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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, December 5, 2014.
By: Amna Ahmad, William Bennett, Samuel Michael, and Telicia Young
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| Nadia Cook and her daughter Emma place an ornament on the tree during our annual Tree Trimming Social on Sunday. |
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| Students at the pep rally on Friday afternoon for the High School Boys' indoor soccer team. (L-R): Rachael Griffin, Luke Coleman, Lily Smallwood, Benjamin Bellows-Davis and Benjamin Griffin. |
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| Students in Mrs. George's grade one English class lit the first candle on the Advent wreath in chapel on Monday. (L-R): Daniel Osmond as Joseph, Sarah Buckingham lighting the candle, Lily Smallwood as Mary, and Mrs. George. |
The
intermediate skills challenge team held a drop and shop fundraiser at our
school on Saturday. Thank you to the families that supported this fundraiser.
Everyone had a great time. The students are also selling tickets within the
school on a five pound chocolate bar. Tickets are available through homeroom
classes. They are $1 each or three tickets for $2. The draw will be on December
19th.
On
Sunday our school held the annual tree trimming social. We would like to thank
all the families for their support. We
would also like to thank Ms. Cindy Kawaja for the Christmas sing-along.
The
student leadership council hosted “Moustaches for Movember” on Tuesday.
Students came to school with moustaches on or could get one painted at recess.
All donations are in aid of cancer research.
Our
school collected 1,046 used and broken cell phones! Great job everyone!
We
are still collecting bread tags until December 11.
Santa
visited our school this week on Wednesday for class photos.
The
grade six to level 1 students are competing in the Intermediate Skills
Challenge tomorrow in St. John’s. We would like to wish them the best of luck!!
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| STARS OF THE WEEK |
Congratulations to the girls’ grade 6 basketball team who participated in the Tiny Titians tournament this past weekend at Grenfell Campus. Makenzy Bishop, Clare Coleman, and Telicia Young all received player of the game awards. Congratulations to everyone on a great tournament.
Congratulations to Charlotte and Isabelle Mercier on their performances in Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador’s production of “A Christmas Carol” last week.
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| CLASS NEWS |
The
junior kindergarten classes are working on the number “6” and the letter “f”.
In religion class they are doing Christmas activities. The students welcome
Danté Pennell to their class this week.
Mme.
Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class really enjoyed the moustache day.
Today is Mme. Brake’s last day, the students would like to wish her “Bonne
Chance”. On Monday, Mme. Brett will begin as their new teacher.
Mrs.
Hodder’s Kindergarten English class started decorating their classroom tree for
Christmas. In social studies they are learning about needs and wants. They are writing the letter “w”.
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class is writing friendly letters to Santa this
week. They were so happy that he dropped in to see them! They are using doubles
to add in math. They lit the first candle of the Advent wreath on Monday in
chapel. They performed a short play about the birth of Jesus. Lily Smallwood
was Mary, Daniel Osmond was Joseph, Sarah Buckingham lit the candle and Jake
Morey held the star. Thank you to all the parents who came to watch the
lighting of the first candle for Advent.
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is learning some Christmas vocabulary
and learning about Advent. They are also talking about the digestive system and
the Canada’s food guide. This has been a fun and informative topic.
Ms.
Park’s grade two English class is making reindeer portraits. They are learning
about different graphs in math. They are having lots of fun doing a unit on
Robert Munsch.
Mme.
O’Dells’ grade two French Immersion class is finishing their work on their
gingerbread man and will be starting their study on reindeer. The caribou are
Canada’s reindeer. They hope to learn more interesting things about the
caribou.
Ms.
Rumbolt’s grade three and four class was very excited to meet with Santa on
Wednesday for class photos. The grade three’s are putting the finishing touches
on their book “T’was the Day Before Christmas Vacation” and the grade four’s
are working on a simulation of the Canadian government in social studies.
Mme.
Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class was very excited to
receive their first letter from Québec. Their pen pals enjoyed the same things
as them – sports, theatre, pokémon and animals. This week they wrote a
Christmas card for each of their pen pals in St-Malo, Québec. Soon, they will
talk to them through skype.
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class is continuing to read “A Dog’s Life”. They
are learning a lot about evaluating their reading and supporting their opinions
with evidence. The grade six students are in St. John’s for the Intermediate
Skills Challenge. The grade five students would like to say good luck to the
grade six to level 1 students!
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class is
in St. John’s today visiting the Basilica, St. John the Baptist, the Geoscience
Centre and going rock climbing at Axtion. Tomorrow they are competing in the
intermediate skills challenge at the College of the North Atlantic in St.
John’s. Last Friday evening the English
1201 students went to see TNL’s production of “A Christmas Carol” as part of
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| COMING UP... |
The Knights of Columbus has sponsored a school skating party for December 16 from 9:30 to 10:30 am.
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