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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Lion's Roar - Friday, May 7, 2011
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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, May 7, 2011.
By: Aaron Hancock, Katerina Hamann, Nicole Keeping
On Monday author Andrea Beck visited the primary students and shared a story with them. She is the author and illustrator of Pierre Le Poof and Elliot Moose.
On Sunday, our prayer group held a special celebration called “The Divine Mercy Sunday”.
Thank you to Patrick Davis and Claire Reynolds for emceeing our spring variety show. Many students performed interesting acts. Also thank you to Andrew Dolomount for video taping. The entire school got to see the junior high’s video about our school.
This week we welcome Alicia Cross to our JK classes. She is a College of the North Atlantic student doing a work placement here.
This week is the City of Corner Brook clean-up week. Many students and staff have been out cleaning up around the school and church.
All of our students are taking part in the Wonder Active Challenge. Students are spending a few minutes a day exercising to fun music.
Our grade 4 - 9s are very excited to be in St. Pierre! They left on Tuesday and will be back on Saturday. While they are in St. Pierre they will be visiting museums, schools, the newspaper, the bakery and going swimming. We hope you are all enjoying your trip.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to MaKayla Ianni who won first place in her age group for the Valley Mall Easter colouring contest.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Mother’s Day activities and spending time outside in the sunshine.
The kindergarten English class is doing pictographs in math and learning about the weather in science.
The Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning how to print spring words and they are preparing for Mother’s Day. They are doing lots of physical activities in class to keep them happy and healthy.
The grade one class is doing addition sentences in math using numbers up to 20. In science they are learning about living things.
The grade two class is beginning a unit on Dinosaurs in language arts.
The grade three and four class is excited about the trip to St. Pierre. They had a fun Easter and have just completed a poster contest for World Oceans Day. On Tuesday the nurse came to talk to them about nutrition.
The grade five and six is very excited to be in St. Pierre. They hope everyone is enjoying their trip.
The junior high class is learning to play O’Canada in band class. They are enjoying their trip to St. Pierre.
Coming Up
The Kindergarten graduation pictures are being taken on Monday.
The QSP magazine fundraiser begins next week.
The May Crowing prayer celebration will be on Tuesday beginning at 12:15 at All Hallows.
Track and Field events and Soccer tournaments begin next week.
The grade 2 class’s first Holy Communion is on May 15th.
The Elementary Speak Off is being held on May 31st.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
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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, May 7, 2011.
By: Aaron Hancock, Katerina Hamann, Nicole Keeping
Visit with author Andrea Beck. In addition to reading to the children she had them act out how a book is created and eventually published. Clara Ryan (centre) is acting as the author and Jack Ryan (right) is her imagination that follows her around. In addition there is Harrison Squires (left) acting as the publisher.
On Monday author Andrea Beck visited the primary students and shared a story with them. She is the author and illustrator of Pierre Le Poof and Elliot Moose.
On Sunday, our prayer group held a special celebration called “The Divine Mercy Sunday”.
Thank you to Patrick Davis and Claire Reynolds for emceeing our spring variety show. Many students performed interesting acts. Also thank you to Andrew Dolomount for video taping. The entire school got to see the junior high’s video about our school.
This week we welcome Alicia Cross to our JK classes. She is a College of the North Atlantic student doing a work placement here.
This week is the City of Corner Brook clean-up week. Many students and staff have been out cleaning up around the school and church.
All of our students are taking part in the Wonder Active Challenge. Students are spending a few minutes a day exercising to fun music.
Our grade 4 - 9s are very excited to be in St. Pierre! They left on Tuesday and will be back on Saturday. While they are in St. Pierre they will be visiting museums, schools, the newspaper, the bakery and going swimming. We hope you are all enjoying your trip.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to MaKayla Ianni who won first place in her age group for the Valley Mall Easter colouring contest.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Mother’s Day activities and spending time outside in the sunshine.
The kindergarten English class is doing pictographs in math and learning about the weather in science.
The Kindergarten French Immersion class is learning how to print spring words and they are preparing for Mother’s Day. They are doing lots of physical activities in class to keep them happy and healthy.
The grade one class is doing addition sentences in math using numbers up to 20. In science they are learning about living things.
The grade two class is beginning a unit on Dinosaurs in language arts.
The grade three and four class is excited about the trip to St. Pierre. They had a fun Easter and have just completed a poster contest for World Oceans Day. On Tuesday the nurse came to talk to them about nutrition.
The grade five and six is very excited to be in St. Pierre. They hope everyone is enjoying their trip.
The junior high class is learning to play O’Canada in band class. They are enjoying their trip to St. Pierre.
Coming Up
The Kindergarten graduation pictures are being taken on Monday.
The QSP magazine fundraiser begins next week.
The May Crowing prayer celebration will be on Tuesday beginning at 12:15 at All Hallows.
Track and Field events and Soccer tournaments begin next week.
The grade 2 class’s first Holy Communion is on May 15th.
The Elementary Speak Off is being held on May 31st.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Lion's Roar - Saturday, April 23, 2011 Happy Easter!
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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 Saturday, April 23, 2011.
By: Nathan Anderson, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, Jenna Yetman
On Saturday there was an auction and entertainment night fundraiser for our community playground fundraiser. Thank you to all the performers, organizers, volunteers, and sponsors for making this night a success. The auction raised over $6,000 for our project. We now have raised over $22,000 for our playground.
Our first live broadcasts from the media centre began this week. On Monday the junior high class, and grades 3-6 each did a live broadcast. On Tuesday kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 did their broadcasts and on Wednesday the junior kindergartens did their live broadcasts. It was very exciting to see everyone on the classroom tvs.
Last Friday we had our annual science fair. All students participated in the fair. It was a great afternoon of scientific fun. Thank you to our judges: Cecil Lake, Lee Myles, and Jenna Vokey. Also thank you to Mr. Hancock for organizing the science fair. Watch for science fair photos to be added to the photo section of our website soon!
Jr. Scientist Megan Williams
On Wednesday the chamber choir and some solo performers from the Rotary Music Festival performed in front of sears for a fundraiser for Breast Caner awareness. Many classes also celebrated Earth Day today.
Today is the last day before Easter break. We are having a casual day and a spring variety show this afternoon. We look forward to seeing, tricks, dancing, piano playing and puppet show.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to our science fair medal winners pictured below: Front: Clara Ryan, Douglas MacKenzie, Alex Williams, Maria Reynolds, Olivia Park, Olivia Gallant, Back: Andrew Dolomount, Patrick Davis, Carla du Toit and Nicole Keeping.
Congratulations to our students who participated in the Shall We Skate show on Saturday for silver blades skating club. Students from our school who skated were Ryan Lushman, Grace Pye, Sadie MacDonnell, Claire Brake, Clare Coleman, Brooklynn Companion, Olivia Park, Caylie Blake, Anna Brake, Bethany Whelan, and Abigail Companion.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Easter crafts and are excited for the holidays.
The kindergarten French Immersion is doing Easter printing, learning Easter songs and had fun doing the live broadcasts in French.
The kindergarten English class really enjoyed the live broadcasts on Tuesday. They are excited to start their Easter break today.
The grade one class is learning about the triduum in religion and had fun making edible birds nests for Easter.
The grade two class is getting ready for the Easter bunny by making Easter baskets and doing Easter math. They had fun broadcasting live.
The grade three and four class is doing Earth Day activities today. They really enjoyed the science fair last week. The grade 4’s are looking forward to the St. Pierre trip after Easter break.
The grade five and six held debates yesterday in language arts. They are happy their cookie sale was such a great success and are excited about the St. Pierre trip. They are performing a poem today about the Earth at the variety show for Earth Day.
The junior high class is looking forward to Easter break. They enjoyed the science fair on Friday and the live broadcasts this week. They are looking forward to continuing to help with the live broadcasts.
Coming Up
School re-opens after Easter on May 2nd.
The grade 4-9 trip to St. Pierre is May 3rd to May 7th.
The grade 2 class’s first Holy Communion is on May 15th.
The Elementary Speak Off is being held on May 31st.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
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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 Saturday, April 23, 2011.
By: Nathan Anderson, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, Jenna Yetman
Our first live broadcasts from the media centre began this week. On Monday the junior high class, and grades 3-6 each did a live broadcast. On Tuesday kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 did their broadcasts and on Wednesday the junior kindergartens did their live broadcasts. It was very exciting to see everyone on the classroom tvs.
Students in our media centre during our first live broadcast this week. All students in the school had the opportunity to broadcast a news message live across the school television network. Front (L-R): Zubia Mahmood, Claire Reynolds, Carla du Toit. Back (L-R): Brian MacKenzie, Patrick Davis, Andrew Dolomount and Sarah Keeping.
Sarah Keeping reporting for IHMS
Reporter Carla du Toit as seen on a classroom screen
Last Friday we had our annual science fair. All students participated in the fair. It was a great afternoon of scientific fun. Thank you to our judges: Cecil Lake, Lee Myles, and Jenna Vokey. Also thank you to Mr. Hancock for organizing the science fair. Watch for science fair photos to be added to the photo section of our website soon!
Jr. Scientist Megan Williams
On Tuesday the grade 5 and 6 class held a cookie sale for Lorrie William’s foundation CHES which provides girls in Kenya with educational scholarships. The class raised over $70 selling yummy cookies and cupcakes.On Wednesday the chamber choir and some solo performers from the Rotary Music Festival performed in front of sears for a fundraiser for Breast Caner awareness. Many classes also celebrated Earth Day today.
IHMS Chamber Choir
Patrick Davis
Hannah Sparkes
IHMS Chamber Choir
Carla du Toit & Claire Reynolds
IHMS Chamber Choir with Director, Mr. Gary Graham and the Easter Bunny
Have a happy Easter everyone!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to our science fair medal winners pictured below: Front: Clara Ryan, Douglas MacKenzie, Alex Williams, Maria Reynolds, Olivia Park, Olivia Gallant, Back: Andrew Dolomount, Patrick Davis, Carla du Toit and Nicole Keeping.
Congratulations to our students who participated in the Shall We Skate show on Saturday for silver blades skating club. Students from our school who skated were Ryan Lushman, Grace Pye, Sadie MacDonnell, Claire Brake, Clare Coleman, Brooklynn Companion, Olivia Park, Caylie Blake, Anna Brake, Bethany Whelan, and Abigail Companion.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Easter crafts and are excited for the holidays.
The kindergarten French Immersion is doing Easter printing, learning Easter songs and had fun doing the live broadcasts in French.
The kindergarten English class really enjoyed the live broadcasts on Tuesday. They are excited to start their Easter break today.
The grade one class is learning about the triduum in religion and had fun making edible birds nests for Easter.
The grade two class is getting ready for the Easter bunny by making Easter baskets and doing Easter math. They had fun broadcasting live.
The grade three and four class is doing Earth Day activities today. They really enjoyed the science fair last week. The grade 4’s are looking forward to the St. Pierre trip after Easter break.
The grade five and six held debates yesterday in language arts. They are happy their cookie sale was such a great success and are excited about the St. Pierre trip. They are performing a poem today about the Earth at the variety show for Earth Day.
The junior high class is looking forward to Easter break. They enjoyed the science fair on Friday and the live broadcasts this week. They are looking forward to continuing to help with the live broadcasts.
Coming Up
School re-opens after Easter on May 2nd.
The grade 4-9 trip to St. Pierre is May 3rd to May 7th.
The grade 2 class’s first Holy Communion is on May 15th.
The Elementary Speak Off is being held on May 31st.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Lion's Roar - Friday, April 15, 2011
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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, April 15, 2011.
By: Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, Bethany Whelan
Last week Junior Kindergarten to grade 4 students had a session called “Learn Not to Burn” by Mr. Everett Pitts. He presented to the students on fire safety.
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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, April 15, 2011.
By: Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, Bethany Whelan
Grade 5 and 6 class enjoying afternoon tea with a group of seniors. The students are meeting regulary with a group of seniors to learn about Newfoundland cutlure and traditions. This week they are enjoying a traditional jigs dinner and kitchen party. (L-R): Abigail Companion, Maria Reynolds, MacKenzie Brothers, Mrs. Marie Doucette, William Goodridge and Katerina Hamann.
All of our students performed beautifully at the Rotary Music Festival last week. The grade 5 and 6 band received 1st place and a score of 85. The junior high band also received 1st place and score of 86. The school choir performed at the Stars of The Festival on Tuesday night. Both our junior high band and the school choir received scholarships for the festival. Thank you to Mr. Graham and Mrs. McHugh for all your hard work preparing us for the festival.
Grade 5 and 6 Band
Junior High Band
School Choir
R. B. Matthews recently donated his penny collection totalling $35 to the IHMS Community Playground Project. R.B. is pictured making the presentation to Mrs. Elaine King, Director of Education.
Last week Junior Kindergarten to grade 4 students had a session called “Learn Not to Burn” by Mr. Everett Pitts. He presented to the students on fire safety.
This week was National Volunteer Week. Thank you to all the volunteers who help our school.
The QSP Magazine fundraiser that was supposed to begin this week was postponed until after Easter break.
The Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten English and French Immersion orientations took place on Wednesday. There were a lot of new students visiting our school. We look forward to seeing you all again in September!
Students and staff attended the installation of our new Bishop this past Wednesday night. Welcome, Bishop Hundt!
The public health nurse, Ms. Carla Gillam, did a nutrition presentation last week for the grade 5 and 6 class. This week on Thursday, Ms. Tina Edmunds did a presentation with the junior high class about nutrition and healthy eating habits.
Permission slips for students traveling to St. Pierre are due to the office today.
The cast list for “Annie” is now posted. Students are now beginning to learn their parts.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to students involved in the Rotary Music Festival this week. Congratulations to Simon Boitsefski 3rd place in Boy’s Solo under 7; Carla du Toit who won 3rd place in Musical Theatre 12 and under, 3rd place in Vocal Concert Group 12 and under, and 3rd place in Traditional Folk song 12 and under; Nicole Keeping who won 3rd place in Musical Theatre 11 and under; MacKenzie Brothers who won 1st place in Musical Theatre 10 and under, and 2nd place in Vocal Concert Group 12 and under; Maria Reynolds who won 3rd place in Baroque and Classical, and 3rd place in Piano Solo - Romantic, Modern and Inventions; Olivia Park who won 3rd place in Piano Solo – Pre Grade Own Selection and 3rd place in Piano Solo - Pre Grade; and to Aaron Hancock who received 3rd place in Piano Solo Baroque and Classical Own Selection.
Congratulations to Alex William’s whose drawing was featured on the annual EcoKids environmental calendar.
Congratulations to Caylie Blake who won the Most Improved Skater award for Intermediate and to Bethany Whelan who won the Most Improved Skater Competitive at the Silver Blades Figure Skating Club’s annual banquet.
Congratulations to Andrew Dolomount who won a trophy for sparring and silver medal for form at a Tae Kwon Do competition last weekend.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Easter activities and are having an Easter party next week.
The kindergarten French Immersion is learning spring vocabulary and are doing Easter crafts in art. They are also learning to print the letter “j”.
The kindergarten English class is working on mass in math and learning how to count by 5 cents.
The grade one class is learning about dental care in health and enjoyed a visit from the public health nurse who taught them lots about dental care.
The grade two class is doing Easter activities, learning subtraction and addition in math! They are also started a book study on Where the Wild Things Are.
The grade three and four class is having a science vocabulary quiz. They are doing things in art with beads. The grade 4’s are having a test on spelling techniques and designing cellphones.
The grade five and six just finished their Elliot Moose and Pierre Le Poof drawings for an art contest. Yesterday they had jigs dinner with the seniors and attended a real kitchen party. They are beginning debates in language arts.
The junior high class made chocolate chip and orange muffins in enrichment class. They are beginning a bird nest project. The grade 7’s are learning about advertising techniques. The grade 8 and 9’s are starting a novel study on Forbidden City.
Coming Up
On Monday we are celebrating the Passion with Mrs. Coleman and the prayer group.
Our school is hosting an auction for the Playground on April 16th at the Legion. It is called “Swing into Spring”. There will be lots to bid on and local entertainment. Tickets are $5 and there will be a door prize of $200 in gas.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Easter Break begins on April 22nd.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Lion's Roar - Friday, April 8, 2011
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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, April 8, 2011.
By: Sarah Campbell, Katerina Hamann, and Nicole Keeping
Today our choirs are performing at the Arts and Culture Centre for the Rotary Music Festival. Good luck everyone. The school bands performed yesterday.
On Wednesday, grades 3 to 9 went to Reconciliation at All Hallows with Monsignor Gale and Father Hynes.
Ms. Sandra Burden from the Kids Eat Smart Program visited our breakfast program on Tuesday morning.
The grade 6 basketball tournament was a success. Thank you to our coaches Mr. Taaffe, Ms. Dutton and Mr. Whelan. Thank you to Skylar Anderson for being the emcee of the pep rally, Zubia Mahmood for videotaping the game and Aaron Hancock for working the score clock all weekend. Also thank you to all the parents and students who helped with the weekend.
The primary students have a music workshop today for the music festival.
We are looking forward to Bishop Crosby visiting our school and for the new Bishop to officially arrive.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Carla du Toit, Bethany Whelan, Claire Reynolds, and Sarah Keeping who all received Players of the Game awards last weekend.
Congratulations to students involved in the Rotary Music Festival this week. Andrew Dolomount received first in Alto Saxophone Solo C, Nicole Keeping placed second in Girls Solo 11 and under, Claire and Maria Reynolds placed first in Piano Duet 12 and under, and Carla du Toit placed third in Female Solo 12 and under.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Easter activities and making Easter mosaics. They are excited about performing in the festival today.
The kindergarten French Immersion is learning their vocabulary. They are also singing and readying poems and songs of spring. They are writing the letter “r”.
The kindergarten English class is working on the letter “d” and in science they are working on what things sink or float.
The grade one class is learning about Holy Week in religion class. They are excited about the festival.
The grade two class is starting a new chapter in math and they are doing a book study. They are busy making spring butterflies.
The grade three and four class is doing a contest about what you like to do in the forest. They are working on novel studies in language arts class.
The grade five and six is finished their novel study on “Bridge to Terabithia”. In math they are learning long division. They are looking forward to the French Café.
The junior high class is working on their science fair projects. They have completed the school video and it is almost ready for everyone to see.
Coming Up
Next week is National Volunteer Week. The QSP magazine fundraiser begins this week.
The JK and Kindergarten orientation is on Wednesday at 1:00 pm.Also, next Friday is our school’s annual science fair from 1-2:30 pm.
Our school is hosting an auction for the Playground on April 16th at the Legion. It is called “Swing into Spring”. There will be lots to bid on and local entertainment. Tickets are $5 and there will be a door prize of $200 in gas.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Easter Break begins on April 22nd.
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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, April 8, 2011.
By: Sarah Campbell, Katerina Hamann, and Nicole Keeping
As a novel study assignment for language arts class, Carla du Toit, with a cake she made depicting a scene from the novel "Hatchet". Front (L-R): Sarah Keeping, Carla du Toit, Claire Reynolds, Back (L-R): Mrs. McCarthy, Zubia Mahmood, and Chris Barnes
Today our choirs are performing at the Arts and Culture Centre for the Rotary Music Festival. Good luck everyone. The school bands performed yesterday.
On Wednesday, grades 3 to 9 went to Reconciliation at All Hallows with Monsignor Gale and Father Hynes.
Ms. Sandra Burden from the Kids Eat Smart Program visited our breakfast program on Tuesday morning.
The grade 6 basketball tournament was a success. Thank you to our coaches Mr. Taaffe, Ms. Dutton and Mr. Whelan. Thank you to Skylar Anderson for being the emcee of the pep rally, Zubia Mahmood for videotaping the game and Aaron Hancock for working the score clock all weekend. Also thank you to all the parents and students who helped with the weekend.
The primary students have a music workshop today for the music festival.
We are looking forward to Bishop Crosby visiting our school and for the new Bishop to officially arrive.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Carla du Toit, Bethany Whelan, Claire Reynolds, and Sarah Keeping who all received Players of the Game awards last weekend.
Congratulations to students involved in the Rotary Music Festival this week. Andrew Dolomount received first in Alto Saxophone Solo C, Nicole Keeping placed second in Girls Solo 11 and under, Claire and Maria Reynolds placed first in Piano Duet 12 and under, and Carla du Toit placed third in Female Solo 12 and under.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing Easter activities and making Easter mosaics. They are excited about performing in the festival today.
The kindergarten French Immersion is learning their vocabulary. They are also singing and readying poems and songs of spring. They are writing the letter “r”.
The kindergarten English class is working on the letter “d” and in science they are working on what things sink or float.
The grade one class is learning about Holy Week in religion class. They are excited about the festival.
The grade two class is starting a new chapter in math and they are doing a book study. They are busy making spring butterflies.
The grade three and four class is doing a contest about what you like to do in the forest. They are working on novel studies in language arts class.
The grade five and six is finished their novel study on “Bridge to Terabithia”. In math they are learning long division. They are looking forward to the French Café.
The junior high class is working on their science fair projects. They have completed the school video and it is almost ready for everyone to see.
Coming Up
Next week is National Volunteer Week. The QSP magazine fundraiser begins this week.
The JK and Kindergarten orientation is on Wednesday at 1:00 pm.Also, next Friday is our school’s annual science fair from 1-2:30 pm.
Our school is hosting an auction for the Playground on April 16th at the Legion. It is called “Swing into Spring”. There will be lots to bid on and local entertainment. Tickets are $5 and there will be a door prize of $200 in gas.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Easter Break begins on April 22nd.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Lion's Roar - Friday, April 1, 2011 - Happy April Fool's Day!
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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, April 1, 2011.
By: Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds and Jenna Yetman
Everyone enjoyed Thomas Bradbury’s movie “Thomas the Dragon and Princess”. His movie screening collected over $100 for the playground project!
The grade 5 and 6 class had a great time downhill skiing and snowboarding last Friday. Thank you to Mr. Hancock and Ms. Dutton for going with the class. Thank you to Dr. Zuin, Dr. Hamann, Mr. King, Mr. Hancock and Ms. Dutton for driving the group.
This week was Multiculturalism Week. Each class had celebrations and learned about different cultures, how to say “hello” in many languages and tasted foods from around the world.
The student nurses are now completed their work placement in the Junior Kindergarten classes. Thank you to Tanya Bellows, Shauna Chaffey, Aleta Chip, Allison Boone, Alison White, Samantha Meaney, April Kelly, Rebecca Nippard, Patti Mitchell, Justine Snook, Travis Sheppard and Jeanette Park for working with our students.
The grade 3 and 6 classes wrote their process writing for the CRT’s this week. Also this week we started a new technology policy created by the teachers during the last PD day.
Our school is hosting a grade 6 girls’ basketball tournament this weekend. Good luck girls!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Claire Brake, McKenna Batstone, Charlotte Sweetapple and Liam Dawe who participated at the Marble Ski/Snowboard Program. Claire and McKenna both received medals.
Our school was ranked in Progress Magazine’s 2011 Preferred Book of Lists for Independent Schools in Atlantic Canada. We were ranked 13th by number of full time students. We also had one of the best teacher to student ratios 1:8 and the lowest tuition. Go IHMS!
Good luck to all our students who are participating in the Rotary Music Festival which begins this weekend. Next week our school choir and bands will perform. The bands perform on Thursday at 9:00 am and 9:25 am and the choir performs on Friday beginning at 2:00 pm.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are learning about healthy snacks. They are also learning about culture and are making native culture masks. They made South American rain sticks and Japanese wind socks.
The kindergarten French Immersion is learning about spring vocabulary and are doing spring crafts.
The kindergarten English class is finishing consonant sounds. They are doing graphing in math.
The grade one class is writing their own penguin stories. In science they are seeing things that people have and what people have to be unique. They tasted breads from around the world for Multiculturalism Week. They got a new class fish this week named Bluey.
The grade two class is starting students of the week writing. They are doing liquids in science and in Religion they are learning about the last supper.
The grade three and four class is doing novel studies. The grade 3’s are reading Lost and Found and the grade 4’s are reading Ticket to Curlew. They had a lot of fun in gym on Friday with the Junior High class. They are looking forward to Easter Break.
The grade five and six is finishing their novel study this week. They are reading an informational text about a 13 year old boy climbing Mount Everest. They are enjoying their social studies classes with the senior citizens.
The junior high class created Canada Day posters this week for a contest. In Enrichment they tasted each other’s cultural food. They enjoyed food of South Africa, Canada, Newfoundland, Pakistan, Ireland and Scotland. Their school video is almost completed.
Coming Up
Our school is hosting an auction for the Playground on April 16th at the Legion. It is called “Swing into Spring”. There will be lots to bid on and local entertainment. Tickets are $5 and there will be a door prize of $200 in gas.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Easter Break begins on April 22nd.
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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, April 1, 2011.
By: Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds and Jenna Yetman
Kids Eat Smart Apple Day. Twins, Gordon (left) and Gavin Staples (right), enjoy an apple treat with their dad Bernie Staples.
Everyone enjoyed Thomas Bradbury’s movie “Thomas the Dragon and Princess”. His movie screening collected over $100 for the playground project!
The grade 5 and 6 class had a great time downhill skiing and snowboarding last Friday. Thank you to Mr. Hancock and Ms. Dutton for going with the class. Thank you to Dr. Zuin, Dr. Hamann, Mr. King, Mr. Hancock and Ms. Dutton for driving the group.
This week was Multiculturalism Week. Each class had celebrations and learned about different cultures, how to say “hello” in many languages and tasted foods from around the world.
The student nurses are now completed their work placement in the Junior Kindergarten classes. Thank you to Tanya Bellows, Shauna Chaffey, Aleta Chip, Allison Boone, Alison White, Samantha Meaney, April Kelly, Rebecca Nippard, Patti Mitchell, Justine Snook, Travis Sheppard and Jeanette Park for working with our students.
The grade 3 and 6 classes wrote their process writing for the CRT’s this week. Also this week we started a new technology policy created by the teachers during the last PD day.
Our school is hosting a grade 6 girls’ basketball tournament this weekend. Good luck girls!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Claire Brake, McKenna Batstone, Charlotte Sweetapple and Liam Dawe who participated at the Marble Ski/Snowboard Program. Claire and McKenna both received medals.
Our school was ranked in Progress Magazine’s 2011 Preferred Book of Lists for Independent Schools in Atlantic Canada. We were ranked 13th by number of full time students. We also had one of the best teacher to student ratios 1:8 and the lowest tuition. Go IHMS!
Good luck to all our students who are participating in the Rotary Music Festival which begins this weekend. Next week our school choir and bands will perform. The bands perform on Thursday at 9:00 am and 9:25 am and the choir performs on Friday beginning at 2:00 pm.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are learning about healthy snacks. They are also learning about culture and are making native culture masks. They made South American rain sticks and Japanese wind socks.
The kindergarten French Immersion is learning about spring vocabulary and are doing spring crafts.
The kindergarten English class is finishing consonant sounds. They are doing graphing in math.
The grade one class is writing their own penguin stories. In science they are seeing things that people have and what people have to be unique. They tasted breads from around the world for Multiculturalism Week. They got a new class fish this week named Bluey.
The grade two class is starting students of the week writing. They are doing liquids in science and in Religion they are learning about the last supper.
The grade three and four class is doing novel studies. The grade 3’s are reading Lost and Found and the grade 4’s are reading Ticket to Curlew. They had a lot of fun in gym on Friday with the Junior High class. They are looking forward to Easter Break.
The grade five and six is finishing their novel study this week. They are reading an informational text about a 13 year old boy climbing Mount Everest. They are enjoying their social studies classes with the senior citizens.
The junior high class created Canada Day posters this week for a contest. In Enrichment they tasted each other’s cultural food. They enjoyed food of South Africa, Canada, Newfoundland, Pakistan, Ireland and Scotland. Their school video is almost completed.
Coming Up
Our school is hosting an auction for the Playground on April 16th at the Legion. It is called “Swing into Spring”. There will be lots to bid on and local entertainment. Tickets are $5 and there will be a door prize of $200 in gas.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Easter Break begins on April 22nd.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Lion's Roar - Friday, March 25, 2011
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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, March 25, 2011.
By: MacKenzie Brothers, Abigail Companion, Douglas MacKenzie, Hannah Sparkes, and Bethany Whelan
Trudy Brothers showing a book to her son, Will Brothers, at our school book fair last week. Will is a student in Junior Kindergarten.
Last Friday was Apple Day for the Kids Eat Smart Program. We had lots of food with apples in it including Mrs. George’s apple muffins and apple parfaits. There were lots of apple prizes and stickers for everyone. Thank you to Mrs. Hodder, Mrs. George and Mrs. McCarthy for helping serve and prepare breakfast.
Also last Friday a team of 20 students from grades 3 to 6 participated in Snow West Mini Olympics. They had a lot of fun running a snowshoe relay, running an obstacle course, building a snow sculpture and toboggan racing. The team won an award for the Best Snow Sculpture and the Overall Winning Team. Good job everyone! Thank you to Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Sheppard, Mrs. McCarthy and Ms. Dutton for driving the team to Marble and coaching them. Mrs. King and Ms. Bennett had a BBQ at Marble and raised $178 for our playground project. Thank you Snow West for organizing a great day.
Last week our school held a book fair. It was a great success! Thank you to Ms. Bennett, Mrs. McCarthy and all the teachers who helped with the fair! Our school also received $500 in books donated by the local Rotary club and we will receive a $1,000 certificate from our book fair to use for our school.
Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Stevenson and volunteers are hard at work putting our library back together. We look forward to reading in the library again!
On Wednesday there was a parent information session for Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten students for September 2011. Thank you to all the parents and staff who attended.
Thomas Bradbury a kindergarten student in our school, created a movie called Thomas the Dragon and His Princess. He held a film showing in our gym to raise money for the playground project. Thanks, Thomas!
Our school was the recipient of a random act of kindness this week. Thank you to Diane Parsons, Sherry Ellsworth and Debbie Taylor Chaulk who are members of the Women’s Ministries for the Westside Tabernacle who brought us a basket of treats and a thank you note for all we do.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Nicola and Carla du Toit who participated in the Marble Cup last weekend. The Marble Mountain racing team won the Marble Cup.
Congratulations to Kaden Rodrigues and his team “Team Rascal” who won a trophy last weekend at the Blow Me Down Loppet. His team skied a total of 1400 kms! Kaden skied 15 kms himself.
Congratulations to Simon Boitsefski who received a medal while on a cruise for singing his ABC’s in French. Bien Fait!
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are starting learning about healthy eating and spring activities. The Public Health nurses came in and talked to them about washing their hands.
The kindergarten French Immersion is continuing to learn about the different types of transportation in French and is printing the letter “p”.
The kindergarten English class is working on Canada’s Food Guide and word families.
The grade one class is sorting 2D shapes. They did special activities in their class for Lent.
The grade two class almost caught a leprechaun last week. They had a liquid race to see which liquid went faster.
The grade three and four class is excited that the Junior High class is doing activities with them in gym today. They are holding debates on school topics in social studies. They are finishing their snowman paintings in art and are starting novel studies in language arts.
The grade five and six is going to Marble today for the school skiing program. They are almost finished their novel study on Bridge to Terabithia. They are doing a project with a group of senior citizens. This week they are having tea together and discussing how this activity was an important social event.
The junior high class made mini-pizzas this week in Enrichment and watched a video about how the Rotary Club built a school in Afghanistan. They are doing science experiments in science class.
Coming Up
March 26th is Earth Hour. We will be turning off the lights to save on energy and keep our planet healthy.
Next week is Multiculturalism Week.
The Rotary-Read-A-Long is March 30th.
Our school is hosting an auction for the Playground on April 16th at the Legion . It is called “Swing into Spring”. There will be lots to bid on and local entertainment. Tickets are $5 and there will be a door prize of $200 in gas.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Immaculate Heart of Mary to offer Level 1 in September
This is a copy of an article that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Monday, March 21, 2011.
Immaculate Heart of Mary to offer Level 1 in September
BY DIANE CROCKER
STAR STAFF WRITER
CORNER BROOK Elaine King believes in meeting the needs of the individual student and starting in September Immaculate Heart of Mary School will take a further step in doing just that.
The independently operated, privately funded Catholic school, where King is the director of education, is adding Level l to its curriculum.
King said the Level 1 program will offer all the required courses of the provincial high school curriculum, but will also allow for some individualized programming to meet students’ needs and interests.
“We have to offer a program that’s going to enable children to be able to graduate,” she said.
This includes the regular courses of math, English, science, Canadian studies and healthy living.
The optional courses, the number of courses a student completes and student interests are where the individualized part of the program comes in.
“Really in many ways the rest is open,” said King.
A student may want to take choral, or ensemble performance, or the school could offer a robotics program.
If they are interested in sports, time could be built into their program to allow them to pursue that. And course selection could be more focused on career interests.
“There’s loads of flexibility,” said King. “We would cater to the best of our ability to the students’ needs.”
In the regular school system a student completes 14 credits a year to graduate with 42 credits, ' but King said students only need 36 credits to graduate.
So if a student wants to take fewer courses that will be an option.
She said this will be good for students who may struggle with a full course load or others who want to focus more on outside interests.
“I think we've got to be so careful in terms of our education system in terms of how we engage and empower versus how we disengage and disempower.”
King said her school always promotes “a safe, respectful, family-oriented environment.”
In the last couple of years the school has also expanded its junior kindergarten and French immersion programs.
King said she started with the foundation “and now I want to expand at the other end of the spectrum.”
And she feels there is “a desperate need” in the city for the type of high school experience that Immaculate Heart of Mary is planning to offer.
“The beauty with our school is there's an alternative, there's an option.”
She said school doesn't have to be that rigorous and that you can think outside the box.
“It’s really important that we respect the mandate of the provincial curriculum,” said King. “But I also respect that kids need different things and they need their approach to curriculum handled in different ways.”
“It's really important I think that we respect and we appreciate the different career paths the kids want to take and their different interests and that we tap into those to have them empowered and engaged.”
dcrocker@thewesternstar.com
Immaculate Heart of Mary to offer Level 1 in September
BY DIANE CROCKER
STAR STAFF WRITER
CORNER BROOK Elaine King believes in meeting the needs of the individual student and starting in September Immaculate Heart of Mary School will take a further step in doing just that.
The independently operated, privately funded Catholic school, where King is the director of education, is adding Level l to its curriculum.
King said the Level 1 program will offer all the required courses of the provincial high school curriculum, but will also allow for some individualized programming to meet students’ needs and interests.
“We have to offer a program that’s going to enable children to be able to graduate,” she said.
This includes the regular courses of math, English, science, Canadian studies and healthy living.
The optional courses, the number of courses a student completes and student interests are where the individualized part of the program comes in.
“Really in many ways the rest is open,” said King.
A student may want to take choral, or ensemble performance, or the school could offer a robotics program.
If they are interested in sports, time could be built into their program to allow them to pursue that. And course selection could be more focused on career interests.
“There’s loads of flexibility,” said King. “We would cater to the best of our ability to the students’ needs.”
In the regular school system a student completes 14 credits a year to graduate with 42 credits, ' but King said students only need 36 credits to graduate.
So if a student wants to take fewer courses that will be an option.
She said this will be good for students who may struggle with a full course load or others who want to focus more on outside interests.
“I think we've got to be so careful in terms of our education system in terms of how we engage and empower versus how we disengage and disempower.”
King said her school always promotes “a safe, respectful, family-oriented environment.”
In the last couple of years the school has also expanded its junior kindergarten and French immersion programs.
King said she started with the foundation “and now I want to expand at the other end of the spectrum.”
And she feels there is “a desperate need” in the city for the type of high school experience that Immaculate Heart of Mary is planning to offer.
“The beauty with our school is there's an alternative, there's an option.”
She said school doesn't have to be that rigorous and that you can think outside the box.
“It’s really important that we respect the mandate of the provincial curriculum,” said King. “But I also respect that kids need different things and they need their approach to curriculum handled in different ways.”
“It's really important I think that we respect and we appreciate the different career paths the kids want to take and their different interests and that we tap into those to have them empowered and engaged.”
dcrocker@thewesternstar.com
Friday, March 18, 2011
Lion's Roar - Friday, March 18, 2011
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, March 18, 2011.
By: Sarah Campbell, Katerina Hamann, Aaron Hancock and Nicole Keeping
Our annual St. Patrick’s Day potluck dinner was a success yet again. Congratulations to the Morrissey’s who won the prize for most dressed up family. Great job! Mr. Steve Colbourne won the Door Prize, Mr.Barry Hodder won the basket and Mr. Kevin Gallant guessed the most jelly beans? Thank you to Mrs. Trudy Brothers and her parent group for organizing the event and to Miss Bennett who did the face painting.
This week we are celebrating Milk Spirit Week by doing classroom activities, milk trivia and a Moo Off on Wednesday at lunch. After the Moo Off we had milk and cookies! Yum! Our class Moo Off winners were: Jonas Payne, Liam MacArthur, Gordon Staples, Heather Cooper, Avery Brothers, Darcy Brake, Aaron Gillard, Ryan Murphy, Kaden Rodrigues, Liam Dawe, Sam Antle, Keely Brothers, Brooklynn Companion, and MacKenzie Brothers. Thank you to Jenna Yetman, Bethany Whelan and Mackenzie Brothers for emceeing.
On Tuesday we celebrated Pi Day. We had a contest to see who could memorize the most decimal places. Zubia Mahmood won first place with 54 decimal places, runners up were Alex Williams with 52 and Maria Reynolds with 51. Also, there were classroom games and each class winner won a pie! The class winners were: Arabella LeBlanc (K English), Walker Reid (K French), Ryan Murphy (grade 1), Chenoah Park (grade 2), Caylie Blake (grade 3), Alex Williams (grade 4), Hannah Sparkes and Maria Reynolds (grade 5), Abigail Companion (grade 6), Claire Reynolds and Sarah Keeping (grade 7), Anri Vermooten (grade 8), Andrew Dolomount (grade 9).
This week we had our scholastic book fair. The family event was Wednesday night and classes visited on Thursday. Sam Antle won the Family Door Prize of $25.00. His homeroom teacher, Miss Park will receive $25.00 coupon to buy books for her class. On Monday we had a book fair quiz. Five students won coupons for the book fair. Jenna Yetman, Vanessa Ford, Alex Williams, Keely Brothers, and Clara Ryan all won $5 coupons. We also had a classroom door decorating contest. All the doors looked great!
On Thursday we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. The student leadership council sold gold coins for $0.25 each. Everyone dressed in green.
Today we are celebrating Apple Day in the breakfast program and the grade 4-6 students are participating in Mini-Olympics at Marble Mountain.
Congratulations to Miss Dutton who received a $500 Wellness Grant for our school.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Olivia Park, Brooklynn Companion and Anna Brake who skated last weekend in the Junior Provincial Skating Competition in Corner Brook. Olivia Park won a gold medal and Brooklynn Companion and Anna Brake placed fourth in their division. Congratulations girls!
Congratulations to Carla du Toit who raced last weekend in Ben Eoin, Nova Scotia at the Jerry Giorno Cup. Carla placed 11th overall in Atlantic Canada and had the 2nd best time from the Marble Mountain team.
Congratulations to Samantha Meaney, a nursing student who is working with the JK classes, who won a silver medal at the Provincial Ladies’ Volleyball Tournament last weekend.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing St. Patrick’s Day crafts. They are also working on printing there names and they’re looking forward to the Book Fair.
The kindergarten French Immersion is learning about modes of transportation. Also they had fun decorating the door for the contest and they are doing St. Patrick’s Day crafts.
The kindergarten English class learned about healthy food and unhealthy foods. They are reading lots of books.
The grade one class is doing nutrition this month and sampling healthy foods. They are excited for their unit on penguins for science.
The grade two class is making a trap for the leprechaun. The public health nurse is coming to talk to their class. They are also starting to learn uppercase letters in handwriting.
The grade three and four class is writing essays about their favourite celebrations. They enjoyed the book fair and the grades 4’s are looking forward to the mini Olympics.
The grade five and six was busy this week working on there door decorations. They have begun a novel study on Bridge to Terabithia. They are getting a new book in science called “Putting It In Motion”.
The junior high class is getting ready for the music festival and is also doing presentations on Newfoundland musicians, authors, artists, and how they express culture. They have begun a unit on cooking in Enrichment.
Coming Up
The parent info session for JK and Kindergarten students starting in September is next Wednesday night at 7 pm in our school cafeteria.
March 26th is Earth Hour. We will be turning off the lights to save on energy and keep our planet healthy.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
By: Sarah Campbell, Katerina Hamann, Aaron Hancock and Nicole Keeping
Our school Moo Off in honor of Milk Spirit Week. (L-R): Avery Brothers, MacKenzie Brothers and Heather Cooper.
Our annual St. Patrick’s Day potluck dinner was a success yet again. Congratulations to the Morrissey’s who won the prize for most dressed up family. Great job! Mr. Steve Colbourne won the Door Prize, Mr.Barry Hodder won the basket and Mr. Kevin Gallant guessed the most jelly beans? Thank you to Mrs. Trudy Brothers and her parent group for organizing the event and to Miss Bennett who did the face painting.
This week we are celebrating Milk Spirit Week by doing classroom activities, milk trivia and a Moo Off on Wednesday at lunch. After the Moo Off we had milk and cookies! Yum! Our class Moo Off winners were: Jonas Payne, Liam MacArthur, Gordon Staples, Heather Cooper, Avery Brothers, Darcy Brake, Aaron Gillard, Ryan Murphy, Kaden Rodrigues, Liam Dawe, Sam Antle, Keely Brothers, Brooklynn Companion, and MacKenzie Brothers. Thank you to Jenna Yetman, Bethany Whelan and Mackenzie Brothers for emceeing.
On Tuesday we celebrated Pi Day. We had a contest to see who could memorize the most decimal places. Zubia Mahmood won first place with 54 decimal places, runners up were Alex Williams with 52 and Maria Reynolds with 51. Also, there were classroom games and each class winner won a pie! The class winners were: Arabella LeBlanc (K English), Walker Reid (K French), Ryan Murphy (grade 1), Chenoah Park (grade 2), Caylie Blake (grade 3), Alex Williams (grade 4), Hannah Sparkes and Maria Reynolds (grade 5), Abigail Companion (grade 6), Claire Reynolds and Sarah Keeping (grade 7), Anri Vermooten (grade 8), Andrew Dolomount (grade 9).
This week we had our scholastic book fair. The family event was Wednesday night and classes visited on Thursday. Sam Antle won the Family Door Prize of $25.00. His homeroom teacher, Miss Park will receive $25.00 coupon to buy books for her class. On Monday we had a book fair quiz. Five students won coupons for the book fair. Jenna Yetman, Vanessa Ford, Alex Williams, Keely Brothers, and Clara Ryan all won $5 coupons. We also had a classroom door decorating contest. All the doors looked great!
On Thursday we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. The student leadership council sold gold coins for $0.25 each. Everyone dressed in green.
Today we are celebrating Apple Day in the breakfast program and the grade 4-6 students are participating in Mini-Olympics at Marble Mountain.
Congratulations to Miss Dutton who received a $500 Wellness Grant for our school.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to Olivia Park, Brooklynn Companion and Anna Brake who skated last weekend in the Junior Provincial Skating Competition in Corner Brook. Olivia Park won a gold medal and Brooklynn Companion and Anna Brake placed fourth in their division. Congratulations girls!
Congratulations to Carla du Toit who raced last weekend in Ben Eoin, Nova Scotia at the Jerry Giorno Cup. Carla placed 11th overall in Atlantic Canada and had the 2nd best time from the Marble Mountain team.
Congratulations to Samantha Meaney, a nursing student who is working with the JK classes, who won a silver medal at the Provincial Ladies’ Volleyball Tournament last weekend.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing St. Patrick’s Day crafts. They are also working on printing there names and they’re looking forward to the Book Fair.
The kindergarten French Immersion is learning about modes of transportation. Also they had fun decorating the door for the contest and they are doing St. Patrick’s Day crafts.
The kindergarten English class learned about healthy food and unhealthy foods. They are reading lots of books.
The grade one class is doing nutrition this month and sampling healthy foods. They are excited for their unit on penguins for science.
The grade two class is making a trap for the leprechaun. The public health nurse is coming to talk to their class. They are also starting to learn uppercase letters in handwriting.
The grade three and four class is writing essays about their favourite celebrations. They enjoyed the book fair and the grades 4’s are looking forward to the mini Olympics.
The grade five and six was busy this week working on there door decorations. They have begun a novel study on Bridge to Terabithia. They are getting a new book in science called “Putting It In Motion”.
The junior high class is getting ready for the music festival and is also doing presentations on Newfoundland musicians, authors, artists, and how they express culture. They have begun a unit on cooking in Enrichment.
Coming Up
The parent info session for JK and Kindergarten students starting in September is next Wednesday night at 7 pm in our school cafeteria.
March 26th is Earth Hour. We will be turning off the lights to save on energy and keep our planet healthy.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1. Our JK and Kindergarten program is full day.
Monday, March 14, 2011
IHMS Appears In Progress Magazine's 2011 Progress Preferred Book of Lists
Immaculate Heart of Mary School was recently mentioned in Progess Magazine's 2011 Progress Preferred Book of Lists.
IHMS was ranked 13th (by number of full-time students), of all Independent schools in Atlantic Canada (see the magazine's cover page and specific page where IHMS is mentioned below).
IHMS was noted as having one of the best Faculity to Student ratios (1:8), combined with the lowest Tuition of all schools on the list.
To see an electronic version of this edition of Progress Magazine go to:
Friday, March 11, 2011
Lion's Roar - Friday, March 11, 2011
This is a copy of IHMS's weekly news article "Lion’s Roar" that appeared in The Western Star newspaper on Friday, March 11, 2011.
On Friday of last week we had a special guest visit our school. Mrs. Priscilla Butcher introduced us to Ms. Lorrie Williams who spoke about educating girls in Kenya and her foundation called the Canadian Harambee Education Society (CHES). It was a great presentation on the work she is doing!
On Monday we had a breakfast with pancakes and French toast to celebrate Pancake Day and the beginning of Education Week. Yummy! Thank you to Mrs. King, Mrs.George and Mrs. McCarthy for cooking for us.
For Education Week we are doing in class activities and having a teacher and student basketball game this afternoon. The theme is “I Think. I can. / Pouvoir. C’est Penser.”
On Wednesday we went to a special Mass for Ash Wednesday. Everyone received their ashes. Also, on Wednesday report cards went home for JK to Grade 6. We hope everyone did good!
Thursday night was parent and teacher conferences.
Our school received a Platinum Award for Quality Physical Education for the second year in a row!
On Monday, R.B. Matthews, a JK student, donated his penny collection to the Playground Project. He donated $35.00 that he had been saving for a long time. Thank you R.B. for your donation. We almost have $16,000!
Our school website is up and running. Thank you to Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Hancock who have been working very hard on updating the site.
Stars of the Week
The Enrichment team did very well at the Geoscience and Engineering Bridge Building Competition. Their strongest bridge held about 103 pounds. Thank you to Mr. Hancock and Mrs. McCarthy for preparing the students.
Congratulations to Bethany Whelan who won a bronze medal on the Pre-Juvenile Division at the Provincial Figure Skating Competition in St. John’s last weekend. Caylie Blake received the Elizabeth Samm’s award at the same competition.
Congratulations to Keely Brothers who won a silver medal in beam and a bronze medal in vault at the Snowball Gymnastics Competition in St. John’s this past weekend.
Congratulations to Brandon Blake, Adam Lambswood, and Wesley Torraville who participated in a Timbit Hockey tournament in Deer Lake on Saturday. All players received a medal.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing St. Patrick’s Day activities and are learning about nutrition.
The kindergarten French Immersion class is are learning St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary, the four food groups, things they can and cannot eat and do.
The kindergarten English class is doing measurement in math and are learning about nutrition in science.
The grade one class is learning about Geometry in math, are celebrating Education Week in class and are doing a trivia challenge.
The grade two class played pacman in gym class and are doing St. Patrick’s Day crafts and writing activities.
The grade three and four class got their SMARTboard this week. They are doing water paint pictures. They are listening to the book The City of Ember in language arts.
The grade five and six class is doing a novel study on Bridge to Terabithia. They are making slideshows on animals in computers class and played fun “Minute to Win It” activities for Education Week.
The junior high class had an excellent presentation for Pharmacist Week from Ms. Krista Taylor a pharmacist at Shopper’s Drug Mart on Wednesday. They also played “Minute to Win It” games and trivia for Education Week.
Coming Up
Our annual St. Patrick’s Day social will be held tomorrow from 5-7 pm. We hope to see you there!
Next week is Milk Spirit Week. There will be lots of moo-rific activities.
The Student Leadership Council is selling chocolate coins next week Students can order coins on Monday and Tuesday for $0.25. They will be delivered on St. Patrick’s Day.
The Scholastic Book Fair is being held in our school next week on Wednesday from 7-9 pm and on Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm. There will be lots of great books.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1.
By: Nathan Anderson, Vanessa Ford, Maria Reynolds, Jenna Yetman
Our pancake and french toast breakfast on Monday to celebrate the beginning of Education Week. (L-R): Hannah Sparkes, Alex Williams, Brooklynn Companion, Nicola du Toit and Abigail Companion.
On Friday of last week we had a special guest visit our school. Mrs. Priscilla Butcher introduced us to Ms. Lorrie Williams who spoke about educating girls in Kenya and her foundation called the Canadian Harambee Education Society (CHES). It was a great presentation on the work she is doing!
On Monday we had a breakfast with pancakes and French toast to celebrate Pancake Day and the beginning of Education Week. Yummy! Thank you to Mrs. King, Mrs.George and Mrs. McCarthy for cooking for us.
For Education Week we are doing in class activities and having a teacher and student basketball game this afternoon. The theme is “I Think. I can. / Pouvoir. C’est Penser.”
On Wednesday we went to a special Mass for Ash Wednesday. Everyone received their ashes. Also, on Wednesday report cards went home for JK to Grade 6. We hope everyone did good!
Thursday night was parent and teacher conferences.
Our school received a Platinum Award for Quality Physical Education for the second year in a row!
On Monday, R.B. Matthews, a JK student, donated his penny collection to the Playground Project. He donated $35.00 that he had been saving for a long time. Thank you R.B. for your donation. We almost have $16,000!
Our school website is up and running. Thank you to Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Hancock who have been working very hard on updating the site.
Stars of the Week
The Enrichment team did very well at the Geoscience and Engineering Bridge Building Competition. Their strongest bridge held about 103 pounds. Thank you to Mr. Hancock and Mrs. McCarthy for preparing the students.
Congratulations to Bethany Whelan who won a bronze medal on the Pre-Juvenile Division at the Provincial Figure Skating Competition in St. John’s last weekend. Caylie Blake received the Elizabeth Samm’s award at the same competition.
Congratulations to Keely Brothers who won a silver medal in beam and a bronze medal in vault at the Snowball Gymnastics Competition in St. John’s this past weekend.
Congratulations to Brandon Blake, Adam Lambswood, and Wesley Torraville who participated in a Timbit Hockey tournament in Deer Lake on Saturday. All players received a medal.
Class News
The junior kindergarten classes are doing St. Patrick’s Day activities and are learning about nutrition.
The kindergarten French Immersion class is are learning St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary, the four food groups, things they can and cannot eat and do.
The kindergarten English class is doing measurement in math and are learning about nutrition in science.
The grade one class is learning about Geometry in math, are celebrating Education Week in class and are doing a trivia challenge.
The grade two class played pacman in gym class and are doing St. Patrick’s Day crafts and writing activities.
The grade three and four class got their SMARTboard this week. They are doing water paint pictures. They are listening to the book The City of Ember in language arts.
The grade five and six class is doing a novel study on Bridge to Terabithia. They are making slideshows on animals in computers class and played fun “Minute to Win It” activities for Education Week.
The junior high class had an excellent presentation for Pharmacist Week from Ms. Krista Taylor a pharmacist at Shopper’s Drug Mart on Wednesday. They also played “Minute to Win It” games and trivia for Education Week.
Coming Up
Our annual St. Patrick’s Day social will be held tomorrow from 5-7 pm. We hope to see you there!
Next week is Milk Spirit Week. There will be lots of moo-rific activities.
The Student Leadership Council is selling chocolate coins next week Students can order coins on Monday and Tuesday for $0.25. They will be delivered on St. Patrick’s Day.
The Scholastic Book Fair is being held in our school next week on Wednesday from 7-9 pm and on Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm. There will be lots of great books.
Registration for JK to Level 1 is open. There will be a French Immersion program in grade kindergarten and grade 1.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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.
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.
Friday, February 25, 2011
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
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.
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.
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