Good afternoon!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  There are many fun activities coming up so please pay attention to the dates!

TOMORROW is the last day to bring in fundraising money. Remember if you want to go bowling on Friday you must bring in at least $35! 

A few important reminders/important dates

Just a reminder that students are now able to wear their summer uniform!

Please be sure to send your child with baseball hats or sun hats and sunscreen! Also please be sure to send in water bottles…with all the running around they do they get very hot and thirsty!

We are once again out of Kleenex, water, and Lysol Wipes. If you could please bring some in that would be great!

Monday April 13-Thursday April 24 – Spring Fundraiser!!!! Get out there and raise as much money as you can and help support St. Jude’s Academy!! All proceeds will go towards a new playground and science equipment!! There will be prizes for the class who raises the most money as well as for individuals who raise the most. For each student who raises $35, they will be invited to go bowling free of charge!!!

Monday April 13-Friday April 24 – Second Cup coffee bean sale

Monday April 20 to Friday April 24 – Morning coffee sale. Enjoy a cup Second Cup coffee when you drop your children off. $2.00 for a cup or $1.50 if you bring your own thermos!

Thursday April 23 – Fundraising money due. Also bring in a reusable water bottle and earn 1000 house points!

Friday April 24 – Bowling trip for those students who raise $35 or more and May lunch forms are due

Wednesday April 29 – Casual Day

Thursday May 14 – Summer camp forms due. Get them in early to get a deal!

MATH

Today both the 3’s and 4’s looked at fractions as a set. The 4’s focused on finding the fraction of each set. For example ¼ of 8 = 2, 2/5 of 10 = 4. The 3’s focused on using and drawing pictures to help them solve questions. For example in a total of 5 balls, one is red and four and white…what fraction is red? 1/5 of the balls are red.

LANGUAGE

Today we presented our interpretation of the phone call scene from Mr. Popper’s Penguins. It was quite a funny scene where Mr. Popper called City Hall to inquire about a license for his pet penguin Captain Cook. He ended up speaking to an elderly lady who could not hear at all so in the end Mr. Popper was called all sorts of names like Mr. Topper and Mr. Potter. She also thought Captain Cook was a captain in the Army and that his first name was Benjamin! I have to say I was not overly impressed with the skits. Many groups were very silly and strayed away from the material. Perhaps we will try again!

U.O.I.

Today we examined igneous rocks! We did another experiment with marbles and a box. We found that as we shook the box the temperature rose which caused the marbles to change position and become layered! Then they began brainstorming for their story. They have to write as if they were an igneous rock and talk about all the changes they go through and what they look like after!

Remember to bring a reusable water bottle tomorrow for 1000 house points!

Practising for the skit!

Aryan singing O'Canada!

Thank you Aziz for bringing in your book on Minerals!

The skits!

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J