Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a great night! It was wonderful seeing all of you last night!

Important information and reminders:

It is hard to believe, but the time is here already – re-registration is upon us! Re-registrations forms have been sent home. 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 no later than Friday, December 16.

Christmas break PD day information was sent home via email. Camps are happening on Friday, December 23, Monday, January 9, and Tuesday, January 10. The PD day runs from 7:30-5 and costs $20, however does not include lunch. Students must bring in their own lunch and snack. Registration is limited to the first 36 children.

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, a plain green shirt (if possible!!), a scarf, and hat. 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!!

LANGUAGE:

Today we used our language period to finish our art for UOI. We also had our lesson #13 spelling test.

Homework - Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

-Practice Grinch

MATH:

Today we focused circle graph. Circle graphs show parts of a whole (for example, the number of people surveyed) and are in the shape of a circle. It can be broken into a ¼ and a ½!

Our unit math test will begin on Thursday, December 15 and continue on Friday. For this end of unit test, students will be required to create a survey, survey 50-60 students, and use that information to create a bar graph, circle graph, and pictograph. ** All graphs must be coloured, labeled correctly, and have a title.**

Homework – MMS pg 80-81

-Sign and return math test

Unit of Inquiry:

Today we continued our Van Gogh inspired art piece – ‘A Starry Night’. We added colour, using pastels! They turned out so good!!

Homework – In your journal, tell me about a holiday/festival you celebrate within your religion.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Just a few of the finished Van Gogh art pieces!