This month the focus for the Mango Mania Blitz is on Healthy Snacks. Keep looking for our weekly posts about these “mini meals” that are very important to children and their ability to play and learn. Snacks are important to both children and adults and we will provide some snack ideas as well as some advice on how to make snacks appealing to your children. The attached document will help introduce the topic and get you started with some ideas. January 27th -31st will be Mango Mania challenge week so children will be encouraged to bring healthy snacks to school.
Harkins Elementary had 2 special guests to do our video announcements on December 18 and 2 others on December 20. Be sure to check out the announcements to reveal their identities!
The winners of our Christmas draws are: Ty Power, the Christmas painting; Nancy Osborne, the Lotto Tree; Marg Vye, the Christmas Wreath. The Home and School thanks all those who bought tickets. Funds raised will go toward activities for the students provided by the Home and School.
Harkins Elementary Christmas Concert will take place Wednesday, Dec 17 at 9:30 a.m. The program is set up so that the older students begin the concert, followed by the younger students, with the older students giving the final performance. The Home and School will be having a Bake Sale prior to the concert. As well, last minute tickets may be purchased for the painting, lotto tree, and wreath. The draw will be made at the end of the concert.
The Boys Basketball team will have their last basketball practice before the Holiday season on Thursday December 12th from 3-4 PM. The basketball season will continue after the break with many games and more practices for the boys to look forward to! Have a great holiday!
Active Transportation Another way to accumulate 60 minutes of physical activity each day is by using active transportation. What is active transportation? It means to walk, bike or rollerblade instead of going by car! To do this:-Put on your sneakers, strap on a backpack and walk all, or part of the way to school.-Think twice before asking for a drive. Could you walk or use your bike instead?Did you know that if children walked for all trips less than one kilometer theywould accumulate approximately 15 to 20 minutes of walking per trip?
Once again this year, Harkins Elementary has planned many activities for our students leading up to the Christmas holiday. There will be the always popular "Twelve Days of Christmas" celebration. A draw will be held each morning for a prize (one for a girl and one for a boy). As well, tickets will be sold during the month of December for a draw at the Christmas Concert. Prizes include a Christmas painting (Happy Feet) donated by Ed Pinder, a Lotto Ticket tree, and a Christmas wreath, donated by Christine O'Neill. Tickets are one for $2 or 9 for $5.00.
Beginning this week, November 25, Mr. Flynn will be offering extra practice for Math students in grades 4 and 5. This will take place each Monday from 3:00-4:00. Students will be practicing their skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Parents must send a note with their child each Monday to state who will be picking up their child after the Math session.
Energy Drinks and Sport DrinksEnergy drinks (ie. Redbull, Monster, Red Rain, Rockstar, Amp, Five hour Energy) claim to give you more energy and make you more alert. However, they are full of caffeine and sugar! They also contain other substances, such as guarana, that has 2-3 times more caffeine than a coffee bean. The amount of caffeine in most energy drinks exceeds the recommendations for children. Caffeine can cause nervousness, anxiety, stomach/intestinal upset, rapid heart rate, trouble sleeping, headache, fatigue, irritability and poor concentration.
November
18th to 22nd is Anti-Bullying Week in the province of New Brunswick and in the
rest of Canada. Throughout the week, ASD-N schools will be providing students
with information and having classroom discussions and lessons around the topic
of bullying. Each day of the week has a different theme. Monday is Healthy
Relationships, Tuesday is Internet Safety, Wednesday is National Child’s Day,
Thursday is Celebrating Diversity and Friday is Wave Day! Solidarity, Kindness,
