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Students of Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown,will find lesson and assignment related links below. More detailed pathfinders and study guides can be found on the StudentNet site. Book reviews have been moved to Book Bites, which is linked below.

Friday, June 11, 2004

Online Reference

Access to Online Reference. (There is an error on the school page which can't be fixed immediately.)

Shakespeare - Life and Times

Hello to Mr Backhurst's Year 9 English class. The link you are seeking is Life in Elizabethan England. Library

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Stress getting to you?

Try relaxing to some soothing music, or play brain stimulating classics while you study. We have new CDs for you to borrow for use at school or home. Ask at the Library. For some interesting findings see Brain Comes Alive to Sound of Music or research The Mozart Effect.

Comic Collection

Come and see our new collection of graphic novels (comics to you). For some fun stuff about comics go to The Periodic Table of Comic Books. Library

Thursday, June 03, 2004

There's No Place Like Home

If you would like a writing challenge then this is the competition for you, but entries are due by 30th June, so don't waste any time.

Interview someone who has been forced to begin a new life and make a new home among strangers, and write a narrative of their story. This could be a refugee from recent or past days, or an Indigenous Australian. It might be you, a family member, or someone else in your community. For more information and an entry form ask at the Library, or go to Australians Against Racism.

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Year 11 Business Studies Assessment - Business Plans

Mr Sykes says: Alltheweb is a great search engine for this topic. It makes it easy to get the information about the business plan. Search for: business plan templates. Go to the site at the end of the first page for a top explanation. Library

Stage 6 Science

UniserveScience is a site hosted by the University of Sydney which has online sources for HSC Science courses, as well as other useful information for students and teachers. Library