December 2021 - Bonaventure Meadows Public School
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December 2021
Bonaventure Meadows P.S. MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE:
141 Bonaventure Drive
London
Tel. 519-452-8060
Fax 519-452-8069 Snow is in the air as is the sense of excite-
https://bonaventure.tvdsb.ca/en/ ment that comes with the month of Decem-
index.aspx ber and the upcoming holiday season. As
Mrs. W. MacInnis, Principal always, our Bonaventure community has
Mrs. S. Groppler, Vice-Principal many things to be grateful for and is to be
Ms. L. Phillips, Admin Secretary congratulated for the spirit of giving that ex-
Mrs. A. Connell, Secretary PM
ists throughout our school. The outpouring of support for “Socks for the
Mrs. L. Griffith-Jones, Superintendent Homeless” and our Angel Tree was wonderful….Thank you!
Ms. C. Rahman, School Trustee
Mr. P. Cuddy, School Trustee It is hard to believe that we are near the end of the year and our holidays
are quickly approaching. November was a busy month with a virtual Re-
Thames Valley District School Board
membrance Day Slideshow/Service, Progress Reports going home, inter-
school volleyball competitions, intramurals, and C-CAT testing for our
Grade 4 students
The Ministry of Education is requiring school boards to track the daily, in-
dividual COVID-19 screening of all elementary students following the win-
ter break for a two-week period. In order for parents and caregivers to be-
Dec 3—Internat’l Day of Persons with come comfortable with this NEW, individualized process, starting Monday,
Disabilities December 6, 2021, we ask that you complete the daily Covid-19 School
Dec 6—National Day of Remembrance
and Acton on Violence Against Women and Child Care Screening Tool using your child’s unique individual
Dec 10—Spirit Day : Wear School Colours username and password. A TVDSB Student Covid-19 Screening sticker with
Dec 10—International Human Rights Day your child’s username and password was already sent home and provides
Dec 13—Holiday Hats
Dec 14—Jingle Day you with the necessary information to complete this DAILY Covid-19
Dec 15—Red and Green Day screening confirmation for EACH child in your household. Please keep this
Dec 16—Ugly Holiday Sweater Day sticker and information in a secure location.
Dec 17—Holiday Pajama Day and last day
Jan 3—First day back to school Thank you for ensuring this daily Covid-19
School and Child Care Screening is complete
Holiday Break: Dec 18 to Jan 2 and that the directions provided from the
screener are followed. Here is a sample of the
sticker that has come home.
We have some “School Spirit Days” happening this month so do your best
to join in on the fun and show your Bono spirit!
On behalf of our Bonaventure Meadows Family, we would like to wish
each of our families a wonderful Winter Holiday. Be safe and enjoy time
with families and friends. We’re already looking forward to what the New
Year will bring!
PICTURE DAY:
We have been able to book
Grade 8 Graduation photos
AND
Photo Retakes
on
January 12, 2022.
ALLERGIES:
Bonaventure Meadows P.S. must be a safe learning environ-
ment for all students. Nutella, peanuts, tree nuts, Wow Butter
and sesame (seeds and products) can be life-threatening to
certain students. We request that you carefully check food
labels and refrain from sending any of these items in your child’s lunch. If
you have a child with a severe allergy, (food or any other allergen) it is
imperative that the school is notified asap.
Family Crisis Supports
Family Crisis Support
• London Mental Health Crisis Centre - 24 hour crisis line and family counselling service. Located at 862 Richmond St.,
London 519-433-2023
• Family Services Thames Valley, 125 Woodward Ave., London 519-433-0183
• Family Services Thames Valley County (Open Mon. & Wed. between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.) 519-245-3935
• Merrymount Children's Centre - Support and crisis care for children and families. 519-434-6848
• Crisis Intake Team for Children and Youth ages 0-16 years - 24 hour crisis counseling. Counselors available to dis-
cuss concerns and offer support. 519-433-0334
• Children’s Aid Society - Individual and family counseling and assistance in crisis situations. Self-referral accepted.
519-455-9000
• Vanier Services (London) - Crisis support, counselling for parents of children with emotional
• and behavioral problems 519-433-3101
• Women's Community House - 24 hour crisis counseling and support for women and children
• experiencing domestic violence. 519-642-3000
• 24 hour Abused Women's Helpline (www.shelterlondon.org) 1-800-265-1576
• Women's Rural Resource Centre - Emergency shelter, crisis line, counselling 519-245-6235
ATTENDANCE:
Report An Absence:
If your child is going to be absent, notify the
school by:
•SchoolMessenger Attendance Reporting System:
https://go.schoolmessenger.ca/#/account/login
•Call the toll free number: 1-844-305-3756
•Report the absence through our
smartphone mobile application (App
Store: SchoolMessenger)
Students who attend school regularly tend to be
more engaged in their learning, feel more con-
nected to the school and have better academic
outcomes than students who miss a lot of
school. For more information regarding creating
an account or reporting your child's absence,
please see our Step by Step Guide at https://
www.tvdsb.ca/en/parents/school-messenger-
step-by-step-guide.aspx
WELCOME NEW AND RETURNING TEACHERS AND STAFF:
K1/K2: Bovan/Hughson, Spourgitis/Melville, McIsaac/Chaffe Virtual Class (K1/K2): Prasad/Batista
Grade 1/2: McDonald French/Prep: Jones
Grade 1/2: Beard
Music/Prep: Clark
Grade 2/3: Nunn-Miller
Grade 2/3: Daly Gym/Prep: Edgeworth
Grade 3/4: Martin Library/Empower: Liem
Grade 4/5: Mooney Learning Support Teachers (LST): Shaw and Van der Hoff
Grade 4/5: Donaldson School Support Counsellor: Swinden
Grade 5/6: Cain
ESL: Partalas
Grade 6/7: Carruthers
Grade 7: McAvoy EA Team: Howe, Johnston, Lizsewski, Marques, De Sousa,
Grade 8: Pilitsis and White Vanderveen, Mackison, Waller, Campbell
Admin Team: Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. MacInnis Secretarial: Phillips and Connell
Custodial: Hennessey, Kelly, McCreery, Stout
Peppermint Crunch Popcorn Pops
Ingredients:
12-14 cups popped, plain popcorn {keep warm}
1 lb marshmallows
1 stick butter plus more for your hands
food coloring {optional}
1 1/2 cups Andes Peppermint Crunch baking chips, divided
Directions:
Melt the marshmallows and butter together, stirring frequently.
Add in food coloring, a drop or two at a time until desired color is achieved.
Pour marshmallow mixture over warm popcorn. Sprinkle 1 cup of Andes chips
over the top.
Butter your hands generously and dig in! The butter protects your hands from
the heat and keeps the marshmallow mixture from sticking to you.
Reapply as necessary. Mix everything together and start forming balls.
Stick the popsicle stick in the popcorn ball and roll in remaining Andes chips.
The flavor of these pops is out of this world amazing! Sweet marshmallows,
crunchy popcorn, topped with a peppermint kick!
A lot of people think that popcorn balls are really sticky – but these aren’t! Once they have set up
for about 20 minutes you can touch them and not get sticky at all.
Dressing for the Season
Now that the winter weather is upon us, we are asking parents and guardians to encourage chil-
dren to come to school dressed and prepared for the cold and varying weather conditions that can
develop this time of year. We realize the importance of providing students with opportunities to
play, move and be physically active outdoors; hopefully, the winter will be mild, and our students
can enjoy all of the great activities the season has to offer.
Please be aware that students are only kept indoors at TVDSB if temperatures reach extreme lows
(e.g., -15 windchill and lower) or if temperature and weather conditions are deemed too wet or
extreme. This decision is made by school administration and is done on a whole-school basis to en-
sure student supervision is maintained. For this reason, we cannot keep individual students inside
during normally scheduled outdoor times. If any of our families are experiencing challenges in
getting coats, mittens, boots, etc., please contact your child’s teacher or Mrs. MacInnis, principal,
so that we can look at ways of assisting you in obtaining these items.
Cold Weather Checklist:
• Winter Jacket/Coat
• Snow boots (and rain boots for milder weather)
• Toques/Hats/Ear warmers/Neck protectors/Head band
• Snow pants
• Mittens/Gloves (an extra pair never hurts)
• Extra dry pair of socks (in case feet get wet)
Please: No Dogs on the School Yard
We have many families that are dog owners. We know it’s nice to take the dog for a walk
and drop-off or pick-up your child to and from school at the same time. However, it is the
expectation that pet dogs are not to be on school property – especially at the beginning
and end of the school day when there are many children walking and running about.
Some children may be afraid of dogs, and the behaviour of a dog is never 100%
predictable.
Salvation Army Giving Tree
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree donations are coming in, THANK-YOU. Please continue to send in new and/or gently
used items to the office or feel free to send with your child and they can set it under our tree. Thank
-you in advance for making this holiday season a bit brighter for some of these families.
The salvation Army is looking for the following items in particular:
• warm clothing
• personal care items & accessories for young teenage girls
• hair dryers are really needed & most appreciated.
Falling Snow
See the pretty snowflakes
Falling from the sky;
On the wall and housetops
Soft and thick they lie.
On the window ledges,
On the branches bare;
Now how fast they gather,
Filling all the air.
Look into the garden,
Where the grass was green;
Covered by the snowflakes,
Not a blade is seen.
-by anonymous
Home Connections in Mathematics
Seasonal Math
Involving your child in using numbers to solve problems is an easy and simple way to improve their number
sense.
Determine the amount of plates and cutlery needed for a family dinner.
“We are doubling this recipe. How much of each ingredient will we need?”
One store is selling the game you want for 20% off of $20.00. Another store is selling the same game for
$15.00. Where should we buy the game?
How many lights do you think are on the tree? On a string?
How many chocolates are in the box of chocolates? How many will we each get?
How many cookies will we have if we bake 4 dozen?
How many days/hours until December Break?
How long will it take to cook the turkey if it takes 20 minutes per kilogram to cook?
It takes 10 minutes to shovel a quarter of the driveway, how long will it take to shovel it all?
Will one cup of snow equal one cup of water when it melts?
How many candy canes does it take to go around the table? Cover the table surface?
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
Mathematical reasoning involves classifying objects and justifying that classifi-
cation. Children can be asked which item in a set does not belong. There are
no right or wrong answers as long as your child is able to justify their choice.
Mathematical justification for the images below might include references to
shape and size, types of angles, number vertices, faces, etc.
Decoration Symmetry/Art
Making decorations, such as snowflakes, from folding and cutting paper and investigating symmetry is easy,
enjoyable and promotes spatial reasoning in your child.
see: https://www.math-salamanders.com/symmetry-
activities.html for more activities
12 Crazy facts about Canada’s winter that prove it’s our wildest season 1. Coldest and warmest place in Canada: Regina, SK Regina has some of our country’s lowest recorded temperatures (-50ºC recorded on February 1, 1893) and the highest (43.3ºC on July 5, 1937). 2. Canada’s coldest temperature: -63C Think your winter is going badly? Well, back in 1947, the Yukon hamlet of Snag got hit with a ridiculously frigid day of -62.8C. Our bones hurt even thinking about that. 3. Record wind chill: -91C Canadians know that recorded temperature is usually hiding something worse: windchill. In January of 1989, Pelly Bay NWT recorded a record low of -91C with the windchill. 4. The most snowfall in one season: 2,446.5 cm In the winter of 1971-72, Revelstoke, BC saw over 24 m of snow. Talk about a ski season for the ages! 5. Greatest single-day snowfall: 145cm Tahtsa Lake in BC’s interior got hit with 145 cm of snow in one day. That happened in February of 1999, but it’s safe to assume people are still shoveling to this day. 6. World’s biggest pond hockey tournament: Plaster Rock The World Pond Hockey Championships take place in Plaster Rock, NB and are played on a frozen surface so big that 40 teams can be playing at one time. 7. World’s largest naturally frozen skating rink: Rideau Canal Every winter, Ottawa’s Rideau Canal freezes over and becomes the biggest skating rink in the entire world. It’s gorgeous, VERY Canadian, and tons of fun. After all, not all winter facts are bummers! 8. Polar bear capital of the world: Churchill, Manitoba Churchill has a very cool claim to fame; it is the world’s most populous polar bear region. You can book a “polar bear hotel” vacation if you feel like making some bitey friends. 9. Canada’s biggest temperature change: 41 degrees Alberta has a little thing called a “chinook”, which causes massive swings in temperature at any time of the year. E.g.: in the town of Pincher Creek in 1962, the temperature shifted from -19C to +22C in one hour. That’s a 41-degree change in 60 minutes! 10. Foggiest winter destination in the world: The Grand Banks Ever been to the Grand Banks off New- foundland? It’s considered the foggiest place in the world, with 40% fog cover in the winter! If you think that’s wild, they get up to 84% in the summer. 11. The snowiest capital city on the planet: Ottawa Lots of folks think Ottawa is the coldest capital, but it’s actually the third coldest in terms of mean daily winter temperature. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Astana, Kazakhstan take the cake there, but they don’t compete when it comes to snow! 12. The coldest territory in the winter: Nunavut Brrr. With an average daily temperature of -33.4ºC, Nunavut’s the coldest territory around. As for provinces? Manitoba is the coldest one at -25.1ºC! Well, there you have it, folks! We’re much more than maple syrup and polar bears, see? We also have crazy winters! Let us know your fave fact on our Insta page, we love to hear from you.
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