The debating group have been learning about how to use persuasive language techniques in their speeches. They were shown examples of persuasive speeches and asked to present their own speeches.
With a view to practising their public speaking skills, the students wrote newsworthy articles, and presented and filmed them in small groups. The students have been exploring a range of debatable topics in preparation for an inter-school debating event in Week 2.
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.
Visual Art students are designing cultural mosaics on MDF surfboards or circles, starting with research, tool safety and concept sketches.
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.
Waitakere Water Polo Club is running a five week introduction to water polo at West Wave. Two Sunday sessions remain, on 13 and 20 September.
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