Issue 4 (Holiday Edition)

Holiday Edition 2012, Volume 1, Issue 4
Student news straight from the source
A Surprise for Students
Julian, Olivier and Philippe
it out! Wait for it… IT WAS A PUPPET SHOW!
No one thought that that’s what it would be.
The puppet show was called “The Giant
Magician” by Panadream Theatre and was
about a pizza boy who wanted to become a
magician. He had to deliver a pizza to a magician who lived in a house filled with surprises
and magic. In the end, his dream came true.
Handmade puppets tell the story of “The Giant Magician”.
(Used with permission from Panadream Theatre, 2012)
There was a surprise for the students at John
Adam on December 12th. What could it be?
Everyone was searching their brains to figure
Christmas Concert
Alyssa, Julian and Vincent
Christmas is coming, so we had a special event
at our school. It was a Christmas concert! All of
the students’ families came to see this special
Inside This Issue
Puppet Show
p. 1
Christmas Concert
p. 1
What’s Happening in … p. 2
Badminton
p. 2
Ornament Sale
p. 2
We interviewed some of the classes to see
what they thought of the puppet show. Out of
65 students, 47 students rated it 5 stars and 9
students rated it 4 stars. The Grade 5/6 classes
thought it was better for the younger
students. The Grade 3 students found it good
and funny, while the Grade 1 students found it
great and very funny. Everyone liked the
monster, which was a baby dragon puppet.
Christmas event. It took place on the 18th of
December in our gymnasium. The first show
was at 8:30 a.m. and the second show was at
1:00 p.m.
Each class sang a Christmas song. There were
many different kinds of instruments and songs.
Some of the instruments were flutes, altos and
xylophones. Mrs. Bonneville, our music
teacher, was in charge of the piano. We were
also dressed in different costumes from
countries like Africa, Japan, China and
Germany. We hope that everyone enjoyed the
show.
Holiday Edition 2012, Volume 1, Issue 4 p. 2
What’s Happening in… Grade 2
Ms. Seath’s Class
La Classe de Mme Annie
Amanda
Cynthia
Ms. Seath has eighteen students in her class.
Her classroom is painted bright yellow and
she has a lot of Christmas decorations on the
walls. The children’s favourite thing to do is
read set books. Their favourite month is
December because they like to make
Christmas decorations.
One of the previous field trips that the Grade 2
class went on was apple picking. Yummy,
crunchy, juicy apples! They are going to have a
Christmas lunch with the Grade 1 class on
December 21st. Their next theme will be
winter, then owls.
Les élèves de Mme Annie sont dans le thème
de Noël. Ils sont 24 élèves dans sa classe. Sa
classe est pleine de mots pour aider les élèves
et les couleurs de sa classe sont très vivantes.
La classe est très bien organisée.
La classe à Mme Annie aime beaucoup parler
en anglais et jouer avec leur iPad. Ils ont
beaucoup parlé des dinosaures et ils ont fait
des dessins et de la peinture. Les matins en
rentrant, ils vont sur le tapis et ils font le
calendrier et les jours de la semaine. Sa classe
a fait deux sorties pour voir les pompiers et
pour cueillir des pommes. Ils vont faire une
sortie au cinéma avant les vacances de Noël.
Badminton
Ornament Sale
Maxim and William
Connor and Vincent
The Grade 4, 5 and 6 students are learning
how to become better badminton players. We
learn new rules every week. Mrs. Danielle
makes a schedule for the different grades to
practice in the gym during lunch time. We play
against another student on one of the 6 half
courts. When you win, you move up a court
and when you lose, you go down a court. This
is so that you end up playing against someone
of your own strength.
We are learning lots of new strategies. We
learned that if the birdie hits the line, it’s in. If
someone serves in front of the service line,
don’t touch it because it will give you a point.
Every time you make a point, you get to serve.
We are becoming badminton experts.
Students at John Adam are preparing for
Christmas. The entire school participated in
making ornaments for our ornament sale.
Each class made a different ornament, from
customized Christmas balls to handmade
snowmen. Ornaments were sold on the 19th of
December in OASIS and each student was
allowed to buy one. The school raised $305 in
one day!! This money will be for the Christmas
food baskets to help those in need.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Editor-in-Chief: Kim Jarvo
Creative Director: Courtney Jarvo