Kos police Visit

Over the last four weeks we have been exploring KOS (Keeping Ourselves Safe). From understanding what makes us uncomfortable to STAR (stop, think, action, report) we are learning to be safer in the way we think and act. Constable Richard came and talked to us about abuse. In one picture you see us deciding, by moving to different parts of the room, what types of abuse match the scenarios he gave us.

Famous N.Z. Writer visits Medbury

Brian Falkner came to our school and took workshops with different groups of boys. Sam from our class went. Sam reports that they looked at story structure. You should have a start, turning point 1 and 2, and climax at the end. The author then spoke to all of the middle and senior school about his life as an author. He talked about how "what if..." was a great way to make up a story. He told us about how he got published while standing in the JFK airport in America. That was his big break! We then had a tasting competition that comes from one of his books. Here is his website.

Written by Sam and Mr Grieve.