Friday, November 8, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 8, 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, November 8, 2013.


By: Telicia Young, Samuel Michael, Bridgett Sparkes, and Anna Brake



Elwood Rolle trying on the firefighting gear during a presentation about firefighting with the junior kindergarten students. Elwood is pictured with Firefighter Mark Griffin.
  


Karen Rashleigh with her children Ella and Caleb at our school pancake breakfast on Tuesday morning. 

 
 
Last week our school celebrated Halloween. Each class had a class party with Halloween treats and every class went to the gym for Halloween activities. Thank you to Mrs. Foley and the student council members for organizing the day.

On Friday our school had a school assembly. Our students who won the provincial Foster Family essay contest and the provincial Good Governance essay contest read their essays for students, parents and staff.

Last week our basketball teams began practicing. The grade 3-5 boy’s basketball team is being coached by Mr. Mark Hillier and Mr. Michael Quigley. Our junior high basketball team is being coached by Mr. Nadon.

On Tuesday our school had our first pancake breakfast for the year. Thanks to Mrs. George, Mrs. King, Mme. LaChance, Ms. Park, Mrs. Vincent, Mrs. Foley, and Ms. Parsons for helping with the yummy breakfast.

Mrs. George’s class has started Operation Christmas Child. They are very excited and hope to be able to fill 56 boxes this year!

Yesterday we had our Remembrance Day assembly. Thank you to the junior high students and Mr. Nadon for organizing the event. It was a nice ceremony.

School is closed today and Monday. On Monday, our school is closed for the National Day of Remembrance.
This week our ITV News reporters are; Wesley Calvalcante, Cheyenne Bursey, Chenoah Park, and Colin Spencer



Stars of The Week
Congratulations to all our students and families on all the used cell phones they have brought to school. We are still collecting until Nov. 22.


Class News
 
The junior kindergarten classes enjoyed the firefighters Deputy Chief Bill Griffin and firefighter Mark Griffin who visited them on Monday. They gave an interactive presentation. They are finishing up their Remembrance Day activities.
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is continuing with their math unit on numbers. They are learning about Remembrance Day and making poppies. In the ceremony on Thursday they recited their French poem.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class really enjoyed the Remembrance Day service. They have been busy this week reading story books and working on numbers in math.
Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class is continuing their number unit. They are focusing on the letter “a” and learning about special people in their lives. They are making cards to share with the most special person in their life.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class  is starting a new unit in math about adding and subtracting up to 12. This week they also learned about Remembrance Day. They would like to say congratulations to Alex King who won a silver medal and two bronze medals in a karate tournament last weekend.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is very excited to be heading up Operation Christmas Child in our school this week. They had a great time at the pancake breakfast and the Remembrance Day service.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is learning about base ten blocks in math and will be making math robots using base ten blocks.  They are learning about different habitats in science and researching which animals live in each habitat. They are so very happy to have Fares Azouni back in our school from Dubai.
Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class was discussing Remembrance Day this week. They talked a lot about the different wars that Canadians were involved in. They learned how animals did a great job helping in the army. Not just dogs, but cats, pigeons, and bears too. At the Remembrance Day service they showed a slideshow about what they learned and challenged everyone to change their Facebook profile to a picture of a poppy to honour Canadians who have served their country.
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class welcomed Dr. T.A. Loeffler to their classroom on Thursday. Dr. Loeffler is from St. John’s and has climbed six of the “Seven Summits” which are the highest peask on each of the seven continents. She spoke on the challenges explorers and climbers face, reinforcing their social studies unit on exploration.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class was very busy this week with assignments, essays and spelling tests! They would like to congratulate McKenna Batstone, Max Chrappa, William Bruce-Robertson and Clara Ryan who were selected to read their Remembrance essays in our Remembrance Day ceremony. All  the essays were very good! The grade 5 students had a blast making up their own sports broadcasts in language class.
Ms. Jones’ junior high and level 1 class was very busy this week preparing the school’s Remembracne Day service with Mr. Nadon. Also, last Saturday they were out leaf raking to raise money for their trip to the Skills Challenge. They would like to thank all the families who supported this fundraiser.




Coming Up

Weather permitting the junior high classes will be continuing the leaf raking on Saturday.
School will be closed on Monday for Remembrance Day.
 
  
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Friday, November 1, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, November 1, 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, November 1, 2013.


By: Sam Antle, William Bruce-Robertson, Jayden Lempriere, and Gina Spencer



Pictured (L-R) are: Wesley Calvalcante, Nicolas Moreno, Iker Aguirre, and Nathan Anderson


We had a busy week at Immaculate Heart. On Tuesday the skills challenge team hosted a Zumba fitness class with instructor Rhonda McMaster as a fundraiser for their trip to St. John’s. They had a great turn out. Thank you, Rhonda, for an awesome class! Also, thank you to Wesley Calvalcante, Caroline Bruce-Robertson and William Bruce-Robertson for volunteering at the event.

Our student leadership council had a successful pajama and slumber party last week for the janeway. They raised over $5oo!! This week they planned Halloween activities for the whole school including a parade of costumes in the gym.  Thank you to Mrs. Foley and the council for a fantastic day.
Cross country running is officially over for the season. They had lots of great runs. They had a party at Menchie’s to celebrate on Tuesday. Basketball has officially started at our school. Practices were held this week for grades 3 to Level 1.
Today we are having an assembly at 11:30 for our provincial winners in the Foster Family Essay Contest and the Good Governance Essay contest.
Our school is still collecting cell phones for the Recycle My Cell Campaign.
Last week on Friday while we were at home the teachers had a professional development day. All the teachers had a session with Dr. Michael Newton on the topic of mindfulness. The French Immersion teachers had a session with Mrs. Gerene O’Dell about French learning resources. Some of the other topics throughout the day were about technology, literacy, math centres, and best practices for report cards.
Our ITV school reporters this week were Samuel Michael, William Brice-Robertson, Aria Kazerouni, and Ale Hernandez.
Have a great weekend everyone! 


Stars of The Week
Congratulations to our runners in the Templeton running meet last Thursday. Our runners were Isaac Buckingham, Jacob Bursey, Chloe Colbourne, Clare Coleman, Heather Cooper, Aria Kazerouni, Jack Matthews, Ryan Murphy, Lucas Neville, Simon Boitsefski, Emma Doman, Clara Ryan, Jack Ryan, and Telicia  Young. All of our runners did awesome.

Clare Coleman placed 3rd and Heather Cooper placed 7th in the grade 4 girls category, Ryan Murphy placed 4th, Aria Kazerouni placed 7th and Isaac Buckingham placed 9th in grade 4 boys category. Chole Colbourne placed 10th in the grade 5 girls category and Clara Ryan placed 9th in the grade 6 girls category. Jack Ryan placed 9th in the grade 5 boys category.

Thank you to coaches Mme Brake, Ms. Scott and Mr. Nadon for a great season.

Congratulations to Tyler Dillman who received a certificate from Bennett’s “Tae Kwondo” for Awesome Form.

Bridgett Sparked had a swimming competition last weekend. She placed 11th in the 50-metre free style and 14th in the 100-metre free style at the Corner Brook Rapids Performance Meet.

Also, congratulations to Ben Griffin who placed 4th in the Frost and Furious race held in Steady Brook on Saturday.

Class News
The junior kindergarten classes would like to thank Sylvia Phillips for donating storage containers to the JK program.  They are finishing up Halloween activities this week. They are excited about the fire fighter who will be visiting their classroom on Monday.
 
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class would like to thank all the volunteers who helped with their pumpkin carving for Halloween. We had lots of fun doing their pumpkin investigations. They would like to welcome Eva Willis to their classroom. She is a new student to our school. They are very excited to have her in their class. They would also like to say, Awesome costumes everyone!
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class had a great time at their Halloween party on Thursday.  They are working on the letter “a” and started a chapter on numbers.
Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class is learning what their names mean this week. They are doing a new unit on numbers. They would like to welcome Mallory Chambers to their class this week.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class was super excited about Halloween this week. They are working on haunted houses and learning about why they are special. They are starting to learn about addition and subtraction in math.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class really enjoyed the Halloween party and parade. In science they are learning about how plants and animals change as the seasons change. They had lots of fun acting out the wedding at Cana in religion class.
Ms. Park’s grade two class had a super fun Halloween! They did pumpkin carving, estimating the number of pumpkin seeds and then roasting them. They are also learning all about spiders! Creepy!
Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class had a count down to Halloween. They made spiders with paper cups, wrote about their Halloween costume and created a witch potion. They also made a Halloween bag for Halloween night. They were really creative.
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class had a great week leading up to Halloween. They used warm and cool colours to create pumpkin and ghost collages. They also finished up their class novel “Gregor the Overlander, by Suzanne Collins. They were in suspense right up until the end. They highly recommend it!
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class is working on Remembrance Day essays and posters this week. They spent a lot of time talking about the importance of Remembrance Day and watching videos and listening to music. They had a fantastic time at their Halloween party on Thursday and enjoyed the class Halloween scavenger hunt! The grade six students are creating surveys in social studies.
Ms. Jones’s junior high and level 1 class had a movie and treats for Halloween on Thursday afternoon. They have so many students from different countries, they thought it would be fun to try foods they eat at times of celebration. For some students it is their first time celebrating Halloween.


Coming Up
There will also be a leaf raking day on November 2 from 9 am to 4 pm.  If you would like to have your lawn raked for a donation you can contact the main office.

Mrs. George’s grade 1 class will be starting Operation Christmas Child next week. Stay tuned for more updates.
 
  
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Friday, October 25, 2013

Lion's Roar - Friday, October 25, 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 25, 2013.


By: Keely Brothers, Chenoah Park, Anna MacKenzie, Alaura Alexander, and Makenzy Bishop  

 


Photo of Jarius San Jose, Linda Beaubien of Academy Canada, Alejandra Hernandez, Maria Reynolds, Hajra Ahmad, and Frank Diamond, Cooking Instructor. Students presented the cooking class with a thank you card and gift for the wonderful Thanksgiving meal.

 
This week was foster Family Week.
On Thursday the student council hosted a pajama day and slumber party in the gym. Students in grades 2-10 watched a movie in the gym and the k and grade 1 classes watched movies together. Each student donated $2 for the Janeway Telethon.
Please remember we are still recycling cell phones. Last week we hosted the launch of the Recycle my Cell Campagin. Maria Reynolds and Hajra Ahmad prepared an awesome video for the launch. Douglas MacKenzie was the emcee and the grade 3 and 4 choir performed two songs about recycling. Also, Mme LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 class and Mrs. Foley’s grade 3 and 4 class made special collection boxes. On the very first day we collected 225 cell phones. The campaign ends on November 22 . We are asking students to collect as many cell phones as they can!
Last week we also hosted our school book fair. We raised a big total of $3,112.15. We had some prize winners for the jelly bean counting contest. They were Emily Hindy, Hailey Batt, and Heather Cooper who won posters. Students who guessed the closest number of pages in a pile of books was Reyd Ward, Grace Brake Higgins and Charlise Simmons.
At the Stephenville Regional Cross Country Running event we had nine runners. Everyone did an awesome job. Our runners were Clare Coleman, Heather Cooper, Jack Matthews, Lucas Neville, Aria Kazerouni, Ryan Murphy, Jack Ryan, Clara Ryan and Chloe Colbourne.
Our ITV school reporters this week were Clare Coleman, Makenzy Bishop, Sara Ismail and Ryan Bennett.


Stars of The Week
Congratulations to Gina Spencer who was the provincial winner in the Good Governance Essay Contest.

Congratulations to Abigail Woodford who participated in the Rebecca Pack Figure Skating Competition in Gander.
 
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Halloween activities. The nursing students who were working with them in the classroom also finished up this week.
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class is singing lots of Halloween songs. They had a great time on pajama day and watching the Halloween movie.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class is learning words that start with the letter “f”. Their class pets are growing really well.
Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class has started their new social studies unit on identity. They had a great time on pajama day. They are looking forward to Halloween.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class has been having lots of fun playing games with estimation. They are very excited about their mystery art project.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is having lots of fun doing Halloween worksheets and activities. In social studies they are learning about rights and responsibilities.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is doing a unit on spiders in science. They are also learning about estimations in math.
Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class was playing with money this week. They were looking at combinations to make 50 cents and one dollar. Students are really good with math and money. They can count by 5, 10, and 25! They are also counting down the days until Halloween.
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class is using warm and cool colours in art to create pumpkin and ghost collages for Halloween. They are very proud of Arabella and Alessandra LeBlanc who appeared in the opera, Sister Angelica, last weekend at the Gary Graham Theatre.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a great time on pajama day for the Janeway telethon. They have are starting to learn Remembrance Day. They are the symbols of remembrance and talking about sacrifice.
Ms. Jones’ junior high and level 1 class is working on integer problems. In language arts they are finishing up their topic on what it means to be a global citizen.



Coming Up

Join us for a Zumba Class in aid of the Skills Challenge trip to St. John’s in November. The class is on Tuesday, October 29 at 7 pm in our gym. The cost is $5 per person.

Halloween is October 31st. Students can dress up for Halloween.

There will also be a leaf raking day on November 2 from 9 am to 4 pm.  If you would like to have your lawn raked for a donation you can contact the main office.

 
  
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Friday, October 18, 2013

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Lion's Roar - Friday, October 18, 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 18, 2013.


By: Madison Noel, Jack Ryan, Max Chrappa, William Bennett, and Cheyenne Bursey  

(L-R): Chenoah Park, Chloe Colbourne, Makenzy Bishop and Paige Walsh check out some books at our Scholastic Book Fair this week.


We hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving weekend.

On Wednesday a Book Fair took place in the school’s cafeteria. Also, we showed our support for cancer research by wearing a pink ribbon for Dress for the Cause Day.

Students also had litter free lunches on Wednesday for Waste Reduction Week. Some other things we are doing this week to celebrate are using less paper, turning off the lights and talking about recycling.

On Thursday we hosted the official launch for the Recycle My Cell Challenge in our gym.  Our cross country runners took part in a meet in Stephenville.  And in the evening our school hosted the Scholastic Book Fair Family night event.
 
This week was Good Governance Week. Our grade six students wrote essays on what good governance means to them.

Our ITV school reporters last week were Nathan Anderson, Jayden Lempriere, McKenna Batstone and Lucas Neville. This week they are Nicolas Moreno, Madison Noel, Cole Dumaresque and William Bennett.


Stars of The Week
Congratulations to Anna Brake who received first place in the provincial Foster Family Writing competition and Jack Ryan who received second place for the elementary categories. Also, congratulations to Kate Lombard who was the winner for the elementary provincial drawing competition.

There were some fast runners last Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Track meet and here’s the names of the stars, they are: Jack Ryan, Clara Ryan, Ryan Bennett, William Bennett, Isaac Buckingham, Clare Coleman, Aria Kazerouni, Heather Cooper, Emily Murley, Ryan Murphy, Colin Spencer, and Telicia Young.  Congratulations to Telicia Young who placed in the top five.

Also this week, Jorga Perett was a firefighter for a day! She was picked up at the school and rode in the fire truck with Mr. George.
Thank you to Mrs. George and all her volunteers for another successful Scholastic Book Fair.
 
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are making Chai monsters for Halloween and are doing lots of Halloween activities. They would like to congratulate Charlise Simmonds’ family who welcomed a new baby girl and Ivor Cook’s family who welcomed a new baby boy to their families. Also, there are two new College of the North Atlantic interns in their classes this week. They are Stephanie Jennings and Annette Cummings.
 
Mme. Brake’s Kindergarten French Immersion class loved the turkey dinner. Thank you to everyone who helped. They all had a nice long weekend and are ready to be hard at work again. They have started a unit called “All About Me” in social studies and are learning about what makes them unique.
Mrs. Hodder’s Kindergarten English class loved the Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. They are working on “t” words and sounds. They are starting a new social studies unit on identity.
Ms. Parson’s Kindergarten English class is starting a numbers unit in math.  They are starting a plant experiment unit as well. They really enjoyed the turkey dinner on Friday.
Mme. Ryan’s grade one French Immersion class  really enjoyed visiting the book fair and seeing all the new books.
Mrs. George’s grade one English class is doing spooky Halloween writing and crafts this week. In science they are learning about the seasons.
Ms. Park’s grade two class is making bird feeders in science and learning about money in math.
Mme. LaChance’s grade 2 and 3 French Immersion class made cards for their parents last week for Thanksgiving. They thanked them for the toys they have, the time they spend together, the great food and home they have. They realized that not all children have these things and that they are very lucky! The grade 3 students wrote postcards to special people and mailed them!
Mrs. Foley’s grade three and four class is really enjoying their class novel, Gregor the Overlander. They are anxious to see if their predictions will be correct. On Wednesday they wore pink ribbons on their uniforms to bring awareness to cancer research.
Mrs. McCarthy’s grade five and six class had a guest speaker. Mr. Pat Gambin from the Knights of Columbus visited them to talk about the Squires Program. They had a great time at the Scholastic Book Fair. The grade 5’s had a science test today. They would like to remind everyone to bring in their used cell phones.
Ms. Jones’ junior high and level 1 class enjoyed the Thanksgiving celebration at the school on Friday. They were also really excited to help with the launch of the Recycle my Cell Campaign.
Coming Up

Next week is Foster Family Week.

We will be having a healthy commotion on Monday.


We are collecting used cell phones for the Recycle My Cell Campaign.


School will be closed on October 25th for a Professional Development Day.
 
  
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