Tuesday! - Day 77

Good Afternoon Families!

Please read all the information below to get the latest scoop on our day! 

 Here are a few updates to help get you back into the swing of things:

Kappa Students ONLY will receive a casual day on Thursday this week for bringin in the most clothes during the upper school clothing drive. Congratulations Kappa, thank you to all the houses for making this a great event.

Aftercare invoices were sent out at the beginning of the month. Please ensure that all invoices are 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. 

The Caribou Contest will be taking place tomorrow: Wednesday, January 15th. Please arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Also, please bring your own device and make sure that it is fully charged. The interactive question will be FRUIT SALAD, which you can practice now on Caribou’s games page  Students, please test out the game and let Caribou know if you encounter any problems. There will not be a history question in the January Contest.

Dear SJA Families,

Our Junior Kindergarten (JK) registration season is fast approaching and we wanted to reach out to all of our families and friends to ensure that you are offered priority enrolment in our JK program for the 2020-2021 academic year. Please let us know if you are interested in enrolling your child in our JK Program by Friday, January 10th, 2020 by 4:00 pm. After this date and time, the spots for the JK Program will be open to new families on the wait list. 

If you are interested in enrolling your child in either program, please contact us and we will send you a registration package. 

The SJA Admissions Team

Ann Harvey, Neil Persaud, and Melissa Filion

admissions@stjudesacademy.com

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

Mr. Foster’s Farmers Market and Ms. Gandy’s Groceries

As part of their summative assessment the grade one classes have decided to open a market to complement their organization unit. The market will include fruits, vegetables, drinks and other healthy snacks. It will be held in rooms 12 and 18. The market will take place all day Thursday, January 23^rd and Friday, January 24^th. All profits made will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

Quote of the Day - Bringing a little inspiration to your day! 

Take a look at what we accomplished today!

Inquiry into Math:

The grade 4s have completed their 5 unit, Data Management and have begun their review sessions in order to prepare for their upcoming Data Management assignment on Thurs. Jan. 16 & Fri. Jan. 17th. This assignment will be done completely in class. Each student is required to conduct a survey about the religious demographic of the grade 3 -6 classes (this assignment is in connection with our Who we are Unit of Inquiry. Each student will need to construct a bar graph and a pictograph, and answer a few follow up questions to analyse their data. 

As a class, we checked over a couple of homework questions from our Math Makes Sense workbooks to check our understanding of mean, median, mode, range and scale, as well as creating bar graphs and pictographs, and interpreting data results. 

Inquiry into Language:

Spelling Lesson 16 - 

Grade 4: Words ending with y – adding ed, es and ing	Grade 5: Prefixes fore, post, over, co, com, and con
Tip: When a word ends in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to I before adding an ending, unless the ending ing Ex. Worry + es = worries Copy + ed = copied Fry + ing = frying	Tip: fore: in front or before – forewarn post: after – postwar over: above or too much – overreact co, com, and con: with or together - cooperate

Spelling activites are due on Wednesday. There will be a spelling test on Friday.

Today the grade 4s wrote their second OWA test. Their task was to write a recount journal about something they experienced over their Holiday Break. They were to use their journal writing elements, linking words, chronological order and other recount writing elements in order to write a descriptive journal entry. 

Tomorrow the grade 4s will continue to work on their speeches. 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. 

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links. 

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! 

Homework

Language – Read 30 mins 
- Spelling Lesson 16 activities due tomorrow + test Fri.
- Oral Speech - Visit your local library for information

Math – MMS Show What You Know Review  pg. 188 - 189 # 2-5 + extra package - due tomorrow
-Unit 5 Data Management Assignment Thurs. Jan 16th & Fri. Jan. 17th

Unit of Inquiry – Journal recount - Buddha's Enligtenment - due Thursday 

Extra - Scholastic Orders due Jan. 17th 

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

Have a good evening, Ms. Samuel