This year, class 7 have begun a real dive into a new language. That language is French! In order to ease into it, we had a bit of fun on Google translate. The children had a set of sentences to edit, insert and translate, where they then read and listened Read more…
The best way to understand rocks is to see them in person! So in today’s science lesson, we looked at a wide variety of rocks, from igneous, to sedimentary, to metamorphic. We attempted to group them in different t ways, coming up with these examples: hard/soft sharp/smooth rough/smooth one colour/more Read more…
Early on Monday morning, we joined class 4 and Miss McGregor in the hall to workout live with Joe Wicks, also known as the body coach. It involved getting our heart rate going doing press ups, jogs and jumps. We even got a shoutout from the man himself. Read more…
Back to school doesn’t have to mean hard work! In class 7, our first book that we are focusing on is called ‘Tuesday’. The children have no idea what the book is about, all they have is the front cover and their imagination. Mr Bishop gave out a series of Read more…
The Summer fair was undoubtedly a success and was definitely a lot of fun! The school has raised lots of money and it sounds like the children and the adults both really enjoyed it. in Class 7, the children enjoyed the fact that Mr Bishop had volunteered to be a Read more…
Class 7’s chosen country for following the World Cup was Iceland. Unfortunately they took an early exit in the group stages but that hasn’t stopped us from getting involved in the geography and the science of the country. Using pastels, chalks and black card, we created some amazing pictures representing Read more…
In maths, we have been looking at different measurements. Most recently we have focussed on capacity, ensuring we are able to both read and measure volume. Once we were confident with reading, it was time to get the paper towels at the ready and see how we coped with pouring Read more…
Just in time for the great weather, I set the children the task of investigating how exercise and movement can effect our heart rate. The children approached this positively, with both warm-ups and cool-downs in mind. First we practised finding and measuring our heart rate so that we were ready Read more…
After several weeks of practising our ball skills, shooting and passing, class 7 finally got into teams and had a crack at some games of football! We saw some great goals as well as some fantastic saves and had some great fun being competitive. Take a look at some action Read more…
The situation… When out on a space walk, astronauts can’t just nip back inside to go to the toilet. Sometimes they are out of the space station for up to 8 hours! This means their space suits need to be specially designed to absorb any liquid. Class 7 were tasked with investigating Read more…