Class 7 Blog Page

We have had an amazing start to the year!  We have been super busy already in our learning. In Science we have been looking at our skeletons and why they are important. In Art we have been looking at the technique of collage and how other artists have used this technique. In Geography, we have even taken on the role of structural engineers as we have been designing free standing structures that can withstand the effects of an earthquake. As if that wasnt enough, we have even been creating our own dragon eyes out of clay as we have been looking at different dragon stories in our English lessons. Take a look

Class 7 have stunned me today with their creativity and flair in creating their very own abstract art work. We began our learning by appreciating the artwork of Kandinsky, and discussed his use of shape and vivid colours. Having been inspired by this, we then set to work on creating our own abstract art work using shapes, patterns and colour. They look truly amazing. We even took time to appreciate each others work, talking about what we liked.

Wow – What a day!  We have truly experienced what life would have been like in the Stone Age. We have looked at historical artefacts such as a mammoths tooth as well as seen how fire was made with flint. We experienced life as a hunter and enjoyed a class game trying to spear mammoths and deer with our (foam) spears. We have looked at animal furs, talked about prehistoric foods and explored how life developed through the Bronze Age and Iron Age. We finished off our day with some chariot racing – a favourite past time of people in the Neolithic era. Enjoy our photos …

Class 7 have started a new unit of work in Art this week. We are looking at patterns (natural and man made) and have been looking closely at shells today. We have studies some of the artwork of Georgia O’Keefe, particularly looking at shape, pattern, colour and textures. We started by drawing our shells, and used pencils and water colours to paint them. Take a look ….

Class 7 have been developing their fieldwork skills and have carried out a learning walk around the streets of our local area around school. We used maps to help us navigate our way, we looked at types of housing around us as well as how the land is used for different purposes. We also looked at some of the human and physical features around us and were able to locate points of interest on the map using four figure grid references. WOW!!!  Take a look ….

We started off today by looking at wellbeing and what we can do to facilitate our wellbeing. We then followed up our discussions with a 20 minute yoga session in which we concentrated on our breathing and some popular yoga poses. Can you spot the tree and the downward dog?

In preparation for our new unit of work on addition and subtraction, children in class 7 have been using a range of equipment and representations to consolidate place value. We have used base 10, numicon, place value counters and part whole models. We can identify how many hundreds, tens and ones are in a 3 digit number and how we can use equipment to help us add and subtract from a 3 digit number. We have looked at the important skills of regrouping and exchanging. Take a look …..

Well, Class 7 have worked so hard over the last few weeks, writing their own non chronological reports on dragons. They based their stories on a good model text that they already know really well – The Manchester Ridgeback. They then innovated this text to create their very own dragon. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading about Thunder dragons, Rainbow dragons and Blaze dragons. To celebrate their fantastic reports, we have enjoyed making our own clay dragon eyes. Take a look ……

A warm welcome back to everyone. It has been a busy few weeks already in class7. All the children have settled in fantastically well and are adapting to new school procedures with ease.

Please do check our blog regularly for up to date posts about our learning journey through the year and feel free to leave a comment about what you see. Your thoughts are appreciated.

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Kind Regards

Mrs Cameron