MBIS Buzz January - March 2014 | Page 6

By Mrs Jo Ibrahim Ten Things You Don’t Know About The Beatles 1. The Beatles had two left hander members: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. 6. The Daily Mirror coined the term Beatlemania in a show review in 1963. 2. Before becoming ‘The Beatles’ the band was a 5-piece called ‘The Quarrymen’. This term we have been continuing our Brownie 100 year challenge by making Dragon boats. We made them in our Sixes and Patrols and then raced them over a course. “It was great fun.” Said Alya. Everyone had a great time. The race was very close but the Panda Patrol won in the end, well done to them. Do you like our dragons? 7. Ringo Starr real name is Richard Starkey. 3. David Bowie’s mega-hit’ ‘Frame’ was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. 4. Some foods mentioned in Beatles records include: Truffles, cornflakes, honey, turkey, octopus, strawberries, eggs, peppers, pies and marshmallows 5. The Beatles earned $90,000 in 35 minutes. 8. The first lyrics to ‘Yesterday’ were,’ Scrambled eggs’. 9. The Beatles’ studio album A Hard Day’s Night is the only one to contain only songs penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney 10. ohn Lennon didn’t get his driving J license till he was 25. By Noran Ageel Year 7 Geography At the end of last term the Year 7 used a presentation program called Prezi to create Learning Journeys that they had made during the Weather and Climate topic. how. It was really positive to hear how much they had enjoyed the different activities used to guide their learning and how the microclimates project stood out for so many of them. I was really impressed with all the fantastic learning that had clearly gone on in the lessons. Many of the pupils shared what they knew before they started the topic, what it was they wished to learn about weather and climate and what they did learn and As a class we enjoyed watching each other’s presentations with commentary and then gave feedback on them ensuring it was supportive by giving WWW’s (What Went Well) and EBI’s (Even Better If’s). Attached are links Abhi’s Prezi