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 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.
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.
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PARENT GUILD
Check out our latest blog for pictures:
MATH
Today we had an
extra long assembly in order to hand out our December communicator awards and
we played a house game. 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. Then we completed our
lesson 15 spelling test. 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.
UOI
Today we began writing some rough notes for International
Mindedness Day. All research is to be brought to school on Monday. If anyone
has an item from Spain and would like to lend it to us, we would appreciate it
very much!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Hocevar J
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