Numeracy - following some Ninja Maths challenges, teams reassembled and finished choosing what materials to buy, then set to work with the construction task. We're using bottles to make our rockets, and will launch them in a competition soon, so our teams were dedicated in designing the most aerodynamic and fast rocket. Literacy - carrying on from last week, we looked at human rights in more detail. Firstly, students independently read through a list and labelled each human right with what its topic was, such as "standards of living." Students then used their personal opinions to decide which five human rights were the most important to them - from education, to protection and freedom. We then created some leaflets to educate others, based on the human rights we valued most! Creativity - over the last few weeks, teams from the rocket building challenge in maths have been designing launch pads for when we put our creations to the test. This week, after our plans were finalised, we used Design Technology skills to create the launch pads. After donning some masks, goggles and gloves, students cut the shapes of their launch pads, and spray painted them using bright colours and stencils. They all look fantastic so far. See our students getting creative below!
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Numeracy - we're almost at the end of term, which means our rocket building project is near completion! To kick off today's session, Miss Ottley challenged the groups to a Ninja Maths worksheet, where we raced through some quickfire questions. We then moved onto buying the materials needed for the rockets planned last week, using the cheques that the financial advisers of each group designed. Literacy - continuing the theme of human rights, today groups looked at a real life case study, from the Amnesty International charity. Firstly, students discussed the definitions of some key words, such as equality, family and dignity, then Miss Modi explained the case of Khun Kawrio. In a circle, students suggested great words for the emotions it made them feel - then we got to writing our solidarity letters! Using a framework to write a formal letter, students made some fantastic efforts putting their opinions of human rights issues to paper. Creativity - creativity was spent in the DT workshop today! In their groups, students finalised launch pad plans for the bottle rockets, in terms of what it will look like and the technical measurements. Once everything was decided, some students then moved on to starting to use materials to construct thei launch pads. Have a look through the slideshow below to see our students enjoying their sessions! Numeracy - last week, we spent our session calculating budget costs for rocket building. This week was all about paying for our supplies! The CEOs of each team directed their groups in finishing calculating costs, and writing out cheques to cash in to Miss Ottley for each type of supply needed. Some of us then went onto planning what the rocket will look like. Literacy - our theme today was all about human rights! Firstly, the groups watched some videos about human rights issues and definitions, then discussed together what the term meant. Students then organised themselves into a line across the classroom, to show their opinions on universal human rights. After writing down some notes and definitions in books, we then got creative and made some posters to advertise what we believed in! We made lots of posters to advocate for different types of rights, from religion to education. Creativity - today's session was all about linking our creative skills to the rocket building project in maths! Initially, the groups watched some videos on different ways to build water bottle rockets, in order to learn about the tools needed. Next, students independently applied their new knowledge to designing the appearance of their rocket. Everyone put in a lot of effort into making their rocket look fantastic, and planning the technical parts such as the size and the tools needed. Here's a slideshow of all the things students got up to this week! Numeracy - today's numeracy session continued the planning for our rocket project! After pupils gathered into teams and chose their job roles, we used the NASA information packs to look into our budget costs for rocket building. Today was all about budget projection; the financial advisers within each team led the way completing a worksheet about the costs of materials needed to build the rockets. Literacy - our focus this session was on autobiographies, a new style of writing we haven't explored before. Firstly, we discussed the features of an autobiography as a group, then defined some keywords often associated with them. Students then had a really fun time planning and writing the opening paragraphs of their own life story, based at their primary school or Oasis! We also read some extracts, as a class, from famous autobiographies such as Jackie Daydream by Jacqueline Wilson. Creativity - to begin the session, we recapped our key ring making project from last term, including all of the key skills and equipment we'd learnt about. Sir then introduced the latest creativity project, which is based around 'the built environment.' After learning some key phrases such as infrastructure, we designed our ideal holiday island resorts. Next week, we'll be using an online website to bring them to life. Here's our students hard at work! |
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