The Yaldhurst Times - My Newspaper Reports

For the past week our whole class has been working on our own newspapers. Mine is called 'The Yaldhurst Times', I came up with this name by using our school name and thinking of what newspaper names could go on the end, and eventually I came up with 'The Yaldhurst Times'.

I found it difficult to get a right layout with my newspaper, since I was using google docs; we had an option to use other newspaper layouts on different websites but somehow it just wasn't working for anyone.

I also found it difficult to use formal language and especially using third person because a few times in my report I wanted to use 'we', or 'you'.
The requirements for my newspaper report were:

• Having a Headline, and a Byline
• Including a quote
• Other parts of information in a report from another source/website
• Correct punctuation

One reason why I'm doing this blog is because I am not yet finished my report and I would like feedback, and this is what I'm unsure about: 

1. Does my report look like a newspaper?
2. Do I need any extras to make it look like a newspaper?
3. Can you spot anything I need to improve?

Here is the link to my newspaper report:
CLICK HERE

Getting to know angles

This week we did a revision in maths to see how well we knew angles. We went over the different types of angles and tried to memorise them. I decided to make a presentation on it so I had a more positive attitude toward math. I found it difficult to remember what the different angles were, but in the end, I had an idea in my head of what each one meant.

Posted - The Interview

Since the start of term 2, we as a class have been reading a book called 'Posted'.

And since we have been reading the book, we have been given activities to do every day; the activities were based on the book. 

One of the activities were doing an interview, and I did this with my best friend Grace (http://gracestotarablog.blogspot.com/ ) , and I have to admit, it was pretty fun, but we were a bit silly with it! 

Posted is a book about a boy who moves schools, and then phones are banned at their school. 

After the phones get banned in their school, the main character (Eric - or 'Frost'), starts communicating with his friends by using 'Post-It' notes; and soon after, this becomes a phase. But was it a phase, or just a trouble-making war? 

Read the book to find out! 

And if you'd like to see the interview my friend and I made, just watch the video below:

POP Art

The last two days our yr 7/8 class has been researching pop art, and what it is.

We had to research artists, how they grew up, and what techniques they use in their art. 

The artist that inspired me the most is roy lichtenstein, I liked his technique and idea in his art.

What is pop art? It is the type of art that is usually used in comic books, and usually includes onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is a sound word, eg: Splash! Slop, Slap, Bounce, Pop!

I did a slideshow telling you about pop art.
  

Digi Award Site

At the moment, our class are working on Digi Awards, and one of the options are making a site. 

My friend and I chose to do a site; and the theme for Digi Awards is 'Dream big'.

I found it difficult to use the site and edit it, but in the end I got to know it, and now I know how to use it. We chose a modern design, and we tried to make our site easy to navigate.

If you would like to see our site, click on the link below:

CLICK HERE :)