DG Newsletter Autumn 2012.pdf - Deptford Green School

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OLYMPIC THEMES AND FIELD WORK IN GEOGRAPHY During the summer term both Year 8 and Year 9 classes have been learning about the London Olympics. We have investigated the history of the Olympics, why London won the bid, the advantages and disadvantages of it and how London intends to make it sustainable. Students have shown a great interest and were clearly looking forward to the real thing. During the summer term Year 10 Geographers have been on two field work trips. The first was to Whitstable, Kent where we investigated coastal management strategies. The second was to the source and mid-section of the River Darent, Kent. The students became familiar with a variety of specialised fieldwork techniques and really enjoyed both experiences. This enabled them to complete their controlled assessments in Geography as well as prepare them for their exams. SCIENCE CLUB LATEST It has been an exciting time to be a member of the science club, as these children have been finding out. “We have been doing lots of practical work, I come every week and it is really fun and interesting. We got to go to the Natural History Museum and Science Museum and at school we get to do stuff which we cannot do during lesson times. I am glad I joined,” Oscar Cartwright 7De. “Science club is awesome, everyone should come along. We have done loads of different things, so far we have dissected a sheep’s eye, a whole rat and this week we got to cut up a sheep’s brain. It was so cool!” Joe Dommala 7U. “I like science club because it is fun and educational, I have learnt about different organs and touched a sheep’s eye. I enjoyed the week we did different explosions the best, we burnt a jelly baby and it screamed and made a purple flame,” Keevon Patrick 7U. “I have been coming to science club since the start and enjoy it more each week, it’s very practical and good fun. I laughed so much when we used the Van de Graaff generator which made all my hair stand on end,” Youcef Benarmdena 7U.
LA COUTRE FRANCAISE: FRENCH FASHION SHOW French teachers were away on the French home stay with Year 10 at the time of going to print, but before that they were able to tell us about a few of their fun lessons. For instance a French fashion show was organised with Year 9 students to make the learning of ‘the clothes’ topic more interactive and to enable them to practice the target language for real. Students worked in small groups and prepared the description of their chosen outfit. On the day they all became top models on the catwalk and also had to describe their partner’s outfit to the audience while being judged by their classmates (look, walk and description of clothes). The winning student was Alvin Tuitt who was amazing on stage; he was one of a kind during the performance closely followed by Kalim Osikoya. Bravo les garçons! Everone all learnt a lot from the presentations and would like to give special thanks to the Drama department for the fabulous clothes, to Cherish Or and Amber Deroche, our Year 10 photographers of the event, and to Mr Brunoir for the music and his assistance in organising the event. A group of Year 9 students also had the chance to visit the Institut Français in South Kensington in preparation for their GCSE course next year. Pupils were introduced to all that the Institut has to offer; they were given a tour of the fascinating multimedia library, followed by a presentation and quiz about the history of French Cinema. After lunch and some delicious French pastries, we enjoyed a private screening of the film Les Enfants de Timpelbach in the amazing new cinema. Students had a great day, and were invited to visit the Institut again in the future. TRANSITION ACTIVITIES A number of Year 7 Transition pupils went on an exciting trip to Macaroni Wood in Gloucestershire this term. Activities included cooking a barbecue (and washing up!), a nightwalk and mountain biking. Pupils also built their own shelters, using techniques learnt, bizarrely, in their English lessons. Everyone had a great time! SPELLING BEE On Friday 6th July, students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 took part in the second annual Spelling Bee. Students and teachers were extremely impressed with the amount of hard work the contestants had put into learning the words. The competition, which ends with two finalists, had some tremendous feedback from the students themselves. Kelly Aho in Year 10 was the overall winner getting herself an Amazon Kindle. Kelly said “The “Spelling Bee’ really helps to get the words in your brain, and even the ones you don’t think you know, you do. The final round really puts you under pressure though!”
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