Archive for the Spring '08 Category

Georgia, “I think coming to Steelbacks is fun especially teasing Tim. I’ve made loads of new friends. I think we should play more games.”

Emmy, “The skills I have developed are to use apple computers : I.C.T! I have enjoyed the games, and the team work. :-)”

Clarissa, “Coming to the Steelbacks is fun because it is interesting and enjoyable. I’ve enjoyed playing the games and learning new things. :-)”

Sarah, “I have enjoyed coming to the Steelbacks. My favorite part was when we played the drain pipe game and I have improved my computer skills.”

Sophie, “Coming to Steelbacks is soooo much fun. I’m enjoying it sooo much. :-). (Must have the smiley face)”

Chloe, “I have found the Steelbacks Study Centre really fun and I have made loads of new friends, ie. Hannah. Would be good to do more Teamwork!!!:-)”

Han, “I’ve learnt that I can work in a team!! Steelbacks is enjoyable because it has fun activities. We want more Teamwork!”

Hope, “I have enjoyed Steelbacks because the activities are fun and we can talk about what we are doing.”

Natasha, “The skills I have developed are I.C.T and working with other people and it has been fun. If I were to improve anything I would have more games. :-)”

Tasha, “I have enjoyed this experience and have become more chatty. I have learned many things and have made new friends. :-)”img_2528.JPG

Chloe, Vernon Terrace “I liked the hoop game. we had to hold hands and get the hoop around the circle without un-linking hands!”

James, Kingsley “I liked making our name badges and learning to use Photo Booth”

Micheal, Kingsley ” I thought the T shirt making was really fun!”

Nimca, Vernon “I loved it when we got the Stadium tour.”

Dimz, Vernon “I like it when we do ICT, we learn different things we can do on the laptops!!”

Luke, Kingsley “Making the T shirts was my best bit because I like being creative”

Basil, Vernon “It has been fun making the shirts and playing the games.”

Shannon, Kingsley “I like going to Steelbacks because it is good fun, I enjoyed the Maths game.”

Kyle, Kingsley “I loved making our T shirts!”

Sophie, Kingsley “I learnt how to make an origami T shirt on my own, that was my favourite thing. It is fun at Steelbacks!”

The group did name badges, cricket player maths cards, stumps and bales, cricket and the 5 senses.

Rob says “It was fun today cos we can work with people we haven’t met before.”

It was enjoyable because there were lots of different activities.” Josh (dark hair)

Josh blonde hair: “Making the stumps was fun, I learnt how to do teamwork and how to build stumps.”

Connor “I learned how to communicate in teams.”

Ashley “I found that I could work with different people that I haven’t worked with before. Working on the laptops was the best bit.”

“I learned how to use the macs, I hadn’t used one before.” Alex

I liked the cricket maths games because it was fun” Matthew

Myra (mentor) says “we have an excellent group of boys.”

Yvonne says “the next 9 weeks going to be fun”

Anna says “The lads’ ICT skills are great, better than the staff.”

George “The IT software on the laptops was the best bit. The maths was good because we worked as a team”

Name: Anna
Age: 9
School: Cedar Road Primary
Book Title: Starring Sammie
Author: Helena Pielichaty
What happens in the story? Starring sammie is a book about a girl called Sammie. She lives with her mum and 3 sisters. At her school they are raising money for children in need. All the groups are having a competition to see who can raise the most money. Sammie Joins an after school club because she doesn’t want to go to her childminder anymore.
The best part? I think the best part of the book was when they describe the after school club.
What did you think? I thought the book was very exciting and it was about something that would happen in real life.
Who would it appeal to? I think this book would appeal to anybody beacause it has lots of different things like action and drama.