Bonjour!


The big event of today was the SJA Science Fair!  This was a great event that all the students at SJA had a great time preparing for and participating in.   Thank you very much to all of the friends and families that came out to see the students' presentations.  Our class spent a majority of the day planning and preparing for the Science Fair.  We finished our presentation board, completed our experiment conclusions, created reflections regarding what was learned about water conservation, and presented our findings to a panel of judges.  Today was a great deal of fun!   During language today the students completed their final Ontario Writing Assessment.  This final assessment piece will now be used as a comparison against the previous two pieces they completed this school year to give a picture of how their writing has improved this school year.  Ask your child tonight to tell you what they wrote about.  The students also worked on cursive, and had a 'catch-up' period for their novel study booklets.  

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, and practice weekly spelling words.

Important information:  Our class is heading out on a field trip to the Peel Children's Water Festival tomorrow.  On this trip we will be learning about water and our environment, and how humans need to be careful in the ways we use and treat water.  Please note that we are going to be exclusively outside for the entire day tomorrow so please check the weather forecast in the morning.  Please make sure your children dress accordingly (sun screen, hats, umbrellas, etc.)  Lunches are to be brought with us on the trip.  The students are encouraged to bring a 'litter-less' lunch.  Students should come wearing their SJA gym uniforms.  A bus is coming to the school to pick us up at 9am sharp and dropping us back off at 2:15pm.  If children are not here at 9am they will have to remain at the school for the day as the bus will have left. For more information about the water festival please visit their website  http://www.peelregion.ca/pw/chwaterfest/ .  

All students brought home a Spelling Bee list with them last week.  Our school is going to be holding it's first school-wide spelling bee competition on June 12th.  Friends and families are welcome to attend to watch the competition on the 12th.  The list that the children have brought home is the exact list that will be used during the competition, so please use it to help your child study and prepare.  5 children are going to be selected from each class to compete in the whole-school competition on the 12th, so help make your child one of them! 

Some important dates are coming up.  Please make a note of the following:

May 24th- Peel Children's Water Festival Field Trip!
May 25th- Track and Field Day (Parents may come to watch the event from 1 - 3pm)
May 31st- Casual Day

Information for SJA Summer Camps are now available.  SJA offers a range of camps over the summer months with a variety of themes ranging from karate camps, to writing camps to traditional summer camps programs.  Please contact the school for more information about these exciting programs.

If your child is part of the SJA choir, please make sure they are practicing the choir song at home.  You can find the song lyrics athttp://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/theparenttrap/doyoubelieveinmagic.htm and play the song for them at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKyGyH9mWHk.  The choir's next performance is going to be at Arts Night on June 6th.


Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson