École VickersPublic School

2800 Bradbury DrivePrince Albert, SK, S6V 7K8

Principal – Mrs. Jennie GreenVice-Principal – Mr. Kevin Tait

Vice-Principal – Mme Kara Cantin

Phone: (306) 922-6446Fax: (306) 764-1766

https://vk.srsd119.ca

2020Monday

lundiTuesday

mardiWednesday

mercrediThursday

jeudiFriday

vendredi

1 2Make a

homemade birdfeeder – using toilet paper rolls, cover with peanut butter and roll in

birdseed

3Make your own pizza with your

favorite toppings (send a

photo)

4Have an outdoor picnic lunch in

your yard

5Rick Riordan’s

birthday – check out his books on

Sora!

8World Ocean

Day – check out an ocean on Google Earth

9Have a water gun or water balloon fight

10National Camera

Day – take a photo of

anything you choose and send

in

11Magic Day –

google or make up your own magic trick.

Perform it for your family.

12Camp out in the

backyard

15National Fruit Day – Eat your favorite fruit or try one you’ve

never had

16Run through the

sprinklers

17National Eat Your Veggies

Day – eat your favorite or try a

new one and send in a photo

18Create a backyard

obstacle course

19Make a card for Dad and give it to him on

Sunday (Father’s Day)

Supplemental Learning

Summative Reports mailed

out

22 23 24 25 26Last day of

supplemental learning for

students

29 30

CLASSES RESUME THURSDAY, SEPTEMER 3, 2020 (stay tuned for more information regarding the 2020-2021 school year.)

Hello! Bonjour! We have made it to June in the most challenging school year to date and one thing I know for sure is that Vickers Vikings are resilient and were ready to conquer anything – even a virus!

We started out 2019-20 with such hope and enthusiasm and it showed in the hard work that all of you did on our reading goal. We did so many fun activities: Superhero Reading in the Dark, Reading Minute Challenge, Reading Bingo, and our online choose your own adventure book!

We participated in fun activities like the Turkey Trot, Halloween Family Night, the Christmas play, French Carnival, and Pink Shirt Day. We had our first parent evening focusing on supporting our kids and their mental health. We welcomed newcomers to Canada in our EAL classroom and made new friends! We purchased new playground equipment (install coming in summer 2020!) and started a two year fundraiser for an outdoor learning space. All of these things were successes in building a strong community.

In March, schooling as we knew it was suspended but that did not stop our learning! Our staff explored every resource and put together a supplemental learning program for our students. Their hard work and determination to succeed in this new way of teaching made me so proud! I was also so impressed with all of our students who were ready to learn and participate. We were truly Vikings exploring unchartered waters but we did it!

We also never got a chance to say goodbye to each other, which is tough. One group of students we are saying a special farewell to is our Grade 8 Class of 2020. Thank you for being leaders in our school and being an example of what it means to be a Viking. We wish you success in high school and know you will make us proud! Please come back to visit us and let us know how life is going for you in high school!

We also have staff that are leaving us and moving on in different ways. First, we have two staff who are retiring from teaching. Mme Elliott and Ms. Fehr have had long and successful teaching careers and we hope they enjoy a well-deserved retirement. Thank you for the dedication to our students and for being treasured colleagues.

We also have several staff embarking on new journeys . . . farewell:Mme Ntibategera Mme Bilodeau (new baby August 2020)Mrs. Hayunga Mme BoursiquotMrs. Polowski Mr. BasarabaMrs. Sinoski Mrs. KuzmaMiss Wooden Ms. SinclairMr. Primeau

It is also bittersweet to say goodbye to one of my admin partners. Mr. Tait was one of our wonderful vice-principals at Vickers and we will miss him as he moves on to be the new principal at West Central Public School. You will be amazing!

“Goodbyes are not forever . . . they are not the end . . . They simply mean we’ll miss you until

we meet again.”

We continue to make plans for the 2020-21 school year and are excited to start working on our new math goal, please stay tuned as we learn more about what the school year will look like. Bonnes vacances d’été! I wish all of our families a restful summer – stay safe and see you soon!

Mrs. GreenPrincipal

Supplemental LearningSupplemental learning has been offered to École Vickers students since the beginning of April in the areas of literacy and numeracy. A summative report of this learning opportunity will be emailed or mailed to all parents/guardians on June 19th.

Introducing the New Vice-Principal for 2020-2021 . . .

Hello,

My name is Mr. Tyler Kuzma and I am very excited to be joining the École Vickers Public School community in the fall as the new Vice Principal. While I will be new to the staff at the school, I have had the wonderful

experience of being a student at École Vickers and a member of the community. I have been a teacher for the past 10 years in which I have gained experience teaching all grade levels from Grade 1 to Grade 12, both here in

Prince Albert and in two different rural schools within the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division.

I know from experience that the École Vickers Public School community has always fostered a strong learning environment for all students, while offering a multitude of extracurricular activities and clubs which engage, support and inspire students to grow. I look forward to helping all students and staff continue to grow the

positive mindset that École Vickers has established.

As an educator I believe in supporting learning communities as a positive, collaborative group that prompts and promotes the building of strong relationships. I am a true believer in the idea of relationships transcending the school environment and, with that in mind, I welcome any and all positive communication that will expand the

learning at École Vickers Public School.

I hope that everyone is able to have a great summer and I look forward to meeting you in the upcoming school year.

Mr. Tyler Kuzma

2020-2021 SCHOOL REGISTRATIONDo you have (or know of) someone who is turning 5 years old by December 31, 2020 or do you know of someone new to the Vickers’ area? If so, and you live in the Vickers’ attendance area, you can follow the link below to register for Kindergarten in the fall. We offer English and French Immersion classes.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZjsYUHRXcYzSr5FeIq599oiPP2TGDV0uuaIEPRd6qggTpNw/viewform

To our Grade 8 Class of 2020, we may not have been able to say goodbye the way we wanted and we may not have been able to celebrate you the way we had planned but, we all want you to

know that we are so very proud of you. Thank you for being leaders in our school. Thank you for the energy you brought to Vickers!Thank you for being you! We wish you much success in your high

school career, knowing that you can accomplish great things!

Hello Parents, Guardians, and Students!

Here is a link to my website. It includes what my role is as a school social worker, how to refer, and I am also writing some blog posts for students and parents. Let me know if you have questions! Celeste

Boran-Fetch https://cboran-fetch.wixsite.com/schoolsocialworker

Grade 6 Immunization News!!Dear grade 6 parents, due to COVID-19 and school closures, we were unable to finish off your child’s grade 6 immunizations. For most students this is their 2nd dose of Hepatitis B and HPV. We are opening up clinics at

the public health office to accommodate students. Please call Public Health at 306-765-6510 to book an appointment time. There are no walk in clinics.

As it is nearing the end of the school year, is there a special memory you have of your teacher? Why not write your teacher a letter telling them all about it. Your teacher would love to hear from you! You could also include what your plans for the summer are. Mail your letter to the school and the secretaries will make sure your teacher receives it.

Mail your letter, addressed to your teacher, to:

École Vickers Public School

2800 Bradbury Drive

Prince Albert, SK

S6V 7K8

Here are a few other activities that you can do, even throughout summer vacation!

1. Create a sidewalk chalk exercise course or a life size games, like Twister or Snakes and Ladders

2.  Write positive words phrases on your sidewalk using chalk for others to see

3. Send letters to the nursing homes in Prince Albert to any of the residences there.  You can write a letter talking about your likes, travels, if you have a pet etc. and it will be delivered to a resident at the nursing home.  They may even write you back if you include your mail address.

77 (MORE) Simple STEM Activities for Families

Create a treasure hunt with a map & clues Learn to identify trees by their leaves Make the alphabet from sticks or other natural items Make your name or words out of recycled materials Interview a relative using storycorps.org Make something from old puzzle pieces Watch Hidden Figures Make a LEGO maze Test objects in your house to see if they float or sink Write instructions to make a sandwich & let someone follow them exactly Use the cards A-10 & play War, but see who can add, subtract, or multiply fastest Play Battleship Build a paper airplane launcher Build a fort using couch cushions & blankets Plant some flowers Make something useful from duct tape Invent something to solve a problem in your home Make “rubber stamps” out of cardboard & pasta Learn to solve a Rubik’s Cube Write your own book, including drawings & cover Rearrange furniture in a room to improve function & movement in the room Track & graph your high score in a game Make ice cubes from various liquids & see how long each takes to freeze Make dinner for your family Determine how much waste there is from cooking a meal Invent your own musical instrument Try making gears using the website gearsket.ch Create a secret code using a shift or “Caesar” cipher Pick a word & see how many other words you can make from the letters Measure & graph temperature or rain totals Draw your own comic book Make a time capsule to open in 10 years Make artwork using shaving cream, food coloring, & a toothpick Plant a butterfly garden Invent a toy for your pet Watch Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Freeze a small toy or coin in water & make a timelapse video of it melting Put different amounts of water in class containers & tap gently to make music Make paper airplanes using foldnfly.com Try sprouting a carrot top, dried bean, or fruit seed Put some dirty pennies in vinegar Put celery or flowers in water that contains food coloring Learn bird calls Build the tallest tower with 1 piece of paper & tape Turn an old book into a secret hiding place Learn to cook a new recipe or invent your own Observe the moon each night & take pictures to make a time-lapse video Measure things with a tape measure Build a model city with items in your house Make a bird feeder using a pinecone, suet, & birdseed Count how many & what type of birds come to your birdfeeder Make a mini-golf course Read a book & make a “book trailer” Paint rocks with encouraging words Weave a bracelet Write a story, act it out with your family, & record it Make a sundial Invent a board game using bottle caps or other small items as pieces Draw something with isometric dot paper Make a slow-motion video of something in nature Learn to fold cloth napkins Make bread using yeast Draw 20 circles & turn each into something (pizza, planets, wheels, etc) Build something using toothpicks or straws Practice coding using Scratch or code.org Learn to crochet or knit Make your own tangrams Learn how cellphones work Draw a detailed map of a room in your home Learn to sew Make something from an empty toothpaste tube Look at the clouds Learn about the history of technology in your area Make cardboard automata (movable sculpture) Chris Woods @dailySTEM

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Congratulations to Jean McKay- winner of our Facebook contest.  Jean’s family enjoyed a delicious family combo from Venice House Pizza.  Follow “École Vickers Public School” on Facebook or “Vickersschool” on Instagram to keep up to date on school news and activities.