Summer Activities for You and Your Family

Dear Parents and Adults at Home,

This is the last weekly update of the year. To help you and your children prepare for the summer break, I have listed below a number of useful sites.

Fun family activities for the summer - this site was put together by a 10 year old girl and is full of great ideas in the Metro Vancouver area.
http://findfamilyfun.com/

There are dozens of amazing nature trails right here is Surrey. This excellent site will tell you about each of them.
http://www.surrey.ca/Living+in+Surrey/Environment/Exploring+Surrey/Nature+Trails/default.htm

This page has a great map of all of our local Surrey parks.
http://www.surrey.ca/Living+in+Surrey/Parks+and+Recreation/Parks+and+Environment/Park+Locations+and+Amenities/Parks+by+Community+Area/default.htm

For the more adventerous types, this site covers the hottest locations for canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing and hiking.
http://www.trailpeak.com/index.jsp

You don't have to travel far to have fun this summer. Come and enjoy your redeveloped multi-purpose recreation centre in the heart of the of the City Centre. The North Surry Recreation Centre has something to offer for the entire family.
http://www.surrey.ca/Living+in+Surrey/Parks+and+Recreation/Recreation+Services+and+Places/Community+Recreation+Places/Rec+Services+by+Community+Area/North+Surrey+Rec+Services/default.htm

My own personal favourite summer location is this little gem in South Surrey - Blackie Spit.
http://www.greatervancouverparks.com/BlackieSpit01.html

If you're on the go and want to enjoy some of the best books ever written, this sight is for you.
http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/

A website of good books for the boys.
http://www.guysread.com/

Hip librarians do exist and this is their blog.
http://hiplibrariansbookblog.blog-city.com/

Here are a number of websites for great summer reading books.

http://www.silverwing.ca/

http://www.hamishx.com/

http://www.louissachar.com/HolesBook.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_Magee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Because_of_Winn-Dixie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiderwick

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/

http://www.roalddahl.com/

Enjoy!

Important Dates in 2008

June 19 Field Trip to Second Beach Pool in Stanley Park: 8:30am-6:30pm
June 20 Celebration Assembly @ 1:00 pm
June 23 Year End Assembly @ 10:30 am
June 24 Sports Day
June 25 Grade 7 Graduation @ 10:30, Final Report Cards sent home. Last day of school for students, early dismissal @ 1:30 pm
June 26 Pro-D #6 - No school

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to phone, email or drop by the school.

I wish you and your family all the best in the future!
Have a wonderful summertime!

Sincerely,

Michael Link
Forsyth Road Elementary
10730 139 Street
Surrey BC V3T 5L4
Phone: 604-588-8394
mikewilliamlink@gmail.com