Monday, January 27, 2020

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
Summative presentations start Thursday
Reproductive talk on Friday







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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