29/03/2018

Good evening parents and students!

Report cards went home today!
If you have not yet picked a time for student-led conferences for Thursday April 5th, please make sure you do so!

Since Easter is this weekend I had a small Easter egg hunt in class! The students were very good at finding the eggs, but there were a few tricky ones that were hard to find!

The silent dance also look amazing today! It was great to see students being inclusive and having a bunch of fun!


In class:

Math:
Today we looked at congruent figures (two figures that are the same shape and size). Students had to also look more closely at the angles and side lengths of figures to tell if they were truly congruent. The stretch your thinking for these questions are really great brain teasers and I am excited to see how they do with them!


UOI: Government 
Students worked in their groups to begin creating arguments and evidence to support their form of government. Some students are finding it hard to get supportive evidence, they are realizing that a lot of articles show bias for one type of government over others.
Students will continue this research Tuesday and we will have debates on Wednesday next week!


Language:
We looked at the next story we will be doing for our Literacy Circle: Shannen and the Dream for a School. I wanted to see what students already knew about Residential School and Aboriginal/Frist Nations peoples. I was really impressed to see how much they already knew as we did a mind map on the board.

We then read the prologue together and made some predictions. The books and literacy circle novel will be sent home as homework started Tuesday April 9th.



NOTES:

Up coming dates:
Friday March 30-April 2- Easter weekend, no school Friday and Monday
Tuesday April 3- Easter Spirit Day
Wednesday April 4- Summer Uniform begins
Thursday April 5- Student Led Conferences 
Friday April 6- Photo shoot- students must be in full winter uniform this day 

A note from Ms. Bancud - You are now able to order for April Lunches. The deadline for April lunches is Friday, March 30th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, April 6th, 2018.

This month's special is 1 Pancake with Vanilla Cream for $2.50 with a side of syrup and 3 Pancakes with Vanilla Cream for $5.00 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


St. Jude’s FC – A new and exciting soccer program has arrived at SJA. St. Jude’s FC is the official soccer academy affiliated with SJA, which is currently taking applicants for its inaugural season. Please see flyer sent home for further information. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the flyer and send into Ms. Dawn. Let’s go St. Jude’s FC!!

28/03/2018

Good evening parents and students!

Tomorrow we are having an Autism Awareness day. Please have students dress in blue to show awareness. Several students in our class have also brought in forms and money to attend the Silent Dance. It sounds like it will be an amazing, fun time! Students can still bring in forms and money tomorrow morning if they want to attend.

Here are some events coming up soon: 

Thursday March 29- Austim Awareness day- wear blue
Friday March 30-April 2- Easter weekend, no school Friday and Monday
Tuesday April 3- Easter Spirit Day
Wednesday April 4- Summer Uniform begins
Thursday April 5- Student Led Conferences


Math:
In class today we continued looking at transformations but began to use a combination of different transformations.  I have also created an anchor chart in class to help students remember the different transformations that we are using. This unit is a tricky one for many students as it requires a lot of visualization. For students struggling at home, I suggest that you take a spare piece of paper and cut out the same shape, so that they have a manipulative to help them see the different transformations,  then see what the image looks after a transformation occurs.

UOI: Government
Today had a mock debate! I had the class split in half and argue for or against homework. Students did well working with their group and by the end of the lesson I was seeing some amazing critical thinking being done. Tomorrow students will researching about the type of government I have assigned them in class today. In small groups they will then start to create arguments with evidence to suggest why their type of government is best for a country.
Later next week we will have two debates in class to see their knowledge!

 Busy discussing their counter agruments!

Today we also had reading buddies!!!

NOTES:

St. Jude’s FC – A new and exciting soccer program has arrived at SJA. St. Jude’s FC is the official soccer academy affiliated with SJA, which is currently taking applicants for its inaugural season.  Please see flyer sent home for further information. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the flyer and send into Ms. Dawn. Let’s go St. Jude’s FC!!

A note from Ms. Ross - February after care invoices have been sent out and payments were due on March 19th. If a child’s after care invoice has not been paid in full by March 29th, then the report card will be held until payment has been received.  

A note from Ms. Bancud - You are now able to order for April Lunches. The deadline for April lunches is Friday, March 29th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, April 6th, 2018.

This month's special is 1 Pancake with Vanilla Cream for $2.50 with a side of syrup and 3 Pancakes with Vanilla Cream for $5.00 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

27/03/2018

Good evening parents and students.
Tomorrow is Casual day! 

Students were sent home with information about Pick A Time for Student-Led Conferences which take place Thursday April 5th. The scheduler will go live at 9:00am Wednesday March 28 (tomorrow).  

Here are some events coming up soon: 
Wednesday March 28- Casual Day
Thursday March 29- Austim Awareness day- wear blue
Friday March 30-April 2- Easter weekend, no school Friday and Monday
Tuesday April 3- Easter Spirit Day
Wednesday April 4- Summer Uniform begins
Thursday April 5- Student Led Conferences

 
Today in class:

Math:
Today in math we went over transformations (reflection, rotation, translation). 
This video helps explain about the three types of transformations.
Students at first struggled to visualize and complete the transformations, but by picking a vertex and using that as a focus, students could more easily find out where they should start drawing their new translated image. 
Another thing we went over in class was that the shape and size of the figure does not change when there is a transformation.

UOI:Government
In class today,we looked at three different forms of government: Democracy, Oligarchy, Autocracy. We watched a video that briefly described a little bit about how each government is created and how they make decisions. As we watched the students filled out a graphic organizer Students also then tried to think of countries that have the different forms of governments we discussed.


NOTES:

St. Jude’s FC – A new and exciting soccer program has arrived at SJA. St. Jude’s FC is the official soccer academy affiliated with SJA, which is currently taking applicants for its inaugural season.  Please see flyer sent home for further information. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the flyer and send into Ms. Dawn. Let’s go St. Jude’s FC!!

A note from Ms. Ross - February after care invoices have been sent out and payments were due on March 19th. If a child’s after care invoice has not been paid in full by March 29th, then the report card will be held until payment has been received.  

A note from Ms. Bancud - You are now able to order for April Lunches. The deadline for April lunches is Friday, March 29th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, April 6th, 2018.

This month's special is 1 Pancake with Vanilla Cream for $2.50 with a side of syrup and 3 Pancakes with Vanilla Cream for $5.00 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 Oakwood – On Thursday, 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 see letter sent home today for further information.

 

26/03/2018

Welcome back parents and students!
Today was a great first day back. It was lovely to see students and hear about their various March Breaks. I was even more impressed that they completed all their homework and were eager to learn!

Here are some events coming up soon: 
Wednesday March 28- Casual Day
Thursday March 29- Austim Awareness day- wear blue
Friday March 30-April 2- Easter weekend, no school Friday and Monday
Tuesday April 3- Easter Spirit Day
Wednesday April 4- Summer Uniform begins
Thursday April 5- Student Led Conferences

 
Today in class:

Math:
Today we began our new unit into Transformational Geometry! Students first reviewed the lesson they completed over the break about Grid systems. When looked into the Grade 5 curriculum about  Coordinate systems. It was a breeze for the students as they were familiar with coordinate systems since we did graphing before the break!

Language:
Today students were to create a small story about their March Break. The twist was that they needed to write it as if someone else was telling their story! They then drew a picture to match what they had written about. If this was not completed in class or recess it was sent home to finish.

UOI:Government
First we took a look at the articles that everyone brought in from over the break. The majority of the articles had to do with the United States but they were all different! Students paired up and talking about their article in depth and looked for similarities and difference between the politics they read about. The conversations that students were having really impressed me and showed me that they really want to learn more about our government and about other types of government within countries. We also created a dictionary of terms that students saw within their articles that needed further explanation.



Notes:

St. Jude’s FC – A new and exciting soccer program has arrived at SJA. St. Jude’s FC is the official soccer academy affiliated with SJA, which is currently taking applicants for its inaugural season.  Please see flyer sent home for further information. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the flyer and send into Ms. Dawn. Let’s go St. Jude’s FC!!

A note from Ms. Ross - February after care invoices have been sent out and payments were due on March 19th. If a child’s after care invoice has not been paid in full by March 29th, then the report card will be held until payment has been received.  

A note from Ms. Bancud - You are now able to order for April Lunches. The deadline for April lunches is Friday, March 29th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, April 6th, 2018.

This month's special is 1 Pancake with Vanilla Cream for $2.50 with a side of syrup and 3 Pancakes with Vanilla Cream for $5.00 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 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 see letter sent home today for further information.

21/03/2018

I hope everyone is having a fabulous break!

I was able to go to Ottawa for a small time and had a great time roaming our capitol city, but it was freezing! It was really nice to see the parliament building and take a tour seeing that our next UOI is all about voting!

I just wanted to make a post and make sure that parents and students have reminders!

Students were given homework for over the break, which is to be completed before they come back on Monday!
-math review package
-political news article

 Other Reminders:


As a reminder: St.Jude's Academy is now affiliated with an official soccer club called St. Jude's FC. Students of St.Jude are given a 33% discount that will allow them to join the club and play competitively with other soccer clubs this spring and summer (starting most likely April to September). The students will be working with excellent coaches and going to competitions on the weekend. Practices will be held (most likely) right after school twice a week. In April, besides the soccer field, the students will have a chance to play in our official soccer dome!
This is a great opportunity!! 
The students have been given forms , they should try to submit the form as soon as possible.

A Note from Ms. Ross about Aftercare- The February after care invoices have been sent out. They are due on March 19th. After this date late charges will apply. If a child’s after care invoice has not been paid in full by March 28th, then the report card will be held until it is paid in full.

08/03/2018

Good evening students and parents!

REMINDER that tomorrow is our Ski Trip!
Please arrive between 6:30 and 6:45am! 
Students should have appropriate clothes (jacket, snow pants, gloves), a lunch, and a change of clothes. 
We will arrive back at the school for 4:00pm.

Today was an extremely fun day! The Body World workshop that we had was full of great information and had real (animal) organs for students to see! 

Notes:

St. Jude’s FC – A new and exciting soccer program has arrived at SJA. St. Jude’s FC is the official soccer academy affiliated with SJA, which is currently taking applicants for its inaugural season.  Please see flyer sent home for further information. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the flyer and send into Ms. Dawn. Let’s go St. Jude’s FC!!

A note from Ms. Dawn – Scholastic forms were sent home today. All orders will be due Friday, March 9. Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay. Cash will not be accepted as a form of payment.

For Parent Pay please log on to parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay and enter the following credentials

Province - Ontario

City - Mississauga

School - St Judes Academy

Teacher - Dawn Goulart

A note from Ms. Ross - February after care invoices have been sent out. They are due on Monday, March 19th. After this date late charges will apply. If a child’s after care invoice has not been paid in full by March 28th, then the report card will be held until payment has been received.  

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 see letter sent home today for further information.

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 the last few days. If you are interested in registering your child for our amazing 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 chose 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.

**Summer Camp forms have also been sent home!**

A note from Ms. Bancud - You are now able to order for April Lunches. The deadline for April lunches is Friday, March 29th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  

All payments are due on Friday, April 6th, 2018.

This month's special is 1 Pancake with Vanilla Cream for $2.50 with a side of syrup and 3 Pancakes with Vanilla Cream for $5.00 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

07/03/2018

Good evening parents and students!
The count down is on! Only a few days left until March Break and we have the luck of going on trips the next two days!

Tomorrow is our trip to the Science Centre! 
Students must:
-arrive by 8:30am
-be in FULL uniform
-have a packed litter-less lunch
We will be back for our regular dismissal time.

Friday we have our last Ski Trip! 
Students must:
-arrive by 6:45am
-bring an extra set of clothes
-wear/bring gloves, snow pants, thick jacket, sunglasses, boots
-have a packed litter-less lunch
We will arrive back at school by 4:00pm

Today was a special day as the majority of the Grade 5's attended our SJA soccer tournament.
The soccer team came out as the big tournament winners!

 Students cheering on their team!

Waiting for the next game to start. 

Meanwhile, at school students created their own cubes and played a probability game, as well as other fun math activities. 

Students completing math calculation colour-by-numbers.

Finally, at the end of the day we had a Wacky House Games! Students were super excited to cheer on their house as selecedt students played in the wacky clothes rely race.

I also handed back the Probability Quiz (completed yesterday) as well as the Body Systems Quiz. If parents could please sign these and return them that would be appreciated!

Notes:

As a reminder: St.Jude's Academy is now affiliated with an official soccer club called St. Jude's FC. Students of St.Jude are given a 33% discount that will allow them to join the club and play competitively with other soccer clubs this spring and summer (starting most likely April to September). The students will be working with excellent coaches and going to competitions on the weekend. Practices will be held (most likely) right after school twice a week. In April, besides the soccer field, the students will have a chance to play in our official soccer dome!
This is a great opportunity!! 
The students have been given forms , they should try to submit the form as soon as possible.



A note about Scholastic Book Order- Orders are due Friday March 9th.

Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay, (NO CASH

PARENT PAY -  If a parent would like to use Parent Pay then can log on to 

parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay  and enter the following credentials:

Province -  Ontario

City - Mississauga

School - St Judes Academy

Teacher - Dawn Goulart

A note from Ms. Bancud regarding March lunch orders – March hot lunch payments are due this Friday. 

A Note from Ms. Ross about Aftercare- The February after care invoices have been sent out. They are due on March 19th. After this date late charges will apply. If a child’s after care invoice has not been paid in full by March 28th, then the report card will be held until it is paid in full.

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 the last few days. If you are interested in registering your child for our amazing 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 chose 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.

06/03/2018

Good evening parents and students!

Tomorrow is Wacky Wednesday, make sure to wear your wackiest clothes!

Tomorrow is also the Soccer Tournament, for those who paid the two dollars to attend. If students are attending, they will be going to watch the soccer tournament in Oakville, they will be gone from 9am until approximately 1pm.

Important Dates Coming up:
Science Centre March 8- We are leaving the school at 9am sharp. This means that students need to be at school no later than 8:30am. This will give us plenty of time to talk about the day before we leave. Students are to be sent with a packed, litter-less lunch. We will arrive back in time for regular dismissal.

Ski Trip March 9- Students are expected to be at the school between 6:30 and 6:45am, the bus leaves at 7am sharp. We will arrive back at the school for 4pm. Please make sure students once again have a packed litter-less lunch and have a change of clothes with them.

Math:
Today students completed their final Math Quiz of the term. I was impressed to see students really using their knowledge and vocabulary!

UOI:
Today was our Body World Exhibit. It was great to see all students confidently talking to students (of all ages) and teachers. They will be able to take home their models tomorrow to show at home! Here are a few pictures from our Exhibit:

 The Nervous System Table

 The Musculoskeletal System Table

 The Respiratory System Table

 The Circulatory System Table

 The Digestive System Table

  

Our classroom was very busy! SO much learning going on!

Notes:

As a reminder: St.Jude's Academy is now affiliated with an official soccer club called St. Jude's FC. Students of St.Jude are given a 33% discount that will allow them to join the club and play competitively with other soccer clubs this spring and summer (starting most likely April to September). The students will be working with excellent coaches and going to competitions on the weekend. Practices will be held (most likely) right after school twice a week. In April, besides the soccer field, the students will have a chance to play in our official soccer dome!
This is a great opportunity!! 
The students have been given forms , they should try to submit the form as soon as possible.



A note about Scholastic Book Order- Orders are due Friday March 9th.

Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay, (NO CASH

PARENT PAY -  If a parent would like to use Parent Pay then can log on to 

parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay  and enter the following credentials:

Province -  Ontario

City - Mississauga

School - St Judes Academy

Teacher - Dawn Goulart

Spirit week is happening the week of Monday, March 5 – Friday, March 9:
-Monday will be PJ Day
-Tuesday will be Superhero/Princess Day
-Wednesday will be Wacky Wednesday
-Thursday we will be at the Science Centre (students in full uniform)
-Friday we will be at our ski trip

A note from Ms. Bancud regarding March lunch orders – March hot lunch payments are due this Friday. 

A Note from Ms. Ross about Aftercare- The February after care invoices have been sent out. They are due on March 19th. After this date late charges will apply. If a child’s after care invoice has not been paid in full by March 28th, then the report card will be held until it is paid in full.

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 the last few days. If you are interested in registering your child for our amazing 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 chose 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.