On the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Patron Saint of our Archdiocese, happy feast day to all! As we face the challenges of COVID-19, we ask Mary to intercede for us.
Once again, I’d like to thank families for being extra cautious during these times and keeping their children home if they are not feeling up to par. This is greatly appreciated by all.
As we head into the Thanksgiving long weekend, I can say that it has been very exciting time for students and staff since the start of school. Let us just say that the general consensus is that we are happy to be back at school with friends and colleagues. Personally, I have enjoyed seeing the students having fun on the playground during recess times. The non-stop action is energizing.
Next Tuesday, we will welcome a number of students back to class. It will be good to see you again.
I hope that all families will have a good Thanksgiving and find some time to enjoy each other’s company, even if it must be in smaller groups.
Stay safe and God Bless,
Miss Sandberg
WALKATHON
This Friday is our annual walkathon. Students and Staff will be walking in “cohorts” and completing the walk with staggered leaving times. Unfortunately, we cannot have parents walk with the “cohorts” this year, due to COVID-19 and the Provincial Health Officer, WorkSafeBC and the BCCDC orders. If you are coming to watch, we ask that you do so at a safe distance. We are also bound by the orders to not have groups of 50 or more. So we cannot “congregate” at the park but must spread out. Physical distancing of 2m must also be observed.
| Grades | Leave School | Arrive at Park | Leave Park | Back at School |
| K/1 | 9:00 | 9:10 | 9:45 | 10:00 |
| 4/5 | 9:35 | 9:45 | 10:20 | 10:35 |
| 2/3 | 10:10 | 10:20 | 10:55 | 11:10 |
| 6/7 | 10:45 | 10:55 | 11:30 | 11:45 |
-we will walk rain or shine, students should come prepared for the weather
-classes will walk to the park via Regent St. to Como Lake to Gatensbury St., enter the park at Regan Ave.
-classes will exit the park at Smith Ave.
–head to Schoolhouse St. to Como Lake and to school
-there will be parent volunteers at the street crossing areas, around the lake, and on the side streets.
-students will receive their drink/treat at dismissal time.
Kindergarten to Grade 3 students will be dismissed from school at 11:50 a.m.
Grade 4 to 7 students will be dismissed at 12:00 p.m.
Walkathon Prizes
Congratulations to our Early Bird Prize winners: Carlo in grade 7 and Charlotte in grade 3!! All Walkathon pledges and money are due by Friday, October 16th to qualify for category prizes.
SUPERVISORS NEEDED
Thank-you to all parents that signed up to help with supervision. We still need to fill 2 spots on Tuesdays at lunch time (11:40 to 1pm). Please contact the office if you can help.
STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place on Thursday, Oct. 22nd via Zoom from 9am to 5pm. Conference times are 10 minutes per child. The Conferences will focus on what the student is doing well in addition to goal setting. Since we value communication regarding student progress with parents, all are expected to attend. After attending a conference, should the parent or teacher feel the need to meet again, this can be arranged.
To register for a conference time, you will be sent a “Calendly” link by your child’s teacher. Simply click on this link and select a time slot. Please sign up each child separately with each teacher.
If you would like to meet with a specialty teacher, please email them directly to set that up. Staff emails are on the website under the Parent link.
Students will not attend classes on this day.
FOUNDATION SKILLS ASSESSMENT
Due to the delayed start of classes throughout the province, the Ministry of Education has decided that the Grades 4 and 7 Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) administration has been postponed (from October/November) and will now be conducted from January 18, 2021 to February 26, 2021.
Parent Participation Notice
Parent Participation Login IDs
· We had received a couple of requests for login Id’s for the parent participation portal, we are currently working on setting up login id’s for new families and will be available in the next two weeks.
· For returning families your login IDs should remain the same, if you need information on what your login ID and password is you can visit the participation hours portal (https://qasbc.ca/quick-links/participation-hours/) and click on ‘Forgot your password’.
· If you have any questions or issues with your login ID please contact [email protected].
Monitoring participation hours
· We will be collecting submitted hours from category managers every end of the month and would require at least a week to input the data in the system. Parents can verify completed hours every 2nd week of the month and escalate any issues with hours with the respective category manager who can then raise any discrepancy with parent participation coordinator
· If you need information on category managers for the different programs – https://qasbc.ca/quick-links/participation-hours/category-managers/
Any other question please contact [email protected]
WINTER UNIFORM
Students are to wear winter uniform starting Thursday, October 15th.
Illness and Absent
Please remember to call or email the school if your child will be away.
FILL-YOUR-FREEZER Fundraiser
Our pies and meat fundraiser has been extremely popular this year. Thank-you for your support. Remember to pick-up your orders tomorrow Thursday, Oct 8th in the back parking lot starting at 2:30pm.
BOOK FAIR
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Queen of All Saints School. It will be here from Friday, October 16th to the 23rd. We will have books on display in the Library, which students will be given time to look at. There, will however, be no purchasing of books inside the building. Because of safety precautions, purchasing can be done through a link which will be provided through our school website. Free shipping will be offered on orders over a certain amount (details to follow). We hope that you will support our book Fair as it is a wonderful fundraiser not just for the school library, but also for classroom libraries as well. Stay Safe. Mrs. Ogilvie
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving long-weekend.
School Office