7DD

7DD Class Report Summer 2018 Since the last report, our class has been working hard and enjoying many activities including a cinema trip, an adventure day on Beacon Fell and a visit to Skipton Castle and Sawley Abbey. All the children had a fantastic time exploring the footpaths of Beacon Fell and discovering the sculptures in the forest. After a morning climb to the summit we had a picnic packed lunch before the afternoon of den building. Two dens were designed and built; one which was large and contained more rooms than most homes and another which was smaller and compact, but would have made an excellent storm shelter!

We have been learning about many exciting topics which include; Railways, The Battle of Hastings and Medieval England in History and earthquakes and volcanoes in Geography as well as learning lots about the geography of the UK and China.

In English we all enjoyed reading Kensuke’s Kingdom and used the book as inspiration to write our own desert island survival guides, produce information leaflets about orang u tans, learn about conservation of endangered species and write letter and diary entries in the role of Michael, the main character in the book. We had an interesting class debate about whether one of the characters should leave his island or remain. Everyone in the class enjoyed listening to each other’s opinions and learned how to have a discussion while respecting other points of view. We have also been learning lots of grammar and punctuation rules to use in writing. We are now reading Goodnight Mr Tom and learning about the experiences of children who were evacuated from cities during World War Two. Shape and Geometry has been a focus of learning in maths. In music we have been learning how to play the glockenspiel, we have all mastered several notes and can read some of the music. We have also been learning a song called ‘Cuckoo’ which is set to music by Benjamin Britten and ‘Lean on Me’

by Bill Withers.

Some photographs of our trip to Beacon Fell