Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

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

Immaculate Heart of Mary School was proud to host the Provincial Chess Tournament over the weekend. We had 15 competitors from our school take part in the provincial competition! This was the highest participation from a single school! We would like to thank all the parents, teachers and volunteers who helped to make this event so very successful! We would like to especially thank our team coaches Mrs. Katie Passmoo, Mrs. Cheryl Cull, and to Dr. José Lam for their commitment to the team and hosting the Provincial Tournament. 

We would like to congratulate our students who participated in the Provincial Chess Tournament. They include: kindergarten student Grayson Roberts; grade two students Uriah Cull, Liam Gaulton, Mark Janes and Jack Watton; grade three students James Lao and Alister MacDonnell; grade four students Noah Colbourne, Jacob Cull, Candance Johannsen, and Gabriel Rowsell; grade five student Kira McCarthy; grade six students Jacob Bursey and Max Pittman; and grade 8 student Max Chrappa. Congratulations to Grayson Roberts who received first place provincially in kindergarten; Alister MacDonnell who received third place provincially in grade three; Jacob Cull who tied for third place provincially in grade four; and Jacob Bursey and Max Pittman who tied for third place provincially in grade six. 

Gabriel Rowsell (left) and Jacob Cull (right) play chess next to one another during the Provincial Chess Tournament held at our school on Saturday.

Our provincial winners in the Provincial Chess Tournament; front (L-R): Alister MacDonnell, third place in grade three; Grayson Roberts, first place in kindergarten; back (L-R): Jacob Cull, third place tie in grade four; Jacob Bursey, third place tie in grade six; and Max Pittman, third place tie in grade six. 

On Thursday morning our school hosted a NET Ministries session with grades four to Level III. The students talked about their experiences, faith, and led the students in engaging activities and discussion. 

Tuesday was National Poetry Day. Since school was closed on Tuesday, we celebrated in our classrooms with special poetry activities on Wednesday. Lauren Greene from Mrs. George’s class read a poem in chapel called “Penguins Everywhere”. 

IHMS was a sea of blue on Wednesday for National Water Day. This is a day we celebrated to keep in mind the value of water and all life that depends on clean and safe water. 

March is Nutrition month. The public health nurse is visiting our school today at lunch making healthy smoothies for students. Yum!

We are also celebrating Earth Hour today in our classes. 

Apple-A-Day Tickets are on sale! Tickets are $20 each. The tickets include six days of prizes including: an apple TV; 16 GB iPod Touch and $25 iTunes Gift Card; Apple Watch 38 mm; 9.7 inch iPad Pro; Apple Watch and iPad Mini 2; and 13 inch MacBook Air. The draws will begin on April 6.

During our morning chapel we are now proud to announce we are singing “Happy Birthday” in six languages!

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Samuel Antoncich’s Atom C Hockey Team who won a silver medal at the Botwood Invitational this past weekend. Samuel was awarded the White Hat Award for the hardest worker for one of the games. 

Congratulations to Danyeal Jacob’s hockey team who received a medal at the David Lavallee Invitational in Stephenville over the weekend. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are talking about the season of spring and what it means. For national water day they talked about the importance of water in their daily lives and Earth Hour on Friday. They would like to welcome Early Childhood Education students, Julie Curtis and Heather Nichol to their classes. 

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about how water is used and how it is important to our daily lives. They are discussing spring and how animals come out of hibernation.  

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class have been enjoying the fresh air this week. The students also learned about the importance of water in our daily lives. 

Mrs. George’s grade one English class has started their Penguin unit this week! They celebrated World Poetry Day and particularly enjoyed the hilarious poems of Dennis Lee. On World Water Day, they learned about conserving water, keeping it clean and about the water cycle. They want to wish Faith a Happy Birthday!

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is working on skip counting by 2's and 5's. The children have been working on this skill in centers and in pairs using various manipulatives. They have been discussing marine habitats and the other creatures on our planet that are dependent on clean water sources. 

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is exploring strange fish that live in deep seas. They are also looking at the impact of global warming on these animals and why it is important to protect our oceans and the planet. 

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class has been studying solids and liquids in science. They did a liquid to solid experiment and made ice cream. It was a delicious science experiment. In French they have started learning new spring words.

Students in grade two French Immersion (L-R): Robert Morrissey, Noah Wall, Jamie White-Robertson, and Brooklynn Pittman experiment with solids and liquids by making home made ice cream.

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class enjoyed poetry and water celebrations on Tuesday. The students are beginning to work on their Heritage Fair ideas and beginning speech writing for the Elementary Speak Off. 

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class has just begun their science unit on invisible forces. They have been investigating various materials to see what types attract to magnets. They are having a lot of fun playing with the magnets. They have started their measurement unit in math and are developing an understanding of reading an analog clock. 

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class celebrated National Poetry Day by reading Roald Dahl’s poem “Crocodile”. They then created their own poems using rhyming couplets. The class also prepared oral reports on favourite explorers to present to their classmates. The class welcomes Ava Spearing, a new grade four student, to their classroom this week.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class has begun new novel studies in language arts. The grade six students are reading “Holes” and the grade five students are reading “Number the Stars”. To celebrate National Poetry Day they wrote their own versions of “I Cannot Go to School Today” by Shel Silverstein and “I Can’t Write a Poem” by Bruce Lansky.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class is preparing for the upcoming drama festival. The students are also gearing up for the Let’s Talk Science Challenge and Underwater Robotics. 

Coming Up

The Corner Brook Rotary Music Festival is taking place next week. All of our students from JK-Level III will be participating in their respective categories. The grade 5 -Level III students will participate in band.

Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

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

Last Friday we held our Term 1 Assembly to honour our student’s achievements in the first term. We would like to congratulate everyone on their awards. We also honoured Reyd Ward who placed second provincially in the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Junior Essay Contest. Reyd presented her Remembrance Day Essay during the assembly. 

Last weekend our Grade 6 Girls’ Basketball Team played in an invitational tournament at St. Gerard’s Elementary School. Congratulations to all players n a great performance at the tournament. We would like to congratulate the winners of the “She’s Got Game Awards”. These awards went to Carly Johannesen, Rosemary Owolabi, Trinitty Rouse and Clare Coleman. 

The IHMS Teachers would like to thank our students and families for the wonderful treats and notes of thanks that were sent in to the school for Teacher Appreciation Week. 

Our students and staff were treated to delicious French toast and berries for breakfast on Friday morning as part of the Kids Eat Smart Rooting for Health Program. Two chefs visited our school to cook for everyone. In addition, representatives from the Department of Agriculture and local famers presented about the agrifoods industry and healthy eating. MHA Mr. Scott Reid visited the school to help serve breakfast. It was a great day.

Makenzy Bishop (left) and Rebekah Calbert (right) enjoy the French toast breakfast at our school on Friday morning for the Kids Eat Smart Rooting for Health Program. Two chefs visited the school to prepare the meal. In addition, information booths were set up in the gym with members of the Department of Agriculture and local farmers displaying information about healthy eating. 

Tuesday, March 14 was Pi Day! Classes celebrated by practicing the digits of pi and pi activities. Next week we will host an official school Pi activity in the gym.

Members from Net Ministries students visited the school on Thursday to talk with student in junior and senior high. 

Today our classes are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! Our students are wearing green, learning about St. Patrick’s Day and Leprechauns! We hope to catch a Leprechaun in one of the many traps around the school!

Apple-A-Day Tickets are on sale! Tickets are $20 each. The tickets include six days of prizes including: an apple TV; 16 GB iPod Touch and $25 iTunes Gift Card; Apple Watch 38 mm; 9.7 inch iPad Pro; Apple Watch and iPad Mini 2; and 13 inch MacBook Air. The draws will begin on April 6.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to the Provincial Boys’ Choir, The Pelican Choir, who performed at St. John’s the Evangelist Church on Thursday evening. It was their first stop on a weekend tour. Simon Boitsefski and Luke Coleman performed with the choir.

Congratulations are also extended to the Provincial Boys’ Choir, The Puffins, who also performed for the first time. Liam Brinston, Liam Gaulton, Oscar George, Rudy George, Jesse Carey MacDonald, Landon Harvieux, Grayson Roberts, Nate Smallwood, Edward Kelly, Rohan Wadwah, Maddox Peddle, Mark Janes and Uriah Cull performed with the choir. 

Congratulations to Jenna Cammie and Ella Rashleigh who participated in a Provincial Synchronized Figure Skating Competition this past weekend in Gander. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about St. Patrick’s Day and looking forward to setting up a trap to catch the Leprechaun!

Junior kindergarten students, Rudy George and Ross Gunson, enjoy some painting time in their classroom.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class had fun building a Leprechaun trap and completing St. Patrick’s Day activities. They are continuing with subtraction in math.

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is discovering the different habitats animals have and where the animals go during the winter. They are also very busy with sizes and weight in math. 

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is doing lots of leprechaun writing, math and art activities this week. They are making leprechaun traps and hope to catch one today. Top of the morning to all our readers!

Members of the Afterschool Sewing Program proudly display their completed projects. (L-R): Teresa Coleman, Yael Piercey and Jamie Rumbolt

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class was so glad to complete and display their murals. They began a new math unit by doing centers about counting and grouping numbers up to 100. The best part of the week was the St. Patrick’s Day activities. They really found learning about his life fascinating. 

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is preparing a class play for St. Patrick’s Day. The class created a St. Patrick’s Day wall art quilt to hang in the hallway.

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class learned a lot about local farmers and produce on Friday during the Kids Eat Smart Rooting for Health Day. Today they are doing St. Patrick’s themed math and French centers. 

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class really enjoyed sharing pie and ice cream with Mrs. McCarthy’s class on Pi Day. The two classes got together to recite Pi and enjoy pie! Candance Johannesen was the class winner! She recited 87 digits of Pi! Isabelle Mercier came in second place with a recitation of 57 digits! The grade four students are doing descriptive writing about their lost leprechaun. The grade five and six students are working on a Bloom ball for their novel study.

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class has been in planning and construction mode. They are determined to catch the Leprechaun this year. There are some very interesting and intricate traps made in their class. They hope to catch him. 

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class celebrated Pie Art for Pi Day. They did their PowerPoint presentations on explorers in social studies. They started their novel study of the BFG by Roald Dahl. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class celebrated Pi Day with a recitation and a treat of pie and ice cream with Mme. Moss’ class. Reyd Ward came in third place by reciting 55 digits of Pi. The class is making a banner for the Provincial Chess Tournament in art class this week.

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class are excited about the upcoming drama festival. The grade seven and eight students have begun to study for the Let’s Talk Science Challenge. The grade nine to Level 3 students are beginning to prepare for Underwater Robotics. They are also finishing up their Shakespeare unit in language arts. 

Coming Up

Our school is very excited to be hosting the Provincial Chess Tournament this Saturday in our school gym.  This event will be streamed live on the internet. 

Grade 5/6 News Article

Lion’s Roar

By:  Marcus Gallant, Carly Johannesen, Kira McCarthy, Reyd Ward

On Tuesday our school enjoyed a pancake breakfast to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. To start our Lenten season we attended Mass at All Hallows on Wednesday morning for Ash Wednesday. We encourage everyone to think about giving up something in sacrifice during Lent.

Apple-A-Day Tickets are officially on sale! Tickets are $20 each. The tickets include six days of prizes including: an apple TV; 16 GB iPod Touch and $25 iTunes Gift Card; Apple Watch 38 mm; 9.7 inch iPad Pro; Apple Watch and iPad Mini 2; and 13 inch MacBook Air. The draws will begin on April 6.

We would like to thank our volunteers and families for another successful Scholastic Book Fair. Our school sold over $3,000 in books! Congratulations to Cheyenne Bursey’s family who won the family door prize, Ella Rashleigh who won the candy guessing game, and Heather Cooper who won the number pages guessing game. 

Our Level 1 Girls’ Basketball Team traveled to St. John’s last weekend for a tournament. The team lost the tournament in the crossovers, however they played an excellent tournament with a short bench. 

Congratulations to Reyd Ward whose Remembrance Day essay received second place provincially!

Congratulations to Charlotte and Isabelle Mercier who represented our school at the Telegram Scripps Spelling Bee last weekend. Both girls performed very well.

We would like to say goodbye and extend best wishes to Ms. Shannon Butt who is completing her replacement position in our Junior Kindergarten Program today. On Monday, we welcome back Mrs. Brittany Fudge (Randell) from maternity leave. 

We would like to wish Sylvia Phillips, a volunteer with our sewing program, a happy birthday today!

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Jordan Park whose bowling team won gold medals in a provincial competition over the weekend. Jordan’s team will travel to Ottawa for the National competition. 

Congratulations to Jenna Cammie who placed second provincially last weekend in Clarenville at a figure skating competition. 

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about Arctic animals and how penguin’s feathers keep them from getting wet. Today is Ms. Butt’s last day with the class. They would like to wish her good luck in the future. Mrs. Brittany Fudge (Randell) will return from maternity leave on Monday.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class enjoyed learning songs and traditions of the Qalipu First Nations this week. They are learning about the snowy owl in science and have started subtraction in math.

Mme. Baugé’s Kindergarten French Immersion class enjoyed reading more French books this week. They also spent some time learning about Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about Lent in religion class. They are learning about numbers to 100 in math. They would like to wish Jacob, Logan and Madeline a Happy Birthday this week!

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is learning about Le Carnaval Du Québec and how maple syrup is made. They are learning about capacity and mass. It has been fun to compare objects in the classroom. 

Ms. Kane’s grade two English class is learning about Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter. Each class member is going to give up something they love leading up to Easter Sunday. They are excited for spring as well!

Mme. Howlett’s grade two French Immersion class has been writing addition and subtraction problems. The students are enjoying learning about maple syrup and the Quebec Carnival. 

Mme. Moss’ grade three, four, five and six French Immersion class is working on their French reading and writing. The grade three and four stuents are learning to recognize and write metaphors in poetry, while the grade five and six students are doing an independent novel study that will be presented through a bloomball project. All grades are wrapping up their division units in math.

Mrs. Bishop’s grade three class is creating landforms and bodies of water shoeboxes. This is a cross-curricular art and social studies activity.

Mrs. Passmoor’s grade four class is learning about light. They learned about how our eyes see objects and studied the structure of the eye. They are also learning about Robert Falcon Scott, the British Explorer who explored Antarctica. 

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is working on their Create a Logo Business ideas this week. The grade five students are learning about cause and effect relationships. The grade six students are researching individual countries in social studies. 

Mr. Drew Nadon’s junior high to level three class is participating in the National Geosceinces and Engineering Month Bridge Building Competition at the Corner Brook Plaza tomorrow at 10:00 am. 

Coming Up

Kindergarten to grade 6 report cards will go home on March 14^th. Parent teacher interviews will take place on Wednesday, March 15 from 7-8:30 pm.