Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful night!

Please remember to sign your child’s agenda every night.

Just a friendly reminder that fall/winter uniforms begin on Tuesday, October 11th. This means that grade 4’s must wear their blazers and ties everyday, along with their long sleeved button-up shirt. House ties are also mandatory on Fridays.

Important information and reminders:

We are still collecting Terry Fox money, so if there are any outstanding pledges please send them in!

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!! Order forms have been sent home and are due back no later than Thursday, October 13.

As per the email sent out last week, 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! We thank you in advance for your participation!

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

LANGUAGE:

Today we continued to work on our reports. We also had another round of Daily 5! Due to the PD Day on Friday our lesson #4 spelling test will be on Thursday. We may do ‘Sparkle!’

UOI:

Today we began our Canadian art. We are using the maple leaves that students brought in to create a Canadian Flag. We are also using this time to have a mini art lesson on the primary colours. When we return from our Thanksgiving break we will begin our summative. Information will be sent home later this week about the summative.

MATH:

Today we begin a few lessons on subtraction. Today’s lesson focused on estimating differences. Remember an estimate involves round and is a reasonable guess. Our rounding rules: 1-4 we round down and 5-9 we round up!

Have a great night!

Mrs. Hocevar J

The beginnings of our Maple Leaf Flag art!

Listen to reading!

Word work!

Reading with the teacher!

Work on writing!