Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a great night! 

The wind whips through our playground, so please ensure your child is dressed properly! There are still some students who are coming with hats and mitts! 

It is our turn to host the bake sale this month. I am hoping that the grade 4 families are able to bring in a NUT FREE baked good to sell at the bake sale next week. All items can be dropped off at the classroom next Tuesday morning. Thank you in advance for your time and effort! It is greatly appreciated.

Important information and reminders:

It is hard to believe, but the time is here already – re-registration is upon us! Re-registrations forms were sent home last week. The deadline to re-register is February 9. After that we open up spaces to the public. Do not delay – reserve your spot today for grade 5! 

January lunch forms are due tomorrow, Friday, December 16. 

MYP is selling Candy Grams!! Order forms have been sent home. All order forms and money are due tomorrow, Friday, December 16.

November after care invoices have been sent home. All after care payments are due no later than Monday, December 19. 

The Annual Christmas Food and Toy Drive is now underway at St. Jude's Academy and will run until December 21! We would like to welcome families to send in new (unopened) toys and non-perishable food items to be donated to local families in need. Food items will be donated to the Eden Food Bank, and all toys collected will be donated to the CTV Salvation Army Toy Drive Fund. We are also encouraging families to bring a non-perishable food item to the Christmas Concert as your 'ticket' to the show. Thank you in advance for your support.

The Christmas concert will be taking place on Wednesday, December 21. There will be an afternoon show and an evening show. The afternoon show begins at 12:00 noon and the evening show begins at 7:00 PM. All students should attend. The theme this year is ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ We have begun practicing with Mr. Oliver and the other grade 4 class. We are singing ‘You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch’ and playing ‘Jingle Bells’ on the recorder. Just a reminder that our costumes will be the grey school uniform pants/skirts, a plain green shirt (if possible!!), a scarf, and a winter hat (Christmas themed or not). SJA Parent Guild will also be auctioning off the baskets that each classroom put together and there will be light refreshments. It is bound to be a wonderful night!! 

Our baby basket ready to be auctioned off!

LANGUAGE:

Today we completed our term 2 OWA post-assessment. We also began our Christmas concert practices in the auditorium! It is sounding so good! They did an excellent job the second time through! 

Homework - Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

-Practice Grinch

-Spelling test #14 tomorrow

MATH:

Today we continued with our math test. Yesterday we began collecting our data. Today we begin to create our bar graphs and pictographs. ** All graphs must be coloured, labeled correctly, and have a title.** 

Homework – 

Unit of Inquiry: 

Today we continued to look at Buddhism. A major part of the Buddhism religion is meditation. Today students were put into groups and began putting together a mediation skit. We will share our meditation skits tomorrow!! 

Homework – Complete 3 of the 6 Buddhism charts

I hope you have a wonderful night! Stay safe and warm!

Mrs. Hocevar :)

UOI fun!