I hope everyone is having an amazing week so far!
A reminder regarding our upcoming speech competition – it’s this week…
A note about Year Ahead Day…
Dear SJA Lower School (JK to Grade 6) Families,
An annual event in the Lower School is our highly anticipated Year-Ahead Day. Students look forward to this fun tradition at St. Jude’s Academy where they get to skip ahead and spend the day in the next grade. Teachers will let students know who their Year-Ahead Day teacher is at the end of day on Friday, February 7, 2020.
Please note that the placement for this day does not indicate class placement for the following school year.
Sincerely,
The SJA Lower School Team
And a reminder about re-registration…
Dear SJA Families,
Just a reminder that the SJA re-registration process is underway. To reserve your child’s 2020-2021 place at St. Jude’s Academy, complete and return your child’s re-registration forms and payment to Reception by Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:00 pm.
After this date and time, any available grade-level spaces will be open to new families on waitlists.
In addition, the deadline for our priority enrolment into our JK Program is Friday, January 17, 2020, a letter is attached with more information.
If you have any questions regarding the forms or next steps, please contact our Admissions Team.
A few quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 5.
· Aftercare invoices for the month of January have come out and are due Saturday, February 15th, 2020. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com
· Lunch invoices for the month of February are due by Thursday, February 6th. 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 18th. After this, registration will open to the public.
Inquiry into Canada in the World – Today, we started looking at different ways that we project maps of our world. We did this through an interactive online system here: https://www.oxfamblogs.org/education/mapping_our_world/mapping_our_world/l/lesson1/index.htm
We talked about two different projections of these maps, Mercator and Peters, and the advantages and disadvantages of both.
French – After this, the students had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).
Inquiry into Canada in the World – We took up our Treasure Hunt from this past weekend.
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 Canada in the World – Then, we did an activity called The Global Kid. We read a story about a young boy getting ready for school in the morning and discussed all the ways he interacted with other countries in the morning. We looked at furniture, food, clothing and more. We don’t realize how many other countries we are interacting with every day.
Inquiry into Math – Today, we took up Monday’s homework and reviewed the lesson.
An acute angle is less than 90o.
A right angle is 90o.
An obtuse angle is more than 90o, but less than 180o.
A reflex angle is more than 180o.
Equilateral: All sides are equal length.
Isosceles: Two side are equal length.
Scalene: No sides are equal length.
Acute: All angles are less than 90o.
Right: One angle is 90o.
Obtuse: One angle is greater than 90o.
Polygon: A closed figure with sides that are line segments. Exactly 2 sides meet at each vertex – the sides only intersect at the vertices.
Regular Polygon: A polygon where all sides and angles are equal. These have both line and rotational symmetry.
Irregular Polygon: Any polygon that is not regular.
Convex Polygon: A polygon where all angles are less than 180o.
Concave Polygon: A polygon where at least one angle is greater than 180o.
Homework:
We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.
As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.
Mr. Conte
