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Basic Commands!
On Tuesday we really enjoyed using logo to try out basic commands.
Posted On 25 Feb 2016
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Can you make a torch?
Class 7 used their knowledge of circuits and electricity to make a working torch! They worked really well in their teams and were very proud of the results. Can you use your knowledge of electrical symbols to draw the circuit in the torch?
Posted On 25 Feb 2016
Roots to Food
On Tuesday all of KS2 had a special assembly involving healthy food. We had to create two healthy dishes, however it was a competition, so the stakes were high! The food was judged on taste, appearance and nutritional value. We had lots of fun and we are all looking forward to...
Posted On 23 Feb 2016
Victorians
We are really glad to keep our topic about Victorians next half term because there is still so much to find out!
Posted On 11 Feb 2016
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Playtime
We have really enjoyed our play times this week. We have cooperated with each other really well and had lots of fun.
Posted On 11 Feb 2016
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Next Week
Maths In Maths, we will be using negative numbers in context. Can you think when we might talk about negative numbers in real life? Can you write a word problem that uses negative numbers? English Next week in English, we will continue to read the novel ‘Street...
Posted On 04 Feb 2016
Homework
The 500 words competition has been launched for 2016 on Radio 2. Lots of you have been asking us about it and are clearly already very excited! We will look at the competition in more detail in our English lessons on Monday so don’t worry if you haven’t entered before. ...
Posted On 04 Feb 2016
Research
In our ICT lesson this week we researched Alessandro Volta who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery. Can you name any other famous scientists?
Posted On 04 Feb 2016
National Railway Museum
Here we are in character as railway workers. Do you think we enjoy our jobs?
Posted On 04 Feb 2016
Next Week
Maths In Maths, we will be looking at decimals and how to calculate with them. English Next week in English, we will find out more about the 500 words competition. Start to have a think about what yours could be about? Who will the main characters be? Where will your story...
Posted On 28 Jan 2016
Homework
The 500 words competition has been launched for 2016 on Radio 2. Lots of you have been asking us about it and are clearly already very excited! We will look at the competition in more detail in our English lessons on Monday so don’t worry if you haven’t entered before. ...
Posted On 28 Jan 2016
DT
We used a range of resources to make cam mechanisms. Some of it was quite tricky but by working in teams we managed it well.
Posted On 28 Jan 2016
French
Every Thursday we enjoy a French lesson with Madame Steunou. What is the question on the photo asking?
Posted On 28 Jan 2016
Victorian Enrichment Day
We had great fun looking at Victorian toys during our Enrichment Day. We made thaumatropes and did a really good job.
Posted On 27 Jan 2016
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Next Week…
In Maths, we will be using languages of averages – mean, median, mode and range. When have you heard the vocabulary average used in real life? Next week in English, we will be focusing on descriptive vocabulary to write character descriptions. On Tuesday 26th January, we...
Posted On 21 Jan 2016
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Homework
Project Remember for your next homework project we would like you to choose one famous Victorian to write about in an information booklet. We will display and use the information booklets during lessons this term. Famous Victorians you may wish to write about are: Queen Victoria...
Posted On 21 Jan 2016
How does it work?
How does a torch work? We disassembled torches to look at the component parts.
Posted On 21 Jan 2016
Electrical Circuits
You really enjoyed your learning this week when we made electrical circuits. What was the effect on the bulb when we added more components to the circuit?
Posted On 14 Jan 2016
Nativity
This week we watched the nativity dress rehearsal. Did you enjoy it? What were the highlights?
Posted On 10 Dec 2015
Winter Poetry
We had a super time in our Winter Poetry Assembly on Wednesday performing and listening to poems. What did you think of the ones you heard?
Posted On 03 Dec 2015
Word and story problems
Can you write a story problem where I will have to use my multiplication skills to solve it?
Posted On 19 Nov 2015
HGV training
Did you enjoy sitting in the HGV? What did you realise when you were sat in it?
Posted On 12 Nov 2015
Fractions
I’ve been impressed by your fraction work this week – what have you learnt?
Posted On 05 Nov 2015
Science Enrichment Day
What exciting things did you do on your Enrichment day? I heard there was some astronaut food to eat!
Posted On 22 Oct 2015
Class 7 Newsletter 16.10.15
Have a great time at the Halloween disco tonight and a lovely weekend! 16.10.15 Newsletter
Posted On 16 Oct 2015
Disco Spooktacular
What creepy costumes will you be wearing to the Halloween disco on Friday?!
Posted On 11 Oct 2015
Fascinating Food Chains
What have you found out about food chains and webs this week?
Posted On 11 Oct 2015
Classification Keys
What were the questions you used in your classification keys to group and identify each animal?
Posted On 05 Oct 2015
Mental Maths
We’ve been challenging ourselves in our mental maths activities this week. Which areas of mental maths do you feel most confident in?
Posted On 05 Oct 2015
Explorers Homework
We’re at the midway point in our current homework project. Which explorer are you researching?
Posted On 02 Oct 2015
What a Deadly Week!
A lot of our work this week has been based on the CBBC programme ‘Deadly 60’. What have been your favourite ‘Deadly’ activities?!
Posted On 02 Oct 2015
School Council
On Wednesday afternoon, we enjoyed presentations from the members of our class who would like to become school council reps. What would you like to say to congratulate everyone who took part?
Posted On 24 Sep 2015
Let us persuade you…
We’ve been reading the fantastic book ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ this week and have been writing persuasive letters from the animals of the rainforest to a woodcutter. Which animal do you think gave the most persuasive argument and why?
Posted On 24 Sep 2015
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Class 7 Newsletter 18.9.15
Wishing you all a great weekend! 18.09.15 Newsletter
Posted On 18 Sep 2015
Animal Magic
As part of our music lessons, we’ve been designing our own mixed-up animals. Later in the half term we’ll be creating musical compositions to match our creatures! What is the name of your amazing mixed-up animal and what are its features?
Posted On 16 Sep 2015
All about trees…
We’ve been learning how to identify trees by their leaves, seeds and fruits in our Science lesson this week. Which trees will you be looking out for when you go for a walk this autumn and how might you identify particular trees in other seasons?
Posted On 16 Sep 2015
Things found in an Explorer’s Backpack
We’ve been trying to decide what weird and wonderful equipment or objects an intrepid explorer might carry in his or her backpack. What amazing items did you add to your list poems?
Posted On 10 Sep 2015
What a fantastic first week!
Welcome back Class 7! We’ve had a wonderful first week back and I’ve enjoyed getting to know you all. What have been your highlights?
Posted On 10 Sep 2015
Highlights of your year
We are approaching the end of the summer term so what have been the highlights of your year in Class 7?
Posted On 09 Jul 2015
Fantastical Beasts
We’ve been having fun designing and writing about fantastical beasts this week. What is your beast called and what are its features?
Posted On 09 Jul 2015
What ice-cream flavour did you have?
Yesterday, whilst on our trip to York Library, we were lucky enough to enjoy an ice-cream in museum gardens! Class 7 would like to thank the PTA who kindly paid for these from the money they have raised over the year. There was lots of different flavours to choose from and we...
Posted On 03 Jul 2015
What do you learn about today at York Library?
Today class 7 visited the archive section of the library to link with our current work on world war one. We had a look at letters from soldiers who fought in the war and we also had time for an ice-cream in the sun afterwards!! Have a look at our pictures and see if you can tell...
Posted On 02 Jul 2015
What do you think of the new chrome books in school?
Today in class 7 we used the new chrome books in our science lesson. We used these to help us find out information about different animals classifications and we also looked at the life cycles of a range of animals. Being able to use the chrome books in our science lesson has...
Posted On 01 Jul 2015
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Class 7 Newsletter 19.06.15
Here is the latest newsletter with an interesting new project. Class 7 Newsletter 19.06.15
Posted On 19 Jun 2015
Did you love it or loathe it?!
Our food tasting session earlier this week had some very positive results with many of you going back for seconds and thirds! So what did you think of the foods we tried that are produced in Staffordshire? Did you love or loathe ‘Marmite‘? Did you love or loathe...
Posted On 12 Jun 2015
Welcome to Staffordshire!
What a tremendous time we had on our Counties Enrichment Day! We created our own tours of the Staffordshire Potteries and then went round to visit Cornwall, Aberdeenshire, Cumbria and Somerset in the other classrooms. What were the highlights of your day?
Posted On 12 Jun 2015
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Class 7 Newsletter 5.6.15
Here is our latest newsletter. Have a lovely weekend, everyone! 5.6.15
Posted On 05 Jun 2015
Orienteering and map skills
We had a tremendous amount of fun following an orienteering course around the school grounds earlier this week. What were the challenges of our orienteering activity and what have you found out by creating maps of our classroom?
Posted On 04 Jun 2015
Positive Language Week
What a very positive week we’ve had! Which of our language activities have you enjoyed the most and which positive words or phrases have you been using?
Posted On 04 Jun 2015
Newspaper Headlines
That Robin Hood is certainly getting up to a lot of mischief in Sherwood Forest! What were your newspaper headlines and what are the key features of a newspaper report?
Posted On 18 May 2015
BODMAS
We’ve been honing our BODMAS skills today – can you remember what each letter stands for? How did you answer the calculations to work out the names of the cities?
Posted On 18 May 2015
Cooking Skills
Which of the recipes you’ve been following with Miss Slater have you enjoyed the most? Have you been trying out your new cooking skills at home?
Posted On 14 May 2015
Cities of the UK
We’ve been locating UK cities as part of our map work this week. How many cities did you manage to identify and place correctly? Were you surprised by where any of the cities were in the UK?
Posted On 14 May 2015
Counties homework (the sequel)
Thank you all for sharing your counties information posters. Which of the counties did you enjoy finding out about the most? Were there any unusual facts that you didn’t already know about a particular part of the British Isles?
Posted On 07 May 2015
Do you wanna build a snowman?
We’ve had some fantastic practical science lessons this week and have been investigating thermal conductors and thermal insulators. What did you find most interesting about our snowman and spoons experiments?!
Posted On 07 May 2015
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Class 7 Newsletter 1.5.15
Have a wonderful bank holiday weekend and we will see you on Tuesday! 1.5.15
Posted On 01 May 2015
British Myths and Legends
Which of the myths and legends you’ve been researching have you enjoyed the most and why?
Posted On 30 Apr 2015
Counties Homework
You’ve all been busily researching counties for your topic homework. Can you give us a sneak preview of the county you’ve been working on and maybe one of your most interesting facts?
Posted On 30 Apr 2015
Patron Saints
As it’s Saint George’s Day this week we’ve been finding out all about the Patron Saints of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. What have you found out about the Saints we researched and their days?
Posted On 22 Apr 2015
Mean, median, mode and range
Can you remember the meanings? Hint: use the song to help!
Posted On 22 Apr 2015
Singing Assembly
A huge ‘thank you’ to all of the children who helped out in Singing Assembly this week. You led the school brilliantly in our warm-up songs. What are your favourite Singing Assembly songs? Are there any other songs you’d like to sing in our school assemblies?
Posted On 16 Apr 2015
Welcome Back!
It’s been so great to catch up with all of your news following the Easter holidays. What did you most enjoy getting up to over the Easter break?
Posted On 16 Apr 2015
How to train your dragon
So, you’re now becoming experts in dragon taming. What are your top tips on how to train a dragon?!
Posted On 26 Mar 2015
PE warm-ups
We really enjoyed starting to share your PE warm-ups this week. What does your warm-up involve and what skills will be needed to take part?
Posted On 26 Mar 2015
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Class 7 Newsletter 20.3.15
Have a wonderful weekend and get ready for the last week of term… 20.3.15
Posted On 20 Mar 2015
Science Enrichment Day
Wasn’t it brilliant of Miss Land to organise a solar eclipse for our Science Enrichment Day?! We’ve been carrying out lots of egg-citing chick-related activities and had chance to observe the solar eclipse this morning. What have you enjoyed most about our day?
Posted On 20 Mar 2015
Our Viking Times Assembly
I was so very proud of you all during our Class Assembly this week. You sang and acted your socks off and your costumes and props looked amazing (thank you to all of the parents and grandparents who helped out with these). Well done for speaking so clearly and with such super...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
Class 7 Newsletter 13.3.15
Have a super weekend everyone! Remember that it’s our class assembly on Tuesday…Newsletter 13.03.15
Posted On 13 Mar 2015
Breaking News…
When we carried out our ‘Egg Watch’ this afternoon, we were eggstatic to make an eggciting discovery; that one had a tiny crack in it. After school, we were thrilled to see that we will now be carrying out ‘Chick Watch’ as the first of the tiny chicks had...
Posted On 11 Mar 2015
Theatre Royal Partnership
Our Year 4 children are currently performing their ‘Play in a Day’ at York Theatre Royal and I’d like to collect your thoughts on our partnership with the theatre this year. Each class has had the opportunity to take part in some fantastic projects. Which...
Posted On 11 Mar 2015
World Book Day
We had a wonderful World Book Day and you wore some utterly fantastic costumes! If you could have a fictional character join our class, who would it be and why?
Posted On 06 Mar 2015
BBC News – Education
- Hamilton stars ask students 'Who tells your story?'Hamilton actors teach Belfast children confidence and to speak up for what they believe in.
- DfE says 85,000 more free childcare places neededThe Department for Education estimates about 40,000 staff are also needed in England by September 2025.
