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FEBRUARY 2006 NEWS
| Year 5 Visit the National Museums |
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 As
part of the 'Seychelles Through Little Eyes' club, some of Year
5 visited the National History and the Natural History Museums.(click here to learn more about the club...) (click here to see some pictures...) Written 21st February 2006 |
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| Coursework on Bird Island! |
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 After
a thirty minute flight we finally caught sight of a beautiful
island surrounded by turquoise and deep blue waters. This was
our destination for the weekend. On arrival we were given a
brief introduction to the island and the work that’s going on
there. Then the rest of the day was dedicated to exploring the
island and relaxing on the long, white beaches...(click here to read the rest and see some pictures...) Written 27th February 2006 |
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| London School of Economics Visits ISS |
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 On
Friday the 10th of February, students from the Sixth Form
eagerly waited in SL1 for a presentation by Mr Will Breare-Hall,
International Student Recruitment and Study Abroad Manager at
the London School of Economics (LSE).
The talk was charismatically delivered by Mr Breare–Hall, who explored the range of courses on offer as well as the benefits of having studied at LSE in terms of future careers. A high percentage of LSE graduates go into employment after completing the degree. An important fact to consider! Written 27th February 2006 |
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| Year 2 Visit the Botanical Gardens |
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 On
Valentines Day Year 2 explored the Botanical Gardens in Mont
Fleuri.
Here they investigated the seeds, plants and flowers. They enjoyed clapping their hands to see the fruit bats wake up and fly out from the mango trees. The children and parent helpers had a real adventure walking through the deep jungle and looking at the vines and creepers there. The giant tortoises were also a popular attraction. We saw the huge Coco de Mer tree too. (click here to see some pictures...) Written 21st February 2006 |
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| Sixth Form Assembly |
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 The Sixth Form students are always wandering around carrying huge folders and textbooks... of course they are studying, but, what else do they get up to? (click here to find out and see some pictures...) Written 21st February 2006 |
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| Year 2 Visit the National History Museum |
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 Class
2 enjoyed a trip to the National Library to visit the National
History Museum. This term we are learning about Seychelles
History and all the children were very interested to see the
artefacts in the museum. They particularly liked the model ship
and the new display about slavery.
Many thanks to the museum staff for being so helpful and pointing out many interesting things. (click here to see some pictures...) Written 21st February 2006 |
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| Sixth Form Sculpture Project |
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 Sixth
form Art and Design students are currently creating figurative
sculptures.
The project, which has now been running for three weeks (as of Feb 1st) began with intensive life drawing, followed by the construction of armatures using grinding machines and arc welding equipment. These will form the sub-structure for clay modelling which, in turn, will finally be used to cast the work in plaster. We will show you more images of the work as it progresses, but in the meantime here are some images from the early stages of the project. Many thanks to Vijay Construction for the donation of wood and metal off-cuts, George Camille for the loan of cutting and welding equipment, and Rita, our model. (click here to see more pictures...) Written 8th February 2006 |
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| Year 2 Become Pirates! |
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 Year
2 have been learning about the first pirates to arrive in
Seychelles. In the home corner we have made a pirate ship.
Inside our treasure chest are lots of dressing up clothes.
The children in class 2 have enjoyed dressing up in their pirates hats and using their cutlasses to pretend to be pirates on the high seas. The photographs show our girl and boy pirates are equally fierce!! The rest of the Early Childhood students had a chance to see these fearsome buccaneers when Year 2 performed a pirate assembly. (click here to read more and see some pirate pictures...) Written 8th February 2006 |
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| Nature Club Gets Active |
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 Our
second trip of the school year was held at the start of the
second term. The intention of our trip was to clean-up one of
Seychelles’ more remote beaches, and the beach we selected was
the Anse Major Beach.
The hike was a long one and on the way, students involved got to see some endemic plant life and unique scenery. On the 2.5km hike to the Anse Major beach, we saw such plants as Queen De France, Wild Pineapples, Wild Vanilla, Wild Coffee, Wild Cashews and various species of palms. We also found a fresh water stream and a small cave on the way to the beach. Thoroughly worn out, we arrived at the beach... (click here to read the rest and see some pictures...) (click here to find out more about the Nature Club...) Written 8th February 2006 |
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| Year 4's Amazing Mosaic |
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Whilst learning about the Romans, Year 4 produced this beautiful
mosaic- just like you might have found decorating a Roman
villa!
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| The Container Moves |
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 Finally
the school was visited by one of Vijay Construction’s massive
portable cranes which made quick work of the task of moving the
storage container some 10 metres from the position it has
occupied for the last 15 years.
The reason for moving it was to provide access to the new grass playing area. At the moment staff and students are considering how best to use this new facility but however it finally ends up (and there are some very exciting ideas in the pipeline) access for the children will be much more comfortable now that there is not several tons of metal between them and the grass... As for the container we are going to have it re-painted and re-roofed for it’s final period of service. We hope to dispense with it completely next year when, hopefully, we will have additional storage space available for maintenance. Written 8th February 2006 |
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| Advanced Level Art |
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 Two
students completed their A-Level programme last November (most
students enter for the June series of assessments). Zara
Pardiwala and Elza Frichot both achieved grade A and some of
their coursework is featured here.(click here to read more and see the paintings...) Written 8th February 2006 |
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