Lion's Roar - Friday March 4, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, March 4, 2011.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes and Bethany Whelan.

Grade 5 basketball team with their banner. Front (L-R): Ms. Lindsay Dutton, Alex Williams, Olivia Park, Maria Reynolds, Brooklynn Companion, Caylie Blake, Katerina Hamann and Mr. Greg Taaffe. Back (L-R): Vanessa Ford, Hannah Sparkes, Nicola du Toit, Sarah Campbell, Kiya Morrissey, and MacKenzie Brothers.

Family Fun day this past Saturday was a big success. Thank you to Ms. Susan Haffey, all the parents, teachers and families for making it a great day. Also, thank you to the many businesses who contributed and donated for this day. We made $2,300 for our school playground project. Everyone had lots of fun playing games, throwing pies, having their faces painted and watching JoDo the clown. Mrs. Sharon Clark won the 50/50 draw and Mr. Chris Brothers won the basket.

The grade 6 girls also played in a basketball tournament at J.J. Curling. The girls played really well. Thank you to Ms. Dutton, Mr. Whelan and Mr. Taaffe for coaching the girls.



Last week we built an outdoor slide and castle walls for our Winter Carnival sculpture. We found out on Sunday that we won for the Elementary school category. Congratulations everyone!

We had a school term 1 awards assembly and banner raising on Monday. The grade 5 basketball team had their official photo taken with the new banner. We got to see the school video made by the students called “Recycle-It’s the Thing to Do”. Many people received certificates for spelling, perfect attendance, and honours and distinction awards for junior high.

Tuesday was World Math Day. Everyone had a great time doing math activities.

On Wednesday we celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Students and teachers dressed up as characters from Dr. Seuss books and classes did Dr. Seuss activities. It was a lot of fun!

Today Constable Tanya Campbell is doing a session with the junior high class on Cyber Bullying and the grade 8 and 9 students are dong a session on STRIVE.

We welcome nursing students who are working in our Junior Kindergarten program. They are: Alison Wight, Samantha Meaney, Alison Boone, Patti Mitchell, Shauna Chaffey, Aleta Chipp, Travis Sheppard, Tanya Bellows, Justine Snook, April Kelly, Rebecca Nippard, and Jeanette Park.

Thursday was World Spelling Day.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to William Goodridge who won the grade 6 category at the Winter Carnival Spelling Bee last week.

Congratulations to Abigail Companion, Nicole Keeping, and Jenna Yetman who received Player of the Game awards last weekend at the basketball tournament.

Congratulations to Sydnee Hynes and Kaden Rodrigues who competed in a cross-country skiing race in Gander last weekend.

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are doing Dr. Seuss activities in circle time. They are started St. Patrick’s day crafts. They are learning about nutrition.

The kindergarten French Immersion class is learning French vocabulary for the meat food group and are printing the letter “q”.

The kindergarten English class is working on the letter “g” sounds and is learning vowel sounds.

The grade one class is talking about friendship and celebrating belonging to God’s family in religion. They are also working on art sculptures.

The grade two class is measuring themselves in math. They are creating winter trees in art.

The grade three and four class made commercials in language arts. They had a movie screening on Wednesday morning. In art they made 3-D letters and made stories about explorers and then explored the school. They are raising money for a world vision charity program.

The grade five and six class is making a word wall made out of recycled material in the shape of cars and trucks. They are hard at work on their novel study. They enjoyed Mr. Taaffe’s Dr. Seuss style book about their math class called, “Use Your Noodle”.

The junior high class is going to the Bridge Building Competition this weekend. They have some pretty neat bridge designs. The grade 8 and 9’s are working on a business essay.

Coming Up

March 6-11 is Education Week. The theme is: I think. I can.

March 11-18 is Milk Spirit Week. There will be lots of moo-rific activities.

Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and Grade 1.

Lion's Roar - Friday, February 25, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, February 25, 2011.

By: William Goodridge, Katerina Hamann, Nicole Keeping and Aaron Hancock

Bridgett Sparkes (grade 3) and Ms. Park slide down a small hill. Sliding was one of many outdoor activities the students and staff took part in for Winter Carnival Day last week.

The grade 5 basketball team won our school’s first ever tournament. They are the Western Region Provincial winners! On Monday we will officially raise our new banner. Way to go, girls!

This week was IHMS Spirit Week. On Tuesday it was blue day and on Wednesday we had a sock hop at lunch. Today we have casual day in support of Cancer research.

Last weekend’s NLBA basketball tournament was a huge success! Thank you to Ms. Dutton, Mr. Taaffe, all the parents, teachers, officals and students for a great weekend.

This week there was a Pascal Math Competition for grades 6 and 9. We hope you all did well!

On Tuesday evening Maria Reynolds participated in the Winter Carnival Are You Smarter Than a Corner Brook 5th Grader? She did an awesome job! The questions were very hard.

On Thursday evening our school hosted the Winter Carnival Spelling Bee. Thank you to Ms. Park for organizing it. Mrs. McCarthy read out the words. Thank you to Mr. Peter Antle and Mr. Brian McHugh for judging. Our school was represented by: Hailey Colbourne, Alex Williams, Maria Reynolds, Hannah Sparkes, Aaron Hancock and William Goodridge.

David Hynes from Mount Mariah was the winner of the Ipad draw. Enjoy!

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Nicola du Toit, Vanessa Ford, Hannah Sparkes, Maria Reynolds and Alex Williams who won Player of The Game awards at the basketball tournament last weekend. Maria Reynolds won Most Valuable Player for the tournament.

Congratulations to Carly McGrath and McKenzie Neilson from Sacred Heart who won the Fun Ball Competition. Alex Williams and Nicola du Toit were runners up.

Congratulations to Caylie Blake on winning a lip sync competition this week.

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are doing winter activities and science exploration. Their teachers are doing first aid training this weekend.

The kindergarten French Immersion class is making snowman crafts and are learning addition.

The kindergarten English class is celebrating spirit day. They are busy getting ready for family fun day. They welcome Miss Brittany Jesso to their class. Miss Jesso is doing observation work for her human dynamics class. She is a graduate of IHMS.

The grade one class is learning how to skip count. They really enjoyed the sock hop on Wednesday.

The grade two class is starting a new chapter in math. They are doing a book study on the mitten. They are working on the letter “r” in handwriting.

The grade three and four class had their final day of cross country skiing on Tuesday. They are learning about fractions. In language arts they are planning their own commercials. They made a donation of $100 to World Vision.

The grade five and six class has started a novel study on Bridge to Terrabithia. They are starting a new unit in science about motion.

The junior high class had a lot of fun planning winter carnival day last week. They are working on their school video in the media centre and building popsicle stick bridges for a competition in two weeks.

Coming Up

IHMS Winter Carnival Fun Day is tomorrow! JoDo the clown will be performing from 12:30-3:30. There will be lots of games, food, prizes and activities and for kids.

We are accepting registration for September 2011 for JK-Level 1 including French Immersion in K and grade 1. For more information call Mrs. Kennedy in the office.

Grade 5 Girls Win Western Provincial Basketball Tournament

Immaculate Heart of Mary School’s

Grade 5 Girls Basketball Team

2011 West Coast Champions

Front: Caylie Blake, Nicola du Toit, Olivia Park, Sarah Campbell

Standing: Alex Williams, Maria Reynolds, Hannah Sparkes, Mackenzie Brothers, Vanessa Ford, Kiya Morrissey, Katerina Hamann

Lion's Roar - Friday, February 18, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, February 18, 2011.

By: Nathan Anderson, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, and Jenna Yetman

Grade 2 class with their 100th day of school t-shirts they made themselves. (L-R): Alaura Alexander, Jack Ryan, William Bennett, Ms. Park, Liam Dawe, Sam Antle, Rogan Seaward, Chloe Colbourne, Madison Copp, Tamara Campbell, and Chenoah Park.

On Monday it was Valentine’s Day and the 100th day of school. We had a lot of fun sending valentines and counting to 100.

On Wednesday Miss Dutton attended a workshop for social studies teachers and on Thursday Mrs. McHugh attended a workshop for Art teachers.

We encourage everyone to try Tricky Taaffe’s math question of the week. They are pretty hard. We are still not sure what a “winkle” or a “wonkle” is!

It was National Sweater Day on Thursday. Everyone wore lots of bright coloured sweaters. We turned down the heat to help fight against global warming.

Our school is hosting the Western Provincial Grade 5 Girls’ Basketball Tournament. The tournament begins today in our school with a game at 3 and another one at 4:30. Sacred Heart, St. Gerard’s, Immaculate Heart and Stephenville Primary are all competing. Go girls! Our junior high class was busy all week making banners for the teams and today we had a pep rally. Good luck to all.

Some exciting news is that our school choir will be singing tonight at the Winter Carnival opening ceremonies at city hall.

This week was Teacher Appreciation Week. On Tuesday we had a snow day. We hope all the teachers appreciated the day off! As well many parents cooked lunches for the staff and covered recess and lunch duty to give the teachers a break.

Stars of the Week

Patrick Davis will be representing out school on the Youth Advisory Council for the City of Corner Brook.

Abigail Companion won Most Valuable Player in last weekend’s RNC basketball tournament at St. Gerard’s. The girls all played extremely well. Congratulations!

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are doing winter activities and having a first aid presentation.

The kindergarten French Immersion class is learning about foods in the milk group in French.

The kindergarten English class was excited to celebrate the 100th day of school and Valentine’s Day on Monday. They are working on subtraction in math and cooperation in social studies.

The grade one class had a fun time celebrating the 100th day of school and Valentine’s Day. This week they are writing winter stories.

The grade two class is starting the letter “k” in handwriting. They are learning about solids in science and making their own story problems in math.

The grade three and four class had a bake sale for World Vision and raised $150. They are excited for the school spelling bee next week.

The grade five and six class had a wonderful Valentine cake Mrs. McCarthy made for them. They had a great time on IHMS winter carnival fun day.

The junior high class has begun building their bridges out of popsicle sticks. They had an engineer guest speaker named Mr. Carl King come in and talk to them about bridge design. They also organized the IHMS winter carnival fun day. Way to go!

Coming Up

Monday is a Professional Development Day for teachers. All students have no school.

Tuesday is Winter Carnival’s Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Maria Reynolds will represent our school at this event.

On Thursday the Annual Winter Carnival Spelling Bee will be held at our school beginning at 7 pm.

Next week is IHMS Spirit Week there will be many fun activities all week long.

IHMS Winter Carnival Fun Day is next Saturday!

Lion's Roar - Friday, February 11, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, February 11, 2011.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, and Bethany Whelan

Adam Lambswood reading the Western Star while waiting for breakfast at the morning breakfast program.

Last week we raised $100 for the Bay of Island’s SPCA from our casual day money. Great everyone!

On Monday Carla du Toit and Sarah Keeping were interviewed by CBC about the school cell phone campaign. They were awesome! We received our cheque for winning the campaign and a Samsung Reclaim phone with a free one year plan.

The girl’s basketball team grades 4 and 5 played against Sacred Heart in our gymnasium on Wednesday. Everyone played great. Thank you to Mr. George for refereeing the game.

Our gym floor is being repaired this week and smoothed out. Also, a new tabletop scoreboard has been donated to the school. We will get to use it for our upcoming basketball tournament on February 18th.

We had a test run of our IHMS channel on Wednesday. We will soon have our own channel sent directly into each classroom in the school. Thank you to Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Reynolds and Mr.Garry Parsons from CBC for helping test out the channel.

The junior high report cards went home on Wednesday. We hope you did great!

Today the grade 3 and 4 class is having a Valentine’s Day cookie sale. Yum! Also, the Student Leadership Council has been selling pre-orders for valentine hearts to be given out on Monday.

Mr. Taaffe has started a math problem of the week. Watch the IHMS channel for the problem or get a copy at the office. Students are encouraged to try and answer the question each week.

This weekend the girl’s basketball team is participating in the RNC basketball tournament at St. Gerard’s. Hope to see you all there.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Alex Williams and Olivia Park who participated in a basketball camp at Corner Brook Regional High last weekend. Alex won the Free Throw Championship for grades 4,5, and 6 and a prize of $10.

Congratulations to Keely Brothers who won a silver medal in the Frosty Flip Gymnastics Competition in St. John’s. She placed 4th on the floor, 5th on beam and 5th overall. Excellent job!

Congratulations to Wesley Toraville who won a medal at the Timbit Hockey Tournament in Port Aux Basques this past weekend.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are having a Valentine’s Day party next Monday. Yum, I hope there’s cake. They are also celebrating the 100th day of school. They are doing outdoor science activities and they are doing winter arts and crafts.

The Kindergarten English class is working on the letter “y” and learning about winter activities.

The Kindergarten French Immersion class is continuing to learn how to print numbers and letters. They made holders for their valentines.

The grade one class is learning how to read and record numbers in math and in social studies they are learning about constructed and natural features in our city, province and country.

The grade two class has started a new unit in science and are learning new math strategies. They are making 100th day school t-shirts.

The grade three and four class worked hard this week on bake sale posters. They went skiing on Tuesday and have ordered their new SMARTboard. In language class they are learning about how movies are made.

The grade five and six class is making recycled art in art class. They are writing character sketches in language arts and are busy preparing for the school spelling bee.

The junior high class is planning their popsicle stick bridges in enrichment. They are painting posters for the upcoming basketball tournament being held at our school on February 18th and 19th.

Coming Up

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week and IHMS Spirit Week. Monday is the 100th day of school and Valentine’s Day.

February 17th is National Sweater Day and our school Winter Carnival Day. On National Sweater Day everyone is asked to turn down the heat and put on a sweater.

On February 18th the school choir will sing at the Winter Carnival opening at City Hall at 6:00 pm.

February 26th is IHMS Family Fun Day. Many parents and staff are working very hard to make this day lots of fun.

The mini-reporters are looking forward to IHMS spirit week!

2011 Winter Carnival Family Fun Day Saturday, February 26, 12 - 4 pm

Lion's Roar - Friday, February 4, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, February 4, 2011.

By: Sarah Campbell, William Goodridge, Katerina Hamann, and Nicole Keeping

Kindergarten English and French Immersion orientation session at the hospital last week.

This week was very exciting at IHMS.

A member of the community anonymously donated $5,000 to our community playground project. We now have $12,500. Everyday we get closer to playing on swings and sliding down slides! The same donor also donated the money needed to purchase a SMARTboard for the grade 3 and 4 class. Everyone is very excited. Thank you for your generosity.

This week we also found out we were the Western Region winners in the MMSB cell phone recycling campaign. We won $1,000 for our outdoor classroom. Also we found out we were the national winners for recycling 450 cell phones. We won an extra $500 and several prizes, including a cell phone. Thank you to all the families and community groups who helped us collect so many phones!

On Monday the public health nurse did a session with the grade 3 and 4 class on hygiene.

Our Family Fun Day event planning is going well. We have lots of fun activities and games planned.

On Wednesday Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group did a praise and worship with all students and staff for Saint Valentine’s Day.

The girl’s basketball team had a game at St. Gerard’s on Wednesday. They did great.

The grade 3 and 4 class collected recyclables all week for their class fundraiser.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes made nice ground hog headbands and pop-ups for Ground Hog Day. They are also getting ready for Valentine’s Day.

The Kindergarten English class is working on the letter “y”. They are learning to subtract in math.

The Kindergarten French Immersion class made beautiful snowman crafts. They are working on addition in math.

The grade one class is learning how objects are made out of different materials. In religion class they are learning about different names for God. They welcome to their class a new pet. He is a marbled salamander named Stripes.

The grade two class is making winter art. They enjoyed Ground Hog Day and are looking forward to Valentine’s Day.

The grade three and four class is playing tennis in gym class. In math they are making graphs from the surveys they made. In science they are studying sound and making slide shows in computers. In language class they are learning how movies are made.

The grade five and six class is doing recyclable art and starting a new unit in math. They are learning about their grandparent’s childhood in social studies.

The junior high class is all finished their midterm exams. They are finished filming their school video and are now starting to edit the film. They are beginning to work on their popsicle stick bridges.

Coming Up

Chocolate heart pre-orders are starting next week for Valentine’s Day. They will cost $0.25.

The Junior High Report Cards go home on February 9.

The girl’s basketball team is having a tournament beginning next Thursday.

The grade 3 and 4 cookie sale is February 11.

February 26th is IHMS Family Fun Day. Many parents and staff are working very hard to make this day lots of fun.

The mini-reporters are counting down to the 100th day of school!

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 28, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, January 28, 2011.

By: Nathan Anderson, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, Jenna Yetman

Kindergarten English class working on an art project. (L-R): Alessandra LeBlanc, Arabella LeBlanc, Patrick O'Flaherty, Thomas Bradbury, and Jacob Bursey.

We had our first snow day of the year this past Monday. We hope you all enjoyed the extra day off and got to play in the snow.

On Tuesday Mr. Brian Hancock came and did a presentation on power safety called “Hazard Hamlet” with the grade 5 and 6 class.

The grade 3 and 4 class had a wonderful day this week for cross-country skiing. It was week two of a four-week program. Thank you Mrs. Du Toit, Mrs. Sheppard, and Mrs. Tucker for driving them.

On Thursday the Kindergarten classes visited the hospital for the hospital orientation session. They all had fun.

Today is Ms. Renee Hink’s last day for her work placement with the Junior Kindergarten classes. Good luck in the future.

Stars of the Week

The Girl’s Basketball team played in an invitational tournament last weekend at J.J. Curling. The girls played really well. Go lions, go!

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are doing ground hog activities and are learning about shadows in science.

The Kindergarten English class is learning how to write the letter “m” and enjoyed their hospital visit this week.

The Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning about French body parts and vocab words that start with the letter “o”.

The grade one class is learning about goods produced in our area and services provided here in social studies. They are painting in art class.


The grade two class is counting down to the 100th day of school. We have 11 days left until the 100th celebration!

The grade three and four class is collecting recyclables for their SMARTboard fund. They are enjoying cross-country skiing and are still selling Eco Friendly Friend Bracelets. They have a new math pet, a fish named Equation. He is fin-tastic!

The grade five and six class is planning a recycling art project and art show. They are entering an eco project contest where each student could win a digital camera and Mrs. McCarthy could win an e-reader.

The junior high class is writing their last midterm exam today. They are all studied out. They have begun planning the storyboard for the informational video they are making. Almost all the filming is complete.

Coming Up

The first instalment for the St. Pierre trip is due on Monday.

On February 1st we will be celebrating a special Prayer of the Rosary.

February 26th is IHMS Family Fun Day. Many parents and staff are working very hard to make this day lots of fun.

The mini-reporters are being eco-friendly in art. Recycle this paper!

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 21, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, January 21, 2011.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, and Bethany Whelan.

Grade 5 student, Aaron Hancock doing a survey for math class with the grade 2's on pyjama day last week. (L-R): Jack Ryan, Liam Dawe, Rogan Seaward, and Sam Antle.

The grade 3 and 4 class is still selling Eco Friendly Friend Braclets for two dollars. Students are wearing them to remind them to be kind to the environment.

On Tuesday two student nurses, Rebecca Noseworthy and Ashley Bennett, did a smoking presentation with the grade 5 and 6 class for Non-Smoking Week. Hannah Sparkes won the class prize.

Table Tennis intramurals began this week.

On Wednesday the girl’s basketball team played a fun game against St. Gerard’s at our school gym. Thank you to Mr. George for refereeing the game. We had a school pep rally to get ready for the game. Thank you to the JH students for setting up the sound equipment and chairs and to Skylar Anderson and Anri Vermooten for Emceeing the rally. Great game girls!

Yesterday two nursing students, Michelle Skanes and Heather Mousseau, visited the junior high class to do a survey about an upcoming project they will create for the students.

Also, yesterday afternoon the grade one class hosted a celebration of life for their class newt, Colours, who died on Monday. Colours was two and a half years old. He will be missed.

Today exams start for the junior high class and continue next week. Good luck, everyone.

This week we welcome Mrs. Amanda Ellsworth to our school. She is working with the junior kindergarten program.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to Keely Brothers who won a bronze medal last weekend in vault at the Blizzard Gymnastics Invitational Competition in St. John’s.

Congratulations to our skaters who won medals last weekend. Brooklynn Companion bronze, Anna Brake won bronze, Bethany Whelan won gold, and Caylie Blake won a gold medal. Abigail Companion and Olivia Park also skated very well.

Also, congratulations to Sydnee Hynes who won first place in the Ye Old Cross Country Skiing Competition.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are doing sponge painting and winter activities. They are enjoying playing outside in all the snow.

The Kindergarten English class had a great time at the pep rally on Wednesday. They are learning about families.

The Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning the names of the body parts (le corps) in French and printing the letter “o”.

The grade one class is starting a new unit in math on measurement. This week they planned a celebration of life for their newt Colours. They are discussing what kind of new pet they will get.

The grade two class is learning about penguins. They are doing a poem and a painting on penguins. They are finishing an author study about Robert Munsch. In gym they are playing tennis.

The grade three and four class is playing tennis in gym. This week they started a four week cross country skiing program at Blow Me Down Ski Club. Thank you to Mrs. Du Toit and Mrs. Sheppard for driving the students. In language they are learning to write secret messages with pictures.

The grade five and six class got another computer in their homeroom. They are writing trickster stories about Anansi the spider. They are enjoying all the snow we have gotten.

The junior high class is preparing for exams. They are making collages in religion and creating magazines in language arts. They have started practicing for the festival in band.

Coming Up

The girl’s basketball team is playing a tournament this weekend at J.J. Curling Elementary.

There will be a meeting for the Entertainment/Auction Night Fundraiser on Wednesday at 7 pm in the school cafeteria.

IHMS is having a Family Fun Day during winter carnival on February 25.

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 14, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, January 14, 2011.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, and Bethany Whelan.

Girl's Basketball Team pictured following a game against St. Gerrard's. Pictured in the photo are: Front L-R: MacKenzie Brothers, Alex Williams, Bethany Whelan, Olivia Park, Maria Reynolds, Nicola du Toit, Vanessa Ford. Back: Lindsay Dutton, Hannah Sparkes, Abigail Companion, Claire Reynolds, Carla du Toit, Jenna Yetman, Nicole Keeping, Sarah Keeping and Greg Taffee.

Last week the Student Leadership Council organized a recycling blitz. They raised $375 for our school library. Thank you to Mrs. McCarthy, the student council and other students and parents who helped with the recycling.

Last Friday we celebrated a special prayer service with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group. Thank you to the special helpers Yvette Coleman, Hailey Kawja, and Phillip Cave.

Last week our computer lab received new flat screen monitors. The computer lab looks great.

A new after school program schedule will be starting soon for everyone to enjoy.

On Tuesday the public health nurses Carla Gilliam and Rebecca Noseworthy visited students from kindergarten to grade 9.

On Wednesday the girl’s basketball team played a fun game against St. Gerard’s. Great game girls! See a few of the video clips below.

IHMS's Maria Reynolds scored the first basket from the tip off

IHMS shows great team work by getting the rebound shot.

IHMS's Bethany Whelan scores another 2 points

IHMS's Abigail Companion gets the rebound and scores another 2 points

IHMS's Nicola du Toit gets the basket after a great team effort

On Wednesday night there was a parents meeting about the St. Pierre trip coming up in May.

On Thursday we had a school pajama day organized by the Student Leadership Council. Everyone looked comfortable.

Father Roche is celebrating mass with our school this morning. He will be visiting our school after to do some magic tricks.

Over Christmas break Mr. Kennedy was busy building two new kitchen sets and 3 bookshelves for several classrooms. Also this week he installed new flat screen televisions in many of our classrooms.

Before Christmas William O’Flaherty won a Christmas stocking prepared by our cafeteria lady Mrs. Agnes Neville.

Stars of the Week

Sarah Keeping competed in the Charles Gorman Speed Skating Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick last weekend. She received three ribbons and a third place bronze trophy.

This weekend Brooklynn Companion, Abigail Companion, Olivia Park, Bethany Whelan, Anna Brake and Caylie Blake will be competing in a regional figure skating competition in Stephenville.

Also, Keely Brothers will be competing in the Blizzard gymnastics Invitational Competition in St. John’s. Good luck everyone!

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are doing family activities.

The Kindergarten English class is practicing the rosary with the rosary beads and starting addition in math.

The Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning les vetements d’hiver (winter clothing) and learning how to print all their letters.

The grade one class is learning how different materials can be changed to alter the appearance, texture, smell, or taste in science. In religion they’re learning about how God takes care of us and how we take care of others.

The grade two class is learning about weather in science.

The grade three and four class are still selling eco-friendly bracelets. They will be collecting recycling for their SMARTboard from February 1-4. In gym they are doing soccer baseball. They are reading green tips everyday. They have a total of $700 for their SMARTboard.

The grade five and six class really enjoyed the spelling bee they had on Wednesday. They are super spellers! They love band class and are improving with their instruments.

The junior high class are working on a school video in Enrichment class. They are preparing for their midterm exams next week.

Coming Up

There is a playground project meeting on Sunday at 7:00 pm in our school cafeteria. All families are encouraged to attend.

Junior High exams begin next Friday.

The mini-reporters are S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G! We’ll be back next week with more news.

Lion's Roar - Friday, January 7, 2011

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, January 7, 2011.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, and Bethany Whelan.

Maria Reynolds (grade 5) wishing a Merry Christmas to residents of the Senior's Complex. The Chamber Choir visited and sang Christmas carols for the residents.

First we would like to say welcome back and happy New Year to everyone!

Before Christmas we had our Christmas parties and Christmas Variety Show. There were many great acts that performed. Thank you to Carla du Toit and Jenna Yetman who did a wonderful job as emcees. Also on the last day of school we donated items to the food bank, stockings for seniors and the Firefighters toy drive. Thank you to everyone who brought items in. Derek Atwood even donated his birthday money for the toy drive and stockings for seniors! Bethany Whelan helped with the RNC with the annual delivery of food items to the Salvation Army.

Also before Christmas the Chamber Choir sang at the Senior’s Complex. Thank you to the girls and Mr. Graham, and to Mr. Brothers and Mrs. Du Toit who helped by driving them.

Our Christmas Character theme day raised $250.00 for Multiple Sclerosis. Thank you to everyone who participated and donated.

Students made their own Christmas cards, which were printed and offered for sale for $1 each. There were some very nice cards, great job everyone! Thank you to everyone who participated and purchased Christmas cards.

Maria Reynolds and Alex Williams presented a cheque for $500 to Monsignor Gale for the Shepherd’s Fund. This money was raised from our Shop and Drop Fundraiser before Christmas.

We would like to send a reminder that Christmas Concert DVDs are still available at the office. These DVDs were produced by our Enrichment team. Donations for the videos have raised $358.48 for the playground project.

The Student Leadership Council had a recycling drive this week in aid of the school library. Recyclables can be dropped off at the school on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm.

The grade 3 and 4 class is selling Eco-Friendly Friend Bracelets and promise cards for $2 each to raise money for their SMARTboard and to show that “going green matters”.

Ms. Renee Hinks, a College of the North Atlantic student, has started her work placement in the JK classes this week.

Thank you to Ms. Robyn McHugh who has been volunteering her time with the Junior Kindergarten classes and band program.

Stars of the Week

We had five winners in the annual Remembrance Day Contest. Caylie Blake won first place in the primary colour poster contest, with Olivia Gallant placing third. In the junior essay category William Goodridge placed second and Maria Reynolds placed third. Carla Du Toit won first place in the intermediate grade essay contest. All winners received a certificate and a cheque at a ceremony on December 20.

Congratulations to Abigail Companion and William Goodrdige who have been nominated to attend the People to People Leadership Conference in Washington, DC this summer.

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are learning about different families and doing all about me activities. They welcome to their class Georgia Perrett and Katrina Verge.

The kindergarten English class is talking about needs and wants in social studies class. They talked about their Christmas vacation together.

The kindergarten French immersion class is beginning a winter theme and learning lots of vocabulary about winter. They welcome to their class a new student named Anna DeCarl.

The grade one class is learning about how paper is made, about number stories in math and planning fun activities to celebrate the New Year.

The grade two class did show and tell and they are doing new years activities.

The grade three and four class is studying different animals in Canada. Each person is studying a different favourite animal. They are excited about a projector they got for their classroom.

The grade five and six class is getting back into the routine of school. They are doing data relationships in math and are excited about a class spelling bee next week.

The junior high class is preparing for midterm exams at the end of January. They are working on a school video project and learning all about cameras and shooting scenes. They are “on location” all around the school.

Coming Up

The Student Leadership Council recycling blitz ends on Saturday. Recyclables can be dropped off between 10 am and 4 pm.

There will be a meeting for the St. Pierre trip on Wednesday, January 12, at 7 pm in our school cafeteria for parents of students in grade 4 to 9.

The girl’s basketball team will play at St. Gerard’s next Wednesday after school. All are welcome to cheer on our team!

Junior High exams begin on January 21.

A school musical “Annie” will be performed in May.

The mini-reporters are celebrating the New Year with back to schoolwork.

Lion's Roar - Friday, December 17, 2010

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, December 17, 2010.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, and Bethany Whelan.

Christmas Character Day. From L-R: Kyra Hodder, Simon Boitstefski and Jack Matthews.

Last Friday we had our very first Dog Show and More Show. Thank you to Ms. Dutton and the grade 3 and 4 class. The show was a huge success. They raised over $400 for their SMARTboard. Thank you to Dr. Michael Tipple and Ms. Park for being judges and to all the students and families for supporting the show.

This past Saturday students participated in a fundraiser at Dominion. Students helped customers by putting their groceries in their cart. We raised $1,601.61 for our playground project. Thank you to Dominion for offering us this fundraiser and to the parents and students who participated.

This week Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten class did the third week of Advent celebration in chapel. They did a great job. Many of their parents came to watch.

Our Christmas concert on Tuesday was a great success. Thank you to all the students and teachers for all your hard work. Thank you to Mr. Graham and Mrs. McHugh for leading the choirs and bands, Claire Reynolds and Mrs. McCarthy for filming the entire concert, Mr. Danny Piercey for doing the sound and Mr. Kennedy and the staff for decorating the gym. Also, we would like to thank Santa for the early gift of a new sound system.

Also on Tuesday we had a Christmas Character Theme day. Our theme day was in aid of Multiple Sclerosis.

On Wednesday night our school choir sang for the annual Tree Lighting at Remembrance Square.

Stars of the Week

Students, staff and families have collected items for the food bank, stockings for seniors and the fire fighter’s toy drive. Thank you everyone!

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are enjoying their Christmas party today. They are doing Christmas activities and would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Their intern Sara Rozee finished her internship on Thursday.

The French Immersion Kindergarten class are learning more Christmas vocabulary. Joyeux Noel!

The English Kindergarten class is talking about sharing and making Christmas decorations.

The grade one class is making Christmas cards for their parents and making surprise crafts. Some students in their class are participating in the variety show on Monday.

The grade two class is learning how to add big numbers. They are also making Christmas crafts.

The grade three and four class are brainstorming about their next fundraiser for their SMARTboard. They are having their Christmas party today.

The grade five and six class is busy preparing for their class Christmas party. On Monday Bethany Whelan will be helping Constable Edwards with the Christmas Food Drive.

The junior high class is working very hard. They have mid-term exams coming up in January. They helped to edit the Christmas concert video this week.

Coming Up

Monday is IHMS T-Shirt day, variety show, and Christmas parties.

The mini-reporters are wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Lion's Roar - Friday, December 10, 2010

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, December 10, 2010.

By: Sarah Campbell, William Goodridge, Aaron Hancock, and Nicole Keeping

Tree trimming social: Rebecca Janes, the youngest Junior Kindergarten student, lights the tree with help from Mrs. Madonna English.

On Monday we celebrated the second week of Advent with the Kindergarten French Immersion class. We have now lit the second Advent candle on our wreath.

Santa Claus visited our school last week. His special helping elf took class photos and individual photos with students.

Students and staff had a great time at the Christmas parade this year! Afterwards we had our annual tree trimming and family social. Thank you to all the families, students and staff who helped with the float and the social. Rebecca Janes, the youngest junior kindergarten student, lit our Christmas tree.

On Wednesday we celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception at All Hallows with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group. Every student got a prayer rock to keep.

Tonight the grade 3 and 4 class is hosting a “Dog Show and More Show” at 6 pm. All pets are welcome! You can register your pet at the door for $5. There will be lots of prizes for different categories.

We are still collecting items for stockings for seniors, the firefighter’s toy drive and items for the food bank.

Our school has been chosen to pilot the Tennis for Schools Program. Thank you to Mrs. Dutton for applying for this program for our students.

We have raised over $3,000 for our IHMS Community Playground project. Thank you to our families who have donated.

Stars of the Week

Darcy Brake, Clare Coleman, Aaron Gillard, Sydnee Hynes, Clara Ryan, and Charlotte Sweetapple were interviewed by CBC Radio this week about Special Christmas Memories.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are preparing for the Christmas concert and are making Christmas crafts.

The Kindergarten English class is working on the letter “w” and are getting ready for the concert.

The Kindergarten French Immersion class is preparing a song and a poem for the Christmas concert called “Ce Soin C’est Noel” and “Gentil Pere Noel”. They are sad to say good-bye to Madame Robertson the intern who has been working with their class this term. Everyone will miss her a lot.

The grade one class is preparing for the Christmas concert. Also they are learning to subtract and learning about needs and wants in social studies.

The grade two class is making wink streamers, number stories in math, and snowmen decorations. They are excited about Christmas Character Day.

The grade three and four class is excited about their Dog Show and More Show. They are learning about Canada in social studies,

The grade five and six class is preparing for their Christmas party and painting a Christmas scene in the cafeteria window.

The junior high class is decorating their classroom for Christmas. They are making a movie from a play in religion class. They are beginning a new unit in science.

Coming Up

Tomorrow we are having a fundraiser at Dominion. Students will be placing grocery bags in customer’s carts for donations to the IHMS Community Playground project from 10 to 4 pm.

On Tuesday we are having a Christmas Character theme day in aid of a parent who is traveling to Costa Rica for Multiple Sclerosis treatment. Also, Tuesday night is the Christmas concert beginning at 7 pm. Admission is $5.

School closes for Christmas break on December 20th at 12:15 pm.

Lion's Roar Friday December 3, 2010

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, December 3, 2010.

By: Nathan Anderson, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, and Jenna Yetman

Grade 3 and 4 class who was one of the classes to participate in the Jump Rope for the Heart and Stroke Foundation this week. Front (L-R): Anna MacKenzie, Keagan Sheppard, Clara Ryan, Bridgett Sparkes, Nicola du Toit, Brooklynn Companion. Back (L-R): Tyra Ruth, Olivia Gallant, Keely Brothers, Hailey Colbourne, Anna Brake, Caylie Blake, Alex Williams, Olivia Park, Kiya Morrissey.

This week the grade 1 class lit the first candle on our advent wreath. Last Sunday was the beginning of the season of Advent.

Last weekend our school had a drop and shop fundraiser in aid of the Shepherds Fund. We raised $361. There were many activities like cupcake decorating, arts and crafts, board games and gym activities. Thank you to our staff and families and to Mrs. Vincent who organized the day.

Thank you to everyone who donated used cell phones. Our used cell phone collection is now over.

We are now collecting for stockings for seniors, the firefighter’s toy drive and food items for the food bank.

On Monday our students participated in Jump Rope for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Everyone had fun. Thank you to Ms. Dutton and the junior high class.

The junior high class had a great time in St. John’s at the Skills Canada Intermediate Skills Challenge last weekend. On Tuesday we had a school assembly to celebrate their projects. We watched a wind turbine demonstration, a Lego Robotics demonstration, a video created by the TV video production team and a video of a job demonstration showing how to make cupcakes. Thank you to Mrs. Du Toit, Mrs. Keeping and Mrs. Reynolds for driving the students to St. John’s and to Mr. Hancock and Mrs. McCarthy for supervising.

Wednesday was school photo re-take day. Anyone who missed picture day was able to have their photo taken.

Students have been hard at work this week preparing our annual Christmas parade float. Thank you to Mlle. Robertson, Mrs. McCarthy and Mr. Kennedy for organizing the float.

Our students have designed their own Christmas cards this year. The cards can be ordered for $1. All proceeds will go to the playground project.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to the junior high class on their projects for the Skills Canada Intermediate Skills Challenge. Everyone did a great job! Our Lego Robotics team won an award from the First Lego League for Innovation and Strategy and Carla du Toit won a bronze medal for her job skill demonstration decorating cupcakes.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are doing Christmas activities and getting ready for the Christmas concert. They welcome back Ms. Sara Rozee to their class for another internship.

The French Immersion Kindergarten class are starting their Advent wreath and learning French words about Christmas.

The English Kindergarten class is learning the letter “M”.

The grade one class is learning how to protect their senses. They did the first Advent celebration and they are writing letters to Santa.

The grade two class made pizza on Wednesday and they baked cookies after they read the book “MMM Cookies.”

The grade three and four class is planning a Dog Show and More Show on December 10th at 6 pm. They are starting grade 4-9 intramurals for basketball this week.

The grade five and six class is getting ready for some tests. They are learning how to plan a special event in language arts. They are planning their Christmas party. They are excited to announce Abigail Companion and William Goodridge were nominated for the People to People Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. this summer.

The junior high class is tired from their trip to St. John’s. They are busy working on songs in band for the Christmas concert. The grade 7’s are writing research papers and visiting the Corner Brook Public Library today.

Coming Up

Saturday is our annual Tree Trimming Social from 12 pm to 2 pm. We will enjoy some treats, decorate our tree and sing Christmas carols.

The grade 3 and 4 class is organizing a Dog Show and More Show. This will take place in the IHMS gym on Friday, December 10th at 6 pm. Registration is $5.

There will be a Christmas character day on December 14th. The money raised will be donated to one of our parents who is travelling to Costa Rica on December 6th for treatment for Multiple Sclerosis.

The Christmas concert “Follow That Star” is on December 14th at 7 pm.

The mini-reporters are jumping rope for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Lion's Roar Friday, November 26, 2010

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 26, 2010.

By: Abigail Companion, Hannah Sparkes, MacKenzie Brothers, Douglas MacKenzie, and Bethany Whelan

The grade one class, with the help from the entire school, were thrilled to have filled 45 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, beating last year's record! The organization delivers to millions of children in poor and war-torn countries around the world. This year, the boxes are going to Haiti.

Front row: Charlotte Sweetapple, Brooke Ruth
Middle Row: Ryan Murphy, Kaden Rodrigues, Michael Sheppard
Back Row: Derek Attwood, Darcy Brake, Aaron Gillard, Ryan Bennett
Missing from photo: Megan Williams, Harrison Squires, Noah Colbourne

In our first game of the season, Nicole Keeping scored the first basket seconds after the tip off.

The girl’s basketball team played a game on Monday against Sacred Heart School in our gym. The girls played very well. Go team, go! Thank you to Mr. Taaffe, Mr. Whelan and Ms. Dutton who coach the girls on Saturdays and after school.

Report cards went home on Tuesday. We hope you all did great. Parent teacher interviews were held on Wednesday night.

Our school was accepted for “A Mon Meilleur”. We received a French teaching guide for Kindergarten to grade 3, which included worksheets, CDs and physical activity equipment.

There was $661 dollars raised by our parents at the toy and clothing sale last weekend. We now have over $1,000 for our playground project.

Today we are having a casual day for the Canadian Catholic School Trustee Association. They give money to schools for kids who need tuition help.

The Junior High students are in St. John’s. Today they are visiting the MUN Botanical Gardens and the Fluvarium. The skills challenge is tomorrow. They are competing in Lego League Robotics, Wind Turbine Design, Job Skill Demonstration and TV Video production. Good luck everyone!

Stars of the Week

 Nicole Keeping

Jenna Yetman

The YMCA David Elliot Memorial Peace Week Speak Off was Wednesday night. The two students that attended from our school were Jenna Yetman and Nicole Keeping. They both did a great job! Jenna Yetman was chosen as the overall winner.

The junior high class was on Corner Brook Café this week for the Skills Challenge. Mrs. McCarthy, Carla du Toit and Andrew Dolomount were interviewed by Wendy Woodland.

Congratulations to figure skater Caylie Blake who skated in a competition in St. John’s last weekend.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are decorating their classroom for Christmas. They are also doing Christmas activities.

The English Kindergarten class is going to the fire station on Wednesday. They are working on the letter “a”.

The French Immersion Kindergarten class is learning the letter “w”. They are learning about vocabulary in French and learning their songs for the Christmas concert.

The grade one class is reading a book called “Stone Soup”. After they finish the book they are going to make their own stone soup.

The grade two class is starting a book talk and they are making a class lunch. They will be making pizza.

The grade three and four class are making Christmas cards to prepare for the holidays. They are also making a cityscape out of paper.

The grade five and six class is learning about the Burmese Python and the Everglades in language arts class. Today in art they are making monster faces with paint.

The junior high class designed Christmas cards for a fundraiser. The band is practicing for the Christmas concert.

Coming Up

There will be a drop and shop on Saturday, November 27 from 10 am to 3 pm.

The Christmas concert is December 14th at 7 pm.

The mini-reporters will be back next week with more great news!

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 19, 2010

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 19, 2010.

By: Sarah Campbell, William Goodridge, Katerina Hamann, Aaron Hancock, and Nicole Keeping.

Constable Robert Edwards who visited our Kindergarten French Immersion Class as a guest speaker for their unit on community helpers.

Operation Christmas Child is now over. Thank you to Mrs. George and the grade one class who organized the drive. They are busy packing up all the boxes. Also, thank you to everyone who brought in items for the drive.

Our school is participating in the school milk contest called “Catch the X”. Whenever a student buys a milk they check the bottom to see if there is an x. If there is an x they win a free milk.

We are still collecting used cell phones. This is the last week for the cell phone collection. We have two full boxes of used cell phones.

Next week in intramurals the wolves will play the panthers in polo hockey.

On Tuesday, Patrick Davis, Maria Reynolds, Nicole Keeping and Jenna Yetman visited Academy Canada with Mrs. King to say thank you for cooking our Thanksgiving dinner.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to grade two student McKenna Batstone who was a winner in the poster contest for child advocacy week. Her poster will be printed in their annual calendar. Also, William Sullivan received an honourable mention.

Good luck goes out to Joshua Buckle, Adam Lambswood, Gavin Staples, Gordon Staples, Wesley Torraville and Peter Vaskovsky who are participating in their first minor hockey tournament this weekend.

Congratulations to figure skaters Caylie Blake, Olivia Park and Bethany Whelan who participated in a figure skating clinic last weekend. All skated very well. Caylie and Olivia were medal winners for spins and jumps.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are working on “I am special” activities.

The Kindergarten class are working on the letter “a” and learning about community helpers.

The French Immersion Kindergarten class are learning about community helpers. This week they had many guest speakers. They had a doctor, a radio broadcaster, a real estate agent and a travel agent visit their class.

The grade one class is packing boxes for Operation Christmas Child. They had a bake sale to raise money for the postage of the shoeboxes. They are subtracting and adding up to 12 in math.

The grade two class is doing a novel study on the author Robert Munsch.

The grade three and four class have finished their weebly websites. The grade fours had a math test on Thursday. They have made an eco-friendly friends club.

The grade five and six class is working hard on their grammar work. The grade 6’s wrote speeches for the YMCA Peace Week Speak Off.

The junior high class is all finished painting their media centre. They are very excited about visiting St. John’s next weekend. This week Mr. Dru Kennedy visited and helped them learn how to use their video equipment to make movies.

Coming Up

There will be two Christmas card making classes in the school cafeteria on Saturday. The first class is 11am-2pm and the second is 3pm-6pm. Registration is $20. Proceeds are for the playground project.

Also there is a gently used toy and clothing sale this Sunday, November 21 from 2 to 4 pm. Call the school for more details.

Report cards go home next week.

There will be a drop and shop on Saturday, November 27 from 10 am to 3 pm.

The mini-reporters are looking forward to decorating for Christmas!

Lion's Roar - November 12, 2010

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 12, 2010.

By: Nathan Anderson, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, and Jenna Yetman

Remembrance Day Service. (L-R): Keagan Sheppard and Anna Brake pin poppies on the remembrance wreath with help from Anri Vermooten and Skylar Anderson.

The Junior High class leaf raking fundraiser last Saturday went great. They raised over $1,200 for their trip. Thank you to all the students, parents, teachers and supporters. All proceeds will pay for the Skills Canada competition trip on November 27.

On Monday our students went to Robin Hood at the Arts and Culture Centre. Jenna Yetman and Mr. Hancock were called up on stage! They were the stars of the show. Everyone really enjoyed the play.

This week is Veteran’s Week. We remember those who fought for us. Our Remembrance Service was on Tuesday. Thank you to Father Hynes for saying our opening prayer and to the junior high class who organized the ceremony. Also special thanks to our guests Ms. Yvonne Lyver who represented the Legion, Ms. Amber Elms and to Ms. Kelly Hartley who played “Last Post”. All classes participated in our assembly by singing songs, reading poems, acting in plays and laying poppies on our wreath. Students were busy this week preparing essays, poems and drawings for the annual Legion contest.

On Wednesday we had a school wide breakfast. Pancakes and French toast were served. Thank you to our wonderful teachers for cooking for us!

We are still looking for Operation Christmas Child items and used cell phones. Thank you to all who have already donated.

Stars of the Week

Mr. Hancock and Jenna Yetman starred in “Robin Hood” at the Arts and Culture Centre on Monday.

Carla du Toit participated in a job experience placement at Colemans on Monday. She worked in the bakery decorating cupcakes, cakes and cookies. This will help her prepare for the Skills Challenge Job Skill Demonstration of decorating cupcakes.

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes worked hard all week on Remembrance Day activities and preparing their wreath for the school assembly.

The Kindergarten class performed a short poem called “Poppy” for the Remembrance Day service.

The French Immersion Kindergarten class recited a French poem about poppies called “Jolis Coquelicots”.

The grade one class enjoyed seeing “Robin Hood”. They did the poem “Little Poppy” for the Remembrance Day service.

The grade two class is learning about Remembrance Day. They did the poem called “Remembrance Day” for our service.

The grade three and four class performed a short play based on the poem “In Flanders Field”. Alex Williams read a poem she wrote called “I will Remember” and Hailey Colbourne read a poem written by her grandfather. This week the class did surveys on recycling and made poppies. The class might be getting a pet bunny.

The grade five and six class worked on Remembrance Day essays this week. They are learning about Hercules and Superman in language arts. Abigail Companion read her essay called “How I Will Remember” for the Remembrance Day service.

The junior high class is excited about the Skills Challenge and the long weekend. Everyone worked really hard over the weekend raking fall leaves.

Coming Up

Operation Christmas Child ends on Monday. The grade one class is having a cookie sale on Tuesday.

The gently used toy and clothing sale is on Sunday, November 21 from 2 to 4 pm.

The mini-reporters are enjoying the long weekend. We’ll be back next week.

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 5, 2010

This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, November 5, 2010.

By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail, Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes and Bethany Whelan.

Donation of computers made to our school by Computers for Schools. Our school received 5 computers last week. Front (L-R): Abigail Companion and Aaron Hancock.

On Tuesday there was a prayer service for All Saints Day with the prayer group, several volunteers and Mrs. Coleman. Thank you to celebrating with us.

Everyone enjoyed our Haunted House and Halloween parties on Friday.

Operation Christmas child has started. The grade one class is collecting items to pack in shoeboxes for children in poor countries. They would like our students to bring in stuff like: small dolls, pencils, toothbrushes, hairbrushes or clips, hard candy, socks, etc.

The junior high class is raising money for their trip to St. John’s for the Intermediate Skills Challenge. They are raking leaves on Saturday. If you need your lawn raked give them a call!

We are still collecting used cell phones. Many students and staff have donated already. Thank you!

The Junior Kindergarten classes held a class fundraiser last week to help purchase supplies for their classrooms. It was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who bought things.

Running club ended this week. Thank you to Ms. Dutton and all our runners who represented our school at different fun runs.

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to the winners of the Halloween costume contest last Friday. The winners were: Heather Cooper, Summer Ingram, Will Drover, Megan Williams, Chole Colbourne, Tyra Ruth, Sarah Campbell, Carla du Toit, and Brian MacKenzie.

Alex Williams represented our school at a fun run at Xavier Junior High in Deer Lake last Thursday. Way to go!!

Class News

The Junior Kindergarten classes are working on Remembrance Day crafts and activities.

The Kindergarten class is learning about numbers in math. Also, they are learning the letter “t”.

The French Immersion Kindergarten class is beginning to learn the names of communities. The students are learning how people contribute to our city. Today, Constable Edwards is visiting their class to talk about his work.

The grade one class is learning about the parables Jesus told in Religion. In language arts they are writing class stories.

The grade two class is starting to learn how to handwrite. They are working very hard at it!

The grade three and four class watched the movie “Wall-e” to complete their unit about our environment. They are starting a unit on nutrition. They are learning their three times tables in math and learning about habitats in science. Their websites on world countries are nearly complete.

The grade five and six class is working on Remembrance Day Essays and learning about the format of an essay. They wrote rock stories in religion class. In math they are learning about rounding numbers.

The junior high class are raising money for their big trip at the end of this month. They are busy planning the Remembrance Day assembly for the school.

Coming Up

There will be a girls basketball practice on Saturday morning from 10-12.

Our Remembrance Day Service is on Tuesday, November 9th at 10:35 am.

There is a school wide breakfast on Wednesday, November 10th. There is no school on November 11th or 12th.

The RNC and the Corner Brook Crime Prevention Committee are having a public information session on Internet Safety / Internet Luring for all parents and members of the public. This is on Wednesday, Nov. 17th at Presentation Junior High.

The mini-reporters are busy collecting items for Operation Christmas Child.