(all details for each event provided on the fliers available by clicking on the name of the event below)

The Sklar Principle
Tupper is hosting  The Sklar Principle on Thursday February 18th at 6:30pm.  Please see the attached PDF for more information.  Additional information regarding Peter Sklar is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sklar . RSVP is required.  Please contact Tupper to register for this workshop at (604)713-8233. 

Parent's Guide to Social Media
This workshop is to help parents better understand how their kids are using social networking and to provide them with tips and tools they can use to help them minimize negative experiences and maximize the positive opportunities that social media has to offer. Saturday Feb. 6, 2016 from 10am – 12pm at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (3981 Main St) Contact: 604-879-7104 to register. Childminding available.

Pro D day camps
Little Mountain Neighbourhood House has more Day camps planned for upcoming Pro-D days at Hillcrest Community Centre.9am - 4pm
Ages 6-12
$30

Could you water, weed, mow and harvest (yum!) the school garden for a week?

Livingstone needs summer garden volunteers during these weeks:

• August 1st to August 7th
• August 22nd to August 28th
  
• Sept 5th to Sept 7th
  

Return the blue form (came home with students) or email your email address, phone number and the week you can volunteer to [email protected]

Thank you!
Lea Elliott, Livingstone Parent

by: Andrew Nolan
dad at Livingstone
member of the PAC Communications Team


At first glance, the group of people walking down Main Street last Friday afternoon could have been mistaken for a tour group taking a few too many selfies on oversized phones. In actuality, it was a very interesting exploration of architecture and photography by Ms. Geri's grade 5/6 class. 

Earlier this year, the PAC paid for 10 iPads for our school. Curious about how the technology was being used in the classroom, I had arranged to join them for a part of their photography class. The class started with a brief review of architecture elements on the smart board before we headed out to take pictures along Main Street. 

From what they showed me, the students had already been exploring the history of photography, starting with reproducing the daguerreotype style pictures they had seen when studying the Franklin expedition. Different points of view had also been explored including sky-view, shadows, framing and my favorites the ant-view and giant-view. The architecture lesson focused on looking at details and finding interesting themes among the mish-mash of buildings between 26th and 15th Avenues. I was impressed by how engaged the students were and how the technology facilitated focusing and capturing details of their neighborhood that otherwise would probably have been missed. Although I could not stay, the students would later stream their pictures to the classroom screen and provide feedback to each other. Just another day in the connected (and mobile) classroom.

This is only one of many examples of the iPads in action. How have your kids been using them in their class?

Literacy Club at the school: We offer physical literacy, social literacy and academic literacy through organized activities, outside play and monthly themed academic lesson plans. Our Literacy Leaders/Facilitators are made up of University Students currently completing their teaching degrees and a couple completing their doctorates! Our program comes with a low fee of $40 for up to 10 weeks, this includes paying staff, program materials and a healthy after school snack. 

Youth Drop-in programs: FREE!!! Youth drop-in is twice a week on Tuesday and Friday evenings 5pm-8pm at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House on Main & 24th. This drop in program has no obligation or fee, only a registration form for safety purposes and is offered to the intermediate children in grades 4-7. This program is called CREW and offers awesome leadership skills, cooking activities, games and out trips to community venues/community centres to swim/bowling etc. As I mentioned, ALL FREE.

Spring Break Camp: This is also offered at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House for FULL DAYS, 9am-4pm for a weekly fee that will pay for staffing, materials for organized activities, snacks and field trips.

More information about the Literacy Club and the February calendar for CREW can be found in the fliers below. More details about Spring Break Camp will be coming soon. You can also find out more information about all the services LMNH provides by visiting their website.