Grade 5/6 News Article - Lion’s Roar

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

On Monday our school hosted our first ever Chess Theme Day. To celebrate students dressed in black and white and created chess themed costumes. There was face painting at lunch time and chess activities in class. The winners in the costume contest were: Junior kindergarten: Cohen Hartley, Nate Smallwood, Lexi Wight and Zoe McCarthy; Kindergarten: Molly MacDonnell and Carrie Hoskins; grade one: Ethan Lahey and Joel Lyver; grade two: Logan McCarthy and Rotém Phillips- Grobbelaar; grade three: Lily Smallwood; grade four Noah Evans and Jacob Blackwood; grade five and six: Rebecca Janes; junior and senior high: Makenzy Bishop and Anna MacKenzie. The overall school winners were Carrie Hoskins, Joel Lyver, Jacob Blackwood and Makenzy Bishop. 

Grade one French Immersion student, Joel Lyver, displays his costume prize trophy for the school chess theme day this week.

Ashley Buckle, a student recruitment officer from Memorial University, visited our school to give a presentation to senior high students about attending Memorial University, Grenfell Campus, and the Marine Institute. 

Tuesday was another exciting day. To celebrate Valentine’s Day we had smoothies in the breakfast program, Valentine’s Day class parties, flowers and singing telegrams!

The grade four students completed their cross country skiing program this week at Blow Me Down Ski Park. They really enjoyed their skiing lessons and would like to thank their instructors and staff of Blow Me Down!

Charlotte Mercier (left) and Brooke Watton (right) enjoy their last cross country skiing lesson at Blow Me Down Trails on Tuesday afternoon.

Our school is participating in the Canada Day Activity Challenge as part of the Canada 150 celebrations. 

This week we welcome Brittany Burden, a student from the College of the North Atlantic, to our school. Brittany is doing her work placement in our Junior Kindergarten Program.

Our Grade Six Girls’ Basketball Team is playing in the Western Region Provincial Competition this weekend at C.C. Loughlin. We wish the team the best of luck!

Stars of the Week

Congratulations are extended to Rebecca Janes, Rotém Phillips-Grobbelaar, Leah Lainey and Ella Rashleigh who participated in the provincial Star Skate Figure Skating Competition this past weekend. Ella won gold, Leah, Rotém and Rebecca won silver.

Congratulations to Kate Murphy who had a great showing at the Marble Cup this past weekend. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes celebrated Valentine’s Day with a party and treats. They are learning about Arctic animals and hibernation. 

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is beginning addition in math. They enjoyed the chess theme day and Valentine’s Day this week. They are working on the letter “L” in language arts. 

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is very excited to be learning about simple addition. The children also discovered some words and sentences related to Valentine’s Day: Armour- Saint Valentine – Je t’aime. 

Mrs. George’s grade one English class had fun celebrating Valentine’s Day! They started an art project with Ms. Jane Reagh, a local artist, called “I Am Awesome”. The class is loving the project. 

Students in Mrs. George's grade one class English dressed up for the 100th day as 100 year olds! Students Ethan Lahey and Jamie Rumbolt display their collections. 

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class really enjoyed their Valentine’s Day activities this week. They made Canadian Flags in art class in honour of National Flag Day on Wednesday. They also planted tomato seeds in their classroom garden. They are looking forward to starting their ArtSmarts project today. 

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class really enjoyed their project with Ms. Jane Reagh on Wednesday afternoon. The class is also finishing their unit on the Chinese New Year this week with a class parade and releasing paper lanterns with their wishes for the New Year into the sky.

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class really enjoyed taking part in chess day on Monday. The class learned all about the chess moves and played a game of chess in class. On Valentine’s Day they did themed centres and French Valentine Mad Libs. 

French Immersion students Rotém Phillips-Grobbellar, Joel Lyver, Willow Boland and Allie Lovell show off their Valentines Day outfits.

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class lead the school singing our national anthem in French and English in chapel on Wednesday morning as part of National Flag Day celebrations. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class is reading “Pippi Longstocking” in language arts. Pippi loves to wear socks and do silly things. As part of their novel study they decorated their own longstockings with things that make them happy. Afterwards they hung their socks in the classroom. 

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class celebrated their 100th day at school on Friday by writing about what life will be like in 100 years. They conducted an experiment in science with light to create rainbows using coloured light bulbs. They enjoyed the Chess Spirit Day immensely and had their faces painted by their very own artist, Jacob Cull. The award for the best dressed chess costume was won by Jacob Blackwood who created a chess board out of weaving black and white cardboard. They created handprint trees with hearts as leaves for Valentine's Day and made their own Valentine's mailboxes. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a fun filled week! The students enjoyed our two theme days. For Valentine ’s Day they made luminaries out of recycled glass jars and scraps of tissue paper. The grade five students have completed their novel study on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  The grade six students are learning about text features and enjoyed a text feature scavenger hunt on Thursday. 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class is completing a sporting competition in gym class. They are competing in a variety of different sport challenges. The group is looking forward to the bridge building competition on March 4.  

Coming Up

The regional chess tournament is being held this Sunday at St. Gerard’s School. 

School is closed on Monday for Corner Brook Winter Carnival!

Saturday, February 25^th is the annual Scripps Spelling Bee hosted by the Telegram in St. John’s, NL. 

Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

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

 Today we are celebrating the 100^th day of school with a theme day and lots of 100 day activities in our classroom.

The Student Leadership Council is pre-selling carnations for Valentine’s Day next week. Carnations are $3 each. Also, the Student Leadership Council will be delivering Singing Telegrams for $5 on Valentine’s Day!

Our classes are registered today to take part in sessions on Exploring Women in Science. 

Our Grade 4 Boys’ Basketball Team participated in the West Coast Provincial 3 on 3 Tournament this past weekend. The goal of the tournament was to have fun and introduce the team to basketball. 

The student leadership council is selling pre-order on school sweatshirts. Students can place their order and try on the sample sizes in the office. The order will go in on Friday, February 17^th.  The cost of the sweaters are $55.00.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Carter Bromley’s Atom A team who won gold at a tournament in Corner Brook last weekend.

Congratulations to Noah Colbourne’s Atom B team who won silver at a tournament in Corner Brook last weekend. 

Congratulations to Samuel Antoncich and Noah Evan’s Atom C team who won gold at a tournament in Corner Brook last weekend. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about the number 100.  They are learning about what makes 100 as well as comparing 100 items to other items to see how much more or less they are.  Today they are celebrating the 100th Day of school and working on the letter Ff.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is compiling a book about energy savings for the K.I.C contest this week and learning about polar bears in the Arctic.

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is practicing French sentences to introduce themselves, such as: "Je m'appelle...", "J'ai cinq / six ans", "J'ai cinq ans et demi". As a follow-up to the field trip at the hospital, they made a picture of their hand with Q-Tips. They were working on learning about the bones in their hand.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is very excited to celebrate the 100^th day of school. All of their learning in language arts, math, science, and art will be about the 100 day theme. The best part of the day is dressing as 100 year olds. 

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is very excited to celebrate the 100th day of school today. They used their collections of items to sort and make groups to count to 100. They made 100 masks and other 100 day centers. Happy 100^th day!

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class heard back from Corner Brook City Hall about their proposal to ban plastic bags in the city. The meeting scheduled for Monday was re-scheduled because of bad weather. The class’s proposal will be discussed at the next meeting in March.

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class is doing an experiment in science about light and colour. They learned how the light spectrum contains different colors and you can separate the colours in the spectrum by blocking them with a shadow.

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class has been busy this week completing their math unit and preparing for the 100^th day of school. The grade three and four students are learning some new poetry terminology and the the grade five and six students are diving into a new French grammar unit. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class is excited to celebrate the 100^th day of school today. The class is continuing to nurture their classroom garden. The students are learning about the parts of a plant and how plants grow in science. They made a special bulletin board outside of their classroom to show everyone about plants!

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class has started learning about light energy in science class and conducted an experiment using a flashlight bulb, a battery and some insulated copper wire. It really, “lights up your life!” In social studies they are studying about the Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, who explored the North and South Poles. Roald Dahl, the author, was named after him! In math, we are learning more about multiplication and division. In language arts, they are learning about the use of quotation marks and apostrophes. They are thoroughly enjoying their cross country skiing lessons and are looking forward to their fourth, but sadly, final lesson!

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class are all finished the Great Pencil Challenge! Many of the grade five students kept their pencils for the entire week. The grade six students ALL kept their pencils and will be treated to a class prize next week. The grade five students are finishing their novel study on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The grade six students are learning about features of text in language arts. They are preparing for a Text Features Scavenger Hunt!

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class has started building their popsicle stick bridges for the National Geosciences and Engineering Month Bridge Competition. Drama rehearsals started this week for “Complaint Department and Lemonade”.

Coming Up

Winter Carnival button money and stubs are due back to the office on Wednesday, February 15^th. 

Our school is hosting the Winter Carnival Spelling Bee on Thursday, February 23, at 7:00 pm in our school gymnasium.