{"id":301,"date":"2025-11-14T06:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhis.or.kr\/mrdunn-25-26\/?p=301"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:05:26","slug":"mr-dunns-class-update-t1-w12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhis.or.kr\/mrdunn-25-26\/2025\/11\/14\/mr-dunns-class-update-t1-w12\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Dunn’s Class Update T1 W11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been another productive week in class, and it\u2019s hard to believe we now have only four weeks left of the term. Students have continued to engage well with their learning, showing great effort, curiosity, and focus across all subjects as we move toward the final stretch. Here are some highlights from the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week in English, students continued developing their Gothic writing skills. First, they focused on Gothic setting description<\/em> by exploring how a hero might return to a dark or dangerous location, using sensory detail and figurative language to bring the atmosphere alive. Next, the class created their own Gothic figurative language posters<\/em>, combining eerie images with original similes, metaphors, and personification to reinforce the mood and vocabulary of the genre. To finish the week, students applied these techniques in an exciting creative writing session where they crafted a tense confrontation scene<\/em> between their Gothic hero and villain, using setting, suspense, and character movement to build fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMYC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In science, students learned about the structure of atoms and explored how all matter is made from tiny particles called atoms. We looked at the roles of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and the class used clay to build their own 3D atom models. This hands-on activity helped them visualise the nucleus and electron shells, compare different elements, and understand why atomic structure is so important in science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In history, students began a new inquiry project exploring how creativity has shaped different historical periods, including the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Working in collaborative groups, they researched one era in depth, investigating key thinkers, inventions and ideas that changed the way people lived and understood the world. Once this research project is finished, they will present it to the rest of the class. Through this active, student-led project, the class gained a deeper understanding of how creativity has evolved and how these historical changes still influence our modern world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In geography, students explored how the cave dwellers of Matmata, Tunisia use their natural environment creatively to build homes that stay cool in extreme desert heat. After looking at images and discussing how geography shapes shelter, students worked in pairs to design and write an estate-agent style advert for their own cave home, highlighting its unique features, sustainability, and advantages of living underground. They used Canva to design their poster and emphasised how it uses the landscape creatively, and then shared their cave home \u201cfor sale\u201d with the class before reflecting on how people adapt their homes to their environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maths<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we have continued our work on fraction, decimal and percentage equivalence with lessons covering how to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n