Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

By: Jenna Cammie, Heather Cooper, Emily Payne

Over the weekend our school community came together to celebrate Christmas with our annual Tree Trimming event. The grade five and six class organized the afternoon event with games, colouring, music, signing, and decorating the school Christmas tree. New families to our school brought ornaments to add to the decorations already donated from past years. The winner of the 50/50 contest was Ms. Barb Anderson. Teresa Coleman won the candy guessing game. We would like to thank Ms. Yvette Coleman for accompanying on piano and leading the sing-a-long.  

On Tuesday evening our school hosted our annual Christmas concert. It was a very special night with class performances, choir performances, brass band performance, a string band performance, a Brazilian Christmas performance and, a cello soloist. It was quite a night! We would like to thank Ms. Cindy Kawja who directed the choir, Ms. Gina Kane who directed the band, CBRH for loaning our school additional chairs, our staff, and students on a wonderful concert. 

Earlier this week our students and staff got into the Christmas spirit with a red, green and white theme day for Christmas. 

Today our Firefighters’ Toy Drive Stockings for Seniors Drive officially end. Thank you to our students and families for your generous support.

School closes for kindergarten to level 3 students on Tuesday, December 20. School will close for Junior Kindergarten on Thursday, December 22. School re-opens for all students on January 3, 2017.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Ethan Hicks and Cameron Bishop who received team medals at a novice hockey tournament this past weekend.

Congratulations to Lydia Rashleigh who received awards in skating for balance, control, and agility. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes were very excited to take part in their first Christmas concert. They have finished making their Christmas cards and crafts this week.  They sang some Christmas songs this week and listened to “Silent Night”.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class had a lot of fun at the Christmas concert. They worked hard to learn their songs and poem. They enjoyed their Polar Express Day on Wednesday. The students wore their pyjamas to school, drank hot chocolate and used their Polar Express tickets to watch the movie. 

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is making beautiful “magic Santa keys” and writing more French words like “Joyeux Noël”, “cadeau” and “traineau”

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is doing more Christmas writing and finishing up their Christmas presents for their parents. They would like to wish our readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class enjoyed their French Immersion performance in the Christmas concert. The class worked really hard on their performance. They would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is happy and proud of their classmates and school on a great Christmas concert. They were excited to see the recording of the concert’s live stream the next day. The students are looking forward to Christmas break. 

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class did some fun Christmas activities in math and played a great game of French Christmas charades. 

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class visited Québec this week as part of their French Food Tour. The class enjoyed maple syrup pops prepared outside in the snow. The grade three and four students are almost ready to perform their play about the gingerbread man. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class has been busy this week with Christmas activities incorporated in math, French and language arts. They were very excited to take part in the annual Christmas concert on Tuesday evening. Great job, everyone!

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class made their own nativity scene in art and completed a Christmas booklet. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class enjoyed taking part in the Christmas concert on Tuesday night. The grade five students are making Christmas song madlibs this week. The grade six students are learning about Christmas traditions around the world in social studies.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class is working on Christmas art projects this week. The students are also busy preparing acts for the variety show next week. 

Coming Up

Our school is going ice skating on Monday. This event is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

We will have a school wide pancake breakfast on Tuesday and a variety show at 1:00 pm. 

Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

By:  Jacob Bursey, Clare Coleman,  Rebecca Janes, Rosemary Owolabi

Santa’s Claus visited our school on Wednesday to have photos taken with all the classes. The students were very excited to see him again this year. 

The Intermediate Skills Challenge group presented their projects and demonstrated the skills they learned over the past two months. We held an assembly in the gym to recognize their provincial accomplishments and see the demonstrations. 

On Thursday we celebrated the Immaculate Conception at All Hallows with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group. 

This week our classes and choirs have been busy preparing for the concert next week. Everyone is very excited. The teachers started decorating the gym on Sunday afternoon and this continued all week. Our concert is being held on Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm. 

Our school is participating in an allergy friendly food drive for Christmas. Classes were asked to bring in allergen specific food items throughout the week. The food drive officially ends today.

The student leadership council is continuing to collect for the Senior’s Stocking Drive and the Fire Fighters’ Toy Drive. Thank you to everyone for their generous donations. These drives will continue until December 16^th.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Jordan Park who participated in a team bowling provincial competition last weekend. His team won a silver medal. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are practicing for the Christmas concert. They really enjoyed Santa’s visit on Wednesday. 

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class enjoyed their visit with Santa on Wednesday. They were very excited to receive a letter from the North Pole this week. The students are continuing to work on numbers in math. 

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is discovering many beautiful words related to Christmas such as “Joyeux Noël”, “Père Noël” , “cadeau”, and “sapin”.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class has started some Christmas projects this week. They are practicing hard for the Christmas concert on Tuesday. They were very excited that Mrs. Deckert came to their class to read a special Christmas story about Jesus. 

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class and Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class worked together this week to write a Christmas story about a lost present. They drew illustrations to go with the story. The students were very excited to have Santa visit on Wednesday. All of the students were lucky enough to have their pictures taken with him!

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is excited to be getting ready for the Christmas season. They are singing, decorating and making lots of arts and crafts for their friends and family. 

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class is working on a play about gingerbread man. The grade five and six students are going on a trip around the world to see how some French countries celebrate Christmas. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class has designed Wanted Posters for three and four digit numbers in math. The students picked a number and represented it in various ways on their posters. They are excited to report that their garden is growing. 

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class used chalk and oil pastels to create the Northern Lights in art class. They investigated different kinds of rocks in science and watched a power point presentation on Samuel’s exploration of Boston in social studies. They got a new elf this week. His name is Chip Blizzard. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class enjoyed decorating their classroom and working on Christmas activities this week.  The students have begun data management units in math class. They are enjoying gym classes outside this week with all the fresh snow. 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class participated in a skills showcase on Wednesday to show the other students in the school what they did in St.  John’s.  The Canadian History 1201 students are continuing to work on their World War One simulation activity. The grade 9, 10 and 12 students participated in a Go Championship in class last week. Class champions were Cameron Peddle, Rebekah Calbert and Ryan Miller. 

Coming Up

Our annual Christmas concert is on Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the door. 

Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

By:  Keira Clarke, Jenna Cammie, Heather Cooper, Emily Payne, Isabelle Mercier

This week we kicked off an Allergy Aware Food Drive for the Christmas season. Each classroom is responsible for bringing in a food item that does not contain a particular allergen, such as egg, milk, peanut, mustard, etc.

Our students and classes are busily preparing for our annual Christmas concert. This year our concert is being hosted on Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 pm. 

The Student Leadership Council has begun their annual Stockings for Seniors and Firefighter’s Toy Drive collections for the Christmas season. Donation boxes are located in each classroom.

The junior kindergarten classes completed their Helping Hands Project on Wednesday. They would like to thank everyone for their generous donations! They collected 19 bags of new and used winter items for the people in need in our community. 

Our Intermediate Skills Challenge teams were very successful in St. John’s last weekend. Our Wind Turbine team of Madison Noel and Daniel Olvera received gold medals. Also, our junior hairstyling team of Cheyenne Bursey and Kori Noel received silver medals. Our IHMS Team #1 called “TechRiders” received the third place overall for their research project on the horse saddle. Members of the team included: Mohamed Al-Zubaidy, Jacob Bursey, Simon Boitsefski, Clare Coleman, Heather Cooper, Marcus Gallant, Carly Johannesen, Alessandra LeBlanc, Arabella LeBlanc and Emily Payne. The IHMS Team #2 called “Roaring Robos” received second place overall for Program and Design. Team members included: Ryan Bennett, Makenzy Bishop, Myles Calbert, Max Chrappa, Cole Dumaresque, James Murphy, and Jack Richardson. Congratulations to all the students who competed in the event. 

Congratulations to Keira Clarke who was chosen as an honorary mention in the Provincial National Forestry Week Poster Contest. 

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Rebecca Janes who participated in the Agnes Thistle Invitational Figure Skating Competition in Corner Brook this past weekend. Rebecca received a silver certificate for solo.

Congratulations to Jordan Dicks-Park who competed in the Provincial Singles Bowling Competition this past weekend in St. John’s. Jordan received third place in the province. 

Congratulations to our students who performed in the Advent Concert hosted by the Graham Academy on Sunday evening. Simon Boitsefski, Grace Brake-Higgins, Keira Clarke, Clare Coleman, Luke Coleman, Heather Cooper , Carly Johannesen, Candance Johannesen, Ella Rashleigh, Alister MacDonnel and Lily Smallwood  were part of the show. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about Christmas and the letter “a”. The students are enjoying their time outdoors in the fresh snow. 

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about how snow is made. They are learning about the life cycle of the chick in science and are working on the letter “j”. 

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning about the water cycle, snow and ice. They have also having fun discovering more French words related to Christmas. 

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about Advent in religion class. They were very excited to lead the First Advent celebration this week. They are writing friendly letters to Santa today. 

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class began a new math unit. They have been really busy writing fun addition stories. They are discussing the first Christmas and made manger scenes. With their friends in grade two, they have started to brainstorm ideas for a class Christmas story. 

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is excited to celebrate a couple birthdays coming up this month along with baby Jesus. They have been trying to make clouds in science class and have tried two different ways. They have one more way to test. 

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class is learning French vocabulary for the theme of Christmas. They also started learning about measurements in math. 

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class is writing letters to Santa in French. They are working hard with the French choir in preparation for the Christmas concert. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class is watching their plants grow in their Little Green Thumbs Garden. They have begun their research for their heritage posters. In math they are working on number sense up to 1,000.

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class learned about the explorers:  Cartier, De Champlain and Hearne. They also examined a rock collection and discussed the properties of each rock. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is working on Heritage Posters and writing about the meaning of home. The grade five students are learning about Nubia in social studies and the grade six students are creating rhyming poems about school in language arts class. 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class had an excellent time at the Intermediate Skills Challenge. They would like to thank their coaches, teacher chaperones and bus driver for all the work they did to help ensure they had a successful trip. This week the class is creating posters for the Heritage Month. The grade seven and eight students are rapping about grammar and the senior high students are learning about artificial intelligence and how to play the game “Go” in language arts. 

Coming Up

The family tree trimming social is December 10 from 3:00-4:30 pm.

Our annual Christmas concert is on Tuesday, December 13, at 7:00 pm.

December Calendar

Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

By:  Mohamed Al-Zubaidy, Simon Boitsefski, Arabella LeBlanc, Trinity Rouse

The grade one classes are happy to report that packed a record breaking 119 boxes for Operation Christmas Child. It was the highest number of boxes they ever completed. Thank you to our students and families for their generous donations. 

Congratulations to Simon Boitsefski, Clare Coleman, and Heather Cooper, grade six students who represented our school at the annual David Elliot Memorial Peace Week Speak Off on Tuesday evening.

Our grade six robotics team, TechRiders, visited Cache Rapids Stables in Rediville on Sunday to learn about the Western Saddle and how to properly fit a saddle. The class had a great time meeting the horses, staff, and even had the opportunity to ride a horse. Thank you to Cache Rapids Stables and Mme. Moss for hosting the students.

Mr. Bernie Bromley from Department of Wildlife visited the grade seven and eight robotics team, Raging Robos, this week to talk about their project about how to help moose and other large animals that accidentally wander into city limits. The students are preparing a project to present in St. John’s on how to help these animals. 

We would like to wish good luck to our students who are in St. John’s this weekend for the Intermediate Skills Challenge. The students are taking part in a number of events and competitions on Saturday hosted by Skills Canada. 

The junior kindergarten classes are continuing to collect for their project, Helping Hands. They are collecting warm winter clothing for all ages. They are looking for coats, mittens, gloves, and socks. They would like to thank everyone for their generous donations!

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Jordan Dicks Park who won the Singles Roll over and will participate at the Provincial Championship this weekend in St. John’s. 

Congratulations to Molly MacDonnell who won ribbons in CanSkate for agility and balance.  

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are learning different ways to paint. This week they painted with potatoes and q-tips. 

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about life cycles in science. In language arts they are working on the letter “b”. In math they are working with numbers 1-10. 

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is working with triangles and pyramids, discovering volumes. They are also learning more French sentences, like: “Il-Elle”, “est”, “sur la chaise”, “sous la table”, “malade” and more.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is celebrating Peace Week. They are learning about needs and wants in social studies. They are learning about more and less in math class. 

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class made collages for the five senses for the introduction of their new science unit, they made snowmen and discussed warm and cool colours. They are working on writing postcards as a part of their social studies program. 

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class was working hard on activities for peace week. They displayed pictures about “What Peace Looks Like” outside their classroom. 

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class learned how to use the English and French Dictionary to search, define and translate words. They also learned about masculine and feminine words. 

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class is engaging in a creative independent reading program as well as working on passé composéand imparfair verb tenses. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class is learning about mindfulness in health class. They are excited to share that they started their Little Green Thumbs garden this week. They are excited to watch their plants grow. 

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class was busy learning about the rock cycle and discussing the mysteries of Bermuda Triangle. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a very busy week. On Tuesday they had a class ice cream party. This was a prize for winning the school contest for the most batteries collected per student in the Eco Kids Battery Busters contest.  The grade six students are attending the Intermediate Skills Challenge in St. John’s. Their team “TechRiders”, is competing in the First Lego League Robotics event. 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class are in St. John’s today for the Intermediate Skills Challenge. The students are touring The Rooms and the Basilica today. Their competition will take place on Saturday at the College of the North Atlantic. 

Coming Up

The family tree trimming social is December 10 from 3:00-4:30 pm.

Our annual Christmas concert is on Tuesday, December 13, at 7:00 pm.

Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

By:  Arabella LeBlanc, Mohamed Al-Zubaidy, Simon Boitsefski, Trinity Rouse

Our school collected 450 pounds of batteries for the Eco Kids Battery Buster Contest. Congratulations to everyone on a great job. The class who collected the most batteries was Mrs. George’s grade one class who collected 33 kg! The class who collected the most batteries per student was Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class who collected 29 kg of batteries. Both classes have won a class ice cream party!

Operation Christmas Child officially ended on Thursday. We would like to thank everyone for their generous donations to this cause.

 Ms. Sanchita Chakraborty, a Diversity Training Officer with the Association for New Canadians, presented to the grade nine to Level Three students on the Syrian refugee crisis and the process for Private Refugee Sponsorship program on Thursday morning.  The class has been learning about Syria in language arts class and discussing the impact the conflict is having on the people in Syria. 

The afterschool Mauy Thai program for grade six to level three students resumed this week. It is taking place on Tuesday from 3:45-5:00 pm and Friday from 3:00-4:00 pm.

Today we are celebrating Mickey Mouse’s birthday with a Disney theme day! Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse!

The Student Council will be selling hoodies until Friday, December 2^nd.  The navy hoodie will include the school’s crest and student’s name for a cost of $55.00. Youth and adult samples are available at the main office. 

The junior kindergarten classes are continuing to collect for their project, Helping Hands. They are collecting warm winter clothing for all ages. They are looking for coats, mittens, gloves, and socks. They would like to thank everyone for their generous donations!

We would like to extend best wishes to Dr. Gary Graham during his time away from our school. This week we welcomed Ms. Cindy Kawaja who will be teaching music to our students during Dr. Graham’s absence. 

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Robert Morrissey who received a certificate in Tae Kwon Do for Awesome Round Kick this week. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are beginning songs for the Christmas concert and working on Christmas crafts. The classes would like to welcome Danielle Callahan, Megan Campbell and Rebecca Boyd, three ECE students, to their program. 

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class learned about needs and wants in social studies this week. They have transplanted the vegetables in the Little Green Thumbs Garden. They are excited to celebrate Mickey’s birthday today with a Disney Theme. 

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is exploring and comparing sizes (tall, medium and small). They also discovered where books come from. 

Mrs. George’s grade one English class was busy this week packing shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. They are grouping numbers and estimating in math. They are learning about their growing bodies in health class. 

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has been as busy as Santa’s Elves. They have been packaging up boxes for Operation Christmas Child which concluded this week on Thursday. They feel very special to be able to help others and give them a nice Christmas. This week they started a new science unit on their five senses.  

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is happy to finish their unit on water and are planning a science experiment. They are going to make their own clouds!

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class is started a new unit in science about how animals change as they grow. They really enjoyed singing “Enfant de Paix at the Remembrance Day assembly.

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class is working on a unit on Friendship. The grade five and six classes are finishing their grammar unit. The grade five students shared their Remembrance Day essays with their class this week. The grade six students are working on their project presentation for the Skills Challenge. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class has started to learn about inferences in language arts. The students have made their own investigator briefcases (CSI cases) to help them solve four different crime cases. They will use inference to help solve these cases and find the culprits. 

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class learnt about the importance of Remembrance Day. They read “In Flander’s Fields”, wrote an essay in language arts class and created posters in art. They also learned about the properties of minerals in science and more about John Cabot in social studies. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class completed their Remembrance Day essays and posters this week. The grade five students are studying multiplication in math and learning about Nubia in social studies. The grade six students are continuing their Paper Plane Olympics event and writing speeches for the YMCA Peace Week Speak-Off. 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class is preparing for the Intermediate Skills Challenge. The students leave next Thursday morning for their trip. They have also completed their art project and submitted their entries for the Eco Kids Battery Buster Contest. 

Coming Up

The family tree trimming social is December 10 from 3:00-4:30 pm.

Our annual Christmas concert is on Tuesday, December 13, at 7:00 pm.