Issue 8

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Student news . . . straight from the source!
Junglesport
Janice, Mya, and Sienna
Ready, set, climb! During the week of March
30th, John Adam School had the pleasure of
welcoming Junglesport into our gymnasium. All
of the classes had the opportunity to
experience the fun twice during the week. A
big thank you to the PPO for raising money for
this great activity.
Every day there were
different activities set
up. There were rock
climbing walls, zip lines,
rope ladders, and a very
challenging ‘helicopter’
ladder. All of the
The students were always safe. students wore helmets
at all times and they wore harnesses when it
was time to climb higher or use the zip line.
Everyone always had something to do! In
one activity, students were in groups of 3, and
while one person was climbing, the other two
were pulling on a rope that kept them in the
air. Some students had more trouble than
others, but
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everyone
had a lot of
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fun
doing
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the different
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The
instructors
gave us tips and
tricks
for
the
challenges and they
had
words
of
encouragement to
help us reach the
top
of
the
These girls are all set to climb!
obstacles!
During
the day, the instructors altered the equipment
for the different age groups
to accommodate everyone.
The younger kids had
different things like the
pirate ship and the shoe
monster.
The
overall
favourite activity amongst
the younger students was
definitely zip lining and the Students had fun climbing
on the obstacles!
big platform swing!
Even though the older
and the younger kids
didn’t have the same
activities, they all had a
chance to enjoy the fun!
Everyone got to enjoy an
activity that was perfect
Hold on tight!
for their grade. We hope
that they will come back again another year for
a week of climbing fun!
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What’s Happening In … Grades 5 and 6
La Classe de Mme Caroline
Anthony and Antoine
Oh non, les examens arrivent! Maintenant
les élèves de la classe de Mme Caroline doivent
écouter encore plus attentivement les sujets
discutés en classe pour bien réussir les
examens. Mais ils espèrent qu’ils vont bien
réussir parce qu’ils ont beaucoup étudie!
Au cours de l’année, les élèves ont travaillé
fort et ils ont révisé plusieurs activités dans les
différentes matières. La classe de Mme
Caroline a fait un projet sur les oiseaux du
Québec. La plupart d’entre eux ont fait une
recherche sur le cardinal rouge mais toutes les
présentations étaient très différentes les unes
des autres. En ce moment, la classe de Mme
Caroline fait un projet amusant sur l’électricité.
Ils devaient construire une machine à énigme
électrique avec une ampoule, des fils
électriques, une pile et une boîte de souliers.
Les mardis, M. Jacques les fait travailler sur
un projet d’art. Chaque élève devait reproduire
une peinture d’un peintre de leur choix. Ils
sont rendus à la 3iéme étape de leur projet, la
peinture. C’est sûrement l’étape la plus difficile
à compléter dans ce projet, surtout pour les
élèves avec une peinture avec beaucoup de
détails!
Avec la fin d’année qui arrive, les élèves en
6
année sont impatients de graduer pour
enfin aller au secondaire. Mais pour les élèves
en 5ième année, il reste une dernière année
pour s’amuser et apprendre avant que ça soit
leur tour d’aller au secondaire.
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Mrs. Cumming’s Class
Alex and Conor
In Mrs. Cumming’s class they have been
doing really fun projects all year. They did Art,
Science, and Social Studies projects. In French,
they have working on their verbs. They do
Math everyday, and they read after they get
back from lunch. The students like Daily Math,
where they work in different groups on their
multiplication and division, and also working
with decimals. They learn math skills by doing
fun activities.
Every Tuesday and Wednesday, Ms. Liz
comes from the school board to work with
them. She reads them a story and then helps
them learn how to write better responses.
Mrs. Cumming’s students just finished an egg
project. They had to turn an egg into an
animal of their choice. First, they had to paint
the egg, and then decorate it with googly eyes.
Some kids used pipe cleaners to make arms and
legs. After, they had to make a home for their
egg animal using boxes, popsicle sticks, scrap
paper, and other materials. When they were
finished decorating their egg, they had to take
care of it and write a log about what they did
with their egg for the week.
Now the students are starting a new project
about bridges. They have to figure out what
type of bridge is the strongest. They will build
the bridges out of popsicle sticks. When their
bridge is built, they will test them.
The students in Mrs. Cumming’s class are
having lots of fun this year!
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Cosom Hockey Tournament
What a Performance!
Overtime Decides the Game
Kevin
Alexa and Beatrice
On the 26th of March, 11 students from John
Adam went to a hockey tournament at
Chambly Academy. Lead by their coach Mrs.
Danielle, the boys did an awesome job, with
the attackers scoring a lot of goals, the
defenders blocking many shots, and the goalie
freezing many of the pucks passing by him.
Ten lucky girls from Grades 5 and 6 went to
Chambly Academy to participate in the Cosom
Hockey Tournament on Friday, March 27th.
They had a great time! The girls played four
games, with each game lasting 20 minutes.
In the first game, the boys played against
Courtland Park and were very excited and
stressed. Their strong efforts lead to a nice
win.
In the second game, they played against
Good Shepherd. The players did an awesome
job in all of their positions. With their effort
and leadership, the John Adam Stingers had
another important win.
For the third game, the John Adam players
were against St-Jude. In that game, the
goalie did a wonderful job. All of the team’s
efforts lead to a very important win.
In the semi-finals, the Stingers played
against William Latter. It was another victory
for John Adam! Then, it was the final game.
The boys were motivated. They did a great job,
and Mont-Bruno did too. The game had to end
in overtime. The Stingers got a penalty for
high-sticking. The players from Mont-Bruno
had an opportunity to win the game, and they
took it. They scored a lucky goal and they won
6 to 5. John Adam finished in second place.
The boys were sad, but they were proud that
they did a great job!
Proud members of the Girls’ Cosom Hockey Team!
The first game was off to a good start. They
won against Good Shepherd. The second game
was against St-Jude. It was a tight game, but
the John Adam girls got through with success
and won. The third game was another victory.
They even scored a goal in the last 10 seconds
of the game!
Finally, the FINALS! They only had 1 game to
play which they sadly did not win. The girls
were proud anyways because it was a tight
score of 6 to 5, which placed them second
overall. They would have never made it to the
finals without their strikers, goalies, and of
course, their amazing coach Mrs. Danielle!
Junior Editor - Noémie Hébert
Editor-in-Chief - Kim Jarvo
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