The Business End - Luke

Now we are at the business of the year I have handed in my booklet for a second time and presented my Independent Study. It is a shame that after I finish my booklet I will have nothing to do. I'm happy with my presentation and booklet. I've also enjoyed listing to the speeches.

The buisness end - Luke S

I am nervous. Above all I am nervous. I basically have not started my presentation, my booklet is going reasonably well, but it is still at term three standard. I do think that I will finish in time, but not to the standard I would like.

The Busying Of Endings. - Ned

Oh, I know what you are all thinking.

"oh GODDDDDDDDDD" - Ben Stirling, 1825

But hey, at least you won't see me in about less than a term's time. So that's good. I guess.

"WELL, YOUR BEST FRIEND'S A VEGETABLE. SO WHAT? IT'S TIME TO PARTY!" - Battle Block Theatre, 2013

Presentations! They're fun AND hard! Because you spend a year working on it, and if you don't, you're doomed to eternal regret! My presentation is going alright for a year seven. And, if I may say myself, I'm cool for choosing a new topic.

wait I'm never cool, am I.

And now, more presentation stuff!

United Nations by Ben String was awesome.

Communism by Max Boot was cool.

Winston Churchill by Gusirino Mackenzieirino was also pretty cool.

Place making by Josh "I Love The Big Yellow Rabbit" Kemp-whimp was also cool.

Anyway, you guys were top notch.

Joke:

What do you call PowerPoint at Christmas? A present-tation!

"So, your best friend's a vegetable now
blah, blah, blah
but you know what they say
when life gives you potatoes, you make potato salad
and I've got just the recipe
Hit it!
Buckle your pants! Buckle, buckle your pants!
Pull up your socks and dance! (Whoo!)
Buck buck, BUCK BUCK, buckle your pants
Bucka bucka, bucka bucka, buckle your pants!" - Buckle Your Pants by BattleBlock Theatre, 2013

The Business End - Jim

I think the presentations so far have been really good. A wide range of topics and it is clear to see a lot of hard work put into those studies. I think the year sevens can take a lot of what has been done and I'm looking forward to those too. I think Mr Tait has been enjoying the on stage performances (especially from Gus) and has a lot on his plate in terms of marking. To make sure I make deadlines and finish with good work I have been working a lot from home. Going over mistakes and things to fix. While it seems like a lot of work now I'm sure it will pay off in the end. I can't believe I only have six weeks of Wellesley left! I will try to get the most out of every day and enjoy the experiences.

The none of your beeswax end - JOSH

Yay!!! My independent study presentation is officially done and now only my booklet stands between me and total freedom.

So far I am really proud of all the presentations. There have seemed to be very little, if any hiccups and everyone so far has finished off with an amazing product. And everyone has brought something fun and exciting to the table. One topic that I thought was pulled off exceptionally was Insticts. As I think it was interesting and something not well known a bit like my topic.

One tip that I picked up which I found was really useful is that the way to tell if you have succeeded at your independent study is at the end when you look back if you feel overwhelmed with joy or if you're thinking what you could've done.

This term is one huge rollercoaster. My rollercoaster has what feels like and endless supply of loop-de-loops round every turn. But by the end, once your out of the cart you'll look back and think "That was awesome!"

The Business end-Tom A

I am a little nervous about presenting and handing in my booklet, but with speeches, WNB and spelling out of the way I can concentrate just on Indy. The presentations we have seen so far have been great and only nine people have presented. I'm looking forward to the West Coast Trip and the holidays.

The Business End- Will

This term has been very different to the the term I experienced as a year seven.
I am feeling calmer, more in control, confident and as relaxed as you can be with a huge piece of work coming to an end. Over all the start of this term has been awesome, not only have I finished my presentation I think it went really well and I am super happy with what I have achieved. I also have done something that I didn't think I wouldn't do... I made speech semi finals!
So far I think this term has been awesome and I am really looking forward to finishing this year off (hopefully on a high note.) All I have to do is just Keep trucking along and hope Taitertots likes my final piece of work.

The Business End - Noah

I think the  presentations we have seen so far have been very good. i like seeing how many slides people do and how they do them. my favorite topic so far was on Ned Kelly. i will finish my I.S by getting on with my work whenever i can. i think that this term has been going well but i will get quite stressed at the end of term.

The Business End-Judd

The thing that has made me sit up and watch has been that through the presentation the speaker has been handing oout information left, right and centre. The way that I will make sure that I give mself the best shot at my presentation and booklet will be to manage my time well and waste none of it. One of the topics that made me sit up and notice was probably Placemaking as it kept you captivated with frequent examples of interesting and flamboyant pieces of architecture. This presentation has given me a very good example to help me do my own presentation.

The Business End - Toby M

It is a real shock to see that I only have six weeks of school. It is a massive weight off my shoulders to have done my presentation aswell as my speech(78%). Now I can just focus on my Booklet. I am really looking forward to the school gala this weekend and I will hopefully get two dollars so I can buy the Lego Ninjago for my brother. I think that Mr Tait's choices for speech semi finalists were very good and I am looking forward to watching the other boy's speeches.

'Message End'

eadin oward a business end by your friendly amish advisor, ugo.

Well, its been a fine term it has it has. Now where should I begin, well, I happened to notice that I have already done a business end one but ay. I have really liked it ear in 78t and can't wait for next year. I am about on track for my I.S and think I am ready. So lets party like its 1699. For some reason I had a british accent anyway. AMISH

The Business End - Max A

Waste made me sit up and take notice, because it was a huge issue and Andrew knew a lot about his topic. The thing I picked up was to try doing things differently. I think this term has pushed me into a good place, because my presentation is finished, and there is no west coast.

The Busy-ness End - Ben

I told the year 7s term four was the fun one. I think they believe me now, with some of them presenting on Thursday/Friday. Fun fun fun...For us (the year 8s, and the Overlords of the year 7s. What we say is Law!*). It feels good to have finished both my speech and presentation pretty early in the piece, which means I can focus and hopefully finish my booklet before the year 7s return, and distrupt our peace. I'm sure, however, with the year 8s in this class, it won't be peace at all...
Also, something I will definitely remember about Wellesley, is: a, Mr. Tait, b, the people (although some of them I won't miss, or even worse, have to spend another five years with. So sad...), c, something very controversial, a show known as Wellesley's Got Talent. Funny, considering through this show I realised that Wellesley DOESN'T have talent.
I will miss Wellesley, and it's been a great five years. Best five years of my life, until I met Andrew and Luke, of course.

*Unless Mr Tait says something else is Law, then THAT is Law.

The Business End - Atharva

I think the independent study presentations been very enthralling,  and I cannot wait for when I'll deliver my presentation. I really think I have learnt some valuable lessons over these three terms and three weeks. For example, gaming while P List is on is like begging yourself to do terrible in your presentation. I am also excited about Y8 and my next year's independent study.

The Bees Knees End-Sam

The prensentations so far this year have been very interesting they have kept the audience engaged a lot with the quizzes and relatabilaty. I think all of the the amazingly astounding presentations so far have made me sit up and take notice especially all of the crushing facts from Andrew's presentation about Waste. One of my favourite things about this year is people have been talking about me in their presentations. Spoiler alert I win the class vote for smartest person out of Nikola Tesla, Steven Hawking, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci and Me in Hugo's prensentation, in which he compares the five smartest people who have ever lived. Animation is very good and important as well as keeping the audience involved so they don't get bored. I am going to spend lots and lots of time working at home. Not really help but I have had interviews with lots of sports people related to my topic and have two very famous ones. I offered help in Hugo's prensentation to use me to compare with some other maybe not so amazing people.

The Business end- GusM

Towards the business end! Nothing has ever felt more extreme, well except for the business end of last year. But I'm not to stressed out. By the end of today (30/10/15), I'll have had my presentation delivered, and my booklet ten days from being handed in as a first draft. Once it's finished, I'm unsure of what I'll do. (Wait a minute, just had a genius thought) wharf jumping!

The Business End - Mr T

Good morning boys.  We have not blogged for a little while (we have our reasons!) and it is probably the perfect time to stop for half a millisecond and reflect on the first three weeks of the last term.  So far we have been treated to nine very, very interesting Independent Study presentations.  What are your thoughts?  What is it about the delivery that has been inspiring to watch?  Which topic made you sit up and take notice?  What specific tip did you pick up and quietly store away for later (maybe college or tertiary?).  Given the very tight timeframe we have left in the term, how will you ensure you give yourself the best shot at your presentation and/or your booklet?  What help have you asked for?  What help have you offered?  Overall, has this term pushed you into a good space or a dark space?