Top of the world

Currently 8GMc are on top of the world. This post is being written from the Top Tama Lake in National Park with ALL of our students present. Top effort team!

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Please add a description for this lighthouse - you have only two sentences. Show me your writing skill and paint a picture for me.

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Survival Swim

To finish the week off 8GMc had their swimming lesson. Today we took part in a survival swim. We had to swim as long as we could, in our clothes, without touching the side or the bottom of the pool. Some students did pretty well, others better hope they have a life jacket on if they are in a boat that sinks.

 

Potato Scones

Today in Tech, we had to make instant potato scones. Once we had all the mixture in the bowl we had to leave the tech room with all of our equipment to cook around the square. We weren't allowed back in once we left so we had to be certain we had everything (1 group forgot their matches but were able to borrow some luckily). We went out to cook some scones with a gas bottle and a gas burner. Some groups didn't follow the recipe too well and their scones did not look the best but they still tasted OK. Others successfully made a bunch of scones and got to eat them for an early lunch.
By Ben and Eden

Reaching the ton!

In our first couple of weeks we have hit the 100 visitors mark. A small but satisfying result as we look to grow our class blog and reach a wider audience. Next goal - 1000! Once we reach this we will have a little celebration in class. Please do your bit - keep visiting and let others know to come and see what we are doing in 8GMc.

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Welcome to the world of books

After 3 weeks 8GMc finally got to go to the library. As our day is Wednesday in the library this is the first Wednesday we have had this school year. To start with students got to write what books they like so the school librarian knows what to get more of. Once this task was finished we got to search through the extensive range of books here at Southwell and issue some for our weekly reading.

Me Animoto

Below is a slide show containing QR Codes. These take you to student made animoto videos about themselves. Unless you are logged in under a Southwell account you will not have access to this. We apologise to those who do not have an account but this is for the safety of my students. We will be making other QR codes and animotos that we will share with the world.

Pottery

8GMc ROCKS!!!

In science for the lessons before camp we have/will been/be examining and researching rocks.We are doing this so we know what different types of rocks are and look like if we see them on camp. 8GMc have learnt that there are many types of rocks and where they come from. 8GMc have studied rocks and written explanations for rocks they choose. We study them with magnifying glasses. We have even been lucky enough to see and touch a meteorite from antarctica.
By JP

Commissioning of the Prefects

On Monday we attended the 'Commissioning of the Prefects' service at All Hallows Chapel. A huge congratulations to all the students pictured, especially the following from 8GMc: Meg, Tindra, Jonathon and Sam. We are sure you will do an amazing job and represent 8GMc proudly.

Egg-less Piklets

On Friday at technology 8GMc made egg-less piklets on a camp gas stove to practice for their Tongariro camp coming up. 8GMc had to take everything they needed outside and weren't aloud to return inside to get anything they forgot. This was to make it a 'bush' situation as when we go hiking on camp we can't just get something if we have not packed it. 

By Ben M

Why blog?

Today in class we looked at why we blog. The students had some great discussions and came out with some good ideas. In the end we thought the main reasons to blog were to have an audience, who just wants the teacher to read their work when you can have the the whole world read your work, and knowing we have that audience it gives us purpose.
After that we looked at what made a good blog post as the students of 8GMc will be taking greater ownership of our blog and posting their own posts.
Do you agree with us? Why do you blog?

Art/Pottery

The students in 8GMc are pretty lucky as every week they get to develop their skills in either pottery or art for a full 80 mins. Each week we will try and add some pictures or videos of the work that is happening in these classes and get someone to write a blurb about what is going on.

Class Treaty

On the first day of school 8GMc came up with the following rules to be followed in class in 2013. They are:

1. Respect others
2. Respect the speaker
3. Respect equipment
4. Respect yourself

To sign our treaty every member of 8GMc traced their hand and then coloured it in with some pictures/designs that meant something to them.

Toasting Tech

Today in tech the students in 8GMc had the task of designing a simple toaster to make toast over a gas burner. After initial designs the students constructed a variety of different toasters. Some worked, some didn't but the students who did not succeed the first time altered their designs and everyone got to have a piece of toast by the end of the session.