November 9, 2017



IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
Tuesday, November 14 - Friday, November 17
Little Creek Parent Conferences

Wednesday, November 15
K-7 Parent Conferences
NO K-8 Homework Club

Friday, November 17
12:45 p.m. K-8 Dismissal
K-7 Parent Conferences
NO K-8 Homework Club
Spirit Day!

Tuesday, November 21
Thanksgiving Program
12:45 p.m. - K-8 Dismissal
NO K-8 Homework Club

Wednesday, November 22 - Friday, November 24
K-8 and Little Creek Closed - Thanksgiving Holiday

Monday, November 27
School resumes
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT - PHYSICAL EDUCATION!
Each week, we will be highlighting one of our programs or offering resources for parents to illustrate The Radcliffe Way!

Teaching kids about Physical Fitness is not only good for the body, but the brain as well. Regular exercise has been shown to improve attention span, memory, and learning while reducing stress and the effects of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Our goal in Physical Education at Radcliffe Creek is to help children develop an active, healthy, and happy lifestyle. InĀ­tegrating knowledge about what exercise does to our brains helps convince children that exercise is essential to their well-being, therefore increasing the chance that physical activity will beĀ­come a permanent part of their daily lives. Once children begin to incorporate fitness into their daily routine regularly, they are more likely to modify other health factors to complement their healthy lifestyles. Physical fitness is broken down into two categories: health-related fitness and skill-related fitness.

Skill-related fitness components deal more with those skills necessary for participation in physical activity, such as power, speed, reaction time, agility, balance, and coordination.

Health-related fitness components, on the other hand, are those attributes that affect a person's overall health on a daily basis. These include muscular endurance/strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance.

In order to teach these components successfully, it's essential to incorporate them in fun ways. Having kids run a mile or perform push-ups and sit-ups may be good for their bodies, but could turn the children off to exercise. Camouflaging physical activity makes fitness exciting, fun and more in keeping with a child's natural way of moving. Once the students become more familiar with the components of fitness, they can recognize and identify the various components not only in P.E. class, but any physical activity they do outside of school.

In the pictures below, Radcliffe students are learning and performing the different components of fitness to try and figure out their strengths and weaknesses. Based on these results, the children will work on coming up with individualized action plans to turn their weaknesses into strengths.


The Parent Teacher Committee of Radcliffe Creek School is happy to offer pies & poinsettias for sale to our friends in the local community for the holiday season. 

PIES 
Pies from Lapp Family Bakery including: apple, apple crumb, cherry, strawberry rhubarb, pecan, sweet potato, and white potato. Gluten-free pies from Figg's Ordinary including: gluten free apple, gluten free pumpkin, and gluten free chocolate. All pies are $18.  

POINSETTIAS 
Beautiful red and white poinsettias from Tidal Creek Growers in 8-inch and 10-inch pots! 8-inch plants are $20 and 10-inch are $30. 

Orders must be placed by Thursday, November 16 at 4:00 p.m.

Pies will be available for pickup on Tuesday, November 21 from 12:30-4:00 p.m. Poinsettias will be available for pickup on Wednesday, November 29 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Deliveries can be made for large orders (please call 410-778-8150 for details).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
LACROSSE AT RADCLIFFE CREEK!
We are excited to announce that we will be offering competitive lacrosse for boys in grades 5-8. The team will practice during enrichment time and on a few Wednesdays after school this spring. They will also play games against other schools, both home and away. Players will need proper equipment, such as helmet, shoulder pads, elbow pads, gloves, and spikes. We are currently in the process of collecting equipment and would be very appreciative of any donations. Please contact Dave Boyle with any questions.
KIRBY SWEATSHIRTS

 

We have just a FEW Kirby sweatshirts available for purchase. If you are interested in purchasing one, please contact Laura Kurz. The price is $50 for youth sizes and $60 for adult sizes and it can be worn as part of the RCS uniform. The sizes we have remaining are Youth L, Youth XL, Adult Small, Adult Medium, and Adult Large.

 

SUPPORT RADCLIFFE THROUGH AMAZON SMILE!

Don't forget to support Radcliffe Creek School when you shop on Amazon this holiday season through smile.amazon.com!
AROUND THE CREEK
Ms. Singer's reading class practiced writing character traits and quotes from the book Matilda on their drawing of Miss Trunchbull.


In Ms. Aburn's Language Arts class, Riley practices distinguishing the difference between phrases, independent clauses, and subordinate clauses by identifying and sorting.
 
Kodie acts as Ms. Brenda's little helper in Little Creek's Infant Room!

Students in Mrs. Kirby's Discovery classes are working hard to complete their shields to go along with the arrowheads and spears they made earlier this week! They are learning how the Plains Indians used these tools to hunt buffalo.


Little Creek's Four's Class presented "Literature in Action" today with a double feature of A Soup Opera and The Little Red Hen!


Check out Noland's awesome Etch-A-Sketch creation!


We want to congratulate the Radcliffe Creek School soccer team on an amazing 2017 season! Your hard work and dedication were amazing to watch.
Radcliffe Creek School
201 Talbot Boulevard
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-8150

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