Spring Break - Fun Things that are Free Around Virginia Beach

Events at the Lynnhaven Mall, Barnes & Noble

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? Storytime

Special Event, Children's Event, Storytime (Childrens)

Saturday March 31, 2018 11:00 AM

The Duckling asks for a cookie, and gets it!

How do you think Pigeon feels about that?

Find out at Storytime, with activities to follow.

What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night: A Very Messy Adventure by Refe and Susan Tuma

Children's Event, Storytime (Childrens)

Tuesday April 03, 2018 11:00 AM

Join us for our Tuesday Storytime.

We will be reading What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night:

A Very Messy Adventure by Refe and Susan Tuma.

Crafts/activities to follow.

The Giving Tree Storytime

Special Event, Children's Event, Storytime (Children)

Saturday April 07, 2018 11:00 AM

Join us for Storytime and activities

featuring beloved children's author

Shel Silverstein's timeless classic The Giving Tree.

Home Depot Kids Workshop

Celebration Station Location

3352 Virginia Bch Blvd Virginia Beach, VA 23452

(757) 340-5804

Encourage a love for nature and ornithology in

our hands-on workshop where you and your child

can build a window birdhouse. Your young birdwatcher can

observe birds’ behaviors like building a nest and

watching eggs hatch without the need for expensive equipment.

Once your birdhouse is built, your child can decorate

it with paint and stickers. All Kids Workshop attendees

must be accompanied by a parent or adult at all times.

All kids get to keep their craft, receive a

FREE certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron,

and a commemorative pin while supplies last.

Children must be present at the store to participate

in the workshop and receive the kit, apron, and pin.

Register online: https://www.homedepot.com/workshops/#store/4614

First Landing State Park

Have fun outdoors, enjoying nature at First Landing State Park.

There are a lot of great programs offered during

Spring Break and other times during the year. ($5 fee to park)

First Landing State Park - Events

For Teachers

Educator Appreciation Days - Sunday, April 1

Special Event, Educator Event (Education)

Sunday April 01, 2018 10:00 AM Pre-K through Grade 12

educators, join us in store every Saturday and Sunday

in April and enjoy 25% off most books, toys, games,

movies, music, and more. Plus, shop online at BN.com on

Saturday, April 28th, and Sunday, April 29th, and save 25% on most orders.

For Other Events and Ideas, go to:

https://hamptonroads.myactivechild.com/resources/free-things-to-do/virginia-beach/

You Should Run for S.C.A!

Maddie and Krissi interviewed Mrs. Clothier

March 21, 2018.

To all 3rd and 4th graders, if you are interested in running for S.C.A here are some things you need to know from our S.C.A sponsor, A.K.A. Mrs. Clothier.

1. Why is S.C.A important to the school?

S.C.A encourages student involvement in school and allows
students to have a say in activities.

2. What are the main parts that are important to S.C.A?

Leadership, community service, school unity, fundraising
opportunities.

3. Are their consequences for doing what you are not supposed
to do in S.C.A?

You will be suspended from S.C.A and could be taken off the board depending on what you did.

 

4. What plans do you have for the future in S.C.A?

Dances, movie night, another talent show.

The News for Battle of the Books

Created by Krissi D.

The teams: There are two teams representing Windsor Woods.

One team is the Reading Rockets. This squad holds 4 group members:
Krissi, Destanie, Isabel, and Colby.

The other team is the Magical Star Books. This squad holds:
Travis, Paris, Makaila, and Lexi.   

The Books

There are 10 books that both teams are responsible for reading.
What happens is Ms. Cameron has the books and the kids choose the ones they want to read.
I recommend that two people in each team read the same book.
Each person has to read at least 5 of the 10 books before the first competition.

Here are the 10 books:

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Calico Girl by Jerdine Nolen

Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton

Full of Beans by Jennifer Holm

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan

Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

You can find these books in our school library and our local library.

The Prizes

If you and your team wins, you get prizes. Everyone who participates gets a certificate. The prize for winning the first round is a $5 gift card to Barnes and Noble.
For the second round, the winners receive a $10 Barnes and Noble gift card.
If your team makes it to the finals and wins, you get a trophy, a $20 gift card to
Barnes and Noble too, and the glory of winning.

The Reading Rockets won the first competition and the Magical Starbucks
came in as a close second. Windsor Woods couldn’t ask for more glory!

Just remember it is about having fun, not winning.    

That is really important!

Career Day

Hello! Today is Career Day and we have some fun interviews with our family and neighbors coming up over the next several weeks. We think we should celebrate our parents’ careers and “Just Be Happy” (song reference). So enjoy!

A Day in the Life

Wildcat Wizard reporter Maddie L. shares her experiences in the School News Club for the first semester.

Click on the link below to view her Google Slideshow.

A Day in the Life

Chromebook Safety

Need a reminder of the ways to keep your Chromebook (and YOU) safe?

Check out this slideshow created by Braiden S. by clicking on the link below:

Chromebook Safety

Windsor Woods Adventure Games - A Fictional Story

By Krissi D. and Maddie L.
Revised by Mrs. Estep

It was December and the school was buzzing with fun activities of the upcoming holidays. The Book Fair and Penguin Patch were bustling, and the Chorus and Strings were preparing to perform.
                           
As the strings finished, the chorus prepared to go on stage. Suddenly, a bad storm erupted, and all of the lights blew up. Everyone screamed and ran around the cafeteria. Mrs.Davidson yelled, “Everyone, be quiet! I hear a monster.” As the kids stopped and listened, they realized the monster was Mr.O snoring to shake the whole school. Maybe it wasn’t the storm that blew out the lights; maybe it was Mr.O.

Then Rebecca  said “Let's yell really loud to wake Mr. O. up! 1, 2, 3, YELL! YELL! YELL!” Mr.O was startled awake and everyone started to laugh.

Now that they figured out there wasn’t a monster, the students needed to figure out what to do about the darkness and the storm. Niki got out her phone and looked through her duffel bag to find her emergency kit. She found pillows, blankets, and other soothing things. Chris said “How many things can fit in that duffel bag, is it an endless bag of stuff?” Niki ignored that question and started to speak. “Okay, here’s the plan.
Step 1 - get everyone quiet and get the adults to look after the little ones.
Step 2 - get as many 4th, 5th, and 6th graders as possible to help out.
Step 3 - go to the power panel and do our best to get the power back on.”

As the older kids headed toward the power panel, a huge blast of wind came rushing through the doors and a huge puff of black smoke came with it. Then the smoke started to speak. “I am Daughter Nature. I am your worst nightmare and all of you will bow down to me!”  Niki got her group all together, “Okay guys, step one and two are accomplished, but now we need to get past her.” So the team fans out to try to get someone around her to the power panel, but Daughter Nature catches them all. “Ohh, trying to escape? You made a huge mistake!”

Daughter Nature summoned all her powers and shook the whole school. Things started to fall everywhere. The team of students escaped and went to the purple hallway. As they gathered, they all looked at one another and said at the exact same time, “It’s the Adventure Games!”

Avis said, “So here is what we are going to do. We are going to use our resources and set booby traps all around the school. Be super careful!” Then Niki  pulled out a key from her pocket, and said, “This is from my emergency kit. It was given to me for this very day.”  Everyone asked her where she got the key and Niki  answered, “I got it from Mr. Ball. So are we going to booby trap this place, or not?”

The group of kids gathered supplies from the art room, music room, library, W.B.S. room, classrooms, and the work rooms. The whole place was booby trapped with books, toy cars, marbles, school supplies and a lot more.

Niki asked, “So, who wants to be a risk-taker and get Daughter Nature out to the booby traps? Oh, and there's one job that I haven’t mentioned yet. Who would like to try to defeat this monster and see who is behind all of this?”

Everyone took a minute to think, but agreed they would all work together as a team. They worked together to create a foolproof plan. First, they decided to have one group of kids act as distractions that would help by leading Daughter Nature toward the booby traps. Once Daughter Nature is caught, guards would make sure that she couldn’t escape. Another group would need to get to the power panel to get the lights on for the whole school. They decided that if anyone got into trouble or needed anything, they would say the code word, “Teamwork!” The kids got into their groups and moved out to conquer Daughter Nature and turn on the lights!

The distraction group came up with a magnificent plan. They made Daughter Nature think that Mother Nature (A.K.A. Daughter Nature’s mother) was there to save the day. Then Daughter Nature followed them.  Their first task was complete and the group did a little celebration. Then something very surprising happened.

Daughter Nature sent a message to all the villains - the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and many more - asking them to help take down the school.

As all these villains arrived, they stared right at Niki and she did not know what to do! It was at that moment that the perfect idea came to her.

Niki decided to make an illusion. The kids knocked down the empty shelves in the library and then ran to hide until they could talk to Daughter Nature. But just as Niki broke out of the library, she was caught by a booby trap that Daughter Nature had set!  Luckily, Niki had a special tool in her emergency kit that she could use to cut through the rope. Niki got herself out and said to herself, “Time for all those Taekwondo and Gymnastic lessons to come in handy!”  She flipped off walls and kicked and had a lot of fun. So she put the villains into the booby traps and went to go find the rest of the gang.

Niki found the lights team just as they were hooking up a bike. Their plan was to pedal the bike to power the lights.  After she learned that they had a plan, Niki went to tell everyone else that the lights would be on soon. On her way she passed Daughter Nature. Surprisingly, the evil villain had started to melt! “Well,” she said to herself, “Daughter Nature is made of nature and weather. I guess that makes sense!”

Niki gathered the whole team together so that they could unmask Daughter Nature, but discovered that it wasn’t Daughter Nature that was melting! It was a hologram! Which means that Daughter Nature had escaped! “Quick everyone! Spread out and search!” ordered Niki.

The kids tore the school apart, but all they found were Daughter Nature’s minions. “I have an idea,”  Rebecca says. “Let’s lure the minions to the office, trap them, and guard them. Then a few of us can go search for Daughter Nature and when we find her, we can unmask her and call the cops.”

The kids followed  Rebecca’s directions and as the police cars veered into the school parking lot, everyone came out cheering! The whole thing had turned out to be a team building activity! The adults wanted the kids to join together as a team and work together to save the school! So, instead of a holiday show, the kids had an epic time in the Windsor Woods Adventure Games.

The End