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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 23, 2012.
Students Ryan Murphy and Jack Ryan participate
in a study distributed by nursing student Nolan Scott.
This week is Peace week and Miss Neary hosted an in-school
Grade 6 speak of! Congratulations to all participants!
We would like to welcome Christine Atkinson, Philip March,
Erin Noseworthy, Cheryl Thorne, Cherise Flynn, Sarah Mercier, and Ryan Rose
students from the Western Regional School of Nursing, who are covering a
clinical placement in our J.K. program.
Mme. Perez Diaz would like to thank Sasha Fisher, site
coordinator for MUN Let’s Talk Science Classroom Visit Program for her
presentation with the Kindergarten French Immersion class. The students really
enjoyed the presentation!
Student nurses, Brad Dyke and Nolan Short completed their
Health Project on Bullying with the Grade 3 -4 class this week. Thank you!
On Monday, we celebrated a Disney Theme Day in honor of
Mickey Mouse’s birthday on Sunday.
This week our students from Grade 1-9 participated in the
Mathletics Math Challenge. Participants from across Canada competed in a two
day fun on-line Math challenge. This is Canada’s official lead up event to the
World Education Games in March 2013.
Parent/Teacher Night was held on Wednesday evening. We would
like to thanks families for attending and showing their support.
The Grade 7-Level I students, along with teacher sponsors
Ms. Meade, Mr. Hancock, and Mr. Gillard left on Thursday for Mount Pearl.
Students will participate in the Skills Challenge Competition on Saturday in
the following categories: First League Lego Robotics, Wind Turbine, Job Skills
Demonstration, Videography and Public Speaking. Best of luck to all
participants!
On Saturday our school will be hosting our Annual Shop and
Drop fundraiser. Parents can drop off their children to the school from
10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. while parents go shopping. Cost for the first child is $20.00.Please
contact the school for more information.
Our Christmas Concert will be held on Dec. 13th.
More details to follow. Class News
The Junior Kindergarten: The children have been preparing
for Christmas, singing songs and creating crafts. They are really enjoying
having the nursing students in their classroom .
Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten class: This week Ms. Dwyer’s class
is learning the letter N. They were really excited about passing in their
posters for the Remembrance Day contest.
Mme. Perez-Diaz’s French Immersion Kindergarten class: This
week the students are learning about the letter G. They are also learning new
French words that start with the letter G. They are learning about families and
how they can be different from one another. They are talking about how many
people live in a family and how families can consist of different people.
Mme. Mondoux Grade One and Two French Immersion class: This week the students are continuing to
learn Christmas songs in French and learning more French by working on their
Christmas play .
Mrs. George’s Grade One English class: These students are
learning about one and two more and one and two less in Math. In Science they are learning
about their senses and how they can protect us. In Social Studies we are
packing up their boxes for Operation Christmas Child.
Ms. Park’s Grade Two class: This week the Grade 2’s are
learning how to count money and are really excited to start preparing for the
Christmas concert.
Ms. Payne’s Grade Three and Four class: In this class the students are learning about
sentence structure and how to state answers when asked questions. They are
getting excited to prepare for Christmas and enjoying crafting for the special
holiday.
Ms. Neary’s Grade Five and Six class: The students are
really excited about Skills Challenge. The Grade 5’s would like to wish the
Grade 6s the best of luck.
Mr. Hancock’s Junior High and Level One class: These
students have been working hard to prepare for the Skills Challenge taking
place in St. Johns. They would like to congratulate themselves on a job well
done in preparation for this special event. They would like to thank Nicole
White from the VON for her input into their senior project.
