Author: Caspian

Hello, today I am going to tell you about my induction days at Douglas Ewart High School in Newton Stewart.

The school itself was quite big, sporting a shiny look. We met in A Hall with the rest of the P7s. After a bit we were taken to D hall to have an assembly that explained the school rules and expectations. Afterwards, we got our timetables, ties, and moving leaflet. I made my first friend in second period, who was called Kyran. In most of the classes it was a quick review of the rules for each class, and in some, a quick quiz about the subject. Just before 6th  period, the fire alarm went, and I noticed just how big the field and school was. At the end of the day, we made a “Rainbow Fizz” in science, but because we poured in our chemicals too quickly, it all spilt. On the second day, we wrote letters to ourselves at the end of first year in English. We had a bag to write on to order our lunch, which we did in SET (Student Enhancement Time), at the start of the day. I had sparkling strawberry water with a tuna mayo sandwich and a chocolate brownie for lunch. I hope to explore the menu next year. Along with the school, there’s also a leisure centre next door, which I think is used for PE sometimes. The subject I’m looking forward to the most is Home Economics, because I’ll get to take home the food I make. Originally, I was reluctant to go, because I didn’t want to leave my comfort zone, but it turns out Douglas Ewart wasn’t so bad after all. Now, homework might change that opinion, but it probably won’t.

So………. on the 24th of May we arrived at RockUK for residential.

We brought our stuff off the bus and put it in the sports hall. Afterwards we went on this really long walk that killed Noah. I think. Continuing on from that, we had lunch, found our cabins, and built rafts. I jumped in the lake and swallowed a tadpole. (Unintentionally) Next, we went swimming. It was fun, but all I could do was doggy paddle and Noah hogged most of the macaroni tubes. After swimming, we dried off and had dinner. Then came the zipline. I was horrified my first time but the second time was okay. I slept afterwards.

On day 2 we started off with geo-caching. I didn’t really like it, as it was basically 99% walking and 1% anything else. Next was the high ropes. I hated it. There was this thing called the Leap Of Faith which, thankfully, I didn’t do. We did open canoeing next. Jullien rocked the boat a lot, and I mean a lot. Also, when I was getting out of the canoe I fell in the lake and probably swallowed another tadpole. Afterwards, we did the stream walk, and had to crawl through tiny tunnels in which my shirt started swelling up with water. Later on, after dinner, we did the night walk, where Kohdie dropped his water bottle in the river and I just generally spoke to him.

And so ended residential 2023. It was ok I guess.

Yesterday, the Parent Council brought in Leavers hoodies for the P7s. They spent a lot of money getting these hoodies which is something to be thanked for. So, thanks. Also they’re nice and big. 

Hi. Today in science, me, Daniel, and the rest of the class ran tests to see whether different materials melted or burnt over a flame. First, we tested a matchstick. It burnt. Afterwards, we burnt bread. The chocolate we tested melted. The ice and wax, well, that’s kind of obvious. They melted. We also had to see if it was reversible or not. Melting was, while burning wasn’t.

Bye. 🙂 ©

KONNICHIWA! Last night the first junior karate awards were given out, and everyone had aced the test, especially Rhona, who got yellow AND orange belt at the same time. I would have got orange belt too, but I messed up at some points during the test. Only 5 people came to karate last night, whereas there were 22 on the first week.

It’s nice to know some people still came, though. BYE!

Last week in science, Miss Dale mixed together sand, salt, rocks, and rice, and told us we had to separate it into it’s core materials.

1. First, pick out the rocks and put them into a safe place.
2. Secondly, sieve the rice out of the sand and salt.
3. Then, pour the sand/salt into a jug and add some water, this will dissolve the salt.
4. Afterwards, filter the water into a separate jug/tube and get the water out of the sand.
5. Penultimately,  leave the saltwater to evaporate.
6. Finally, place all the materials on the table or wherever you’re doing the experiment.

BYE!

Hello.

On Friday a geologist named David came in to talk to us about what he does for a living. He works on oil rigs and has a 12 hour shift figuring out which minerals have oil in them and which don’t. Afterwards, David told us about how oil is made, and showed us a few pictures relating to a few periods before the Jurassic. Later, we had big read and some classes were called in to look at the minerals he brought in, along with………..

 

A MOSOSAUR SKULL!!! A baby one at least. It was super cool, and he also had sets of teeth along with it! Coolest Friday that I can remember.

KONNICHIWA! Or hello, as people other than me would say. Today I’m going to tell you about my learning as of this week.

In maths, we are learning about money. I’ve been working on calculating income, which I swear we could have done before with Miss Stapleton. Maybe.

In literacy we are doing Hebrew poetry. I’m planning on doing a poem about an experience most might say sounds stupid as a poem, but hey, it’s mine not theirs.

In Japanese I’ve started work on figuring out the Katanaka alphabet, and I’ve nearly finished the Hiragana alphabet. I’m also learning about how to talk about places and food.

In IDL we are doing Judaism, and I am making a poster about a Synagogue.

We are also doing a topic on… Emotions?

SAYONARA! This was Caspian by the way.

So today Reverend Janice came in and showed us a PowerPoint about Easter. First, we were asked how to play some board games and if we had played them, then we were asked about Cluedo, and the Reverend got all in depth about who killed Jesus, some of the suspects were Judas, and I forgot the rest. Then we opened some Easter eggs that represented the stages of Jesus’ death. After that, we sang some songs about Easter.

This was Caspian and Daniel by the way. 😀

Hello, this is Caspian, Noah and Daniel. Today we are going to tell you about someone in America who is spending 100 days in an underwater house 9 metres below the surface. Joseph  Dituri is an aquanaut, an underwater scientist. He sometimes teaches students who are the top of their classes about living underwater, as they might become aquanauts when they are older. The record he is trying to beat is 73 days, so over a month more. Caspian thinks it sounds like a good thing to do, as being secluded from people is something he likes. Noah thinks it is a good idea too. Daniel is heavily positive of it, and thinks breaking a world record will be hard to break.

Bye.