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Our new SMARTboards have arrived and Mr. Hancock has been busy installing them in the classrooms. Every classroom in kindergarten to level 1 in the school will now have an interactive board! |
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, May 8, 2015.
By: Max Chrappa, Samuel Michael, Emily Murley, and Kori-Lee Noel
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| Hajra Ahmad, left, and Colin Spencer, right, both received medals at the Western Region Heritage Fair for their projects. The top twenty projets at the fair received medals. Hajra also received a $50 scholarship from the Canadian Cancer Society for her project on the Sir Wilfred Grenfell. |
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| Samuel Michael, left, and William Bennett, right, work on constructing a shelter out of Popsicles, paper, cardboard and sticky tack to protect two Lego men during a "tornado". The task is part of their preparation for the Let's Talk Science Challenge. |
Last weekend we had eight students
participate in the Regional Heritage Fair held at Corner Brook Intermediate.
Congratulations to Amna Ahmad, Hajra Ahmad, Isaac Buckingham, Max Chrappa,
Clare Coleman, Arabella LeBlanc, Lucas Neville, and Colin Spencer who presented
their projects on Saturday. Hajra Ahmad and Colin Spencer received medals for
being ranked in the top twenty projects. Hajra Ahmad also won a $50 scholarship
from the Canadian Cancer Society for her presentation on Sir Wilfred Grenfell.
Mr. Hancock and Mr. Drew Nadon travelled to
St John’s with Nathan Anderson, Douglas MacKenzie, Ryan Miller, Cameron Peddle
and Maria Reynolds for the Underwater Robotics Competition. This was the
school’s first year being involved in this competition. A good time was had by
all students.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one class along with Mme.
O’Dell’s grade two class is raising money for children to go to school in
Haiti. Did you know it only costs $40 a year for a child to go to school? Many
families cannot afford this. The class is hosting a bake sale next Thursday to
kick start their fundraising.
Our new SMARTboards have arrived and Mr.
Hancock has been busy installing them in the classrooms. Every classroom in
kindergarten to level 1 in the school will now have an interactive board.
The grade six girls’ indoor soccer team is participating
in a tournament this weekend.
The grade six class has officially completed
their DARE program with Constable Mosher and will have their graduation in
June.
Max Chrappa represented the grade six
students at a mock City Council Meeting on Wednesday evening for Municipal
Awareness Week. Max was chosen to be a
city councillor and sat in a council chair for the meeting.
Mrs. King, Mme. Lachance and the students and
parents on the Québec trip are arriving back in Corner Brook today. A great
trip was had by all. |
| STARS OF THE WEEK |
Congratulations to Ivor Cook who won a medal
in a Tae Kwon Do tournament this past weekend.
Congratulations to Carter Bromley, Luke
Coleman, Noah Colbourne, Noah Evans, Kate Lombard, Saleem Obeid, Ella
Rashleigh, and Theo Thorne who received medals at the annual end of seas hockey
banquet.
Congratulations to Theo Thorne who also received
medals from Timbit Soccer and a Timbit hockey tournament in Deer Lake.
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| CLASS NEWS |
The junior kindergarten children enjoyed talking about Mother’s Day and the special things they will do for their moms this weekend. They also talked about May being the month of Mary.
Mme. Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class is transplanting their sunflower and bean seeds in the greenhouse. They
are having so much fun watching them grow. They will begin measuring the growth
of their plants next week.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class really
enjoyed watching the national Ballet “YouDance” Live stream from Toronto. They
are very excited to announce that their new classroom SMARTboard has arrived!
They would like to wish all their moms a wonderful Mother’s Day.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class was
very busy with Mother’s Day projects this week. They also started some science
fair projects for the science fair later this month. One of the wonderful moms surprised the class with a pizza party
yesterday! Even though her identity is a secret, the class would like to send
her a big thank you!
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion are in
the planning stages of a fundraising project. They are working to raise money
to send children to school for a year in Africa. They painted birds in the sunset working with
warm and cool colours. They are also working on Mother’s Day projects.
Ms. Park’s grade two English class is learning
about habitats and where animals live. The students are making special things
for Mother’s Day. They would like to wish a happy Mother’s Day to all of their
wonderful moms and all the other moms reading The Western Star. The star of the
week is Meredith.
Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion
class was busy working on special Mother's Day projects this week. They are
also learning about the environment and Native peoples way of life.
Ms. Horner’s grade three and four class has
three visitors from Mme. Lachance’s class this week. Brandon Brake, Isabelle
Mercier, and Lucas Neville are taking classes with the English grade three and
four students this week. The class also has another new addition, a fish named
Skippy Lou. In language class the grade three’s have been learning to write an
essay. The grade four students have been busy writing speeches for the upcoming
Elementary Speak Off. The class is also working on a top secret Mother’s Day
surprise.
Mme. Lachance is gone to Québec City with
some of her students this week. The students will return to Corner Brook on
Friday after a wonderful week of French experiences.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class has
started their plastic bottle cap art project using two pieces of heavy recycled
cardboard. They are hoping to display this project at our end of year Art Show.
The grade five and six students have also been very busy writing speeches for
the Elementary Speak Off. Makenzy Bishop, Emma Doman and Paige Walsh are gone
to Quebec on the school trip. William Bennett, Max Chrappa, Samuel Michael, and
Jordan Park participated in the Let’s Talk Science Challenge yesterday.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class had
an excellent time at the Underwater Robotics Competition this past weekend in
St. John’s. Cameron Peddle and Ryan Miller took part in the Let’s Talk Science
Challenge on Thursday at Grenfell Campus. The class would like to welcome Emily
O’Bryan to their class this week.
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