In preparation for out new topic, “Where Does Our Stuff Come From?” the children in Class 9 completed some fantastic half term homework. From Wind Turbines to Eco-House, from leaflets to Miss French was very impressed by the standard of work that had been done.
After several weeks of investigation and testing, Class 9 made their final boats this week. Using the knowledge gained in previous tests, they designed a final product that they thought would meet the design brief: A Viking longboat that would float and be powered by wind. After building their boats, Read more…
In Design and Technology this week, Class 9 investigated the use of sails and keels. After making an origami boat, they were challenged to build a functional sail and then test their design in the water tray with wind power provided by a hairdryer. Some were successful. Others were not Read more…
This week, we began the investigations we needed to complete in order to design and build our own boat. First up, buoyancy. After learning about the force of buoyancy, Miss French challenged us to work in pairs to build a boat out of silver foil. We then tested our boats Read more…
This week we have being investigating which materials will conduct electricity (conductors) and which will not (insulators). We discovered that only metal will conduct electricity, which is why plastic is used to cover wires and plugs, because it will not allow that electricity to pass through.
This week in Computing we have been creating simple frame by frame animations. Have a look at our amazing creations: Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser Read more…
This week we have started our rugby training with Elliott from Rochdale Hornets RLFC. Our first lesson involved learnong how to how to hold the ball and then we played games that leaped us practise passing the ball. It was a bit tricky at first, as it’s so different from Read more…
This term in Science, we are learning about circuits and conductors. For our first lesson, Miss French gave each pair of children a battery, a bulb and two wires and challenged us to light the bulb. After a lot of perseverance, we discovered that in order to make the bulb Read more…
This week, the children in Class 9 painted and detailed their Ancient Greek ‘pinch pots’. They used the designs they had sketched a few weeks earlier to give their pots an Ancient Grecian look.
Class 9’s latest Language and Communication lesson was tied to our learning in Beliefs and Values. Specifically, the character value of forgiveness. First, we considered what forgiveness was, what it meant and what the main world religions said about it. They were asked to consider the following question: …and back Read more…