Lion's Roar - Friday, November 28, 2014





Immaculate Heart of Mary School
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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 28, 2014.

By: Makenzy Bishop, Max Chrappa, Cole Dumaresque, Jordan Park, and Paige Walsh




The grade 5 and six band students (L-R): Samuel Michael, William Bennett, Jordan Park, (back) Aaron White and Max Chrappa practice their song "Let it Be" for the school Christmas concert.

Students in Ms. Rumbolt's grade four class show off their moustaches for the school Movember fundraiser (L-R): Alessandra LeBlanc, Colin Spencer and Arabella LeBlanc.

Cameron Peddle (left) and Madison Noel (right) work on producing a one minute commercial using iMovie. The students are preparing for the TV Video production competition at the Intermediate Skills Challenge next weekend in St. John's.

The grade one classes were very happy to report that they filled 84 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Last year they packaged 60 boxes. A special thank you goes out to all our students and families for their support of the fundraiser.

Our school will continue to collect bread tags until December 11. We reached our goal of 5,000 bread tags and have collected another 2,200 bread tags. For every 5,000 bread tags collected a wheelchair will be purchased for an elderly person in South Africa.

This week students in kindergarten to grade six took part in presentations on Monday and Tuesday with representatives from Newfoundland Light and Power. The theme was “Take Charge”. Sessions were given by Ashleigh Halliday and Carl Bishop. All the classes really enjoyed the presentations.

On Thursday our students and staff wore special moustaches to support Movember. Students donated $1 for men’s health initiatives. Student Leadership council students were collecting donations and painting moustaches for students throughout the day.

The grade 6 girls’ basketball team is playing in a tournament this weekend at Grenfell Campus. The first game is today at 5:30 pm.

This Saturday our grade 6 to level 1 students are hosting a Drop and Shop Fundraiser. Families are invited to drop their child at the school between 10 am and 4 pm while they Christmas shop. Children aged three and over are welcome to attend for a minimum donation of $20.

Sunday is our annual Tree Trimming Social. New families are invited to bring an ornament to hang on the school Christmas tree. Join us for prizes, snacks and singing from 4:00-5:30 pm.

The gym classes will continue broomball for the next week. After this, Mr. Ryley Nadon will be starting the first annual Christmas mini-hockey tournament.



CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes are learning the letter “f” and number “6”. They have begun practicing for the Christmas concert. They welcomed Shane Matthews to their classroom this week.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class are busy learning their French song for the Christmas concert. They were very excited to wear their moustaches on Thursday.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is excited that their plants have started to grow. They have tomatoes, peas and basil. They made moustaches for Movember to wear on Thursday. The class would like to wish Katie McCarthy a happy birthday!

Mrs. George’s grade one English class read a beautiful story this week called “Stone Soup” and made their very own delicious soup! They are learning about volunteers in social studies. They were filled to have filled 84 boxes for Operation Christmas Child this year. They would like to send a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this possible. The star of the week is Kate Lombard.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has begun a new math unit on subtraction. The students are learning about the five senses and are excited to learn how their sense of hearing works.

Ms. Park’s grade two English class has started a new unit in science. The students are very excited to learn all about movement. They are reading the story “Mmm Cookies” by Robert Munsch and baked some yummy cookies of their own. They are also working on beautiful Christmas scenes in art.

Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class is pleased to see that their lettuce is finally growing. It took eight days for the seeds to germinate in the green house. They have begun a new unit on reindeer in preparation for Christmas. The students are getting excited for Christmas as they have started practicing for the Christmas concert.

Ms. Rumbolt’s grade three and four class is working on painting snowmen using warm and cool colours this week. The class enjoyed a pizza party on Wednesday to celebrate meeting and beating their goal of collecting 50 cell phones. The grade three students are looking forward to watching the TV commercials they produced!

Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class were very busy this week. The grade three students learned about germination. They planted and observed a bean coming up out of the soil. Did you know that there is a tiny plant in a bean? The grade four students read about Braille’s alphabet and Louis Braille. He was a blind man who created an alphabet that blind people could read. Louis Braille changed the lives of many people who wanted to read and learn.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class were writing Remembrance Day essays this week. They are all looking forward to seeing everyone at the Tree Trimming Social on Sunday. The students were busy planning the different activities for this event.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class is hosting a Drop and Shop Fundraiser on Saturday. The students are one week away from their big trip to St. John’s!

COMING UP...

Mrs. George’s class will light the first candle on the Advent wreathe in chapel on Monday. All are welcome to attend.

Santa Claus will be visiting our school for photos on Wednesday, December 3.

 
 
 
 

Drop & Shop Fundraiser

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 21, 2014





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Celebrating 15 Years!
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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 14, 2014.

By: Alaura Alexander,  Ryan Bennett,  Emma Doman, Kori-Lee Noel,  Aaron White



Mrs. Majorie Deckert  with junior kindergarten student Isaac Alexander.
Issac's family donated a new stop sign for Mrs. Deckert.
As well, K.C. Reid Enterprises donated a new safety vest.



Students in Mrs. Hodder's Kindergarten class were busy planting carrots in the greenhouse this week. Students Charlise Simmonds, Sophie Grant, Hala Parsons, and Nevaeh Vincent had fun getting their hands dirty.



Gabriel Bragg and his mom, Carla, enjoyed a family tea hosted by the kindergarten French Immersion class to celebrate the end of their unit on families.

 

The Recycle My Cell Campaign officially ends today. Thank you for all the support from our students, staff, families and community members who helped us to collect more than 800 broken and used cell phones. Stay tuned for the final tally next week.

Operation Christmas Child ended on Wednesday. The grade one classes have been busy preparing the boxes for shipping. They classes hope to beat their record from last year of 60 boxes.

Our bread tag collection is also over. The final count has not been done, but the count reported by the grade two class is over 4,500 bread tags. Good job, everyone!

This week is anti-bullying week and Peace Week. Students have been doing activities in the classroom about these themes.

On Monday we celebrated Mickey Mouse’s birthday with a Disney theme day. Everyone had a great time and there were lots of creative costumes.

Report cards went home on Wednesday afternoon.  Parent teacher interviews took place on Thursday evening from 7 to 8:30 pm.

Thursday was National Child Day. All students and staff wore a purple ribbon in support of this day.
 

Ms. Sandra Burden from the School Milk Foundation visited our school on Friday to make presentations to the kindergarten to grade 6 classes.

 

STARS OF THE WEEK

 Congratulations to Samuel Michael and Telicia Young who represented our school at the annual YMCA Peace Week Speak Off on Tuesday evening. Everyone did a great job!

CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes are working on Christmas activities. They are reviewing the letter “e”. They are doing fireworks in a bottle for science.  They would like to congratulate Audria Peddle who won a colouring contest for the Western Star. She won four tickets to the Toopy and Bino show in Stephenville. The students welcome Taylor McCarthy to their class this week.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class has started the MindUp curriculum this week. They have been very busy learning about the brain and meditating. They loved dressing up in their Disney costumes on Tuesday for Mickey Mouse’s birthday.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class would like to thank Karen Kennedy from the Department of Agriculture for helping them start their Little Green Thumbs gardens. This week the students planted carrots in the greenhouse. They are working on the letter “v” and learning about bullying. The students welcome Logan McCarthy to their class this week.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is busy packing shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. It looks like they may be able to beat last year’s record of 60 shoe boxes. They have started addition and subtraction to 12 in math. In science they are learning about how our senses help us. The star of the week is Jake Morey.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class planted tomatoes and lettuce in the greenhouse. They are learning so much about plants and growing our own food. They also completed their first snowfall painting. The paintings are beautiful.

Ms. Park’s grade two English class is making winter scenes in art class. They are also learning about ways to keep pollution out of the air and water. They are making special posters about the environment. The students welcome Noah Colbourne to their class this week.

Mme. O’Dells’ grade two French Immersion class was very excited to celebrate Mickey Mouse’s birthday on Tuesday.  The students welcome Noah Evans to their classroom this week.

Ms. Rumbolt’s grade three and four class is happy to announce that they have reached their goal of 50 cell phones for the Recycle My Cell Campaign. The grade three students are heading to Rogers Cable for a field trip as part of their language arts unit on media.

Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class started a new unit in math on mathematical operations. In art, they learned about an artist who created a new style of art called “Op Art”. His name is Victor Vasarely. He works only with lines and colours. Victor Varsarely can create a 3-D illusion on a sheet of paper.  The students then made their own “Op Art”.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class worked on writing slogans for the 2015 Winter Carnival this week. The grade five students started a new unit in science class. Both classes were busy studying for science and math tests. In language arts the class is reading a book told from a dog’s point of view. The students welcome Jordan Park to their class this week.
 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class are busy preparing for the skills challenge. The students are working on novel studies in language arts. The English 1201 class is reading “A Christmas Carol”. They are looking forward to seeing the TNL production of A Christmas Carol” next Friday evening at the Arts and Culture Centre. Father Terry visited the school on Thursday and did a session about Mass with the class in the school’s chapel.

 

COMING UP...

Our annual tree trimming social will be on November 30 from 2:00-3:30 pm in our school gymnasium.

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 14, 2014





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We are still collecting used and broken cell phones for the Recycle My Cell Campaign. We will be collecting used cell phones until November 21^st.

 

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 14, 2014.

By: Amna Ahmad, William Bennett, Samuel Michael, Emily Murley, and Telicia Young



Vivian Mylena and William Freitas emceeing our annual
Remembrance Day service on Friday

 

Grade seven students Jayden Lempriere and Anna MacKenzie with their model wind

turbine. The girls are practicing with design elements for the intermediate skills challenge.

 

Students in Mme. Lachance's grade three and four class with the cellphones they have collected for the Recycle My Cell Campaign. (L-R): Brandon Brake, Mme. Lachance, Isabelle Mercier, Jakson Ganz, Jack Matthews, Caleb Rashleigh and Lucas Neville

On Friday Mr. Drew Nadon’s grade seven to level 1 class hosted our annual Remembrance Day assembly. All classes participated with poems, acting and songs. The emcess were Vivian Mylena and Willian Freitas. The class would like to thank Jasmine Penney for playing the Last Post and to Mrs. Cindy Kawaja for playing for our school choir in Mr. Graham's absence. We would also like thank Mr. Larry Clarke and Mr. Paul Gillingham who represented the Royal Canadian Legion at our ceremony.

Mrs. McCarthy attended a workshop on Friday with Sue Beers a literacy expert from Iowa. The workshop was about integrating twenty-first century literacy skills in the classroom.

We would like to extend best wishes to Heather Elliott, Trina Foss and Jessica Leonard- Rowsell, students from the Early Childhood Education Program at the College of the North Atlantic, who completed their work placement last Friday in the junior kindergarten program.

Mrs. George and Mme. Ryan’s grade one classes are still collecting items for Operation Christmas Child. Some of the items they still need are crayons, pencils, sharpeners, face cloths and toothbrushes. The classes will begin packaging the boxes on Monday.

 

CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes are reviewing the letters “a” to “d” of the alphabet. They have started their Christmas activities. Today they welcome first year College of the North Atlantic students Bobbi-Marie Clarke, Wanda-Lee Bowles, and Rebecca Butler to their classroom.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class hosted a tea party on Thursday to end their “My Family” unit. They planned, decorated, made invitations and baked cookies all by themselves. The parents had tea while the students enjoyed ice tea. Thanks to all the family members who attended. For those families who could not come, they hope you enjoyed the take home cookie.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is working on the letter “a”. They are learning about life cycles in science and have begun planting their Little Green Thumbs garden this week. The class would like to congratulate Danyael Jacob and his family on the birth of his new baby sister, Angel.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about how living things cope with seasonal change in science. In social studies, they are learning about how paper is made. In their MindUp class, they reviewed the parts of the brain and learned the difference between mindful and unmindful thoughts and actions.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is working on their new unit in math on addition and subtraction. They are very excited to be working on Operation Christmas Child. They are hoping to break last year’s record and fill more than 60 boxes to be donated to children around the world.

Ms. Park’s grade two English class is making bird feeders in science. They are learning how to count money in math. Today they are going to have a fun afternoon playing math games. In religion class they are making puppets.

Mme. O’Dells’ grade two French Immersion class is starting to work on groups of tens and groups of ones in their math unit. They will also be sorting seeds in groups of ten before planting them in the greenhouse. In language arts they are starting a unit on leaves.

Ms. Rumbolt’s grade three and four class is working on posters for the Legion’s Remembrance Day contest. The grade three students are beginning a new unit in language arts on media where they will be creating their own commercials. Stay tuned for more info!

Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class began the week by sharing what they did on the long weekend. This week the students began practicing their French songs for the Christmas concert.  They will be singing “L’enfant au Tambour” and “La Bastringue”. The class will be singing with Mme. Ryan and Mme. O’Dell’s classes.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class started a new strategy unit in language arts on evaluating what they are reading. The grade six students are presenting their YMCA Peace Week Speeches in class today.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class was out last week with the grade 6 students raking leaves for their skills challenge trip. The class would like to thank all the classes for participating in the Remembrance Day assembly they organized.

 

COMING UP...

Tuesday is Mickey Mouse theme day to celebrate Mickey’s birthday.

Report cards will go home on November 19^th with parent teacher interviews on November 20^th from 7:00-8:30 pm.

Our school Christmas concert will be December 11 at 7:00 pm

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 7, 2014





Immaculate Heart of Mary School
Home of The Lions

Celebrating 15 Years!
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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 7, 2014.

By: Makenzy Bishop, Max Chrappa, Cole Dumaresque, and Paige Walsh



Students in Mme. Lachance's grade three and four class with the cellphones they have collected for the Recycle My Cell Campaign. (L-R): Brandon Brake, Mme. Lachance, Isabelle Mercier, Jakson Ganz , Jack Matthews , Caleb Rashleigh and Lucas Neville.



Students in Mrs. George's grade one English class displaying their counting blocks.
(L-R): Lily Smallwood, Ben Griffin, Rachael Griffin and Cole Lyver.



Students in Mlle. Brake's kindergarten French Immersion class
working on their poppy artwork for Remembrance Day
(L-R): Rotém Phillips-Grobbelaar, Noah Wall, Meteghan Kane and Saleem Obeid.

 

Last Friday the Student Leadership Council organized fun Halloween activities for the whole school. We had a costume parade for all classes. After the parade, the junior kindergarten o grade two students played games in the cafeteria and the grade three to level 1 students visited the scary haunted stage. Thank you to the Student Leadership Council, Mr. Drew Nadon and Mrs. McCarthy for organizing the event.

This week we are continuing to collect recycled cell phones. Many classes are reaching and even passing their goal of collecting 50 phones. We will continue to collect broken and used cell phones until November 21.

Our grade six to level 1 students held a leaf raking fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. The students successfully raked 10 lawns and raised over $1,500.00. The students returned on Thursday afternoon to finish the remaining lawns. Thank you to all the students, parents and teachers who helped with this event. Also, we would like to thank the members of our community who supported this fundraiser.

Operation Christmas child began this week. Mrs. George’s grade one students are collecting items to fill shoeboxes to send to children in need. Some of the suggested items are: pens, pencils, sharpeners, small note pads, facecloths, toothbrushes, combs, soap (sealed in plastic), small stuffed toys, small instruments, hair clips, toy jewellery, and socks. The class will be collecting items until November 17.

On Wednesday the photographer visited our school to take individual student photos as well as photos of siblings together.

Today is our annual Remembrance Day assembly. The assembly will begin at 11 am and is open to all parents and family members. Each class will be taking part in the ceremony.

Have a great long weekend, everyone!!

STARS OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Clare Coleman, Simon Boitsefski, Arabella LeBlanc, Alessandra LeBlanc and Colin Spencer  who performed in the Fiddler on The Roof this week  with the Off Broadway Players.

  

CLASS NEWS

The junior kindergarten classes are working on the letter “d”. This week they are doing activities in science about popcorn. They really enjoyed popping the corn! This will be the Early Childhood Educator student’s last week with the class. The class would like to thank Heather Elliott and Jessie Rowsell for their work with the students.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class spent the week practicing their “coquelicot” poem for the Remembrance Day assembly. They painted poppies and learned about the brave soldiers. They are wishing Gabriel a very happy birthday. They celebrated his birthday on the 4^th with cake and lots of dancing.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class has been busy preparing for the Remembrance Day ceremony today by practicing a poem and making a craft. They are learning to keep their bodies healthy in health class and are working on the letter “f”.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is collecting items for Operation Christmas Child. Many classes have already started bringing in donations. Last year they filled 60 boxes! They hope to fill even more this year. The students are learning about the importance of Remembrance Day this week. The star of the week is Grace Brake-Higgins.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has been busy this week learning about Remembrance Day. They have been working on a poem that they will recite at the assembly today. They were very excited to use oil pastels in art this week to draw poppies.

Ms. Park’s grade two English class is making beautiful Remembrance Day paintings. They are also practicing their poem for the Remembrance Day assembly today.

Mme. O’Dells’ grade two French Immersion class is learning to sing “O’Canada” in French. They are also preparing a poem for Remembrance Day. In math, they are learning about estimation and place value.

Ms. Rumbolt’s grade three and four English class is looking forward to the Remembrance Day service. The grade three students are reciting the poem “In Flander’s Fields” by John MaCrae and the grade four students are reciting the response poem called “We Shall Keep the Faith” by Moira Michael.

Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class has been busy this week preparing for the Remembrance Day ceremony. Students are reading about different wars. They have learned how different animals were important during the war for transportation, carry materials, communication and as a mascot to keep up the group morale.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class has finished their literacy unit on predicting. They are predicting a great long weekend for everyone! The grade six students are busy writing speeches for the YMCA Peace Week Speak Off. In art the class is creating their own Van Gogh oil pastels of “Starry Night”.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class was busy this week organizing the school Remembrance Day assembly. Last weekend the grade 6 to level 1 students had their leaf raking fundraiser. It was a long day, but the students had a lot of fun.

COMING UP...

School will be closed on Monday and Tuesday this week. We are looking forward to seeing you all at Remembrance Square for the annual Remembrance Day services.