Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great day! We had a great night celebrating Kase's birthday; pancakes with whip cream, a cookies and cream cake and the Leaf game.
Monday is a Day 4 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. Scholastic orders were due today, Friday, January 17. Wednesday, January 22 is our first
ski/snowboard trip to Glen Eden. Today we had a meeting with all Grade 5 and 6
students to outline what they will need, the rules and what to expect. Please see
paragraph below for all things skiing/snowboarding!
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 waitlists.
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
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 23 and Friday, January 24. All profits made will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.
A note regarding 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 (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.
Important dates/items:
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 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 continued 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 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 - Urinary System
Jai, Zak, Bosco,
Amber and Alyssa
Group 2 – Digestive System
Joshua, Hayden,
Maya, Sachi, Aidan and Eric
Group 3 – Nervous System
Jordan, Zain,
Sanjana and Kareena
Group 4 – Endocrine System
Max,
Anthony, Andreas and Jacob
Homework
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we began our Data
Management test. This will run for 3 days and will consist of students creating
a survey question, surveying a certain number of students, creating three
separate graphs and inferring information from their graphs. We will also be
finding the mean, mode and median, as well as drawing a scatter plot and
finding coordinates.
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
Homework
Inquiry into Language
Today
we read with our reading buddies and peer edited each other speeches, using a rubric to guide us. Over the
weekend, students will re-write their speech using edits from their peers.
Family members, I am hoping you could review the new rough copy using the same
checklist!
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
Re-write
speech using peer edits
Have
mom and dad, grandma, grandpa or an older sibling to edit you new rough copy
using the checklist
Have a
wonderful weekend!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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