The series of lessons ended with a year assembly where students work was showcased in a presentation delivered by Miss Owens. This special assembly also had two senior pupils, Ben and Nicola, who are the Lessons from Auschwitz Ambassadors, speak at length about their recent trip to Auschwitz. They both gave a very moving and emotional recount of the time they spent both at Auschwitz and the conferences they had attended before hand. Below is the presentation shown at the S3 assembly and the images shown by our Lessons from Auschwitz Ambassadors.
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Miss Owens recently worked alongside tutor time teachers to deliver a series of lessons created to commemorate Holocaust Memorial day and also develop students research skills. The first lesson saw S1-3 students shown 8 holocaust memorials from around the world. They were asked to note down their thoughts, feelings and questions about each of these memorials. This information was then used by Miss Owens to create a research plan for each of the memorials. Each tutor time class then had to research a specific memorial over three weeks, using only the information provided by Miss Owens. This task developed their information retrieval skills, as well as reading skills. They worked together as a class to create a presentation about that memorial. The series of lessons ended with a year assembly where students work was showcased in a presentation delivered by Miss Owens. This special assembly also had two senior pupils, Ben and Nicola, who are the Lessons from Auschwitz Ambassadors, speak at length about their recent trip to Auschwitz. They both gave a very moving and emotional recount of the time they spent both at Auschwitz and the conferences they had attended before hand. Below is the presentation shown at the S3 assembly and the images shown by our Lessons from Auschwitz Ambassadors. Some members of staff may have found a little surprise in their dookits today. Yesterday the nation celebrated National Poetry Day and today our very own poetry fairy could be seen delivering the poetry day postcards to staff and pupil desks in the school library. I missed the little fairy, it was far too quick for me, but I was very happy to note that she had left me a copy of one of my favourite poems, I Opened a Book. There are some extra poetry day postcards in the school library for pupils to take home and/or post to friends. Lets all share a poem this week. A huge thank you to the Scottish Poetry Library for the postcards this year. Miss Owens.
I Opened A Book I opened a book and in I strode Now nobody can find me. I’ve left my chair, my house, my road, My town and my world behind me. I’m wearing the cloak, I’ve slipped on the ring, I’ve swallowed the magic potion. I’ve fought with a dragon, dined with a king And dived in a bottomless ocean. I opened a book and made some friends. I shared their tears and laughter And followed their road with its bumps and bends To the happily ever after. I finished my book and out I came. The cloak can no longer hide me. My chair and my house are just the same, But I have a book inside me. Julia DonaldsonFrom Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum, first published 2004 by Macmillan Children’s Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers International Limited. Text copyright © Julia Donaldson 2004 Our final celebration on World Book Day was the prize draw for our Blind Date with a Book challenge. Every pupil who took the risk and completed a cupids card got their name put into a hat and three names were drawn. The winners were Caley, Aefa and Emma. Well done girls. Cupids cards can be read in the library for the next few weeks, if anyone is looking for inspiration on their next read. Warning: They do range from 'best book ever' to 'if I owned this book, I'd burn it'
Throughout World Book Day, 2nd March, there were three scheduled English classes in the library. To celebrate stories and do something booky they each took over the official School twitter account and created their own stories. Each of the stories began with the same sentence: He opened the door, slowly. There it stood. Their task was to decide the next sentence ensuring it was no longer than the required 140 characters for a tweet. The pupils then passed their sentence on whilst tearing off the sentence they had been given and coming to type that one up. This way the storyteller only ever had the sentence before and not the whole story to work from. It was good fun and all three stories are below . Mr Ross, whose S1 class was not involved but who were in English at the same time had the twitter feed on display and the class really enjoyed watching the story unfold in real time.
#WBDMarrStory1 (S2)
#WBDMarrStory2 (S3)
#WBDMarrStory3 (S1)
As part of our World Book Day celebrations the library became a photo booth over lunchtime. There were an abundance of props ranging from super hero masks to witches broomsticks and as you can see from the gallery below the pupils had great fun recreating known characters and creating their own, such as SuperOwl!
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The Library.
the library can be found in the heart of the school, just behind the main dining area. We have books galore in every genre, style and size, perfect for the avid reader and those who are a bit more reluctant to pick up a book.
We also have an ICT suite with 20 pcs. The LibrarianThe School Library is staffed by a chartered librarian, Miss Catherine Owens and a part-time library assistant Mrs Debbie McPhail. The Catalogue.
The catalogue offers staff and pupils access to stock held across the whole of South Ayrshire, which they can borrow and return here at Marr College. To further enhance the library experience we have an app that can be downloaded for apple and android devices, where eBooks and audio books can be easily borrowed.
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