Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great weekend!

Important information and reminders:

Spirit week is fast approaching! This is a fun filled week that we look forward to every year and it is a great lead up to March Break. Spirit week will run from Monday, March 6-Friday, March 10. Please see schedule below!

Monday, March 6 - PJ Day - come dressed in your cozy PJ's!
Tuesday, March 7 - Crazy Hair/Colourful Outfit Day - come dressed in colourful colours and/or with crazy hair!
Wednesday, March 8 - Princess/Superhero Day - come dressed as your favourite superhero or princess!
Thursday, March 9 - House colours - come dressed head to toe in your house colour!
Friday, March 10 - St. Patrick's Day Spirit - come dressed in your finest St. Patrick's Day attire!

Uniform reminders: JK- Grade 2 gym uniforms are to be worn on Mondays and Wednesdays. After a weekend where Monday is a holiday students will return to school on the Tuesday in their dress uniform. For grades 3 and up students are asked to come dressed each day in their dress uniform and bring their gym uniforms daily to change. Grades 4 and up should be wearing the blazer (or house hoody) each day. They will wear it in the hallways and on trips but have the option of removing it in the classroom. Lastly, our spring uniform will be in effect when we return from the Easter Holiday weekend. We will be beginning uniform checks over the next couple of weeks, so please ensure you child is coming to school everyday in their full uniform. Uniform violations will be sent home for students not in their proper attire.

The Medieval Times Festival forms and money were due today. If they have not been returned, please do so by tomorrow.

All lunch payments are due today Monday, February 27 in order for lunches to be processed.

The annual SJA/TMA Oral Competition is taking place this Wednesday. Let’s go SJA!!

Thursday, March 2 - Field trip to Medieval Times

Friday, March 3 - Medieval Festival

Language

Today we were back into regular routine! We read a chapter of

‘The Whipping Boy’ and began spelling lesson #24.

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes per day

-Sign and return spelling test #23 – wrong words are to be written out 10 X

-Finish spelling lesson #24

Math

Today we began with a pre-assessment – Patterns in Number and Geometry. This unit will take us to the beginning of term 3. Tomorrow we will complete our first lesson!

Homework –

UOI

Today we continued work on our summative comic strips. All rough copies were due today, so students began their good copies.

Homework – Our UOI summative will begin this week and will be due Friday, March 3. Students will be required to create a 10-frame comic strip based on Feudalism, Knights, and the Black Death (plague).

-Medieval Festival forms and money due today – all outstanding forms and money due tomorrow.

Have a lovely night!

Mrs. Hocevar J