Thursday 1st July 2004
Students from Group H and Group T told us what they're looking forward to in the near future.
Cheryl: I am looking forward to camp because I won't miss the teachers.
Claire: I'm looking forward to the summer holidays because my cousin and auntie are coming over from Belgium.
Daniel: I thought Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was good.
Dominic: I am looking forward to annoying Cheryl on camp but I will miss my Mum.
Jason R: I am looking forward to the concert because my favourite songs are Barbie Girl, We Will Rock You and Zombie.
Kashif: I'm looking forward to Miss Lavin's concert because some songs are funny and strange.
Ruhul: I am looking forward to the summer holiday because I am going to London.
Faisal: I am looking forward to playing my playstation2 because I like it.
Sanna: I am looking forward to camp because Išve been before and I like it.
Sarah W: I am looking forward to camp next week because I haven't been before.
Shane: I am looking forward to camp because of climbing.
Suzannah: On Wednesday I am looking forward to the pictures because I want to go and see Shrek 2.
Umar: I am looking forward to watching a film at the Trafford Centre.
Usman: I am looking forward to France because it is my first time.
Tuesday 23rd September 2003
Here are Class 7's favourite websites. As you will see, they're not all very original, but most of them do have good taste!
Chloe: My favourite website is http://www.manutd.com/home/default.sps. I like this site because they are the best team ever and they are a lot better then Liverpool.
Robert: My favourite website is http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/. I like it because it tells us about Harry Potter.
Laura: My favourite website is http://www.manutd.com/home/default.sps. Man Utd are the best in the Premiership because we have Ronaldo.
Cheryll: My favourite website is http://www.manutd.com/home/default.sps. Because I like Man Utd.
Matthew: My favourite website is http://www.gasgasuk.com/new/page1.htm. I like this website because you can play on games and check out the trial bike experts and trial bike models.
Calum: My favourite website is http://www.wwe.com/. I love WWE because The Game is the best.
Mark: My favourite website is http://www.wwe.com/. I love WWE because The Rock is my favourite wrestler and because Smackdown 5 is coming out.
Irfa: My favourite website is http://www.libertyx.co.uk/. I chose this website because I like the band and music.
Anthony: My favourite website is http://www.gamefaqs.com/. Because I like computer games.
Asim: My favourite website is http://www.carpassion.com/. Because it's wicked and has fast and cool cars.
Tuesday 9th September 2003
Class 7 learned about blogs today and they have each written an entry.
Irfa: My favourite music is pop and my favourite band is Girls Aloud. My favourite Girls Aloud song is "Sound of the Underground". And my favourite holiday is Canada.
Laura: I am so happy that Man Utd have just spent Ŗ12.5 million on Ronaldo but I still want Beckham to play for Man Utd. On my holiday I went to Blackpool in my caravan with my family. When I was there I met a friend called Leanne. She is nice to talk to.
Isobel: I went out yesterday with my mates and had a party. We listened to lots of music. There were lots of people there.
Robert: In the summer holidays I went to Florida. I got blisters and start to peel. I met Mr Owen at MGM Studios. I love to read. I love my music and dancing and eating chocolate and eating nice food.
Asim: In the holiday I bought new trainers and new clothes. And I am in the GCSE maths group.
Anthony: In the holidays I went to stay with my cousin Trisha. We stayed up really late - even had a midnight feast - and in the morning we watched Wishbone and went to see my Aunty Mourousha and had lunch with her. Tina and Lady had a toy fight and they really enjoyed it. In the afternoon my nan visited and mum and dad came too.
Mark: David Beckham is in Manchester today because he is playing at Old Trafford for England. It will be a good match. In the holidays I went fishing and trialling.
Chloe: In the summer holidays I went to Disneyland Paris and had a fantastic time. I went on all the rollercoasters. My favourite rollercoaster was called Big Thunder Mountain. I also went in a haunted house which was very boring. I saw all the Disney parades which was fantastic. The best part of going to Disneyland was that I didnšt even have to queue. All I did was I went to the exit of every ride and they put me and my family on the rides.
Cheryll: I did nothing in the holidays. I am doing nothing tonight.
Calum: I went to Liverpool for a week. It was good. They are fit girls in the USA.
Matthew: Tonight I'm hanging around with my mates and doing funny things like scare people with this pretend snake. It really looks real and we named it Jake the Snake.
Paul: I hated Becks when he played for United but now I like him because hešs moved. City are the best.
Tuesday 8th April 2003
Natalie finished her work early in IT so she wrote a blog entry:
" I can't wait for the French trip because James is going and it is going to be so much FUN and I will be sharing with Samantha and we will be listening to my music. All of our class are looking forward to it."
Tuesday 1st April 2003
The rest of class 8 learned about blogs today. Some of them added their favourite websites:
Mustafa: http://www.brucelee.com/images.htm
Asif: http://www.zeetvuk.com/final/default.htm
Waquass: http://www.amazing-discoveries.com/Wrestling.htm
Monday 17th March 2003
Class 7 had a discussion today about the impending war. At the end we took a vote: 10 of the students think we shouldn't go to war, while 3 students think we should.
Some useful and interesting websites about the Iraq situation:
The Guardian special report on Iraq (lots of links)
Thursday 13th March 2003
Iain: Can I add something else to the Blog (Stupid abbrev.) please? Another website I like is http://www.lovecalculator.com Got your eye on someone? Then run this little test to see what your chances are! (Mine always turn out low for some reason :( ) I'll hate it if they take out Quidditch in Prisoner of Azkaban as it was the best bit in the books IMO.
Tuesday 11th March 2003
Some of Class 8 (year 11) jumped on the blog bandwagon today and told us about their favourite websites. In the meantime the Harry Potter fans in Class 7 had something to say about the latest news on the third film.
John Paul: My favourite website is http://www.cheatplanet.com/ because there are a lot of cheats on it.
Christopher: My favourite website is http://www.bmw.co.uk/couk_frameset/ because it is OK and I love cars.
Iain: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ is my favourite site because it's the ultimate site for getting walkthroughs, cheats, and discussing games old and new.
Keeley: My favourite website is http://www.horse.com/ because I like horses.
Curtis: My favourite website is http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/ I like Buffy because of Spike and Buffy and the rest of the Scooby Gang.
Daniel: My favourite website is http://www.fhwrestling.com/ I like wrestling because it's good fun.
Afiyat: My favourite website is http://www.bollywood.com/ because it has fashion.
John: I am very cross that Oliver Wood is not in the 3rd movie (POA).
Natalie: I am very upset because Sean is not in the new Harry Potter movie.
Mohammed: I don't like coming to school on Fridays. I like playing football OK.
Corrie: So far I have enjoyed Rydings and I have settled in.
Friday 7th March 2003
Today Class 7 (year 10) learned about blogs. They were shown some examples of blogs that already exist. Then they started the first ever Rydings Blog by each picking their favourite website. Not all of them had time to write why they like these websites - but here they are:
John: My favourite website is http://www.ascari.co.uk/kz1/kz1.html because I like their cars especially those types.
Natalie: My favourite website is http://www.libertyx.co.uk because I love their music.
James: My favourite website is http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons because The Simpsons is the best (said Muriel).
Hayley: My favourite website is http://www.libertyx.co.uk because I love their music and the boys and their clothes.
Sean: My favourite website is http://www.supercheats.com/playstation2.htm because it is good for getting cheats ..................................!!!!!!!!!!
Lauren: My favourite website is http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/COSPicsPosters.html
David: My favourite website is http://www.manutd.com/home/default.sps
Lee: My favourite website is http://football.guardian.co.uk/Match_Report/0,1527,-41734,00.html
Samantha: My favourite website is http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy
Jason: My favourite website is http://www.thesimpsons.com/index.html
What is a blog? The Guardian website has a fairly good explanation.
Some blogs we like:
Neil Gaiman's blog (we read Coraline in September, just after it was published, and really liked it)
Salam Pax, the Baghdad Blogger
Kevin Sites, CNN reporter in Iraq