THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD from 5-8PM

1. Come Hungry! There will be lots of delicious food to eat, including Hot Dogs, Pulled Pork, Chili, Mac & Cheese, Chips with Guacamole & Salsa and SO MUCH MORE!

2. Drop off baked goods for the Bake Sale in the Staff Room (across the hall from the front office) on the day of the Picnic.

3. Bid Early and Bid Often! The Silent Auction is located in the Gym and accepts cash, cheques and credit card (via PayPal). The Auction opens at 5pm and closes at 7pm SHARP!

4. The Ticket Sales booth is CASH ONLY, so please come prepared.

5. You can use your Tickets to purchase Food, Bake Sale treats, Popcorn, Cotton Candy, Face Painting, Arts and Crafts, Books and Bouncy Castle turns.

6. Back by popular demand…The Dunk Tank, with your chance to test out your aim and soak your favourite teacher…and principal!!!

7. We still need Volunteers to make the Picnic great! Please email huron.volunteer@gmail.com to help.

8. Huron’s Got Talent! Bring a blanket and sunscreen to check out Huron’s very own singers, dancers and the world’s shortest barber shop quartet. Are we kidding? Come and find out! Talent Show starts at 7:00pm.

9. Bring your refillable water bottle, because we’ve got Toronto’s HTO To Go trailer at this year’s Picnic! Don’t have one? Huron Water Bottles will be for sale – only $15 each.

10. Play some Family Games from 5:45-6:45pm. You’ll be inspired to toss a water balloon or kick your shoe with our special guest running the show!

ALL ARE WELCOME!
SEE YOU THIS FRIDAY – 5-8PM
ONLY 3 DAYS TO GO!!!!

HURON’S PICNIC FOR THE ARTS!!!
Friday, June 3rd from 5-8pm is our annual fundraiser! Please come out and join us for a fun family night of Games, Food, and our legendary Talent Show. Don’t miss the Silent Auction! We’ll have something for everyone – It will be a wonderful event for the whole community. We can’t wait to see you there, rain or shine! More updates to come next week…

BIKE TO SCHOOL WEEK
This week, May 30th to June 3rd, is “Bike to School Week. We’d like to encourage all Huron families to get out and enjoy your wheels this week.

PIZZA LUNCH
Our last Pizza Lunch for this school year is going to be on Wednesday June 1st. Extra slices will be available for $2.00 but unless you know you placed your order in advance it’s always best to bring a lunch as well, just in case supply of extra slices doesn’t quite meet demand.
A special THANK YOU at this time to all the parents who have worked so hard all year long to provide our monthly pizza lunches. All the money raised through pizza lunches goes to support the Scientists in Schools programs that happen in every classroom throughout the year.

EQAO for GRADE 3 and GRADE 6 STUDENTS
All of our Grade 3 and Grade 6 students will be writing the provincial EQAO assessment on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings next week. It’s very important that all Grade 3 and Grade 6 students are ON TIME those three days. The assessment will start promptly at 9:00am every morning – we don’t even have announcements those three mornings in order to allow EQAO to start on time.

LOST AND FOUND
The collection in our Lost and Found is really starting to get big – so please make sure you are checking Lost and Found regularly and taking home items that belong to you. All items in Lost and Found at the end of the school year will be donated to charity so it’s really important that items make it to their proper home before then.

“Children learn how to make eye contact, how to give and receive words, how to listen and take turns, how to empathize, how to take risks, how to react in the moment and how to persevere. Yes, this really is what they learn through games, role play and movement.” – Huron Grade 1/2 Teacher

Huron’s Picnic for the Arts is only 2 weeks away!
FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD from 5-8PM

STOCK UP THE BOOK SALE!
Books, books, books! We need your gently used books for the book sale. Kids books and adult books; fiction and nonfiction. We want them all! Drop off your donations now outside of the office. (No textbooks, please.) Then be sure to stop by the book sale on June 3 to restock your shelves.

AWESOME ITEMS AT THE SILENT AUCTION!
Here are some highlights – stop by the Silent Auction for even more…
- Nespresso Virtuoline coffee and espresso maker
- Pair of tickets to Ross Petty Holiday Pantomime
- Raptors Tickets!!
Can you donate?? Contact Jen at jennifer.waters@sympatico.ca

FAMILY GAMES AT THE PICNIC!
The Picnic has Family Games for everyone. Come join the fun! We’ll have a special guest host leading the festivities and prizes galore. Find us in the big field at 6:00pm!

KIDS – AUDITION FOR THE TALENT SHOW!
There are three rehearsals left – please have your child come to ONLY TWO with a prepared act of 2 minutes or less. (If you are singing along with recorded music, you need an instrumental or karaoke – not a vocal version of your song)
1. TOMORROW – Friday, May 20 – Lunchtime, Ms. Hanson’s room
2. Thursday, May 26 – After school, Ms. Hanson’s room
3. Friday, May 27 – Lunchtime, Ms. Hanson’s room

We also really need your help in three easy ways:

- VOLUNTEER to help! We need volunteers to make the Picnic a success – in the days leading up to and on the Picnic night (huron.volunteer@gmail.com)

- Donate FOOD to the Food Table (lorikroeker@gmail.com) or Bake Sale (reaganmaude@gmail.com)

- DONATE an item to the Silent Auction! The majority of our money raised at the Picnic comes from the Auction – what can YOU donate or do you know SOMEONE WHO CAN…? (jennifer.waters@sympatico.ca)

We look forward to hearing from you!

HOLIDAY MONDAY
A reminder to everyone that Monday May 23rd, 2016 is Victoria Day and schools are closed for the holiday. We look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday May 24th, 2016.

FULL SCHOOL PHOTOS
Our full school photos are being taken on Tuesday (May 24th) in the afternoon. We will start with the photo of the primary grades first (Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2 and 3) at approximately 1:00pm and then take the photo with the junior grades (Grades 4, 5 and 6) afterwards.

RAINBOW PLATE WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS
“Rainbow Plate” will be offering a workshop for parents on Thursday May 26th, 2016, beginning at 7:00pm. Information about this has been emailed to parents in a separate email – please RSVP to the school (416-393-1570) if you are planning to attend.

HURON EARTH HOUR
Huron’s monthly Earth Hour will be recognized on Friday May 27th from 2:20-3:20pm. A reminder that we’ll be turning off as many lights and electronics as possible and we encourage all Huron families to do the same at home.

POKEMAN, YUGIOH and other TRADING CARDS
Unfortunately Pokeman, Yugioh and other trading cards are becoming a bit of a difficulty in classrooms with the students using them and focussing on them at times when they shouldn’t be – and therefore the learning environments in many classrooms are being affected.
The students have been told – starting on Tuesday we are asking that all Pokeman, Yugioh and other similar trading cards be kept AT HOME!

EQAO – Grade 3 and 6
Our Grade 3 and Grade 6 students will be writing the provincial EQAO assessment during the mornings of Monday May 30th, Tuesday May 31st and Wednesday June 1st. Grade 3 and Grade 6 students were given a letter to take home with more information on May 9th – please refer to this letter or contact the school if you have any questions.

This Thursday, May 12th we will have a Milk and Cookie fundraiser to support the Fort Mac. Community.

The cookies come from “Sweets from the Earth” they are nut and gluten free, as well as being individually wrapped.

Toonie for a chocolate chip cookie and a carton of white milk. They will be sold at morning recess.

Thank you for your support, the funds will be donated to the Red Cross and matched by the government.

Every dollar counts!

PROLOGUE PERFORMANCE FOR GRADES 4, 5, 6
Our next Prologue performance is this Wednesday afternoon for students in Grades 4, 5 and 6. If parents/caregivers are available you are very welcome to come and join in the audience.

KINDERGARTEN CONCERT
All of our Kindergarten students will be performing in the Kindergarten Concert on Thursday evening beginning at 6:00pm. If your son or daughter is in Kindergarten we look forward to seeing you that night.

PICNIC FOR THE ARTS – TALENT SHOW
Auditions for the Talent Show that happens as part of our Picnic For the Arts are beginning soon. The 4 rehearsal/audition times are Thurs. May 12th after school, Fri. May 13th at lunchtime, Thurs. May 26th after school and Fri. May 27th at lunchtime. Interested students MUST attend 2 of the 4 rehearsal times.

CLASSROOM BASKET COLLECTION FOR PICNIC FOR THE ARTS – DATE EXTENDED
Classroom baskets are a huge part of our Silent Auction. We need to make this year’s baskets the best ever! Our collection date has been extended to next Wednesday, May 11th. Please have your child bring in an item for your classroom’s themed basket – contact your classroom representative for your theme or if you have any questions.

SPRING CONCERT
A date for the future – don’t forget that our Spring Concert is coming up on Thursday May 19th. Students involved in this concert were given a letter from Ms. Hanson with more information – please check in with your child for this information.

“RAINBOW PLATE” WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN
“Rainbow Plate” is coming to do an evening workshop for parents/caregivers and children on Thursday May 26th, 2016, with the topic being “How to Raise a Healthy Eater”. More information will be coming shortly – look for it in your in-box.