Wednesday, July 6, 2022
M.D. Bennie IB Program report
By Nayeem Jonny Grade 6 Student After tremendous hard work by students, parents and staff, we’re proud to announce that we are an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) World school! If you aren’t familiar with IB, what we do as an IB school is display traits of our IB attributes while being engaged inquiry learning through trans-disciplinary themes. We learn through these six themes each and every year, from Kindergarten through to Grade 6: Who We Are, Where We Are in Place and Time, How We Express Ourselves, and How We Organize Ourselves, Sharing the Planet, and How the World Works. The Ontario Curriculum is integrated through these themes to make sure that we learn everything we need to in our province. In early March, two people from the IB team visited our school to take a look around and check out all the IB related learning we are doing. We
showed them around the school while they were recording videos and questioning some students from a few different classes. You can watch some of the videos here at https://www.publicboard.ca/en/mdbennie/ index.aspx As I mentioned earlier, one of our goals as an IB school is to display our IB attributes. The IB attributes are 10 things we can do to make ourselves better while helping to create a better world. The attributes are inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective. Our Parent Council chair stated, “If all that the kids remember is our 10 IB attributes, that is still amazing because those 10 attributes can change a community.” We have seven key concepts which are integral parts of IB: form, function, causation, change, connection, perspective and responsibility. These are ways of thinking that will be useful for almost
all of our lives. As an IB school, we also try to encourage handson learning. We try and teach through experience. It helps us students develop the skill to make decisions to help us reach our end goal. In my opinion, it’s also more fun than standard learning. In the last year of the PYP, students have a celebration of learning called exhibition. We start off by choosing a topic we’re passionate about. After that, we research our topic and start creating our presentation. Our teachers make sure that we’re on track by checking up on us frequently. A small thing we do while creating our presentation is we write down the IB skills that we use the most (i.e. what attributes we used the most and key concepts) while creating our presentation. That’s a bit of what M.D. Bennie has been doing on IB recently, while looking forward to continuing our IB journey and taking action to benefit our community.
Community Calendar
THURSDAY, JULY 7 WHEATLEY TWO CREEKS ASSOCIATION WILL MEET at the Two Creeks pavilion on Thursday, July 7 at 6:00 p.m. All new members welcome. Membership $5.
TUESDAY, JULY 19 Digital Safety with OPP Constable Katherine Burt - 11:00 am at Kingsville Community Centre 1860 Division Rd. N. Learn how to recognize frauds and scams on email and phone. Participants get a copy of Digital Safety For The Non Tech Savvy book. Free Admission. Register: admin@kingsvillecentre.com or 226-773-5830 THURSDAY JULY 28 Coffee House with Joe Perry & Friends - 6:30-8:30 at Kingsville Community Centre 1860 Division Rd. N. Musicians, singers, poets and story tellers and all are welcome. Fun, free, family friendly eveing of music and refreshments. ONGOING ERIE SHORES TOASTMASTERS MEETING in person at 6:00 pm every other Wednesday at SEACLIFF MANOR - Theatre Room, 30 Seacliff Dr. E., Leamington. Develop your Communication and Leadership Skills in a positive, friendly environment. Next meetings are July 6 and 20. Visit a meeting and see how you like it! For more info Email: ErieShoresTM@yahoo.com Facebook: Erie Shores Toastmasters or go to ErieShores.toastmastersclubs. org. KINGSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE CAFE - Open Tuesdays & Thursdays 9am to noon. Free Cookies, coffee & Wifi, 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville. TAI CHI - Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00 a.m. Free drop-in program at Kingsville Community Centre. Join us for gentle flowing stretching and movements. 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville. PLAY THE UKULELE WITH LIONEL KNIGHTS - Every Monday beginning June 6 at St. John’s Anglican Church in Leamington. Bring a music stand and your own uke if you can. There will be limited ukes available for use. Cost is $5 per session, which goes to the St. John’s kitchen to help with their programs. Call Lionel at 519-398-9645 for more info. T.O.P.S. - Take Off Pounds Sensibly - Meetings are held every Tuesday evening at the Leamington Half Century Centre, 160 Talbot St. E. Weigh-in from 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Meeting 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. First meeting is free. For more inforamtoin call Joan at 519-326-2388. Everyone welcome.
COMMUNITY ANGEL CLOTHING CUPBOARD OPEN WEDNESDAYS by appointment only, 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Call 519-326-3111 to book your appointment. All are welcome! Free! St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 60 Erie St. N., Leamington. Donated gently used clothing for men, women and children of all ages. KINGSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE CAFE Open Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 am to noon. Free Coffee, Free Cookies & Free Wifi. 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville. KINGSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE YARN SOCIAL - Tuesdays 10:00 am, Free drop-in program. Bring your knitting or crochet project, share patterns and more. 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville. JOIN THE KINGSVILLE FRIENDLY CLUB TO PLAY CARDS every Tuesday and Friday afternoon, 12:45 p.m., at the Unico Community Centre, 33 Beech St., Kingsville. Tuesday is euchre, bridge, cribbage. Friday is euchre, bridge, pepper. Must be 50+ years of age to join. If interested, drop in any Tuesday or Friday. KINGSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE GUITAR WELLNESS - Thursdays 4:00 pm, Free drop-in program. Group guitar lessons to enhance physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville.
IF YOU WANT TO DRINK, THAT’S YOUR BUSINESS If you want to stop, we can help. Call Alcoholics Anonymous: 519-999-1234. MELO CLINIC & PREGNANCY CENTRE, 75 Erie Street South, Unit 103, Leamington, offers free and confidential services provided by registered nurses. Pregnancy tests, STI testing & treatment. Call 24/7 for confidential support 519326-0612. Business calls 519-326-3821. www. pregnancycentre.net. COMMUNITY TAKEOUT IS AVAILABLE at Leamington United Church, 4:00 - 5:00 pm every Monday. St. John’s Anglican Church also has takeout meals available every Wednesday from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Food is available from St. Vincent De Paul at St. Michael’s Parish 226-340-7233, Salvation Army Food Bank, The warming Cross at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Food Cupboard at St. John’s Anglican church, The Bridge (ages 14-24), Food Pantry at Parkdale Variety, neighbourhood pantry at Erie South and Marlborough and the Angel Pantry at St. John’s Anglican Church. All are free. All are welcome.
KINGSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE TAICHI - Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00 am - Free drop-in program. Join us for gentle flowing stretching and movements. 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville.
MUSICIANS AND SINGERS WANTED at the Leamington Half Century Club to join in the weekly singalong every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. Drop in if interested (160 Talbot St. E.). Call 519-326-2521 for more info. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Al-Anon Family Groups meeting information: 519-790-7739 or www.alanonwindsoressex.com STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH? Reach out to Hope 4 Me Peer to Peer Support Group. Virtual and in-person meetings available. Contact Tracy, Sue or Nancy at hope4mepeer@ gmail.com for information about the group. KINGSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE WELLNESS COUNSELLING By appointment 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville. Register: kim@ kingsvillecentre.com or 226-773-5830. RANDY ATKINSON FUND provides money for extras that OHIP doesn’t pay for or to help with unexpected expenses for cancer patients (e.g. hospital parking etc). If you, your group or organization would like to have a speaker explain the fund and its availability in this area, call 519682-2580. KINGSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE MILK BAG CREATIONS - Tuesdays 9:00 am to noon, Free drop-in program Help turn cleaned milk bags into woven mats and more for those in need. 1860 Division Rd. N. Kingsville PLAY ROTARY TV BINGO GAMES - Tuesday nights, live on TVCOGECO from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Can only be viewed in Chatham-Kent viewing areas. Support the community and purchase your cards from Adamson Guardian Drugs, Wheatley. Pick up your cards early! Play 5 different games on 3 faces in 1 hour. $3 for 15 ways to win and $2000 in prizes. STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH? Reach out to Hope 4 Me Peer to Peer Support Group. Meetings are the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:30 pm, in the cafeteria at Erie Shores HealthCare. Masks required when entering building. Contact Tracy, Sue or Nancy at hope4mepeer@gmail.com for information about the group or if you know someone who could benefit from joining the group.
Southpoint Sun - 7
Wheatley update: RBC to open Work crews are awaiting additional equipment to continue coring the APEC 1 well nearest the site of the August 26, 2021 explosion in Wheatley. Work on the well started last week. The intent of this work is to learn more about the construction and depth of this well. No hydrogen sulfide has been detected throughout the process. Work was paused until additional equipment arrived on site, which was expected to arrive Monday. Once the investigation is complete, the activities will switch over to remediation on APEC 1. A total of 58 properties, being residential or commercial, have been affected by the reductions of the evacua-
tion area. Each of those properties was deemed unsafe by Building Development Services and orders prohibiting use or occupancy were issued. To date, orders on 15 residential and six commercial properties have been rescinded, which allows those property owners to move back into their homes or open their businesses. Of the 34 homeowners who were evacuated after the explosion, 10 homeowners have returned home with others expected to do so shortly. The Royal Bank ATM is currently open and the branch will re-open on Monday, July 11 at 9:30 am The RBC mobile unit at the arena is now closed.
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