Thursday, August 30, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Week 5 update from Room 7
Week 5 has been super busy, with students presenting their Human Rights
Inquiries. What a superb job they have done! Big, bright and bold Human
Rights cubes can be seen hanging from the ceilings of Team B classrooms. We
certainly have learnt a lot about world issues where people have been denied
their rights, with starvation, slavery, racism a few of the many tragic
cases being studied by Team B students. The Team B teachers are looking
forward to seeing the great ideas that come out of focusing on local human
rights issues and how we can can all make a difference in our community.
Skills for Adolescence Health programmes are running throughout the year.
You can see in the photos Room 7 creating the ideal friend, outlining
admirable qualities they look for in a friend.
Congratulations to the following Team B students who were selected to
compete in the Eastern Zone Cross Country:
All that early morning training paid off and now we can all have a wee rest
from daily runs... until this time next year...
Well, we hope you have a great week, keep logging on to hear of the
wonderful things Team B are up to!
Team B Teachers
Gail Mitchell, Louise Kennedy, Rachel Taylor, Mark Barrow
Inquiries. What a superb job they have done! Big, bright and bold Human
Rights cubes can be seen hanging from the ceilings of Team B classrooms. We
certainly have learnt a lot about world issues where people have been denied
their rights, with starvation, slavery, racism a few of the many tragic
cases being studied by Team B students. The Team B teachers are looking
forward to seeing the great ideas that come out of focusing on local human
rights issues and how we can can all make a difference in our community.
Skills for Adolescence Health programmes are running throughout the year.
You can see in the photos Room 7 creating the ideal friend, outlining
admirable qualities they look for in a friend.
Congratulations to the following Team B students who were selected to
compete in the Eastern Zone Cross Country:
All that early morning training paid off and now we can all have a wee rest
from daily runs... until this time next year...
Well, we hope you have a great week, keep logging on to hear of the
wonderful things Team B are up to!
Team B Teachers
Gail Mitchell, Louise Kennedy, Rachel Taylor, Mark Barrow
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Week 4
This week has been one full of activity and lots of great work.
On Monday afternoon Team B students packed into the PAC for an entertaining and informative afternoon listening to our talented group of speech finalists. We learnt about the dangers of cellphones, Indian culture, global warming and much, much more. All of the speeches were great and it made the judges' job a hard one. We finally chose two students to represent Team B at the school finals on Tuesday. Congratulations to Rishabh Maki and Cheyenne Welham!
We ended the week with our school road race. The students all participated enthusiastically and their hard work during cross country training paid off. The weather was stunning and it was a fantastic end to the week.
Keep up the good work, Team B!
On Monday afternoon Team B students packed into the PAC for an entertaining and informative afternoon listening to our talented group of speech finalists. We learnt about the dangers of cellphones, Indian culture, global warming and much, much more. All of the speeches were great and it made the judges' job a hard one. We finally chose two students to represent Team B at the school finals on Tuesday. Congratulations to Rishabh Maki and Cheyenne Welham!
We ended the week with our school road race. The students all participated enthusiastically and their hard work during cross country training paid off. The weather was stunning and it was a fantastic end to the week.
Keep up the good work, Team B!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Week 3
This week the focus will be on speech presentations. We will be holding Team finals at the end of the week and the school finals will be held next Tuesday. Students are focussing on content and presentation techniques.
Our team is also doing an Inquiry into Human Rights. Our fertile question for the term is:
CAN WE HAVE RIGHTS WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY ?
We are looking at the Universal Declaration of Human Right, world issues in relation to human rights and then we are going to narrow our focus and look at human rights issues in our local community.
Besides speeches, students will be working on the research of a chosen topic like poverty, child labour, refugees. They will be completing a management plan to guide their research.
It is important for you to have a look at the websites that they are viewing. We are establishing a page of resources on KnowledgeNet but as these are quite topical issues, it would be great for you to keep your eye on some of the websites. We need to teach our students how to use the web wisely and in a responsible way. It is also good to spend some time looking at a web site together with your child and discuss its merits, the language used and its "usability".
We don't say to children that they can't use scissors because they may hurt themselves, we teach them how to use them. This is the same for the Internet.
We will be posting updates in the week, but will add a weekly page to keep you updated and informed. We appreciate your comments.
Our team is also doing an Inquiry into Human Rights. Our fertile question for the term is:
CAN WE HAVE RIGHTS WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY ?
We are looking at the Universal Declaration of Human Right, world issues in relation to human rights and then we are going to narrow our focus and look at human rights issues in our local community.
Besides speeches, students will be working on the research of a chosen topic like poverty, child labour, refugees. They will be completing a management plan to guide their research.
It is important for you to have a look at the websites that they are viewing. We are establishing a page of resources on KnowledgeNet but as these are quite topical issues, it would be great for you to keep your eye on some of the websites. We need to teach our students how to use the web wisely and in a responsible way. It is also good to spend some time looking at a web site together with your child and discuss its merits, the language used and its "usability".
We don't say to children that they can't use scissors because they may hurt themselves, we teach them how to use them. This is the same for the Internet.
We will be posting updates in the week, but will add a weekly page to keep you updated and informed. We appreciate your comments.
Welcome to the Team B parent news blog
Dear Parents
We have decided to create a Team blog. We will include weekly news and updates, information on what your children are learning about at school, examples of great work and pictures and podcasts.
We would appreciate your interest and feedback and we hope that this form of communication is useful to you.
Teachers and students in Team B.
We have decided to create a Team blog. We will include weekly news and updates, information on what your children are learning about at school, examples of great work and pictures and podcasts.
We would appreciate your interest and feedback and we hope that this form of communication is useful to you.
Teachers and students in Team B.
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