Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful night! What a beautiful autumn day we had.

All pieces of the winter uniform must be warn! This includes the sweater/sweater vest. Please ensure that all pieces are sent to school everyday!

Important information and reminders:

November lunch forms were sent home last week. All forms and money are due no later than Monday, October 24…no exceptions.

September after care invoices were sent home last week. All payments are due by Monday, October 24.

Scholastic orders, picture forms, and after school activity forms are due Wednesday, October 26.

The Parent Guild is hosting a movie night and dance on Friday, October 21. The movie (The Wild Life – PG) will run from 6:30-8:30 and the dance from 8:30-9:30. All of this will be taking place in the SJA auditorium. Free childcare will run from 6-6:30. Tickets are $10 and include popcorn, a bottle of water, and a treat. Pizza is also available for $2/slice. Students may bring a pillow, sleeping bag, or blanket and can come in their PJ’s!! Tickets can still be ordered!

PARENT HOMEWORK

As per the email sent out a couple of weeks ago, the staff at St. Jude’s is conducting a self-study. The self-study is a requirement of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). The self-study is taking place now as it is almost 4 years since our IB evaluation visit. The purpose of the self-study is to ensure that we are maintaining the IB programme standards and practices. We are asking that parents and guardians with students in JK to grade 6 take the time to complete a small survey by Friday, October 21. Your input will form part of the self-study report that is submitted to the IBO and will help direct further action that needs to be taken by staff at our school. The survey link has been posted below and only takes about 5 minutes to complete! We thank you in advance for your participation!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XCHTHN8

LANGUAGE:

Today we read another chapter of Anne of Green Gables. We also took some time to complete the student survey for the self-study. Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

MATH:

Today we began our 3^rd unit – Measurement. We began to day with exploring units of time. We used words such as decade, century, and millennium. We discovered that 1 hour has 60 minutes in it, 1 day has 24 hours in it, 1 week has 7 days, 1 month has about 4 weeks, 1 year has 12 months-52 weeks-365 days, 1 decade is 10 years, 1 century is 10 decades or 100 years, and 1 millennium is 10 centuries or 1000 years. Homework – MMS pg. 88-89

UOI:

Today we continued summative assessment. I showed a small clip of the Dragon Den to assist students. Everyone is well on their way to having a great presentation. I am very happy with the work effort that has been put forth. As per the handout sent home on the weekend, students will be working in pairs/groups to convince us that their province deserves money. It is similar to Shark Tank/Dragons Den! The due date for this summative will be Friday, October 21. All work for this assignment will be done in class. Presentations will be on Friday, October 21.

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Hard at work as always on their summative projects!