Term 2 Week 1 Year 7/8 Blog (Virtual Learning)

Year 7&8 Weekly Blog

Parent Notice

Dear parents and learners, 

I hope you have had a wonderful holiday. Unfortunately, we have had to resort back to Virtual Learning for the start of the new year and Term 2 for everyone's safety. At present and if there are no further developments regarding the Covid-19 procedures than we are looking forward to welcoming your children back on campus for in school learning on Monday, January 11th. If there should be some more changes with the Covid-19 outbreak between now and next Monday we will continue to update you as soon as possible and then continue to follow the online learning schedule which is listed below if the campus must remain closed. 

Here is the Virtual Learning Schedule for the Year 7/8 class: 

Y7/8 Online Schedule
		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:15-8:25	Welcome
8:25-9:10	Period 1	Homeroom Advisory Time Whole Class Check In	PE 30 min class, 30 min open	I&S/EAL 20 min class, 20 min open	PE 30 min class, 30 min open	Full Class Library Session
9:10-9:55	Period 2			Maths 20 min class, 20 min open		Arts 20 min class, 20 min open
9:55-10:10	AM break
10:10-10:55	Period 3	Maths 20 min class, 20 min open	LangLit/Lang Acq. 20 mins x 20 min open	Open Study Time	Design 20 min class, 20 min open	Maths 30 min class, 30 min open
10:55-11:40	Period 4	Arts 20 min class, 20 min open	I&S/EAL 20 min class, 20 min open		Science 20 min class, 20 min open
11:40-12:25	Lunch
12:25-13:05	Period 5	Science 30 min class, 30 min open	Design 30 min class, 30 min open	Thai 20 min class, 20 min open	Thai Open Work Period	Thai 20 min class, 20 min open
13:05-13:45	Period 6			LangLit/Lang Aqu. 20 mins, 20 min open	I&S/EAL 20 min class, 20 min open	Open Study Time
13:45-14:00	PM break
14:00-14:40	Period 7	Thai 20 min class, 20 min open	Thai 20 min class, 20 min open	Science 20 mins class, 20 min open	LangLit/Lang Acq. 20 mins x 20 min open
Language and Literature	Mr. Mark	Group https://meet.google.com/eki-hxuu-mdw
		Belty, Natasha, Michelle, JJ, Jennesa, Devy, Natalie
Language Acquisition/EAL	Ms. Liza	Group : http://meet.google.com/izp-nkgo-jfw
		Jeng Jeng, Prue, Mook, Cake, Mint & Pin Pin
Maths	Mr. Ben	Whole Class : http://meet.google.com/bbd-scsb-hdo
Science	Mr. Ben	Whole Class: http://meet.google.com/bbd-scsb-hdo
Thai	Ms. Nard	Group: https://meet.google.com/kdh-okvr-mfv?hs=122&authuser=0
		Jeng Jeng, Belty, Prue, JJ, Mook, Cake
TAL -	Ms. Must	Group: http://meet.google.com/nms-ekxf-hyi
		Michelle,Natasha,Jennesa
PE	Mr. Xavi	Full Class - Staring 8:25: https://meet.google.com/pmh-wymt-chn?hs=122&authuser=1
Arts	Mr. Ben	Full Class Meet Code: http://meet.google.com/bbd-scsb-hdo
I&S	Mr. Mark	Group Meet Code: https://meet.google.com/bby-ctrz-qov
		Belty, Natasha, Michelle, JJ, Jennesa, Devy, Natalie
Design	Mr. Rob	Full Class https://meet.google.com/mef-emav-zbh
Advisory/Library	Mr. Mark	Full Class https://meet.google.com/qih-fwms-thz

Language & Literature 

This week in Language and Literature class the children learned about Greek gods and goddesses. The children created a Bio-poem to help them identify the characteristics of one of these Greek gods or goddesses. For next week the children will be learning about the stories of King Arthur and the Nights of the Round Table and The Sword in the Stone. 

Individuals & Society

For this week the children have been exploring who the Sumerians were and what the River Valley Civilisation was. The children have also been learning more about King Tut. For next week the children will be learning about significant individuals from the Greek civilisation and how their influence has helped shape society today. 

Maths

In MYP1 Math class, students are learning how to process and extract useful information from data. Throughout this unit, students will learn to sample and construct data tables for different types of grouped and raw data sets. This will involve learning to calculate means, modes, medians and ranges as well as identify trends and apply appropriate types of graphs to the data sets. 

Science

This week in MYP1 Science class we are learning about the common characteristics for all living organisms. Students have been assigned to investigate what living things need to survive, and where some of these resources are processed in the cell. During the online sessions there was a discussion of the significance of water in life and how water has so many uses such as in nutrition, transport of materials, thermoregulation, sanitation and as a habitat for many organisms. For this next week, students will be investigating how plants produce their own food in photosynthesis.

Have a wonderful weekend!