WELCOME TO YEAR 7

Form Tutor - Mr Doherty

Students have been making models of something precious/important to them. This links to the story 'Child of Clay' and ideas from Judaism and Gollems.

students have been learning about geometric reasoning, shapes, time and distance time graphs.

students have been learning about rocks and soils: from the big bang theory to volcanic eruptions and formation of rocks and soils. in the pictures below, students are looking around the environment and identifying substances which are rocks or originate from rocks.

Year 7/8 have been studying the topic 'Prenez le metro' (the French subway system) and locating places in French using railway lines

Students have been learning about the origins of Chinese characters.. They gave presentations to demonstrate their understanding. 

Students have been learning about internet safety. They have been involved in a production of a video that will be shown on national television. Today (Tuesday 4th February) they had a discussion about the importance of internet safety to supplement the ideas they covered in the video.

In Geography, students have been learning about the weather.  They have created their own rainfall dance.

This term year 7/8 have been learning about Sikhism in R.E.  They acted out part of a Sikh baby naming ceremony. 

Year 7/8 Art has been focusing on drawing portraits.

In Music our year 7/8 class have been learning the 12 bar blues.

During Life Skills year 7/8 have been learning about sex education and puberty.