Bonjour!

Today was the day of the big oral presentation!  All the classes at SJA spent the morning in the auditorium listening to the poetry recitations of the SKs- grade 3, and the speeches of the grade 4s- 7s.  It was a great morning and I was very proud of all of our class presenters.  The results of the oral competition will be announced tomorrow morning at convocation.  When we got back to class we began working on a writing exercise where the children were asked to create a list of things they bring on a a sleepover, items they need for their birthday party, or ways they can help their family.  This is an important type of writing which requires skill and technique.  The children had a lot of fun with this activity. We also read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux today as a class.  The students went to music and french classes today.

Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, and cursive pages 134 - 135.

Important information:  If any parents, friends, or families would like to attend tomorrow's convocation ceremony to watch the awards being handed out for the oral presentations please feel free.  Convocation begins at 8:45am.

A big storm is expected for tomorrow morning/late tonight.  Please check the school website for school closure information.  It will be posted by 7am.

All children are bringing home a permission form with them tonight for an upcoming reptile show that is happening at SJA on March 8th.  The children have a chance to learn about, view and maybe even hold a range of real life reptiles!  This activity will correlate with an upcoming unit we have about life cycles of living things.  Please send in the $5 with the permission form by March 1st.

The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.

Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library.  Thank you very much to the children who have already begun bringing in their used books.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson