Today, we were lucky enough to have a visit from Altru Drama who entertained us with a performance of their play! “Back to the App.” The play was about Freya, Ben and Hallie who all loved the internet – and their phones and tablets; they’d spend all day on them Read more…
Inspired by the works of Georgia O’Keeffe, we’ve been drawing with a scientific approach. We drew a first draft, reflected and then had another attempt. We asked friends for suggestions and supportive feedback, then redrafted. We looked scientifically at the flowers, spotting shapes and angles and we continued to draft. Read more…
We’ve been using concrete resources to deepen our understanding of how 2 digit numbers can be multiplied or divided by 1 digit numbers.
In Science, we created sedimentary rock by layering blended white, dark and milk chocolate (sediment). Then, we wrapped the ‘sediment’ in foil and compressed and compacted it. It gave us an insight into how sedimentary rock is formed over millions of years. We used heating and cooling to demonstrate how Read more…
We learned how yes/no questions are structured and answered. We played simple yes/no games to explore how databases are split. Then, we physically cheated branching databases (binary trees).
Class 7 enjoyed completing out hour of code session. We programmed games, tested them and fixed bugs.
This afternoon, a theatre company visited school and performed the pantomime ‘Aladdin’. All the children really enjoyed it and some lucky ones even got some sweets!
Class 7 have been using their maths skills to solve real life problems. We worked out the combined cost of various activities and holiday necessities. Our teams were given an amount of money and we decided what we could afford and which activities and luxuries we would chose for the Read more…
In Class 7, we’ve been investigating what shadows are and why they are formed. We’ve learned about transparent, opaque and translucent materials.
After delving into the world of imperative verbs, instructional vocabulary and layout, we wrote clear instructions to guide our readers towards making a pan of mouthwatering Stone Age stew. We created text maps to plan our final composition and the results were magnificent.