Winston Extra
Year 7 students love their Winston extra lessons. On Thursday 7CT conducted a debate with the title “mobile phones are bad; they should be banned for under 16s”.The students where told which side of the argument that they had to make! This really tested some of them, as the students had to be open minded, think through what they really felt and then argue the opposite of their own views. They listened well to the other side's points and responded effectively, in trying to dismissing the point previously made. As I am sure you can imagine if this was a completely open forum the structure of the arguments could be lost, therefore, a student was selected to “chair” the debate. This permitted some individuals to demonstrate excellent leadership skills!
The whole class participated in planning this debate and most voiced an opinion, justifying their side's argument. These debating skills have taken place for all Year 7 in Winston Extra lessons and all the debates that Mrs Smith has been involved in have been fantastic; well constructed and entertaining!!
Latin at Winston
On Wednesday of this week, 9WG were constructing sentence on the Language Lines, matching Latin vocabulary with the garment that reflects it's grammatical function and forming their own Latin sentences. Do you know how to use a Dative noun?
Year 10 PE
Today some of the girls, in Year 10, experienced an Ultimate Frisbee lesson on Thursday. The courts were filled with excited young people and were a hub of activity and smiles. Jaycee claiming “I love this sport” and others asking if we can have ultimate frisbee lessons more often! Great team work and adaptability shown by all girls.
