Farewell Jenny

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Farewell Helena

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Tylers circle art

my circle art was of my dog lynx. i found the circle art challenging because of all the shadows but instead of shading we had to make the circles smaller and darker after 3 weeks of hard work most of us had the circle art finished i am proud of the finished product but i will not be doing it again mainly it was the fact it took forever to fini...

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Circle Art Reflection - Helena

I choose to do Marilyn Monroe. Although it took along time, I thought this was really fun and am proud of the outcome. Next I might like to try not doing large circles on the lightest part and only doing the smaller circles on the darker parts. ...

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Circle Art - Jennifer

I decided to do Marilyn Monroe. I think it worked well, but it took ages and didn't really turn out the way I thought it would. Next time I would do a different person and press harder with the pencil. ...

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Circle art, by Reuben

This is my circle art of Marlene Monroe, I am very pleased with how it turned out, I think the frame makes it Stand out and is a good contrasting colour against the whit pape...

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Newsletter - Term 3 Week 10

Kia ora koutou! The weeks are flying by and it is almost the end of term 3! Totara are working hard on a couple of assignments at the moment: The biological effects of climate change and visual art sculptures relating to climate change. This term we have tried to incorporate Social Science, Science and Visual Art learning around a common topic - climate change. The rationale behind this is to give students a chance to explore ideas in more depth...

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Cybercitizenship - what we use, what we post, is it good?

Today we began a series of sessions for students to help them learn about what sort of citizen they are in the online world. This is particularly important at the age and stage many of our senior students are at. Here is an overview of what we did and ideas for how this can be transferred into the home: Firstly we did a survey of the tools/services we use to connect and communicate - this entailed us brainstorming the various tools students use...

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Science - what are atoms

Model of a carbon atom... Work through these activities to learn about elements - you don't need to follow this order so can mix it up, as long as you give each activity a go: Review the research we did last week and add to it - spend 5-10mins on this and make your text on the document using the suggestion tool so we know it has been added to... Next, choose five out of the following six activities: All about atoms - short reading activity....

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Maths challenge - The Football Stadium

Here's a goodie... The football stadium is filled with 7800 fans, which leaves two fifths of the available seats empty. How many seats does the stadium have? Show your working and explain it...

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Friday Food Challenge - 29/08/2014

Friday Food Challenge On Friday Totara did a food challenge for Jenny's birthday! We made steak & cheese pie, fried rice with bacon, cake pops, pancakes, pinwheels and fruit scrolls, we were judged on presentation, taste, team work and effective planning. "I think this day showed how totara can cooperate" said Kerry, "I think it was insane" said Anna. Everyone is HUNGRY! ...

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