by newuser | Oct 17, 2012 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Looking at Patrick Swayze and Kevin Lowe never gets old, but that is not what has made watching the 1983 film version of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders so enjoyable. That brat pack from the 1980’s does an incredible job of portraying some very endearing...
by Wayne Hampton | Oct 15, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, Uncategorized
Dear parents, A big focus area in the Secondary School at the moment is personal organisation and we are actively working with students to help them to develop effective organisational systems and daily rituals that will not only lead to their academic success in...
by newuser | Oct 10, 2012 | Grade 6, Secondary English
Counting up or down is a great technique for creating tension in a story. The grade 6 class has seen first hand how suspense is established in Jerry Spinelli’s Wringer. They have created their own stories this week – most meant to give you goosebumps. You...
by newuser | Oct 10, 2012 | Grade 10, Secondary English
Check out some of Edgar Allan Poe’s classics at http://www.poemuseum.org/works.php and see which one creeps you out the most. Each of the grade 10 students compared the gothic elements in two of these stories analyzing how Poe uses setting, death and terror to...
by Wayne Hampton | Oct 9, 2012 | Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., PTA, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts
Dear parents, The Secondary team will now be posting more regularly on the Broadcaster to keep you informed about our many developments and activities. Please subscribe to the weekly newsletter (if you haven’t already), as well as spread the word, to have all of the...
by Wayne Hampton | Oct 3, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, PTA, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts
Dear Parents, Many of you will know that I’ve finally crossed the fence and become a parent (two times over in fact if you see the attached picture). My thanks to all the parents who have congratulated me on reaching this milestone in my life. I will finally get to...
