Port Weller Activities

Homework Club

Homework Club has begun!

This year, homework club will be held afterschool until 4:00 and is available for any student in grades 3-8, with a signed permission form.

Permission forms will be sent home upon request. Please indicate whether your child will be picked up by a parent or if they have permission to walk home after school.

Please note that there will not be a late bus for students attending homework club.

The next computer workshop for those who have previously attended Audacity will meet again on Thursday, February 2, 2012 and/or on Thursday, February 9, 2012. A reminder notice will come home to tell you the specific date your child will be attending.

Thank you Mrs. Carruthers, Mrs. Elver and Mrs. Flemming.

Student Council News

Congratulations to this year's Student Council: Emma H., Nicole W., Brooke W., Taylor K., Katie M., Alex S., Isaac M., Laura D., Lauren M., Braedan R., Chris M., Abby R., and Reese D.

These elected students will play important roles in deciding upon and assisting with many of the activities within the school.

Student Countcil will be having monthly spirit days, weekly pizza days, a dance-a-thon, and other fundraising activites throughout the year.

Pizza days will be held every Thursday beginning Nov. 3. The cost per slice of whole wheat pepperoni or whole wheat cheese pizza is $1.00 due every Monday. If you wish to prepay for 10 weeks (Nov. 3-Jan 18), money will be due by Monday, Oct. 31.

KARATE CLUB

A new session has just begun for our Karate Club at Port Weller. The program runs for 12 weeks and takes place on Wednesdays at lunch.

On Oct 12, members were honoured with their very first belt. Each student has received a white belt which means innocence. Mr. Paterson has taught us that we have all begun our journey new and innocent and gain knowledge as students move up with the different belt colours.

Before Christmas students received their very first black stripe signifying their growth.

We are so proud of the following students for earning their black stripe: Liam, Ella, Jonathan, Cyrus, Allan, Madeline, Tessa, Joseph, Seth H, Hanna, Koby, Seth J, Aidan, Kendra, Ian, Noah, Nathan, Aiden, Gaelan, Dalton, Jackson, Emily, Michaela, Nicholas, Owen, Sonya, Brooke, Carter, Carson and Logan.

Congratulations Port Weller Pirates and thank you Mr. Paterson!

Interested in chess right now? Check out the Niagara Chess Club which runs this fall!

Chess Club will begin sometime after Christmas Break. The club will be open to students from Gr. 2 - Gr. 8.

Mr. Dyck will coach Gr. 2, Mrs. Shaughnessy will coach Gr. 3, TBA will coach Gr. 4, 5, and 6, and Mr. Reimer will coach Gr. 7 and 8.

Mr. Dyck will then coach the top four students from each grade.

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club takes place daily from 8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Covenent Christian Church across from the school.

Please do not arrive early. There will be no supervision available prior to the doors opening.

We would like to remind students that when breakfast club is over, please cross at the crosswalk with our crossing guard to come to school.

See you there!

Thank you Mrs. Davis and Mrs. LeRose

Character Education Club

On September 27, 2011 Mr. Reimer travelled with thirteen Port Weller students to attend the "Toronto We Day 2011" while junior and intermedaite students watched some of the live coverage in their classrooms. The club focussed on "Me To We/Free The Children". Food drives and other charitable events will benefit local and international charities.

Thank you to Mr. Reimer and Mrs. Maartense for a great experience in Toronto.

Primary Floor Hockey

Intramural

The Primary division is excited to begin Floor Hockey.

Floor Hockey will run every Tuesday during 2nd fitness break until March 9, 2012.

Thank you Mrs. Shaughnessy for organizing hockey this year.