At Southwood School we focus on literacy every month. However, the month of February is known as “Literacy Month”, so we want to take time during February to do some extra literacy activities to help show the joys of reading, writing and playing games that promote literacy. On February 5 we are excited to welcome Corny Rempel to our school for the Literacy month kick-off assembly! The assembly will be held in the gym at 9:08 am. During Literacy month,… Read More
Happy Numeracy Month Southwood School! During the month of January your child will have an opportunity to practice their math skills with fun at-home scavenger hunts and be entered in some draws for $5 Dairy Queen gift cards! Every Friday in January your child will bring home a math scavenger hunt. They can complete it independently or with the help of an adult/older sibling. Once completed, please have your child bring it back to school and hand it in to their… Read More
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on November 23rd between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. Parents, please book a 10 minute time slot on Parent Portal between these times. Booking will open on November 15th, Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. If, for some reason, the time slots are completely booked or you cannot make this evening work, please contact your child’s teacher for an alternative phone conference. The Scholastics Book Fair will be open from 4:30 to 8:00pm on the same night… Read More
Southwood School will be participating in the following giving projects: The first is a toy drive which is for all students Kindergarten – Grade Four. We are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children newborn to 17 years old (no toy guns please). Our second project is a food drive to help fill Christmas hampers. We have decided to divide the items and ask each grade level to collect specific items. We will be collecting these items for South East Helping Hands from November 13-23.… Read More
Lifetouch will again be coming to our school to take your child’s annual school photo. Please see the class schedule below for your child’s photo day. Retakes will be taking place on Wednesday, November 8th. Wednesday, October 4th Day 2 K2F, K4G, 1M, 1JH, 2C, 2K, 3B, 3H, 3VB, 3/4KP, 4H, 4J Thursday, October 5th Day 3 K1V, K3G, K5G, 1H, 1C, 2M, 2N, 2S, 3W, 3/4BP, 3/4D, 4N
Southwood is proud to take part in this year’s Terry Fox School Run. Please help us to continue the legacy of one of Canada’s greatest heroes. Your child will be bringing home pledge sheets for our Annual Terry Fox Run which is being held on Friday, September 22nd. We are asking our students to start collecting pledges from friends and family members. Terry set goals everyday. Our school’s goal this year is to have every classroom fundraise $100 for the… Read More
Grade One through Grade Four students will either come to school on Friday, September 15th or Monday September 18th for Strong Connections. (Please note that they have no school on the day they are not scheduled to come for Strong Connections.) By now you will have received an email letting you know which date your child is to come to school for Strong Connections. If you have not received an email please contact the office. What Is Strong Connections? Strong… Read More
