Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is day 1 (Gym and Music). Please wear your gym clothes to school and bring your gym shoes.

Our next extra-curricular activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen Eden Ski Resort. The dates of the trip are January 22, February 19 and March 4. We will be leaving at 7:00 AM and returning by 4:00 PM at the latest. All rentals are included, however students are more than welcome to bring their own. Please do not order hot lunch for these days as we will be eating lunch at the ski hill – students are welcome to bring money to purchase food and drink items. Students must ensure they are dressed in appropriate ski gear; warm socks, long johns with comfy clothes, snow pants, warm mitts, a face protector and a ski jacket. Please note that if students chose skiing, they will ski all three times. If students pick snowboarding, they will snowboard all three times. All students will have to pass each level before they are granted permission to ski on the big hill, no matter what their experience. Permission forms andwaivers are due back no later than Thursday, December 12. Please thoroughly complete all forms before returning.

Our Christmas Concert rehearsals are well underway. We are dancing to Justin Bieber's 'Deck the Halls’. Please see the link below for our song and the opening song, ‘So Good to Be Bad’. Please practice the dance and the finale song! Our dress rehearsal will be on Monday, December 16 and the show will take place on Tuesday, December 17. The afternoon show will begin around 1:00 PM and the evening show will begin at 6:30. We ask that all parents/family members remain seated for the entire show. Please note seating will be on a first come first serve basis and there will be no reserved seating. We kindly ask the all parents and family members allow all students to exit the dome before you exit. We want to ensure the safety of all students. 

Deck the Halls Rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsxGxgwWEwc

Good To Be Bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4i5YiGhSc

JK-Grade 2 Christmas Concert:

Dear SJA Families, 

We are very excited for our annual Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 Christmas Concert. Please see the attached poster for more details.

On December 10, 2019, students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 will put on two performances at the St. Jude’s Dome. Our afternoon performance will begin at 1:00 pm, with doors opening at 12:30. Our evening performance will begin at 6:30 pm, with doors opening at 6:15 pm. Seating is on a first come first serve basis. Please keep in mind that outside food and drinks are not permitted in the Dome.

Please ensure students are in their classroom at 5:30 pm for the evening performance. 

For our evening performance, families are welcome to take our shuttle from St. Jude’s to the Dome and back. Shuttles will begin running from 6:00-7:00 pm. 

We encourage all families to come bundled up to stay warm and cozy for the entire show. The students and teachers have put a tremendous amount of work into their performances and kindly ask that all families stay and enjoy the show until the end.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

The SJA Parent Guild will be holding a 50/50  Draw during the evening Christmas Concerts on December 10 and 17. See attached flyer for details.

Inquiry into Language

Today we attended the JK- Gr. 2 Christmas Concert at the dome. 

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today students wrote their math test for our decimals unit. We will begin our next unit when we return from the Christmas Break. Our next will be Data Management.

We also worked on a math and language problem solving question. Thank you Mr. Mantzios for the fun activity. The students really enjoyed it!

Math problem

Unit of Inquiry

Today students continued to learn about the circulatory system. Our focus today was to understand how the circulatory system works, in particular about the blood. Students completed fill in the blank activities about the circulatory system and the blood (red blood cells, platelets and cut blood vessels). 

Homework/ Reminders:

- Spelling Lesson #14 due tomorrow
- Skiing forms due December 12th
- All library books due December 16

Important dates/items:

Thursday, December 12 – Ski forms and waivers due

Tuesday, December 17 – Grade 3-8 Christmas Concert

Wednesday, December 18 – Casual Day for those students who have paid the $20 casual day fee

Thursday December 19 – Christmas Spirit Day

Friday, December 20- Tuesday, January 7 – No School – Christmas holidays

Wednesday, January 8 – First Day Back After Christmas Holidays

Have a wonderful night!

Ms. Cass