"The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right."

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Fun Wednesday!

Wow! The weather was beautiful today!!!
This is what happened today...
- gym class
- snacks and morning circle time
- journals
- arts night rehearsal
- lunch and recess
- language - daily five - word work: students worked on short vowel sounds by cutting and pasting the correct short vowel word into the correct category.
- Math centers
- lunch and recess
- art with Ms. Kerr
- water balloon the teachers :)

Have a fantastic evening everyone!

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Happy Tuesday

We had a great day back!
I hope everyone had a good long weekend!
- Gym class
- Snacks and morning circle time
- UOI presentations - students presented the type of transportation they created in class last week.
- French class
- Lunch and recess
- Story time
- Language - students played short words bingo.
- Math - we worked on numeracy where students had to count, cut and paste the correct numbers.
- Arts Night rehearsal.
- Lunch and recess
- Agendas
- Pack up

*tomorrow is casual day
*on Thursday, after the track and field students will have the opportunity of purchasing ice cream on a cone for $2.00.












Thursday, May 19, 2016

LEGOLAND!

What a fun day! Thank you Mrs. Ahuja and Mr. Traynor for all your help! :)






















Yesterday...

Wow! It totally slipped my mind to update the blog yesterday, my apologies! I did remember at 4:30am today! :) Better late than never! :)
That's what happened yesterday:
- Gym class
- Snacks and morning circle time
- Library
- Daily five - read to self (we also did one on one reading with me)
- French class
- Lunch and recess
- Reading buddies
- Arts Night rehearsal
- Lunch and recess
- Arts with Ms. Kerr
- Agendas
- Pack up
Have a great day everyone! :)

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Messy Tuesday!

Today we had a great day!
- Gym class
- Snacks and morning circle time
- Journals - daily five - work on writing: students were encouraged to complete the following sentence: "On my birthday I want to _______."
- Lunch and recess
- UOI transportation project - students all had fun building their type of transportation...we had cars, trains, airplanes, wheelchair...it was a big mess, but they all loved it!
- Agendas
- Lunch and recess
- Centers
- Pack up
Have a great evening!
 
SUMMER CAMP NOTICE:

Check out our summer camp web-page: http://www.stjudesacademy.com/Page/Summer-Camp
Here you can find detailed itineraries for the weeks and the registration forms!
Please keep in mind the weekly cost includes lunches, a snack and two field trips!
Registration for the first few weeks is filling fast we don't want you to miss your chance!
 







Monday, May 16, 2016

Great Monday!

This is what we did today...
- Spelling Bee
- Lunch and recess
- Story time
- Agendas
- Language: daily five - work on writing: students practiced writing in the lines the blend ju and the words jug.
- Arts Night rehearsal
- Lunch and recess
- Arts with Ms. Kerr
- Pack up
- House points





Have a great evening!

Reminders:
-          Tomorrow, May 17th – please send in 2-3 recyclable items (e.g. empty toilet paper roll, empty cereal box, small boxes)

-          Thursday, May 19th – Legoland Field trip (please wear gym uniform, we will be leaving the school at 9am sharp)

-          Friday, May 20th – PD Day

-          Monday, May 23rd – Victoria Day Holiday

-          May 25th – Casual Day

-          May 26th – Track and Field

-          May 27th – send in your child’s T-SHIRT for Arts Night (the t-shirts will remain at school until Arts Night – June 2nd)

-          May 28th – Summer Fiesta

-          June 2nd – Arts Night (there will be 2 performances: 1pm and 6:30pm)

Friday, May 13, 2016

Happy and warm Friday!

Ahhh, the sun is out...what a nice weather!
This is what happened in our day:

- Gym class outside with me and Ms. Bannon
- Snacks and morning circle time
- Daily Five - read to self and read to someone
- French class
- Lunch and recess
- Story time
- Language/Math activity: students drew a picture of their family. They did the same activity at the beginning of school year and now we are doing it again to compare and reflect. We will continue on Monday as we had some absent students and I'll let students show their pictures to the class and talk about the differences they notice in each picture.
- Agenda writing
- Lunch and recess
- Arts with Ms. Kerr
- Pack up and prize box

Have a blessed weekend!

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Happy Thursday!

We had a very long day today going through the in class Spelling Bee. But I must say that all JKs behaved really well through the process!
Our top 3 are: Ariana, Peter and Saraya. Congratulations to all students, everyone worked hard!
This is what we did today:

- Gym class
- Snacks and morning circle time
- Spelling Bee
- French class
- Spelling Bee
- Journals - today students completed the following sentence using the spelling bee words - "This is a ________."
- Lunch and recess
- Centers
- Fire drill
- Pack up

Have a great evening everyone!

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Ice Cream Day!

We had a fantastic Wednesday!
- Gym class
- Snacks and morning circle time
- Arts Night rehearsal
- Library
- Lunch and recess
- Ice Cream truck
- Language - students worked on AT family words by matching the pictures with the correct words
- Spelling Bee practice
- Lunch and recess
- Spelling Bee practice with Julia (gr 7 student)
- Story time with Julia
- Pack up