Winning Chester Zoo Blog

Here we have a text conversation between two members of the zoo!

The Melbourne blogging team chose this blog to be published as it was considered to be the most original. Well done to Zara Rose Haddon from M12 who will receive a praise letter.

Solar Eclipse Sensation!

Imagine an old lady, rocking on a rocking chair remembering what she saw 76 years a ago.
And what did she see? Well she didn't see at all because it was all black!

76 moons ago, there was a solar eclipse which stunned the whole nation- and one that especially stunned me! As we sat in the classroom, we all peered out of the window waiting to see what would happen.

Suddenly, it started going darker and darker... eventually it became almost pitch black . We were stunned and amazed at the sight of 'seeing ' our first eclipse. I was the first Y7 to experience the solar eclipse from the filtered mask . From my memory, I remember that the sun was really green and the moon  was slightly moving to directly cover the moon to make it pitch black , unfortunately we lived in a place where the sky did not turn black but a very black grey, however in other parts of the UK the sky turned pitch black and the moon turned orange.

We were warned by the news and the teachers that we were not allowed to directly stare at the sun in-case we lost our sight. But everyone managed to see it in a way which was safe.

World Book Day – How to decorate your door…

This week Clayton’s doors were turned into pages from famous books from Where’sWally? To Batman, Cat in the Hat to Fantastic Mr. Fox and many more! The forms first chose a book and took all the most important elements from their book and put them on their doors! 

They all look very good but the overall winner was M10 with their take on Where’sWally? Good job M10 you’ve done Melbourne proud!

Step 1.

Come up with a theme for your door. Try to be unique. M10 chose to make their door a photo booth as you can see below!

Step 2.

Make it a group effort! Include all your form to design the overall layout of your door! See M9 working as a team below too!

Step 3.

From design you will have to turn it into realisation, for this you will need a lot of colours, basic stationary and something to make it look that bit special!

Step 4.

Be secret and maybe bribe the judges ;)

Just Kidding!

And then to the winners go the spoils or in this case chocolate! Sadly they were too quick in eating the prize so we don’t have a picture of that!

Litter Picking

Hi Everyone! 

My name is Sanidhi and today I am writing an amazing blog about PHSE day .I am going to be blogging about my favourite part of PHSE day,  which is litter picking , now you all might be thinking, 'why does she like picking litter?' well, you will find out later when you're reading this blog...

We first met the two men from Staffordshire Council who took us litter picking , they were very nice and helped us pick litter were there was a lot of litter .Once we met them ,we put on high visibility vest so we wouldn't lose anyone or get hit by a car . We were paired up and we also put blue gloves for hygenic reasons.

It was really rewarding when two members of the public   said 'thank you ' as we walked by, because  they recognised that we were helping our community .

How to Revise for Exams!

How to not be stressed by Alex and Sarah (Spikey and Patrice)

Although 2015 holds exciting new possibilities, there are also some less thrilling things: like exams. For the upper years in school, exams are too close for comfort and therefore many people will rightfully become anxious about it. However Sarah and I are here to assist you!

Step 1 of becoming immune to exam stress:

Revise. Revise a lot. The worst feeling when you’re approaching an exam is the feeling that you’re completely unprepared. The only thing you can do to prevent this is to revise for your test. It seems so obvious but really, it is the key thing to stop you from worrying.

Step 2:

When you’ve revised the most you can, sometimes the best thing you can do is be confident. You’ve done so much revision there’s no way you could fail. And, even if you do, it’s not the end of the world. Sometimes you just have to think about whether this exam is the be all and end all.

Step 3:

Hush little children don’t you cry, if you get enough sleep and put down that pie. The exam will go your way, and you’ll thank us for what we will say :D

Sleep and eat well! This is the principal rule to a healthy lifestyle. Without sleep and substantial food your exam will seem a whole lot harder.

Step 4:

This is possibly the daftest suggestion we have but why not try yoga or even meditation. You may find yourself scoffing at such an idea but in reality 30 minutes of yoga or meditation can really help you to relax and clear your mind of all these worries.

Step 5:

Whilst it’s important to do sufficient revision for your exams, don’t overdo it. Have a hobby that can take your mind away from your school life and remember to think positively! Good luck!

M6 Form Assembly!

M6

Hello Harvie here! M6’s blogger / Lead Blogger,

This week we will be blogging about my forms assembly on resilience!

So what is resilience you may ask? Well here is the dictionary definition:

Resilience-

The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.

So my form took up the role of doing an assembly on this topic and with pleasure too! We prepared a well-structured presentation for the college.

In our assembly we talked about a few celebrities that were and still are very resilient during their careers! The ones we talk about included:

*The Beatles

*Rebecca Adlington

*Bill Gates

But of course there were many more!

In our assembly we included a video showing animals that are resilient in their normal lives. At the bottom we will add a link to the video.

We would also like to leave you with a quote to have a think about and that will also be added to the bottom!

Thanks for reading,

Harvie +

Blogging team

Naughty Or Nice?

Hello and welcome to the M9 blog. We hope you all had an epic first term and a great Christmas! On the last day,  in form we did  Secret Santa. I wasn’t in the day when they discussed about the £1 gifts, but I still brought something in, I even got something too! We had an awesome form party with Pringles, Pop and other food I loved the party so did loads of the others! Alex Mason even played ‘The Christmas Song’ for us on her guitar.

 

We had an assembly with Mrs Hulme before the holidays and we had a naughty list and a nice list, I was on the nice list (I was happy to see my name!) We got ‘nice tags’ to stick in our planners and we had to behave in form (obviously easy for me) Mrs Gimbert gave lots of people in the form a nice tag, but two people wanted a naughty tag because they thought it was cool but then they changed their minds.

Alana

Welcome Back!

Welcome back! Can’t believe it’s 2015; time flies! It’s always a bit of a challenge to come back after Christmas but hopefully this New Year opens plenty of new possibilities, and many opportunities. Many people are trying New Year’s resolutions and we think a good one is trying to be more considerate and kinder to others. This is a really easy and sweet thing to do. Why don’t you try it, here are some tips:
1) Smile more

2) Compliment others

3) Be positive!

Have you got any resolutions of your own? Tell us in the comments! Mine is to revise more, especially with these Y10 mocks coming up, I’m a little worried about it but with some hard work it should be fine: I hope! If you’re worrying about it too we have an upcoming blog on Tips for revising! Anyway we hope this year is filled with joy and good will!

 By Lead Bloggers - Reshma Meah, Alex Mason and Harvie Lyons