Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great day. Tomorrow is a Day 5 and music. It is also the JK-Grade 3 Oral Competition, which begins at 9:00 AM.  The Grade 4-8 Oral Competition is taking place on Friday and also beginning at 9:00 AM. 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



A note about Year Ahead Day – Monday, February 10
An annual event in the Lower School is our highly anticipated Year-Ahead Day. Students look forward to this fun tradition at St. Jude’s Academy where they get to skip ahead and spend the day in the next grade. Teachers will let students know who their Year-Ahead Day teacher is at the end of day on Friday, February 7, 2020. 

Please note that the placement for this day does not indicate class placement for the following school year.

Sincerely,
The SJA Lower School Team


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:

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 learned about the different levels of government; federal, provincial and municipal and what each level was responsible. Ask me what each level is responsible for. We discussed what are responsibilities as citizens are; following the laws, paying taxes, going to school, etc. We also named the Prime Minister, the Premier and the Mayor of Mississauga.

This unit will consist of roughly 3 weeks of learning and 2 weeks of summative. This unit will take us until March Break.

Homework
Cut and paste activity on the levels of government - back of duo-tang















Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we wrote our pre-assessment for Area, Perimeter and Volume. Tomorrow we will learn about perimeter.

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

Homework

Inquiry into Language

Today we began Shannen and A Dream For A School. This novel study will have students competing different weekly roles in a literature circle. It will be busy, as students will need to read 3-6 chapters each week. Today students were placed into their literary circle groups and explained the expectations. Then they got together in their groups and read chapter 2 and 3. Tomorrow they will begin their first literary role. All students know what group and group member number they are….roles have been highlighted for them.

Shannen Literature Circle Schedule and Groups

Group 1
Zak, Aidan, Zain, Bosco and Jacob

Group 2
Amber, Kareena, Jai, Anthony and Joshua

Group 3
Maya, Sachi, Andreas and Hayden

Group 4
Sanjana, Max, Alyssa and Jordan

Week 1: Chapters 1, 2 & 3 due Friday, February 7th
Group Member 1 & 4
Summariser
Group Member 2 & 5
Literary Critic
Group Member 3 & 6
Word Wizard

Homework: Read chapters 4, 5 & 6 by Tuesday, February 10th

Week 2: Chapters 7, 8 & 9 due Thursday, February 13th
Group Member 1 & 4
Literary Critic
Group Member 2 & 5
Word Wizard
Group Member 3 & 6
Summariser

Homework: Read chapter 10, 11 & 12 by Tuesday, February 18th 

Week 3: Chapters 13, 14 & 15 due Friday, February 21st  
Group Member 1 & 4
Word Wizard
Group Member 2 & 5
Summariser
Group Member 3 & 6
Literary Critic

Homework: Read chapter 16, 17 & 18 by Tuesday, February 25th

Week 4: Chapters 19, 20 & 21 due Friday, February 28th
Group Member 1 & 4
Summariser
Group Member 2 & 5
Literary Critic
Group Member 3 & 6
Word Wizard

Homework: Read chapters 22 & 23 by Monday, March 2nd

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
Spelling/sentence test on Friday for lesson #19






Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar


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