The Big One @2!

Dear Laurier Families,

What a beautiful week we are just ending! Our students are enjoying the sunny and warm days outside very much, running around, playing games and remaining healthy and active! As the Weather warms up, our students will come to school in comfortable and appropriate outfits for the weather. Please remember to send your child to school with a hat and sunscreen on sunny, warm days. A bottle of water will help your child to hydrate throughout the day. Flip-flops are discouraged for safety. Thank you for your support!

Sun Awareness 

A reminder by the Canadian Dermatology Association to:

SLIP on a SHIRT (long sleeve)

SLAP on a HAT (wide brimmed)

SLOP on some SUN SCREEN (SPF 15 or more) 

WEAR your SUNGLASSES (100% UV protection)

BEWARE of the SUN from 10:00 am to 3:00pm

'The Big One at Two' District-Wide Earthquake Drill Thursday, May 4th

Every year in May, the Vancouver Board of Education runs a district-wide Earthquake drill. This year the drill for all Vancouver schools will be held on Thursday, May 4th at 2:00 pm. At 2:00 pm, all students and staff will begin the practice in their classrooms, by going under their desks and counting to 60 in unison. After the count, everyone will proceed outside to the gravel field, as we do during a Fire Drill. Once outside, we will set up our First Aid Station and Release Station. The Release Station is for coordinating the release of students to parents or guardians. In such an event, adults who are picking up students would check-in at the Release Station and sign-out the child that they are taking off of the school grounds. This school year, we have asked our Kindergarten families to practise the reunification process with us. For all other families, the dismissal is as always at 3:00pm. The VSB has also implemented a radio communication process which will be used during this practice. Each school is equipped with a radio that can be used to communicate to the VSB Command Post with status information (i.e. injuries, structural damages, etc.) Schools are called one at a time to report their status. We must remain on the field until each school has completed their status reports. Once all schools have completed their status reports, students and staff may return to the building.