Happy Wednesday!

Good Afternoon Families!

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

 Here are a few updates:

Aftercare invoices have been sent home. Please ensure that your payment is made on the 15th. 


March Break Camps
Forms have been sent home regarding SJA's Awesome Adventure Camp. This wonderful camp will run from Monday to Friday for the entire March Break (March 9-13 & March 16 -20) and is offered to students from JK to Grade 6. Field trips will take place on Thursday afternoon. Meal plans are also included if you choose to do so. Cash or Quickbooks payments are the accepted forms of payment. Don't delay, register today! 

Hello SJA Families!

The Re-registration Deadline is fast approaching (February 18 by 4pm), and we want to ensure that your child’s registration is complete when returned, to avoid having to send home for missing information. Some common things that are missed:

·         Signatures on application form

·         Health card number

·         Emergency contact info (other than parent/guardian)

·         3 sets of initials on the tuition fee schedule (one for payment plan, and two at the bottom)

·         Completed payment methods form (parent name(s), student name(s), banking info (or void cheque), selecting business or personal use, and signature

Please ensure that you are returning:

·         Signed application form (indicate any changes to information)

·         Signed re-registration agreement

·         Completed and signed health history form

·         Completed and signed photo permission form

·         Completed and signed payment methods form

·         Initialed tuition fee schedule with payment plan selection

·         Bussing form (if applicable)

While we will do the best to accommodate existing families, after this deadline we will be accepting new families from our growing waitlist. Don’t be disappointed, hand in your completed re-registration package prior to the deadline.  Please note that the school will be closed Friday (for PD)  and Monday (Family Day).

Please contact our admissions team if you have any questions, at admissions@stjudesacademy.com

St. Jude’s Academy Admissions Team

Ann Harvey & Melissa Filion

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

To celebrate Black History Month, each day there will be a picture and some information posted on our blog about an African-Canadian or African-American figure in history. Happy Black History Month!: 

Take a look at what we accomplished today!

Inquiry into Math:

Today the grade 4s reviewed how to use a protractor. We watched this video to help us understand how to measure angles:


  
We discussed the types of angles that you can create. Then the grade 4s worked independently to create a 150 degree angle, once they should me how they did that, they measured an angle on the board and told me their answer. Once they were able to successfully complete the two task they were able to move on to the practice work from the textbook. 

Over the next few days, the grade 4s will continue to practice using their protractors in order to become more comfortable using it in their studies. 

Inquiry into Language:
Today the grade 4s began working on their lesson 20 spelling activities. Due to our short week the lesson 20 spelling test will be on tomorrow.

Grade 4: words with ie and ei	Grade 5: possessives and contractions
Tip: the letters ie and ei can be vowel pairs r digraphs. They are vowel pairs in pies and seize. They are vowel digraphs in brief and sleigh. Use this rhyme to spell words with ie and ei: I before E except after C or When sounded as A as in neighbours and weight	Tip: To show possession - add ‘s to a singular noun as in Japan’s Add ‘s to a plural noun not ending in s as in women’s Add ‘ to a plural noun ending with the s sound, as in Texas’ In a contraction, an apostrophe stands for the missing letter or letters as in who’ll

Today we began reading The Ghosts in the Churchyard, Marty Pullin. We met our two protagonists, the twins, Emily and William Goodfellow of Tintinhull. Emily and William have left their home in the middle of the night to go to the churchyard to wait for the ghosts. But not just any type of ghosts, they are waiting for the wraiths. Ghosts are the spirits of the dead, wraiths are spirits of the living! As they are waiting with their friends hiding near the churchyard walls, the first ghost appears. What will happen next! 

Unit of Inquiry:

Today we reviewed what we learned about the Feudal System by performing a demonstration of what it would be like. Students were randomly selected for the following roles: peasant, vassal, nobleman, or king/queen. Once their role was chosen each student was given ten tokens to represent the goods or money they had to offer. Then it was time to pay their dues! Here was the scenario we played out today:

Since the peasants were paying for their protection with their crops, the vassals confiscated six tokens from each peasant. 

From each peasant's payment, the vassals were allowed to keep one token and had to give five tokens to their noble/lord. 

From each vassal's payment of loyalty, each noble/lord was able to keep two tokens and had to give three tokens to the king/queen. 

By the end of the activity, it was evident that king/queen received the majority of the profit without doing any work. The peasants were left with less than half the tokens that they started with. The students came to realize that this system only benefited people of status and left them struggling to survive. 

The grade 4s completed a cut and paste activity to fill in their own Feudal Prism Pyramid:

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.

Homework

Language – Read 30 mins
- Spelling lesson 20 + test tomorrow
- Novel study activities - due Tuesday

Math -  Protractor practice sheet

Unit of Inquiry –

Extra -

Important dates/items:

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
February 28 - Medieval Times Field Trip

Have a good evening, Ms. Samuel