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Winter term afterschool program registration opens December 6

11/14/2018

Tennyson families! We are excited to let you know that the Community Schools Team will be offering the following afterschool programs for the winter term:

-Sportball will run on Tuesdays, Jan 15 - Mar 5, 3:05 - 4:05 pm in the Gym for grades K-2. Registration will open on Thursday, December 6th at 9am. Please register at www.sportball.ca/vancouver

Xmodus Minecraft Adventures and Python Computer Programming will run on Wednesdays, Jan 16 - Mar 6, 3:05 pm - 5pm in the Library for grades 3-7. Registration will open on Thursday, December 6th at 9am. Please register at www.xmodus.com/register

Sport and Art Together will run on Thursdays, Jan 17 - Mar 7, 3:05 - 5pm in the Gym/Room 213 for grades 3-5. Please register IN-PERSON ONLY on Thursday, December 6 at 8:30 am and 3pm outside the school office.

If you have any question regarding these programs or how to register please ONLY contact Dianne Sankey, CST Programmer atdsankey@vsb.bc.ca. The school office is unable to answer any questions about these programs. Registration forms for Sport and Art Together onlywill be sent home with students on November 29th.

Invitation to presentation about reporting pilot study

11/14/2018

You’re invited to a Parent Presentation – VSB Communicating Student Learning (Reporting) Pilot and Redesigned BC Curriculum

We wanted to take this opportunity to invite families to a workshop that we are preparing for you, related to the Communicating Student Learning/Reporting Pilot that many of our teachers are engaged in, as well as discussion about the core competency aspects of our redesigned BC Curriculum. Please take a look at the particulars. All parents are welcome!

Date/Time: Monday November 26 th; 6:30pm
Place: Tennyson Library

The purpose of this presentation is to provide further information about the Communicating Student Learning/Reporting pilot that many of our classroom teachers are engaged in (parents from Divisions 5-18 received a detailed letter electronically regarding this on October 15th – please contact the school if you did not). This session is open to all Tennyson parents/guardians, whether or not your child’s teacher is currently on the CSL pilot.

The Vancouver School Board is currently engaged in a pilot that is designed to align reporting practices with the redesigned BC curriculum and assessment. As of last school year, about two thirds of Vancouver elementary schools had teachers using the piloted reporting structure with parents/guardians. The number of schools participating has again increased this year. In fact, almost all French Immersion schools in the district have either some, or all, classes engaged in the Communicating Student Learning reporting structure, including all of our neighbouring FI schools.

During this presentation, we will present aspects of this Communicating Student Learning pilot that we think will be of interest and relevance to you (the letter that we sent out had a lot of detail, and we will aim to expand upon this and to answer any questions). We will also touch on aspects of the core competencies, and how these are linked to the CSL structure and its subsequent reporting to parents/guardians.

Please RSVP to tennyson@vsb.bc.ca so that we may get a sense of numbers. We have not yet secured childcare, but will send an update if we are able to have this.

Thanks to all of our parents for your tremendous support of our Tennyson learning community!

Tennyson Students Reflect on Significance of Remembrance Day at Grade 7 led Assemblies

11/13/2018

The annual Tennyson Remembrance Day Assemblies were held on Thursday, November 8th, 2018. On this very special occasion, the Tennyson school community gathered together to reflect on the significance of this day in the past, present and into the future. At the 11 am assembly, we had the honour of having Petty Officer Justin Heron speak powerfully to our students about his decade spanning experience in the Canadian navy.

We would like to say a big thank you to our Grade 7 leaders who organized and led the entire assembly as well as to Mme Adrienne and Mme Arnold who had had their students work for many weeks on the Remembrance Day Assembly art work.

Body Science Boot Camp for Parents.

11/13/2018

When: Tuesday December 4, 2018 in Lord Tennyson Library

Time: 6:30-8:00 pm

Parenthood never arrives with a rulebook, and when it comes to explaining the world of sexual health to your child, it can be hard not to end up a bright shade of red. Using humor and straight talk in an open, interactive environment, Saleema Noon Sexual Health Educators will show you how easy it is to convey healthy, positive messages about sexual health to kids.

In this workshop parents will learn:

Why we need to talk to children about sexual health at a young age
How to reduce risk of child sexual abuse
What children should know at each stage of development, with specific examples of how to explain concepts and processes
How to become their kids’ preferred source of sexual health information
How to normalize open, honest sexual health conversations in their family
How to effectively answer even the toughest questions kids ask
What will be covered in Body Science workshops for students

Join us!

This talk is sponsored by Lord Tennyson PAC.
Babysitting is provided by Grade 7 students.

For more information about Saleema Noon Sexual Health Educators go to www.saleemanoon.com.

Social and emotional learning critical for our students

11/8/2018

At Tuesday's fantastic parent presentation, Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl outlined how critical it is to foster kindness and empathy in our children, for their health and personal and academic success, and for the betterment of society as a whole.

As well as providing empirical evidence for why Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has been incorporated into the school curriculum, Dr Schonert-Reichl also explained how SEL programs like Roots of Empathy and Mind-up which are being used by many Tennyson teachers, are having a positive impact on student's well-being and even grades.

Of course so much SEL happens at home, so Kim also explained what we can do to help our children, and provided links to tons of online resources for fun activities and useful tools in her presentation and the handouts below.

Thank you Karen for bringing another excellent speaker to our school. You're awesome!

Students loved the West African culture and music drumming workshops

11/7/2018

On Tuesday, November 6th all classes at Tennyson had an amazing opportunity to learn more about West African culture and music through a drumming workshop.

Kunda performers taught our students in French how to create original rhythm by playing traditional instruments such as gongoma, bolon, marimba and others.

Students also learned about African culture, language and geography through joyful music and dance. You could feel the positive energy and learning taking place as each class had a chance to enjoy and be part of this fantastic show.

A big thank you to Tennyson PAC for sponsoring this energetic and interactive French performance for all our students!

Thank you Mme Vosahlo for the great post and pictures.

French books for sale

11/7/2018

A French tutor is selling slots of textbooks and workbooks. See the Craigslist Ad for details.

Kindergarten Registration for siblings

11/5/2018

Dear Tennyson Families,
Registration for Community Program (English) Kindergarten for 2019-2020 is now open. We wanted to remind all families that you MUST register any students entering Kindergarten for 2019-2020 at your English Catchment School. It is now an online process. Attached is a link to a flyer on our website outlining this procedure.
If you have a child currently enrolled at Tennyson and you are applying for your next year’s kindergarten child to attend Tennyson as a concurrent sibling, you must FIRST register the child at the English Catchment School. Then you MUST apply online during the Choice program application period noted on the VSB website, second link. So, you will complete two applications as part of the process. Sibling priority for Kindergarten choice programs ONLY applies for students who will be concurrently registered with the sibling, and where you have applied online through the choice process. Your Kindergarten child’s PEN (Personal Education Number) will be given to you through the English catchment school application process.
Please send a message to our Office Admin Assistant Veronica if you are intending to place an application child for 2019-2020 Kindergarten at Tennyson who also has a sibling at Tennyson. You can email her with the child’s name at vdangelo@vsb.bc.ca to let us know. This is NOT an application – it just for our information purposes. You will still need to do the English program and then the Choice application.
Here is the link to the K application information, and a link to Choice Application information:
http://go.vsb.bc.ca/schools/tennyson/Publications/K%20Registration%202018-19.pdf
https://www.vsb.bc.ca/School/School-Registration/Kindergarten_Registration/Pages/Kindergarten-Choice-Programs.aspx
Thank you,
Tennyson Admin Team

Purdy's chocolate ordering now open

11/4/2018

Would you like to save yourself a trip into Purdy’s, begin your holiday shopping and help support our Quebec 2020 students all in one go? This holiday season, the Quebec 2020 group will be fundraising with Purdy’s Chocolates. This program gives 25% of the profit back to help us in our fundraising efforts and it’s an easy way to complete your holiday shopping.

Ordering deadline is Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

Here are the ordering details:

Go to www.fundraising.purdys.com
Click on “sign in”
If you are a returning Purdy’s customer, type in our Customer Number: 23280, your password and sign in
If you are a new Purdy’s customer, click on “Register”, then “Register as a Supporter”, type in our Customer Number: 23280, complete your personal info to create an account and join our campaign
Click on “Shop Online”
You may view the products at “Use Marketplace”
But, please use the “Online Order Form” for ordering.

In the Online Order Form, please complete your name, phone number, and in “Additional Information” be sure to include your child’s name and division number. (This information is important for sorting and delivering your order and being able to contact you with any updates concerning your order.)

Orders should be available for pick up at the school starting on Thursday, November 29, 2018.

Coordinator: Angie Mercier
Email: ivitime@shaw.ca

French Scholastic Book Fair November 26-30

11/3/2018

The Lord Tennyson French Book Fair is just three weeks away. This year it will be the week of November 26-30. Perfect for holiday gifts!

Parent volunteers are needed to make it a success. Volunteer work includes: Monday morning set up, daily recess & after school sales shifts, and Friday take down. All proceeds from the French Book Fair go directly to our teachers to enable them to purchase books for their classrooms and our library. To volunteer, please contact Jacqueline Crummey by email j.crummey@icloud.com.