Blog by Tag: 11R Class

Although it is not a big event or a national holiday,

St George's Day is celebrated on 23rd April each year.

It's a great excuse to enjoy or learn about some of England's customs and traditions, and also to think about knights and castles and dragons!

Who Was St George?

St…

On Wednesday 22 April we will be celebrating 50 years on Earth Day- the theme for this year is climate action! The main aim of Earth Day is to raise awareness on the negative impact that we are all guilty of on our environment!

11R have done lots of work on this during our Environmental…

This week it was the turn of Miss Hendy, Mrs England and Mr Connor to help the children who are in school whilst their parents are helping keep everyone safe! 

We have been very busy this week:

On Monday we did some easter themed activities such as a number easter egg hunt, sequencing the…

Hi Everyone, 

I have a mindfullness challenge for you to try.

 1 Lie down on your back on the grass or on your bed.

2 Place a favourite item which could be teddy, Easter Egg, watch or book on your tummy.

3 Breath in through your nose and out slowly through your mouth,watching the…

Secondary pupils who have been in school this week have been busy doing lots of fun activities and learning. Robyn created a wonderful ‘stay at home, stay safe’ rainbow to thank all NHS staff and key workers! We have done some fun maths and English learning, looking at how to create letters and…

This week pupils have been telling me about their Easter break activities. 

It has been great hearing from you all and hearing that you are staying intouch with peers both in school and out. 

Many have been baking, cakes and biscuits seem a popular one! We need to get back to school soon so…

11R have been communicating in all different ways this week.

some have drawn pictures, some have emailed on Purple Mash and others have used mobile devices to send social media messages and texts.

It is so important at this time that we stay in touch. 

Make sure you reach…

Hello 11R! 

A great week one learning from home! 

I have had lots of feedback from yourselves and parents! A few of you have done a great job making food menus or running a role play cafe. I was very impressed hearing about the money work you have done Laura and to see Hamza has done some…

Today was the first "Just Dance" club for years 9-11 at lunchtime.  We warmed up to "Eye of the Tiger" and were very impressed with the pupils boxing moves!  We all had lots of fun dancing to a variety of songs and even found enough energy to sing along.  I think we were all ready for the 2 minute…

11R have been working hard today solving problems using division. 
 

We played games and divided our Holi rice we made from previous lessons into equal amounts. 
 

We discussed practical ways to overcome problems of sums we can’t do mentally or without counters and considered what we would…

We read the story of The Wizard of Oz. We focused on the story of the lion and learned about courage. We had a class discussion about times we need courage and what helps us get through.

some pupils identified that the lion didn’t drink a magic potion to have courage. The potion was a…

In food technology today we made savoury pancakes. 
 

Pupils researched their recipes in ICT yesterday and sent me shopping for the ingredients. They then followed their plans and instructions from yesterday to make their pancake today.

Then general consensus was they were…