20/02/2018

Good evening parents and students!

I hope that everyone had a lovely long weekend had was able to spend time with family on Monday.
Today students participated in the Jump Rope for Heart event. Students skipped rope for 40 minutes, they were very energized and sweaty by the end of it! It was great to hear students talking about their heart rate; I can tell that they are really paying attention to our UOI lessons!

Three different forms were sent home today, please make sure to take a look at them.
One form is actually due tomorrow. We apologize about the lateness of it going home.

Thursday is our Anti-Bullying Day. We are asking for students to wear a pink shirt to support this day. We are very lucky to have the opportunity to watch Cinderfella, a play put on by Mike McMurty. Permission forms were sent home today and will be due back tomorrow along with $4.

Math:
Today we looked at the Mystery Pictures that were done for homework. For students that needed extra practice, I gave them another night to work on it. In class students began colouring in their pictures and they are starting to look really wonderful.
We also looked at a new graph: Scatter plots. We learnt that scatter plots are used to show how sets of data increase/decrease and that when looking at the graph we can see trends from the data plots. 

For homework students are to complete the page about scatter plots and another page that talked about interpreting data, as that is a major importance within Data Management.

Language:
We had our last literacy circle today for our novel Hatchet. Students did very well over the weeks, it was great to see such an improvement in their role work. We are not completely done with Hatchet yet, we will be doing a final summative project in the coming days.
 

Today students also spent time looking at the rubric used for our OWA Persuasive Announcement assessment. Students saw how they did for their pre-test and as a class we worked on making success criteria that would help us do better on our next OWA Persuasive Announcement:

Knowledge and Understanding:
- include an introduction and conclusion
-thank the audience at the end
-clearly explain the problem
-clearly state your opinion
-provide solutions to the problem 

Thinking:
-create detailed solutions
-include detailed support for each solution
-include support for the main idea throughout 
-include different perspectives (self, teacher, principal)

Communication:
-proper grammar and spelling
-variety of sentence length
-organized ideas/support
-age-appropriate and persuasive words used

Application:
-make connections (self, real-life, others) that are relevant and specific
-provide tips and easy to do solutions

Our OWA post-assessment will be done Thursday February 22. 


UOI: Human Body
Today we did not have time for UOI. However, students were introduced to the new part of our Healthy New You summative. Students are to complete daily journals that summarize their health (food and exercise) that day. They are also responsible for answering two questions a day from the provided list.

Notes:

A note from Oakwood – On Friday, March 29, Oakwood Academy will be holding A Silent Dance. A ‘Silent Dance’ is a dance in which students are given individual headphones where they can listen to various types of music while controlling the volume.  This dance is an amazing way to foster inclusion and provide an opportunity for everyone to participate in a school dance. It provides a sensory friendly environment for all students at both Oakwood and St. Jude’s.  Admission to the dance will be $15.00 cash and this will include a drink. Please send back permission form and the $15 cash no later than Monday, February 26. Please see letter sent home today for further information.

A note from Ms. Bancud regarding March lunch orders - You are now able to order for March Lunches. The deadline for March lunches is Friday, February 23rd, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for March ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, March 9th, 2018.

This month's special is Pancakes with Cinnamon Apples with a side of syrup that will be available every Friday!

Payment Instructions

• There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and Freshbooks. 

• Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email.
• It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  

• We no longer accept cheque as a method of payment.

If you have any questions concerning the Lunch Ordering site or Freshbooks, feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com

A note from Ms. Ross – After care invoices have been sent out via Freshbooks. Please be sure to check your junk mail. Please note the amount per minute has been changed to $0.13/minute, due to the minimum wage increase.

A note about March Break Camp - Registration forms were sent home back in October. We have had many students sign up since then and especially over the last few days. If you are interested in registering your child for our March Break camp, please send in the completed registration form, along with the $20 one-time non-refundable deposit in order to secure your child's spot (this could be paid in cash or through fresh books). This year there are two options to choose from the first being lunch and two snacks provided or the second being send your own packed lunch and a discounted camp rate! We also have daily rates available. Please contact Ms. Smith @ bsmith@stjudesacademy.com for more details.




A note about Jump Rope for Heart-

Hey everyone, did you know that we beat our goal of and raised more than $4500.00 at our Jump Rope for Heart event! Thank you so much for your awesome fundraising efforts! You should feel very proud to know that you are helping to save people’s lives! 

We want to recognize a few of our top fundraisers from our Jump Rope for Heart Event Day. Special thanks to Marloe who fundraised an incredible $620.00, Emily who fundraised an incredible $530.00, Matthew who fundraised an incredible $525.00 and Kayla who fundraised an incredible $350.00