Updates

In the JK classroom we have been working very hard on our spelling words, we have practised spelling them and writing them in our journals. We have played many games to help us memorize them.
In the arts we have been practising our Arts night song - Never smile at a crocodile. You may hear us singing this, please help us practise! We also have been working on crocodile hats to wear during our performance. For the night of arts night students are asked to wear green shirts and blue pants.

Reminders: For those who are usually in aftercare please ensure you fill in and send payment for the pre-paid invoices for June as we can not invoice in the summer. - Email sent home today as well detailing it.

Tomorrow is track and field it is going to be hot so please ensure students are wearing the gym shorts and t-shirt, as well as sun screen as we will be outside all day.

May 27 - Track and Field Day - gym uniform to be worn

June 3^rd – Arts night

June 4^th – School Spelling bee (Justin, Arya, Marcus)

Parents you are all invited on June 10th @ 2:00-330pm to come and watch the JK-Gr. 2 GRADUATION!!!!! Each student will walk across the stage and receive a certificate of completion for their grade. At this time three awards will also be handed out (per grade) for Language, Math, and UOI. 

(THIS IS ALSO CASUAL DAY; STUDENTS CAN COME TO SCHOOL DRESSED IN THEIR "GRAD" OUTFITS!)

For students in Gr.3-8 their Graduation starts at 5pm, everyone is welcome to attend even if they do not have a child in this grade range. 

June 11th - Pirate day at the maples $$

June 12th - Summer Fair, last day of school 

Exciting News !!!

ON BEHALF OF MR. SAWATSKY...

Dear Parents, 

It is with great excitement that I announce that SJA will have a new home for September. We have been working very hard in securing a new location that will have more classrooms with more windows, more parking, better playground area, better washroom facilities, and room to grow. Also, we wanted the new building to be on a more major road so that we are more visible to the community.  

Our new location is only 2 minutes from the current location. 

2150 Torquay Mews is the address, and part of the property backs onto Erin Mills Parkway. (It is right next to the Meadowvale 4 rinks)

SJA will hold summer camps at the new location, and 

school will start September 9, at the new location. We will hold orientation at the new building so that the parents are able to get a tour of the new facilities before the school year starts. 

The move will be very exciting, but it will be a lot of hard work over the summer. If any parents wish to volunteer to help teachers set up classrooms or move boxes, we would be very appreciative.  Also, there will be lots of activity at the old SJA building as we get ready to move. We have sold all of our portables, and we need to have them removed from the property by mid June. 

We are very excited, and we will keep you, the parents, updated on the move as the summer progresses.  

Regards, 

 

Aaron Sawatsky Head of School
St. Jude's Academy | Maples Academy | Oakwood Academy

IB World Schoolasawatsky@stjudesacademy.com 

Creature Quest !!!!!!

We had a fantastic time today learning about different animals, their habitats, what they eat, and how they survive. We even got to pet some of them! My friends were all risk takers every students petted the animals even the snake! (Mrs. Smith was too scared to touch that one!)

Cookie dough order forms due Thursday!

UOI PRESENTATIONS

Congratulations to all students for completing their final summative assessment projects. I was quiet pleased and amazed the amount of knowledge each student knew about their chosen animal. The diorama's were outstanding!!!!

We still have two more to come on Tuesday!!!!

May 15 - P.D. Day (No School)
May 18 - Victoria Day (No School) May 19 - Creature Quest  May 21 - Lunches Due
May 22 - P.D. Day (No School) May 25 - In class spelling bee competition - the top 3 finalists will move on to compete on stage May 26 - Ice Cream sundaes - forms have been sent home
May 27 - Casual Day
May 29 - Track and Field Day - Please wear gym uniform this day

May 13

French - http://www.stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.ca/

Calendar - Today we learned our  days of the week song, said the date and dressed Charlie for the weather. 

Daily 5 -As part of our daily 5 students will look at stories, do picture walks, independent read, partner read, and listen to others telling stories, and practise writing words.

Today students participated in partner reading, students took turn completing picture walks and telling the story in their own words.

As part of our daily five students participated in listening to reading. Today we listened to the story:

On CD read by Robert Munsch

Journal- 

As part of our Daily 5 students will practice working on writing (through copying sentences in their journals) or word work (practicing sounding out words, cutting and pasting words into proper sequence to build words.) Today we practiced writing and spelling some of our spelling bee words:

Gym -  sjamslovan.blogspot.com

Language:

Today we worked on the words Doll, Fan,  and gum:

Math - Today we completed our own graphs and reviewed the counting sequence to 20:

music - Songs on friendship, sight words, phonics, patterning, manners, brain breaks

UOI - 

Today we continued to present our final UOI presentations:

UOI Centres-

Students had to answer trivia questions in order to be able to pick their centre. 

animals,playdough, blocks, puzzles, house centre, art easel (chalk, whiteboard markers, painting) and cut and paste. Working on sharing, manners, fine and gross motor skills, imaginative play, problem solving and working together.

May 14 - Final UOI summative assessment due May 15 - P.D. Day (No School)
May 18 - Victoria Day (No School) May 19 - Creature Quest  Mya 21 - Lunches Due
May 22 - P.D. Day (No School) May 25 - In class spelling bee competition - the top 3 finalists will move on to compete on stage May 26 - Ice Cream sundaes - forms to be sent home tomorrow
May 27 - Casual Day
May 29 - Track and Field Day