Mr. Conte's Grade 6 Class: Thursday, February 13th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone has had an amazing week. Don’t forget that students are off on Friday and Monday as we have a P.D. Day and Family Day.

It’s countdown season:

A reminder about re-registration…

Hello SJA Families!

The Re-registration Deadline is fast approaching (February 18 by 4pm), and we want to ensure that your child’s registration is complete when returned, to avoid having to send home for missing information. Some common things that are missed:

· Signatures on application form

· Health card number

· Emergency contact info (other than parent/guardian)

· 3 sets of initials on the tuition fee schedule (one for payment plan, and two at the bottom)

· Completed payment methods form (parent name(s), student name(s), banking info (or void cheque), selecting business or personal use, and signature

Please ensure that you are returning:

· Signed application form (indicate any changes to information)

· Signed re-registration agreement

· Completed and signed health history form

· Completed and signed photo permission form

· Completed and signed payment methods form

· Initialed tuition fee schedule with payment plan selection

· Bussing form (if applicable)

While we will do the best to accommodate existing families, after this deadline we will be accepting new families from our growing waitlist. Don’t be disappointed, hand in your completed re-registration package prior to the deadline. Please note that the school will be closed Friday (for PD) and Monday (Family Day).

Please contact our admissions team if you have any questions, at admissions@stjudesacademy.com

St. Jude’s Academy Admissions Team

Ann Harvey & Melissa Filion

And a note about March Break camp…

A few quick reminders:

· Tuesday is Day 5.

· Aftercare invoices for the month of January have come out and are due Saturday, February 15^th, 2020. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

· The lunch site is now open for the month of March! It will be open until Wednesday, February 26^th at 3:00 p.m. sharp. The special for the month is French Toast with Whipped Cream and Syrup. Please remember not to order on Wednesday, March 4^th as we are skiing. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Gandy at sgandy@stjudesacademy.com

· Re-registration packages are due back by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18^th. After this, registration will open to the public.

We started the day with a house game!

Inquiry into Math – Today, we looked at tiling patterns.

A figure is said to be tiling the plane when congruent figures are taken and placed or transformed in a way where a page is covered and no gaps are left.

A triangle always tiles the plane because at any point where vertices meet, the angles add to 360^o.

A quadrilateral always tiles the plane because at any point where vertices meet, the angles add to 360^o.

We reviewed why a regular pentagon could not tile a plane. We did a few examples as a class to see what tiling patterns look like.

This weekend, students will complete homework for tiling and the unit review in preparation for their test next Friday, February 21^st.

French – After this, the students had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).

Gym – After recess and lunch, the students had gym with Mr. Orr, which you can read about on his blog (http://tysonorr.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Language – Yesterday, we continued to look at examples of persuasive letter writing, and here is what we’ve learned so far:

· Writing in the proper form of a letter, which includes being courteous and professional (addressing a specific person and signing it with our name), a date and the place from where the letter came, an introduction, a fully body, and a closing statement.

· Writing opinion works, which includes clarifying the issue, an opinion clearly stated, logical reasons that support your opinion, and a summary of that opinion.

· Using reasonable and relevant ideas that are connected to the main topic.

· Using critical and creative thinking processes and imagination in our writing.

· Transferring our own knowledge and skills and an ability to make connections to our own lives, through our experiences, into our writing.

Today, we looked at one last example of a persuasive letter. This last one was with a focus on ensuring that ideas are expressed logically and are organized, communicated for the correct audience, and expressed with the correct use of conventions and appropriate vocabulary.

Next week, we will focus on writing in the proper form of a letter and reviewing persuasive arguments. We will write a practice OWA that will be assessed and handed back with feedback that students can use to study over the weekend before the post-assessment.

Inquiry into Canada in the World – Today, students finalized their videos for their ‘Welcome to ______, Canada’ project. Students who finished their video project moved on to working on an art project.