La 2e semaine

Bonjour!

Please take a look at what we did in French class on the second week!


JK:

• We started learning about the days of the week to prepare for our daily calendar routine. We played lots of fun games to practice saying the days of the week. We also sang "les jours de la semaine" song that sounds like "Oh My Darling Clementine"

Il y a sept jours,
il y a sept jours,
il y a sept jours dans la semaine:

lundi
mardi
mercredi
jeudi
vendredi
samedi

et dimanche.

SK:

• We completed a portrait about ourselves: We wrote what our name is, how old we are and drew a picture of ourselves.
  
   
  
   
  
  
   
   
  
  
    
• We reviewed the days of the week and are starting to learn about the months to prepare for our daily calendar routine. 
  
  
  
• We sang "les mois de l'année" song. Here is the link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_u2SigckNQ
• We learned to put the months in order from janvier to décembre.
  
   
  
  
• We practiced saying the weather with actions (e.g. il fait beau, il fait chaud...).
• We played "dix" to review numbers 1-10. 
  

 Grade 1:

• We completed a portrait about ourselves: We wrote what our name is, how old we are, what we like, and drew a picture of ourselves.
  
  
   
   
   
   
  

   
  
  
  
       
  
• We reviewed the days of the week and months of the year and started doing the calendar together.
• We also practiced saying the weather with actions (e.g. il fait beau, il fait chaud...)
• We talked about Terry Fox and sang a song about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwpzXxU7VWk
  
  

    
• We practiced singing "O Canada" in French to prepare for our weekly anthem in French (happening every Tuesdays and Thursdays).
  
  
• We played "dix" to practice numbers 1-20. 
  
  
  

La rentrée! First week!

Bonjour!

We had a great start to our first week! Here is what we did:

JK:

• We sang a Bonjour song at the beginning of every French class. 
• We talked about classroom rules together.
• We took turns passing the ball along and learning to greet and introduce our names in French (e.g. Bonjour! Je m'appelle ______.)
• We played a fun game like hot potato while singing the French song.

SK:

• We sang a Bonjour song at the beginning of every French class.
• We talked about classroom rules together. 
• We took turns passing the ball along and learning to greet, introduce our names and say our age in French (e.g. Bonjour! Je m'appelle _____ J'ai ____ ans.)

Grade 1:

• We learned a new Bonjour song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQadIlq_bXo
• We talked about classroom rules together. 
• We took turns passing the ball along and learning to greet, introduce our names, say our age in French and talk about what we like (e.g. Bonjour! Je m'appelle _____ J'ai ____ ans. J'aime _________.) to learn more about each other. 

Bienvenue! Welcome!

Dear SJA Families,

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fantastic and fun-filled summer! For those who are new to St. Jude's Academy, I am Mlle. Jessica, the Primary French teacher. I will be teaching JK - Grade 1 this year. French teaching has always been a passion of mine. I love working with this age group. I am excited for another great year ahead. Our Lower School Orientation Night is coming up on Wednesday, August 28^th, you can find me in room 29 (please refer to the attached flyer for more details). Our Welcome BBQ is on Thursday, September 19th. I encourage everyone to attend! I look forward to seeing everyone back and meeting some new faces!

 

                              

                                  

Library
Ms. Hayward, our librarian, is in the process of building the French collection in our library (https://www.sjalibrary.wordpress.com/). 

Hot Lunch Program 

·      Please know that the website will be closed at 3pm on Aug 30th and is unable to reopen for September ordering.

·      Lunch payments are due no later than September 13^th, after this date it will begin to collect interest. 

Below are the instructions for returning families:

*if you have a sibling joining SJA this year please keep in mind you can only use one email per child. 

Step 1 Logon to website http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja - if you forgot your password or email used please contact bsmith@stjudesacademy.com

Step 2 Across the top menu bar you will see several options, please scroll over MY ACCOUNT, change grade and teacher to reflect new year. Select SAVE

Step 3 Across the top menu bar you will see several options, please scroll over MANAGE LUNCH, a drop-down menu will appear, select ADD NEW LUNCH FORM.

*Don’t forget to select payment method BEFORE ordering 

Below are the instructions for new families:

**If you have more than one child you will need to use different email addresses for each child. Only one child can be registered and ordered for under a single email address. 

Step 1 Go to website http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja

·      Select register an account 

·      Select grade 

·      Select class 

·      Select teacher 

·      Enter in student information

·      Accept terms and conditions and select Register

Repeat for additional students. 

Step 2 Across the top menu bar you will see several options, please scroll over MANAGE LUNCH, a drop-down menu will appear, select ADD NEW LUNCH FORM.

*Don’t forget to select payment method BEFORE ordering

Kinderlime Application

New Parents 

• You have been sent an email to sign up with a pin
• Please download the FREE Kinderlime app via APP Store, Google Play etc. Or Visit the website https://www.kinderlime.com <https://www.kinderlime.com/>

Complete MUST HAVE information about your child(ren) on APP/Website 

• Phone number(s)
• Updated pick up permissions
• Allergy/Medication information
• We strongly suggest you set up automatic payments through the app/website to ensure you will not incur late fees for monthly invoices. 
• You can also choose to pay monthly through the app/website.
• Through the app/website you will be able to digitally access monthly break downs (printed copies will not be available)  
• View App/Website daily to see sign in/out times. 

Returning Parents 

• Update the MUST HAVE information about your child(ren) on APP/Website 
• Phone number(s)
• Updated pick up permissions
• Allergy/Medication information
• If you have not already done so we strongly suggest you set up automatic payments through the app/website to ensure you will not incur late fees for monthly invoices.

If you have any questions/comments regarding this new addition, please contact the Students Services Coordinator at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com

Important Upcoming Dates

September 4^th, 2019 – First Day of School
September 4^th-6^th, 2019 – Neophyte week
September 13^th, 2019 – Terry Fox Run
September 19^th, 2019 – Welcome Back BBQ
September 25^th, 2019 – First Casual Day
September 30^th, 2019 – Orange Shirt Day

Sincerely,

Mlle. Jessica