Dear Brookes Westshore Families and Friends,

In several of the Grade 7-11 classes today we shared information about the Powerful Youth leadership programs running at Brookes this summer (see here). 

If your child is interested in attending the program  we currently have 12 spots in Session 1 (July 3 – 16) and 4 spots in Session 2 (July 17-30).

The price for the two week program is $1730 CAD. This fee includes all costs during the program including room, board, activities, excursions, transportation and of course supervision and delivery of our award winning program (selected by iStudy 2 years in a row as the Best Experience Based Learning Program).

You can learn more about the powerful youth program at our website: powerfulyouth.com  To qualify for the discounted Brookes Westshore student price you must indicate on the application form that your school is Brookes Westshore.

Many of you may have already made plans for this summer so if you are interested we will be running programs next year at our UK school as well as at Brookes Westshore.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at:  gbrown@brookes.org.

With kind regards,

Graham Brown

Chairperson,

Brookes Education Group

Powerful Youth students investing their time in various service projects.  

Dear Parents and Students,

Another busy week of learning at Brookes Westshore.  The MYP 1 and 2 were able to each spend a day at Camp Thunderbird to experience some outdoor adventures and the MYP 1 also visited the University of Victoria Astronomy lab for their interdisciplinary unit. Every year of the MYP teachers design an interdisciplinary unit of study which involves two subjects. The purpose of these interdisciplinary units is to focus on a significant global context to promote a deeper understanding and promote inquiry.

This is a very busy time for our DP 1 students as prepare for their year end exams. The English Literature students are also completing their oral presentation and there are also a couple of internal assessments happening this month. On June 20, all DP1 students will be travelling to Bamberton Park where they will work collaboratively to complete the IB Group 4 (Science) Project. This is one of my favorite IB requirements – the only requirement of the project is that students work with students who are studying a different science. We  group a physics, biology and chemistry student together for this project and they work together to develop an investigation and complete data collection.

We are in the final weeks of the academic year and teachers are planning year end events for each grade level.  I will have all the final details for our year end celebrations in next week’s newsletter.

End of the School Year - June 24th

Students will be dismissed at 12:00PM on Friday June 24th.

ASA's

Please be advised that next week will be the last week for all ASAs with the exception of Golf that will be ending on the 16th of June.  

2022 Yearbooks

We are taking pre-orders from today - put your name down at the Front Desk! Limited quantities available, get yours while you can!

Dorm Students can pay for years books from their incidentals account and Day Students can pay via cash at Front Desk. Cost per yearbook is 45$ 

Formal Dance - June 17th

The grade 8, 9, 10 + 11’s are planning a Formal Dance on June 17th from 7 pm to 11pm! Tickets on sale now for $5.

They have already fundraised $1100.00 for the dance! Half will be donated to the Ukraine Cultural Society and the rest will go toward their decorations, food and music.

Uniforms

Used Clothing:  If you would like to book an appointment to purchase used uniform clothing for next year, please email Melanie Gordon at mgordon@westshore.brookes.org.  Appointment slots will be available to book at the end of June.

New Clothing:  If you would like to order new clothing form our supplier, and would like it guaranteed to arrive before the start of the school year, the deadline to put in your order is the15th of June. Orders can be placed after the 15th, but may arrive later than the first day of school. The website is www.topmarks.ca and school code is BSL01.  

Pride Week

Brookes Pride week will be held all throughout next week,  Here is the schedule of events:

Monday: LGBTQ+ Movie at lunch

Tuesday: No Backpack day (Bring your stuff to school in anything except a back pack)

Wednesday: LGBTQ+ Kahoot questions at lunch

Thursday: Snack Cart and Crafts (All money raised goes to the Victoria Pride Society)

Friday: Pride Festival Carnival and Games.  Donations encouraged for carnival games.  All money raised goes to the Victoria Pride Society.  Free dress day:  students can dress in any bright colours this day.  

Public Health staff have now finished notifying families with children who are overdue/due for immunizations with birth years of 2015-2017. Grade 6 & 9 school based clinics are also complete for the school year. If your child is still due for immunizations we invite you to call the West Shore Health Unit to secure an appointment at 250-519-3490, all school aged children are welcome.

RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES:

www.immunizebc.ca: This site provides extensive information about BC’s routine vaccination schedule for infants, children, teens and adults.  It also includes a comprehensive ‘Question and Answer’ section.

https://www.islandhealth.ca/learn-about-health/immunizations/immunizations: Learn about immunization programs in Island Health.

Omar painting a self portrait.

MYP5 Science Class:  Russel and Leeland investigating the effect of an incline, on the acceleration of a rolling object.  

MYP3 Drama Class: students performing their skits.

Student Council members presented to the Grade 4/5 class about UNICEF.  After learning about the agency they played a Kahoot to test their knowledge.  

Mr. Hernandez's DP math class.  

Students working in various classes.

This week, as a part of their Interdisciplinary Unit, the MYP1 students went on a tour of the Astronomy Tower at UVic. Although it was a cloudy day and there was nothing to see through the telescope, the kids enjoyed getting to operate the tower features, including opening the viewing portal! 

MYP 1 and 2 students spent the day at Camp Thunderbird this week.  Students were able to enjoy archery, paddle boarding and canoeing together.  

The Yoga ASA with Mme. Tremblay.  Thank you to Raymond for taking these beautiful photos!  

The Grade 4/5 class held a Science fair in the cafeteria last week.  Parents, teachers and other students were able to come and listen to the students present their science projects.   

Students hard at work during the last month of school.

Students dancing to Just Dance videos for this Fun Friday's lunchtime activity. 

Sushi night in the dorms!  

One of the last week's activities for dorm students was paintball.  Here we see the students all geared up and ready to play. 

Dorm Activities this weekend

Friday 3:00pm - Sunday 9:00pm - Vancouver Trip

Friday 8:00pm - Paint Night

Saturday 1:00pm - Flying Squirrel Trampoline Park

Saturday 8:00pm - Tart Baking

Sunday 7:00 pm - Movie Night 

Key dates for the school year starting in September 2022 can be found here: Key Dates 2022/2023 - Brookes Westshore