Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great weekend. Carter tried out being goalie at Sunday's practice and very quickly realized it was not for him! This morning during announcements, we had the luxury of watching the Grade 2 classes perform the Chinese New Year Dragon Dance. Great job Grade 2s!
Tomorrow 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. Thank you to all of the
parents who were able to join the Town Hall Social on Friday. Bake sale is on
Tuesday and Wednesday and casual day is on Thursday for those who have paid the
casual day fee. House ties on Friday please!!
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:
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.
On Friday, we will
be having our reproductive talk. We will be discussion puberty and proper
terminology. Ms. Cass and myself will be talking with the girls and Mr. Orr
will be taking the boys. Our talk will
run from 9:00 AM to just before 10:00. Please expect some questions over the
weekend!
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 examined
relating distance, average speed and time. We used the following formula's to
help us with this. Distance = average
speed x time. Time = is distance/speed.
Speed = distance/time. Tomorrow we
will have the students complete an activity to demonstrate their knowledge.
Our Patterns in Numbers and Geometry Unit will take us until the first week
of February. Math test will take place on Tuesday, February 4.
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).
Homework
MMS
pg 154-155
Inquiry into Language
Today
we read with our reading buddies and began to memorize and time the speeches to
ensure they are falling between the 3 to 5 minute mark. We did this in pairs
and gave our partners 2 stars and a wish (2 things that were done good and an
area for improvement). I also continued to edit speeches. On Wednesday we will
begin a speech rotation of all students who will read their speech out loud to
the class one by one. We will do this on Thursday and Friday with the hopes of
everyone being able to read through their speech twice. On Monday, February 3,
the top 6 will be chosen; 3 from our class and 3 from Ms. Cass’s class. In
order to have a chance to move forward, the speech must be 100% memorized, fall
within the 2-3 minute mark and be persuasive. Students should also use expression
and some gestures when presenting their speech to help enhance it and speak to their
audience.
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
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
Spelling
lesson #18
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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