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Fully Alive

Please note, for the next 2 weeks in religion, we are focusing on Fully Alive, Created Sexual. A paper version of the letter below is coming home tomorrow, in case some parents do not regularly check this site.

Click link here to read full letter/program instead of the excerpt: http://acbo.on.ca/englishdocs/FA.Gd5.Fam.Th3.pdf

Dear Family,

We are ready to begin Theme Three of Fully Alive, our family life program. Because the partnership of home, church, and school is so important, this letter is written to let you know what we talk about in class, and to offer some ideas for your involvement. For more information, please go to www.occb.on.ca.

About Theme Three 

Theme Three of Fully Alive is called “Created Sexual: Male and Female.” God made us male and female, and all of God’s creation is good. In earlier grades, this theme was presented through a continuing story, which emphasized God’s plan for new life as the result of the love of mothers and fathers. In later grades, the message is unchanged, but the approach is more direct. As students enter puberty, they need to know about the changes they will experience, and about the responsibilities of being created male and female and following God’s plan for them. 

In Theme Three we will:

• explore the idea that we do not have bodies, we are bodies; God created us as body/spirit persons. • consider the major systems of the body, and learn that the reproductive system has unique characteristics. • learn about the adult female and male reproductive systems and about human fertility in adult women and men. • discuss the physical changes of puberty, as well as some of the emotional and social changes.
 

Tick Season is here

Since ticks are on the rise in Ottawa and this season they are out full-force, here is a very interesting (and gross) video about how ticks actually bite. Make sure to check yourself and family for ticks after being outside, even in your backyard.

Reminder News (1 in 3 Kanata and Stittsville ticks have Lyme Disease):
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-researcher-says-1-in-3-ticks-carrying-lyme-disease-in-city-s-west-end-1.3477137

Field Trip Tuesday

   Please make sure the form sent home regarding the Museum field trip is sent back by Tuesday. Parent volunteers (make sure you already have a vulnerable sector form completed) please contact the school (or Miss.Sturgeon at katrina.sturgeon@ocsb.ca) if you are able to come and we will assign you a group. There is no room on the bus for parents, so make arrangements to carpool. You can meet here at the school and drive together.
Thanks!

News this week

Miss. Sturgeon is away sick with a very high fever (105F) from a strep infection that went into her bloodstream. She is hoping to be back Wednesday if the medication works well. Please watch your children for signs of strep.

Facts to know about Strep:
https://healthresearchfunding.org/6-important-facts-strep-throat/

**Please watch for information coming home about our June field trip. We were hoping to go to the Indigenous Day Solstice Pow Wow again this year, but still have not heard back from the organization. Instead, we will be going to the Museum of Nature to look at the plastics in our ocean exhibit, which fits into our eco-awareness projects (such as our class Skip the Straw campaign) and also partners well with our current Endangered Species report writing. **