Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Life Skills - Basic First Aid

As part of our Life Skills curriculum this term  we are working through basic first aid and how to handle dangerous encounters. We were very fortunate to have Mr Salmons join us for one of our lessons, he shared some of his personal experiences whilst serving as a volunteer on the disaster and risk management task force.




            The kids learning correct CPR procedure and the importance of following the procedure.







Displaying the Heimlich maneuver.


Learning about the recovery position.




Study List for final exams

STUDY LIST 

Mathematics
English
·         Numbers
·         Operations
·         Place value
·         BODMAS
·         Expanded notation
·         Rounding off
·         Word sums
·         Prime numbers
·         Multiples
·         Types of fractions (common, improper, mixed, equivalent  and LCD
·         Time
·         Common fractions/ decimals/ percentages
·         1/3 of 24 etc.
·         Types of angles
·         Data handling: interpreting graphs
·         3D shapes
·         Square root
·         Symmetry
·         Long division
·         Decimal fractions
·         Capacity & volume
·         Subject verb agreement
·         Format of a newspaper article
·         Types of nouns
·         Punctuation
·         Synonyms/ antonyms
·         Stereotypes
·         Conjunctions
·         Simple & complex sentences
·         Idioms and proverbs
·         Direct and reported speech
·         Format of a friendly letter
·         Alliteration
·         Similes
·         Metaphors
·         Personification
·         Format of a recipe
·         How to write a book review
·         Prefix & suffix
·         Subject and predicate
·         Types of verbs
Geography
History
·         Hemisphere 
·         Continents
·         Major oceans
·         Lines of latitude
·         The African continent: countries + capitals
·         Scale
·         Calculating distance on a map
·         Using co-ordinates to find a location on a map
·         Imports & exports
·         Raw materials
·         Manufacturing products
·         trade
·         changes in society in the Limpopo Valley 900 AD – 1300AD
·         Mapungubwe
·         Great Zimbabwe
·         Marco polo
·         Bartholomeu Dias
·         Vasco Da Gama
·         Renaissance 
·         Journeys of Dias & Da Gama
·         Leonardo Da Vinci
·         Galileo Galilei
Natural Science
Life Skills
·         Photosynthesis
·         Plants and air
·         Food groups
·         Starch (including test)
·         Deficiency diseases
·         Ecosystems
·         Processing foods 
·         Solids liquids & gases
·         Food webs
·         All experiments & sketches
·         Volume & mass
·         Water pollution
·         Importance of wetlands
·         Peer pressure 
·         Time management
·         Types of bullying
·         Rites of passage 
·         Cultural rites and their importance
·         Understanding world religions