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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, April 26, 2013.
Kindergarten
students: Alyssa Power, Gavin Doman, Sam Power, and Reegan Curtis stand infront
of their Art project entitled, "Our World, our Responsibilty."
This
week at Immaculate Heart of Mary students made extra efforts to incorporate
environmental friendliness into their classrooms as we celebrated Earth Day
Monday April 22nd. We celebrated in many ways. We had a theme day
wearing earth colours. Our classes wrote a poem, song or chant and presented it
from the media center! Brian McHugh of CBC Radio interviewed Liam Dawe, Claire
Reynolds and Alex Williams regarding Earth Day. We had our litter free recess
and lunch. Primary classes made Earth Day headbands and necklaces. They planted
seedlings and read stories on Habitats. Miss Park`s and Mme Mondoux`s class
cleaned the school property, church property and surrounding area.
Our Junior
High Students kicked off Earth Day by presenting this poem to our school
community from our media center.
Junior High Earth Day Poem
Blue and green sphere
We
all live here
And
yet everyday
We
throw garbage away
Causing
it harm
Why
all the alarm?
From
a planet far away, an alien named Michael
Came
down to the Earth and told us to recycle
He
said: “Follow this rule,
It’s
super cool!”
If
you Reduce, Recycle, Reuse!
There’s
no way you can lose!
And
then from that day
No
one threw anything away!
And
the Earth was saved!
This
week is National Volunteer week and we would like to thank the many volunteers
who help at our school. In June, we will be recognizing our volunteers at our
annual Volunteer Breakfast.
We would
like to thank the Silver Blades Figure Skating Club who donated two tickets to
their annual ice show. Matthew and Alexandra Young visited our school to draw
the winning entries: Kira McCarthy and Gina Spencer and to have their picture
taken with Kira and Gina. We would like to wish Matthew a speedy recovery.
We would
like to congratulate Mariam Ahmad, McKenna Batstone, Caylie Blake, Samuel
Blackwood, Anna Brake, Claire Brake, Natalie Caines, Jenna Cammie, Kaitlyn
Coade, Yazan Ismail, Mark James, Rebecca Janes, Jayden Lemprière, Lucas
Neville, Olivia Park, Rotém Philipps-Grobbelaar, Sophie Simms, Colin Sheppard,
and Abigail Woodford, on their performance at the Ice Show!
We would
like to wish best of luck to Keely Brothers, a member of the Provincial
Gymnastics Team, who is competing at the Atlantic Championship in Nova Scotia
This
week is also Healthy Beverage Week. We are encouraging everyone to drink milk,
water and non-sugar beverages.
Tuesday
was World Book Day and our students enjoy reading every day!
On
Thursday our Grade 5/6 classes finished their five week yoga session with Ms.
Jessi Martin. They enjoyed it very much and would like to thank Ms. Martin.
We would
like to extend best wishes to Ms. Paige Marche-Sherran who finished her work
placement today in the J. K. Program.
Our
Girls’ Soccer Team will be participating in the invitational tournament at
Sacred Heart this weekend. Their first game is at 9:00a.m. tomorrow morning.
On
Wednesday evening we held a Parent Information Session for parents whose child
will be enrolled in our Sept. Junior Kindergarten, full day Kindergarten
(English or French Immersion). If you missed the session or would like
information regarding our other programs, please contact the office.
Class News
The Junior Kindergarten: The children are making tulips for Mother’s
Day. They enjoyed celebrating Earth Day and did Earth Day crafts, speaking
about the environment and recycling. They are learning about water filtration
in Science.
Mrs. Hodder’s English Kindergarten class: These students are continuing
to learn about length and capacity in Math. They really loved taking part in
the Earth Day activities and performed a song for our school.
Mme. Pérez-Diaz’s French Immersion Kindergarten class: This week the
students are learning about measurement. In Science they are learning about the
three R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle).
Mme. Mondoux’s Grade One and Two French Immersion class: The Grade Ones
planted seeds. They planted beans, peas, herbs and flowers. They are discussing
bridges and did a little experiment for Science.
Mrs. George’s Grade One English class: The
Grade One students really enjoyed all the Earth Day activties especially
planting different types of seeds. They started their geometry unit in Math. In
Health class they are learning about school safety.
Ms. Park’s Grade Two class: The Grade 2 English class had fun making
mystery slime in Science Class this week. They did some creative writing in
Language Arts class. This week their student of the week is Colin.
Ms. Payne’s Grade Three and Four Class: In Math, they are completing
their Math unit on Measurement. They are really excited for the upcoming
Science and Heritage Fair.
Ms. Neary’s Grade Five and Six Class: Grade 5/6 students had a lot of fun
this week dressing in earth colours for Earth Day and really enjoyed getting
ready for the Heritage and Science Fairs.
Mr.
Hancock’s Junior High Class: On Thursday
morning, our Junior High students attended TNL’s Youth Theater Production of
Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” at the Arts and Culture. Many thanks to
Mrs. McHugh for organizing this event. They also celebrated Shakespeare’s 449th
birthday.
Gym with Mr. Gillard: This month students have been learning soccer in
Gym class. They have also started boys and girls soccer after school in
preparation for upcoming tournaments. They have been very fortunate to have Mr.
Bruce Grobbelaar lead some of these soccer practices. Many thanks for his time,
knowledge and dedication to the school and the sport of soccer.
