09/05/2018

Good evening parents and students, 

Today the students had the chance to watch the MYP's Shakespeare inspired play and I must say it was fantastic! I encourage parents to pick up tickets from the front desk for tomorrow night's performance (and you can drop off your children at the Dance here at SJA)!!

A note from our MYP Shakespeare Performers: Tomorrow, Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre (3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for those children whose parents are attending the show, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm. For students whose parents are not viewing the performance, they are welcome to join the dance for a cost of $15. Don’t miss out on seeing your favourite SJA teachers boogie down!! Once again, the doors open at 6:00 and close around 8:30!

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis. 

Please find additional details about the performance and dance in the flyer attached. 

Math:
Today we looked at our first lesson for our new unit in Measurement. We looked at conversion from Kilo- to milli- and how to properly use our knowledge about decimals to convert unit of measurement (ie. grams, metres, liters).  Here is a video for students to watch at home. Students worked on one practice sheet at home and then were given one more practice sheet for homework.


Language:
Students were also introduced to their Novel Study project. We will be looking at Cree culture and how they communicate their culture through Art. For homework students are researching into different Cree Artworks that they think would be a good project for them and their classmates. Tomorrow we will look at the artwork we found and narrow it down to a few ideas for students to choose from! I am excited to see the research students will bring in tomorrow!


NOTES:

A note from Aftercare: 
April after care invoices have been sent out. They are due on May 22nd.

A note from Hot Lunches:
Hot Lunch invoices for May are on Freshbooks and late fees have already been applied. Please go on to Freshbooks and pay as soon as possible. 

A note from SJA Summer Camp:

08/05/2018

Good evening parents and students! 

Today was an amazing day!! The weather was great and the students really showed fantastic team work!

Tomorrow we have our trip to see the MYP Shakespeare play! If students brought in the form and a canned good they will be attending and are allowed to come to school dressed in casual clothes. We will be leaving the school at Noon and returning at 2:30. 

A Reminder that our Spelling Bee will take place this Thursday!! Practice at home!!

 

07/05/2018

Dear Parents and Students,
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

TOMORROW is our trip to Cedar Glen YMCA. Students are expected to arrive at school no later than 7:45am. Students need to prepare for the weather (gym uniform, hat, sunscreen, light jacket/sweater, water bottle, snack).  We will arrive back at the school at 4:00pm, after this time students will be sent to aftercare.
It will be an exited day!!!

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis. 

 

 The Grade 5 students have the amazing opportunity to watch this play on Wednesday May 9th. 

***Spelling Bee: The grade 5 in-class spelling bee will be Thursday May 10th. The Grade 6 spelling bee will be on Monday May 14th. Hope you are practicing at home!!***


Math:
Today students completed their quiz for this past unit. They also completed a per-assessment for our next unit on Measurement.

UOI:Coding
Today we began our new unit on CODING!!

Students completed a KWL chart today, so that I can see what they already know and want to know. We then watched two videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKhVupvyhKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoPx_rSicrM

The second video is really interesting and motivating! I could tell students were excited to learn!
We then spent around 10 mins trying out different coding games on https://code.org/learn
Students are welcome to continue to explore this website and the games it has.  


Notes:

Summer Camp Information - Please see Ms. Smith to reserve your spot for summer camp!

04/05/2018

Good evening parents and students,
I hope that everyone was safe tonight and did not get blown away... like my fence was!

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis. 

 

 The Grade 5 students have the amazing opportunity to watch this play on Wednesday May 9th. They were given a form today for parent signature and are asked to bring in a canned good, no later than MONDAY.

Today students had to pleasure of watching the grade 6 exhibition! There was an amazing blacklight show, followed by a large french component. Students then had the privileged of choosing a session to attend. It was great to see many students also participating in the quiz sections and asking questions when looking at display tables.

In Math, students were given practice questions for homework and we went over a few tricky questions in class.
There will be a quiz Monday. We will then be moving on to a unit on Measurement.


The Grade 5 In-class Spelling Bee will be Thursday May 10th. The Grade 6 Spelling Bee will be announcement soon. Make sure you practice!!

03/05/2018

Good evening students and parents,

We has a hugely successful ELECTION DAY!!! Thank you to all parents and other family members that came out this afternoon! We will have the name of the winning country tomorrow, but all groups should be extremely proud of what they were able to create and share today.

Pictures from the day:

As a reminder, we will be having our Math Quiz for this unit on Monday May 7th. Students will get more review for over the weekend!

Grade 6 exhibition:
The Grade 6 exhibition is this FRIDAY! The grade 5 students will have the opportunity to attend the exhibit in the morning. This is a great way for them to see what is expected of them for the next year.

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis. 

 

 The Grade 5 students have the amazing opportunity to watch this play on Wednesday May 9th. They were given a form today for parent signature and are asked to bring in a canned good, no later than MONDAY.


 **Spelling Bee information and lists have been sent home. Please have students practice with the provided lists.**
Students competing in the Grade 5 spelling list will be having their in-class competition May 10th.

02/05/2018

Good evening parents and students!

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis. 
 

The Grade 5 students have the amazing opportunity to watch this play on Wednesday May 9th. They were given a form today for parent signature and are asked to bring in a canned good, no later than MONDAY.


 **Spelling Bee information and lists have been sent home. Please have students practice with the provided lists.**

UOI:Government 
 Today students worked in their groups for the majority of their day. The flags look amazing!!  It was great to see students delegating tasks to ensure that they get things done in time.Some of these campaigns are really looking persuasive and I am excited to see our rehearsals tomorrow.

For our UOI summative presentations, parents are welcome to attend at 2pm on May 3rd. Actual presentations will begin at 2:20pm however parents are welcome to arrive at 2:00pm and take a look/ask questions at the display tables. After the presentations and voting, students are allowed to leave with their parents.

Students hard at work!

Math:

Today students were given a quiz review sheet. Students were told to look at their past lesson sheets to help them complete the review. Most of the questions were taken from their previous homework sheets or the textbook. We will be taking up the answers as a class tomorrow and doing more review during the end of this week so that students are prepared for Monday's Quiz.

Grade 6 exhibition:
The Grade 6 exhibition is this FRIDAY! The grade 5 students will have the opportunity to attend the exhibit in the morning. This is a great way for them to see what is expected of them for the next year.

05/01/2018

Good evening parents and students,

What lovely weather we had today!!
It was great to see students playing outside and participating in Track and Field.

 **Spelling Bee information and lists have been sent home. Please have students practice with the provided lists.**

UOI:Government 
 Today students worked in their groups for the majority of their day. The flags are starting to look great and the slides are coming together nicely. It was great to see students delegating tasks to ensure that they get things done in time.

For our UOI summative presentations, parents are welcome to attend at 2pm on May 3rd. Actual presentations will begin at 2:20pm however parents are welcome to arrive at 2:00pm and take a look/ask questions at the display tables. After the presentations and voting, students are allowed to leave with their parents.

Math:
 Today we looked at relating distance, average speed, and time. Students quickly noticed that creating input/output machines/tables will help us find answers. We also had a quick review about distance and time conversions to assist the students in their homework.
Tomorrow we will be starting our review for this pattern math unit. The quiz will be Monday, May 7th.

Notes:

Grade 6 exhibition:

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.