Month: July 2014

Cross Country

chris hope

This week we held the interschool cross country competition. The competition pits the four school factions against each other with the cross-country trophy and bragging rights on offer to the victors. Each student who finished gained points to help their faction win and there were awards for the first four finishers in each year level. The students from LA19 did a great job and made everyone proud. Below are photos of William (4th place) pushing through the pain barrier, and Aimee, ahead of the competition on her way to grabbing a fabulous second place. Well done to Aimee and Demi for finishing in the top four girls, William for finishing fourth in the boys and to everyone else for finishing such a grueling race!

Check out these fabulous and very personal write-ups from Demi and Georgia.

William

William

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aimee

Aimee

 

Year 1 Podcasts

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Towards the end of last term, LA19 buddied up with the year 1 students to create a series of podcasts. The benefits of this collaboration were extensive. The senior students had to develop their interpersonal skills, planning questions and adjusting their tone of voice to suit the younger students. They also had to be very patient and use their listening skills to ensure they allowed the younger students to have their say. Also, they had to monitor the conversation and try to ensure it continued to flow without any long, empty spaces. All in all it was a very difficult task for the students, but they managed it very well. Check out the two examples below from Georgia and Abbey.

   

 

Holiday Bloggers

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Sometimes it’s difficult for students to keep up with their blogging, especially during holiday time. As well as enjoying trips away with their families, students also have the important business of hanging out with their friends, going to the movies and long, lazy lie-ins to enjoy. Despite all that, two students have made an extra effort to keep everyone informed of their holiday activities and are well worth a read. Check out the blogs of Aimee and Georgia.

TARDIS Holiday Project

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So far my school holiday has been notable mostly for being the time I caught a dreadful strain of the flu. We had a short, three day break in Yallingup (which I’m sure is one of the coldest and wettest places on Earth) which I didn’t enjoy due to my racking cough and bouts of high temperature. It seems that colds and flus hold off for teachers until the term is over, then they strike! Apart from that I’ve spent my time productively, building a TARDIS DVD cabinet. It isn’t finished yet, but I thought I’d post a picture of what it looks like so far. As my woodworking skills are particularly amateur it’s taking me quite a while and has resulted in a number of fingers finding out just how sharp saws can be. I now need to get the signs, one of which I ordered from that amazing site Etsy, and try and match the colour. I’ll post again as the project moves further ahead.

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Real Life Maths

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This week we’ve been putting the learning we’ve done in the classroom during Maths to practical use. The students have developed their skills in working out the areas of different shapes. In order to get a better understanding of the practical application of their skills they’ve been busy working out the areas of different places around the school. Once they worked out the area, the second part of the task was to price up replacing the grass in one area and the paving in several others. The prices are all genuine from websites around the metro area and, when calculated, will give the real cost of the jobs for the students. The complexity of the areas was also challenging with students having to identify shapes within shapes in order to measure identifiable parts. Once measured they had to add some together or subtract areas that fell within the main body but were not required. To complete the task the students, in their groups, collaborated on Google Drive to present their results. Below are some images of the students in action.

Sarah, Jonny and Jackson

Sarah, Jonny and Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 

C-J and Abbey working hard.

C-J and Abbey working hard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia and Long

Georgia and Long