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This Friday, Feb 28th at 6pm on the BIG SCREEN!
Movie shows in the Alta Vista School Gym #2
Doors open at 5:30
Hot dogs, popcorn, treats & drinks will be for sale. Baked good donations welcomed and appreciated.
Please note that children cannot be left unattended during the movie.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
*Volunteers are needed! Please contact Barb at raoul@magma.ca if you can help out.
Our School Council Speaker Series is proud to host It’s In The Bag: Packing Healthy School Lunches
Thursday February 27 from 7:00 to 8:30pm in the School Library
This event will cover the importance of a healthy school lunch and tips and tricks to take the stress out of the process. We’ll discuss what goes into a healthy school lunch; common lunch packing challenges and how to overcome them; planning eating for the balanced day; managing food allergies and promoting a healthy food environment in the school. Each participant will take home detailed handouts including recipes.
Melanie Roet is a registered dietitian and mother of two school aged children who is passionate about the role nutrition in pregnancy and early childhood. She is the co-owner of an Ottawa based nutrition consulting practice, TummyThyme. TummyThyme is focused on giving parents the confidence, skills and knowledge to provide healthy meals in a pleasant meal time environment.
To learn more, please feel free to visit the following TummyThyme links:
School Council Meeting tonight! Come and join us in the School Library from 7-9pm.
One of the items on the agenda are the proposed changes to the school timetable for September 2015 (9:15am-3:45pm.) These changes are being proposed by the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority as part of their Transformation Project. More details are provided here: http://www.ottawaschoolbus.ca/policies-procedures/transformation .
You will note that you can provide feedback directly to the OSTA and as well attend consultations in April and May 2014 (dates to be confirmed).
In the meantime, Mrs. Bright will provide an overview of the proposed changes at this Council meeting. Council is looking to provide a Council submission to the OSTA, so we would love to hear your thoughts.
There will also be many other items discussed at the meeting, look forward to seeing you there.
A child’s emotions can be large, loud, and messy! And yet, emotion is now confirmed to be at the core of development and well being. What are the implications for raising children? How can we ensure healthy hearts and what does heart hygiene look like? Should we be discouraging negative emotions and should we be encouraging our children to calm down? What role does the mind play in matters of the heart? Dr. Neufeld will address these questions and more, bringing some needed clarity to the plethora of confusing information that is bombarding parents today.
Dr. Gordon Neufeld will be presenting Heart Matters: What To Do With a Child’s Feelings. This session is specifically designed for parents.
Dr. Neufeld is a highly respected Canadian developmental psychologist with over 40 years experience working with children and those responsible for them, as well as twenty years of teaching with the University of British Columbia. A foremost authority on child development, Dr. Neufeld is an international speaker in much demand, a best-selling author, and a theorist widely recognized for his abilities to make sense of complex issues.
Saturday April 12th, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Travelodge Conference Centre, 1376 Carling Ave
Cost: $40 per person; $60 per parenting couple
For more information about these events, please contact Darlene Denis-Friske at ddenisfriske@ymail.com or go to darlenedenisfriske.weebly.com to access a registration form.
