Middle School

Year 8 Canberra Camp

YEAR 8 EDUCATIONAL TOUR TO CANBERRA

 27 February to 3 March  2017           

The Year 8 students enjoyed a memorable and enriching week in Canberra. It was a fascinating time of learning, exploring and discovery at Questacon, Australian Institute of Sports, Deep Space Complex, the War Memorial, Parliament House, Dinosaur Park, Geoscience Centre, Royal Mint,   National Museum and the National Gallery of Art.  In addition, it was also a fabulous time of camaraderie and recreation as students engaged in fitness, games, bowling and picnic lunches.

Rajes Krishnan

Year 8 Teacher

Middle School Duolingo Championship

Since early 2015, French students in Years 6 – 8 have been taking part in a Duolingo Championship. Students compete by completing skill levels on the Duolingo online language learning portal as their designated French homework. Year 6 students are expected to work on Duolingo twice a week, Year 7s three times a week, and Year 8s four times a week. From time to time, students also get the opportunity to do Duolingo during class time.

Some of our students have been making exceptional progress on Duolingo, working on their French skills most days of the week and even during holidays.

This week the spotlight falls on the players with the highest XP (experience points) total in each of the year levels.  In Year 8, this position is held by Min Hyun, with a total of 12 000 XP. Min is closely followed by Kristen Baker in second place and Samantha Ooi in third place. The leader in Year 7 is Roselyn Kho, with a total of 10 197 XP, second place goes to Chavella Tanubrata and third place to Sophia Tran. In Year 6, Jedid She leads with 8005 XP. He is followed by Lawrence Hider in second place and Beatrice Andrew in third place.

Congratulations to these students! Please encourage all our students to do their best at Duolingo, as they can gain many helpful study and life skills along the way.

Madame Cloete

French Teacher, Years 6 – 8