Saturday, October 12, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, October 11, 2013

 


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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, October 11, 2013.


By: Clara Ryan, Cameron Peddle, Chloe Colbourne, Paige Walsh, McKenna Batstone  


All classes participated in an open house for IHMS's Greenhouse this week. Parents were invited to attend. Featured in the photo are students from Ms. Park's grade 2 class: Gavin Staples, Jorja Perrett, Keira Clarke, Will Brothers, Coen Mackey.
 
 

On our medical theme day we raised $1080! Thank you everyone who dressed up and donated. Everyone looked awesome!

This week is Education Week, Kids Eat Smart Week and Fire Prevention Week.

On Tuesday we had a Fire drill with the fire fighters and on Wednesday we had a practice lock down with the police department. Everyone did great.

On Monday we started the 5210 half marathon challenge. We played FITGO to start the first day off.

On Tuesday the grade 4 Health Class hosted a special Family event. Students invited their families and even their pets to school for a special party with their teacher Ms. Scott.

On Wednesday the vegetable orders arrived. Thank you to the junior high and level one students who helped organize them in the cafeteria.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we had a grand opening of the greenhouse. All the classes visited to learn about the greenhouse and the heat pumps.

Today we are having a yummy Thanksgiving dinner that the students at Academy Canada cooked and the parents served. Thank you for the awesome meal!

Our Student Leadership Council organized a food drive for the Corner Brook Food Bank. Thank you to the families that donated.


Stars of The Week

 
Congratulations to Mrs. McCarthy who completed her first half marathon last Sunday!

Congratulations to our cross country runners who participated in a running meet at Jubilee Field organized by Sacred Heart.

Class News
 
The junior kindergarten classes visited the greenhouse on Wednesday morning. They are learning all about fire prevention this week. They are busy finishing up their thanksgiving activities. 
 
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning the letter “j”. Now they can read the word “Je”. Everyone is very excited! In art they turned themselves into turkeys and are thankful for so much.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is working on the letter “h” with sounds, words and sentences. They are also learning about the pilgrims and what they are thankful for.
Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class is learning sight words in language. In math the class is finishing their unit on patterns. In science they are learning about plants and finishing their turkeys with their hand and foot prints.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class  got a new fish. The kids are very excited. The class are representing numbers from 1-20. They are learning about the weather in science.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class had a wonderful time planting seeds in the greenhouse on Thursday. They started their spelling tests and everyone is doing really well. In math they are building numbers in different ways.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is making bird feeders in science. They enjoyed planting seeds this week in the greenhouse. They are looking forward to learning all about the life cycle of plants. In language class they are writing about how to cook a turkey.
Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class was in disguise for medical theme day. They talked about the next Halloween and they are creating a special scene with pencils and started to work on their Halloween activity books. The grade 3 students are sending postcards from school to a special person.
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class made stress balls in health class while they were learning about how to manage stress. They welcome a new student to their class this week. His name is Jericho San Jose. He has moved to Corner Brook from the Philippines. They made Thanksgiving wreathes in art class and are looking forward to the long weekend. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had an awesome time on their field trip to the Chrappa Family’s home in Steady Brook for apple picking, exploring and a camp fire on Thursday. The students were excited to meet Mrs. McCarthy’s daughter Zoe who got to come with them. It was a long week with assignments and quizzes and they are looking forward to the long weekend!
Ms. Jones’ junior high and level 1 class welcomes a new student to their class. Jarius San Jose has moved to Corner Brook from the Philippines. The students are busy with all their classes and fundraising for their skills challenge in November.
Coming Up

Pink Ribbon Day for Breast Cancer is on Wednesday. Students and teachers will be wearing pink ribbons.


The recycle my cell campaign official launch will be on Thursday at IHMS.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, October 4, 2013

 


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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, October 4, 2013.


By: Paige Walsh, Chloe Colbourne and McKenna Batstone  




Photo Mrs. Hodder's Kindergarten English class completing an apple craft. (L-R): Oscar George , Lukas Gilbert, Rachael Griffin and Renah Flynn.


 
Today is medical theme day. There are many doctors, nurses and patients in our school. Thank you to everyone for your donations for the Western Memorial Radiothon.

On Tuesday our junior kindergarten to grade 6 students were part of a Donna & Andy concert in our gym. It was awesome. A lot of students got to participate in singing, acting and dancing.

Our student council elections were held this week.  They are collecting items for the thanksgiving food drive.

On Wednesday our cross country running team took part in a meet. The runners were Emily Murley, Jack Ryan, Clara Ryan, William Bennett,  Ryan Bennett and Ryan Murphy. Congratulations to Ryan Murphy finished in the top 5.

On Thursday there was a meeting for parents of students in grades 6-10 for the upcoming Skills Challenge taking place in Mount Pearl in November.

Vegetable orders are due today! They will be delivered to the school on Wednesday.

October is library month!

This week our school IHMS news reporters were Juan Ramirez, Keely Brothers, Emma Doman, and Amna Ahmad.



Stars of The Week
Congratulations to the students who were elected to the student council. This year the Prime Minister is Sara Ismail, Deputy Prime Ministers are Douglas MacKenzie and Hajra Ahmad, the Secretary is Keely Brothers, Primary Representative is Gina Spencer, and class representatives are Isaac Buckingham, Amna Ahmad, Jack Ryan, Madison Noel, Mira Ismail, and Maria Reynolds. Special thanks to Mrs. Foley for organizing the election and acting as the teacher sponsor.

Congratulations to our students who participated in the Frost and Furious Mountain Bike Races held on Sunday. Ben Griffin won first place in the Mud Spud Division and Rachael Griffin was one of the top overall riders in her division.

Congratulations to Mrs. McCarthy who had an essay published in a research book about Newfoundland grandparents.


Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are learning all about fall and water absorption. They welcome nursing students to their classroom, they are: Lindsay Bursey, Jonathan Ferland, Alicia Matthews, Lawrence McCarthy, Jeffrey Siddal, Melanie Small, and Philip Street. They would like to wish congratulations to Owen Kelly and his family on the birth of his baby sister.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class has planted beans. They already have a stem and leaves. They have started a numbers unit in math.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is working on “E” words, sentences and sounds. They are starting a plant unit in science. They are planting their seeds in the school greenhouse.

Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class had so much fun at the Donna and Andy concert on Tuesday. Daniel Osmond got up and learned a new dance he will be teaching to the entire class. They are learning a brand new list of sight words and are starting to print in their journals.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class had a great time at the Donna and Andy concert on Tuesday. They are looking forward to the greenhouse open house next week.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class is writing thankful thoughts. In math, they are identifying and ordering groups of objects to 10. They really loved the Donna and Andy show on Tuesday and planting trees with Ms. Hamlyn from the Department of Forestry on Thursday.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is learning how to skip count forward and backwards by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s. They are excited to be doing Thanksgiving writing and crafts.

Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class is learning about schools from the past. Students were surprised to learn that there was no electricity before, that students wrote on little chalkboards or with ink and quill. Now, they are working to build the school of the future.

Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class really enjoyed the Donna and Andy concert this week. They are listening to their CD every chance they get. It’s already October and they are learning about exploration by reading about Bear Grylls and Mount Everest.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class enjoyed the Donna and Andy concert. Anna MacKenzie, Cheyenne Bursey, William Bruce-Robertson, Paige Walsh, and Cameron Peddle were part of the official crew who helped set up and hand out packages at the door.

Ms. Jones’ junior high and level 1 class went to Menchie’s this week with their class as part of a math lesson. They are excited about the student council starting up for the year. They are working hard in all their courses.
Coming Up
Participation Nation 5210 begins on Monday. This involves a challenge for students to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day, less than two hours of screen time, 1 hour of physical activity and 0 sugary drinks.


We are having a greenhouse open house for students and families on Tuesday and Wednesday. Classroom visits will be scheduled. Parents are invited to visit the greenhouse with their child.

Next Friday will be our Thanksgiving Day dinner.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, September 27, 2013

 


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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, September 27, 2013.


By: Clara Ryan and Cameron Peddle
 

 
Photo of Isaac Buckingham, Colin Spencer, Aria Kazerouni, and Heather Cooper waiting their turn to plant their trees and perennials outside the greenhouse and outdoor classroom.



On Tuesday the grade five and six class went on a field trip to Margaret Bowater Park for national Forest Week opening. They learned about different types of trees, firefighting, search and rescue, and insects.

On Wednesday the whole school planted perennials and trees outside the greenhouse. Thank you to all the families who donated plants. Also, we would like to send a big thank you to Mr. Dave Smith and his team for his help in organizing the planting, and to the Department of Forestry who donated seedlings for our students to plant.

On Thursday the school held a Terry Fox walk and each student donated a dollar. Also on Thursday there was curriculum night in the gym for parents and teachers.
This week our IHMS TV reporters were Mira Ismail, Alaura Alexander, Anna Brake, and Jack Matthews.
 

Stars of The Week
 


Congratulations to Keira Clarke who donated a braid of her hair for cancer patients.

Congratulations to our cross country runners: Isaac Buckingham, Colin Spencer, Heather Cooper, Aria Kazerouni, Jack Ryan, Lucas Neville, Ryan Murphy, Sam Antle, Clara Ryan, Telicia Young, and Chloe Colbourne for achieving personal bests at this week’s track meet at J.J. Curling. Way to go!

Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are enjoying morning circle time and taking part in school activities.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class would like to say a big thank you to Tyler’s mom, Robin Dillmon, for helping them plant their bean seeds. They are very excited to watch them grow. They are very sad this week because their friend, Brooke Babstock, is moving away. They will miss her and wish her luck at her new school.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is working on the letter “L”, learning about the butterfly life cycle and three element patterns.

Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class has just finished a living and non-living unit in science. They are starting the plant unit just in time for planting their own perennials outside.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class really enjoyed the Terry Fox walk on Thursday. They think the school yard looks beautiful with all the new trees and flowers.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class had fun role playing different interactions in social studies and are making a communication collage. They made crests in religion class that tells about their families.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing research on a Canadian animal. In math they are starting a new unit called “Numbers to 100”.

Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class had lots of fun tasting different types of apples. The class’s favourite apple was the Fuji apple. They discovered there is a star hidden in each apple when cut horizontally. They also made apple printings.

Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class are excited about beautifying the schoolyard in honour of National Tree Day.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had an awesome time at the park. The grade 5’s are excited this week to receive their band instruments and start learning how to play. This week they have started Mathletics. Everyone had a great day planting trees outside by the greenhouse.
Ms. Jones’ junior high and level 1 class helped plant large trees and shrubs outside the greenhouse on Wednesday. They are starting to think about the skills challenge competition in November.
 

Coming Up

On Tuesday afternoon our students in JK-6 will be watching a Donna & Andy show from 1:30-2:30 in our school. Parents are welcome!


Student Council elections will take place next week. Also, next week our students will be taking part in Participation Nation activities.
Coming up on October 4th it will be medical theme day for our school. We are collecting money for the Western Memorial Radiothon. Also on October 4 the vegetable orders are due.
October 6-12 is Fire Prevention week.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, September 20, 2013

 


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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, September 20, 2013.


By: Anna Brake, Samuel Michael, Bridgett Sparkes, and Telicia Young
 
Photo of Jack Matthews and Nikola Verbiski in their theme day outfits for our 14th anniversary celebration.

On Monday it was the school’s 14th birthday celebration. We had a theme day and an assembly in our school gym. All classes participated in our celebration.

Also on Monday the breakfast program started. We have some great volunteers this year preparing the toast.

Our new afterschool program schedule started this week. Some of the new activities are yoga, reading club, homework club, crocheting, sewing, gym activities, drama, arts and crafts, computers and greenhouse activities.

The IHMS running club began on Tuesday and will meet every Tuesday and Thursday. The first running meet will be September 25. They had a great turn out on Tuesday.

Chamber choir started this week with Dr. Graham. It will be held in the music room on Wednesdays at lunch time.  It is open to students in grade 3 to level 1.

Our media centre is up and running. This week our school news reporters were Hajra Ahmad, Emily Murley, Isaac Buckingham and Simon Boitsefski.

Intramurals also started this week. The students are in two separate groups grade 3 to 5 and grades 6 to level 1.
Our reporters apologize for reporting the wrong name of one of our grade 7 Mexican exchange students. His correct name is Nicolas Emiiano Herrera.


Class News

The junior kindergarten classes are starting their apple theme. They would like to welcome Ivor Cook to their class.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class celebrated Ava Baker’s classroom birthday party with yummy cupcakes and some playground play.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning about living and non-living things in science. They are learning the letter “I” in language.

Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class celebrated Junior Corrigan’s birthday this week. This week they are working on living and non-living things and have started their sight words. They would like to congratulate Frankie Targett and his family on their new baby, McKenley.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is learning about ways of communicating. In science they are learning about how the earth rotates day and night.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class has started journal writing. In science they are learning about the sun, shadows and they are learning about the night sky. They are sampling items made from apples today.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is making time lines in social studies. In math class they are learning about increasing patterns.

Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class is learning about the artist Vincent Van Gogh. Like them, he decided to learn French as a second language. They are drawing Van Gogh style sunflowers with small lines. The result was amazing!

Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class recently wrote a book about the most important things about Immaculate Heart for its 14th anniversary. They enjoyed sharing it with the rest of the school in the assembly.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class did a rap at the school assembly for the 14th anniversary. The grade 5 class had fun making pancakes in math class for a treat. The grade 6’s are learning about the pattern rule in math.
Ms. Jones’ junior high and level 1 class had a great day at Mrs. King’s cabin, and are looking forward to their next trip. It was the first time for some of the Mexican and Brazilian students to water ski or go out on the water tube.

Coming Up

The cafeteria lunch program will begin on September 23.

Wednesday is National Tree Day and Bring a Perennial to school day. All families are asked to bring a perennial to plant on the school ground for our naturalization project.

Thursday is our annual Terry Fox School Run. Students can wear gym clothes and bring a $1.00 donation for the Terry Fox Foundation.
Also on Thursday is curriculum night for parents and teachers in our school gym from 7 pm to 8:30 pm.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, September 13, 2013

 


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This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion's Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, September 13, 2013.


By: Sam Antle, William Bruce-Robertson, Emma Doman, and Gina Spencer
 
Photo of Juan Carlos Ramirez presenting a portrait of Mary to Maria Reynolds and
Mira Ismail. Juan carried the portrait with him when he travelled to Canada to present
to Immaculate heart of Mary School. The portrait is hung in the school chapel.


It’s September again and we welcome back all of our teachers and students, and some new faces as well.

Our school opening Mass was Friday. Thank you to Mr. Graham for coming and playing the organ at church to celebrate the opening of the school year. We welcome Father Edward Terry to our Parish. Father Terry visited our school this week and even made an announcement at recess during the IHMS news.

We also welcome to our school international students from Mexico and Brazil. From Mexico we have Nicolas Emiiano and Juan Carlos Ramirez in grade 7 and  Iker Andre  and Ale Hernandez in grade 8, as well as Wesley Calvalcante in Level 1 from Brazil. Juan brought us a beautiful portrait of Mary to hang in our school from his family in Mexico.

Our afterschool program began last week. Thank you to Lynn Pond Evans who has been helping with the activities.

Our school is busy preparing for the grand opening of our greenhouse on September 30th. We are growing cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, herbs and pumpkins.

The grades 3 to level 1 students have started learning about Lego Robotics. Everyone is very excited.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Mrs. McCarthy on finishing the Star Fall 15 km run last Sunday.

Thank you to Mr. Bob Bennett of Marcus Karate School for their $100 donation to the school greenhouse.

Congratulations to Mr. George on placing 5th in the National Fire Fighters Challenge last week.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are all doing apple activities in class.

Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class started patterns in math and a living and non-living unit in science. The kids had lots of fun playing animal charades.

Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is very excited to start kindergarten and meeting lots of new friends this week.

Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class has enjoyed playing outside on the playground and are busy settling in to school.

Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class is learning lots of new French vocabulary.

Mrs. George’s grade one English class had a great first full week! They started patterning in math and in social studies are learning about communicating. We are having an apple taste test today for their apple theme.

Ms. Park’s grade two class is excited to start the new year with their classmates. They are feeling great after a nice summer break.

Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class has settled into the old science lab. They have been busy decorating their new classroom. They made some new friends this week and were excited to meet their new teacher and speak French everyday! Bonne annee a tous!

Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class has had a great first week back. They began patterning in math and are already completing their first piece of writing about their summer vacation.

Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class are starting their spelling tests next week. They are very excited about being the school news reporters this year.

Ms. Jone’s junior high and level 1 class will be visiting Bonne Bay Pond this weekend! The students will be enjoying water skiing, tubing and other fun cabin activities. This week they also took a tour of the Corner Brook Museum and Archives as part of their social studies class. They would like to thank Ms. Jane Bruce-Robertson, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Barb Anderson and Mr. Ian Glashan for driving them on their field trip.
Coming Up
Our school breakfast program begins on Monday and will continue every day from 7:30-8:15 am.

IHMS celebrates it’s 14th birthday with a “14” theme day on Monday. There will be a special celebration in the afternoon with cookies and milk.

The cafeteria lunch program will begin on September 23 and the menu will go home on Monday.

Cross Country running will be starting next week.