by Leo THOMPSON | May 7, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary English
We have begun an introductory unit to Shakespeare. Today we had a lot of fun with the students using visual text to represent their interpretation of a few of the lines. More fun to be had next week with this!
by Leo THOMPSON | Apr 30, 2015 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 are finishing off the year with a study of Shakespeare. They have been getting a taste of his language and they are now studying the fight scene from Romeo and Juliet. They have been looking at using visual texts to develop meaning and had some fun doing...
by Leo THOMPSON | Apr 23, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary English
Grade 7 have been exploring this very question for the past few weeks. This week 2 of the groups presented their community designs and shared their basic values for these communities with the rest of the class. The class was able to ask ...
by Leo THOMPSON | Apr 16, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary History
The students are well on their way to producing their ideal community. They have been working on this following reading their novel The Giver. They are designing the values and mission statement of their community and a selection of facilities to support these values....
by Leo THOMPSON | Mar 26, 2015 | Grade 7, Secondary History
Following the Gd7’s reading of The Giver and discussing the qualities we value in our communities today, the students are now doing an assessment task where they are working in groups to build the community they see as ideal. At the moment they are working on...
