Huron Happenings – Oct. 23, 2017

QSP FUNDRAISER

Huron’s magazine fundraiser with QSP kicks off on Tuesday October 24th and runs until November 7th, with proceeds funding classroom literary materials. Order forms will be coming home with students on Tuesday. Your support of our QSP fundraiser helps our school, and benefits your family literacy and knowledge of arts, culture and current events by bringing great magazines into your home—and if you choose to subscribe to Canadian magazines, you will be supporting Canadian culture and writers! Remember too that QSP offers more than just magazines. Shop for chocolates, gifts, wrapping paper, kitchen gadgets and more.
You can get started now at https://www.qsp.ca/Login/Index
Every item sold supports Huron when you use the HURON ONLINE ID 3721180.

TAKE ME OUTSIDE DAY

Take Me Outside Day, in partnership with The Child and Nature Alliance of Canada, is an opportunity for schools across Canada and around the world to show the importance of getting outside! It is a day to raise awareness about the importance of unplugging and spending time outside – being active and connecting with nature. (From the Take Me Outside website: http://www.takemeoutside.ca) At Huron, teachers are asked to commit to spending 1 hour (or more) outside to celebrate Take Me Outside Day. In the past, we have embarked on neighbourhood walks, identifying specific trees around our community, sketched leaves and trees, experimented with bark and leaf rubbings, read outdoors etc. Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather on the 25th (they will be outside, regardless of the weather) and ask how they celebrated this special day!

HURON EARTH HOUR IN OCTOBER

We will be holding our October Earth Hour on Friday October 27th from 2:20-3:20pm. This is one of many initiatives that we commit to as a Platinum Level Eco-School. Like the global Earth Hour, this is our opportunity as a school community to really focus on our energy consumption and ways we can reduce it. Everywhere in the school we will turn off as many lights as possible and power-down as many electronic devices as we can.

PHOTO RETAKES

If your child was absent on October 17th, our Photo Retake Day is Wednesday November 8th, starting first thing in the morning. They will be taking individual photos for students who were absent as well as select class photos.