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Year 6/7 house fun day From the students... On Thursday March 7, we had a sports day involving all the houses at Kinross College. Year 6/7 house team-building afternoon. We did lots of events like tunnel-ball, tug-of-war and of course sprints. I tried my hardest to take part in all the events but apart from that it was really fun and I hope my house won. Jamie Porteous Yr 7 Last Thursday Year 6 and 7 had a house sports day. My house colour is green and is called Stirling. We played lots of different sports games. My favourite sport activities were sprints and tug-of-war. We won two games, egg and spoon race and skipping. At the end of the day the teachers added up the scores and we will know the winning house on Wednesday next week. I thought that the house sports day was really fun. One of the other good things was that we got to dress up in our house colours. I would love to have another house sports day. Libby Hancock Yr 7 Last Thursday we had a house sports day. It was really fun. A lot of people dressed up. My friends and I wore tu-tus. It was a very colourful day. We did a lot of activities like tunnel-ball, relay races and a lot more. My favourite was tug-of-war. Our faction team did really well in that. We won every single round. The teachers took a lot of photos. There was a lot of cheering going on and everyone was having a lot of fun. Jocelyn Yao Yr 7
Yr 8 Orientation afternoon It was approximately one o’clock in the afternoon. The hot, sticky air blazed on our faces and made us feel queasy. The noisy hum of the students aggravated Ms Goggin. “We’re not going anywhere until you settle down,” she told the eager class. It was our first Friday as Year 8’s, and as a treat Miss Fielding, the year coordinator, planned an orientation afternoon. “This afternoon you will participate in four fun activities, each lasting for half an hour”, Ms Goggin explained. This started the class up again. Animated whispers filled the classroom, along with loud “sushes”. After a few minutes of trying to calm the excited class, Ms Goggin started our first activity. This activity was Society and Environment bingo. We were organised into groups of four to six people; each group was given a bingo sheet and an atlas. The sheet had a large variety of capital cities of different counties. Like a normal game of bingo, Ms. Goggin called out the subject to find, only this time it wasn’t a number, it was a country. Our task was to firstly find out what the capital city of that country was, and secondly to see if we had it on our bingo sheet. This was both fun and challenging for me, because I enjoyed the rush of trying to find the country and its capital in a short amount of time. Some countries were very hard to find and when we did find them, there was no guarantee that we even had them on our bingo sheet! Half an hour had passed and it was time to move to our next activity. As we entered the next classroom, big blobs of blue play-dough on the desks caught our attention. I love playdough, along with many other people. I could tell that everyone was eager to get started. Mrs. Dagnell, our teacher for this activity, sat us down and explained the rules. Our first task was to make small shapes that were drawn on the whiteboard. After the shapes were made, we had to incorporate them all into an imaginary machine. This was tricky because some of the shapes were heavier than others, causing the whole machine to fall over; we laughed the whole time. After the machine-making madness, we were allowed some free time to create sculptures of our own choosing. My friend and I decided to work together to create a perfect sphere without a single lump or crack in it. It was completely smooth and shiny! The third session was with Mr. MacBride. My friend and I got completely lost and had no idea where we were supposed to go. When we finally found the class, Mr MacBride shouted, “Where have you been?” “We were lost, “ I replied. “No, that’s not an answer, stand under the poster until I come and talk to you,” he boomed once again. Confused, we walked to the poster and heard him say to the class, in a much calmer voice, “that is how you lie”. He turned to us and warmly invited us to take a set with the rest of the class. The whole class burst out laughing. It dawned on us that Mr MacBride was joking, so we started laughing too. We then played a game called ‘two truths, one lie’. Afterwards, we played a game called ‘silent ball’. In this game, everyone must pick a spot in the room and be silent, hence the name of the game. Then you must throw the ball to each other, without dropping it. The aim of the game is to keep throwing the ball around the room until one person is left. That person is the winner. Mr MacBride called out, “GO!” This signalled the start of the game. I could sense the temptation to talk, grow around the room, like a spray of perfume. People were trying so hard not to talk; they completely missed the ball! “Out!” Mr. MacBride shouted with a sinister smile. I had only had the ball a couple of times when a student host came in and called my name. I had completely forgotten about my orthodontist. Feeling dejected, I picked up my bag and left to go to the office. Overall, the orientation day was a blast. It gave me the opportunity to meet new teachers and students that I might not have met ordinarily. I also got to participate in some really fun activities as well! Jessica Froud, Yr 8
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