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Came across this great site this morning and though it's not a totally educational site (in the school sense) of the word it does look fascinating.

Take a moment to have a look at it...

How to (do just about anything).....

Welcome back ......

Parents this site is for you .... to ask questions; to see examples of the things we are doing here at the English Department; to read some external examination exemplars; to hop on a link and checkout any sites that look interesting to you...

Feel free to contact Mrs Cleary or Mrs Hucker at school if you want any advice or just want to touch base with us...

Check out the new site I started for the Yr 13 English as Popular Culture course ..

A sigh of relief - Level 1 is over....

I'm sure that many parents will be breathing a sigh of relief now that the largest exam in NCEA is over.

48,000 Year 11s sat English yesterday and it seemed to go reasonably well.

The general consensus here was that the literature (novel, film and short texts) sections were fair and pretty straightforward. We felt putting an extract from the Queen's speech in a little odd. For the second year in a row unfamiliar text has featured South Island authors - perhaps it's about time the examiners moved their focus to where the bulk of the population is - the North!

Levels 3 and 2 today.

More study help - studyit.org.nz

If you haven't already looked at this site - take time to have a look now.
Expert teachers provide free advice, guidance and feedback to students in English, Maths and Science.....
studyit.org.nz

Online Study Guides

Really Useful Resources have placed their revision guides online until the end of the year - you can access them by registering for them on this link - http://www.reviseonline.co.nz/index.php/homepage

There are guides for other subjects as well as English.

Check out those movies the kids want to watch...

Although this site is aimed at the US market and so the movies are a little ahead of release date here, it does provide detailed reviews based on 'violence, sexual content, language, and drugs/alcohol portrayal'.

Check it our - http://www.parentpreviews.com/movies.php

Grammar, spelling etc.......

One thing that parents tend to comment on is 'my son can't spell- what can I do?', or 'don;t teachers teach grammar any more?'.

This site is a great place for students to go to find advice and practice grammar activities -

http://www.grammar-monster.com/

It attempts to explain rules, give examples and sets up practice activities.....