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==Thank you for visiting our class wiki. We are a group of Y8 of students with diverse interests and talents as you will see when you view our pages. Our classroom is a very busy place and some of of the activities we have done this term are displayed on this site. == Coming events Monday 3 December : Cyber Safety talk for all students. Monday 10 December : School merit assembly 10.30 Town Hall Sheppard swimming in the afternoon Tuesday 11 December : School prizegiving 10.30 Town Hall Final enrichment in the afternoon Wednesday 12 December : Y8 Leavers social 7.00pm -10.00pm Children must be collected in the hall. Thursday 13 December : School Talent quest. Sheppard Picnic day Friday 14 December : Last day of school. School finishes at 12.30pm. Reports go home. =Secret Santa = The children have asked to have Secret Santa. This is optional. If your child is participating they will need to bring the gift on Thursday 13 December.

Y8 Leavers social : each class is asked to contribute toward the supper. Our class has been asked to contribute a 'savoury plate'. The information is attached.





=Seminars: Careers =

Term 4 is Seminars. We will begin to present these in week 7. The criteria rubric is attached for you to download. In Year 8 the focus of the seminar is on careers. Most of the work for this is expected to be completed at home. Students are expected to have at least one primary source of information. 

This term we have heard Inquiries on How the Past has influenced the Presentationl and wil influence the Future in the following areas

Joanna and Shanaya : Fashion Sarah and Alex : Weaving Olivia and Ayla : Time Pieces Rose Lay: Drama and Theatre Emily and Isobel: Bridges Jess and Hope : Animal Care Jacob Kansas and Baden : Transport Matt, Jay and Ben K : The evolution of bricks



Congratulations

To Sarah Holland who had a poem published in an English (Kent) community newspaper.

To Kansas Pene, Rose Lay, Adam Wilson, and Joanna Whitworth who were part of the final Otago problem Solving Challenge.

To Joanna Whitworth who received a High Distinction in the NSW writing exam

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Last term we focused on Egypt and the process of mummification this term we are going Greek. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Inquiry question this term is

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">"How have civilisations of the past influenced our present and our future?"

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">We have researched where our parents and grandparents came from and we have used this to decide which country we want to represent in our class <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Olympics. We are focusing initially on ancient Greece and intend to have a class Olympics (greek style) so if you have any old sheets please don't throw <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">them out they will make great togas.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">We have written our names using the Greek alphabet <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Use the alphabet below to write your name




 * We also did a memory test using the Nato Phonetic Alphabet as this begins with a Greek letter. Write the letters of our alphabet on a piece of paper. Study the chart below for 2 minutes then without looking at the chart write the words you can remember. How many did you score? **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In maths we are initially focusing on circles (pi has been introduced) and using these to create geometric patterns. We have been creating patterns based on Islamic Geometric design. Follow the instructions below to create the 'Seed of Life'. You will need a sheet of A4 paper, a pencil and a compass.