KS3 English Shakespeare

 

William Shakespeare

The year 7 and 8's this half term have been exploring who William Shakespeare was, as well as studying two of his books. 

The year 7's 

The year 7's have been looking at the play 'The Tempest' and have completed a variety of work around the story, including writing messages in bottles, storyboarding and Newspaper articles. They have worked incredibly hard this term. 

The Year 8's 

The year 8's have been studying the play 'Macbeth' exploring the history in which it was written, the idea of themes and how they relate to when the story was told, as well as created potions and developed links. 

Iceland 2023 - Pupil Reflections

 Iceland 2023 - Pupil Reflections

Now that we have been back for a couple of weeks we asked the pupils what their highlights were from their Icelandic Experience.

RL - I really enjoyed the Blue Lagoon and FlyOver Iceland. The trip was great and I can't wait to go back again. I'd like to take my family when I am grown up.

BH - I liked everything about Iceland and I didn't want to come back as I like it so much. The Blue Lagoon was the best.

AMc - The sights were amazing. I loved standing by the waterfalls and the Blue Lagoon. It was great sharing a room with TS and launching the 'trifecta of awesomeness'.

TS - The Ice Cave was really cool as was the Blue Lagoon. I enjoyed it all and it was my first holiday outside the UK.

LP - I was nervous being away from home but I had a great time. Seeing the Geysir erupt was cool and FlyOver Iceland was brilliant. 

TB - I loved the Blue Lagoon, it was so peaceful. The week away was great and I didn't want to come back as I enjoyed Iceland so much.

JW - I enjoyed Iceland a lot. The Blue Lagoon was the best bit but I loved everything we did on the trip.

CS - I was nervous in the Blue Lagoon but I'm glad I did it and it was amazing. I had a great time away and tried lots of new things.

AH - I liked visiting Mr Patchell's school, Blue Lagoon and FlyOver Iceland. It was brilliant all week.

SRE in action!

In PSHE and SRE lessons we believe practical activities and opportunities to explore concepts are really important. We have been having great fun during this term studying Sex and Relationships! Here are a few photos of our practical tasks across KS3 and KS4!

Understanding pregnancy, pregnancy choices, miscarriage, parenting and roles and responsibilities of parents (KS4)

Understanding and labelling reproductive organs (KS3 and KS4)

Discussing diversity in families and relationships that are important to us (KS3)

Understanding contraception choices 

and how to use condoms correctly (KS4)

Understanding STI's - Prevention and treatment (KS4)

RE - Truth

Year 7 are learning about lots of different creation stories and trying to find their truth about how the Universe was created. 

So far we have learnt and sequenced the Hindu Creation Story, the Christian and Jewish Creation Story and are currently studying the scientific theories of evolution and the Big Bang!

We decided to get creative with conveying our understanding of the Christian creation story and as well as creating comic book strips in our books we created a giant comic book strip outside on the pavement with chalks!

Well done year 7 some great story sequencing, RE knowledge and art work!

 

RE - Hindu Gods

Year 8 have been studying the concept of Good and Evil in RE and researching Hindu Gods. We have discovered that Hindu Gods and Goddesses have some really cool superpowers. After sequencing the story of Rama and Sita pupils are now using their Art skills to represent these Gods through colourful collages and sketches. Which Hindu God is your favourite?