UPCOMING DATES...
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Jan. 27th-Jan. 31st |
Kindergarten Registration Week at Cordova Bay Elementary, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm |
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February 6th |
Parent Involvement Meeting: Indigenous Education in Saanich – Everyone’s Journey Towards Reconciliation, 7:00-8:30 pm at Bayside Middle School, Multi-Purpose Rm. See below to RSVP. |
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February 11th |
PAC General Meeting, Learning Commons, 7:00 pm |
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February 14th |
Non-Instructional Day – Students do not attend school. |
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February 17th |
Family Day – Statutory Holiday - Students do not attend school. Enjoy your long weekend! |
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February 19th |
Early Dismissal at 1:48 pm to facilitate parent/teacher conferences. |
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February 20th |
Vaping Awareness – A Parent Education Night, 7:00-8:30 pm at Bayside Middle School. See below to RSVP. |
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February 23rd |
Ordering for Hot Lunch closes today. |
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February 26th |
Early Dismissal at 1:48 pm to facilitate parent/teacher conferences. |
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February 28th |
PAC Hot Lunch – Subway for those that ordered. Don’t forget a snack! |
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February 29th |
PAC Silent Auction, 6 pm to Midnight, See below for more details. |
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March 16-27 |
Spring Break – Students do not attend school. |
SCHOOL NEWS...
Kindergarten Registration: January 27-31, 2020 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm at Cordova Bay Elementary. Children born in 2015 are eligible to register for Kindergarten at your neighbourhood school. Please refer to the District website for the registration process and required documentation.
Parent Involvement Meeting: Indigenous Education in Saanich - Everyone’s Journey Towards Reconciliation Thurs Feb 6th (7:00 – 8:30 pm) - Bayside Middle School, Multi-Purpose Room. Please RSVP to Mary Lynn Heron at mheron@saanichschools.ca
1. Introduction
2. Welcome – Bayside SENCOTEN student song
3. Presentations (5 min each) & Table
Talk (10 min each)
Presentation 1 - SENCOTEN in Kindergarten
Presentation 2 – Brentwood Canoe
Presentation 3 – Bayside SENCOTEN
TABLE TALK – How does the understanding of language and culture help
us to better understand Reconciliation?
Presentation 4 – Claremont - Indigenous Student Leadership
Presentation 5 – Cultural Competency Training
Presentation 6 - Stelly’s Leadership Group
TABLE TALK – How can we leverage student leadership to help us better understand Reconciliation?
4. Wrap
Up
Vaping Awareness – A Parent Education Night: 7:00-8:30 pm at Bayside Middle School. See below poster for more information and to RSVP.
Wet
Weather Preparedness: As we get more wet weather, families are
asked to have their children dressed appropriately to go outside as most days
children will go outdoors for their breaks.
Rubber boots, waterproof jackets and rain pants are suggested especially
if your child likes to play in/near the puddles! A full change of clothes in their backpacks
is also very helpful should they need to change.
PAC NEWS...
PAC General Meeting: Tuesday, February 11 (7 - 8pm) Learning Commons. Join us
for discussions around a Maker Space Project for our school. ** If you require
childminding, please email cordovabaypac@gmail.com to reserve a spot.**
Silent Auction: February 29 (6pm-Midnight), Tickets ($25/person) On sale: healthyhunger.ca and Office.
COMMUNITY NEWS...
Cordova Bay Fastball: 2020 registration is now open. See below poster for more information.
Peninsula Track & Field Season 2020: Join us NOW for Cross Country training and build up stamina and endurance for the track and field season. See the attached PDF for more information and how to register.
Panorama
Recreation: February 2020 Pro-D Flyer. See the attached PDF for more information.
Books for Breakfast: Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 am to 12 pm. See the attached PDF for more information.
When Technology Use Becomes a Concern: Information provided by Shannon Husk who is a Clinical Counsellor and Prevention and Community Engagement Service Provider for BC Gaming who specializes in issues regarding technology (social media and gaming).
As a parent, do you notice yourself consistently asking or maybe even arguing with your child/ youth to put away their cell phone, to get off social media, youTube, Netflix or their favorite video game? Sometimes when this happens we may tell our child/youth they are addicted but unfortunately when we use the term addicted or addict this often shuts down the conversation. Instead it helps to focus on the behaviors or concerns we have around the technology overuse or misuse such as not sleeping properly, falling behind in school work or becoming agitated or aggressive when asked to turn off the devices.
Cam Adair is a fellow Canadian who has written a book and has a website called Gamequitters: https://gamequitters.com for parents and gamers that are concerned about the behaviors they are seeing. Cam posts videos about how to talk to your child/youth about quitting video gaming, provides a 60 + list of other activities to do instead of gaming and even has an online support group for people who struggle with gaming. This site does promote quitting gaming all together that some child/youth may need to do but it also has helpful ideas for those youth/parents that just want or need to reduce gaming hours. I also have other approaches to reducing game use so if you are interested please feel free to contact me anytime at 250-588-3861.
On the other hand, if Netflix is your child/youth’s rabbit hole than you could choose to disable the post-play’s auto-play feature. You just need to sign in and click on the drop-down arrow next to your icon and select account option. Then you scroll down a bit to locate playback settings under my profile section. Here you can uncheck the box marked play next episode automatically. You can also change the settings in youtube to put on daily limits.
In addition, your family could sit down and discuss a family media use plan that includes where, how much time, and when technology is used in your home. Healthychildren.org has a family media use plan https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/How-to-Make-a-Family-Media-Use-Plan.aspx . Commonsense media has some great information for parents around screen use https://www.commonsensemedia.org/screen-time/age/teens.
Furthermore, some children/youth even become physically aggressive or share suicidal thoughts when their devices are taken away or when they are asked to get off their technology. If this occurs it is best to give your child/youth that is behaving aggressively space and then talk to them the next day when they are calm and are not on the device. It may be at this time that you connect them with some outside supports. If the child/youth talks about suicide it is a good idea to call the Vancouver Island Crisis line immediately at 1-888-494-3888 and they will get you and your child/youth some support.
