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Southside Public School
May 2021
Principal: Mrs. K. Langford Phone: 519-539-1131
Vice Principal: Mrs. K. McKay-Funnell Fax: 519-539-1193
Superintendent: Mr. D. Wright School Messenger: 1-844-305-3756
Trustees: Mr. B. McKinnon, Mrs. B. Yeoman
Website: https://southside.tvdsb.ca/en/index.aspx
Message from the Administration
May 3 – 7 is Mental Health Week
Welcome to May, everyone!
Hello to everyone!
We hope everyone is staying safe and navigating their
way through the remote learning that is currently in
place. As we continue to tackle the challenges it brings,
it is critical that we take the time to support each other,
as well as create and promote the positives that are
happening around us.
As we continue with our distance learning, if you are
having any struggles at all, please know that you can
reach out to your child’s classroom teacher or to Mrs.
McKay-Funnell, our VP, or myself, Mrs. Langford. We
want to support you and problem solve with you
regarding any barriers you may be facing with your
child’s learning. We can also help you get connected to
community resources, if need be.
PLAN FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
All our families would have received an email asking
families to declare what learning model they would like This year, May 3rd – 7th is recognized across Canada as
their child to participate in next year. Declarations need National Mental Health Week. At TVDSB, we have
to be made by May 13. If you are having difficulty doing paired together the Arts Festival with Mental Health
this in your portal, please call the school and we can Week to focus on how the Arts can support mental
input your declaration information for you. wellness. It is acknowledged that the promotion of
School newsletters and important information will be posted to our website and sent home through School
Messenger directly to your home email address.
positive mental health and the support for people with Special Education
mental health challenges must occur all year round. If your child has a formal identification on their
Please check out the resources that are posted here in Individual Education Plan and their Identification,
the “Together in the Valley” handout and consider Placement, and Review Committee Meeting has not yet
sharing how the Arts support your mental health and been held, we will still be hosting these. Mr.
the mental health of your family. Hodgkinson, our LST, will be touch with those specific
families to which this relates.
SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY VIRTUAL TRIVIA NIGHT If your child has an Individual Education Plan (IEP), you
We are excited to remind you about the Southside will be receiving notice shortly about providing input for
Community Trivia Night on Wednesday, May 5th at IEP #3. This IEP relates to the transition of your child
7:00 p.m! We look forward to connecting virtually with from their current grade to their grade next year.
our school community for this event!
Wishing you a wonderful month,
Mrs. Langford and Mrs. McKay-Funnell
Math Trails!
Now that the warm weather is here, it is a great time to
go for a walk or a bike ride and explore the environment
around you. While exploring, stop at different spots and
find the math along the way. Get outside and enjoy
some physical activity, cooperate, and learn in a fun way
that helps kids see how math is everywhere around
them. Try these activities to get you started!
Activities
Estimate how many hands tall a fence is. Now
measure how many hands. Do you get a different
number with kid hands and adult hands? Why are
these numbers different?
How many steps does it take to walk around the
playground?
Run and JUMP! Who jumped the Find 5 rocks and line them up in order from
farthest/shortest? lightest to heaviest.
Look for shapes- how many different shapes can Time how long it takes to run from lamp post to
you find on your walk? Name them, talk about lamp post.
what makes a triangle a triangle, for example. How many times can you go down the slide in 1
minute?
Math is all around us so get out and
Make a collection of sticks from the yard. Order explore!
the sticks from shortest to longest. Can you find a
stick that is half the size of another stick? How do
you know it’s half? NUTRITIOUS SNACK PROGRAM
Southside staff and students would like to send
out a big thank you to PC Children's Charities for
all of the funding we received this year to support
Can you find 6 different rectangles?
our Nutritious Snack Program.
How many sides does a stop sign have?
What about a yield sign?
Each year, we also receive funding from the
Ministry, from other grants and from several
donations from our Southside families. All their
help is very much appreciated!!
While attending in-person learning, our students
benefit from healthy foods from all four food
groups each school day. During remote learning, NEW SOUTHSIDE VOLUNTEER
however, it is harder for us to get that extra food to
our students and as a result, we would like to offer
NUTRITIOUS SNACK COORDINATOR
support for our families who are struggling to put NEEDED
food on the table. Southside is looking for a new NSP
Coordinator for September. Please email
We have a limited number of gift cards the school at southside@tvdsb.ca if you are
available for Zehrs and if your family needs interested in volunteering with our snack
this support, please email the school at program. It could be one or a group of
southside@tvdsb.ca. parents who take on this role. Duties
include planning menus, ordering the food,
organizing it for distribution, as well as
Important Dates to Remember maintaining the snack bins. Administration
will manage the record keeping and
May – Canadian Jewish Heritage Month reporting/finance side of this.
May – Asian Heritage Month
May 2 ………… Pasha/Easter (Orthodox Christian)
May 3 – 7 ….. Mental Health Week We will also be looking for additional
May 3 - 7 ……. Education Week Student Supervisors (Paid Position) and this
May 4 …………. Dress Up Like a Star Wars Character position could be connected to the snack
– May the Force be with you!! program role. Email the school for more
May 5 …………. World Math Day information.
May 5 …………. Family Trivia Night
May 9 …………. Mother’s Day
May 13 ………. Eid-ul-Fitr (Islam)
May 14 ……… Dress Like a Professional – What do
you want to be when you grow up?
May 17 ……….. International Day Against
Homophobia, Transphobia and
Biphobia – all TVDSB schools will be
flying the PRIDE flag this day
May 24 ……….. Victoria Day Holiday
May 28 ………..Character Education Assembly
recognizing students for
PERSEVERANCE – Wear your
Southside colours/spirit wear!
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK is May 3 – 8
WE APPRECIATE OUR SOUTHSIDE TEACHERS!
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