Congratulations to Zain Kazi, Gab Dzurnak, Amrit Rakheja, and Etta Bamborough for winning our Warehouse voucher draws at Year 9 Assembly on Monday.  They are among 11 students who are now at least halfway or have finished their Writer’s Toolbox Learning Journey.  This is an incredible achievement!

All Year 9 and 10 Waitākere College students have access to Writer's Toolbox, which is an online writing improvement platform.  There are approximately 50 modules in the individualised Learning Journey for junior students to be working away at for homework, during the holidays, and in some class sessions.  Each module focuses on an aspect of writing, such as how to structure a sentence in different ways, how to expand on an idea across three or four sentences, how to add more detail to writing, and much more, including reading comprehension skills development.  Each module takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.  

We encourage all Year 9 and 10 students to make full use of this fantastic literacy improvement platform.  Just 10-15 minutes a day would ensure one to two modules are completed each week.

Below is a full list of our Year 9 students who have now completed at least half or all of their Writer’s Toolbox Learning Journeys. Ka rawe!

The $40 voucher prize draw for completing at least half of the Writer’s Toolbox Learning Journey modules, by house colours:

The $100 voucher prize draw for completing the Writer’s Toolbox Learning Journey modules, by house colours: