The end is near.....

As we the end of term 4 is coming to an end I can say the students in C16 have worked hard over the latter part of the year and a summer holiday is well deserved.  In term 3 we looked at the Olympics amd Paralympics. We celebrated the success of ourNZ Olympic team by writing congratulatory letters to our Olympians, making sure we used the correct letter format, and we also did a variety of other writing and reading activites.  We ended term 3 with a banner competition. Students worked in pairs to create a banner that showed our pride in our NZ Olympians, they had a range of success criteria that they had to meet and they all did a great job and let their creativity flow to create some fantastic banners.  There was also a prize for the best banners in each year group and in yr 9 Mandeep and Raena cleaned up with their fantastic hand drawn banner and in yr 10 Brandon and Krishna won, they integrated some London landmarks in amongst the Kiwiana theme and did an awsome job.  The competition was fierce though and the 3 judges had their work cut out for them!   This term we have been looking at Myths and Legends, we asked the big question 'What is the purpose of Myths and Legends and how important are they to cultural groups?'. The yr 9's focus was creativity myths and the yr 10's was Maori and Aborigine myths and legends.  We also looked at story elements and the students had a turn at writing their own myths and legends and then creatiing a book cover.  These were then shared among staff who read and evualted them, I was impressed with the creativity that students displayed and loved reading these.
Huge thanks to Mrs Luxford and Mrs Karl who work alongside us in C16 for all the support and care you have shown myself and the students of 9TG and 10TG. 
Overall we have had a busy two terms and students have had success whether it be in writiing, reading or creating static images and book covers, students have been given every opportuntiy to be successful and they all have been in some way.  Well done 9TG and 10TG, I am proud of you all, keep safe in the holidays and find a minute to read....it really won't hurt you :o)