MrJennings

In ICT we did some more work on spreadsheets, using MS Excel to calculate areas and perimeters of rectangles so that we could explore how these numbers changed as lengths and widths were changed. We used copy and paste to repeat formulae and "auto-create" to produce sequences of numbers for the lengths and widths. Some of us went on to create a further spreadsheet to help calculate costs related to our visit to Southwell Minster on Monday.

We have continued our thinking about arguments in English, concentrating on planning organised written work. We did this by taking an issue (Should children be allowed to have mobile phones in schools?) and thinking of lots of ideas (for and against). Then we sorted these ideas under important sub-headings to help us build good paragraphs.

Yesterday we finished our current work on angles, drawing angles and calculating missing angles in a triangle, quadrilateral, on a straight line and about a point.

Today we had our usual Friday English and maths sessions and, this afternoon, we did some RE about pilgrimage, again as preparation for our visit on Monday. This should be a very good day. Please remember: we are wearing school uniform; packed lunch should be in a disposable bag and snack (if you wish to bring one) should be in your coat pocket.