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Volume 3, Issue 5 January, 2015

We Are All Unique p. 1

Money Well Spent p. 1

What’s Happening In … p. 2

Badminton p. 3

Basketball p. 3

Just JAM! Just JAM! What’s New for 2015...

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.

We Are All Unique!

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!

Alexandro and Sofia

Money Well Spent!

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.

No two snowflakes are alike on our tree.

Volume 3, Issue 5 January, 2015

p. 2 Just JAM! Just JAM! What’s Happening In … Grade 3/4

Sofia

La Classe de Mme Stephanie

Aimez-vous les

dragons? Les 22

magnifiques élèves

(15 en 3ième

année et 7 en

4ième année) ont

commencé un

thème sur les

dragons. Les élèves

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.

Alice and Maude

Mrs. Bravi’s Class

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!

Cette élève était fière de partager son projet.

Volume 3, Issue 5 January, 2015

p. 3 Just JAM! Just JAM!

Junior Editor - Noémie Hébert

Editor-in-Chief - Kim Jarvo

Sports News!

Alexandro

Badminton Tournament

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.

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.

The badminton team celebrates their success.

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.

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!

Tommy and Xavier

Basketball Season