Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful night!

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 payments are due by Monday, October 24.

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

There are two ways to order books from scholastic.

1) Fill out the form and along with a cheque send back to school. No cash will be accepted

2) Order online via Parent Pay. The website is https://parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay. All you have to do is fill in the four fields (province, city, school name – St Judes Academy – no period or apostrophe, and teacher name – Dawn Goulart). Once you have completed your order online, please fill out the Scholastic book order form and send it back to me.

Picture Day is next Wednesday, October 27. Students MUST be dressed in full uniform. Pictures forms were sent home yesterday. Please return to me no later than Wednesday, October 26.

Bake sale is taking place Tuesday, October 25 & Wednesday, October 26.

Casual day is 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 were sent home yesterday!

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 tomorrow, 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 continued work on our UOI summative.

Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

French spelling test tomorrow.

Spelling test tomorrow – first 4 words of each lesson as it was a review this week of lessons 1-5.

MATH:

Yesterdays lesson proved to be tough for many students. Even last year, telling time was very tough. Instead of pushing through, we are going to hold off moving on and continue to work on telling time. We reviewed yesterdays work, so I am hoping they have a better handle. I have printed off some worksheets that we will work through. Things to keep in mind – 60 seconds are in 1 minute, 60 minutes are in 1 hour, and 24 hours are in one day. AM is from 12 midnight to 12 noon and PM is from 12 noon to 12 midnight. We can also say the time different ways – 7:20 can also be read as 20 minutes after 7, 6:40 can also be read as 20 minutes to 7 or 40 minutes past 6, 15 minutes past an hour is quarter after, 30 minutes past an hour is half past, and 15 minutes to an hour is quarter to. So many new concepts, so anytime you are out and about ask them about time and assist with homework! Math centers tomorrow!

Homework – Finish math work booklet on time

UOI:

Today we continued summative assessment. 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, 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 tomorrow, Friday, October 21. All work for this assignment will be done in class. Presentations will be tomorrow, Friday, October 21.

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Reminders for math!