Category: Sporting Events

Sports Day Preparations

We had our first House meeting on Monday where the three colour groups chose their team names and decided who would be on the Banner and Cheer committees (these are for Intermediate students only).  Our second House meeting is on Tuesday, May 9th.  At this meeting the Cheer leaders will be teaching the rest of us (in each House) the cheer that they have created.  Our third – and last House meeting before Sports Day – will be on Thursday, May 18.  The goal of this meeting is to practise the cheer again, and then to do a first run-through of the House relay.  This annual part of Sports Day is the final event towards the point collection to see which House wins – and is a lot of fun for all.

Please ask your child to tell you which House they are in so that you can know what colour t-shirt they should be wearing for Sports Day.

If your child wishes they can be a part of the Bike Parade.  They can decorate their bikes with streamers, etc. and bring them to school that morning.  These are usually stored in either the Music Room or the Gym.  We will let you know closer to the date. Please ensure that they are wearing a helmet.

Also, please note: pizza is delivered to the students in their classrooms shortly before noon and students are dismissed at 12:15 on that day.

I hope you can come and join us on Sports Day.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed for some good weather!

Gymnastics!!!

Students have been really enjoying our time with Coach Rachel, our gymnastic instructor, who has been with us for seven school days.  It was such a treat to watch the students overcome some fears and nervousness and to develop a good basic introduction to the gymnastic equipment.

Students were placed into teams and they then rotated through the four stations of equipment.  Our grade twos had another opportunity to show their developing leadership skills by leading their groups.

Here are some photos showing the equipment:

 

 

JUMP Rope for Heart 2016

Tomorrow morning we will have an assembly put on by the Heart and Stroke Foundation.  Our representative, Sandra Griffin, will be running the assembly.  She will discuss the things that we should do to ensure a strong and healthy heart.  She will also talk about the annual fundraising campaign.

At Rosser we have been very involved in this activity for many years.  This is our 18th year of hosting a fundraising campaign and actively participating in a ‘JUMP’ event!!

Tomorrow afternoon students will be bringing home a letter explaining the programme.  They will also have a fundraising envelope and a paper heart.  Please help your child fill in the heart with the name of someone that they, or your family, knows who has been affected by heart or stroke concerns.  This should be returned to school so I can ‘build’ our heart wall in the gym.  If you can, or choose to, please consider making a donation to this worthy cause. There is information on how to participate on-line which makes it rather easy to do.  Students may also win prizes based on their fundraising.

Last year 40 students participated in Rosser’s fundraising.  If we have one more this year (so 41 students) then the school will be awarded a special set of gym equipment. Last year our little school raised $3101.81 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation!!!!  That is a truly amazing number for such a small school.  Income tax receipts are issued for deductions.

Our actual JUMP event will be on the afternoon of Friday, February 26th from 1:05 – 3:00.  Students will be jumping with their buddy class.  It is a lot of fun that the students really enjoy.

Tennis, anyone?

We had a great time last week with Marcus, our tennis instructor.  Students had four lessons (one per day) where they learned many skills needed to play tennis.  These lessons were a great deal of fun for the students.  I was amazed at how well the students performed these skills.  I will be sending home an information paper about a tennis camp that Marcus will be running out of the racket club near Burnaby Lake this summer.  This looks like a great opportunity as non-club members are able to participate in these lessons.

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