Leaflets
April 29, 2024
General
- Friday is Sports Day! This is a school wide event with all grades participating (K-8). An email will be sent out to parents shortly with all the important details: map, schedules, parking instructions, food/treats, and more! We hope to see many parents and family members cheering and supporting the Credo students!
- Please ask your child what school team they are on; students love wearing their team color for Sports Day!
- The forecast predicts 'mainly sunny' skies. Please remember to dress appropriately for the weather, as this event will proceed rain or shine.
- See the 'Credo Aid Sports Day!' section for food/treat details.
- A significant amount of planning has been invested in preparing for this day, we pray that this year's Sports Day will unfold seamlessly! Let's embrace physical activity, celebrate participation, team play, and individual successes, as students give their best efforts.
- Ascension-Pentecost Assembly | Wednesday, May 15 | 2:00 PM @ LCRC - Please note the date for this assembly has been changed from the original school calendar.
- Friday, May 17 | ProD Day | No School
- Monday, May 20 | Victoria Day | No School
Credo Aid
Sports Day!
- Credo Aid is happy to provide treats and lunch for students and staff on Friday! There will be Krispy Kreme donuts for a mid-morning snack, as well as Subway sandwiches and fruit/veggies for lunch.
- We will also be running a limited concession for parents/spectators from around 10:00 AM - 1:00 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.)
Hanging baskets!
- Place your order for our beautiful Mother’s Day hanging baskets (provided by Darvonda) by this Saturday, May 4!
- Pick-up will be Wednesday, May 8, 2:15 - 3 PM in front of Langley Canadian Reformed Church.
- Cost: $25 each, payable by cash, cheque, or e-transfer (credoaidpac@gmail.com).
- 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 order form that was in church mailboxes, as well as included in last week’s Leaflets and on the Credo Aid Facebook page.
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
Hanging Basket Colors!
- Exact colours/combinations will vary; these are samples of some of this year's hanging baskets!
Credo Christian High School Will Planning 101
- If something happens to you, will you get to recommend the guardian of your children? Not if you don’t have a Will.
- We all know we should have our affairs in order – yet many of us have not yet put together a proper Will or kept the one we have up to date. We are here to help!
- Come join us for this free session at Yarrow Canadian Reformed Church on May 2, 2024 at 7:30pm.
- Learn about this question and so much more at the Will Planning 101 Seminar we are hosting along with the Christian School Foundation.
- Register by emailing office@credochs.com
- BONUS: A Delicious Desserts Social will be held during the event!
Kindergarten - Mrs. Van Dyke
We're looking forward to Sports Day on Friday! Please remember to dress appropriately for the weather - this event will happen rain or shine. We hope to see you there!
- K Days: Monday, Wednesday & Friday
- Captains of Kindergarten: Nathan (Mon), Rylan (Wed), Seth (Mon, Apr 29). Please send along or email a picture or short video of a favourite animal and something for Show and Tell.
- Bible: The Resurrection, Pentecost
- LA: Word families - an, en
- Math: Number 17 & 18
- Science: Plant Unit
- PE: Sports Day practice, Sports Day
Grade 1 - Ms. Scholtens (A) & Mrs. Onderwater (B)
- This Friday is Sports Day! Reminder for everyone that Credo Aid will be providing a snack and Subway for lunch. Please pack additional healthy snacks and a labelled water bottle. The students are encouraged to wear their Sports Day team colour! If your child’s indoor shoes are their best, remind them to take those shoes home on Thursday!
- Memory Work: No memory work this week
- Bible: Judges – Gideon and Samson
- Math: Subtraction beyond 10
- Science: Light
- Language Arts: See Homework sheet.
Grade 2 - Ms. Wu
- This Friday is Sports Day! Reminder for everyone that Credo Aid will be providing a snack and Subway for lunch. If your child did not order Subway, please remember to pack them a lunch! The students are encouraged to wear their Sports Day team colour! Looking forward to a day full of sports!
- Memory Work: Hymn 17:1. Here is a link to the audio version: Hymn 17:1.
- Bible: Early churches
- Math: Telling time and 3D shapes
- Science: Animal Life Cycles
- 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 Fay and Landon, and next week will be Josie and Cole.
Grade 3 - Mrs. Neels (A) & Ms. Mostert (B)
- We are excited for Sports Day on Friday! Please ask your child what colour team they are on – they are encouraged to wear clothing that matches their team colour. If your child is unable to come to Sports Day, please let their teacher know. When it is time to leave the park, please check out with your child’s teacher. See you then!
- We are looking for 2 wagons to carry our supplies on Sports Day (water bottles, hats, etc.). One for 3A and one for 3B. If you have one that we could borrow, please email your child’s teacher. Thank you!
- Memory Work: Philippians 2:3 (ESV)
- Bible: Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan
- Reading: Charlotte’s Web
- Writing: Friendly Letters
- Science: Thermal Energy – Test on Thursday
- Math: Measurement – Test on Tuesday; Motion Geometry
- PE: Sports Day prep
- Spelling: five, himself, usually, money, seen
Grade 4 - Mr. Pruim
- It is the week of Sports Day! We are excited to have a wonderful day together at McLeod Park!
- Memory Work: Hymn 29:1 - due Thursday, May 2
- Bible: Daniel - The Fiery Furnace; Nebuchadnezzar’s Pride; Daniel and the Lion’s Den
- Reading: The Borrowers - Final Project
- Writing: Sentence Fluency - Ways to Vary Sentences; Introduction to Story Writing
- Math: Graphing - Bar Graphs & Pictographs Project
- Socials: West Coast Exploration - Explorer Slideshow Projects
- Science: Matter - Elephant Toothpaste Experiment; Review; Quiz on Wednesday, May 1
- Music: Students who were sent home with a loaner recorder early in the school year are asked to return them to class. Thank you! YJ
- P.E.: Sports Day
- Spelling: New words this week
Grade 5A - Mrs. VanSpronsen & Mrs. Scheper
- Memory Work: Hymn 44:1
- Bible: The Last Supper, Jesus betrayal, Jesus before the Sanhedren, Jesus before Pilate and Herod
- Math: Area and the metric system
- Math: Data Management Review
- Reading: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. We hope to finish the book this week.
- Writing: Information Essay - Finishing the rough draft
- Science: Chemistry ~ Homogeneous Solutions
- Socials: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- French: Family Activities
- Music: Body Percussion performances and adding body percussion to a song. NS
- PE: Last week of track and field activities. Sports day is on Friday. We have connected about t-shirts that coordinate with their sports day colours. NV
Grade 5B - Mrs. VanRhee & Ms. Snyder
- Memory Work: Hymn 44:1
- Bible: John The Baptist’s death, Jesus feeds the 5000, Jesus walks on water.
- Church History: Athanasius and Arius; Council of Nicaea. ES
- Math: Multiplication/Division review & beginning our measurement unit!
- Math: Data Management: Graphing analysis NV
- Writing: Spelling - Homographs- Quiz FRIDAY & Writing Supporting Ideas in paragraphs
- Reading: The Lion, Witch, Wardrobe- Finishing the book. Vocab quiz on Wednesday.
- Science: Chemistry - Solutions
- Socials: Wrapping up our unit on Canadian Citizenship (Review and Test to follow next week
- Careers: Learning Skills focus
- French: Family Activities. ES
- Art: Finishing our tree silhouette and starting our ADST roller coaster unit.
- Music: Body Percussion performances and adding body percussion to a song
- PE: Last week of track and field activities. Sports day is on Friday. We have connected about t-shirts that coordinate with their sports day colours.
Grade 6 - Ms. Krikke
- We are looking forward to Sports Day. With that in mind, if anyone has a non-plastic wagon grade 6 could borrow for the day, we would love to have it! It’s helpful to put all our water bottles in there and bring them to each event so we can stay hydrated throughout the day. If you have one we could borrow for the day, please send me an email. Thanks!
- Memory Work: Psalm 144:1 due on Thursday, May 2 and Hymn 76:1 due on Friday, May 10..
- Bible: All one-pager projects have been handed in. We hope to begin our Joshua unit this week.
- Math: We are working with Angles and Triangles this week. DJ
- ELA: We are finishing up The Breadwinner this week with a test on Wednesday.
- Science: We will discuss all three of Newton’s laws of motion in nature, gravity, and air resistance. Test next week Wednesday (May 8).
- Socials: We are beginning our unit on Global Citizenship this week.
- French: We are reviewing unit 3 emotion words vocabulary and ER, RE, IR verbs and three irregular verbs: avoir, etre, and faire. Quiz 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 chalk pastel.
- Music: Learning ‘Fix My Eyes’ in parts. NS
- PE: Last week of track and field activities. Sports day is on Friday. We have connected about t-shirts that coordinate with their sports day colours. NV
Grade 7 - Mr. Vandergugten, Mrs. Minderhoud & Mrs. Noort
- A big thank you to the mom’s who drove for our bowling field trip and to Mrs. Hoogrstra for driving the bus. We had a very enjoyable time!
- Bible: The Return from Exile - Haggai and Zechariah and an introduction to Esther
- Memory Work: Psalm 137:1
- Math: On Monday we will finish our review of Data Management and Probability. Test will be on Tuesday April 30. Next we will begin out unit on Circle graphs
- Reading: The Bronze Bow - Please ensure that your child reads chapter 15 this weekend. They will be writing a short quiz on Wednesday to ensure comprehension. DM
- Writing: Biographical Essays: Wrapping up research and learning how to group our research questions in order to write coherent body paragraphs for our essay
- Science: Continuing our study of Electricity this week. DJ
- Socials: Continued work on our board game assignment for the Economy and Trade unit of our Ancient civilization.
- Art: No art this week since we will be at Sports Day!
- ADST: We are working on a Water Bottle Flip Probability Challenge to reinforce our math unit. DM
- French: Continue working on food project; Memory work due on May 2nd. RD
- Music: June 4 concert prep:
- Due Tomorrow April 30: Midnight Sky - m. 1-28
- Due Next Week: Midnight Madness m.1
- 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
- Memory Work: Psalm 78:4-8 (due: Friday, May 10 )
- Bible: Working through the book of Galatians.
- Church History: our focus this week will be on the Enlightenment.
- Math: Our final unit is Data Management and Probability
- ELA: This week, we begin our final novel study on The Outsiders. NK
- Science: Continuing to study the wave model of light this week.
- Socials: Students should be putting together the Google slides for their presentation, as well as creating the fill in the blank worksheet and multiple choice quiz. Don’t forget to attach it to Google Classroom!
- ADST: Beginning to plan the games we will be manning at the Mother’s Day Fair as a part of our Victoria Trip fundraising. Keep May 31 set aside!
- P.E. Sports day / track and field training. SS
- Music:
- DUE tomorrow APRIL 30: Chorale Prelude m.1-34.
- Due May 7: Wade In The Water 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: Continue with Ir verbs; Memory work due on May 2nd.
- Current Events: Madelyn (Tuesday); Nathan (Wednesday); Jack (Thursday)
Athletics
Grade 8 Track & Field
- Monday, April 29 | Practice @ McLeod Athletic Park
- Wednesday, May 1 | Practice @ McLeod Athletic Park
- Thursday, May 2 | Meet @ Rotary Stadium
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