Monthly Archives: July 2010

Jousting

Posted on July 26, 2010 by sallythorne

Continuing with my theme of History Activities Week in the final week of term, my year 8s did jousting on Thursday morning. Our final year 8 unit is a chronological one, Entertainment Through Time. This usually involves watching portions of … Continue reading →

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Spanish Armada

Posted on July 20, 2010 by sallythorne

Today was Spanish Armada day, in the pond. The school pond was cleared out last week by the teacher whose classroom overlooks it, who got a bit tired of looking at traffic cones and broken chairs and roped some kids … Continue reading →

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Movie Maker

Posted on July 19, 2010 by sallythorne

This is what passes for innovation at this end of term… Me: I want to do Tudor websites with my year 7s this afternoon but I am not sure where to host them.Helpful Teacher Friend: Hmm. Don’t know. But you … Continue reading →

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Technology and Literacy

Posted on July 7, 2010 by sallythorne

We have a literacy focus in the Humanties faculty. It’s been our focus for a while, and for the next year we’re all focusing particularly on improving the quality of our pupils’ writing. Our deputy head is on a “which” … Continue reading →

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