Archive for March, 2007
Year 9 History and MyPlace
Group presentations began on Friday Week 7A on the MyPlace Project. Mr. March shared a slideshow that brought up issues related to The New WWW - Whatever, Whenever, Wherever and how this might affect today’s students. One particularly interesting bit of feedback was that when he asked how many students would consider a small [...]
Year 11 English Extension Blog
Ms. Hall’s Year 11 English Extension students have been insightful and busy adding posts to a Blog they use to promote discussion and reflection on the Gothic Tradition. Some of the topics include E.A. Poe’s The Raven, Rocky Horror Picture Show and “The Modern Goth” as observed in Newton. They are also developing a wiki [...]
Infinite Blog for Year 8 Maths
Mr. Armstrong’s Year 8 maths has a new learning space. The Infinite has grown out of the students’ interest in such topics as “String Theory” and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. The students are also exploring their unique learning styles by using several different assessments.