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| On Tuesday, we held an assembly to honour Isaac Buckingham who was the provincial winner in the Office of the Citizens’ Representative Good Governance essay Contest. Isaac read his winning essay during the assembly and was presented with his prize package by government representatives. |
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 6, 2015.
By: Isaac Buckingham, Marcus Gallant, Colin Spencer, and Carly Johannesen
Molly
George, Emily Hindy, and Rebecca Janes display some of the cell phones our
school is collecting for the Recycle My Cell Campaign.
Katherine
Noel shows her artwork she is completing during the grade three class's trip to
Margaret Bowater Park for their ArtSmarts project "Leaves of Fall".
The students will produce a book of artwork and poetry.
"Humber
Hood" Robotics Team members back (L-R): Emily Murley, Kori Noel, Ryan
Miller, Jose Garcia and front (L-R): Isaac Buckingham and Aaron White received
the Team Work Award at the Western Region Robotics Invitational Tournament
hosted by IHMS.
Last Friday students and staff enjoyed a
Halloween costume parade, haunted house and creepy food stations prepared by
the Student Leadership Council. Thank
you to Mr. Drew Nadon, Mr. Ryley Nadon and the Student Leadership Council for
organizing this event.
Say cheese! This Monday was school photo day.
The grade three English and French Immersion
students went on a field trip on Tuesday as part of their ArtSmarts project.
The students identified trees and created artwork from bark and leaf rubbings
with artist Jane Reagh. The group will prepare their final artwork and write
poetry about fall trees. For their final project the students will create a
class book and present their poetry and artwork at the Corner Brook Public Library.
On Thursday our school once again hosted a
Donna and Andy show for all students. It was an afternoon of music and fun for
everyone.
Today our grade five and six students are
attending an art exhibition at the Grenfell Art Gallery by Ursula Johnson called, “Mi’Kwite’tmn (Do
You Remember)”. The students will also
participate in a basket making activity.
The grade one English and grade one and two
French Immersion classes are organizing Operation Christmas Child again this
year. Last year they filled 66 show boxes for children in need. This year they
hope to fill even more. They are looking for donations of small toys, pencils,
sharpeners, tooth brushes, face cloths and other items to pack in the shoe
boxes for this program.
Our school was chosen as a winner of a World
Egg Day prize package. Our breakfast program will receive an electric skillet,
kitchen utensils, and coupons for eggs.
Thank you to all our families for their
support of the Humber Rotary winter clothing drive for kids. We had a lot of
winter clothing donated for this cause.
The Recycle My Cell Campaign continues this
week. We are collecting used and broken cell phones.
We are once again having an Apple-A -Day
fundraiser. The proceeds of the ticket sales are in aid of our music program.
Tickets are now on sale for $20 each. The five days of draws will begin in
January 11 and conclude on January 15th. Prizes include: a 16GB IPod
touch, a 16GB IPod touch and $25 ITunes card, a 16GB IPad mini 2, a 32 GB IPad Air and Apple TV,
and an 11inch MacBook Air 2.
Our school is participating in the Scripps
National Spelling Bee program. The grade four to eight students have begun
preparing for the classroom spelling bee to take place later in November. Our
school spelling bee is scheduled for December 7.
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| CLASS NEWS |
The junior kindergarten classes are learning
about Remembrance Day and what it means to them. They enjoyed making poppies in
class. They welcome Adam Thomas and Max Wall to their class this week.
Mme. Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class celebrated rainbow day on Wednesday to complete their colour theme days.
The students are preparing for the Remembrance Day assembly. They are very
excited to report that they learned to read this week!
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is
preparing for the Remembrance Day ceremony next week. The students are busy
working on the letter “t” and learning about seeds and plant life in science.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has
been working on comparing groups of numbers. They are working on an art project
for Remembrance Day and learning the French version of O’Canada.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class has
been learning and writing about Remembrance Day this week. They are comparing
sets of objects in math. They really enjoyed the Donna and Andy performance
yesterday. The star of the week is Jack.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is working on a
beautiful painting for Remembrance Day. In math they are doing estimations. In
language arts the students read the book “Gifts” and are busy making some
plasticine artwork.
Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion
class has been learning O’Canada in French. They have started a research unit
on Norman Bridwell, author of the Clifford books. They have been
comparing the early editions with the more recent ones.
Mme. Moss’s grade three, four and five French
Immersion class made homemade salsa with ingredients grown in our very own
greenhouse. It was delicious! The grade four and five students are attending
the Grenfell Art Exhibition this afternoon.
The grade four class is planning a field trip to a real mine in Port Aux
port as part of their science curriculum.
Ms. Horner’s grade three and four class had a
very busy week! The grade three students, along with the French Immersion grade
three class had a field trip on Monday to Margaret Bowater park with local
artist Jane Reagh. The students identified trees and did bark and leaf rubbing
artwork as part of an ArtSmarts grant. The class really enjoyed the Donna and
Andy show on Thursday in our school gym.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class have
been busy practicing their band piece of the Remembrance Day ceremony next
week. The students are also busy researching a variety of topics on remembrance
and writing essays about Remembrance Day. The grade six students are busy
working on missions for the First Lego League Robotics competition at the
Intermediate Skills Challenge at the end of the month. The students are looking
forward to their workshop at the Grenfell Art Gallery today.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two
class has been preparing for their skills challenge trip. They will be holding
a leaf raking fundraiser this Saturday. The students have begun writing their
Remembrance Day essays in language arts.
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