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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, February 3, 2012.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Vanessa Ford, and Douglas MacKenzie

Kennedi Boland (right) and Bethany Whelan (left) grade 7 students beginning their Popsicle stick bridges for the National Geo-Science and Engineering Month bridge building contest.

The grade 1 classes had a presentation called “Hug A Tree” with Christine Doucet, Sean Street and Dave Nelson. Thank you to Mme. Perez-Diaz for organizing the presentation.

Ms. Stacey Thomas has finished her work placement with our Junior Kindergarten program.

Our new basketball backboards have been installed. To celebrate we had a teacher vs. student basketball game on Thursday. Thank you to Mr. Taaffe, Mr. Whelan, Mr. King, Mr. McWhirter, and Mr. George for all their work installing the new equipment.

Mr. Brian Hancock visited our grade 5 and 6 science class this week to give a presentation on “Hazard Hamlet”. The class has recently started a new unit on electricity.

On Wednesday morning we had an in-school spelling bee to choose our students for the Winter Carnival Spelling Bee on February 23. Thank you to Mr. Hiscock and Mrs. McCarthy for organizing the bee and preparing the students. The students who will represent our school are: Gina Spencer and Clara Ryan in grade 4, Olivia Park and Alex Williams in grade 5, and Hannah Sparkes and Maria Reynolds in grade 6. Congratulations to all our wonderful spellers.

The grade 7 girls’ basketball team played an exhibition game against Presentation’s grade 7 team on Wednesday night. They played a great game.

Also on Wednesday we had a praise and worship service with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group for St. Valentine’s Day.

The girls’ basketball team has the RNC tournament this weekend.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Beth Arsenault in Aero at the YBC over the weekend who had a high score of 71 in bowling and a high total of 139.

Congratulations to Mr. Taaffe and Mr. Graham who performed in the Off Broadway Player’s production of “Monty Python” last weekend.

Congratulations to Keely Brothers who competed in the Atlantic Classic gymnastics competition in PEI last weekend. Keely did a great job!

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are celebrating the Chinese New Year and Ground Hog Day this week.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning about same and different in science. They are also doing Ground Hog Day activities.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is learning about the letter “g” in language. In social studies they are learning about family roles and how they change.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is learning the letter “g” and playing sight word bingo.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is learning about capacity and how much liquid different containers can hold.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about groundhogs and doing some cool groundhog crafts. They had perfect spelling tests for three weeks in a row!

Ms. Park’s grade two class made snowmen bags on Tuesday. In math they are making graphs and making their own matter.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class has started learning about multiplication. They played a game called “meteor math” and won all 6 levels of the game. The grade 4’s are preparing for the Winter Carnival Spelling Bee. They went skiing on Tuesday and had a relay race with two teams. The last skiers were Mr. Gillard and Ms. Bennett and there was a tie!

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class enjoyed the in-school spelling bee on Wednesday. This week they had a French quiz and a math test. In art class they are working on posters about what the future will look like.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class are started building their Popsicle stick bridges this week for National Geo-Science and Engineering Month. The grade 8-10 students are working on research papers. The grade 7 class is making movie posters in language arts.

Coming Up

Next week we are starting the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge.

The grade 5 and 6 class is having a bake sale on Tuesday.

The 100^th day of school is February 13^th!

Winter Carnival day is Monday, February 20^th. School will be closed.

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 27, 2012

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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 27, 2012.

By: Maria Reynolds, Hannah Sparkes and Kiya Morrissey

Kindergarten orientation at the hospital. (L-R): Reyd Ward, Abigail Woodford and Kassidy Kelly.

Student Nurse Jessica Allen visited our grade 5 and 6 class this week for a session for Non-Smoking week on Monday. She also visited the grade 4’s to talk about hygiene on Tuesday.

Also, the grade 3 and 4 class started their cross country skiing. They will be doing it for four weeks. Ms. Bennett and Mr. Gillard went skiing with the students.

The kindergarten classes visited Western Regional Memorial Hospital for their orientation session on Wednesday morning.

The Junior High and Level 1 exams finished on Thursday with their Math exam. Term one ends January 31.

On Thursday the grade 6 girls’ basketball team played against the grade 6 girls from J.J. Curling. Good job lions!

The Student Leadership Council is taking orders for red carnations for Valentine’s Day. The flowers are $3 each and can be pre-ordered until January 31^st.

There is also an Avon fundraiser for the playground project for Valentine’s Day. We need to raise another $8,000 for our playground.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Jenna Yetman who travelled to Gander for the Provincial Cadet First Aid Competition as a member of the 511 Humber Air Cadet team.

Congratulations to the figure skaters who competed last weekend in Deer Lake. Congratulations to Brooklynn Companion, Bethany Whelan and Caylie Blake who took gold, Anna Brake who took silver, Kennedi Boland who took bronze, and Abigail Companion who was promoted a level in skating.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes made ice cream and are learning about polar bears-how they keep warm and their habitat.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning about traditions in social studies.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is learning about the letter “c” in language. They are really excited to play sight word bingo! In French they are learning about family members.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is doing the letter “c”. They are learning about measurements. They had a great time on their field trip on Wednesday.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is learning how to re-tell stories and put them in order. They are learning about measuring flat surfaces in math.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is comparing masses in math. In social studies they are learning about goods and services in Corner Brook and the surrounding communities.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is making mystery slime in science. They created a book called “Tips for Shoppers”.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class started cross-country skiing on Tuesday. They can’t wait to go again. In math, the grade 3’s are learning about data and the grade 4’s are busy multiplying and dividing.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is finishing their unit on Space and having a great time doing DARE with Constable Bursey.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class are beginning their bridge building for National Geo-Science and Engineering month. They are also starting to write business essays. They are happy to have their exams completed.

Coming Up

The 100^th day of school is February 13^th!

Winter Carnival day is Monday, February 20^th. School will be closed.

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 20, 2012

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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 20, 2012.

By: Hailey Colbourne, Olivia Park, Katerina Hamann and Kegan Sheppard

Photo from pyjama day (L-R): Megan Williams, Beth Arsenault, Ms. Park, Charlotte Sweetapple,

(front): Haley Vanderheide.

The junior high exams begin today with the language exam and the English 1201 exam. Good luck everyone!

Last Wednesday there was an exhibition basketball game for the grade 5 girls against the grade 5 girl’s team at Sacred Heart. Everyone played a great game. Thank you to Mr. George for volunteering to referee the game.

There is an Avon fundraiser this month for the playground project. You can order gift baskets for Valentine’s Day from the main office or any student.

The Student Leadership Council is taking pre-orders for red carnations for Valentine’s Day. The flowers are $3 and the money will go toward the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Students can order through their classroom teacher.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Keely Brothers who came in third place in vault and fifth overall last weekend in a gymnastics competition in St. John’s.

Good luck to the skaters Caylie Blake, Anna Brake, Kennedi Boland, Brooklynn Companion, Bethany Whelan, and Olivia Park who are competing this weekend in Deer Lake. Also good luck to Lauren Davis who will be in St. John’s this weekend for gymnastics.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about penguins and next week will start learning about polar bears.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class made snowflakes this week. They are learning about family traditions in social studies.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is learning about sets from 4-7 and five frames. The letter of the week is “O”.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is finished their heritage posters and are having fun learning about the letter “O”.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class started a new unit in math. They are learning about long and short in science and they are studying the four seasons. They are learning about how animals adapt in social studies.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about heritage places in social studies and in math are comparing areas by covering. They really enjoyed a presentation on safety in the woods from Christen Dorcet.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing an author study on Robert Munsch. They are doing pattern bracelets on the book “We Share Everything”.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is getting excited about starting the cross country skiing program next week. They have finished working on posters for the heritage places. The grade 3 class has started a novel study on “Lost and Found”.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class started a new book in science about electricity. In language arts they are learning about space.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class went sliding, skating and snowshoeing on Wednesday afternoon at Margaret Bowater Park. They had an excellent time. They have been very busy preparing for midterm exams.

Coming Up

Cross Country Skiing permission slips for grade 3 and 4 are today Friday, January 20. The skiing program starts on January 24^th.

The Kindergarten classes have their hospital orientation session on Wednesday.

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 13, 2012

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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 13, 2012.

By Nathan Anderson, MacKenzie Brothers, Alex Williams

Author Don Downer's visit to our school. Mr. Downer read from several of his books and spoke to the students about our marine environment. Back (L-R): Don Downer and Kiya Morrissey, Front (L-R): Alex Williams, Olivia Park, Keagan Sheppard, and Hailey Colbourne.

Last week on Friday the primary students had a special prayer service with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group. Special guests Hailey Kawaja and Yvette Coleman also helped with the service.

On Wednesday we had pyjama day and a pyjama party in the gym at lunch time for our healthy living commotion.

Our school library is open daily for class visits, but is now also open on Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch and staffed by student volunteers Aaron Hancock and Jenna Yetman. Also, Zubia Mahmood, Melissa Castillo and Brian MacKenzie are donating their time during the week to keep our library neat and organized. Great work everyone!

Christmas concert DVDs are now available at the main office.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Nicole Keeping who won a bronze medal in the female Division 10 category and a silver in the 200 m race at the Charles Gorman Speed Skating Championship in Saint John New Brunswick last weekend.

Congratulations to Sydnee Hynes who took first place in the Atom Girls’ 0.5 km race and Patrick Davis who placed second in the Juvenile Boys 0.8 km race at the Ye Old Christmas Cross country Ski race last weekend.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are having a lot of fun doing winter activities and playing outside.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning French winter words and they had fun doing a snowman activity this week.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is learning about family traditions in social studies. They are also learning about sets of 4 and 5 in math. This week they had their monthly hot chocolate party.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class are doing the letter “y”. They are learning about family traditions and are making sleds out of popsicle sticks.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is doing colour wheels and are finishing adding and subtracting in math. They are also learning about animals that hibernate in the winter.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about senses in science. They had lots of fun on pyjama day.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is making snowmen and learning doubles in math. They are also learning the letter “l” in handwriting.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class went to the long term care facility last week. They read and sang for the patients there. The grade 3’s are making commercials this week and the grade 4’s are learning about research and studying spiders.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is learning about electrical safety in science and learning about astronauts and space in language arts.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class had a blast snowshoeing on Wednesday afternoon. They went for a walk, had races and played tag. They are busy studying for their midterm exams.

Coming Up

Junior high exams start on January 20 with 7-9 language exams and the English 1201 exam.

Cross Country Skiing permission slips for grade 3 and 4 are due Friday, January 20. The skiing program starts on January 24.

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 6, 2012

2012-01-06T04:38:00.000-08:00

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By Brooklynn Companion, Vanessa Ford and Douglas MacKenzie

(L-R): Cheyenne Bursey and Bridgett Sparkes visit with Santa before the Christmas break. Santa visted the school to have photos taken with all the students and staff.

School re-opened on Tuesday. Everyone is excited to be back. We hope you had a good break.

Before Christmas Santa Claus visited our school to meet with students and staff and have photos taken. Thank you to Santa for his visit and to Mr. Reynolds for taking all the photos.

Thank you to Ms. Tammy Higgins of Model Forest and Mr. Blaine Hussey for meeting with teachers the week before school closed about our school’s greenhouse project.

Author Don Downer visited our school before the break to talk to students about our marine environment and read from his books. He presented to the grade 4 class and the grade 5 and 6 class.

Also on the last day of school we had a school wide breakfast and variety show. Thank you to all the teachers who helped with the breakfast including Mr. Gillard, Mrs. George, Ms. Morrall, Mrs. McHugh and Mrs. Vincent. Thank you to Mr. Spencer for taking photos and all our talented students and teachers for performing in the show.

Our Chamber Choir, Grade 5 Band, and Grade 3 and 4 class are visiting residents at the long term care centre this afternoon. The band will play a few pieces and the chamber choir will sing while the students visit for Old Christmas Day.

This week we welcome Mr. Peter Hiscock who is doing an internship with Mrs. McCarthy and Ms. Stacey Thomas who is doing a work placement in Junior Kindergarten.

Stars of the Week

On Wednesday, Abigail Companion, Aaron Hancock, and Jenna Yetman presented Monsignor Gale with a $500 cheque for the Shepherd’s Fund. The money was raised through a drop and shop fundraiser and a theme day.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are starting winter activities. They are excited to be back at school.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class had a great Christmas break and are excited to start learning more French. They welcome Jackson Ganz to their class.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class had a great Christmas and wish everyone a Happy New Year. They are starting their new year by learning about poetry and winter.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class are doing special wishes balloons and New Year’s poems. They have show and tell on Friday. The letter of the week is “k”.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is glad to be back in school after a nice break.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is super excited to welcome three new students to their class Alyssa Taylor, Colin Spencer and Mattie Azizan. They are writing about New Years resolutions and in social studies they are learning about how paper is made.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is writing New Years resolutions. They are learning 1 more, 2 more, 1 less, 2 less and comparing numbers in math. They had show and tell on Wednesday.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is sending letters across Canada for the great Canadian Mail Race. They would like to welcome Gina Spencer to their class.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class were the winners of the winter carnival slogan contest. Their slogan was “Feel the magic in the air Winter Carnival 2012 is finally here”. With their prize the class decided to buy a Wii system. This week they are starting a new unit in language arts all about space and they will begin D.A.R.E next week. They are excited to welcome Mr. Hiscock to their class for the next few months.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is busy preparing for exam time. In gym this week they had a great time playing soccer baseball. They would like to wish Nicole Keeping good luck in her speed skating competition this weekend in New Brunswick.

Coming Up

Wednesday is pyjama day! Also, junior high exams start on January 20.

Lion's Roar - Friday, December 16, 2011

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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, December 16, 2011.

By: Maria Reynolds and Hannah Sparkes

Mrs. George's grade 1 class lit the first candle of our Advent celebration. Pictured are Back (L-R): Heather Cooper, Syndee Hynes, Thomas Bradbury, Summer Ingram, Alessandra LeBlanc and Aarbella LeBlanc, Front (L-R): Jacob Bursey and MaKayla Ianni.

On Monday of this week Ms. Park’s grade 2 class lit the third candle on our Advent wreath. On Monday the grade 5 and 6 class will light the fourth candle.

Ms. Bennett’s grade 3 and 4 class hosted a successful book sale in aid of Haiti on Wednesday at lunch. There were lots of great books to choose from.

Our annual Christmas concert was a success. The theme was “Beneath the Shining Star”. Thank you to Mr. Graham and Mrs. McHugh for all their hard work preparing the choir and bands. There was a bake sale organized by Ms. Deckert and tickets were sold on a framed photograph by Dru Kennedy. Also thank you to the teachers and students who helped to decorate our gym with beautiful lights and Christmas murals. The concert DVD is available at the office for a donation to the playground project.

On Thursday our chamber choir sang at the Senior Citizen’s Complex. Thank you to Mr. Graham for playing piano for the girls and organizing the mini show.

Our Food Drive, Toy Drive and Stockings for Seniors drive will continue until Monday. If you have forgotten there is still time to bring in your items. Maria Reynolds will represent our school on Monday with the RNC food drive as they pick up food donations.

Some of our students are skating in a benefit for Joshua King this Sunday at the Pepsi Centre.

After Christmas our school will welcome Mr. Peter Hiscock to Mrs. McCarthy’s grade 5 and 6 class. Mr. Hiscock will be doing a 13 week teaching internship

Stars of the Week

All of our students are stars of the week. Way to go at the concert!

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are busy making gift bags for their parents. They are excited about the Christmas break.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class had fun at the Christmas concert.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is learning about baby Jesus and the true meaning of Christmas. They hope the whole world has the best Christmas ever!

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is doing Christmas crafts. They had a lot of fun at the Christmas concert. Merry Christmas!

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is making Christmas cards for seniors and learning how to subtract numbers. They are also making up Christmas subtraction stories.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is making cards and special presents for parents. They are collecting food, toys and stocking items for seniors.

Ms. Park’s grade two class was busy painting Christmas scenes this week. They are learning about things that float and things that sink.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class would like to thank everyone who came to their book sale on Wednesday. They even had some extra books to sell at the Christmas concert. They are very excited about Christmas break.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is watching the movie “Holes” today. They really enjoyed reading the book and hope the movie is just as good. They are looking forward to their party and gift exchange on Monday.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is excited about Christmas break. They had science and math tests this week.

Coming Up

There will be a school wide breakfast on Monday morning beginning at 7:45 am. Also, Monday is Christmas character day and our variety show.

School closes on Monday at 12:00 pm and will re-open on January 3. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Lion's Roar - Friday, December 9, 2011

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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, December 9, 2011.

By: Hailey Colbourne, Olivia Park and Alex Williams

Clare Coleman and Avery Brothers display their Christmas wreaths they made in the sewing club with Ms. Deckert and Ms. Farrell.

The tree trimming and parade was a ton of fun! Thank you to all the students and teachers who were on the float and took part in the social after. Ty Dumaresque lit the tree. Also thank you Mr. Taaffe for emceeing and Mr. Graham for providing music, and to Humber Valley Paving who donated the flatbed for our float. We sold the left over cookies on Monday in a bake sale for the playground project.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s class lit the second candle of the Advent wreath on Monday. They led a special prayer in French.

The grade 5 and 6 class had a cookie sale for World Vision on Wednesday. They raised almost $90.00!

The grade 5 and 6 girls’ basketball team had an exhibition game against Sacred Heart in our gym on Wednesday after school. Thank you to Mr. George for refereeing the game.

On Thursday we celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Zubia Mahmood who won first place in the junior high colour poster contest for the Legion’s Remembrance Day Contest. Also, Chloe Colbourne received an honourable mention in the primary colour poster contest. The girls received their certificate in a ceremony on Wednesday night.

Congratulations to Jenna Yetman who participated in a provincial cadet speak off last weekend in St. John’s. Jenna placed third in her category.

Congratulations to Mr. Gillard who was awarded a $500 grant from Western Regional Wellness Coalition for a “Volley Venture” proposal. This money will help us purchase equipment for volleyball and host a few activities.

Congratulations to Mrs. McCarthy’s grade 5 and 6 class who were the winners of the Winter Carnival Slogan Contest. The Winter Carnival slogan is “Feel the magic in the air Winter Carnival 2012 is finally here!”

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are making reindeer and elves. They are busy preparing for Christmas. Ms. Vincent and Ms. English welcome a new student, Riley Power, to their class this week.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning French vocabulary words and doing Christmas activities.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is getting ready for Christmas and making their own mangers. They are learning a poem for the Christmas concert.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is learning the letter “m”. They have finished making their family trees and are working on their mangers.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is learning Christmas addition songs and learning about weather and shadows in science. They are counting down the days until Christmas.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about different jobs in social studies and learning about how different animals are getting ready for the winter. They are also busy learning their lines for the Christmas play.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing Santa crafts in their art class and are busy preparing for the Christmas concert. In math class they are learning about fact families and equal and not equal number sentences.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is busy preparing for their used book sale on Wednesday in aid of Haiti. They are learning their multiplication facts. In science they are learning about buildings.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is excited for Christmas! They are having a social studies test on Monday. They are finishing their math booklets on decimals. In art class today they are making chocolate mice tree ornaments.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is looking forward to Christmas break. In enrichment this week they made crafts and listened to Christmas music.

Coming Up

The Christmas concert is Dec. 14^th at 7 pm in our gym.

The grade 3 and 4 class is having a used book sale on Dec. 14^th.

Christmas character day and variety show is Dec. 19^th. School closes on December 19^th at 12:00 pm.

Lion's Roar - Friday, December 2, 2011

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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, December 2, 2011.

By: Nathan Anderson, MacKenzie Brothers and Katerina Hamann.

Tanya Hume (left) and Vicki Jennings (right) two nursing students presenting to the JK children in Mrs. Dicks's and Mrs. Vincent's class.

The girls’ basketball team raised a total of $2,400 on their recycling drive! Way to go team! The girls will have their first exhibition game sometime next week.

The grade 6-9 students had a great time in St. John’s. Thank you to Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Gillard, Mr. Hancock and Mrs. King who travelled with the students. Also thank you to Mr. Whelan, Mr. Sparkes, Mrs. Reynolds and Mr. and Mrs. Hamann who drove the students. Some of the things they did in St. John’s were bowling, swimming, shopping, watching a movie, rock climbing and touring the Basilica. Thank you to everyone who helped prepare the students including Corey Conrad, Bonita Wheeler, Janet Joyce and Scott Reynolds of Colemans, Sean Dolter of the Green House and Garden Store, Dave Gillard and Penny Coley of Royal LePage, Dean Simms-Anderson of Mel’s Signs and Graphics, Peter Antle of the Greenwood Inn, Mrs. Marie Ryan a retired teacher, New Reflections, and Silver Scissors and Emerald Spa.

On Saturday, Mrs. Vincent and Mrs. English hosted a “Shop and Drop” in aid of the Shepherd’s Fund. The day raised $310! Thank you to Mrs. George, Miss Morrall, Mlle Wight, and Ms. Dwyer for helping.

Thank you to Aaron Hancock who helped out at parent teacher night last week.

The first candle of Advent was lit by Mrs. George’s class on Monday morning in chapel.

We had a Skills Challenge showcase in our gym on Wednesday. Thank you to Mr. Gillard for preparing a video and slideshow of the trip.

Today our school library officially re-opens. We are having a small ceremony in the library. Some of our students will read limericks they wrote for National Library Month and there will be volunteers reading books about libraries to our classes. Our new library is fully automated, has a classroom seating area and a smartboard.

Our student nurses finished their work placements this week in our Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten class.

Tomorrow is the Santa Claus parade and our annual tree trimming ceremony. We hope to see you all there. Thank you to Ms. Bennett, Ms. Wight, Ms. Dwyer, Ms, Morrall, Mr. Gillard and student volunteers for preparing our float.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Bethany Whelan and William Goodridge who won a gold medal in the Wind Turbine Category at the Intermediate Skills Challenge in Mount Pearl.

Congratulations to the Lego Robotics team who won first place in the First Lego League Robot Award last weekend. They received a plaque to go on the wall. Members of the team are: MacKenzie Brothers, Vanessa Ford, Douglas MacKenzie, Nathan Anderson, Maria Reynolds, Hannah Sparkes, Katerina Hamann, Claire Reynolds, Zubia Mahmood, and Patrick Davis.

Congratulations to all our students who competed in the Skills Challenge. We took part in Lego Robotics, Wind Turbine, Prepared Speech, Job Demonstration, Job Interview, IT Network Scavenger Hunt, Graphic Design, and TV Video Production.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are doing Christmas crafts and making presents for their parents. Student nurses Vicki Jennings, Tanya Hume, Joshua Penney and Mike Reid completed their work placement on Wednesday.

Mlle. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning about families in social studies and they are happy to have a class Christmas tree.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is currently learning about Advent in class. They are having fun decorating their class with Christmas decorations. Student nurses Michael Hinks and Jessica Strowbridge did a presentation with the class on playground safety.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is learning the letter “n” and they are making a winter mural.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class did a lot of painting this week. They are starting addition in math and also did Christmas crafts.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class had their first Advent celebration and lit the first candle on the Advent wreath. They wrote friendly letters to Santa and they were excited to have Debbie Marks come in and read to them.

Ms. Park’s grade two class made reindeer crafts this week. In science they had a race to see which liquid (water, ketchup, and vegetable oil) flows faster. In math they created number problems. In social studies they are learning about goods and services.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class just started a new read-aloud called “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. It’s very funny so far. They are learning about birthdays and celebrations in French class.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is doing an assignement in science about living things. They had a quiz this week. In math they are doing decimal work in their workbooks. In religion they have learned about the changes in our mass.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class had a great time in St. John’s. The grade 8 and 9’s are finishing a novel study on “The Pearl”. The grade 7’s are making a movie about healthy eating. You may have seen them filming kids eating healthy.

Coming Up

The grade 5 and 6 class is having a bake sale on December 7^th for World Vision.

The Christmas concert is Dec. 14^th at 7 pm in our gym.

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 25, 2011

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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 25, 2011.

By: Brooklynn Companion, Vanessa Ford and Douglas MacKenzie

Ms. Bennett and Keely Brothers dressed up as Minnie Mouse for Mickey Mouse's birthday last Friday

Monday was National Child Day. Everyone had a purple ribbon to celebrate.

On Saturday the girls’ basketball team had a recycling drive. Thank you to Mr. Taaffe, Mr. Whelan, Mrs. King, Mrs. McCarthy and all the students and their families. They raised $1,900.

Parent teacher night was Tuesday evening.

Wednesday was picture re-takes and we had a presentation on the QSP magazine fundraiser.

The grade 6-9 students left yesterday for St. John’s. Today they are attending mass at the Basilica and going rock climbing. Tomorrow is the skills challenge. Good luck! Thank you to everyone who helped prepare the students.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Hannah Sparkes and Douglas MacKenzie who represented our school at the YMCA Peace Week Speak Off on Thursday night.

Good luck to Keely Brothers who is participating in a gymnastics competition this weekend in St. John’s.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are drawing Christmas pictures.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is doing Christmas art projects. They enjoyed the presentation about washing their hands by the school nurse.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is very excited for Kassidy who became a big sister again on Sunday. Her little brother’s name is Thackary. They are also very excited for Mrs. Hodder who is having her baby today. We miss you!

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is learning the letter “w” and learning sets of 1,2,3. They also had a puppet show this week. They made their own puppets for the show.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is learning about the sun this week.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about needs and wants in social studies. They have started practicing for the Christmas concert. They are doing addition in math.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is learning symbols in language and about seeds in science.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is learning about structures and buildings in science. They have been working on creating buildings out of Legos. They are also collecting money to give to an orphanage in Haiti.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is watching a movie in religion class. The grade 6’s went to the skills challenge yesterday with the junior high students.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is having a great time in St. John’s today. The grade 8 and 9’s are working on a novel study on the “Pearl”. The grade 7’s had a social studies test this week about the people who lived in Canada before it became a country.

Coming Up

Tomorrow is our annual drop and shop fundraiser for the Shepherd’s Fund. It begins at 10 am and ends at 3 pm. Please call the school to register.

Christmas parade and annual tree trimming is December 3.

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 18, 2011

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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 18, 2011.

By: Kiya Morrissey, Maria Reynolds and Hannah Sparkes

(L-R): Claire Brake, Dyllan Napoleon, Back (L-R): Max Antle, Kassidy Kelly, Keira Clarke, Cole Martyn-Boyd, Matthew Birmingham and Katie Colbourne.

This week was bullying awareness week. Classes did special activities and the Student Leadership Council prepared a short play for the primary classes on bullying.

Last week Mrs. Maureen Mennie visited our school and spoke to Mrs. George’s grade 1 class and Mr. Hancock’s grade 5, 6 and 7 social studies classes about Remembrance Day.

Last Friday Ms. Bennett, Anna MacKenzie, Liam Dawe, and Chloe Colbourne went to the long term care centre’s Department of Veteran Affairs unit. They handed out cards, poetry, and pictures of remembrance to the veterans.

This week we welcome some nursing students Tonya Hume, Vicki Jennings, Joshua Penney, and Mike Reid into our junior kindergarten program.

Our used cell phone campaign and penny drive for the Haitian orphanage is now over. Thank you to everyone who helped out and donated.

Operation Christmas Child was a huge success. We will have a total count for next week.

Today is Mickey Mouse’s Birthday. We are having a Disney theme day and raising money for the Children’s Wish Foundation.

Report cards went home today. We hope you all did well.

The girls’ basketball team is having a recycling drive on Saturday to raise money for new equipment. The team will be going door to door collecting recyclables and they can also be dropped off to the school from 10 am to 4 pm.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Kennedi Boland, Caylie Blake, Olivia Park and Bethany Whelan who skated last weekend at the 2012 Skate Canada NL in St. John’s. All the girls skated very well. Olivia Park was selected to read the skaters pledge at the opening ceremony. Caylie received a silver medal in the Pre-Juvenile Ladies’ Category and Bethany won gold in the Juvenile Ladies’ Category. Bethany also won the Section merit Award for the most outstanding performance at the competition.

This week Colemans is a star of the week! Thank you to Colemans who donated $500 to our school breakfast program for their breakfast promotion for “Kids Eat Healthy”.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are still learning about bats and other nocturnal animals.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class are learning about healthy snacks. They enjoyed the long weekend.

Ms. Morall’s Kindergarten English class is learning about animals in science. They are making a zoo out of plasticine. They are learning about the letter “w”.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is making figures out of plasticine. They are learning about the letter “v”.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class has packed their boxes for Operation Christmas Child. They are learning a new song for the Christmas concert. They are learning the parts of the body.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is starting a new unit about needs and wants. They started a new unit in math about addition and subtraction up to 12.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is comparing numbers in math and talking about ways we can protect the environment.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is participating in a healthy snack challenge this week. They have also been learning about bullying.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is working on Remembrance Day posters. They have started a novel study on the book “Holes”.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is very excited about their trip next week. The grade 7’s are creating brochures about school and working on a novel study on “Silverwing” in language class.

Coming Up

Monday is National Child’s Day. Wear a purple ribbon to celebrate.

Tuesday is parent teacher night from 7-8:30 pm.

On Thursday the grades 6-9 depart for the Skills Challenge in Mount Pearl.

Next Saturday is our annual drop and shop fundraiser for the Sheppard’s Fund. It begins at 10 am and ends at 3 pm. Please call the school to register.

Lion's Roar - Saturday, November 12, 2011

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By: Hailey Colbourne, Katerina Hamann, Olivia Park and Keagan Sheppard

(L-R): Anna and Brian MacKenzie enjoy pancakes at IHMS's pancake breakfast on Tuesday morning.

On Friday the prayer group and Mrs. Coleman did a special prayer service for the Blessed Sacrament at All Hallows Church with the JK to Grade 2 classes.

The grade 6-9 leaf raking fundraiser was a huge success. The students, teachers and families raised $1800 for their trip to St. John’s. Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser.

On Sunday, Tara Manuel, Michael Rigler and Gina Spencer hosted a puppet show in our school called “St. George and the Dragon”. The show raised $277 for our playground project. Thank you to everyone who came to see the show.

On Tuesday we had a pancake breakfast. Thank you to Mrs. King, Ms. Morrall, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Taaffe and Ms. Vincent for helping out and serving the pancakes.

On Thursday we had our annual Remembrance Day service at All Hallows. Thank you to Mr. Gillard for organizing, Mrs. McHugh for conducting the bands, Mr. Graham for leading the choir and all the classes and special guests for being with us.

We have no school today for the Remembrance Day holiday.

Don’t forget we are still collecting used cell phones and pennies for the Haitian Orphanage.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Jenna Yetman who will be representing 511 Humber Air Cadets in a provincial speak off in December.

Congratulations to Kennedi Boland, Abigail Companion, Bethany Whelan, Caylie Blake and Anna Brake who participated in a Synchro Skating seminar at the Pepsi Centre last Saturday.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about hats this week. They made crosses out of egg cartons for Remembrance Day.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is doing their Remembrance Day activities. They are excited about the long weekend.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is learning the letter “v” in printing. They made arches for Remembrance Day. They are learning about Canadian soldiers who fought in the war. Emily and Brody’s plants are growing.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class was busy this week learning about Remembrance Day and reading books about why we wear a poppy.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class was learning about Remembrance Day and making wreathes. In math they are grouping and adding. They are also making books in French. They would like to thank everyone for the Operation Christmas Child donations.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is sorting items for Operation Christmas Child. They are learning about body parts in French and they are writing about Remembrance Day. This week they did live broadcasts with the French Immersion students about Operation Christmas Child.

Ms. Park’s grade two class learning about equal and unequal groups in math. They had a class pizza party this week as part of the Coleman’s Halloween colouring contest.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class spent the week preparing and learning about Remembrance Day. In math they are working on addition and subtraction.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class have a math test coming up. They have been busy in band practicing for the Remembrance Day service.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class have been very hard at work this week. They have started practicing their presentations and job skills for the Skills Challenge in two weeks. The robotics team has almost finished all the missions and are now working on the project. The TV video team visited Colemans on Wednesday and interviewed people about produce.

Coming Up

Next week is Bullying Awareness Week. We are doing class activities and the Student Leadership Council will be doing a special presentation on Thursday.

Friday, November 18, is Mickey Mouse’s birthday! We will be celebrating with a Disney Theme Day. The cost is $1 for the Children’s Wish Foundation.

Report cards will also be going home on November 18. With parent teacher night on Tuesday, November 22. The Intermediate Skills Challenge is November 26 in Mount Pearl.

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 4, 2011

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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 4, 2011.

By: Nathan Anderson, MacKenzie Brothers and Alex Williams

Mlle Wight's Kindergarten French Immersion class dressed up for Halloween (L-R Front):
Nevaeh Churchill, R.B. Matthews, (Back): Liam MacArthur and Emma Barrett.

The Scholastic Book Fair was a big success. We raised over $1200 for our learning resource room!

On Friday we had an assembly for Zubia Mahmood who was the grade 7-9 provincial winner for the Foster Families Essay contest.

On Monday we celebrated Halloween with class parties and a costume parade in the gym. Everyone had a nice costume!

On Tuesday we had a prayer service for All Saints Day. Thank you to Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group for leading the service.

On Wednesday we had a practice lock down with the RNC. All classes did great being really quiet! Also on Wednesday there was a foster families presentation with Amy Kendall in our gymnasium for the primary and elementary classes.

The Student Leadership Council raised over $150 for the Haiti Well with their cookie and popcorn sales last week. We are still collecting pennies for the Haiti Well.

We have lots of used cell phones, but we are still collecting more for the “recycle my cell” contest.

The grade 1 classes have begun Operation Christmas Child. They are collecting small items such as toys, school supplies, hygiene items, and hard candies to pack in boxes to send to children for Christmas.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Ms. Morrall and Ms. Bennet’s classes who both won the book fair door decorating prize. There were a lot of great doors.

Congratulations to the winners of the costume contest, they were: Gabriel Rowsell in JK, Rebecca Janes in Kindergarten, Alessandra and Arabella LeBlanc in grade 1, Megan Williams in grade 2, Clara Ryan for grade 3 and 4, MacKenzie Brothers for grades 5 and 6, and Brian MacKenzie for junior/senior high. Also, the prize for most creative went to Derek Atwood.

Congratulations to Megan Williams who won the Coleman’s Halloween poster contest. Her class will enjoy a free pizza party together.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are doing Remembrance Day crafts and activities. They are also decorating cupcakes.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is planting beans and doing numbers in math.

Ms. Morrall’s Kindergarten English class is very excited about winning the door decorating contest. They are also planting beans and doing experiments in science.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is doing an itsy bitsy book on the letter “f”. They are also starting to talk about animals and learning how to work in groups.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is learning the importance of Remembrance Day. They are excited to be starting Operation Christmas child this week. In math they are comparing groups.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is doing fall crafts and learning about estimation in math.

Ms. Park’s grade two class made math robots. They are beginning a new unit in science this week.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class had a great time at their Halloween party. They are excited about getting new seats.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a science test this week. The grade 5’s are writing letters of nomination for the “grammy” awards and the grade 6’s are writing peace week speeches.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is working on a Remembrance Day poster contest. They are hoping for good weather this weekend for their leaf raking day.

Coming Up

The grade 6-9 leaf raking fundraiser is going ahead this Saturday from 9 am – 4 pm. Please contact the school if you would like your lawn raked.

On Sunday at 3 pm there will be a puppet show called “St. George and the Dragon” held by Ms. Tara Manual in aid of the playground project. Everyone is welcome!

On Tuesday there will be a school wide breakfast from 7:45 to 8:20 am.

The basketball team will be collecting recyclables on November 19^th to raise money for new equipment.

St. George and the Dragon Production - Sunday, November 6, 2011

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Lion's Roar - Friday, October 28, 2011

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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, October 28, 2011.

By: Brooklynn Companion, Vanessa Ford and Douglas MacKenzie

Scholastic Book Fair. (L-R): Alaura Alexander and Rogan Seaward look at books during a class visit on Wednesday.

We had our Scholastic Book Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday. It was great. Thank you to Mrs. McCarthy and Ms. Bennett for organizing the fair and to all the teachers and volunteers who helped make it awesome.

The Humber Elementary Fun run has been post phoned because of bad weather on Wednesday.

The Student Council had a Halloween bake sale on Thursday to raise money for the Haitian Well fundraiser. We are still collecting pennies for our well. Donations are gladly accepted.

Our cell phone recycling drive is going very well. We are still looking for more used cell phones.

We had our healthy living commotion sock hop on Thursday. Thank you to Mr. Gillard for the great music.

Halloween popcorn pre-orders were taken this week. The popcorn will be delivered on Monday. Also, coming up on Monday we are having a Halloween costume day. There will be prizes for the best costumes in primary, elementary and junior/senior high as well as the most creative costume.

Today we are having an assembly for Zubia Mahmood who was a provincial winner in the Foster Families Essay Contest. Congratulations, Zubia!

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Ty Power, Caylie Blake and Jenna Yetman who were winners in the book fair quiz last week. The book fair door prize was won by Ben Hamilton. Both his class and his family received $25 in free books. Also, the winners in the “I wish I could win” book draw were David Tulk, Clara Ryan and William Goodridge.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about spiders and making floating ghosts. They are having a Halloween party on Monday.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class had a great time at the book fair looking at all the French books. They are looking forward to Halloween.

Ms. Morall’s Kindergarten English class is doing centres in their class. They have planted seeds and are waiting for them to sprout.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is learning about numbers like more, fewer and as many. Gavin Staples had his tonsils out. Everyone misses him!

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is writing about Halloween and making Halloween crafts. They are learning about the family this week.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is having fun reading Halloween stories and poems. In health they are learning about Halloween candy.

Ms. Park’s grade two class transplanted flowers in science. In math they are making haunted houses with math facts in them.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is looking forward to Halloween on Monday. They enjoyed the book fair and the sock hop on Thursday.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is having a quiz in science and a test in social studies. They had a great time decorating their door for the book fair door decorating contest.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is planning a leaf raking fundraiser for their trip to St. John’s. They will be raking leaves on Saturday, Nov. 5. They are busy this week on assignments and studying for tests.

Coming Up

Monday is Halloween costume day.

The girls’ basketball team door to door recycling blitz is post phoned until November 19^th.

Lion's Roar - Friday, October 21, 2011

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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, October 21, 2011.

By: Kiya Morrissey, Maria Reynolds and Hannah Sparkes

Melissa Castillio (left) and Claire Reynolds (right)

register Liam Dawe to vote in the Humber East Student Election.

On Friday we had a prayer of the Rosary Celebration with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group.

Last week Kennedi Boland, Keely Brothers, William Goodridge and Maria Reynolds presented a cheque to Suzanne Carey of Western Memorial Health Foundation for $669.70 for the radiothon.

There was an information session for the 2012 grade 4 to level 1 trip to Quebec City last week. The information was sent home this week on the trip.

R & R Catering began their recess and lunch program at our school this week.

We are still collecting used cell phones for the MMSB used cell phone collection.

On Wednesday JK to grade 6 did a Zumba class with Bernice Winsor from the YMCA. It was so much fun!

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming up next week. We had a book quiz on Wednesday and our door decorating competition started. The theme is “Reading Is Out of This World”. Good luck everyone. The winning class gets $25 in books from the book fair.

School photos were taken on Thursday. We hope everyone looked their best.

This week is Foster Family Week.

There is no school today because the teachers are having a Professional Development Day.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Zubia Mahmood who was a Provincial winner in the Foster Families Essay Contest.

Congratulations to members of the IHMS running team on their great performance at the C.C. Louglin Fun Run on Tuesday. The runners were Sam Antle, Bridgett Sparkes, Alex Williams, Hailey Colbourne, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, Hannah Sparkes and Katerina Hamann.

The top sellers for the vegetable fundraiser all received subway gift cards. The top seller in primary was Ryan and William Bennett; in elementary, Clara Ryan; and in Junior and Senior High, Patrick Davis.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are making pumpkins and Halloween crafts. They are excited about wearing their costumes on Halloween.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning a lot of new French words. In social studies they are learning about cooperation and rules.

Ms. Morall’s Kindergarten English class is learning how to fill invisible buckets. They are sad that Mrs. Hodder is no longer at school, but they are glad they have Ms. Morall.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is planting beans. They had a lot of fun at Zumba. They hope everyone enjoys the PD day.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is mixing fall colours and doing fall painting. They also made a book about clothes from around the world.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about grouping to 20 in math. In religion they are learning about what a great story teller Jesus was. They had a lot of fun acting out The Good Samaritan.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing Halloween activities in art and writing stories about haunted houses. They are learning about making decisions in social studies.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is reading a book called “The Best Halloween Ever”. It is very funny. They welcome a new student, Samuel Michael, to their class. They are learning about different explorers in social studies.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a great time at Zumba on Wednesday. They are having a break from their spelling tests next week. The grade 6’s are starting to learn about Lego Robotics.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class is looking forward to the long weekend. They have been studying hard so far this term and need a break. They are having a great time preparing for the skills challenge.

Coming Up

Our Scholastic Book Fair is October 25^th and 26^th.

The Student Leadership Council is having a Halloween bake sale on Oct. 27.

Halloween is October 31^st and we will be having prizes for the best costumes.

Lion's Roar - Friday, October 14, 2011

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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, October 14, 2011.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Vanessa Ford & Katerina Hamann

Lucas Neville, a grade 1 French Immersion student, holding a butterfly at the Insectarium. The grade 1 classes and the grade 2 class visted the Insectarium for a school field trip on Tuesday.

Our Thanksgiving dinner was a great success. The dinner was delicious. Our students presented our food items to Mrs. Agnes McCarthy from the Food Bank. Thank you to all the students and families who donated items for the food drive. We had lots of food to give the food bank this year.

Food Bank donation for Thanksgiving. The food was donated during our annual Thanksgiving Day dinner.

(L-R): Clara Ryan, Charolette Swwetapple, Mrs. Agnes McCarthy, Patrick Davis and Ryan Bennett.

Monday was a public holiday. We hope you enjoyed your long weekend.

On Tuesday our school participated in the student vote for our Humber East candidates. Congratulations to Tom Marshall on being re-elected in our school and for the district! Thank you to Mrs. McHugh for organizing the voting day and to the grade 7 to level 1 students for helping set everything up. Mrs. King and Jenna Yetman were interviewed on CBC Radio about the student vote.

Also on Tuesday the grade 2 and grade 1 classes visited the insectariums. Thank you to Ms. Park for organizing the fun trip.

This week is good governance and fire prevention week. We had a fire drill on Wednesday.

We have started the Recycle My Cell drive. We are collecting used cell phones for the next month.

Mrs. Hodder officially begins her maternity leave today. We will miss you. Replacing Mrs. Hodder is Ms. Kristin Morall. Welcome to our school.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Anna Brake and Caylie Blake who attended a figure skating seminar this past weekend in Grand Falls.

Congratulations to Ms. Dwyer who convocated with her Bachelor of Education last Friday.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are preparing for Halloween and doing Halloween crafts.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning the names of fruits and vegetables in French. They are also learning about plants.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about the letter “t” and are doing things for fire prevention week.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is starting to decorate for Halloween and are learning about needs and wants.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class had a great time at the Insectarium on Tuesday. They learned about all different kinds of insects.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about what happens in each season. They have started their Halloween crafts. They had an awesome time at the Insectarium.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is making clay pictures in Language Arts. They really enjoyed the visit to the Insectarium.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is glad to be back from Thanksgiving break. They really enjoyed the student vote on Tuesday.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is carving Halloween pumpkins today and roasting pumpkin seeds. They had a band test this week and were excited to see a real election happening in our school gym.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class have begun preparing for the skills challenge. They are very excited and are busy planning their trip for the end of November. In religion class they made healthy living videos.

Coming Up

School photos are on October 20.

Our Scholastic Book Fair will be held October 25 and 26.

Cell Phone Recycling Drive Is On!

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Lion's Roar - Friday, October 7, 2011

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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, October 7, 2011.

By: Nathan Anderson, MacKenzie Brothers, Alex Williams

Grade 2 students Derek Atwood, Ryan Murphy, and Brooke Ruth dressed up for medical theme day on September 30. Students raised over $700 for WMRH.

Today we are having our Thanksgiving Day dinner. Thank you to Academy Canada for cooking the meal, Mrs. Reynolds for organizing the dinner, and to the parents for serving us.

The veggie orders arrived on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving! Our families sold over 600 bags of vegetables!

This week we collected food items for the food bank. We will make the donation today during our meal.

Thank you to Mr. Cameron for helping in our library again this week.

We are having a penny drive during October and November for an orphanage in Haiti.

Our school raised over $700 for the Western Memorial Regional Hospital Foundation through our theme day. Thank you to Mrs. McCarthy and Ms. Bennett for bringing our students over to make the donation and the Jenna Yetman and Katerina Hamann who spoke on the radio about our fundraiser.

Today is also World Smile Day, so put on your best smile.

Enjoy the long weekend! There will be no school on Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Gavin Staples who won the Terry Fox t-shirt draw at our Terry Fox Run.

Congratulations to Sam Antle who took part in the Frost Club Mountain Bike Competition last weekend. He placed 4^th in the dirt squirts division.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are doing Thanksgiving activities and placemats and they are learning to be thankful.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning thanksgiving French words. They made a turkey craft this week.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is looking forward to the Thanksgiving dinner and the long weekend.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is doing a turkey project.

Mme. Peréz-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is doing a TD colouring contest and drawing things from nature.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is very excited for thanksgiving.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing a research on animals and learning about changes. They are doing a Thanksgiving writing. They welcome Beth Arsenault to their class this week.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is making exploration trees and learning the names of the rooms in French. The grade fours practiced a choral reading of a funny poem in language class.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class made posters for our Thanksgiving dinner. They are practicing their multiplication in math and learning about algebra. They elected their class representatives for the student council this week.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class are choosing what they would like to do in the Intermediate Skills Challenge. They are preparing for the student vote for the upcoming election.

Coming Up

There will be a meeting for parents of students from Grade 5-Level 1 regarding a proposed trip to Quebec. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, October the 11th at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. A meeting regarding a trip to Saint Pierre will take place at a later date.

We are having a healthy living commotion sock hop on Wednesday, October 19.

The school will be closed for a Professional Development day on Friday, October 21.

Our Scholastic Book Fair will be October 25 and 26.

Lion's Roar - Friday, September 30, 2011

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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, September 30, 2011.

By: Brooklynn Companion, Vanessa Ford, Alex Williams

Everyone had a great time at the agri-food and garden show last Friday at the Pepsi Centre. We tasted lots of great food and saw some baby chicks hatching.

Our JK teachers attended a workshop last week for Western Health.

Thank you to Mr. Graham for playing at church last Friday.

We have a new public health nurse this year. Her name is April Dakins. She will be in our school on Tuesday mornings.

Our teachers are hard at work on a new environmental grant. Thank you to Mr. Sean Dolter from Model Forest and Mr. Blaine Hussey from the Department of Agriculture for meeting with staff about the project on Tuesday.

Also on Tuesday Mr. Charles Cameron visited our school and offered his expertise and experience in our new learning resource centre.

On Wednesday we had our annual Terry Fox Walk. Thank you to Mrs. George who did a live broadcast on the IHMS channel about Terry Fox and Mr. Gillard who organized the event.

This week we welcome two nursing students doing a work placement in Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English classroom. They are Michael Hinks and Jessica Strowbridge.

Today is medical theme day. We are raising money for the WMRH Foundaition Radio-thon. Also, vegetable orders are due today.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Brooklynn Companion who was the school winner for the school’s grade 5 agri-foods spelling bee.

Congratulations to Abigail Companion, who was elected Student Council President, Jenna Yetman as Vice-President and Melissa Castillo as Secretary. Elections for primary representative and class representatives are still going on.

Congratulations to Sadie MacDonnell and her family on their new baby Molly Elizabeth.

Congratulations to Kennedi Boland who placed fourth in the Juvenile Ladies’ Division at the Roberta Pack Competition in St. John’s. She also passed her juvenile test. Olivia Park and Caylie Blake also had good skates at the competition. Cayle Blake also passed her skating test on Sunday.

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are painting plates and making turkeys out of them for thanksgiving, and making placements.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is doing French numbers and doing math patterns.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is working on the foster family contest and learning the letters “l” and “e”. They are excited about medical theme day today.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class are finishing their silhouettes and putting them on the wall.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class just finished patterns in math and made necklaces. They are learning about healthy living in health.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning how Jesus welcomes children. They are writing about things they like to do in the fall. They did a great job in spelling this week.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing a Barbara Reid novel study and fall crafts.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class is watching a video in religion about Moses. The grade 4’s wrote library limericks for library month. They are excited that today is medical theme day. They are working hard on their language arts course and doing lots of reading.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is writing stories for Foster Families week.

In Mr. Taaffe’s math class they filmed short games of twenty questions about number patterns.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class started putting their First Lego League robotics mat together. The grade 7’s are learning how to use the media room equipment to make short videos.

Coming Up

Recess canteen services begin on Monday.

Our annual thanksgiving food drive starts next week.

The scholastic book fair is October 25^thand 26^th

Ongoing Fundraisers

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Lion's Roar - Friday, September 23, 2011

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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, September 23, 2011.

By: Kiya Morrissey, Maria Reynolds and Hannah Sparkes

The breakfast program started on Monday. We are looking for parent volunteers to help with this in the morning from 8 to 8:45.

Our afterschool program is going on everyday afterschool. Thank you to Ms. Crocker and the teachers who volunteer for activities.

Mr. Taaffe attended a math workshop on Friday for the new Level 1 math program.

Basketball tryouts were held over the weekend on Saturday. Thank you to Mr. Taaffe and all the students tried out.

The intramurals started on Tuesday and runs on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The games are played on teams and the teams score points for all students who participate. Thank you Mr. Gillard.

The running club started on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. They are busy preparing for the first running meet at C.C. Loughlin in October.

Live IHMS TV broadcasts started this week. They are being made every recess. Stay tuned!

Wednesday was National Tree Day. We planted 7 large trees and some seedlings in our outdoor classroom. The trees were bought with some of the money from the TD Friends of the Environment grant. The whole school took part. Thank you to Ms. Michelle Hamlynn from the Department of Forestry who came and helped everyone with the tree planting. The school started our composting program and every classroom now has a compost bin. Also on Wednesday night parents and teachers had curriculum night.

The grade 5 and 6 class had a field trip for National Forest Week on Thursday at the park. They had an excellent time and had a lunch of pizza and cupcakes.

Today our classes are visiting the AgriFoods & Garden Show at the Pepsi Centre.

Stars of the Week

Good luck to Kennedi Boland and Olivia Park on their figure skating competition in St. John’s this weekend.

Congratulations to Olivia Park, Hailey Colbourne and Alex Williams who represented our school at the AgriFoods & Garden Spelling Bee. Way to go!

From The Classrooms

The junior kindergarten classes are doing an apple theme and learning about apples! They had a great time planting trees for our school playground.

Mme. Wight’s Kindergarten French Immersion class made an angel craft and played instruments this week.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about living and non-living things. They are listing words that begin with the letter “I”. They are excited about the fair today.

Ms. Dwyer’s Kindergarten English class is going outside and investigating living and non-living things. They planted four seedling trees outside on the front lawn.

Mme. Perez-Diaz’s grade one French Immersion class is learning about ways to communicate and writing in French journals. They are learning how to write their names in upper case and lower case letters.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is finishing up a unit on patterns in math. They are excited about the agricultural fair. They are having an apple taste test to go with their apple theme.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is learning about life cycles in science and writing time capsules in social studies.

Ms. Bennett’s grade three and four class can’t believe how fast time is going. They are learning list three in their spelling books already! They had a lot of fun planting seedlings on Wednesday. Happy National Forest week everyone!

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a great time planting maple and magnolia trees in the outdoor classroom and on the front lawn on Wednesday. It was a lot of hard work! On Thursday they had a field trip to Margaret Bowater Park for National Forest Week. They are writing limericks in language class and playing basketball in gym class.

Mr. Hancock’s junior high and level 1 class had a great afternoon planting trees. They have begun planning their trip for the skills challenge. They have a new seating area for hanging out and eating their lunch together.

Coming Up

On September 28^th we are having our Terry Fox walk.

September 30^th is medical theme day. We will be raising money for the WMRH.

First Lion's Roar Post For The 2011/12 School Year - Friday, September 16, 2011

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