Señora Ryan Leaving!

Here is a link to a Prezi presentation about Señora Ryan!

Señora Ryan!

Houses Semester 2

Future Problem Solving - GIPS

Final week of Shrek!

This week is production and it is one of the biggest and most busy parts of the year in Year Seven and Eight. Every week since Term 2 we have been having weekly Shrek practises which included learning lines, choreography and acting skills!

On Wednesday 16th August

PHOTO DAY - This is where everyone gets into their costumes, has their hair styled, their makeup done and photos taken! The photos include - Buddy Photos, Group Photos and Individual Photos. 📸

On Sunday 20th August

WHOLE PLAY RUN IN THE ATRIUM - At 3:00 till 5:00pm we did a whole cast run through we wore mufti and got changed into our costumes. We didn’t have our hair or makeup done. We had to practice our quick changes and get a rough idea of when we need to be on the stage. 👠

On Tuesday 22nd August

REHEARSAL AT SCHOOL - We fix any problems and practice! 🤔

On Wednesday 23rd August

AURORA THEATRE - Everyone moves to the Aurora Theatre! We have the set and microphones but no makeup, hair or costumes. 🗣️

On Thursday 24th August

DRESS REHEARSAL - 4:00-8:00 We have costumes, hair, makeup, microphones and the set. Professional photos will be taken. 💅🏽👰🏻💄

On Friday 25th August

OPENING NIGHT - Our first performance😆

On Saturday 26th August

2x PERFORMANCES - Our 2nd performance (Matinee at 2:00) and our 3rd performance (Closing Night Performance at 6:00). Between our 2nd performance and 3rd performance we have awards, dinner and a cast party.  🎉

Photo Credit: Eliza Smith🐭

Mechatronics

Hi​ ​everyone!​ ​It’s​ ​Lottie​ ​and​ ​Phoebe.​ ​We​ ​will​ ​be​ ​informing​ ​you​ ​about​ ​our​ ​wonderful Mechatronics​ ​Program​ ​that​ ​we​ ​have​ ​at​ ​Selwyn​ ​House​ ​School.

What​ ​is​ ​Mechatronics?
Mechatronics​ ​is​ ​a​ ​mix​ ​of​ ​engineering,​ ​technology,​ ​maths,​ ​art,​ ​creating,​ ​and​ ​building. 

What​ ​are​ ​we​ ​doing?
This​ ​term​ ​the​ ​Year​ ​8s​ ​get​ ​to​ ​group​ ​ourselves​ ​in​ ​groups​ ​of​ ​1,2​ ​or​ ​3​ ​and​ ​create​ ​anything we​ ​want!​ ​We​ ​have​ ​access​ ​to​ ​the​ ​3-D​ ​printer,​ ​laser​ ​cutter,​ ​the​ ​Food​ ​tech​ ​room, robotics​ ​room,​ ​wood​ ​cutting/shaping​ ​equipment,​ ​the​ ​Art​ ​room​ ​and​ ​any​ ​materials​ ​we need!​ ​Everyone​ ​in​ ​Year​ ​8​ ​is​ ​very​ ​excited​ ​about​ ​this​ ​opportunity​ ​and​ ​are​ ​looking forward​ ​to​ ​creating​ ​something​ ​to​ ​leave​ ​a​ ​mark​ ​at​ ​Selwyn​ ​House.

Some​ ​ideas​ ​we​ ​have:
Re-designing/Organising​ ​the​ ​Year​ ​8​ ​cupboard.
Making​ ​a​ ​pencil​ ​case.
Creating​ ​a​ ​Boom​ ​Box.
Giant​ ​operation​ ​game.
Making​ ​an​ ​Evi​ ​backpack
Designing​ ​and​ ​creating​ ​a​ ​costume​ ​for​ ​a​ ​Barbie​ ​Doll. 
Creating​ ​an​ ​automatic​ ​gate​ ​opener.
An​ ​egg​ ​holder.
Making​ ​a​ ​skateboard.
And​ ​more.....

If​ ​you​ ​have​ ​any​ ​questions​ ​or​ ​feedback​ ​feel​ ​free​ ​to​ ​leave​ ​a​ ​comment​ ​below.​ ​We​ ​will​ ​be posting​ ​pictures​ ​when​ ​the​ ​products​ ​are​ ​complete.​ ​So​ ​stay​ ​tuned! 

ISSA Winter Tournament

Hi everyone! This is an article to inform you about what fun we had at our Sport Tournament on Friday the 4th of August.

Basic Information

There were three different sports to play - Soccer, netball and hockey. We play this tournament to try and get through to the Canterbury Sports tournament. Each team plays around 5 games and only the top two teams go through to the next round. Each team that entered trains once a week and has been playing against other schools on Thursday every week.

Results

Hockey

Selwyn House School Year 7&8 A hockey team - 3rd place

Selwyn House School Year 5&6 A hockey team - 1st place

Netball

Selwyn House School Year 7&8 A netball team - 2nd place

Selwyn House School Year 7&8 B netball team - 5th place

Selwyn House School Year 5&6 A netball team - 1st place

Soccer

Selwyn House School Year 7&8 soccer team - 6th

Selwyn House School Year 5&6 soccer team - 5th & 7th

Overall, it was a really fun day with lots of excitement and sun. Everyone really enjoyed getting into their games and trying their best. When all of the soccer players came back to school you could tell that they had tried hard as they were caked in mud!

Well done to everyone who participated! :)

Lottie's Passion Project

Follow this link to see my Passion Project video :-)
https://youtu.be/1WT9KcNuBiY

Introduction

Hi, I am Lottie Heywood and for my Passion Project I decided to coach two Year 3&4 Netball Teams. This is so I can experience the challenges that come with coaching and all of the different things to remember to do when coaching.

Purpose

I have been playing netball for five years and every year except one I have had a great coach!

The coaches were good because they were organised, prepared and on time. They also made it very clear what they wanted to do and how.

The coach that I had that wasn’t so great forgot the ball bag every week, went off topic and started talking about other things and developed a relationship with us so that we became more of her friends than players.

My Goal

My goal is to be organised, prepared and on time.

• To do this I created a table to help me organise the positions the girls will play each week.

• I had a spread sheet to record every time the girls have been off and how many times each girl has been captain.

• I also had a chart with how many times each girl has played each position.

• This is really handy because if a player or parent complains about how many times they have been off etc I can just show them the documents.

• Every week usually on Monday I plan the practise for Friday.

• To help me with this I use the coach's guide book I was given at a coaches meeting. This book has a weekly focus that I help the girls with for example shooting, defence, footwork etc. They then list games and exercises I can do to teach them these skills.

• Without this book I think I would have gone off topic like my previous coach.

Research

• Before I started coaching I really had to research about skills/games I could do with my team, tips on how to work with younger children and basic coaching skills.
• To do this I went to a coaching course which was really helpful and went through every single detail I need to know about Year 3&4 Netball. It didn’t really focus on actual coaching just more on netball.
• I also had a meeting with Mr Pearce as he is an experienced netball coach and he helped more with how to coach younger children and necessary skills of a coach.

Reflections

I do reflections on how the game and practise went and my thoughts on it. I also do reflections on how I think I am doing as a coach and the players improvements. I include a next step so I know exactly what I need to do and when.

Team Drink Bottles

I really wanted to the girls team drink bottles so I asked my Dad's business if they could sponsor them. They said yes so I went out and bought drink bottles which were two different colours for the different teams. I then went to a business that puts logos on things and asked them to put the logo on these drink bottles.

Unfortunately they took a really long time to do this and didn’t end up doing it they just gave me stickers with the logo. From this I learnt that if you want something done quickly research about which company to use otherwise it may not get done.

My Mentor

I have a mentor who is Mr Henry our PE and Sport Director. He gets the gear ready for me and gets things organised with parents.

Facebook

I decided to make a Facebook account just for netball so that I can record/track the girls improvements.

Conclusion

Right now I am ten weeks through with my coaching and I’m really enjoying it. The girls are improving so much. My netball skills are also getting better as I have to learn about positions I don’t play.

Year 8 Pecha Kucha Speech Finals 2017

Sports Leaders at Northcote School

FPS Internationals 2017

Leadership 2017

Jump Jam

40 Book Challenge

Fitness Club

Duathlon

Shrek Jr the Musical is coming!!

Introducing Lottie