Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful day! Tomorrow
is a Day 2 and gym. Please ensure students are dressed in their gym uniform
ready to board the bus with proper gym shoes at 9:00 AM. Students will change into their school day
uniform after gym. All ski
forms and waivers are due tomorrow. Please ensure all forms are handed in, as
we need to send our numbers to Glen Eden. We have had such great success with the clothing drive that it
is being extended into this week. Any unwanted gently used clothes are greatly
appreciated! All library books are due back to Ms. Hayward by Monday, December
16. Books will no longer be able to be signed out until after Christmas.
On December 17, 2019, students from Grade 3 to Grade 8 will put on two
performances at the St. Jude’s Academy Dome. Our afternoon performance will
begin at 1:00 pm, with doors opening at 12:30. Our evening performance will
begin at 6:30 pm, with doors opening at 6:00 pm. Seating is on a first come,
first serve basis. Please keep in mind that outside food and drinks are not
permitted in the Dome.
For our evening performance, families are welcome to take our shuttle
from St. Jude’s to the Dome and back. Shuttles will begin running from 6:00 pm
until 7:00 pm. Please meet in the main office.
We encourage all families to come bundled up to stay warm and cozy for
the entire show. The students and teachers have put a tremendous amount of work
into their performances and kindly ask that all families stay and enjoy the
show until the end.
Santa Claus is Comin to Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB3TCiA1rgI
Good To Be Bad
The SJA Parent Guild is
pleased to hold its 2nd Christmas Skate for all students and parents/guardians to
celebrate the festive season and enjoy some time together. Any proceeds
will go towards ongoing fundraising efforts. This event will take
place on Thursday, December 12 from 3:30-5:30 pm at Meadowvale
4-Rinks. Ice time from 4:00-5:00 pm.
Bring your own skates or skate rental option is also
available. There will be hot chocolate and treats for students and Santa
will be ready for selfies! Forms will be distributed Thursday. Forms and payment are due by
Monday, December 2nd to the homeroom teacher. Please return forms and payment
as soon as possible! We will be
accepting non-perishable food donations for the Food Bank so please feel free
to bring items in. See you there! As a reference for sizing parents can use: www.hockeymonkey.com/bauer-skate-sizing-chart.
Student Council is selling Candy Grams
for the Christmas season. Candy Grams will be available for sale in the upper
school cafeteria before school and after school, as well as from 12:20-1:00 all
this week. Small candy grams cost $0.50 and large one cost $1.00…give them to a
friend or your favourite teacher!!!
Our next extra-curricular
activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen
Eden Ski Resort. The dates of the trip are January 22, February 19 and March 4. We will be leaving at 7:00 AM
and returning by 4:00 PM at the latest. All rentals are included, however
students are more than welcome to bring their own. Please do not order hot
lunch for these days as we will be eating lunch at the ski hill – students are
welcome to bring money to purchase food and drink items. Students must ensure
they are dressed in appropriate ski gear; warm socks, long johns with comfy
clothes, snow pants, warm mitts, a face protector and a ski jacket. Please note
that if students chose skiing, they will ski all three times. If students pick
snowboarding, they will snowboard all three times. All students will have to
pass each level before they are granted permission to ski on the big hill, no
matter what their experience. Permission
forms and waivers are due back no
later than Thursday, December 12. Please thoroughly complete all forms
before returning.
Important dates/items:
Thursday, December
12 – Ski forms and waivers due
Tuesday, December
17 – Grade 3-8 Christmas Concert
Wednesday,
December 18 – Casual Day for those students who have paid the $20 casual day
fee
Thursday December
19 – Christmas Spirit Day
Friday, December
20- Tuesday, January 7 – No School – Christmas holidays
Wednesday, January
8 – First Day Back After Christmas Holidays
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we began learning about the circulatory system, in particular the heart! We
learned about how the heart works, oxygen-blue blood and oxygen-red blood, and
then completed a ‘heart-y’ words worksheet.
For
the next three weeks, students will be learning about the skeletal system, the
respiratory system and the digestive system. For our summative, students will
be completing a mini-exhibition project. As of now the due date will be towards
the end of January.
Homework
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we began working
on a cumulative review of the first four units; whole numbers, number patterns,
geometry and decimals. Before we started that, I gave the class a riddle...moms and dads can you solve it??
Points to Remember
Homework
Inquiry into Language
Today
we began learning about persuasive writing. This is our Term 2 OWA (Ontario
Writing Assessment) topic and will help us in our persuasive speech writing,
which we will begin in January after our return from Christmas break. We began by watching some videos on the steps to writing a persuasive piece. Then we wrote a letter about a topic using three support details.
Persuasive video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9arWXIddM&list=PLTCzXKdxBpDD2Pap27TZUudIHGE5rgwSi
Typing Club Website
Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
French – Mme. Sarah
The
Grade 5s will be attending a French theatrical presentation ‘Les Insectes Sur Scene’ on Tuesday, March
31st from 9:30 to 11:30 AM.
Spelling Words for
French
Homework
Know
the meanings of the words for your spelling test on Friday
Have a
great night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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