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.
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, and 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:
On Wednesday,
February 3 Scientists in the School will be visiting us to do a workshop on
Forces. It is bound to be a great time with some hands on experiments! I have
sent home a permission form, which will be due with the $12 by Monday, January 25.
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. Those who
have their own can bring them in from home for Feb. 1!
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.
Monthly bake sale
is this Wednesday and Thursday, the 27th
and 28th!
Wednesday, January 27 is Casual Day.
Pancake breakfast forms are due Friday,
January 29.
Music test will be taking place on Friday, January 29.
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PARENT GUILD
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MATH
Today we began our
new unit on Fractions and Decimals. It was our short math period so we reviewed
some key terms did a simple fractions worksheet.
LANUGAGE
Today we went to
the library and continued to work on our speeches, completing our RC of our
introduction as well as beginning our first body paragraph. Please remember that we are working on the
speeches in class. Please do not complete your speech at home.
Students 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 continued building our cars. I cannot wait to
see how they turn out!! They are off to a great start.
For this summative, students will be asked to design
create and a vehicle that can be moved by pushing or pulling force. Please do
not build the car at home! We will be using all of the week to construct the
car. The construction of the car must be completed by Friday, January 29.The
tests will be completed the weekend of the January 30 at home. We will begin
presentations on Monday, February 1 and Tuesday, February 2. A booklet has been
sent home with all the information that will be needed. Please send this booklet
back on a daily basis.
Have a great night!
Mrs. Hocevar J
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