Hi everyone, thanks for all the great Halloween treats.  We had a lot of fun.  Have a happy Halloween.

Please continue working through the Fully Alive Family Resource at home.  It can be found here: http://curtiswagner.blogspot.ca/p/docs-to-download.html

Homework

Math  -review definitions covered so far

Please see the following link for our October 29^th newsletter.

http://blog.scs.sk.ca/nluk/october%2029,%202012.pdf

Our November calendar is now available and can be seen by clicking on the link below.

http://blog.scs.sk.ca/hluk/november%202012%20calendar.pdf

-Read for 20 minutes
-Spelling Test -Fri
-Graffiti Art - Tysen
-Find Zone 5 Music -Thurs
-Math family activity that was emailed
-Fill a Bucket


Reminders
-School Wins Twice raffle tickets- overdue

Upcoming Events and Important Dates                                 
Thurs Nov 1 -- Zone 'N -Occupational Therapist Deb Waring working with class
All Saints day Liturgy 
Thurs Nov 8 -- Zone 'N -Occupational Therapist Deb Waring working with class 
Mon Nov 12 - Remembrance Day Holiday -no school 
Fri Nov 16 - Portfolios go home 
Wed Nov 21- 3 Way Conferences-3:45-8:00
Thurs Nov 22 - 3 Way Conferences -9-3:30
Fri Nov 23 -PLD - no school for students
Fri Nov 30 - Progress Reports 

Outside of School Events 
One of our parents asked to make you all aware of this workshop
Kidproof  Cyber Safe Internet Safety Workshop -Nov 24 -more info here: https://kidproofcanada.com/city/Saskatoon/registercourse/CyberSafe.aspx

Halloween – October 31, The Eve of All Saints’ Day

Days were once counted from sunset to sunset, and so Christian feasts begin in the evening before the day that is marked on the calendar.  The evening (or “eve”) of All Saints was called “All hallows evening.”  “Hallows” means holy.  “All hallows evening” was shortened to “Hallowe’en.”  The evening of October 31 begins our two-day remembrance of our ancestors and heroes of the faith.

Many Halloween customs were inherited from pre-Christian times.  After the harvest was collected and the days became short and dark, people made bonfires to welcome the spirits of the dead.  The lights in jack-o-lanterns are the remains of this custom.  The eerie faces carved in them are meant to scare away unfriendly spirits.  Food offerings were left for the spirits, just as we give sweets to visiting trick-or-treaters.

People once dressed up like their dead relatives or heroes to invite the spirits of those people to return to bless them.  Today we sometimes dress as saints or heroes, and sometimes as ghosts or skeletons. 

Christians know that those who have died share now in the resurrection of Christ.  With and in Christ we all triumph over death.  We use these days to remember our departed saints and to retell their stories.  Our Halloween customs help us to laugh at the idea of ghosts and to celebrate with costumes masks and games our joy at being God’s holy people.