Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great day. Tomorrow is a Day 1, music and house tie
day.
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 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
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 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 had our human body summative presentations. Tomorrow we
will be having our reproductive talk. We will be discussing puberty and proper
terminology of male and female reproductive organs. Ms. Cass and myself will be
talking with the girls and Mr. Orr will be taking the boys. Please expect some questions over the weekend!
Homework
Reproductive
talk on Friday
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we began working
on the review for our math test. We will take it up tomorrow and our test will
be 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
Finish
review if not completed in class
Inquiry into Language
Today
we continued reciting our speeches in front of our peers. We will continue this
tomorrow as well. I have given each students areas of strengths and areas of
improvements. It is up to them to take this advice to improve their speech. 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 3-5 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. Please ensure students are dressed in full uniforms on Monday.
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 |
|
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
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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