The Clairlea Fun Fair is coming! Thursday June 22

THE CLAIRLEA FUN FAIR IS COMING!!

Thursday, June 22nd 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL!

Dear Clairlea Families...

We are less than a week away from the 2017 Clairlea Fun Fair and we need volunteers to help keep the activities running.  Please volunteer your time so that we don't have to shut down some favourite activities!!!!  I have listed below what we need help with.  Also, do you drive a truck?  We have a neighbouring school that has offered to loan us their bbq so that we can have two, but we need a way to get it here.  Please contact us if you can help.

Click to see the Fun Fair Map!

Click to see the Fun Fair Price Descriptions!

LEGO COMPETITION!!

Have you been working on your LEGO creation for the Lego Competition? 

Make any Lego creation you like using any Lego as long as you are not creating it from kit instructions.  Also we want to see your creations (no adult helpers please!)  Bring all your submissions to the gym at the start of the Fun Fair.  Winners will be announced at 8:00pm June 22nd.

PLEASE HELP!!

1.       Make a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room, Please drop off all cakes in the Staff Room on the day of the Fun Fair.

2.       Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 22nd for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  Here's what we need help with specifically:

- Face Painting (we need 4 people)

- Bouncy Castle Attendants (take tickets and maintain the line)

- Obstacle Course Attendants (take tickets and maintain the line)

 - Silent Auction/Raffle (sell raffle tickets and take auction bids)

- First Aid/Baby Care Room (attendant, ideal if you have a medical background but not mandatory)

- CakeWalk Room (Run the Cake Walk Game)

3.       Do you drive a truck?  We have a neighbouring school that has offered to loan us their bbq but we need a way to get it here.  Please contact us if you can help.

4.      Make a cash donation to sponsor part of the Clairlea Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

5.      Purchase a spot for $25.00 in our Clairlea Fun Fair Market to sell your homemade items or services, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to make a reservation.

6.       Donate candy filled jars/bags and large lollipops to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

7.       Help us advertise the Fun Fair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

8.       Donate costumes that we can use in our SuperHero Dressup room at the Fun Fair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com

9.    Do you want to help but don’t know what you could do, please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com

10.    Come enjoy the BBQ and have dinner at the Fun Fair!  Invite your neighbours, family, friends, and hockey/baseball/soccer team to come out and enjoy the Fun Fair at Clairlea!!!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

2017 FUN FAIR FAQs:

Do I have to buy a FUNPASS?

No you can purchase individual tickets or a Fun Pass or simply just enjoy the FREE activities.  The filled in black boxes on the Map (attached) indicate what is included in the Fun Pass.   Tickets cost $1 for 1, $5 for 7 or $10 for 16.  Each activity has a ticket cost ranging from 1 to 3 tickets each.  The Fun Pass is a onetime cost of $15 that allows unlimited use of the Fun Pass activities.

What is included in the FUNPASS?

Fun Pass is $15/each and includes unlimited use of the following lettered activities A (The Rock Wall), B (Big Slide), C (Obstacle Course), D (Demolition Ball), E (Bouncy Castle), F (Campground Multiplay), O (Hockey), P (Face Painting), Q (Air Brush Tattoos)  See attached Map for more details.

When are the draws happening?

Activity V SILENT AUCTION will stop accepting bids at 8:00pm sharp (winners will be contacted)

Activity V RAFFLE BASKET draw at 8:30pm (winners will be contacted)

Activity W Lego Competition winners will be announced at 8:00pm in the gym.

Which activities are FREE?

We have many FREE activities including the following:  G (Fire Truck), I (Bubble Mania), J (Police), M (Lego Guess), R (First Aid/Baby Care), S (Super Hero Room), W (Lego Competition) See attached Map.

What will the funds raised go towards?

All funds raised from the 2017 Fun Fair will go towards the Clairlea STEM/STEAM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math)

What are the hours of the Fun Fair?

The Fun Fair will take place on Thursday June 22nd from 5:30pm-8:30pm.  We hope to see you there.  Come out and support your school!

Will there be food at the Fun Fair?

Yes.  We will have a BBQ station that will sell hot dogs, hamburgers, pulled pork and varied drinks.  For your sweet tooth there will be an Ice Cream Truck on site as well as our Mobile Mr. Freezie shop walking around the line ups of the Fun Fair.  Come have dinner at the Fun fair!

HOW TO REACH US…

If you would like to unsubscribe to this email (we hope you don’t) or know someone that would like to be added to the distribution list please send a request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  We would like to hear your feedback and suggestions.  If you are not able to come to the next meeting and want to contribute ideas please email them to us or drop a note in the council box in the office and we can bring them forward to the meeting.    You can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com, or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.

Best Regards,

Irit

Chairperson, Clairlea School Council

2016/2017

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

Can you volunteer at the Fun Fair June 22?

Volunteers are still needed for the Clairlea Fun Fair on Thursday June 22, 5:30-8:30pm. 

Even if you can only give an hour or two, this would be greatly appreciated by the people manning the stations who would welcome a break and/or some time to enjoy the fair with their children. 

If you can help, please email clairleacouncil@gmail.com. Many teachers are volunteering their time and it's important to show them that we parents are as committed as they are.

The fair will be tons of fun with some great new bouncy castles, airbrush tattoos, an ice cream truck, a Lego competition and more. Start making your Lego creation now! 

Movie night this Friday: Trolls!

Come out to a Clairlea movie night!

FEATURING: TROLLS

WHEN: Friday February 24th 2017 @ 7:00pm

WHERE: Clairlea Public School, 25 Rosalind Cres. (in the gym)

COST: $2 per person

SNACKS: Popcorn & drinks will be sold at the entrance

Seating is on the gym floor so feel free to bring blankets, pillows and wear pyjamas. This movie night is open to all students grade 6 and under. Students MUST be accompanied by an adult. No drop-offs, please.

Finding Dory - Clairlea movie night Nov 25

A Fun Fair update from the Chair

Dear Clairlea Families….

Less than a week to go!  The Clairlea Funfair is Thursday June 16^th from 5:30-8:30pm.  Here is a sneak peek at some of the items you will see at the Raffle and Silent Auction Table at the Funfair.  All items have been generously donated by the Clairlea community and we are very grateful.  On Thursday June 16^th come bid or buy tickets to win one of these great prizes.

• Fitbit Charge HR Large estimated value $160-180
• Misfit Flash Fitness and Sleep Monitor estimated value $40-50
• Laura Secord Basket
•  LCBO Basket including a $40 gift card
•  Handmade “Nintendo Mario” blanket
• Harry Potter Basket
• Book Lovers Gift Basket
• A Sky Zone Trampoline Park Birthday Party Package* and Sky Zone Swag valued at $300
• A Birthday Park Package from Monkey Magoo’s valued at $299
• A pair of tickets to Toronto FC for Saturday July 9^th 7:30pm vs. Chicago Fire Section 117 Row 16
• 3 Vehicle Maintenance Packages from RJsautotech.com each one valued at $45 (includes oil change, tire rotation and 30 point inspection)
• Gift Card Mystery pack
• Chocolate and truffle baskets and more…..

Come enjoy lots of fun activities at the funfair.  Purchase a Funpass wristband for $15/each and enjoy most activities as many times as you like.  See attached map for details.  Funpass wristbands and tickets go on sale at 5:30pm on June 16^th.

Thank you to all the people working behind the scenes to make this Funfair a success.  Without the help of volunteers we wouldn’t be able to make this happen.

All funds raised from the funfair go towards the purchase of sports equipment for Clairlea kids.

CAKEWALK:
If you are donating a cake please bring them to the Staff room on the day of the funfair.  If possible with a list of ingredients.

LOLLIPOP GAME:
If you have some candy around the house we can still use prizes for the lollipop game.  Alternatively swing by the dollar store and buy $5 worth of candy as well as lollipops to pull.  Throw some candy/chocolates in a small jar or bag and drop them off at the school. 

HOW TO REACH US…

If you know someone that would like to be added to the distribution list please send a request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  We would like to hear your feedback and suggestions.  If you are not able to come to the next meeting and want to contribute ideas please email them to us or drop a note in the council box in the office and we can bring them forward to the meeting.    You can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com, or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.

Best Regards,

Irit

Chairperson, Clairlea School Council
2015/2016

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

Message from the Chair

Dear Clairlea Families….

The Clairlea Funfair is less than a month away!  We hope to see everyone there on Thursday June 16th from 5:30-8:30pm.  Bring your neighbours, friends and family all are welcome.  All revenue earned from the Clairlea Funfair will go towards purchasing outdoor sports equipment for Clairlea grades JK to grade 8.  Please see below how you can help to make the Funfair a Success.  Email us at Clairleacouncil@gmail.com.

How Can You Help Make the Clairlea Funfair a Success?

1. Make a cake or 2 and donate them to the Cake Walk Room, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.
2. Volunteer your time to help out from 5:30-8:30pm on Thursday June 16th for any of the Fun Fair activities, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com.
3. Donate a basket or items we can include in a basket to be raffled off at the funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com
4. Make a cash donation to sponsor part of the Clairlea Funfair, email Clairleacouncil@gmail.com
5. Purchase a spot for $25.00 in our Clairlea Funfair Market to sell your homemade items or services, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com to make a reservation.
6. Donate little candy filled jars/bags and large lollipops to be used for the Candy Pull game at the Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com
7. Help us advertise the Funfair to the Community, post it on your blog, announce it to your group, let your soccer, hockey, baseball and gymnastics groups know about it and invite them to come. Email clairleacouncil@gmail.com
8. Donate costumes that we can use in our SuperHero Dressup room at the Funfair, email clairleacouncil@gmail.com
9. Do you want to help but don’t know what you could do, please email us at clairleacouncil@gmail.com
10. Come enjoy and have dinner at the Funfair!

What will you see at the FunFair?  Come see your favourite teacher at the Funfair!

We have some new items as well as returning favourites to the FunFair this year.  Some items include, The Rock Wall, Cake Walk Room, Raffle Baskets, Obstacle Course, Big Slide, NEW Super Hero Room, Sno Cones, Delicious BBQ (HALAL), Henna, Face Painting, NEW Bungee Run, Fire Truck, Bouncy Castle, Clairlea Vendor Market, Lollipop Pull, Candy Guess, Mounted Police, and much, much more…..

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

MISC…

Thank you to all families that donated items/money to go towards the raffle baskets for the school concert last week.  Unfortunately we didn’t receive enough to support the creation of a basket by the deadline so we decided to hold over the donations and they will be used to create baskets for the Clairlea Funfair.

Clairlea Spirit Wear…

All Clairlea Spirit Wear has been distributed with the exception of a few items that will be coming in the next week.  We experienced a delay in the process because to ensure accuracy we fit each child individually to ensure that items ordered were the correct size because exchanges are not an option.    Once the child was fitted the parent was contacted for approval.  We received a lot of feedback that parents were grateful for the size check and there were a lot of changed sizes but it did lengthen the process to enable fitting hundreds of garments.  To ensure a speedy process going forward a new plan has been devised for next year whereby there will be specific fitting days allocated on evenings and weekends whereby if you plan to order spirit wear you can come to the allocated fitting day(s) and place your order.  This will ensure a quick turnaround going forward.  Thank you for your patience and we hope you enjoy your spirit wear.

Pizza Lunch…

Pizza Lunch has been a tremendous success twice a month for the last three months.  We will continue to have pizza lunch the 2nd Wednesday and the last Wednesday for the month of June.

School Council Meeting: 

We will have our last school council meeting of the year tonight as there will not be a June meeting. Please see below the agenda for tonight as well as the minutes from the last meeting.

Tonight’s Agenda for the School Council meeting:

7:00 – 7:10pm Introduction and voting in the past minutes (Irit)                               

7:10 – 7:35pm Administration Report (Mr. McGilvray and Ms. Karsh)

7:35 – 7:45pm Treasurer’s Report (Russ)

7:45 – 8:00pm Fundraising Report (Joanne)

8:00 – 8:25pm Open Discussion (All)

HOW TO REACH US…

If you know someone who would like to be added to the distribution list please send a request to clairleacouncil@gmail.com.  We would like to hear your feedback and suggestions.  If you are not able to come to the next meeting and want to contribute ideas please email them to us or drop a note in the council box in the office and we can bring them forward to the meeting.    You can contact us via email at clairleacouncil@gmail.com, on the blog at http://clairleacouncil.blogspot.com, or have a look at our bulletin board outside the office for the latest news.

Best Regards,

Irit

Chairperson, Clairlea School Council

2015/2016

clairleacouncil@gmail.com

Family math night at Gordon A Brown middle school

For families with kids in grades 5-8, Gordon A Brown middle school (on St Clair just west of Victoria Park) invites you to their Family Fun Math Night on May 5 starting at 6:30pm.

The content is based on materials from the Council of Ontario Directors of Education, also downloadable here: http://www.ontariodirectors.ca/parent_engagement-math/en/ . Count yourself in!

This Friday - Hotel Transylvania 2

Please join us this Friday March 4 at 7:00pm for movie night: Hotel Transylvania 2!

Clairlea Public School, 25 Rosalind Cres (in the gym)
$2 per person
Popcorn and drinks for sale

Seating is on the gym floor, so bring blankets/pillows. Movie night is open to all students grade 6 and under, with an adult.

Movie night Friday Nov 27

Bike rodeo at Warden Hilltop this weekend

There's a great family-friendly cycling event this weekend at the Warden Hilltop community centre (beside the Warden subway). 

Fun Fair will be Thursday June 19!

Lots of volunteers, donations and support are needed. We need everyone's help to make the event a success. Watch this blog for how you can help.

All proceeds to support reading programs at Clairlea!

Scarborough Southwest Bike Rodeo - Saturday June 7

The 2014 Scarborough Southwest Bike Rodeo will be great fun for families who love cycling.
Saturday June 7, 10am-2pm.
For more information visit http://www.to35cycles.ca

Movie night this Friday Apr 25 - The Nut Job

Movie night is this Friday, April 25. 

Come watch The Nut Job with your Clairlea pals at 7:00pm in the gym. 

 $2 per person (including adults) 

Popcorn and drinks available to purchase. 

Bring a pillow or blanket to sit on. 

All children must bring an adult. 

 Open to students grade 6 and under. See you then!

Movie Night, Friday March 21 - FROZEN

Movie night is Friday March 21.

Come watch Frozen with your Clairlea pals at 7:00pm in the gym. 

$2 per person (including adults)

Popcorn and drinks available to purchase.

Bring a pillow or blanket to sit on.

All children must bring an adult. 

Open to students grade 6 and under. 

See you then!

Movie Night Jan 31 - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Friday January 31 is movie night! 7:00 pm in the gym. 

Come watch Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 with your Clairlea pals.

$2 per person (including adults)
Popcorn and drinks available to purchase. 
Bring a pillow or blanket to sit on.
All children must bring an adult.
Open to grade 6 and under.

See you then!

Movie night December 13 - Despicable Me 2

Movie night is Friday December 13! Come watch Despicable Me 2 with us at 7:00 p.m. in the gym.

$2 per person (including adults)
Popcorn and drinks available to purchase. 
Bring a pillow or blanket to sit on.
All children must bring an adult.
Open to grade 6 and under.

See you then!

Movie Night - Fri Nov 22 (Turbo)

Movie night is Friday November 22! Come watch Turbo with us at 7:00 pm in the gym.

$2 per person (including adults).
Popcorn and drinks to purchase.
Bring a pillow or blanket to sit on.
All children must have an adult with them.
Open to grade 6 and under.

See you then!

Halloween Howl - Saturday 4-7pm

Hope to see you all tomorrow at the
Halloween Howl!

Saturday October 26, 4pm-7pm
Kids $5 admission, Adults free

What to bring:

• wear your halloween costume!
• a loot bag for all the treats you will collect
• loonies for the lollipop pull and loonie toss
• cash for pizza dinner unless you pre-ordered
• kids 12 & under should bring an adult, please

Donations welcome:

• Halloween decorations (drop them off at the school earlier in the day or better yet, come help us decorate!)
• Small jars or bags of candy - these are used as prizes for the lollipop pull

Pizza order forms due Oct 21

At some point this week - maybe today! - you will be receiving not one but two pizza order envelopes.



The tall one is for October's pizza lunch.
You can ignore it if you pre-ordered for the year.

The wide one is for dinner at the Halloween Howl. Use it if you'd like to have pizza for dinner on the night of the Howl. Order for the whole family! We'll also be selling pizza slices the night of the event - subject to availability of course.

Both forms are due back October 21. Cheques payable to Clairlea School Council.

Movie Night Friday Oct 4 - The Croods

Please join us for Clairlea's first movie night of the year - THE CROODS on Friday October 4 at 7:00 pm.

$2 per person (including adults).
Popcorn & drinks available to purchase.

Seating is on the gym floor so you are welcome to bring blankets and pillows and wear pajamas.

Movie night is open to all students grade 6 and under.