What`s New for 2015... - Riverside School Board
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What`s New for 2015... - Riverside School Board
Just JAM! Student news . . . straight from the source! January, 2015 Volume 3, Issue 5 What’s New for 2015... We Are All Unique! Jade and Vicky Our tree beside Mrs. Legault’s office has been jazzed up once again. Since it’s January, we have a winter theme … SNOWFLAKES! Our tree is covered with snowflakes made by the students and each one is different. Every class from Kindergarten to Grade 6 was asked to participate in this project. Everyone made a paper snowflake and wrote their name on it. The snowflakes represent all of the unique students. They used different kinds of materials such as tissue paper, doilies, and coffee filters. Some classes made designs and others painted their snowflakes. Money Well Spent! Alexandro and Sofia Have you heard about the new items that we are getting at our school? We’ve been doing plenty of fundraisers to make our school better. We’ve been raising money for several years and now it’s time to spend it! Inside This Issue We Are All Unique Money Well Spent What’s Happening In … Badminton Basketball p. 1 p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 3 No two snowflakes are alike on our tree. Now, when you walk by the front office, you can see the beautiful snowflakes that the children made. The tree looks very beautiful because it is decorated with the prettiest snowflakes ever. Best of all, each snowflake is unique, just like everyone in the school! The P.P.O. organized fundraisers and then presented some ideas for spending the money to the Governing Board. They decided to buy new sports jerseys and a brand new stage, since our old stage was broken. The jerseys were bought with the money from the La Montagne Fundraiser this year. They will be used for our S.S.I.A.A. tournaments. We can’t wait to see them! A big thanks to all of the families and friends who helped support our fundraisers so that we can buy new things for our school. Just JAM! JAM! Just January, 2015 Volume 3, Issue 5 p. What’s Happening In … Grade 3/4 La Classe de Mme Stephanie Mrs. Bravi’s Class Sofia Alice and Maude Aimez-vous les dragons? Les 22 magnifiques élèves (15 en 3ième année et 7 en 4ième année) ont commencé un thème sur les Cette élève était fière de partager dragons. Les élèves son projet. devaient faire un piège pour dragon chez eux et ensuite le présenter. Chaque mois, les élèves doivent faire un projet (une biographie) sur un chanteur différent et ils doivent le présenter devant la classe. Les élèves apprennent les formes et les angles en mathématiques. Leurs livres préférés sont les L`agent Jean et une nouvelle série qui s`appelle Marie-P. Les élèves aiment discuter avec Mme Stephanie, s`assoir avec elle et aller faire des exercices au tableau. La classe est décorée avec des lettres, des affiches et des activités de mathématiques. Les activités et affiches les aident à faire leurs travaux et à faire de leur mieux. Chaque matin, Mme Stephanie pose des questions générales que les élèves doivent répondre. Quand ils ont terminés, ils font le calendrier. Par la suite, ils continuent avec l`horaire de la journée. Après le dîner, les élèves font leur lecture silencieuse. Tous les vendredis après-midi, les élèves ont un temps libre pour la dernière période. Les élèves aiment bien leur horaire. Mrs. Bravi’s class of 13 Grade 3 students and 11 Grade 4 students have been busy working on fairy tales. They’re also learning about subtracting 3-digit numbers in Math, and they’re reading fantasy stories in ELA. The classroom is decorated with lots of Math posters and other materials. There’s also a reading section with posters for English. These posters help students learn and improve. Every day, the students arrive and follow their routine, which is to empty their school bag, change their shoes, and read quietly. After lunch, they wash the top of their desk and read quietly again. The students like Art, playing on the computers, Gym, ELA, French, and of course free play. This is something they do during the last period each Friday, as long as all of their work is complete. Mrs. Bravi teaches Math to all of the Grade 3 students while the Grade 4 students are taught Math by Mrs. Gibson. Mrs. Bravi’s class went on three field trips. They went hiking at Mont St. Hilaire, skating at the arena in Delson, and to the movie theater with the entire school at Dix30. Their favourite field trip was skating. The students’ favourite book series are Flat Stanley, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Robert Munsch, Magic Tree House, The Magic School Bus, Arthur, Harry Potter, Amulet, Geronimo Stilton, and Percy Jackson. Wow! This class reads a lot of books! 2 Just JAM! JAM! Just January, 2015 Volume 3, Issue 5 Sports News! p. Badminton Tournament Basketball Season Alexandro Tommy and Xavier The badminton team was off to a great start and they got better after each game. On December 11th, the team went to Collège Édouard Montpetit for the annual tournament. Parents volunteered to drive our team to the tournament. Dribble, dribble, shoot! Basketball season has arrived. Every year, students at John Adam have the opportunity to take part in a friendly basketball league. Anyone can play in it. Every team must have two Grade 4 students, four Grade 5 students, and four Grade 6 students. The students also got to name their team. There were four boys teams and four girls teams that played every lunch hour. The badminton team celebrates their success. Our boys and girls players were excellent! Both the boy and girl in the singles tournament won first place! Our double boys won second place. The girls double team and the mixed doubles both won fourth place, but they still did an amazing job. This year, just like last year, the team from John Adam placed second. The team that won the banner won it by only one game. A round of applause goes to our badminton team who trained hard to prepare for this tournament. They did very well and they are proud of their accomplishment. A special feature to this friendly sport was that the students were the referees and scorekeepers for all of the games. Everyone who was interested in refereeing and keeping score got a special course at recess to have this role during the lunchtime games. It was a fun change because the students are used to the teachers refereeing them. Mrs. Danielle had a schedule for every team to play against each other. Each team played at least once a week and some teams played up to two times a week. The friendly basketball tournament was also used as a tryout for the basketball team. Every student that played on a team and went to a lunchtime practice or game got to try out for the school team. Mrs. Danielle had a tough time choosing her teams for the upcoming tournaments! Junior Editor - Noémie Hébert Editor-in-Chief - Kim Jarvo 3