For Junior Students...

This is an awesome interactive site for junior students -

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/index.php

Take a few minutes to have a look at it with your kids - there are a range of activities including literacy and numeracy, topic based, homework help and learning games.

Just can't get those kids to study?

Check out this link for 20 motivational tips to 'kickstart' those seniors into some serious study!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/advent/motivation/advent.shtml

8NP Poetry

Dragon Flies

Like winged assassins
built for the job,
hovering, flying backwards, forwards and upside down and around and around.
Speeding through the air
like they really don't care.

Showcasing 9DM English

9DM recently completed a literature unit based on 'Private Peaceful' by Michael Morpurgo and War Poems by Owen Sassoon. The spectacular display can be viewed in the administration block and the students were brave enough to make a presentation at assembly.

So, exams are over....what can I do?

Year 11, 12 and 13 have just finished their school practice exams. Parents often say that they don't know what to do to help their kids get through exams - they don't know the texts that they are studying or the language just seems too much.

Believe or not just talking to the kids about the texts they are studying is a very valuable exercise - it shows an interest in what they are doing AND it can firm up ideas in their heads. Talking about texts such as films and novels makes the kids think about what they have seen and read.