Class of 2016 - Poverty day and Life Skills

On October 19th, grade 7 spent the morning looking at the issue of Poverty as part of our Awareness of Issues theme in Life Skills. The day started in the PAC with an introductory session and then students went to 4 sessions run by grade 12 students. In these sessions they looked at various aspects of poverty, including education, war and conflict, diet and technology. The grade 12s had worked hard to ensure that the sessions were fun and interactive, as well as educational and the grade 7s appreciated this.


This week is UN Week and grade 7 have been spending Life Skills sessions looking at the work of the United Nations in various countries throughout the world. As this year is the UN International Year of Youth, we looked specifically at how the work of the UN can help children and young people. On Friday students can come to school wearing a T-shirt from any country around the world, or of an International event. They should bring $1 which will be donated to local charities. In addition many have already purchased their tickets for the UN lunch - tomorrow is the last day to bring the $2.

After half-term, COESAL will be delivering 4 sessions to grade 7 students on the topics of Self-Esteem and Eating Disorders. You will find out more about this at the Parent Partnership meeting tonight (6.30 in the PAC), but the main areas will be:
Autoestima. Me siento bien conmigo.
-Autoestima y autoconcepto.
-¿Qué afecta?¿Qué provoca?
-Autoestima: negativa-alta-sana.
-Estrategias.
-El valor de ser yo.

Desórdenes alimenticios. Tú y tu cuerpo.
-¿Cómo me veo?¿Cómo me siento?
-Definiciones
-Presión de cánones ¿te afecta?
-Distintas complexiones
-Estrategias

Cal 1 comes to a close in November, and your child's report will be ready for collection at the Parent-Teacher meeting on December 2nd. This will be an ideal opportunity for you to discuss your child's progress with his/her teachers and we would encourage you to speak to as many of them as possible.

See you at the Parent Partnership meeting tonight.

Class of 2016 - important dates

Grade 7 have some exciting events coming up, as well as some important assessments. These are outline below.

October 18th: Mental Maths test

October 19th: Poverty Day
Students will be off timetable lessons 1-5 working on aspects of poverty with teachers and grade 12 students. This forms part of our "Awareness of Issues" Life Skills theme.

October 22nd: End of Cal Science test
Students will be tested on topics C4: Rocks and Weathering, P4: Heat and Sound and B4: Sorting and Identifying

October 25th: End of Cal Maths test

October 25th-29th: United Nations Day celebrations
Starting on Monday 11th, grade 7 will be looking at the role of the UN, with a particular focus on Youth (it is UN International Year of Youth). This will culminate with students presentations on Monday 25th, an assembly by some grade 10 students on Tuesday 26th and UN assembly celebration on Friday 29th. This also forms part of our "Awareness of Issues" theme in Life Skills.

November 1st-5th: half term holiday

November 11th: Cal 1 ends

November 11th: Trip to El Boqueron Volcano
Students will be bringing home a letter with details of this trip, which the Science and Geography departments are running to reinforce part of the curriculum and strengthen links between the learning students do in the two subjects.