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Your Favourite Film

by HeathS

Dear All,

Please Submit your answer to this question with a half or full - page response as to why this film is your favourite!

Your responses will be published on the Blog and open for viewing under the “Heath” category page.

Please also see our “Your Favourite Book” page which is also located in he “Heath” category page.

We look forward to your responses!

HeathS.

[email your response to Mrs Thomson]

Your Favourite Book

by HeathS

Dear All,

Please Submit your answer to this question with a half or full - page response as to why this book is your favourite!

Your responses will be published on the Blog and open for viewing under the “Heath” category page.

Please also see our “Your Favourite Film” page which is also located in he “Heath” category page.

We look forward to your responses!

HeathS.

[email your response to Mrs Thomson]

The Sydney Writers’ Festival 2008

by HeathS

   

On the 20th of May 2008, our class attended the Sydney Writers’ Festival with many other students at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta. The entire festival was active over a 6-day period, from the 19th – 25th of May. Writers such as Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, Nicki Greenberg and JC Burke entertained and informed the entire audience with their interesting – often humorous – commentary and reviews of their books. Even questionable comments were shared such as Dr. Karl’s yawning and the individual reactions to those who are using anti-depressants and the stage adaption of JC Burke’s ‘Starfish Sisters’. The entire session was of a light-hearted, yet knowledgeable and meaningful tone.

The first speaker – Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki discussed his passion for science, common myths, and conspiracies. However, his eccentric shirt caught the entire theatre’s attention. Firstly, he presented the common myth of ‘The Bermuda Triangle”, and made the inference that the Bermuda Triangle having any kind of ‘supernatural’ force behind it was as credible as man walking on the sun, and that word of mouth has twisted the truth of the actual ‘mysteries’. (more…)