Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great day. Tomorrow is a Day 6 and the Grade 4-8
Oral Competition, which will begin at 9:00 AM. There will be no gym tomorrow morning. House ties tomorrow please. Our
Top 3 – please ensure you are dressed in your full winter uniform and arrive to school on time. February hot
lunches payments are due toady. Monday is our Year-Ahead Day - stayed tuned until tomorrow for more information! After care invoices have been sent out and
payments are due February 15.
Mr. Neal and Mr. Whetstone doing their speech-y thing!
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 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 building that are associated with our government and the
people who work in them. We also defined other names such as councilors and
MPPs.
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
Finishing
defining members of the government
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today we learned about
perimeter; the outside of a polygon. There are two ways to find the perimeter
of a polygon. If it is a polygon you can simply add up all the sides together.
If it is a parallelogram, you can use a formula; (longer side + shorter side) x
2 or (l + w) x 2. Remember the rules when converting decimals!
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
MMS
pg 132-133
Inquiry into Language
Today we continued working on our first
literary role for Shannen. This is due tomorrow.
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
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Week
1: Chapters 1, 2 & 3 due Friday, February 7th
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Group
Member 1 & 4
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Summariser
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Group
Member 2 & 5
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Literary
Critic
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Group
Member 3 & 6
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Word
Wizard
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Homework: Read chapters 4, 5 & 6 by
Tuesday, February 10th
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Week
2: Chapters 7, 8 & 9 due Thursday, February 13th
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Group
Member 1 & 4
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Literary
Critic
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Group
Member 2 & 5
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Word
Wizard
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Group
Member 3 & 6
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Summariser
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Homework: Read chapter 10, 11 & 12 by
Tuesday, February 18th
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Week
3: Chapters 13, 14 & 15 due Friday, February 21st
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Group
Member 1 & 4
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Word
Wizard
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Group
Member 2 & 5
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Summariser
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Group
Member 3 & 6
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Literary
Critic
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Homework: Read chapter 16, 17 & 18 by
Tuesday, February 25th
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Week
4: Chapters 19, 20 & 21 due Friday, February 28th
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Group
Member 1 & 4
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Summariser
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Group
Member 2 & 5
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Literary
Critic
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Group
Member 3 & 6
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Word
Wizard
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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
Finish
first literary role for Shannen chapters 1-3
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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