{"id":1705,"date":"2026-10-20T13:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T00:47:11","slug":"october-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/october-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"October Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Good afternoon families,<\/p>\n<p>Here are some updates for the upcoming weeks of October.<\/p>\n<h2>House Teams<\/h2>\n<p>Ms. Kashima has put every student a Suncrest into teams this year. Each family is also on the same team.<\/p>\n<p>See attachment for which team your child is on this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsd41blogs.ca%2Ftoorc%2Ffiles%2F2026%2F10%2FDiv-11-House-Teams-1.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/Div-11-House-Teams-1.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><p class=\"embed_download\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/Div-11-House-Teams-1.pdf\" download>Download [1.54 MB] <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Spirit Day- Thursday October 22nd<\/h2>\n<p>Wear your house team colour to earn a point for your House Team Colour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1709\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_2347-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_2347-238x300.jpg 238w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_2347-812x1024.jpg 812w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_2347-768x968.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_2347-1218x1536.jpg 1218w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/files\/2026\/10\/IMG_2347-1625x2048.jpg 1625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Scholastic Code:<\/h2>\n<p>Our Scholastic Class Code is: <strong>RC130056<\/strong>. There are many books to purchase for your home to continue developing a love for reading or to begin building reading into your daily routine as a family. I will put the order in on Friday October 23rd at 2pm.<\/p>\n<h2>Pumpkin Patch<\/h2>\n<p>Time to be announced. Please have your child bring a bag with their division and name on it for Tuesday October 27th.<\/p>\n<h2>Picture Re-takes: Wednesday October 28<\/h2>\n<p>Please email me if your child is taking a picture re-take. If you were away on picture day I will send your child down when it is our turn. At this moment we do not have the time.<\/p>\n<h2>Halloween<\/h2>\n<p>Stay tuned for more details on the time of our Halloween Parade. Hoping I will get more information at tomorrow&#8217;s staff meeting.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday October 30th students are welcome to bring a treat or goody bag to share with the class to celebrate halloween. This is optional but if you do decide to bring something please ensure there is enough for 18 students.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to bring a snack for the group to eat, please ensure it is individually wrapped <strong>(peanut, all tree nuts and gelatin free)<\/strong> as we do have students with allergies and sensitivities to those foods mentioned above in our class.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Words Their Way Spelling:<\/span><\/h2>\n<article id=\"post-1502\" class=\"post-1502 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week we began our phonic spelling program called \u201cWords their way.\u201d We have students working in various groups focusing on initial letter sounds, letter blends (digraphs), vowels, vowel blends (dipthongs). \u00a0Each week your child will bring home an envelop of cards to practice. They are yours to keep after we spend the week focusing on certain cards. Words their way is a great program that supports students phonemic awareness for writing and spelling. 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you,<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Ciolfitto<\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming Dates:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday October 23-\u00a0Pro-D-Day (no school for students)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholastic Orders Due by 2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday October 27- Suncrest Pumpkin Patch \u00a0(time TBA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday October 28- Photo re-takes \u00a0(time TBA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday October 31- Halloween Parade (time TBA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Good afternoon families, Here are some updates for the upcoming weeks of October. House Teams Ms. Kashima has put every student a Suncrest into teams this year. Each family is also on the same team. See attachment for which team your child is on this year. Spirit Day- Thursday October 22nd Wear your house &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/october-updates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;October Updates&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9802,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9802"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1705"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/toorc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}