This week- our last week on research- was very successful. We had several interviews that both were huge successes and answered all of our “unknown” questions which included ‘Is all organic food good for you?’

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Last week we went to a Silver Surfers' event in Ladbroke Grove. There were also middle school CAS students there with us. At the Silver Surfers we and the grade 9 together helped elderly people how to use phones, computers and there was even a Wii Fit!

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This week our main focus was writing emails/ letters and interviewing people where we could get information. We wrote many emails and contacted quite a few people including Nick Lane who is offering to show us around the new allotment at St. James Park.

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This week was very successful by visiting Hilary Burden (an allotment officer), writing interview questions for her and Diana Fisher from Garden Organics who is coming to Southbank on the 28th. On Thursday, we visited Hilary Burden at Waterloo Park where she answered our questions and after showed us around the park for half an hour.

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Last week was a tough week, but we got through it. We had several interviews, within the school, and halfway across the world! Michelle Nunn, a specialist on volunteering has been in contact with us by email. She works in an organization called, Hands on Atlanta, which helps people to volunteer. She’s been in contact with us about the benefits of volunteering, the struggles and outcomes, and just other constructive comments and suggestions.

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This week was successful as we got a lot work done. We co-operated well and communicated through the progress. We had our up and down’s strength and weaknesses but we still focused on our task to get it finished quickly. We still need to improve on equal contribution as 2 people always share their ideas while the other 2 listens to them not willing to share their idea. However, we are all responsible for the task we are given and finish it on time. We would like to keep up our good work.

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This week our main focus was writing emails/ letters and interviewing people where we could get information. We wrote many emails and contacted quite a few people including Nick Lane who is offering to show us around the new allotment at St. James Park.

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This week the volunteering group has been working on writing down all
what we know from our research about our lines of inquiry. The first
line of inquiry we investigated was 'the benefits of volunteering'

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Balanced Lifestyle Update: This week our main focus has been reviewing our lines of inquiry and to look at what else we need to find out. We have also focussed on interviews, surveys and gathering research and information.

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Major things that we have done this week: We did one survey of all students in the school, and checked out the transition section in the library.

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