23/04/2018

Good evening parents and students,
I hope that everyone enjoyed the warm weather this weekend, I know I did!

Students enjoyed their popcorn today! It was a nice treat for second lunch!

UOI
This morning we continued with our UOI: Build your own country. It was great to hear all the different names that the groups have created for their new countries. I was also very impressed with the mottos that groups created. Many of them were inspiring and motivating, I can tell that people would be incited to live there! Finally, groups created a rough idea of what they would like to have for their countries flag. The majority of the groups were able to compromise and work together through their difference of opinions. If they had time, groups continued on to create the type of government they want for their country. We will continue with this tomorrow and also start creating a constitution for their country!

 

Language:

Today we began our DRA's. Students will all be tested at a higher level to begin with and if necessary, I will make adjustments and test back at grade level.  

Math:

Today students looked at Fibonacci's sequence. I was super impressed with their ability to continue the sequence to the 16th term and find the different patterns throughout the sequence. Most students finished the worksheet in class (or a large amount of it) so I created an optional challenge! I want to see if students can find out the first 25 numbers of the sequence and then recite them by memory. If they are able to do this I will reward with 5 gotcha tickets and 5 house points. I hope this challenge will be accepted!!

NOTES:

A note from Ms. Bancud.
Hello all,

You are now able to order for May Lunches. The deadline for May lunches is Saturday, April 28th, 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, May 4th, 2018.

A group of Grade 6s are promoting Meatless Mondays for their Exhibition project. They have come up with this month's special, which is Crispy Cauliflower Bites for $4.50 with a side of tzatziki dip that will be available every Monday! You will find more information about Meatless Mondays around the school.

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

Notes from the Grade 6 exhibition. 

Dear parents/ guardians,

We are Grade 6 students doing a project called exhibition. Our topic is child neglect. For our action we chose to do a clothing donation for the children that may have experienced neglect in our community. We will be donating all of the gently used clothing to the CAS and local charities. If you would like to donate any gently used clothing please place them in the box labeled Clothing Donations for the CAS and Surrounding charities. It can be found by the SJA back door where you come into the school in the morning. The last day to make a donation is Wednesday, April 26.

Sincerely,

Alexis, Alex and Wael (Grade 6)

 A note about Aftercare:
Aftercare invoices are due tomorrow.
Thank you. 
If you have any questions please email Ms. Ross.