All students in Year 9 have been given some revision tasks for an assessment for their expedition ‘You give me fever’.

This assessment will take place on Thursday 6th May.

Students have been asked to join Seneca to revisit their learning, and have been given access to textbooks as well as their regular quizzing in Tassomai.

The assessment will be on the following:

Cell Biology

Plant organisation

Infection and response

Y9 X25 Bubble Closure Timetable Update

As we have unfortunately had a positive Covid test in X25 Year 9 we will be moving to online learning from this afternoon (Tuesday 13th April). We have chosen this timetable as it reflects the online provision that was successful during our last period of distance learning. After speaking with students this morning we have adapted the timetable to mitigate the risks of screen fatigue. Therefore, the students will only do four out of the five sessions providing them with an extended lunch break. 

Please see the timetable below that outlines the times for each session. The teacher taking the session will send out the hangout link and post it on Google Classroom. We look forward to seeing all our students online this afternoon.  Thank you for your continued support. 

Link to Timetable.

 

Students in X25 Admiral have been set a few tasks for the break.

  1. Watch a BBC Documentary from David Attenborough. There are questions to answer. (Around 1 hour)
  2. Complete three quizzes in Kerboodle.(Around 30 mins)
  3. Make sure that they are up to date and have responded to feedback in their Mastery eBooklet. (For most students this should be responding to feedback, around 15 mins)

In addition, as an optional task, if students are at a loose end, there are some flashcards in quizlet and Tassomai that students can use to quiz themselves.

 

All details are on Google Classroom. If your son or daughter needs any help, please ask them to contact me through Google Classroom.

Thanks for your continued support,

Mr Said.

X25 Admiral extended study for STEAM

Students in X25 Admiral have three pieces of extended study, all due for Monday 28th Sep.

  1. Redraft answers to questions on adaptations in their Mastery eBooklet.
  2. Answer the comprehension and application questions on extremophiles, plant and animal adaptations in their Mastery eBooklet.
  3. Students have been set either: revision of keywords in Quizlet OR experimenting with a simulation demonstrating natural selection.

Full details can be found on Google Classroom.

X24 Science Assessment

Hi,

X24 will have their end of KS3 assessment for science on Wednesday 3th / Thursday 4th July.

The area that they should focus their revision on are:

Cells

Evolution and adaptation

Organ Systems – Circulatory

Genetics

Particles

Heat Transfer

Speed

Atoms and the Periodic Table

Writing up a scientific investigation

Thanks

Mr Campbell

 

X24 Immersion continues…

In todays Humanities sessions X24 students were given an extract of their expedition Anchor Text to perform.  As the expedition is yet to be revealed the students had no prior knowledge or understanding of the storyline or characters within the novel. This meant that the students had to grapple with the text and perform their own interpretation of what they had read.

Following such an impressive performance of Romeo and Juliet at the last Presentation of Learning, expectations were high. X24 certainly lived up to such expectations by bringing the extract to life in such a believable way. The medium of drama allowed the class to analyse the two main characters and begin to form an understanding of them before we explore the text in further detail. All students were engaged in these sessions however a few stand out students were Vinnie, Archie, Sam and Joe for their sheer enthusiasm and use of characterisation skills. Excellent work boys, keep it up!

In the afternoon the students looked at iconic photographs taken across different time periods and analysed their importance. Again another session where students worked incredibly hard, especially Skipper!

So that’s the three days of Immersion. It is now time for the students to make connections  between the tasks we have done and make considered predictions about our new expedition.

I wonder which student will be successful in guessing our guiding question as we reveal all tomorrow …

 

X24 Science Test

Hi,

X24 (year 8) will sit a science assessment in the last week of term.

It will be based on:

Cells and Specialised cells

Blood and the heart

Students can use Quizlet Flashcards – https://quizlet.com/_5qg2x5 to revise. Or use the KS3 science website which is growing everyday: https://sites.google.com/xpschool.org/ks3-science/biology/organisms?authuser=0

Good luck X24

Mr Campbell