MrJennings

In English, we have completed our study of The Highwayman by focussing on the characters in the story. We tracked different characters through the poem, picking out their actions and drawing conclusions about their personalities and motives from these. We tried some "hot-seating" activities and our final task was to write a monologue in the character of either Bess or the highwayman himself.

We also finished our work on the Lake District. After thinking about the reasons for, and implications of, flooding a valley to create a new reservoir, when had a special afternoon on Wednesday when we had a simulation game in which we all took rolls and represented groups meeting at a planning enquiry called to consider whether some hotel owners should be granted permission to build a water-sports centre in a particular location on Ullswater. Some of us were the hotel owners, some were holiday organisers, others were sheep farmers, local residents or shopkeepers.

In maths, this week, we completed our mid-year tests, then we did some work on doubling and halving (including doubling and halving decimal numbers). 

Also, this week, we did an investigation to find our which kind of materials make the best reflectors. After planning our experiments last week, we carried out our tests on different materials, using torches as our light sources and electronic light meters to measure the amount of light reflected.

In addition to these lessons, we also did art, PE and had another session learning to read music notation and play the tin-whistle.