Congratulations to our Digital Fluency students on a hugely successful year! For their final major project, they transitioned from learners to expert digital instructors, creating high-quality, practical help guides for the community.
They mastered the Canva Video Editor to produce catchy, informative short videos on essential device management tasks, including:
- Demonstrating how to properly log out of shared devices.
- The correct procedure for clearing session-specific photos and screenshots that need to be deleted after every use.
- Ensuring shared equipment is ready for the next user.
This wasn’t just basic editing; students employed advanced techniques such as layering video clips and strategically using sound to make their tutorials engaging and clear. By integrating iPad screen recording footage into their professional Canva designs, they have gained invaluable transferable skills in:
- Multimedia Production: Advanced video editing and sound design.
- Technical Communication: Clearly demonstrating complex steps.
- Digital Citizenship: Promoting responsible use of shared resources.
We are incredibly proud of the expertise and professionalism they have shown this term!
Shakespeare Festival: Planning Begins for The Scottish Play
Students have started work on an SGCNZ Shakespeare Festival entry for Term 1 2027, reading the play and learning soliloquies.
Years 7 and 8 English: Play Scripts, Book Reviews and Exam Preparation
Year 7 are writing their own short plays, Year 8 are studying A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and both classes welcomed back the mobile library.
Years 7 and 8 English: Play Scripts and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Year 8 are exploring A Midsummer Night’s Dream and writing their own play scripts, while Year 7 study how playwrights use stage directions.
Poetry: Spot Poems, Five-Minute Conversations and Chalk on the Playground
Poetry students wrote Spot poems, turned five-minute interviews into poems for each other, and chalked words across the playground.
Year 9 and 10 English: Fantasy Writing and Exam Revision
Year 9 have been drafting fantasy narratives, with five student extracts below, while Year 10 revised Language and Literature for their exams.
Year 9 and 10 English: Storyboarding Othello and Reading Macbeth
Year 9 have storyboarded Othello scene by scene. Year 10 are working on Macbeth.
Creative Writing: Choosing Genres and Designing Covers
The group are working on original stories in small groups, choosing their own genres and designing covers and illustrations for their books.
Years 7 and 8 English: Building Suspense and Drafting Narratives
Year 7 are drafting their own narratives after studying how authors build suspense. Year 8 have turned When the Mountains Roared into audio drama scripts.
Creative Writing: Openings, Suspense and Pacing
The group is comparing story settings, writing their own openings from visual prompts, and learning how plot structure builds suspense.
Years 7 and 8 English: From Poetry to Adventure Stories
Year 7 have finished poetry and moved on to adventure narratives. Year 8 are studying an extract from When the Mountains Roared.
