Good
afternoon everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful day.
Tomorrow is a Day 5 (gym) and an 'Enchanted Forest' dress up day. For $2.00, students can dress in 'enchanted' and 'forest' themed clothes, such as magical creatures, forest colours, forest animals, fairy tales, etc. All proceeds raised will go towards the library!!
Pancake Tuesday has been moved from Tuesday,
February 5th to Tuesday, March 5th. **Aftercare invoices have been sent out.
Please pay your invoice by Friday, February 15th to avoid interest
charges**
**Please do not order lunch on
the following days – February 20th (second ski trip), March 7th
(third ski day) and March 27th (Legislative Assembly field trip).**
It
seems as though the cold and snowy weather is here to stay. Please ensure that
students are sent to school with proper outdoor gear - winter coats, hats,
mitts, winter boots, scarves, etc. Students will not be allowed to stay in at
recess if they are not dressed accordingly. I thank you for your support.
A note regarding Caribou
Math Contest - The next Caribou contest will take place on
Wednesday February 13th, 2019. Please arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start.
You will have one hour to complete the test. Bring your own device. Ensure
your device is full charged. The next interactive question will be Sudoku which
you students can practice now on the Caribou games page. This
time grade 3/4 participants will have to solve a 6x6 Sudoku problem,
although with an increased number of digits already inserted. There is no history
question in the coming contest.
A note from Ms. Melissa regarding re-registration
packages - Just a friendly reminder
that re-registration packages are due no later than Monday, February 11.
After this time, spots will be opened up to the public and your child will not
be guaranteed a space for next year. We look forward to seeing you back
for next year! **If we are the first class to have all registration forms
returned we will have a pizza party and movie afternoon the Friday before March
Break. Drinks and chips/treats will be included!!**
A note regarding
speeches –
Due to our growing population at SJA, this year poems/stories/speeches will be
split into two days. On Thursday,
February 7th, JK-Grade 3 will recite their poems and stories and
on Friday, February 8th,
Grade 4-8 will recite their speeches. The tentative schedule is as follows: On Thursday, JK and SK poems will run from
9:00-10:30 and Grades 1-3 stories will run from 11:00-1:00. On Friday, Grade 4-5 will recite their speeches
from 9:00-10:30 and Grades 6-8 will recite their speeches from 11:00-1:00. Division
winners (Grades 1-3, 4-6, and 7-8)
from this round will compete against students from the Maples Academy on Wednesday, February 13th. This year the inter-school competition will take place at the Maples
Academy campus in Orangeville. Finalists will be bussed to the competition at
the Maples Academy.
Jump Rope for Heart – It is that time
again! We will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart on Thursday, February 14th.
Donation packages have been sent home. You can pledge using cash or you can
donate on the website. House points will be rewarded to each student who brings
in donations. If we meet our school goal of $2500, students will be rewarded
with a fun activity – JK to Grade 3 will have a dance party and Grades 4-6 will
have device time. Let’s see what we can do SJA!
**We have raised $1500 thus
far. Let’s keep it up, SJA!!**
Book Fair –
It’s here! It’s here! Our book fair is finally here!! Our book fair will be
taking place all week long, from February 4th to 8th. Please
feel free to send students with money and I will send them down. **Tomorrow is
our
Don't
miss out on your chance to reserve your spot for our March Break Camp!!
Important
dates/items:
Thursday, February
7 – JK-Grade 3 Oral Competition
Friday, February 8
– Grade 4-8 Oral Competition
Monday, February
11 – Re-registration packages due – be sure to reserve your spot
Wednesday,
February 13 – SJA vs. TMA Oral Competition and 100th Day of School
Thursday, February
14 – Valentine’s Day Spirit and SJA Parent Guild cookie decoration
Friday, February
15 – No School – PD Day
Monday, February
18 – No School – Family Day
Tuesday, February
26 – Bake sale
Wednesday,
February 27 – Casual day and bake sale
Thursday, February
28 – Anti-Bullying Day
Monday, March 4 –
Friday, March 8 – Spirit Week
Tuesday, March 5 –
Pancake Tuesday
Monday, March 11 –
Friday, March 22 – No School – March Break
Monday, March 25 –
First day back after March Break and Term 3 begins
Wednesday, March
27 – Casual Day
Friday, March 29 –
Term 2 report cards go home
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we began our government unit. This will be a shorter unit, which we will finish before March Break. We started our KWL chart by filling in the K
(what we know) and the L (what we want to know). We will fill in the L after we
have learned all there is to learn about the Canadian government. We also did
our title pages and cleared out our human body work and began putting items
together for our portfolios.
HOMEWORK
-Sign and return human body UOI summative
-Finish KWL chart (the K and W) and title page
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today
we wrote our pre-assessment test for Area, Perimeter and Volume. Tomorrow we
focus on perimeter. The perimeter is
the outside of a figure. For any polygon, you can find the perimeter by adding
the side lengths. When finding the perimeter of an parallelogram, we can use a
formula of P = (l + w) x 2! **To change mm to cm you will need
to divide by 10 – move the decimal one spot to the left. For example, 108 mm
would become 10.8 cm.**
Points to remember:
HOMEWORK
-
Inquiry into Language
Today
we visited the book fair and did some independent reading.
HOMEWORK
-Sign and return speech letter/package
Book fair fun!
Have
a wonderful night!
Love
Mrs. Hocevar
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