With our current situation, it's very unlikely that we will be sitting together as a community for a while longer, and whilst technology has brought us together and Microsoft Teams has allowed us a bit of normality as far as lessons go, it's just not the same- let's be honest.
This week sees the celebration of The feast of Corpus Christi (The Body and Blood of Christ). It's been a fair amount of time since anyone received any kind of blessing, or communion so it's an important time to reflect on that and what we are missing.
With that in mind, take time to ask yourself the following questions this week...
- What could you do to draw your community together this week?
- What sacrifices am you prepared to make for others this week?
- How will you provide spiritual nourishment for others this week?
- How will you, through your words and actions, be like Jesus Christ in our world this week?
Also, check out this week's assemblies and messages from Mr Bruynseels and Mr Kibble.
Things are changing...
The bubble.
Yep, that's right. We have a Year 9 bubble and it's ever-growing. Those of you at school, you know what I'm talking about. You come to school each day ready to sit at the computer and work through all the tasks you have been given for the week. You get to wear your own clothes, play Kahoot and get help with your work. It's not really like a proper school day...sounds OK, right?
I know that some of you are feeling really detached from school at the moment, and might think it's unfair that you can't come in- trust me, we would have all of you back if we could! I also know that those in school are really benefitting from the interaction they are getting with others, but I'm sure they would be the first to say that the novelty wears off after the first week, or so.
That's why it's really important that those of you at home are sticking to social distancing as much as possible in order to get this virus under control. If we don't all play our part, then the Lockdown will be for nothing. So, in short, although the rules are lifting a little, please remember that we have some who are in school from 9-3.30pm every day and they are going to feel very hard done by if they know that some of you are off out socialising in town whilst they are stuck within the same 4 walls at school.
Finding a balance...
This brings me nicely on to how much work you are all being set at home. I know that there are two ends of the spectrum:
One End: Diligent students who work their socks off and put 100% effort in to every task
The Other End: Students who haven't picked up a pen/logged on in 13 weeks.
Hopefully, many of you will find yourself around the middle of this very wide spectrum. You're the type of person who completes all the work and feels satisfied knowing that it's out of the way.
So you've done all of your work?
Now, ask yourself this: How good is the work you have produced? Would you give it in to your teacher to be marked?
I have a funny feeling (having seen how quickly some of you are pacing through things in school) that you are not putting as much effort as you could into some of the tasks being set.
Let's take English for example (you know I'm biased)...
Explain how Mr Birling might be considered selfish? Why has Priestley portrayed him like this?
Student 1:
Mr Birling is selfish because he says that he only cares about himself. He is a capitalist thinker and Priestley liked socialism, so he wanted him to be the opposite.
Student 2:
Throughout the play, Priestley presents Mr Birling as a clear representation of the patriarchal upper class. He repeats multiple times in his speeches that he is a 'hard headed, practical man of business' who doesn't believe in the idea of 'community'. Mr Birling believes that the idea of equality is 'nonsense'. Instead he would prefer to 'look out for his business, himself and his own'. This reflects a lack of social responsibility and justice in his character, and demonstrates Priestley's dislike for Capitalist beliefs within society.
Already, you should be able to see the difference. Think of each answer (particularly for written subjects like History and English) as being mini PEA paragraphs. Each week, you should essentially have an essay written in your book. This means analysing key quotations and looking at methods. You can't just write a couple of sentences and be done with it...imagine the horror on your teacher's face!
Equally, I know this doesn't apply to all of you. Some of you are working incredibly hard and struggling to get through it all- so give yourselves a break. And remember, you can reach out for help at any time! Teachers are just at the end of an email (or teams).
Moore's Top Four 👑
Izzy Thorpe for her amazing minimalism project for Music - Mr Goldberg
Great work by Laurence Wjingaarden this week. Already completed the weeks work on angles! - Mr Weedon
Amir Bunce for a great on line French lesson today (Friday 12th June) and I was also very impressed with Isabelle Thorpe, George Black, Keira Foley, Marielle Saraty and Toby Dickenson. A great start to the GCSE course! Mr Delaney
Alexander McRobb-Roldan – for such carefully considered explanations as to the meanings behind his images
Amir Bunce – for showing great photography skills with a fab use of colour
Francesca Holgate – for submitting a great set of composition images with really interesting personal meanings behind them
Rachel Lightfoot – for her excellent presentation of her work and stunning sketches of still life objectsn Mr Kern
Oliver Salamone for his perseverance and continued efforts at home-learning with regard to my subject RE. He has shown that he can take responsibility for his own learning, as he always does. Mr Castillone
Yasmin and Ollie Davis for cooking an amazing Anniversary dinner for their parents. Mrs Carr
Yasmin Davies and Tom Stokes for excellent work being produced and good contributions to online sessions. Miss Mullane
Chester Nucum and Dhilan Joshi got good contributions to online sessions. Miss Mullane
Harry Priestly is really engaged in responding in online lessons. Mr Legrand
Millie Hopkins for going above and beyond during our daily walk in school the other day and rescuing a bird! She picked it up, put it in a tree and that allowed it to fly away - it was hovering dangerously close to Guildford Road before that! Miss Gallagher
Izzy Noto and Oliver Storer: Very, very impressed with early GCSE photography – Mega! Mr O'Keeffe
A HUGE congratulations to all of you for your efforts.
I know how hard it is to stay motivated as time goes on. By the time we reach September, you will have missed 14 weeks of school! Add on the 9 weeks of half term and summer holidays, and that surmounts to a hell of a lot of time that we will have spent away from our school community. Please do yourselves a favour and put in as much effort into these final weeks as you can, so you can have a stress free Summer without worrying about all of the work you still need to catch up on.
Pup-date
Yes, it's that time again.
It's been a fairly quiet, rainy week for Lola. Despite this, I thought you might like to see a clip from last weekend that was taken on a walk at Staines Moor (joined by Miss Peterkin and Mrs Clarke and their puppies and Miss Cella and her horse...sorry I mean her dog, Nala)
Whilst Lola has to be thrown in the water to encourage her to swim, Miss Cella has to physically get in with Nala...mainly because she insisted on rolling in every bit of cow poo she could find *the dog, not Miss Cella*.
And that's about all from me this week, Year 9.
Take care and remember to stay safe.
Miss M x
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