Partners' Newsletter of children and heathy way of life.

1. Partners
Newsletter
Partners Newsletter, march 2014
Sommary....
It’s happennig right here!!2
Arrimages et planification triennale
Qu’en est-il de l’évaluation de l’Outil Mon Portrait (OMP) ?
Journée des intervenants 0-5ans, ça s’en vient !
On cuisine en famille!
Défi Santé 5/30 Équilibre : motiver les citoyens!
Did you know that?!4
Quand générosité rime avec psychomotricité – source CS des
Sommets
Infos & links!5
Pour faire bouger les préados :
Formation en mobilisation:
Nouveau :
Le rôle des pères
Rédaction
Denis Delbois — coordonateur-adjoint
Isabelle Mercieca — coordonateur MeM
Joël Bolduc — coordonateur PPEM
Marie-Josée Cotnoir — conseillère ressource
Contact
Memphré en Mouvement
Partenaires pour la Petite
Enfance Memphrémagog
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MemphreEnMouvement
120, rue Bellevue
Magog J1X 3H2
Tél. : 819 446 5005
Memphre@regroupement.que
becenforme.org
Deniscoordoadjoint@me.com
Twitter : @MemenMouvement
Coordo.cal@gmail.com
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ÉDITORIAL : Personal
anecdote
When I woke up at home this morning, I had a
sore throat. Since I didn’t want to give anything
to my family or colleagues, I made a trip to the
local drugstore, the one that established itself in
our municipality thanks to our Municipal Council.
What does this anecdote have to do with
anything? Well, it just happens to bring together
all the elements of our current reflection, such as
the representation of an individual, in his own
environment, at the center of a multidirectional
reflection. Indeed, you have the parent and friend
who doesn’t want to impact his immediate
environment; the resident who takes advantage
of local services; and the citizen who
congratulates his Municipal Council for having
heard him - before he lost his voice...
What we have, in short, is an organization in
which all levels of decison-making serve the
individual and therefore meet a real need. But
getting there required planning and prioritizing,
and would not have been possible without
reexaminating things and considering the
different ways in which we process - and view
things.
So beyond the financial aspect, this appoach
allows us to meet present needs while ensuring
sustainable development.
The academic would call this an holistic
approach, because it takes into account the
ecosystem. As for myself, I’ll just say that those
little pills did the trick .
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2. Partners Newsletter, march 2014
It’s happening right here
It’s happennig right here!
Consolidation and three-year planning
We’ve reached a very important step in the
three-year plan for children 0-5 years old and
their families: taking action! And we’re
working in a very consolidated manner: by
geographical area, while including actions that
promote healthy lifestyle habits.
During the meetings in January, each
committee was given the opportunity to start
thinking about the projects required to bring
about the desired changes.
What do we need to do to collectively reach
our four objectives?
-Improve the child’s ability to engage with
others in a positive manner;
-Improve the lifestyle habits of children;
-Increase the ability of parents, who are in a
precarious situation, to take action;
-Strenghten the faith families have in their
community and in organizations within the
territory.
Clearly, some areas of work, and some
communities, will require further reflection
initially in order to assess what’s already being
done, to consider possible linkages, and to
build collective actions together...
On the other hand, we can aleady tell which
changes will require very concrete projects!
Wonderful opportunities await us!
During the meetings in March, the Territorial
Committees and the Coordinating Committee
will propose concrete action plans involving
organization leaders, as well as the budget
required for the actions. This will be the last
phase of the three-year plan for 0-5 year olds.
Lastly, all the partners will adopt the plans and
budgets at the April 2014 Assembly! It’s a
date, so we hope to see you there in large
number!
Where are we with the evaluation of
“Mon Portrait” (“My Profile”)?
The Université de Sherbrooke, in collaboration
with the PPEM (Partenaires pour la Petite
Enfance de Magog), evaluated this
educational support tool and will soon release
the report.
This tool is designed to facilitate
communication between educational daycares
and schools, for future kindergarten students.
It’s a record of a child’s developmental
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3. achievements, prepared by the daycare
educators and submitted to school resource
workers with the parents’ authorization. The
goal is to promote continuity in the educational
services made available to children and to
identify early on the needs of the children who
are most at risk.
The evaluation of this tool led to various
findings, as well as recommendations for
improving content validity and ensuring that
objectives are more easily met. The PPEM
Kindergarten Transition Committee will look at
different ways of sharing the results of the
report. The goal is to allow all concerned
parties (educators, teachers, school
administrators, resource workers) access to
the report by March or April 2014, at the latest.
The Committee will also reflect on which
recommendations it wishes to follow.
community kitchen Bouchée Double, vary
according to the clientele. The take-away:
parents and children enjoy cooking together:
over 20 participants took part in the two last
workshops hosted by École des Deux-Soleils!
In the Playgroup (at Princess Elizabeth) and in
the Family Club (at the Maison de la Famille),
the emphasis is on healthy eating among
toddlers by getting them to help prepare
simple and inexpensive recipes. The icing on
the...muffin: the workshops are designed in a
way to promote the parent/child bond as well
as language development!
At École des Deux-Soleils and at the Villa
Pierrot, monthly get-togethers in the evening
provide parents with inexpensive recipe ideas
for the lunch box or supper.
Could positive experiences make change
easier?
The Journée des intervenants 0-5 ans is
coming soon!
5/30 Health and Wellness Challenge:
motivating citizens!
For its 3rd year, the day that celebrates
childcare workers will be held on May 15, at
the Community Centre in Ste-Catherine-deHatley. Be sure to mark it on your calendar!
This day is an opportunity for childcare
workers from different communities to
exchange ideas, get to know one another
better, share knowledge and become
reenergized.
As a result of the concerns that were brought
up in the course of the evaluations, the
committee decided that the theme of this 3rd
edition would be: “Anxiety in Children”.
We will send you more details in the coming
months via the Réseau enfance
Memphrémagog. This network is intended for
childcare workers who follow children from
conception to five years of age, and their
families, residing in the Memphrémagog MRC.
If you are not yet a member, you can join by
clicking on this link: http://
reseauenfance.ning.com/
Free access, personal freedom and prizes: a
winning combination to get young people and
their families to have fun while taking part in
the challenge! The goal is to eat at least 5
servings of fruits and vegetables every day,
and to be active at least 30 minutes a day.
In 2013, 362 municipalities and local
communities took part in the project in order to
encourage people to acquire healthy lifestyle
habits.
In Eastman, the event is advertized in the
Municipal Newsletter, on the website and in
the activities section of the Facebook page.
Every week in March and April, the activities
coordinator will have new challenges for
citizens in order to encourage them to be
active and eat more fruits and vegetables! Are
municipal councillors going to take part as
well?
For more information on the project, visit the
website Défi Santé 5/30 Équilibre and register!
Cooking together as a family!
Dozens of families are taking part in the
Parent/Child Cooking Workshops in Magog.
The workshops, which are hosted by the
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4. Partners Newsletter, march 2014
Did you know that?
Did you know that?
Psychomotor skills can be used to help
others (Source: Commission Scolaire
des Sommets).
Kindergarten students from École St-Pie-X
learned how important and enjoyable it is
to give to others. With help from all the
students in the school, the Sourinidi and
the Quenouille d’Or kindergarten classes
collected so much candy that they were
able to make fifty or so treat bags to
spruce up the Christmas baskets.
Besides making a really nice gesture, the
kids had fun matching mathematical
concepts (classification, enumeration,
equivalence, etc.) with assembly-line tasks
that helped them develop their fine and
global motor skills. Learning is child’s play,
n’est-ce pas?
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5. Partners Newsletter, march 2014
Infos & links
Infos & links
To get pre-teens to be
more active:
sign up for a HOCKEY
BOTTINES MISSION
before March 31, 2014 and
you might be lucky enough
to have Étienne Boulay
and the WIXX squad show
up at your place! http://
www.operationwixx.ca/
concours/
COMMUNAGIR :
is an organization that
provides training in
community mobilization
and development. You
can find support for your
practices with workshops
on evaluation, governance,
process facilitation, etc...
The workshops are available
in two formats: day courses
and webinars. For a
complete list of what’s
available, go to: http://
component in a child’s
development:
NEW:
the schedule of healthy
lifestyle promotion/
prevention campaigns is
available under the following
link: http://
etrepapa.ca/
www.communagir.org/system/
wp-content/uploads/2014/01/
Formations-et-webinairesHP2014-FINAL.pdf
www.santeestrie.qc.ca/
sante_publique/
promotion_prevention/
habitudes_de_vie/
saines_habitudes_de_vie.php
The father’s place :
A father plays an important
role in a child’s life. Below
are a few sites that support,
document and promote
fatherhood as a key
1. It’s happening in the
Eastern Townships! The first
portal for fathers in the
francophone world was
launched during the first
“Fatherhood Recognition
Week” in the region: http://
2. The Fathers Friendly
Initiative within the
Families, not yet available
in our region, but inspiring:
http://iap.uqo.ca/
3. The Regroupement pour
la valorisation de la
paternité, a coalition that
recognizes the importance of
fatherhood: http://
www.rvpaternite.org/
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