Genius at work

Three weeks on and most students have settled down to explore their personal project. In one area, textile creations are a focus with the help of Mrs Thompson, and a sewing machine. Kayla says she is making a Onesy! Harry’s game using Construct2 is growing, and in a couple of corners, there are parts of remote controls being adapted. Monica, Nouan and Bella are oblivious to the activity around them as they build web sites or PowerPoint. Who knows where Branden is heading with his construction:) but he seems confident that it will work.

It is a challenge for some to maintain their concentration, some projects have obviously been too small or too ambitious. It is not easy to take ownership of your learning if you have not done this before.

Blackout Poetry

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I have wanted to introduce Blackout Poetry writing for a couple of years, and finally the time was right. After a quick look at some examples, the classroom was covered with sheets of newspaper. The lure of the football reports proved a bit much for some but everyone had a go at “finding” a poem.

There were some astonishingly good results by students who could see the creative possibilities and were ready to experiment. We scanned some poems and they should be appearing soon on student blogs. It is exciting to see writers be brave enough to free themselves from conventional and structured forms of poetry. Continue reading »

Blogging has begun!

Congratulations to those students who made a start today on their first blog. If you want to change your password -seems like a good idea:)- I will help you with resetting it in the next few days.

Start experimenting with themes and your avatar. Most of your questions can be answered by looking at the help files, but we will all learn from each other as well.

I like to look at other people’s blogs and think how they achieved about their clever ideas.