Last week certainly ended on a fun note. We started the day filming our Spanish language movies (which should be ready to go up on our language wiki by the end of this week), had some fun with balloon volley ball and relay games, technology was next on the timetable and after lunch we watched the Room 5 performance assembly. There were some very entertaining items from each class. It was a great way to end the day.
The GATE Reading group met for an hour after lunch and discussed books they had read with war as a setting or theme. Some of the books discussed and recommended as good reads were: Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah, The Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan, Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden and The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. These books have given the students an insight into what life is like for those caught in a war zone. We read the story The Wall by Eve Bunting as a group. It is a touching tale, with beautiful muted watercolor illustrations by Richard Himler. In the story the boy's feelings of loss for a grandfather he never knew, and his father's quiet remark, "He was just my age when he was killed," brought home the impact of war on families whose lives have been changed by the loss of a loved one. there were several other characters, each impacted in a different way through the war. A simple but powerful tale, well worth reading.
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