On Friday 20th March a solar eclipse was witnessed across much of the globe and in some parts the effect was a total blackout. Watch from 2:12 of this video. Spectacular! An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial body obscures another. Eclipse is a Middle English word (eclips) originating from the Old French e(s)clipse , the Latin eclipsis and the Greek ekleipsis, meaning 'to leave out, forsake, fail to appear'. Apparently the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon. The moon is 400 times closer to the earth than the sun, and has the same size as the sun when viewed from the planet Earth. Therefore when the moon comes in-between the sun and the earth a &l...
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One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.
Terrie Penrose-Toms, Casterton College
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