By: Lily Smallwood, CarlyRae Mouland, Carter Bromley, Jacob Cull, and Erica Kennedy
This week we celebrated Shrove Tuesday with a schoolwide pancake breakfast. We would like to thank Mrs. King, Mrs. George, Ms. Cornick, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Marie Ryan, and Mrs. Hinks for preparing the pancakes for everyone. It was a delicious treat!
On Wednesday, we celebrated a special mass for Ash Wednesday. This marks the official beginning of the season of Lent. During this season we spend some extra time focusing on the Stations of the Cross lead by Luke Coleman and Lily Smallwood.
The grade 6 boys’ and girls’ basketball teams participated in the RNC Basketball Tournament this week. Player of the Game Awards were given to Brooke Watton, Leah Lainey, Israela Ngania, Alyssa Power, Molly George, Gabe Rowsell, Carter Bromley, Noah Colbourne, Danyael Jacobs, Jacob Butt, and Jack Watton. Congratulations to the girls who lost in overtime by one basket. The boys won the semi-finals in overtime by one point to win a silver medal.
National Science and Engineering Month Bridge Building Competition is this weekend at the Corner Brook Plaza.
Congratulations to Mark Janes, Leah Lainey, and Carter Bromley who were winners in the annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition held in our school on Sunday evening.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Fabian Ryan who won a bronze medal at his novice Hockey Tournament in Gander.
Congratulations to Thomas Moerschell who participated in the Lions Club Speak Out this week. Thomas received third place for his speech about how music has influenced his life.
Congratulations to Mark Janes, Leah Lainey, and Carter Bromley who were winners in the Knights of Columbus’ annual Free Throw Competition held in our school gym.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are learning about Lent. They have begun working on crafts of St. Patrick’s Day.
Ms. Cornick’s Kindergarten class is learning all about their neighbourhood. They are talking about similarities and differences in science. Their sight word list is getting longer all the time. They have added the words “to” and “go”.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is learning about Lent in religion class and thinking of special things they can do to celebrate the season. They are counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s in math class. They are really excited to start their penguin research unit!
Mme. Ryan’s grade two and three French Immersion class are working on procedural learning. Their topic for this piece is how to build a snowman. Given the weather lately, this seemed an appropriate topic! They are also having a lot of fun as they begin their science unit on invisible forces.
Ms. Bursey’s grade two English class is learning about jobs people have in their social studies class. In science, they are learning about movement.
Mme. King’s grade four, five and six French Immersion class is planning activities for International Francophone Day that will take place this month. All classes will have a math quiz Monday. They would like to wish Candace, Israela, and Charlotte the best of luck at the RNC Grade 6 Girls’ Basketball Tournament.
Ms. Williams’ grade three class has started a research assignment on their novel Pippi Longstocking. In math, they learned how to read calendars and measure time.
Mrs. Hink’s grade four class has completed the writing of their Porquoi tales and drawn pictures to go with the words. They are excited about presenting it to Mrs. George’s grade one class. They have begun learning about rocks in science.
Mr. Ryley’s grade five class is presenting their medieval kingdoms in social studies this week. They are starting their problem stage in STEM.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade six class is continuing their novel study on Bridge to Terabithia. They had playing tests this week in band class.
Mr. Drew Nadon’s grade seven and eight class is participating in the Geosciences and Engineering Month Bridge Building Competition this Saturday at the Corner Brook Plaza. The students have worked very hard on designing and building their bridges.
Mr. Hancock’s grade nine to level three class is completing their bridges this week for the competition. Math 3201 students are learning about exponential functions. Science 1206 students are completing distance / speed vs time graphs.
Coming Up
Salad Bar grand opening is on March 19.
Our school will host the Provincial Chess Tournament on March 16.
Congratulations to Mark Janes (grade 4 boys) , Leah Lainey (grade 6 girls), and Carter Bromley (grade six boys) who were winners in the Knights of Columbus’ annual Free Throw Competition held in our school gym.
Thomas Moerschell participated in the Lions Club Speak Out this week. Thomas received third place for his speech about how music has influenced his life.
