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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, March 20, 2015.
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| This week IHMS is celebrating World Water Day! |
By: Ryan Bennett, Emma Doman, Emily Murley, Kori-Lee Noel, and Aaron White
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| Junior Kindergarten students (L-R): Aaron Keough, Addison MacArthur, Lysea Ngania colouring in the Apple A Day Goal chart. We are nearly at our ticket sales goal! |
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| Jakson Ganz (left) and Kira McCarthy (right) touch a star fish at the World Water Day celebrations at City Hall last Friday. The touch tank was part of the Bonne Bay Marine Station presentation. |
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| Mme. O'Dell's grade two French Immersion students display the puppets they made for their re-telling of "Goldilocks and The Three Bears". Back (left-right): Katherine Noel, Summer Gale, Noah Evans, and Craig Bishop. Front (left to right): Charlotte Mercier and Mariam Ahmad. |
This
week IHMS is celebrating World Water Day with a week-long “Bring Your Re-Usable
Water Container to School”. Our school community is encouraging everyone to
re-think disposable water bottles and think about the impact recycling all
those bottles has on our environment. The IHMS Green team collected all the
plastic bottles recycled in our school for a whole month and built a plastic
sculpture for the main lobby. The sculpture is called “The Tree of Waste” and
it reminds everyone to bring their own container to school for drinking water.
In addition, the school cafeteria is not selling bottled water – instead,
students can get a cold glass of refreshing tap water. There are also student
made posters around the school encouraging everyone to “Take Back the Tap” or
“Use the Fountain”. We encourage you to re-think your water habits too!
This
week was also very exciting because we have our first three draws for the Apple
A Day Fundraiser!! Check with the office to see if there are any tickets left
to get in on the draws for next week! Prizes
include Ipod touches, an Apple TV, an Ipad mini, Ipads and an 11 inch Macbook
Air computer. Tickets are $20 each.
Ms.
Katie Broadhurst from Learning for A Sustainable Future visited our school on
Friday to do a presentation with the grades six to Level 1 students called
“Food For Thought”. The presentation was about where the foods we eat come from
and the impact on our environment.
Also
on Friday, the grades four to six students attended activities at City Hall to
celebrate World Water Day.
The
public health nurse came to visit all the grade two and three students last
week to do a presentation for nutrition month. It was a tasty presentation!
Boys’
indoor soccer practices began this week.
The
grade 6 girls’ basketball team participated in the Humber Invitational
Basketball tournament on Wednesday. They played against Humber Elementary and
J.J. Curling School.
Tomorrow
we are hosting the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition at 11 am in our
school gym. This is open to boys and
girls aged nine to fourteen.
Our
junior high to level 1 students travelled to Pasadena on Thursday to take part
in the Regional Drama Festival. The students had a lot of fun and got a lot of
laughs with the play “Bling Midas”.
This week we had some really great news! The
grade three and four class was received runner up in the Hot Shots Energy
provincial contest they participated in during the fall. The class wins two
Ipads for their classroom!
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| STARS OF THE WEEK |
Congratulations
to our students who performed in the Rotary Music Festival this week. Congratulations
to Colin Spencer who placed first in Class 509 Piano Concert Group, 10 and
under and first in Class 210- Vocal Concert Group, 10 and under; and to
Alessandra Leblanc who placed first and Arabella Leblanc who tied for second in
Class 653 – Album 2, Not over 12, baroque and Classical last Tuesday.
Congratulations
to Colin Spencer who was invited to perform in the Junior Rose Bowl last Friday
evening for the Rotary Music Festival.
Congratulations
to Simon Boitsefski, Sarah Buckingham, Clare Coleman and Colin Spencer who all
performed and received scholarships for the Rotary Music Festival at the Stars
of The Festival. Sarah Bucking received a 425 scholarship for voice and piano,
Clare Coleman received $50 for piano, Simon Boitsefski received $50 for voice
and musical theatre, and Colin Spencer received $50 for junior piano, $100 for
piano duet and $100 for the Junior Rose Bowl Nomination.
Congratulations
to Samuel Michael and Jemma Butler who participated in the Provincial Chess
Tournament in Gander on the weekend.
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| CLASS NEWS |
Mme.
Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is busy this week getting ready for
Easter by learning some Easter vocabulary and making decorations. They will
also be making bird feeders out of milk cartons to welcome the spring and learn
how we can turn waste into something useful. Joyeux printemps!
Mrs.
Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about how plastic water bottles
affect our environment. The students had a lot of fun playing math addition
games. The boys team won!
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class is learning about maps in social studies. They
are learning about things people have invented in science. They would like to
wish Brady Green a very happy 7th birthday!
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one French Immersion is learning about the Emperor Penguin. These
penguins are about the same size as some grade one students! The students are
also beginning some Easter activities this week!
Ms.
Park’s grade two English class is doing some Easter activities and writing.
They are also learning about the Stations of the Cross in Religion class. This
week, the star of the week is Ty.
Mme.
O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class is learning about the conservation of
water and how we use our water. They hope everyone realizes how fragile our
water is and that we cannot afford to waste it!
Ms. Horner’s
grade three and four class is celebrating water day by doing lots of water
activities. In social studies the grade threes are learning about positive
interactions in their community. The grade fours are getting ready for the
heritage fair. The grade three students enjoyed the presentation from the
public health nurse about nutrition.
Mme.
Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class celebrated World Water
Day this week. On Friday, the class, along with the other grades four to six
students went to a presentation at City Hall. They learned lots of interesting
facts and had fun interacting with the variety of activities. They learned
about water security, the water cycle, invasive species and marine animals. In
class, they watched a video about bottled water. In science, the grade threes
have begun a unit on invisible forces and the grade fours have begun a new unit
on sound.
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class really enjoyed the water day presentation
on Friday at City Hall. A lot of the topics they learned about during the
presentation are things they are also learning about through the National
Geographic Classroom Energy Diet. The class made posters to post around the school
to remind students to bring a re-usable water container to school instead of
plastic water bottles. One of the main things they have learned is that plastic
water bottles are made from oil, and even though they are recyclable, they are
not good for our environment. The students posted signs that said, “Bring Back
the Tap – Ban Plastic Bottles” and “Don’t Forget Your Re-Usable water Bottle”.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class performed their play “Bling Midas” last night in Pasadena for the Regional Drama Festival. The students had a lot of fun preparing and performing this show! They would like to thank Mrs. Deckert for her help with the costume fixes, Mr. Hancock and Mrs. King for driving the group to Pasadena and Mrs. McCarthy for directing the play. The class is also very excited about starting underwater robotics!
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