We have been busy making a Christmas Movie trailer for the Winter Show this week, and are really excited to show you our creative and funny video next week. The Winter Show will begin at 2 pm on Wednesday, 10th December in the school Hall.
Literacy
Over the past week, students completed their Gothic creative writing assessment, focusing on building tension, descriptive language and atmosphere. After finishing their stories, they designed a full book cover, including a front-cover illustration and a back-cover blurb, to present their writing professionally. This follow-up project allowed them to apply creativity, reflect on their story’s themes and gain insight into how real books are designed. The class worked with great focus and produced impressive, creative pieces.
IMYC
In geography, students learned how the War-Khasi people of Northeast India build “living bridges” by guiding the roots of rubber trees across rivers over many years. After exploring images and discussing why these bridges are needed during heavy monsoon floods, the students worked in groups to design and build their own mini root-bridge models using straws, string, and other materials. Then they created annotated sketches explaining how their designs mimicked the real bridges. The activity helped students understand how people use their environment creatively and sustainably to solve everyday challenges.
In Science, students created an effective presentation explaining important scientific vocabulary. They were given a set of guiding questions to help structure their work, such as defining the term, describing what it helps us understand, identifying the problem it helps solve, giving real-life examples, and showing how the concept can be demonstrated through a simple experiment. Students also included diagrams or images to support their explanations and discussed the key signs or features that show when the scientific idea is happening in real life.
Maths
Year 7
This week we continued our work on solving problems with addition & subtraction.
We learnt to:
- Spr.1.6 – Use formal methods for subtraction of decimals
- Spr.1.7 – Choose the most appropriate method: mental strategies, formal written or calculator
- Spr.1.8 – Solve problems in the context of perimeter
- Spr.1.9 – Solve financial maths problems
- Spr.1.10 – Solve problems involving tables and timetables
- Spr.1.11 – Solve problems with frequency trees
- Spr.1.12 – Solve problems with bar charts and line charts
- Spr.1.13 – Add and subtract numbers given in standard form (H)
Year 8
This week, students focused on key algebra skills involving brackets and inequalities. They learned to:
- Spr.1.5 – Expand multiple single brackets and simplify expressions by collecting like terms.
- Spr.1.6 – Expand a pair of binomials using methods such as FOIL (higher level).
- Spr.1.7 – Solve equations, including those containing brackets, by expanding and simplifying first.
- Spr.1.8 – Form their own equations from worded problems and then solve them.
- Spr.1.9 – Understand and solve simple inequalities, and show solutions using number lines.
Students practised applying these skills to both numerical and algebraic problems, developing accuracy and confidence with algebraic manipulation.
Keep encouraging your child to show working clearly and check solutions.
Year 9 – Number Types
This week, students focused on integers, real numbers and rational numbers.
They also completed their end of term assessment, and performed well.
