Friday, June 12th, Day 2

Good morning everyone!

Are you all excited for the weekend?

A few messages from SJA:

Daily Challenge – Since you all seemed to like the fun of choosing your events, we’re going to give you 7 more challenges, and you need to do 4 of them. 

This week we’re offering 3 prizes: A video game of your choice for 1st place (max $50, must be able to order on Amazon), a $25 Indigo gift card for 2^nd place and a $10 Indigo gift card for 3^rd place.

Here are your 7 choices, remember to do 4 of them and email them to Mr. Neal (sneal@stjudesacademy.com or send via wetransfer.com if they’re too big to email):

1.     Time for a bug hunt! Borrow your parent’s cell phone (with their permission of course!) and get out into nature, find at least 5 different bugs. Bonus points if you can name them all!

2.     No one did this one last week, so we’re posting it again: Wednesday is supposed to be a rainy day, so put on your rain gear and go jump in some puddles!  Extra points to the student who makes the biggest splash!

3.     Take a book outside and spend 15 minutes reading under a tree. Make sure Mom or Dad takes a picture of you!

4.     Pay it forward: Take a video of you singing “You Are My Sunshine” to an elderly neighbour (from a safe distance of course!)

5.     With your parent’s help, bake some cookies!  Take a few pictures of you baking, and at least one of you enjoying the results.

6.     Draw a picture of the #1 thing you’re hoping to do this summer.

7.     Take a box, set it at least 2 meters away from you, and throw a ball into it – let’s see you get 3 in a row.

That’s it for this week – enjoy the challenges and good luck to everyone!

Coding: Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom information on ManageBac

Ms. Hayward is running a Guess Who! Competition using bitmojis of teachers? How many can you name?

Here is an opportunity to get lots of house points. Match the Bitmoji to the correct teacher. The FIRST three to send the most correct answers to Ms. Hayward (hhayward@stjudesacademy.com) win BIG house points.

50,000 for first with ALL correct

25,000 for first with most

10,000 for second with most

5,000 for third with most

2,000 each for the two "bonus people".

Last chance to send answers will be Monday, June 19.

And don’t forget about our upcoming SJA imaginarium!

We have our House Cup Ceremony coming up! Are you excited?!

Morning Announcements:

·       Announcements

·      Lower School assemblies every Tuesday and Thursday on Zoom at 8:45

·      Grade 6 morning announcements on Discord at 8:45 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

·      SJA Imaginarium, June 24^th – June 30^th

·      JK – Grade 11 Promotion Ceremonies on Wednesday, June 24^th

·      Grade 6 PYP Graduation Ceremony at 9 am on Thursday, June 25^th

·      Fun Awards, Friday, June 26^th

·      House Cup Assembly, Friday, June 26^th at 2 p.m.

·      After-School Online Programs Today

·      Daily Challenge

Time	Place to Be	Class Information
9:00 – 9:40	Grade 6 Discord Server Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel	Inquiry into Math Students will write a quiz to demonstrate their understanding of lessons 10.3 & 10.4.
9:40 – 10:10	Zoom	Gym with Mr. Orr. Zoom link will be provided.
10:10-11:00	Zoom	French with Mme. Stella. Zoom link will be provided.
11:00 – 12:00	Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
12:00 – 12:50	Zoom	Inquiry into My Digital Footprint Review the different parts to the final project.  Check that each student has arranged to teach their lesson with a particular teacher and grade. In-class presentations will take place June 15 – 17. Students will be evaluated at this time. Presentations to other classes will take place on June 18 & 19. Today’s goals are to: ·       Practicing their presentation/skit/activities and get feedback on their work. Remind students to focus on responsibility & perspective in their presentation/skit/activity.
12:50 – 1:40	Zoom	SJA Imaginarium Performance Provide students with tips on performance and practice. Students go to breakout groups to practice their scripts. Have students reflect on ways to improve their performance.
2:30 – 3:00	Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
2:20 – 3:30	Grade 6 Discord Server Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel	Novel Study Students work on the summative task for the novel study. They will make connections between the book and the UOI unit. They write a page about characters whose personal, social, or mental health was at risk. They identify the risks, relate them to the Real World Safety Pledge and suggest ways the characters could have lowered the risks. Review the rubric with students before they begin. This work is to be submitted for marking before they can go to recess.

Work that is not completed during class time will need to be completed as homework. Students should put more focus into reading at this time. It is an expectation that students are reading between 30 and 60 minutes per day.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out so I can clarify and assist.

Steven Conte