Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great day. Monday is a Day 2 and our Top 6 for
speeches. We will be missing gym on Monday to accommodate the Top 6, so please
ensure students are dressed in their full school day uniform. In order to have
a chance to move forward to the SJA Oral Presentations on Friday, February 7,
students must be present on Monday, have their speech 100% memorized, fall
within the 3-5 minute mark, use gestures and expression and use a loud clear
voice. Once again, 3 students from each Grade 5 class will move forward.
Celebrating our January birthdays!
Please have a small chat
with your child regarding proper hygiene with regards to coughing/sneezing and
hand washing! Please know we are taking all precautions necessary at the school
and in the classroom.
A note regarding re-registration
Dear SJA Families,
Just a reminder that the SJA re-registration process is underway.
To reserve your child’s 2020-2021 place at St. Jude’s Academy, complete and
return your child’s re-registration forms and payment to Reception by Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:00
pm.
After this date and time, any available grade-level spaces will be
open to new families on wait lists.
In addition, the deadline for our priority enrolment into our
JK Program is Friday, January
17, 2020, a letter is attached with more information.
If you have any questions regarding the forms or next steps,
please contact our Admissions Team.
The SJA Admissions Team
Ann Harvey and Melissa Filion
admissions@stjudesacademy.com
T: (905) 814-0277
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. Please do not order lunch for
these days; it will not be saved nor will a reimbursement be given. 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 (if possible) 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.
March Break Camps
Forms have been sent home
regarding SJA’s awesome Adventure Camp. The wonderful camp will run from Monday
to Friday both weeks of the March Break (March 9-13 & March 16-20) and is
offered to student from JK to Grade 6. Field trips will take place on Thursday
afternoons. Meal plans are also included if you chose to do so. Cash or
QuickBooks payments only please. Don’t delay; register today!
Important dates/items:
February 3 – Grade 5 Top 6
February 6 Oral Competition: JK - Grade 3
& February Hot Lunch Payments Due
February 7 Oral Competition: Grade 4 -
Grade 8
February 7 Report Cards Sent Home (Upper
School)
February 8 Open House, 10 am – 2 pm
February 10 Year Ahead Day
February 13 100th Day of School (Lower
School)
February 13 Spirit Day: Valentine's Day
Dress Up
February 14 PD Day, IB Training (No School
for Students)
February 17 Family Day (No School)
February 18 Re-registration Due
February 21 Picture Day - Siblings &
Graduation (Grade 6, 10 & 12)
February 25 Pancake Tuesday
February 25 Casual Day
February 26 Pink Shirt Day
February 27 Oral Competition: SJA vs
Maples Academy
March 2 - March 6 Spirit Week
March 9 - March 20 March Break (No School)
March 23 Back to School
March 23 Term 3 Begins (Lower School)
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we had our reproductive talk. They
handled themselves very maturely!
Our next unit,
Government begin on Tuesday. It will consist of roughly 3 weeks of learning and
2 weeks of summative. This unit will take us until March Break.
Homework
The girls ready for their talk!
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we took up the
review. Please use this review to study for the test on Tuesday, February 4.
Our next unit is Area, Perimeter and Volume. This is a
longer unit with approximately 9 lessons. It will be the last unit before the
end of Term 2 and will take us until the last week of February/first week of
March.
Points to Remember
Representing patterns; using a model, making
a table, or drawing a graph. Remember that a pattern rules states the
following; start at 5. Add 1 each time.
Remember that the
pattern rule must work for all input numbers. All graphs must have a title, an
x (Input numbers) and y axis (Output numbers) label and an appropriate scale.
Euler's Formula is the number of faces
+ the number of vertices - 2 = the number of edges (F + V - 2 = E).
Distance = average
speed x time.
Time = is
distance/speed.
Speed = distance/time.
Homework
Study
for test
Inquiry into Language
Today we continued reciting our speeches. Top
6 is on Monday – full uniforms please as we will not be doing gym. In order to have a chance
to move forward to the SJA Oral Presentations on Friday, February 7, students
must be present on Monday, have their speech 100% memorized, fall within the
3-5 minute mark, use gestures and expression and use a loud clear voice. Once
again, 3 students from each Grade 5 class will move forward.
|
Due Date |
Item |
|
Monday, February 3 |
In-class speech competition (top 3 from each Grade 5 class) |
|
Friday, February 7 |
SJA Oral Competition |
|
Thursday, February 27 |
SJA vs TMA Oral Competition |
Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
Typing Club Website
French – Mme. Sarah
This week the students learned about the parts of the body. They began
with the outer parts and the description of each part. They also learned about
the internal organs of the digestive system. Students were given a diagram with
the body with missing parts and students drew the missing parts. The digestive
system will be continued next week.
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
Top 6
on Monday, February 3
Memorize
speech
Have a
wonderful weekend!
Mrs.
Hocevar
