Columbia and Hawaii and was able to ski, hike through the Hawaiian jungle, and see a volcano. We’re so excited that all of our flat selves have returned! Author’s Tea - next Friday will be our Author’s Tea. Please be sure to send in your RSVP as soon as pos-sible. Looking forward to seeing many of you there. Nutrition Celebration - we will be finishing off our Germs and Nutrition unit with SK next Friday as well. We’re asking each student to bring in a small container of cut up fruit to add to our healthy fruit smoothies that morning. Please label your containers so we can be sure to get them back to you. Thank you!

Grade 2We have have nearly completed our spelling for the year. The Blue group is on lesson 30 and Red on les-son 25. The whale projects are due on Monday, June 5, but if your children need to do a few finishing touches on Monday afternoon, they may also hand them in on June 6. A note will go home with the children indicat-ing the day they will be presenting their project.

Grade 3Our field trip to Upper Canada Village will be taking place this coming Tuesday (June 6th) rain or shine! We will be leaving the school around 9:30am and return around 2:30pm. Please ensure your child is dressed ap-propriately for the weather (i.e. rain boots if needed) and packs enough lunch, snacks and water for the day. A few reminders for next week:

» Spelling: There will be no spelling tests next week. » Bible: We are now studying the story of Moses

and the Book of Exodus. Memory work has been as-signed. The verse is Nehemiah 9:9-12 and it is due by Monday June 12th.

» Math: We are studying fractions. Continued practice of multiplication facts at home is strongly encouraged as we work on mastering facts each week.Look for the small quiz sheets being sent home to know what facts your child still needs to work on. They move on to the next set once they answer all 50 questions correctly.

Blessings on your week!

Grade 4The grade 4 and 5/4 class fieldtrip to Stony Swamp is rescheduled to June 9th. Thank you to the volun-teers that have signed up to join us for this trip. We will also be attending the Aboriginal Festival at Major’s Hill Park on June 21st. More details will be sent home closer to the date. Students will be having their final Bible test on Wednesday, June 14th. A study guide will be sent home next week. In French, the students have been working hard practicing the play, “Comment y aller?” Students will be performing this play on Thurs-day, June 15th from 1:45 – 2:15pm in the library. All family members are welcome to attend. There will be no more dictées for French, but the students are asked to practice their lines for the play regularly.

Grade 5/4There are a lot of fun things happening in the next few weeks as we conclude the school year! Dates to remember:

» Friday, June 9 11:00-3:00: Grade 5/4 & Grade 4 - Trip to Stony Swamp. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for a day outdoors (hat, sun-screen, water, etc.)

» Tuesday, June 13 9:00-3:00: Grade 5 & 5s from 5/4 - Year End Pool Party. We could use a couple of drivers, please let me know if you can help with this. Your child will need to bring a lunch and a snack to share as well as $4 to cover the cost of a lifeguard.

Grade 5/4 (continued) » Thursday & Friday June 15-16: Grade 5 and 5s

from 5/4 - Upper Canada Village Trip » Wednesday, June 21 9:00-2:00: Grade 5/4, 5, 4, 3

- Trip to Major’s Hill Park for Aboriginal Festival. We will be taking a bus. If you are available to help chap-erone please let me know!

» Date & Time TBD: Grade 4 & 4s from 5/4 - Year End Party (details to follow)

Grade 5 » Math test – on decimals, June 6th » Bible book reports – due June 13th » Field trips – There are a number of field trips

coming up in Gr. 5. We have the drivers we need for June 13 but are in need of 3 chaperones for our trip downtown for the first Nations celebration day on June 21. The trip to Upper Canada Village is June 15,16.

Grade 6We now have enough drivers for our end year Mont-Cascades water park visit. Thank you! We are plan-ning to leave the school (rain or shine) at 8:45am and will be returning by 3pm. We will be back in ample time for the school buses. Our drivers and chaperones are Mr. Simmons, Mr. Wharton, Mrs. Crossman, Mrs. Lindgren, Mr. Giorno and Mrs. Groen. If you have not done so yet, please send $10.00 to school in an enve-lope with your name, your child’s name, and labeled Mont-Cascades to Mme Speirs by Friday, June 3rd. Cash only, please. Your child should bring: lunch and snacks, sunscreen, sandals or flip flops, a towel, bottled water, swimsuit, hair elastic, no chewing gum, no glass of any kind. Valuables should be left at home.A Science test is planned June 7th. Biodiversity notes and concepts were reviewed thoroughly this week. Students have a review sheet in order to prepare ad-equately for the test.

» Math: Math Test June 8th » Science: Students are asked to bring leaves and/or

cones to school from 3 different tree species. » Reading: Last book report is due June 20th » Computer: Students should practice keyboarding

skills at home. Grade 6 typing speed requirement is 25 WPM.

Have a beautiful weekend !

Grade 7We will have a math test covering the unit on Algebra on Wednesday, June 7.

» LA – Summer camp project is due on Wednesday, June 14th.

Grade 8We will have a math test covering the unit on Algebra on Tuesday, June 13.

School NewsGRAD RECEPTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Volunteers are needed to help with the grad reception on June 23rd. Help is needed to cut and serve cake, prepare and serve lemonade, and help with cleanup. If you can help out, please contact Joycegina Hosmar at jhosmar4@gmail.com. YEARBOOKS FOR SALE: We will be finalizing our yearbook right up until the last day of school. We will order them in the summer and when they arrive in the fall, we will make sure we get yours to you. Cost is $30 for a hardcover yearbook.If you would like to place an order, please follow this link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/OCS2/Yearbook2017

FUNDRAISER with Mabel’s Labels!! Earn 20% for OCS while eliminating your child’s lost clothing!! Ma-bel’s Labels are waterproof, durable labels and can be ordered online. Visit campaigns.mabelslabels.com, then choose Ottawa Christian School from the drop-down list. Simply choose the “Click Here to Buy” but-ton and get started! Share the link above with family and friends (must use campaigns.mabelslabels.com) in order to have all sales credited to OCS. To ensure your order gets credited to the OCS campaign, make sure you see our organization name listed on the top left of each page. Please call Trisha at the office if you have any questions.

Community NewsGREAT WOLF LODGE, 2017….It’s that time of year again! A block of rooms has been reserved dur-ing the annual Fall PD days for our Christian schools. Discounted rates are available for the dates of Oct. 26 & 27, 2017. Room rates start at $179.99/night. Our group booking code is: 1710CHRI_001. To book your room go to: www.greatwolf.com/niagara or call: 1-866-949-9653. Booking deadline is Sept. 26, so reserve early to avoid disappointment! For further information, please ONLY contact Tammy Veld - rtveld96@gmail.com or call/text: 905.745.5609.

SEQUOIA CHURCH’S BIG GIVEWhen: Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 - 9:00am-1:00pmLocation: OCS parking lotWhat can I donate?

» Women and Men Clothing (Gently used clothes. Clothes have to be washed and sorted)

» Children Clothing (Gently used clothes. Clothes has to be washed and sorted)

» Shoes, boots, sneakers, etc… » Sport equipment » Baby items (no car seat or stroller because of li-

ability issues) » Toys, books, small appliances (toaster, coffee

maker, blender), office supplies, bokes, scooters » Plastic shopping bags, boxes and bins

Items Not Needed:No furniture, large appliance or large items, baby items like car seats and strollers (because of liability issues), linens, décor, computer monitors, computer equipment and tube tvs.Drop off your donations at the Ottawa Christian School: Friday, June 2nd @ 5pm-9pm. If you can’t, please contact Julia MacNeill jmacneill@bell.net or Ashley Bradley ashley.jane.bradley@gmail.com.

LIBERTAS MALE CHOIR: In anticipation of Can-ada’s 150th festivities, plans are well underway for a tour of regions in Eastern Ontario during the first week of June 2017. The choir will be directed by Mar-tin Mans accompanied by Martin Zonnenberg on the organ. As an extra special gift for this momentous oc-casion, flutist, Marjolein deWit will delight our audi-ences with her graceful harmonies. We also welcome back the rich vocal talents of Jan Schaper – all of our guests are from The Netherlands. Our journey will in-clude concerts in our Nations capital – Ottawa, as well as, Kingston, Peterborough, Durham and Toronto.OTTAWA DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2017: 7:30pm. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 82 Kent St. To order tickets online: www.libertasvoices.com; email: info@libertasvoices.com; phone: 905-522-0001.Cost: Adults $20, Youth (ages 10-14) $10, Children (under 10) free. In addition, tickets will be sold at the door.

Hello OCS family and friends, Time to place your summer TRIP card orders. Here's how it works: First, think of all the events coming up in the months of June, July and August; Wed-dings, birthdays, showers, Fathers day, family road trips, family days to the movies etc... Then, think of all your basic needs: food, gas, clothes, back to school shopping etc.... Place all those orders on one form. Get it to us no later then June 9th. You'll have the total order by the last day of school. Please label the top of your order “SUMMER OR-DER” Payment options : You can pay in 1, 2 or 3 post-dated cheques. We realize that paying for 3 months of supplies at once is just not realistic for most. You can give a cheque for June, July and August if that suits your needs best. BEST OF ALL: The school and your child/ren benefit! Be blessed, The TRIP team P.S. For those of you that have standing orders, you do not need to re-do your order. We will send your July and August orders in June. If you wish to cancel or change July and August, please let us know as soon as possible. 

Don’t’ forget to order for the summer!

Ages 5-12

BIBLE

Weekly Bible themes and daily

teaching and worship

SPORTS

Hours of sports: Baseball,

Basketball, Soccer, Hockey, Volleyball and other activities

LANGUAGE ARTS...

Hours of French Painting, drawing, crafts, plays, board

games, water games

Fun Français Faith Energy Creativity

5 weeks of summer camp kids ages 5-12 July 10 to August 11 – 9am-4pm At Ottawa Christian School, 255 Tartan Dr. Nepean, ON K2J 3Y1

Cost 170$ per child per week before and after care included (8-9 am and 4-5pm)

To register, volunteer or apply for a position (grade 8 and up), please contact Melanie Lefebvre Simard at FaithKidzSummerCamp@gmail.com, 613-903-7575. Limited spaces available (70). Registration is now open www.faithkidzsummercamp.com

Matthew 19:14

Sample schedule:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8:00-9:10 Bienvenue Welcome

Temps libre Film d’enfant

Free time Children movie

Temps libre Film d’enfant

Free time Children movie

Temps libre Film d’enfant

9:10-10:00 Chapel, Songs, Bible Story

Chapelle, louanges, histoire Biblique

Chapel, Songs, Bible Story

Chapelle, louanges, histoire Biblique

Chapel, Songs, Bible Story

10:00-10:15 Collation Snack Collation Snack Collation 10:15-11:30 Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball 11:30-12:00 Temps libre Free time Temps libre Free time Temps libre 12:00-12:30 Lunch Diner Lunch Diner Lunch 12:30-1:15 Bricolage ou jeux

de société Craft or boardgame

Bricolage ou jeux de société

Craft or boardgame

Bricolage ou jeux de société

1:15 – 2:15 Soccer Soccer Soccer Soccer Soccer 2:15-3:00 Drama Bible Story Water games

Drama Bible Story Water games

Volleyball

3:00-3:15 Collation Collation Snack Collation Snack 3:15-4:00 Baseball Baseball Baseball Baseball Drama

presentation 4:00-5:00 Aftercare Service de garde Aftercare Service de garde Aftercare

Free time includes: board games, playdoh, drawing, playing outside, skipping rope, wall-ball etc. Aftercare = free time + sports (volleyball, ball hockey), games etc. Activities will be done in both English and French every day.