Melilas Monitor, Issue 1, 9.11.18

Melilas Monit or A st u den t ow n ed, m agazin e all con t en t w r it t en an d edit ed by M elilas st u den t s.

Ou r New Book Cor n er

Celebr at in g Ou r Lear n in g

Date :

9th November 2018

Issue No. 1

Celebr at in g Ou r Lear n in g Feature Story -Aliza Uddin In Melilas, we have identified many positive behaviors and attitudes towards learning. As a co-operating community, we have decided to celebrate our learning in a variety of enthusiastic ways and we believe our effort and participation in academic activities should be celebrated.

Behaviors As Melilas students begin to move on into the vast world, we will commonly face sudden changes in life. It is imperative we are prepared for both academic and personal reasons and behave in ways that are acceptable in ourselves, our school, and the world. Our behavior is certainly one of the main attributes that must be focused and constantly reflected on. A few behaviors that can be observed in class include: paying attention to instructions in order to accomplish tasks set during lessons, respecting and supporting each other in our learning and working on tasks when required. There is a variety of different ways we can have an impact on the world due to our behaviors.

No matter how big or how small, we all possess the ability to change the world. The behaviors we will focus on in Melilas are cooperation, resilience, confidence, organization and respect.

Strategies Strategies are also attributes that occur in everyday life and in a much larger point of view, the world. All of us are incredibly unique in different ways and participate and communicate using different strategies. Strategies are in a way similar to behavior but overall very different. They occur when we create ?tools?in our minds to help cope with problems in class, ourselves, and in the world. Many people have different strategies and we must accept those for what they are. We find that working strategically is extremely helpful to accomplish everyday tasks. We must continue to develop our strategies and behaviors in our lives; leading to a better future and a better planet for all of us. The strategies we will use in Melilas to assist with our learning are enquiring communication, adaptability, creativity and reflection.

Bankaroo Moving forward, we have, as a team, decided to begin artificial online bank accounts for ourselves and have agreed to be rewarded depending on our behaviors and abilities of working strategically. The teachers and staff at Melilas are currently considering reward days where well-behaved students will be allowed to attend trips to local sites for us to enjoy hours of amusement and fun. The limit of ?money?we must earn to be allowed to attend these trips in term 1 is currently $80. We shall be attending these trips during the last week of each term. The date we are anticipating to take an outing for the 1st term is on the 14th of December at the end of this year. The reason we have put this idea together of Melilas trips is to motivate our behavior and strategies with an enthusiastic approach to learning.

In addition to this, we are working towards creating animal characters with individual attributes to aid younger children in their learning. These attributes include: cooperation, communicating, enquiring, reflecting, resilience, adaptability, confidence, respect, and being organized. We are all developing our behaviors and our learning, and must continue to keep up the efforts of the fantastic Melilas students we all are.

M iss. Car olyn's Cool Book Collect ion !

In a surprising turn of events last week, (and for some, a happy one) Miss. Carolyn, our Melilas English teacher opened a little library in her very own classroom. ?It?s very good for people who like reading,? M1S student Elisabeth commented. In an exclusive interview, Miss. Carolyn confirmed that the books were sorted, ready, and all we had to do was start reading them.

The process to obtain a book is simple. All you have to do is find a book and record on one of the numerous sheets of paper, your name and the title of the book. Then when you?ve finished the book, cross off your name from the list. Miss. Carolyn mentioned that it was a privilege to have a library in the Melilas area. ?Treat the books with respect.?

The books came into her hands when they were deemed unsuitable for younger children and stored in her room. When she began teaching in the Melilas area, she found them. Not wanting to let over a thousand dollars of books go to waste, she organized them. Most of the students have already been able to view the myriads of books, and the majority liked what they saw. M2S student Thomas Lynch observed, ?There are a lot of interesting books.? It was an opinion many students could agreed with.

The closer proximity of the library to our homerooms excited many other students. Jake Austin, an M1N student said he thought it was a good idea because, ?we can?t go over to the Teraja library as often, so It?ll be nice to have one that we are able to just pop into.? However, the library will only be open on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, as Miss. Carolyn is on duty on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Whatever the setbacks to having a small library, almost all of us can surely agree a library is better than none. They are places of wonder and beauty, of knowledge and learning. So in the words of the American poet Rita Dove, ?Libraries are where it all began.?

- William Dasch

St u den t of t h e Week Ar t icle by : Eva an d Han iya

Im por t an t Dat es Ter m 1.2 6t h Decem ber 2018 - M1 Geography Excursion M2 High School Excursion

Our first student of the week is Zacky Millie

7t h Decem ber 2018- Melilas Open Classroom Parent Day

from M1N. His book cover and DE work

14t h Decem ber 2018 - Celebration of Learning Reward Day

were exceptionally good.

Ch ief Edit or : Raymond Pineda

Ph ot ogr aph er : Eva van Velden

St u den t of t h e w eek colu m n ist s: Haniya Wasif and Eva van Velden

Design M an ager : Haniya

Jou r n alist s: Aliza Uddin, Ellis Osuoha, William Dasch .

Cover Ph ot o an d design : Stanley Kidd, Owen Boullion, Lauren Miller