This week in English we have been having a fantastic time learning about World War poetry and writing our own poem starting the poem in ‘war’ and ending it in ‘peace’ .
We have also been practicing the Year 8 Christmas play ‘A Christmas Carol’.
In Maths we have been learning how to calculate the perimeter and area of trapeziums, squares and other shapes and reviewing what we have done this half term. We have also done Maths posters on different topics in maths.
At the start of the week in History we finished the last topic, Henry VIII, and learnt about the Mary Rose ship and the different theories about why it sank, then we wrote our own report on the theories. We also wrote our opinion on how we thought it really sank.
In Geography we have been learning about the world population and how it varies in different places and different years. We have also been learning about life expectancy in different places using a map and doing activities about the two things.
In Science we have been learning about aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Aerobic respiration is respiration that needs oxygen and anaerobic respiration doesn’t. We have also been doing science posters to decorate the walls in the science class.
We’ve been really busy, but we’ve also had a lot of fun!
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