November/December’22

7b have had an incredibly busy couple of months.

In writing, we have been learning about poetry and have been focusing on: alliteration, repetition, personification and similes. Additionally, we have been learning to write diary entries and a personal review of a book. We have also been learning to write letters for different reasons and some of us have written a letter to Bishop John asking to be receive the Sacrament of Confirmation next year.

We have completed our novel study, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and although it was incredibly sad we enjoyed it a lot and felt it was a good story to read at our age.

In Numeracy some children have been learning to calculate fractions of quantities, find equivalent fractions and convert a fraction to a decimal and then to a percentage. Some children have been learning about Data Handling and have been created both line and bar graphs and have been evaluating data that has been misleading.

We participated fully in Health Month throughout November and particularly enjoyed the Ninja Challenge and Move it Monday.

We have completed the Healthier Minds understanding Anxiety lessons and found these very beneficial. We now are more aware of what anxiety is and the parts of the brain and the body that anxiety can have an impact on. We have all learned about and developed many strategies that can help us in challenging times.

We have all been learning about Advent and have been preparing for the birth of Jesus. We took part in a fantastic Advent Assembly and this was very special for us to be able to invite our families into school to celebrate with us as this is our last year in Primary school.