By: Gabe Rowsell, Sommer Lawrence, Candace Johannesen, Alyssa Power, and Jake Morey
The grade four students enjoyed their last cross country skiing lesson at Blow Me Down. They would like to thank Mr. Ryley Nadon, Mrs. Hinks, and the staff at Blow Me Down for an excellent program.
On Tuesday, we celebrated the 100th day of school with a theme day. It was very exciting. Students brought 100th day collections and did 100th day theme activities in their classes.
On Wednesday, we had Winter Carnival activities in our school gym. Thank you to Mr. Ryley and the junior and senior high students for organizing the activities.
Thursday was another big day with the IHMS Chess theme day! Many of our students will participate in the Regional Chess Tournament this weekend. Good luck, everyone.
IHMS hosted the annual Winter Carnival Spelling Bee on Thursday evening. Representing the grade four class we had Isaiah Coleman and Heidi Payne; in grade five we had Lily Smallwood and Israela Ngania; in grade six we had Carter Bromley and Erica Kennedy. We would like to thank our speaker Ms. Angel McCarthy, and our judges, Ms. Linda Chaisson and Mrs. Sandee Harnum.
On Friday morning we held a pep rally for Isaiah Coleman and Charlotte Mercier who will be attending the provincial Scripps Spelling Bee in St. John’s, NL. We would like to extend good luck to Isaiah and Charlotte who will represent our school.
Ms. Bursey’s grade two class has taken up the Plastic Bag Challenge. They are asking all our IHMS families to collect their single use plastic bags for recycling.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Luke Coleman and Thomas Moerschell who performed with the Atlantic Boy Choir this weekend in Corner Brook.
Congratulations to Carter Bromley who played in a AAA Pee Wee hockey tournament.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are celebrating the 100th day of school by making crowns and learning about the number 100. They had a lot of fun doing Winter Carnival activities on Wednesday.
Ms. Cornick’s Kindergarten class was very excited to celebrate the 100th day of school. They made fruit loop necklaces, 100th day hats, and 100th day cake. They had a 100th day of fun!
Mrs. George’s grade one English class had a wonderful time celebrating the 100th day of school! All their learning that day was centered around the number 100. They even dressed as 100 year old people.
Mme. Ryan’s grade two and three French Immersion class was very excited about the 100th day of school. They wrote about what type of collections they would create. They had some very creative ideas! They also had a lot of fun doing their Winter Carnival activities and chess theme day on Thursday. What an extra fun week!
Ms. Bursey’s grade two English class is learning about measurement in math and elements of short stories. They are excited to be leaders in the Plastic Bag Challenge this year!
Mme. King’s grade four, five and six French Immersion class really enjoyed the fun week of activities at IHMS. The class would like to congratulate Candace Johannesen, Brooklyn Pittman, and Israela Ngania who were part of the choir who sang “O’Canada” at the assembly for National Flag Day. All classes were busy this week with math computations activities and noun-adjective agreements. They would like to wish Brooklyn a very happy birthday on Saturday.
Ms. Williams’ grade three class watched an episode of The Magic School Bus about force and motion in science class. During this class they were able to discuss what a world without friction would be like. In math, students wrote a quiz and completed their unit on addition and subtraction.
Mrs. Hink’s grade four class is excited to send two of their classmates to the Carnival Spelling Bee. They are preparing for speech presentations in language arts. They enjoyed their last cross country ski lesson on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Ryley’s grade five class enjoyed their feudalism simulation in social studies and are looking forward to building their castles. They presented their speeches on Thursday and Friday.
Ms. McCarthy’s grade six class is learning about other countries in social studies. This week they had an in-class spelling bee competition and presented their speeches for the Elementary Speak-off next week.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s grade seven and eight class is working on a final assignment on taxes. In social studies, the students are finishing off their WW1 simulation.
Mr. Hancock’s grade nine to level three class is working on their model bridges. Earth Systems 3209 students are studying rock types. Math 2201 students are studying quadratic functions.
Coming Up
Pink t-shirt day for anti-bullying is Wednesday, February 27.
Our school midterm assembly for Term 1 award recipients is on Thursday at 1:00 pm.
Nate Smallwood proudly displays his winning poster for the primary category the provincial Heritage Places Poster Contest
Grade one students, Abigail Benoite and Kylee Parsons, dressed up as 100 year old ladies for the 100th day of school activities.
Isaiah Coleman (left) and Charlotte Mercier (right) competed in the Provincial Scripps Spelling Bee on Saturday in St. John's.
