Friday, May 29, 2015
Lion's Roar - Friday, May 29, 2015
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| Immaculate Heart of Mary School Home of The Lions Celebrating 15 Years! _________________________________________________ |
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| On Thursday We Held Our Annual Science Fair |
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, May 29, 2015.
By: Emma Doman, Jordan Park, Paige Walsh
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Lucas Neville, places a used battery in the school's new recycling station. Lucas, along with this fellow classmates painted the station and prepared the labels in English and French. The labels explain why it is important that we recycle bread tags, used markers, old batteries and used ink cartridges.
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| Clare Coleman (left), the overall winner in the IHMS Elementary Speak Off, with her teacher Mrs. Angel McCarthy. Clare spoke about facing her fears. |
We have many budding scientists in our
school! On Thursday we held our annual Science Fair. The grade three to level 1
students all prepared individual projects, while the primary classes presented
group projects. We would like to thank our judges Dr. Trina Butler, Dr. Dwayne
Keough, Mr. Cec Lake, and Mr. Matthew Young. See a few of the pictures and video from the JK and Elementary experiments below.
The grades three and six students finished
their provincial language arts assessment with their demanding writing piece on
Tuesday.
The junior high girls’ basketball team is
travelling to St. John’s today for the last tournament of the season. We wish
them luck.
Our new technology equipment that was delivered
last week is prepared and being used in our classrooms. Students and teachers
are enjoying using the new ELMO document cameras, ipads and imacs for projects
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| STARS OF THE WEEK |
Congratulations to James Lao and Luke Coleman
who won ribbons in Beavers for Kub Kar Rally.
Congratulations to our students Sarah
Buckingham, Jenna Cammie, Keira Clarke, Clare Coleman, Hala Parsons, Alyssa
Power, Lily Smallwood, Colin Spencer and Nevaeh Vincent on their performance in
the Dance Studio West annual year end show.
Congratulations to Ben Griffen and Ivor Cook
who took part in the 2015 Mudslide Series on Sunday at Prince Edward Park. Ben
Griffen placed fourth in the Dirt Squirt Expert category and Ivor Cook placed
first in Mud Spuds category.
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| CLASS NEWS |
The junior kindergarten classes are learning about the letter “p”. The children enjoyed the science fair this week. They really liked getting messy with their experiments.
Mme. Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class had a lot of fun learning about objects that sink and float. They also
really enjoyed teaching everyone about their worm compost.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class had
lots of fun with their walking water and solar system experiments for the
science fair. The students are learning about mass and object positions in
math.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class really
enjoyed the science fair. They did experiments on “walking water”, “magnet
fun”, “density” and “flubber”. They are working on their last math unit: adding
and subtracting to 20. The students are really looking forward to the musical
next week!
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class
was very busy this week preparing for the science fair. The students worked
alongside the grade two French Immersion students. They have started their last
math unit of the year.
Ms. Park’s grade two English class is learning
about goods and services in social studies. They had lots of fun testing out
experiments for the science fair. The star of the week is Molly.
Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion
class has been busy learning about different kinds of poems and writing. In
math, they are learning about measurement and is getting ready to start a unit
in Geometry! Their green house lettuce is delicious. Next week, they are hoping
to have enough red tomatoes to make salsa!
Ms. Horner’s grade three and four class
worked very hard on their science fair projects. The science fair was very exciting. They are
very happy that warmer weather is here so they can spend more time outside.
Mme. Lachance’s grade three and four French
Immersion class worked very hard this week on their science fair projects. They
were able to explain their projects in both English and French! The students
would like to thank their parents for helping them with their experiments at
home!
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class are
working on their last big art project for the year. In language arts the class
is completing their last strategy unit on sequencing. The students are looking
forward to many of the end of year school events. They have been practicing for
the upcoming musical next week.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1
class had a presentation on Wednesday about Youth Ventures with Shawna Pelly,
the Youth Ventures Coordinator. The students have been helping with the sound
and backgrounds for the musical next week.
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| COMING UP... |
Registration is still available for our full
day junior kindergarten and our English and French Immersion kindergarten
program for September 2015. Please call the office for more information.
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Lion's Roar - Friday, May 22, 2015
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| Immaculate Heart of Mary School Home of The Lions Celebrating 15 Years! _________________________________________________ |
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On Tuesday evening we held our 12th annual Elementary School Speak Off!
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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, May 22, 2015.
By: Amna Ahmad, William Bennett, Makenzy Bishop, Cole Dumareques
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| Kindergarten students Lucas Kennedy and Charlise Simmonds making an art project during their orientation session in grade one English with Mrs. George. |
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| Students (L-R) Jake Morey, Ava Hodder and Luke Coleman in Mrs. George's grade one English class with their Pope puppets they made for World Catholic Education Day last week. |
Last
week Mr. Drew’s class gave a special presentation in chapel for World Catholic
Education Day.
Last
Friday the students and teachers played an intense game of indoor soccer to
kick off the long weekend. The score was tied 2-2 when the end of day school
bell rang. Thank you to Matthew Young for refereeing the game. The students and
teachers played an excellent game and everyone had a lot of fun.
On
Tuesday evening we held our 12th annual Elementary School Speak Off.
Eight students represented the grades 4, 5, and 6 classes. In grade four: Isaac Buckingham, Clare Coleman and Colin
Spencer represented their class; in grade five:
Cole Dumaresque, Emily Murley and Aaron White represented their class;
in grade six: William Bennett and Max Chrappa represented their class. We would
like to thank our judges Mrs. Glenda Belbin, Ms. Stephanie Howell, and Ms.
Paula Grudich for volunteering their time. The overall winner was Clare Coleman
with her speech about facing her fears. Congratulations to all the speakers.
Also
on Tuesday we dressed up for a theme day to raise money for the grade 6 to
level 1 girls’ basketball team to travel to St. John’s for a tournament.
Everyone dressed up wearing clothes to show their favourite activity. The team
also hosted a hot dog sale on Wednesday.
The
grade one and two French immersion classes are happy to report that they raised
$211.10 at their bake sale last week! This means that they raised enough money
for five children in Rwanda to go to school! Thank you to all our students and
families for supporting this fundraiser.
On
Wednesday, our school hosted the annual junior kindergarten, kindergarten and
grade one orientation sessions in English and French Immersion. There were many
new little faces visiting our school and some very excited new kindergarten and
grade one students in our school!
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| Staples General Manager, Wendy Paul along with manager Rhonda Brothers and employee Jennifer Warren delivered our new technology equipment on Wednesday. We received $25,000 in new equipment for our classrooms. We have new ipads, new imac computers, a new projector, two Elmo digital cameras, a new school SLR camera and a new digital video camera. |
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| CLASS NEWS |
The junior kindergarten classes really enjoyed attending the kindergarten orientation on Wednesday. They spent a lot of time outside this week enjoying the spring weather.
Mme.
Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning the sight word “c’est”.
This week they are learning about watersheds and drawing a poster for the ACAP
Humber Arm student art challenge. They are continuing their lessons on
subtraction and addition in math.
Mrs.
Hodder’s Kindergarten English class was excited to spend the afternoon in grade
one with Mrs. George on Wednesday. This
week they are learning about the earth and the solar system in science. In math
they are learning about length.
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class is learning about living things in science
class. They are learning about the Holy Spirit in religion. They are doing lots
of practice for the upcoming musical. They would like to wish Kate Lombard a
very happy 7th birthday!
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is learning about watersheds and how
humans can ensure we are doing our best to protect them. The children are
excited that their classroom butterfly kit will arrive today!
Ms.
Park’s grade two English class is learning about the attributes of objects in
math. They have learned about watersheds and created posters for the ACAP
Humber Arm art contest. Brooke is the student of the week!
Mme.
O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class is doing some poetry reading and
writing of their own. The students are really enjoying being authors! They will
be doing some class presentations of their work.
Ms. Horner’s
grade three and four class has been practicing hard for the musical this week.
The class would like to congratulate Colin, Isaac and Clare for being chosen to
represent the class at the annual IHMS Elementary Speak Off on Tuesday
evening. The grade three students began
their provincial assessments in language arts and will continue writing them on
today and on Monday and Tuesday.
Mme.
Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class had a busy week with
science activities. The grade three students have finished their unit on
invisible forces and are learning about soil. The grade four students are doing
experiments about sound movement in air, water, and space.
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class is enjoying the spring weather this week.
The students enjoyed playing a variety of sports outside during their gym
classes, intramurals and lunch break. In addition to our playground equipment,
we now have tether balls, soccer nets, soccer balls, basketball nets,
basketballs, and footballs. The class is
busy preparing their recycled art piece for the art show coming up in June.
They are still collecting plastic bottle caps!
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class has
been busy this week completing units in language arts, math and science. They
are less than one month away from final exams! The class has also been working
in art on painting the background for the school’s upcoming musical
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| COMING UP... |
Our annual science fair will be next Thursday at 1 pm in our school gymnasium. This event is open to all our families
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
A Special Delivery & Remembrance Day Primary Poster Contest Winner
Wendy Paul, Staples General Manager (left) present
Immaculate Heart of Mary School students Addison MacArthur and Aaron Keough the
new technology equipment for the school from the $25,000 prize for National
Superpower your School contest. Pictured with the students are Rhonda Brothers,
Manager of Staples; and Staples employee Jennifer Warren.
Mel Carberry and Maureen
Simon with Cole Boyd-Martyn (centre). Cole was the third place provincial
winner in the Remembrance Day primary colour poster contest.
Summer Program for Our Junior Kindergarten Families
May 20, 2015
The summer program will operate Monday through Friday from
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The cost of the nine
week program is $1,575.00. Parents will
be responsible for providing snacks and lunches. There will be no cafeteria service
available. A down payment of $250.00 is
required by June 15th. Space
is limited to sixteen children.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Elaine King
Director of Education
(T)
709-634-1700 (F) 709-634-0620
Friday, May 15, 2015
Lion's Roar - Friday, May 15, 2015
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| Immaculate Heart of Mary School Home of The Lions Celebrating 15 Years! _________________________________________________ |
Find us for information, updates, pictures, and other cool stuff. We won't sting. Promise.
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| Today there is going to be a teachers vs students soccer game in the gym. Go lions, go! |
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, May 15, 2015.
By: Emma Doman, Jordan Park, Paige Walsh, and Aaron White
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| Simon Boitsefski tests out the space simulator as part of the student's experience at Space Camp in Montreal. |
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Anna MacKenzie enjoys a maple syrup treat at a Sugar Shack in Quebec City while on the week long school trip.
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The
grade six girls’ soccer team played in tournament at Sacred Heart over the
weekend. Thank you to Mr. Drew Nadon and Mr. Ryley Nadon for coaching the team.
The
students and teachers who travelled to Québec last week had a wonderful trip
visiting Québec City and Montréal. They
visited the Parliament building in Québec City, Parc de la Chute Montmorency,
Sainte-Anne-Beaupré Basilica and Museum, the Artillery Park, Citadelle, Parc
Aquarium due Québec and a Sugar Shack. They participated in a military activity
at the National Battle Fields Commission and an interactive street theatre and
took a boat tour. They also participated in town activities at the traditional
Huron Site. In Montréal, they participated in a workshop at the Montreal
Science Centre, visited the Rio Tinto Alcan Plantetarium and Exco Exhibit, and
attended Space Camp.
The
annual spring photo shoot took place at our school on Monday.
On
Wednesday evening, Mrs. King, Mme. Ryan and Mrs. McCarthy attended the City of
Corner Brook annual ACE awards. Our school nominated for the Environmental
Award.
On
Thursday we celebrated World Catholic Education Day. We are very grateful to be
able to practice and celebrate our faith within our school community.
Today
there is going to be a teachers vs students soccer game in the gym. Go lions,
go!
Mr.
Wayne Allen facilitated golf lessons to the kindergarten to level 1 gym classes
on Monday and Thursday this week.
The
grade six to level 1 girls’ basketball team is still practicing. They will
travel to St. John’s at the end of the month for a tournament.
There is no school on Monday for the Victoria
Day holiday. Have a happy and safe long weekend to all our readers!
Congratulations
to Arista White on her recent confirmation at Most Holy Redeemer Parish |
| STARS OF THE WEEK |
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| CLASS NEWS |
Mme.
Brett’s Kindergarten French Immersion class have been watching the growth of
their sunflowers in the greenhouse. The students are taking very good care of
them. They are learning all about healthy soil and the parts of a plant. The
sunflower in French is called “tournesol”.
Mrs.
Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is working on 3-D shapes in math. They are
learning about timelines in social studies and weather in science.
Mrs.
George’s grade one English class has just started their last big project for
the year called “Wonderful Me”. They are writing nice things about all of their
friends and then turning them into books for each person to bring home. They
had lots of fun predicting and carrying out more experiments for the upcoming
science fair!
Mme.
Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class along with Mme. O’Dell’s class is
working on a project to raise money to send children to school in Africa.
Yesterday they held a bake sale. There will be more fundraising events coming
soon. The class is very excited to see so many flowers on their tomato plants.
They also noticed some of their zucchini plants have germinated.
Ms.
Park’s grade two English class is learning about geometry in math. They are
making shapely critters in art to help them with their math. In science they
are learning about how humans grow. As an activity they are making pita pizzas!
This week in the greenhouse they have started to grow corn. The students are
very excited to watch it grow!
Mme.
O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion class is busy this week finishing their
unit in math on measuring. They will be beginning the subtraction of two digit
numbers next week. The greenhouse plants are growing really fast now. They have
planted tomatoes, zucchini, garlic, lettuce and peppers.
Ms. Horner’s
grade three and four class is looking forward to the long weekend. The grade
three students have started to learn division math and the grade fours are
learning about division with remainders. They are tricky. They have almost
completed their hot air balloons in art class.
Mme.
Lachance’s grade three and four French Immersion class is glad to be all back
together. Some of the students in the class spent a week with the English
students in Ms. Horner’s classroom. This week the students did a lot of work on
grammar and math. They are also busy working on their science fair projects.
The science fair is at the end of this month. The new recycle box is in the main
lobby. It will be used for bread tags, ink cartridges, batteries, cell phones
and markers.
Mrs.
McCarthy’s grade five and six class is looking forward to the Elementary Speak
off on Tuesday evening. The class has been busy working on their plastic bottle
cap recycled art project. The class is still collecting plastic bottle caps.
They hope to display their completed art project at our annual art show in
June.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high and level 1 class is
finishing up their projects for the Hot Shots Contest sponsored by Newfoundland
Light and Power. The grade seven and eight students are working on Public
Service Announcements in language arts class. The grade nine and Level 1
students are learning about Newfoundland poet and playwright, Al Pittman
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| COMING UP... |
There
will be a junior kindergarten and kindergarten orientation session on Wednesday,
May 20 from 1:15-2:30 pm.
The grades three and six English provincial
assessments will begin on Thursday, May 21 |
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