Good afternoon,

I hope everyone had a lovely night!

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:

Our school wide picture day was cancelled due to camera problems. It will be rescheduled for sometime in the spring.

A note regarding art/music class: Beginning on Feb. 1st, grades 3 - 6 students at SJA will be practicing recorders during art classes. Students who have previously ordered and stored recorders at the school will have theirs made available to them on Feb. 1st for the first session.  Student’s who do not have a recorder already in the recorder bin from last year, are encouraged to purchase one through the school. Recorders will cost $10 and order forms will be sent home. Order forms and money will be due by Friday, January 22.

Re-registration packages were sent home before the break. Please send them back as soon as possible as they are due no later than February 11.

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. They must have at least on book! THERE WILL BE NO KISS AND RIDE THIS DAY!

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.

Please check out our Facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/St-Judes-Academy-392663204140440/

PARENT GUILD

Check out our latest blog for pictures:

http://sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca/  

MATH

Today we learned how to draw pictographs. These are graphs that use pictures to show the data. 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 enjoyed some quiet reading time in the library for one period. After gym we reviewed all the important points of a recount. I read some examples of recounts as well. 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 15^th.

UOI

Today we used our UOI period to write our Term 2 OWA. This terms focus was on writing a recount. They had to write a recount on seeing a fellow peer alone at recess. 

Have a great night!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Car experiment fun!