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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, March 1, 2013.
Students Sarah and
Isaac Buckingham enjoy the Scholastic Book fair with their parents Andrea Reid
and Peter Buckingham
Staff and students of Immaculate Heart of Mary School showed their
support for Anti-Bullying on Wednesday by wearing pink shirts and discussing
how we can conquer bullying in and outside of the classroom. We would like to thank the Grade 7
class who created an anti-violence video. They broadcasted the video Wednesday
morning to inform students about anti-bullying. Their video was selected to
appear on Rogers Cable 9 on Wednesday evening.
Last Thursday, we hosted the annual I.H.M.S. Winter Carnival. Mr.
Gillard did a great job in organizing a wonderful schedule of activities. The
Junior High students did a super job helping with the stations and helping with
the younger children. Congratulations are extended to Callie Gill and Kate
Lombard who won the J.K. colouring contest. Darcy Brake, Heather Cooper, and
Clara Ryan who were chosen The Most
Spirited and Sportsmanlike and to Mrs. George’s class who won the Most Spirited
Class.
On
Thursday evening our school hosted the annual Corner Brook Winter Carnival
Spelling Bee. We would like to congratulate Sam Antle, Hailey Colbourne,
Brooklynn Companion, Chenoah Park, Clara Ryan, and Gina Spencer who did really
well at the Spelling Bee. Congratulations to all participants. We would like to thank Miss
Park and Miss Neary for organizing the event.
Many thanks are extended to Mrs.
McCarthy who was the announcer, Mr. Chris Banks and Mr. Stephen LeDrew who were
the judges.
The Scholastic Book Fair was a
huge success. We would like to thank our families and student for their support
once again of our book fairs. Our book fair sales were almost $3,500. We
would like to thank Mrs. George for organizing the Scholastic Book Fair. Thanks
are also extended to our teachers and Mr. Wayne George who helped with the
fair. Congratulations are extended to Jacob Bursey who won the Guess the Number
of Pages in the Book Contest, Alexie Genest and Liam Dawe who won the Guess the
Marshmallow Contest, and to Heather Cooper who won the family door prize of
$25.
We would like to thank Mr. Howard
Sparkes, owner of Sparkes Trucking, who delivered the polycarbonate for our
Greenhouse.
We would like to welcome Mrs.
Beverley Perrett to our I.H.M.S. staff, working in the Junior Kindergarten
Program.
Immaculate Heart of Mary School
Community would like to congratulate Mr. Gene Coleman, Chair of our Board and
his wife, Janice on the birth of their baby daughter, Grace.
We would like to welcome; Amanda
Barrington, Michael Coleman, Graham Downey-Sutton, Tawsha Evoy, Emily Major,
Brittany McFatridge, Brittany Norman, Bruce Parsons, Jessica Sceviour Ashley
Smith to our school, who will be doing their community placement in the
Junior Kindergarten classes Kindergarten English and French classes.
We would like to thank the
members of the Rotary Club for coming to our school and reading to our
students. All classes enjoyed all the readers. Thank you so much for
contributing $500 worth of books to our classrooms.
March is Nutrition month. Our
school will be participating in a “Crunch and Sip” campaign.
On Monday, March 4th
we will be hosting our Mid-Year Assembly at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to
attend.
On Monday, March 4th
school will open at 9:00a.m. because of a planned power outage by Newfoundland
Light and Power.
Class News
The Junior Kindergarten: These children are discussing lions and lambs
and completing activities on them. They would like to congratulate Luke Coleman
on his new baby sister, Grace.
Mrs. Hodder’s English Kindergarten class: These students are learning
addition in Math and physical education in Health.
Mme. Pérez-Diaz’s French Immersion Kindergarten class: These students
are learning new words that start with the letter P. They are also learning
body parts in French and practicing addition problems in Math. Finally, they
are learning about emotions/feelings in Health.
Mme. Mondoux’s Grade One and Two French Immersion class: This week the
students are exploring measurement in Mathematics. They are also learning about the story of St.
Patrick and learning vocabulary around the special day. They would like to
congratulate Claire on the arrival of her baby sister.
Mrs. George’s Grade One English class: In Grade 1 the students are
learning how to cover area in Math. They are also writing postcards in Social
Studies. They really enjoyed their pizza party they had on Wednesday as their
prize for the Winter Carnival Day.
Ms. Park’s Grade Two class: The students in the class started a new unit
in Science called Matter. They read a book called “Gifts.” They are making
beautiful pictures out of plasticine of where they would like to travel.
Ms. Payne’s Grade Three and Four Class: These students are excited for
the “Crunch and Sip.” This will take place during the afternoons beginning
Friday, March 1st.
Ms. Neary’s Grade Five and Six Class: This week the students enjoyed
Mayor Greely’s visit to their classroom. Mayor Greely read to the grade5/6 as a
part of the Rotary Read-A-Long.
Mr.
Hancock’s Junior High class: The Junior High students are completing their
model bridges and will showcase them tomorrow at 10a.m. at the Corner Brook
Plaza
