Frenzy Friday

Hello parents and students, 

We are getting closer and closer to the concert and the holidays and boy, are we feeling it. Today, we practiced for the concert in full swing; getting our steps, talking about costumes and practicing our singing. It is getting super exciting and nerve racking. 

In math, we reviewed our 'Show your work' and I gave the students a chance to take home extra practice sheets. I am attaching the sheets on the bottom in the homework/reminder section. 

Reminders/Homework

• Math: Math test Monday 
• Review "Show what you know"
• Extra review sheets (only do the questions you might need extra review in): 
• Language: Finish your Percy Jackson project over the weekend, final checks on Monday 
• UOI: Bring in field trip form and payment- last deadline December 21 or you may not attend the field trip 
• Christmas concert practice (concert is Wednesday you must be there at 6:30pm)
• Secret Santa due Dec 20
• Please bring in door decoration/classroom decoration if you would like :) 

Announcements 

**Secret Santa – On Wednesday, most students in our class selected another student’s name for our class Secret Santa event. They will be bringing in a gift for them on December 20^th.  The gift can be bought or made, but should not exceed $5.  The students are very excited to find out who their Secret Santa’s are!**

**Christmas Concert – The students at SJA are pleased to invite friends and parents to the SJA Christmas Concert!  The Grade 3-8 students will be performing on December 20^th.  Hope to see you there!**

**A note from the Student Council:

Good evening parents and guardians.

The St. Jude's community places a lot of emphasis on giving and conducting acts of charity. In light of the Christmas season which is fast approaching, we are happy to announce that we collaborating with Peel Regional Police for their 'Toys for Tots' charity. We will be conducting a toy drive from December 7th to December 21st. Members of the St. Jude's community may donate new, unwrapped toys, cash or Canadian Tire money to make an underprivileged child's Christmas one to remember. All proceeds will be handed over directly to Peel Regional Police on December 21st. We are also pleased to announce the Toys for Tots charity is the first major project our Student Council will be conducting this academic year.

Toys can be donated at the front desk by placing them under the Christmas tree. There will be a tracking sheet provided to record the student who donated. Upon collecting the toys, a police officer will allow one lucky student to pie him/her in the face. As such, it is important to record the names of each student to give everyone a chance. Alternatively, toys may be handed to class teachers. To educate our PYP students about the importance of giving, house points will be awarded for each toy donated.

We look forward to your donations, all of which will be greatly appreciated.

Tis the season for joy, happiness, love, and sharing. Have a Merry Christmas!

Thank you.

Student Council**

Upcoming Dates & Events

Thursday, December 7 – Thursday, December 14 – SJA first book fair

Tuesday, December 19 – Casual Day

Wednesday, December 20 – grade 3-8 Christmas Concert (Ms.Khan’s class Secret Santa day!)

Thursday, December 21 – Christmas Spirit Day and Last Day of School Before Christmas Break

Have a great weekend, 

Ms.Khan

Too Cold Thursday

Hello parents and students, 

It was a cold one out there, so we had a wonderful day indoors today. The focus for today was to work on our language, Percy Jackson Projects. Which will be due Monday. Most students are making their good copies and I am so impressed with all their hard work. Here are some pictures of them today. 

In math, we worked on our math review. The review sheets are due tomorrow and the test will be on Monday. 

Reminders/Homework 

• Language: Spelling test tomorrow (spelling lesson # 14)
• Math: math review packet 
• UOI: Field Trip form for Aquarium due December 21
• Secret Santa due December 20 
• You can still bring in $0.25 for candy-o-grams tomorrow if you would like!

 Announcements 

**Secret Santa – On Wednesday, most students in our class selected another student’s name for our class Secret Santa event. They will be bringing in a gift for them on December 20^th.  The gift can be bought or made, but should not exceed $5.  The students are very excited to find out who their Secret Santa’s are!**

**Christmas Concert – The students at SJA are pleased to invite friends and parents to the SJA Christmas Concert!  The Grade 3-8 students will be performing on December 20^th.  Hope to see you there!**

**A note from the Student Council:

Good evening parents and guardians.

The St. Jude's community places a lot of emphasis on giving and conducting acts of charity. In light of the Christmas season which is fast approaching, we are happy to announce that we collaborating with Peel Regional Police for their 'Toys for Tots' charity. We will be conducting a toy drive from December 7th to December 21st. Members of the St. Jude's community may donate new, unwrapped toys, cash or Canadian Tire money to make an underprivileged child's Christmas one to remember. All proceeds will be handed over directly to Peel Regional Police on December 21st. We are also pleased to announce the Toys for Tots charity is the first major project our Student Council will be conducting this academic year.

Toys can be donated at the front desk by placing them under the Christmas tree. There will be a tracking sheet provided to record the student who donated. Upon collecting the toys, a police officer will allow one lucky student to pie him/her in the face. As such, it is important to record the names of each student to give everyone a chance. Alternatively, toys may be handed to class teachers. To educate our PYP students about the importance of giving, house points will be awarded for each toy donated.

We look forward to your donations, all of which will be greatly appreciated.

Tis the season for joy, happiness, love, and sharing. Have a Merry Christmas!

Thank you.

Student Council**

Upcoming Dates & Events

Thursday, December 7 – Thursday, December 14 – SJA first book fair

Tuesday, December 19 – Casual Day

Wednesday, December 20 – grade 3-8 Christmas Concert (Ms.Khan’s class Secret Santa day!)

Thursday, December 21 – Christmas Spirit Day and Last Day of School Before Christmas Break

Have a great evening everyone, 

Ms.Khan

Working Wednesday

Hello parents and students, 

I hope everyone is having a great evening so far. Today in math, we started off the day by learning all about angles and connecting them with convex and concave. Just in case you missed it. Here is the great video from yesterday that goes through all of this! 

In language, the students worked on their language summative. They have been working very hard and the students are switching over to their good copies now!

In UOI, we did our logo guesses! The students had fun guessing each other logos. Then, we nominated the best ones and did a class vote. Miriam won gold, Julian got Silver, and Bianca got Bronze! Overall, the class did so well that they ALL won targets/Timbits! Well done!! Here are some pictures of them going around and the projects from the three winners. 

Our biggest task of the day was prepping for Christmas concert, Mme Stella and Mr. Oliver ran two rehearsals today to go through with the students. Our main task is to practice tonight because the concert is next week!  Time is flying by :) Here is a sneak peek of the singers!

Reminders/Homework 

• Math: Finish Classifying Angles worksheet (TEST DATE IS MONDAY, December 18) 
• Language: Spelling Lesson # 14 
• Think of Christmas Door Decorating ideas
• Practice for Christmas concert!!!! 
• French: Practice conjugation of faire/aller/etre/avoir

Announcements 

Check Out The Library Blog at https://libraryatsja.blogspot.ca/ to keep up to date with Library news and check out pictures by our Book Fair Student Crew Photojournalists of all the great work they've been doing to make our first Book Fair an exciting event.  Thanks for your support.

A note from our Librarian, Ms. Hayward - Our Very First Book Fair is Coming Soon – Yee-Haw!

“Saddle Up & Read” with the first Scholastic Book Fair at St. Jude’s Academy – December 7 to December 14. There will be lots of exciting books, posters, bookmarks, pens and pencils, etc. to choose from! Proceeds will go to buying great new books for our library. More Parent Volunteers are also needed.  If you’d like to help out please contact Ms. Hayward at hhayward@stjudesacademy.com

Upcoming Dates & Events

Thursday, December 7 – Thursday, December 14 – SJA first book fair

Tuesday, December 12 – JK-2 Christmas Concert

Tuesday, December 19 – Casual Day

Wednesday, December 20 – 3-8 Christmas Concert

Thursday, December 21 – Christmas Spirit Day and Last Day of School Before Christmas Break

Have a great evening everyone, 

Ms.Khan

Turning Tuesday

Hello parents and students,

Today was a very exciting and fun filled day. We started the day with math where we checked our answers with our group and then we learned about naming polygons/sides and classifying figures just like we do in science. Here is a great video that goes through all these concepts.

Next, the students got a chance to work on the language summative, they are starting to really come together and I am excited to see how they turn out.

In UOI, the students worked on the Kingdom Logo Project. Here are some pictures from today.

Most students finished but if they did not finish, it is due for tomorrow. Besides the logo, they also have to have the describe all their Kingdom and all the parts of their logo. For example, I chose the Kingdom Monera. In my logo, I have only 1 cell because Monera are all unicellular. They should have a sentence for each of their characteristics.

At the end of the day, we got to watch the amazing Christmas Concert for the K-2 classes, where we had a special performance from our choir girls!! Here is a picture from their performance. Good job girls!

Reminders/Homework 

• Math: Finish Naming polygons/shapes and Classifying Figures sheets (TEST DATE IS MONDAY, December 18) 
• Language: Spelling Lesson # 14 
• UOI: Finish Kingdom Logo project (remember description) 
• Think of Christmas Door Decorating ideas
• Practice for Christmas concert!!!! 
• French: Practice conjugation of faire/aller/etre/avoir

Announcements 

Check Out The Library Blog at https://libraryatsja.blogspot.ca/ to keep up to date with Library news and check out pictures by our Book Fair Student Crew Photojournalists of all the great work they've been doing to make our first Book Fair an exciting event.  Thanks for your support.

A note from our Librarian, Ms. Hayward - Our Very First Book Fair is Coming Soon – Yee-Haw!

“Saddle Up & Read” with the first Scholastic Book Fair at St. Jude’s Academy – December 7 to December 14. There will be lots of exciting books, posters, bookmarks, pens and pencils, etc. to choose from! Proceeds will go to buying great new books for our library. More Parent Volunteers are also needed.  If you’d like to help out please contact Ms. Hayward at hhayward@stjudesacademy.com

Upcoming Dates & Events

Thursday, December 7 – Thursday, December 14 – SJA first book fair

Tuesday, December 12 – JK-2 Christmas Concert

Tuesday, December 19 – Casual Day

Wednesday, December 20 – 3-8 Christmas Concert

Thursday, December 21 – Christmas Spirit Day and Last Day of School Before Christmas Break

Have a great evening (see you at the concert), 

Ms.Khan