This week has been busy and productive week, here are some highlights.
In English, as the unit progressed, students focused on refining and developing their writing skills further. They revisited punctuation and sentence structures to improve accuracy and control, applying these skills directly to their travel writing. Students then explored travel blogs, analysing how writers combine facts and opinions to engage readers, before researching and creating their own blog pieces. Time was dedicated to editing and redrafting, helping students strengthen paragraphing, vocabulary and clarity. Finally, students examined travel reviews, considering how they inform, describe and evaluate a destination, and produced their own structured reviews using clear criteria for success.
In our final Science task, students explored air resistance by designing and making their own parachutes. They tested different materials, including foil, plastic bin bags and fabric, to investigate how the type of material affected how slowly the parachute fell. By building, testing and comparing their designs, students linked their findings to the forces of gravity and air resistance, explaining how parachutes are used in real life to slow movement and keep people safe.
In their final History lesson, students completed an assessment drawing on all their previous research to explain why women gained the right to vote in 1918. They structured their answers to consider multiple factors, including long-term campaigning, the actions of the Suffragettes and Suffragists, and the impact of the First World War. This task allowed students to demonstrate their understanding of how different causes combined to bring about change and to make a reasoned judgement about the most significant factor.
This week in IMYC, students began our new unit on Risk, in History students examined images from the early Civil Rights Movement. They discussed what it means to take a risk and explored why people were willing to face danger to challenge unfair laws.
In Geography this week, students explored key physical features such as mountains, rivers and volcanoes, identifying where they are located around the world and recognising global patterns. They created labelled world maps using scale and a key, and began considering how these features can present risks to people in different environments.
Maths
Year 7
Students completed the following topics:
- Spr.4.7 – Multiplication and division of directed numbers
- Spr.4.8 – Use a calculator for directed number calculations
- Spr.4.9 – Evaluate algebraic expressions with directed number
- Spr.4.10 – Introduction to two-step equations
- Spr.4.11 – Solve two-step equations
Year 8
Standard Index Form
- Spr.5.8 – Students learned to multiply and divide numbers in standard form.
- Spr.5.9 – Students used calculators to work confidently with numbers in standard form.
- Spr.5.10 – Students developed understanding of negative indices (H).
- Spr.6.11 – Students explored and used fractional indices (H).
- Assessment – Assessment completed, and students did great in the assessment, showing good understanding of standard index form and indices concepts.
- Year 9
Deduction - Spr.4.4 – Conjectures with angles
- Spr.4.5 – Conjectures with shapes
- Spr.4.6 – Link constructions and geometrical reasoning (H)
- Assessment:
Students completed the assessment and did great. - Rotation and Translation
A new topic, Rotation and Translation, was started on Friday.
