Leaflets
April 22, 2024
General
- 'Field Trip Season' has started! The office will put together a rolling list with Permission Click links and details. Please remember to sign your child's forms as soon as possible; the office appreciates your dedication!
- The next Middle School Pizza Lunch is scheduled for this coming Friday 🍕.
- Sports Day Prep Rally | Wednesday, April 24
- Ready Set Learn (for children born in 2020) | Thursday, April 25 | 9:30 - 11:30 AM
- If you have not received information regarding this event please contact the office at admin@credoces.org.
- Sports Day (Kindergarten - Grade 8) | Friday, May 3 | 8:40 AM - 3:00 PM @ McLeod Athletic Park
- Please ask your child what school team they are on; students love wearing their team color for Sports Day!
- Expect a letter home next week Monday with the important details; map, schedules, parking, food/treats, and more!
Credo Aid
Credo Aid is excited to present its Mother's Day hanging basket fundraiser!
- What: Beautiful 12" mixed hanging baskets, provided by Darvonda Nurseries
- Order deadline: Saturday, May 4, 2024
- Order pick-up: Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 2:15 - 3 PM in front of Langley Canadian Reformed Church
- Cost: $25 each, payable at time of order
- Payment: Three options -- electronic payment, or cash or cheque in Credo Aid mailbox at CCES:
- Etransfer credoaidpac@gmail.com (with "Hanging baskets" in memo line)
- Cheque: payable to Credo Aid (with "Hanging baskets" in memo line)
- Cash
- Contact: Jan Broersma (kjbroersma@gmail.com or 604-539-7266), with questions, or to order! Let me know how many baskets you'd like, and how you'd like to pay, OR use the attached order form -- scan or take a picture and email it to me, or drop it off at CCS. (Order forms were also in church mailboxes yesterday.)
Sports Day!
- Credo Aid will be providing Krispy Kreme donuts for a mid-morning snack, as well as Subway sandwiches and fruit/veggies for lunch to all students and staff, as well as to the all-day high school helpers.
- We will also be running a limited concession for parents/spectators from around 10 PM to 1 PM, from a table set up on site (NOT the McLeod Park kitchen). Bring your loonies and twoonies! Fresh Tim Horton's coffee will be available for $2, and chilled water and Krispy Kreme donuts for $1. (Limited quantities -- first come, first served.)
SHOP EASY – Gift Cards
- Don’t forget about this year round fundraiser. Contact a rep at any time!
Reps:
- Sue Schouten (Langley) mattandsueschouten@gmail.com
- Brenda Beukema (Refuge) bmbeukema@gmail.com
- Meagan Vandergriendt (Aldergrove) meaganvdh@hotmail.com
- Belinda Dykstra (Cloverdale/School office) belindadykstra@gmail.com
Kindergarten - Mrs. Van Dyke
- We are learning about extended families in our Social Studies unit. If you would like to send a picture of your extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) please email it to me and I'll share it with the class.
- K Days: Monday, Wednesday & Friday
- Captains of Kindergarten: Markus (Mon), Mary (Wed), Matteo (Fri), Nathan (Mon, Apr 29). Please send along or email a picture or short video of a favourite animal and something for Show and Tell.
- Bible: Peter's Denial and the Crucifixion
- LA: Word families - ch, sh, th
- Math: Number 15 and 16, math games
- Social Studies: Families
- PE: Sports Day practice
Grade 1 - Ms. Scholtens (A) & Mrs. Onderwater (B)
- Memory Work: Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
- Bible: Joshua & Judges
- Math: Subtraction strategies
- Science: Sound & Light
- Language Arts: See Homework sheet.
Grade 2 - Ms. Wu
- Memory Work: Psalm 43:1. Here is a link to the audio version: Psalm 43:1.
- Bible: Early churches
- Math: Telling time
- Science: Goods vs. Services
- Language Arts: See Homework sheet.
- Show and Tell: Over the Spring Break, students were tasked with learning/trying something new in hopes of getting students to step out of their comfort zone. Please email me a picture of your child learning/trying “something new,” and we will take turns sharing it with the class! This week is Liam, Tianna and Ben, and next week will be Fay and Landon.
Grade 3 - Mrs. Neels (A) & Ms. Mostert (B)
- Spelling Sight Words: idea, before, lived, became, add
- Math: Measurement
- Reading: Charlotte’s Web
- Writing: Friendly Letters
- Bible: Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan
- Science: Thermal Energy
- Memory Work: Psalm 37:2
Grade 4 - Mr. Pruim
- Memory Work: 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - due Friday, April 26
- Bible: Daniel - Daniel Chosen; Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
- Church History: It’s History - John Hus
- Reading: The Borrowers - Chapters 18-20; Final Project Begins
- Writing: Sentence Fluency - Complex Sentences; Subordinate Clauses
- Math: Graphing - Bar Graphs; Pictographs
- Socials: West Coast Exploration - Explorer Slideshow Projects
- Science: Matter - Physical and Chemical Changes
- P.E.: Sports Day/ Track and Field
- Careers: Goal Reflection
- Spelling: Quiz on Friday, April 26
Grade 5A - Mrs. VanSpronsen & Mrs. Scheper
- Memory Work: Ps. 72:1
- Bible: Bible Project on Unit 3
- Church History: Constantine
- Math: Measurement - Metric System and Perimeter
- Math: Data Management - Graphing
- Reading: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Vocab Quiz on Wednesday for chapters 9-11
- Writing: Informative Essays - Rough Draft
- Science: Chemistry - Solutions and Solubility
- ADST: Rollercoaster Creations
- Socials: Citizenship - Rights and Responsibilities
- French: La Famille - Family related vocabulary and activities
- Music: Body Percussion Groups. NS
- PE: Running and jumping focus. NV
- Careers: The Young Peacemaker - Forgiveness
Grade 5B - Mrs. VanRhee & Ms. Snyder
- Memory Work: Psalm 72:1 & I Am Not My Own -vs 2-4
- Bible: Parables of Jesus
- Church History: Constantine. ES
- Math: Fractions - Test on Friday. In google classroom, there is a slide with links to all the videos about how to do fractions. Students can use this to help them with their review.
- Math: Data Analysis: Double bar graphs NV
- Reading: The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe. Chapters 12-16
- Writing: New spelling words: -ian/ion siffix. Students need to know meanings of words. Paragraph Writing: Supporting Details
- Science: Circulatory system - Check-in on Friday. The packet is the students’ review.
- Socials: Citizenship considering the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- French: La Famille - Family related vocabulary and activities. ES
- Music: Body Percussion Groups
- PE: Running and jumping focus
- Careers: Learning Skills
Grade 6 - Ms. Krikke
- Memory Work: Psalm 131:1 due on Friday, April 26 and Psalm 144:1 due on Thursday, May 2.
- Bible: We are wrapping up our Numbers and Deuteronomy unit this week. Students will be creating a one-pager project due on Friday.
- Math: Wrapping up our unit on Fractions, Decimals, and Percents this week. Test on Thursday. Review and unit work coming home on Wednesday. DJ
- ELA: We are reading chapters 11-14 of The Breadwinner this week.
- Science: We will discuss all three of Newton’s laws of motion with some extra activities.
- Socials: We have a test on Wednesday. Reviews went home today.
- French: We are reviewing unit 3 emotion words vocabulary and ER, RE, IR verbs and three irregular verbs: avoir, etre, and faire. Test on Wed. May 1..
- ADST: We will continue working with the Dash Robots and practicing our block coding skills.
- Art: We have started our Lighthouse project series. This week, we are working on our second piece using oil and chalk pastel.
- Music: Learning ‘Fix My Eyes’ in parts. NS
- PE: Running and jumping focus. NV
Grade 7 - Mr. Vandergugten, Mrs. Minderhoud & Mrs. Noort
- Grade 7 field trip this week Friday, April 26 - please sign the online Permission Form: https://permission.click/n8NyZ/ca
- Bible: We will be starting a new unit on The Return from Exile
- Memory Work: Lamentations 3:21-24
- Math: Data Management and Probability
- Reading: The Bronze Bow - Please ensure that your child reads chapter 11 this weekend. They will be writing a short quiz on Wednesday to ensure comprehension. DM
- Writing: Biographical Essays: Students should be completing research on their 10 questions this week. We will finish learning to cite sources and then learn how to write a Thesis Statement.
- Science: Unit project is due on Tuesday. Starting our next unit (Electricity and Magnetism) tomorrow. DJ
- Socials: We have begun research for our board game assignment for the Economy and Trade unit of our Ancient civilization.
- Art: City Skyline Art. KN
- ADST: We will finishing our Build a Robot Volume Challenge. DM
- French: Regular/irregular IR verbs; Memory work Isaiah 41:10. RD
- Music: June 4 concert prep!
- Due tomorrow, April 23: Midnight Mission- Complete song.
- Due April 30: Midnight Sky - m. 1-28
- Students will record at school on Tuesday if it isn’t completed at home.
- Our honor band (extra curricular) is off to a great start! Practices will take place on Tuesdays during lunchtime at school! The first song we’re working on is Dr. Rockenstein, found in Make Music. NS
- PE: Sports Day / Track and Field training. SS
Grade 8 - Mrs. Jackson
- Students are taking some forms home today from the high school. Please sit down with your child and complete them. They can be returned to me by Friday.
- Memory Work: Psalm 78:4-8 (due: Friday, May 10 )
- Bible: Starting our final Bible unit on the letters of Paul this week. Our focus will start with a study of Galatians.
- Church History: our focus this week will be on the Enlightenment.
- Math: Test on y=mx+b this week Friday.
- ELA: We had a fun time watching the movie on Friday and all essays were handed in on time. Well done, grade 8! This week, we’re working on our fourth word work unit and a few creative activities for The Giver. NK
- Science: Small project this week. Due Friday. Starting our next unit on the wave model of light this week.
- Socials: The students should be on their way to becoming an expert on there research topic in the time period of 1300s-1500s
- ADST: Beginning to plan the games we will be manning at the Mother’s Day Fair as a part of our Victoria Trip fundraising.
- P.E. Sports day / track and field training SS
- Music: June 4 concert prep!
- DUE tomorrow April 23: Armory: Complete song.
- Due April 30: Chorale Prelude m.1-34.
- We’re excited to participate in a workshop with the high school band on Tuesday @ 1pm!
- Our honor band (extracurricular) is off to a great start. Practices will take place on Tuesdays during lunchtime at school! The first song we’re working on is Dr. Rockenstein, found in Make Music. NS
- French: Regular/irregular IR verbs; Memory work Isaiah 41:10. RD
- Current Events: Calvin (Tuesday); Lydia (Wednesday); Mercedes (Thursday); Bruce (Friday)
Athletics
Grade 8 Track & Field
- Monday, April 22 | Practice CANCELED
- Wednesday, April 24 | Practice @ McLeod Athletic Park
- Thursday, April 25 | Christian Schools Meet @ Rotary Stadium (all day event)
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