The past month, Grade 10 students have been busy learning about radiation – its uses in society from surprising things such as checking the thickness of paper and even in smoke alarms, to the more widely known uses in nuclear power plants and as nuclear weapons.

They staged a debate about nuclear power and nuclear weapons using MS teams as a platform for debating online.

At the end of the unit, students were exposed to poems written about the Chernobyl disaster and were then asked to develop their own peace symbol and write their own poem in remembrance for those that lost their lives in the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

text: SAB

On the weekend, millions of Indians started celebrating Diwali. It is a festival of lights. During this festival, people light up their houses and shops. They worship Lord Ganesha for good welfare and prosperity and Goddess Lakshmi for wealth and wisdom.

The celebration of Diwali ties in beautifully with our current unit in grade 4, Cultural Identity. So we asked our three Indian students if they would like to make a presentation about Diwali. Nashwa, Tanish and Paulo came to school beautifully dressed in traditional Indian costumes. They showed grade 4 their presentation and passed out individually wrapped Diwali treats.

Thank you Nashwa, Tanish and Paulo and also a big thank you to their parents for helping to organise this.

The Grade 4 Team