Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! The mornings are becoming cooler, so please make sure your child is dressed for the weather! Please forgive me for not posting pictures. My computer is saying I have no room! I will be having it looked at this weekend!

Today our friends across the street, Suffah Academy, were kind enough to invite us over to their Science Fair. We took a quick trip after lunch and were amazing. Those students did a great job and gave us some good ideas for our own Science Fair!

Tomorrow is picture day. Full winter uniform is required. Please send academic tie and not the house tie. We still have gym first thing, so please send them in their gym uniform. They can change into their school uniform after gym.  

Harvest/Halloween Spirit Day is just around the corner. Students may come dressed in their costume or in harvest colours – orange, brown, etc. Please no send students with scary costumes or masks. Weapons will also not be allowed. If you care to send in a goodie bag with candy or pencils/erasers, you may do so. Please do not send in cupcakes! Candy will not be eaten at school, but will be sent home with students. It will be a fun day of Halloween/Harvest activities and a dance.

Please note that after care invoices have been sent via Freshbooks. After care payments are due Tuesday, October 31. Please also note that we are no longer accepting cheques as a method of payment. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

I sent home the Polar Expressions Publishing letter and information a few weeks back. I strongly encourage students to enter on their own time. One of my students placed third last year in the short poem category. Please keep in mind the due dates – poetry deadline is November 15 and the short story deadline is November 30. Good luck!

A note from Ms. Bancud - Ordering Website is now active for the month of November. You may start ordering your child's lunches! Please make sure your child is under the correct grade when ordering http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja. The last day to order for November will be Friday,

October 27th. After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for November ordering. All payments are due on Friday, November 3rd. 

Payment Instructions

• There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and online via Freshbooks. 
• If you choose to pay through Freshbooks, please choose the cheque option on the ordering site. 
• Cheque payments will not be accepted. 

• Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email. 
• It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  

Another item has been added to our Hot Lunch Program as a Special. This month's special is Vegetarian Lasagna that will be available every Friday!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com . 

A note from Ms. Dawn – Scholastic forms were sent home today. All orders will be due Friday, October 27. Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay. Cash will not be accepted as a form of payment.

For Parent Pay then can log on to parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay and enter the following credentials

Province - Ontario

City - Mississauga

School - St Judes Academy

Teacher - Dawn Goulart

Food Drive – As part of their UOI and action plan, Alister and Aashrith from Ms. Ramcharan’s Grade 2 class, are holding a food drive. These donations will be donated to the local food banks. This food drive will run from now until October 26^th. Please bring any non-perishable food items to me and I will hold it until the end of the food drive.

Upcoming Dates & Events

Thursday, October 26 – Picture day – full uniform is required

Friday, October 27 – Last day to order November hot lunch, after school activity forms due, & Scholastic orders due

Tuesday, October 31 – Havest/Halloween Spirit Day – please no scary costumes/masks and no weapons. If you do not celebrate Halloween, please feel free to come dressed in fall colours – orange, brown, black.

Friday, November 3 – November hot lunch payments due

MATH:

Today we explored distance and time. For example, a mable travels 5 metre in 1 second. It travels 10 metres in 2 seconds. 15 metres in 3 seconds. We are adding 5 each time or starting at 5 and multiplying by 1, then 2, then 3, etc. A car travels 60 km in 1 hour, 120 km in  2 hours, 180 km in 3 hours. We are adding 60 each time or starting at 60 and multiplying by 1, 2, 3, etc.

Homework:

-MMS pg 78-79

LANGUAGE:

Today we continued working on our Canadian animal reports. Good copies are due Thursday. Please help out with paraphrasing. Many students are still copying word for work. We will be completing our OWA post-assessment on Friday. Students will be required to write a report on a specific Canadian animal chosen by me. They will be given research and asked to write a introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

Homework:

-Read for 40 minutes

-Finish good copy of report

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we learned about the important parts of the ear. We learned how sound travels through the ear (ask me how) and ways to protect our hearing. We began creating our ‘How to protect your hearing’ posters.

Homework:

-Bring in empty toilet paper rolls and small yogurt containers for tomorrow

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J