Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great weekend! We had a busy hockey weekend. The boys had their regular games and practises, but we also went to watch my two cousins play hockey. Quinn plays for the Queens Golden Gaels and Wyatt plays for the Windsor Spitfires.
Tomorrow is a Day 6 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. Please note I will be out
of the classroom Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as I am doing a health and
safety course. After care invoices have been sent out and all payments are due
Wednesday, January 15. Kappa students will receive a casual day on Thursday for bringing in the most clothes during the upper school clothing drive. Scholastic orders are due Friday, January 17. House tie day on Friday.
Caribou Math Contest
The
next Caribou contest will be taking place Wednesday, January 15. Arrive at 7:15
am for a 7:30 am start. Bring your own charged device. The interactive question will be FRUIT
SALAD, which you can practice now on Caribou’s games page. This is a new game.
Students, please test it and let Caribou know of any problems. There is no
history question in the January contest.
A
note from Ms. Gandy regarding February Hot Lunch
The lunch site is
now open. It will close on Wednesday, January 22 at 3:00 PM sharp. All
payments are to be made through Quickbooks by Thursday, February 6.
Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry,
which is available every Friday.
Mr. Foster’s Farmers Market and Ms. Gandy’s Groceries
As part of their summative assessment the Grade One classes have decided to open a market to complement their organization unit. The market will include fruits, vegetables, drinks and other healthy snacks. It will be held in rooms 12 and 18. The market will take place all day Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th. All profits made will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.
A note regaring our Town Hall/Social
Dear SJA Community,
We
look forward to seeing you at the SJA Town Hall/Social on January 24 from 7 to
9 pm. All parent/guardians of JK to Grade 12 students are invited to hear
about our exciting school year, survey result and future direction. To help us
plan for this event, RSVP by January 17 to reception@stjudesacademy.com . We look forward to seeing you there!
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 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.
A note regarding re-registration
Dear SJA Families,
We hope everyone will have a wonderful holiday break! Our Junior
Kindergarten (JK) Registration season is fast approaching and we wanted to
reach out to all of our families and friends to ensure that you are offered
priority enrolment in our JK Program for the 2020-2021 academic
year. Please let us know if you are interested in enrolling your child in
our JK Program by Friday, January 10, 2020 at 4:00
pm. After this date and time, the spots will open up to new families
on the wait lists.
If you are interested in enrolling your child in either program,
please contact us and we will send you a registration package.
The SJA Admissions Team
Ann Harvey, Neil Persaud and Melissa Filion
admissions@stjudesacademy.com
T: (905) 814-0277
Important dates/items:
January 15 Caribou Math Contest & After Care
Payments Due
January 17 Scholastic Orders Due
January
22 Ski Trip & Last Day to Order February Hot Lunch
January 24 Town Hall, 7 PM - 9 PM (State
of the School Discussion)
January 30 Casual Day
January 30 Study Hall (Upper School)
January 31 Semester Turnaround: No School
(Upper School)
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 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 started our summative, which will take us until Thursday, January 30, when
presentations will take place. This summative will consist of groups, which I have
put together, researching and preparing a presentation about a human body
system that we did not cover in class. Students will be using their summative
package, which we hope to have by Monday, to assist them in completing the
summative. Students will be responsible for including a diagram of the system, what organs are part of that
system, how the system works, what that system is responsible for, how that
system is connected to others in the body, and how to keep that system healthy.
Summative Groups
Group 1
Jai, Zak, Bosco,
Amber and Alyssa
Group 2
Joshua, Hayden,
Maya, Sachi, Aidan and Eric
Group 3
Jordan, Zain,
Sanjana and Kareena
Group 4
Max,
Anthony, Andreas and Jacob
Homework
Sign
and return summative package
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we began looking
at the different types of graphs; bar graph, pictograph, line graph, circle
graph and lastly, scatter plots. Using a given set of data, students will complete an example of each graph. Students will continue this tomorrow.
Data
Management is a short unit. Our test for this unit will consist of students
creating a survey question, surveying a certain number of students, creating
three separate graphs and inferring information from their graphs. This will
roughly take 3 days to complete. As of now, it will begin Friday, January 17
and continue until Tuesday, January 21. Please note no review will be completed
for this unit. Our next math unit is also a short one, Patterns in Numbers and Geometry, and will take us until the first
week of February.
Points to Remember
Interpreting Data
From the graph below I
can infer that most students preferred soccer as their favourite sport, other
was the least chosen option, basketball was picked by 6 students and that
softball was chosen by one more student than other.
To find the mean, you add up the total number of
all the data and then divide by how many numbers are in that set of data.
8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9,
11, 12, 20 are the number in the set of data.
1) Add up
all of the numbers = 102
2) Divide
by 10 (as there are 10 numbers in the set of data) = 102/10 = 10.2
The median is the middle number when the
data is arranged in order. When there is an odd number of data, the median is
the middle number. When there is an even number of data, the median is the mean
of the two numbers.
95, 92, 87, 85, 80, 78,
76, 73, 70, 66, 54 are the numbers in a set of data. The median of this set is
78 because there are a odd number of data. There are 5 numbers before 78 and 5
numbers after 78.
95, 92, 87, 85, 80, 78,
76, 73, 72, 70, 66, 54 are the numbers in a set of data. Because there is an
even number of data, we have to find the mean to find the median. The middle
numbers are 75 and 76, therefore 78 + 76/2 = 77 and that is the median.
The mode is the number that occurs most
frequently in a given set of data.
Homework
MMS
pg 72-73
Inquiry into Language
Today
we continued writing our speeches. We reviewed our topic and arguments from last
Wednesday, along with our first and second paragraph. Together as a class we
wrote our third paragraph, which explained our third reason against school
uniforms; people can’t express themselves. Tomorrow we will write our
introduction and Wednesday we will write our conclusion. One completed rough copy will be due on Friday, which we will begin in class on Thursday.
Video
Link
A note on speeches
Speeches
are a 4-5 week process. A package was sent home, as students needed to complete
some work at home over the holidays. Grade 5 students will be expected to write
and memorize a 3-5 minute persuasive speech on a topic of their choice;
research will be needed, along with proper citation. When we are back from the
break we will begin by writing our three body paragraphs; one a day using
teacher guided writing. We will then write our introduction and conclusion.
Time will be given edit, re-write and memorize in class. Please see below an
outline of dates that we must stick to (as found in the speech package)!
| Due Date |
Item |
| Over the Christmas Break |
Read over speech package, brainstorm topic, choose topic,
research, complete evidence in a persuasive speech page, read the rubric |
| Wednesday, January 8 |
Watch video samples, read a written sample, tell teacher topic,
Paragraph #1 and revision |
| Thursday, January 9 |
Paragraph #2 and revision of previous paragraph |
| Monday, January 13 |
Paragraph #3 and revision of previous paragraphs |
| Tuesday, January 14 |
Begin introduction, revision of introduction
|
| Wednesday, January 15 |
Conclusion and revision of previous paragraphs |
| Thursday, January 16 – Friday, January 24 |
Work on rough copies of entire speech and continue to revise |
| Monday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 28 |
Write good copy of speech and start to memorize |
| Wednesday, January 29 – Friday, January 31 |
In-class speech recital |
| 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
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
Finish
your third paragraph if not completed in class
Spelling/sentence test on Friday - lesson #16
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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