Tips for Keeping Snacks Safe:Always wash hands before preparing or eating a snack. This is the one of best ways to prevent food spoilage and contamination. Wash all fruits and veggies under cold running water. Clean all lunch boxes, thermal bags, plastic utensils and containers in hot soapy water. DO NOT re-use plastic wrapping and bags.Keep foods cold
-Yogurt, deli meats and cheese should be kept cold.
-Be sure to keep lunches in the fridge until the morning and include an ice pack or frozen juice pack when sending lunches to school.
Rexton Elementary will be celebrating national Family Literacy Day on Monday, January 27th. There will be an Assembly to kick-off Family Literacy Day in the morning from 9:20-9:50 a.m. Family members are certainly invited to join us for the Assembly and/or join their child's class for various fun-filled literacy activities in the afternoon!
K-2 students: 1:05-1:50 p.m.
Grades 3J & 4-3L: 1:50-3:00 p.m.
Grades 4F & 4S: 1:05-1:45 & 2:25-3:00 p.m.
Grades 5S & 5T Students: 1:05-2:25 p.m.
Grade 5R: 1:05-3:00 p.m.
Keeping the drinks in snacks healthyDid you know that fruit drinks, pop, and sports drinks usually contain lots ofadded sugar, very few vitamins and may contain caffeine? For example, one 700mlbottle of sports drink has 10 teaspoons of sugar – the same amount in one can of pop. These are not considered healthy beverage choices.
Dress-Up as a Storybook Character Day
Who? Rexton Elemetntary School Students & Staff
What? A Student Council Fundraiser to support Kaleigh Fletcher's Endeavor to Build a School in India)
When? Friday, January 24th
Where? Rexton Elementary School
Why? To kick-off Family Literacy Day (which is Monday, January 27th).
Making Healthy Snacks Fun!
Snacks are important and children should enjoy eating them too. If we enjoy something we are more likely to do it. This document attached below, provide you with tips on how to get your children interested in the snacks that they are eating beginning from helping to select them at the grocery store to opening up their lunch box to see what will make their recess time more exciting. Read on for some exciting ideas and recipes.
This month the focus for the Mango Mania Blitz is on Healthy Snacks. Keep looking for our weekly posts about these “mini meals” that are very important to children and their ability to play and learn. Snacks are important to both children and adults and we will provide some snack ideas as well as some advice on how to make snacks appealing to your children. The attached document will help introduce the topic and get you started with some ideas. January 27th - 31st will be Mango Mania challenge week so children will be encouraged to bring healthy snacks to school.
Happy New Year everyone! Students throughout the province of New Brunswick will be returning to classes on Tuesday, January 7th, 2014.
A gentle reminder to all Rexton Elementary School parents/guardians that school begins each day at 8:35 a.m. Parents/Guardians are asked to please ensure that their child arrives on time each morning so as to minimizing any interruptions to our instructional day.
