Monday, January 11, 2016

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

Just a reminder to send your child with proper outdoor gear…coats, boots, hats, mitts, and snow pants.

Some raffle prizes are still waiting to be collected. If you attended the Christmas Concert and purchased a raffle ticket, please check out Mrs. Kerr’s blog to see if you are the lucky winner! If you are bring your ticket into reception and Dawn or Presy will give you your prize!

St. Jude's Academy Cold Weather Policy

Below you will find the steps taken at St. Jude's Academy to ensure students stay safe and have fun during the winter months.

1 Reduce amount of time students spend outdoors when the temperature is –20 degrees Celsius or colder, with or without the wind chill. Students will stay indoors when the temperature is -20 degrees Celsius or colder, with or without wind chill.

2 Understand that some medical conditions may increase sensitivity to cold. Parents should consult their physician and provide a written notice if a child has a need to stay indoor. 

3     Ensure students are dressed warmly, covering exposed skin: insulated boots, winter weight coats, mittens, hats, neck warmers.


4 Ensure students change wet clothing or footwear immediately.

5 Although these conditions are unlikely to occur during the school day, ensure that all staff are able to recognize and treat symptoms of frostbite and hypothermia. Given plenty of warm fluids to prevent dehydration.


6 When children are outside, be watchful for shivering or signs of numbness in faces, ears, hands or feet.

7 Educate children in dealing with cold weather: drinking plenty of fluids, dressing warmly, and recognizing signs of cold injury.

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

Re-registration packages were sent home before the break. Please send them back as soon as possible!

Reading logs due every Friday. The first set is due Friday, January 15!

February lunch forms and after care payments are due Friday, January 22 by 3:30 PM.

Friday, January 22 is International Day. This is a class project that we will be working on during class. Parents are welcome to view our project from 2:30-3:15 in the auditorium. Spain will be the country that we have researched. The students have been put into groups to research a topic.

Here are the pairings and topics:
Ava/Emilia – Art/Dance
Alexis/ Laryssa – Food
Nicole/Kian – Language
Taran/Mehar/Lucas – Sports/Toys/Games
Tomas/Jon – Clothing
Shri/Rishaan – Architecture
Nik/Shane – Products/Exports
Zara/Maram – Laws/Policies
Kamaljeet/Tanya – Rules/Customs

Wednesday, January 27 is Casual Day.

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MATH
Today completed our first lesson on reading data in tables. Students had to use the information provided to answer questions. We also wrote out some key terms. The unit math test will begin Thursday, January 21 with an in class survey and construction of graphs and then the in class unit test will take place Monday, January 25.

LANUGAGE
Today we began lesson 15 in our spelling books. Just a reminder that the spelling test will take place on Friday. We also began looking at how to write a report, as our OWA term 2 assessments will take place on Thursday. I have started a reading logbook for the students. They are expected to read for at least 20 minutes everyday. They can record it in their reading log. Reading logs will be checked every Friday. The first one will be checked on Friday, January 15th.

UOI
Today we looked at balanced and unbalanced forces. We used our Science and Technology to do some reading and answer some questions.

Have a great night! Stay warm!


Mrs. Hocevar J

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