Way of Life is Determined by Where You Are

Dear SJA Families,

We are very excited for our annual Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 Christmas Concert. See below 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.  

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!

We had two run throughs of our Christmas concert rehearsal today. This made for an interrupted day, but we made the most of the situation.

We continued working on our new novel study today – Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. We took up discussion questions about Chapters 3 & 4 today as a class. Students had a substantial amount of time to work on today’s reading and homework. They were assigned to read chapters 5 & 6 and complete pages 20 – 27 in the guide. Most completed the work in class. This is due tomorrow.

Students continued learning about Canada’s indigenous peoples independently, specifically how their way of life depended on where they lived. Students reviewed and coloured map work related to Canada’s:

• political regions
• climate regions
• physical regions
• and locations of Aboriginal Peoples

Students received information cards Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples that describe Canada’s first peoples from the Subarctic, the Pacific Coast, the Plateau, the Plains, the Eastern Woodlands, and the Arctic. They read these cards and categorised the information using a comparison chart titled ABORIGINAL NATIONS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. Incomplete work is assigned as homework.

Students attended a shortened French class today. They also had a shortened math class with Ms. Joseph.  

We will be curling on Friday afternoon this week to make up for Monday’s missed trip. Students are to come to school dressed in their gym uniforms. Remember to bring your helmet!

 

Homework and Reminders

Complete today’s assigned map work if you did not get done in class.

Complete today’s comparison chart if you did not get done in class.

Choose your Haida art for tomorrow

Complete and return the ski forms by December 12^th

Novel Study: Tuck Everlasting

·         Read Prologue, Chapter 5 & 6

·         Complete Study Guide pages 20 - 27

Purchase your Secret Santa gift before the last week of school. Min. $10 & Max. $25

Math:

Thursday, December 5^th

·         Lower School Conferences

Friday, December 6^th

·         Curling trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

·         December hot lunch payments are due

Tuesday, December 10^th – JK – Grade 2 Christmas Concert

Thursday, December 12^th

·         Ski forms are due

·         Parent Guild After-School Skating Event

Tuesday, December 17^th – Grade 3 – 8 Christmas Concert

Wednesday, December 18^th 

·         Bake Sale

·         Casual Day

Thursday, December 19^th

·         House Game Day

·         Spirit Day (wear red, green, white),

·         Bake Sale

Friday, December 20^th – Tuesday, January 7^th – Christmas Break