8.11

Welcome to 8.11's Wikispace.
Wecome all students and families to the 8.11 class for 2011. The core teachers for this class are:


 * Homeroom/Student Development/Flexible Learning Ms Yvonne Pearson**
 * Maths/Science Ms Yvonne Pearson**
 * RE Mr Joe Millemaci**
 * English/SOSE Mr Jason Fay**

**Science**
The boys will be studying the development of the cell and looking at different types of cells. Their first task will be to create a time line of microscope development and cell theory. The boys will make a model of either a plant or animal cell labelling the structures within the cell.They will then learn how cells combine together to form systems in the body such as the Circulatory System etc. Boys will complete the term working on their Animal Comparison assignment. Part 2 is completed and Parts 1 and 3 are due on Thursday Wk 11. The last few weeks of term will be spent looking at the heart and systems in two animals In Maths the boys will be investigating positive and negative numbers and looking at their use in calculating differences in temperature for countries around the world.
 * Term 3**
 * This term the boys will be studying ' The particle nature of matter ', ' Separating substances ' and ' Elements, compounds and mixtures '.**
 * The boys should be able to write in order the first twenty elements of the periodic table with their symbols and will be spot tested on this during week 6. They are also learning to write up practical reports and some of these are being collected for assessment.**
 * Prac Report [[file:Science-Report-Type-A.pdf]]**
 * Maths**
 * Term 3**
 * This term the boys are learning about Probability, Scale and mapping, Percentages,discounts and ratio, Statistics and towards the end of the term Linear Equations. They are currently working on the chocolate chip cookie investigation below. ﻿ **
 * Chocolate Chip Investigation [[file:Chocolate chip cookie.docx]] **

The class is currently viewing the "Holes" movie and will write an essay using the film and the class novel. The task sheet will be available soon. __**SoSE**__ The boys have handed in their task on Medieval History and will look at the fact and fiction of historical figures in their next major task.
 * __ENGLISH__**

//**Jason Fay**//

__**R.E**__

We have begun the term by finishing off the Hebrew Scriptures unit from last term. The Hebrew Scriptures booklet is due in Week 4.We will they commence work of Marcellin Champagnat. Joe Millemaci