Good Afternoon Families!
Aftercare invoices were sent out at the beginning of the month. All invoices were to be paid by Jan. 15th.
February Lunches - The lunch site is now open. It will close Wednesday, January 22nd at 3:00 pm. Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry is available every Friday. All payments are to be made through quickbooks by February 6th.
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 18th, 2020 at 4:00 pm.
After this date and time, any available grade-level spaces will be open to new families on the wait list.
In addition, the deadline for our priority enrolment into our JK Program is Friday, January 17th, 2020. 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
T: (905) 814-0277
Dear SJA Community,
We look forward to seeing you at the SJA Town Hall/Social on January 24 from 7 to 9 pm. All parent/guardians of JK to Grade 12 students are invited to hear about our exciting school year, survey result and future direction. To help us plan for this event, RSVP by January 17 to reception@stjudesacademy.com . We look forward to seeing you there!
Ann Harvey, BA (Hons), MA
Director, Admissions and Strategic Marketing & Communications
Director, Admissions and Strategic Marketing & Communications
Quote of the Day - Bringing a little inspiration to your day!
Take a look at what we accomplished today!
Reading Buddies & The Grade 1 Farmer's Market :
Inquiry into Math:
Spelling Lesson 17 have been marked. Please review your child's score and have them correct any misspelled words 10 times each.
The grade 4s have completed their rough drafts of their speeches! Now it is time to work on their good copies and memorizing their speech. I have advised each student to start out by timing themselves as they read through their speech. This will help them determine if they need to add more information (speech will be under 3 minutes), or if they need to take out some information (speech is over 5 minutes). Once they have figured out the timing, they cause use their time to start their good copy (must be done independently). They can either write their good copy by hand or type it on their device. Good copies are due on Friday, January 31st.
We are now entering the memorizing phase of our speeches. As your child completes their good copy they should also be setting aside some time to memorize their speech. It is recommended that they memorize their speech paragraph by paragraph. The grade 4 competition will be held on February 4th and/or 5th. From our in class competition the grade 4 teaching team will select 3 students from each class (a total of 6 students) to represent the grade 4s.
The Annual Oral Competition for grades 4 - 8 will be held on Friday, February 7th. All speeches need to be memorized and should be within 3 - 5 minutes.
Tips to remember:
- proper punctuation, sentence structure, and grammar
- voice and style - develop a distinct tone the sets your writing/speech apart from others
- defining unknown terms - help your audience develop their vocabulary
- detail - explain things so that your audience can easily understand
- descriptive language - don't give all the details away, build up to it, make it exciting/interesting
- formatting - in order to meet the time requirement (3-5 mins) consider the length of each paragraph
The grade 4s are encouraged to visit their local library to collect books, videos, etc. that will help them to continue to develop their speech. Please ensure that your child brings any research materials in order to continue working on their speech.
The grade 4s have completed their rough drafts of their speeches! Now it is time to work on their good copies and memorizing their speech. I have advised each student to start out by timing themselves as they read through their speech. This will help them determine if they need to add more information (speech will be under 3 minutes), or if they need to take out some information (speech is over 5 minutes). Once they have figured out the timing, they cause use their time to start their good copy (must be done independently). They can either write their good copy by hand or type it on their device. Good copies are due on Friday, January 31st.
We are now entering the memorizing phase of our speeches. As your child completes their good copy they should also be setting aside some time to memorize their speech. It is recommended that they memorize their speech paragraph by paragraph. The grade 4 competition will be held on February 4th and/or 5th. From our in class competition the grade 4 teaching team will select 3 students from each class (a total of 6 students) to represent the grade 4s.
The Annual Oral Competition for grades 4 - 8 will be held on Friday, February 7th. All speeches need to be memorized and should be within 3 - 5 minutes.
Tips to remember:
- proper punctuation, sentence structure, and grammar
- voice and style - develop a distinct tone the sets your writing/speech apart from others
- defining unknown terms - help your audience develop their vocabulary
- detail - explain things so that your audience can easily understand
- descriptive language - don't give all the details away, build up to it, make it exciting/interesting
- formatting - in order to meet the time requirement (3-5 mins) consider the length of each paragraph
The grade 4s are encouraged to visit their local library to collect books, videos, etc. that will help them to continue to develop their speech. Please ensure that your child brings any research materials in order to continue working on their speech.
Unit of Inquiry:
Today the grade 4s presented their research on Islamic festivals, beliefs, and symbols.
Once the presentations were complete, we discussed our next summative task. Each group has chosen two religions that they have either learned about during our unit, or religions that they would like to learn about to complete a comparison assignment. They will discover the similarities and differences between their chosen religions and present their findings to the class via a story book, brochure or news report/interview. More details will be given on Monday.
For now, each group has been asked to collect some information about their chosen religions in order to being working on their summatives on Monday.
Here are the groups:
Raiyan & Vaibhv - Hinduism + Islam
Ali & Meekaal - Judaism + Islam
Bilal & Lennard - Taoism + Islam
Alexa & Charlotte - Christianity + Judaism
Aashrith & Jacob - Taoism + Hinduism
Julia & Isabella - Christianity + Native Spirituality
Honor & Emily - Hinduism + Catholicism
Neel & Abdul - Islam + Sikhism
Once the presentations were complete, we discussed our next summative task. Each group has chosen two religions that they have either learned about during our unit, or religions that they would like to learn about to complete a comparison assignment. They will discover the similarities and differences between their chosen religions and present their findings to the class via a story book, brochure or news report/interview. More details will be given on Monday.
For now, each group has been asked to collect some information about their chosen religions in order to being working on their summatives on Monday.
Here are the groups:
Raiyan & Vaibhv - Hinduism + Islam
Ali & Meekaal - Judaism + Islam
Bilal & Lennard - Taoism + Islam
Alexa & Charlotte - Christianity + Judaism
Aashrith & Jacob - Taoism + Hinduism
Julia & Isabella - Christianity + Native Spirituality
Honor & Emily - Hinduism + Catholicism
Neel & Abdul - Islam + Sikhism
Physical Education - Please check Mr. Orr's blog under specialist links.
Music - Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under specialist links.
Ask your child how the rest of their day went!
Language – Read 30 mins
- Spelling Lesson 17 test signed + corrections x 10
- Oral Speech + memorize - good copy due Friday, Jan. 31st
- Bring in a Device (laptop or tablet) - for typing practice - you will need microsoft word or google docs
- Spelling Lesson 17 test signed + corrections x 10
- Oral Speech + memorize - good copy due Friday, Jan. 31st
- Bring in a Device (laptop or tablet) - for typing practice - you will need microsoft word or google docs
Math - Workbook pg. 52 & 53
Unit of Inquiry – research for summative
Extra - Bring in a device for the rest of the week - research purposes
Important dates/items:
January 24 - Town Hall 7 - 9 pm
January 28 & 29 - Bake Sale
January 30 - Casual Day
February 6 - Oral Competition: Jk - 3
February 7 - Oral Competition: Grade 4 - 8
February 8 - Open House 10 am - 2 pm
February 10 - Year Ahead Day
February 13 - 100th Day of School + Spirit Day: Valentine's Day dress up
February 14 - PD Day (No school)
February 17 - Family Day (No School)
February 21 - Picture Day - Siblings & Graduation (Grade 6, 10, & 12)
February 25 - Pancake Tuesday + Casual Day
February 26 - Pink Shirt Day
February 27 - Oral Competition: SJA vs, TMA
January 28 & 29 - Bake Sale
January 30 - Casual Day
February 6 - Oral Competition: Jk - 3
February 7 - Oral Competition: Grade 4 - 8
February 8 - Open House 10 am - 2 pm
February 10 - Year Ahead Day
February 13 - 100th Day of School + Spirit Day: Valentine's Day dress up
February 14 - PD Day (No school)
February 17 - Family Day (No School)
February 21 - Picture Day - Siblings & Graduation (Grade 6, 10, & 12)
February 25 - Pancake Tuesday + Casual Day
February 26 - Pink Shirt Day
February 27 - Oral Competition: SJA vs, TMA
Have a good evening, Ms. Samuel
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