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 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 Mr. Oliver – Please bring in your recorder tomorrow!

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

Tuesday, October 24 – Bake Sale

Wednesday, October 25 – Casual Day & Bake Sale

Thursday, October 26 – Picture day - Full uniform

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

Tuesday, October 31 – Halloween Spirit Day

Friday, November 3 – November hot lunch payments due

MATH:

Today we had our second math test of the year. I will mark as soon as I can and return them for you to review.

Homework:

LANGUAGE:

Today we began spelling lesson #7 – Consonant Blends. A consonant blend is when two or more consonants come together in a word and their sounds may blend together. We will hear both sounds (eg. risk, milk, skunk).

Homework:

-Raz-Kids for 40 minutes

-Finish spelling lesson #7

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we took some time to reflect on our last unit, Oh Canada. We emptied our duo tangs and added important pieces to our portfolios. We also filled in our reflection page for the IB learner profile trait of Inquirer and finished off our KWL chart. Boy did we learn a lot!

Homework:

Portfolio Updates!

Oh Canada finished KWL chart!

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J