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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, January 24, 2014.
This week Denise Graham our public health nurse
did a presentation on non-smoking for the grades 3 to 6 students as part of
Non-Smoking Week. Our junior high class also participated in non-smoking week
by making a radio ad. These students
were: Hajra Ahmad, Caroline Bruce-Roberston, Douglas MacKenzie, and Maria
Reynolds. Great job, everyone!
The junior high and level 1 students are
starting their exams today. They are doing their language exam today. We wish them good luck!
Last Friday the grade 6 girls’ basketball team
had a game at Templeton. Thank you to Mrs. Foley and Ms. Scott for accompanying
the students. They are playing another game against Templeton after school
today in our school gym!
Ms. Victoria White from the Kids Eat Smart
foundation visited our school breakfast program this past Tuesday.
This week our whole school is selling Winter
Carnival buttons. The cost is $3 per button. We hope everyone gets one.
We are collecting used books of all kinds
(children, adult, recipe books, etc.) for a used book sale to take place during
our Family Literacy Night on January 27. For each book a student donates they
will receive a ballot to win a free new book at our February Scholastic Book
Fair!
This
week our ITV News reporters are: Nathan Anderson, McKenna Batstone, Jayden
Lempriere, and Lucas Neville.
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| Stars of The Week |
We would like to congratulate Anna Brake, Claire
Brake and Abigail Woodford who skated last week in the 2014 Western Division
Competition held in Stephenville. Anna brake placed 6th in the Stars
Girls Under 13 and qualified for the provincial tournament for the Western
Skating team. Claire Brake and Abigail Woodford both received their report
cards earning bronze standard.
Congratulations
to our students who participated in the Knights of Columbus Free Throw
competition on Saturday. They were: Hajra Ahmad, Makenzy Bishop, Mira Ismail,
Sara Ismail and Telicia Young. Hajra
finished first place in the 13 and under category while Sara Ismail placed
second. Mira Ismail placed first in the under 12 category. Both Hajra and Mira
get to participate in the provincials this weekend. |
| Class News |
The junior kindergarten classes are busy this
week learning all about penguins and enjoying the new snow we have!
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class
is having lots of fun recycling and learning about the environment. They’ve
been practicing mindfulness this week. They have been making much better
decisions thanks to their prefrontal cortex.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is starting
the MindUp curriculum this week and learning all about how their brains work.
They are working on the letters “k” and “y”. In science they are studying life
cycles.
Ms. Parsons’s Kindergarten English class is
finishing up their numbers unit in math. They have started learning about
predicting in science experiments and freezing and melting. It was Ben Bellows
– Davis’s birthday on Monday. Happy 6th Birthday, Ben!
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has
been learning about the parts of the body and the digestive system. They have
been talking a lot about healthy food choices and what we need to stay healthy.
The children are very excited to learn about this and are even discussing it at
recess and lunch!
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning
about sounds that things make in science. They are making story cubes in
religion with their favourite stories about Jesus.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is learning about
solids, liquids, and gases. They are also learning about technology from the
past and having fun making catching snow flake pictures.
Mme. LaChance’s grade two and three French
Immersion class are learning a French secret code. When they have words that
are plural with an “s” but the “s” is not pronounced it is part of the secret
code. In science class they are learning
about structures. They will need to make tests to answer the question: what
material is best for building. They are doing lots of experiments to find the
answer. The grade 3 students really enjoyed having Mme. LaChance go skiing with
them on Tuesday!
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class had a
great time at their second cross country skiing class. Everyone is showing a
lot of improvement already. They are looking forward to Family Literacy Night
on Monday from 6-7 pm.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is
learning a new version of volleyball in gym class called Nitro Ball. The grade
5 students have started a novel study on the book “Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory” and made dream catchers in math. The grade 6 students are reading all
about space in language and learning about ratios in math.
Ms. Jones’s junior high and level 1 class have
been busy this week preparing for exams. They are very sad to say goodbye to
Wesley Calvalcante who is returning to Brazil on Wednesday morning. Everyone
will miss him!
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| Coming Up |
Our family literacy night is on Jan. 27.
Casual Day is January 30 in aid of
the breakfast program.
