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By: Clare Coleman, Emily Payne, and Simon Boitsefski
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly new article Lion's Roar that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, October 30, 2015.
By: Clare Coleman, Emily Payne, and Simon Boitsefski
Mr. Jim
Cox, with winners in the
Foster Families Association Provincial Poster and Essay Contest (L-R): Katy Hancock, Charlotte Mercier, Madison
Noel and Arista White.
Jeanette Higgins and daughter, Grace Brake-Higgins checking out
some books outside the school Scholastic Book Fair this week.
Students in Mme. Moss and Mr. Ryley Nadon's science class
participated in an archaeological dig in the school yard. The students had to
unearth treasure using a grid map and archaeology techniques. (L-R): Colin
Spencer, Caleb Rashleigh, and (back) Jacob Bursey.
Last Saturday, our school hosted the first
Western Region Robotics Invitational Competition. We hosted six teams for a day
of workshops, teamwork activities and LEGO League Robotics. Mr. Clarence
Button, Regional Partner with First LEGO League Robotics Newfoundland and
Labrador was on site to promote First LEGO League and assist with the official
competition. Everyone had a fantastic day! We would like to thank our sponsors
Colemans; Nadon Jewelry; the Department of Business, Culture, Tourism and Rural
Development; McDonald’s; The Empire Atlantic; and First LEGO League. Our
robotics team #2 “Humber Hood” received an award for TeamWork and our team #1
“Raging Robos” received an award for Team Spirit”. The first place school was
Our lady of Mercy Elementary, the second place school was Jakeman All Grade,
and the third place school was William Gillett Academy. Congratulations to all
the Teams!
We would like to welcome Mrs. Thelma Coade as
a volunteer to the breakfast and Lunch program this week. We also welcome Ms.
Carol Bellows who is volunteering in the office.
The running club attended their last meet on
Monday afternoon at Templeton Academy. Congratulations to Mme. Moss, Mrs.
McCarthy and the team on a great season. The team will have a group picture and
team party next week.
Our students in grades three to six visited
the Arts and Culture Centre on Tuesday for the show “Tale of a T-shirt” about
how the cotton seed eventually becomes a t-shirt and its travel around the
world.
The Recycle My Cell Campaign continues this
week. We are collecting used and broken cell phones.
This week we are focusing on our water
conservation project, “Go With the Flow: Save Our H20”. The grade five and six
students hung a banner in the main lobby. We are encouraging students to bring
reusable water beverage containers to school as well as conserving water around
our homes. Our goal is to eliminate recyclable plastic water bottles in the
school. Classes made live broadcasts about activities they did this week about
water conservation.
We are collecting children’s winter clothing
for the Humber Rotary. Clothing donations are being accepted until October 30.
Congratulations to Adreia Coles who cut her
hair last week and donated it to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Congratulations to our runners who
represented our school at the Regional Cross Country Running Meet last week in
Kippens. Representing our school in grade four we had Cole Boyd-Martyn,
Isabelle Mercier, Natalie Parsons, Caleb Rashleigh, Trinity Rouse, and Reyd
Ward. In grade five we had Carly Johannesen, Aria Kazerouni and Clare Coleman.
Congratulations to our winners in the Foster
Families Association Provincial Poster and Essay Contest. In Kindergarten Katy
Hancock won first place. In the grade two and three category, Charlotte Mercier
won first place for her story. Madison Noel received second place in grade 8
for her essay on the importance of fostering, and Arista White placed second in
Level 2 for her essay about family diversity.
Congratulations to Rebecca Janes and Jenna
Cammie who participated in the Rebecca Pack Invitational Figure Skating
Competition last weekend in Gander. Both girls had good skates at the
competition. Jenna won a gold medal in the Star Skate 4 Category.
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| CLASS NEWS |
The junior kindergarten classes are enjoying
talking about Halloween and doing crafts. Today they are having a Halloween
party in their class. They would like to thank all the parents who brought in
treats today.
Mme. Foley’s Kindergarten French Immersion
class was so proud of Katy Hancock who placed first in the Foster Family
Association poster contest. This week in kindergarten they celebrated red and
pink day as well as purple day. They made spider hats and are looking forward
to their Halloween party today.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class has
been learning about bats in science. They participated in water conservation
week activities and are looking forward to their Halloween party today. The
class welcomes Megan Cochrane.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has
been working on a project about bats. They made haunted houses in art class
this week. They are very excited to report that they have two newts in their
class. The newts names are Miss Frizzle and Liz.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is
estimating quantities to 20 in math class. They are learning about how seasonal
change effects animals in science. The star of the week is Ivor.
Ms. Park’s grade two class made Frankenstein
monsters and are working on descriptive writing about him. They are learning
about clouds in science and what makes rain fall. They are so excited to be
dressed up for Halloween today!
Mme. O’Dell’s grade two French Immersion
class have been busy writing stories on Halloween and solving Halloween riddles.
The students are excited to be dressed up for Halloween today.
Mme. Moss’ grade three, four and five French
Immersion class are doing Halloween themed math activities and pumpkin process
writing in French. The students are looking forward to some spooky Halloween
spelling during their Halloween party today.
Ms. Horner’s grade three and four class have
been working on Halloween stories and reading them to Mrs. George’s grade one
class. In math, the class is working on numeration. They are excited to celebrate
Halloween today!
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had
a great time on Wednesday doing spelling activities with a special Halloween
spelling list. The grade five students had a lot of fun writing descriptive
Halloween sentences with the spelling list. The grade six students are reading
an interesting book full of information about ravens and raven lore. The
students enjoyed the show at the Arts and Culture Centre on Tuesday.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level two class
had a great time at the Western Region Robotics Invitational Tournament. Many
students acted as volunteers and judges. They were all wonderful ambassadors
for our school. The class is sponsoring a leaf raking fundraiser for their
upcoming trip to St. John’s. The leaf raking begins on November 7. Please call
the school if you would like your lawn raked.  |
| COMING UP... |
Operation Christmas Child begins next week.
The Junior High Class is raking leaves on
November 7. Please call the school to book your lawn.
School will be closed on November 11 in
observance of Remembrance Day.
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