by newuser | Sep 26, 2013 | Grade 9, Secondary English
This week the Gr. 9 students made connections between two films watched in class, Dead Poets Society and Les Choristes. Both movies are about boys in boarding schools during the late 1950’s and touch on the timeless themes of friendship, loyalty and...
by Wayne Hampton | Sep 19, 2013 | Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader
Dear parents, Thank you to everyone who managed to make it to the Parents Information Evening on Wednesday. For those of you who were unable to make it this year we have some spare copies of the booklets we designed and printed, which you can collect from the SLS....
by newuser | Sep 19, 2013 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
The 2nd Annual House Reading Challenge has begun. From today on to Thursday, October 3 the students are to be reading their eyes out and keeping track of the number of pages. It’s for points and every page could be the difference between first and fourth...
by newuser | Sep 12, 2013 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Secondary English
The Gr. 7 and Gr. 10 students have both started off the year with genres designed to creep out readers. The senior students are focusing on classic Gothic literature while the junior group is exploring suspense in various short stories. This week there was a focus on...
by Wayne Hampton | Sep 5, 2013 | Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
The first week back after the summer break is always a shock to students as they readjust their sleeping rhythms from getting up whenever they want to being at school by 8. Nevertheless we have been pleasantly surprised at how well students have adjusted to being back...
by newuser | Sep 5, 2013 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary English
To follow up on the reading all of the secondary students were responsible for over the summer, conferences will be taking place over the next two weeks. Students will be having informal conversations with assigned teachers about the texts they perused during the...
