This term we are looking at the theme “Citizens of the World”.
We are working with the media of mosaics to create a cultural design on either a cut out MDF surfboard OR circle design.
So far we have been busy creating our title pages, reading through the “Citizens of the World” definition, researching 5 facts about mosaics, learning and practising safety when using the mosaic tools, and designing our concepts for our mosaic.
Watch this space!!!
The debating group have been running debates, presenting news stories, and trying out a debate app built by Mr McFadyen.
Embroidery students have started their own patches, from bagpipes and a cricket ball to a lime and a firefly.
Students have started work on an SGCNZ Shakespeare Festival entry for Term 1 2027, reading the play and learning soliloquies.
Every Year 9 Digital Fluency student now works in Visual Studio Code and GitHub, using AI to design, test and improve their own games and apps.
Year 7 have finished all 15 exam topics and Year 8 sit their exam on Tuesday. Students need a blue or black pen and a ruler.
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.
Year 9 are describing, selling and letting homes in The Impossible House role-play, and Year 10 sat Cambridge-style mock exams.
Years 7 and 8 have studied New Zealand’s political parties ahead of the Kids Election, and how shipping risks push up living costs here.
Practical ways families can help students keep showing up, slow down on tasks and protect their sleep through the last weeks of the year.
Year 7 and 8 students spent the day with Muriwai lifeguards, learning to spot ocean hazards, stay calm and signal for help.
A water safety day at Muriwai, thanks for two fundraisers, exams this week, and dates for Crazy Hair Day, the Expo and Prize Giving.
Year 8 are exploring A Midsummer Night’s Dream and writing their own play scripts, while Year 7 study how playwrights use stage directions.
The debating group have been studying persuasive language, writing and filming news reports, and preparing for an inter-school debating event.
On 21 October, 18 students filmed a national video for Keep New Zealand Beautiful, learning about the water cycle and auditing litter at Harbour View Reserve.
Poetry students wrote Spot poems, turned five-minute interviews into poems for each other, and chalked words across the playground.
Year 9 have been drafting fantasy narratives, with five student extracts below, while Year 10 revised Language and Literature for their exams.
Embroidery students are designing a badge or patch on the Citizens of the World theme, starting with the Bayeux Tapestry and three basic stitches.
Fourteen Lincoln Road students are curating exhibition boxes on Earth and space, with field trips, journals and a Creative Arts Expo at term’s end.
Term 4 is under way, Year 10 finish their exams, Universal Drive students lead a mental health drive, and Prize Giving dates are set.
In the last week of Term 3, students turned cardboard boxes bound for recycling into suncatchers, from star mobiles and crowns to turtles.
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