Blog Author: Mrs Slattery

Again this week started with Picture News. The topic this week was around the reduction in age of voting in England. We talked about what it means to vote and why we do it. We also talked about whether we felt ready to vote next year and what we need to think about to make an informed decision. At…

This week started with Picture News, where we saw images and videos of a church in Sweden being moved 5km down the road on wheels! We discussed why they had chosen to move it, rather than just knock it down and rebuild, which got us thinking about whether we would like to 'move our house' when we…

Welcome back to Year 11! I can't actually believe that we have started the final year at APS!

We had a nice, chilled start to the week, spending time catching up with friends, and talking about what we got up to over the summer. We also received our new 'Leavers 26' hoodies (which look very…

Can you actually believe it is the final week of Year 10! This year has gone so so fast but what a great year we have had! 

The highlight of this week was our trip to Knowsley Safari Park. We went through the safari park and saw all the animals enjoying the morning sunshine, then we went to…

It’s been another great week in 10A this week. 

We have spent some time finishing off our end of year assessments and completing some practice papers in preparation for year 11. 

 In picture news this week we looked at different types of houses around the world and then designed our own…

On Monday in maths we worked really hard and did some great problem solving. We also had a look at picture news and talked about the pros and cons of self driving taxis. Not many of us were keen on the idea of getting into a taxi without a driver. In the afternoon we practiced more computer skills…

On Monday, Lee, from DWP came in for her final visit with us. This week we focused on our CV. Lee gave us all a sheet of paper with different questions on, we answered these questions to help us build up our CV. Lee, then spoke to it’s about how to make a good impression for an interview. We then…

On Monday Lee was in again and this week she talked about employability. She showed some jobs on the whiteboard and asked if they were fake jobs or real jobs. There were some very funny jobs that people get paid for.  The pupils did a questionaire about their School and Home Habits and why these…

What a busy half term we have had. Well done 10A you have worked super hard. 
 

On Monday morning we did Maths and after break we did an English quiz. We all worked independently and quietly. 
In the afternoon some of us went to Tesco to buy our breakfast things. We walked to Tesco and we…

This week has been mental health week the theme was know yourself, grow yourself.

we have had a lovely week this week in 10A.

On Monday some of us went to Tesco on a community visit while the rest of us looked at some maths quizzes. In the afternoon we looked at picture news and looked at…

This week in maths we have continued with working on the four operations, focusing on division Some of us have learnt what sharing is, how to use physical resources to help us share and also how to use factors to divide large numbers by 2-digit numbers! 

In Picture News on Monday, the question…

In maths this week, we have continued with developing our understanding of the four operations and using these in different contexts. Some of us have been writing number sentences using the times symbol, some of use have been using picture representations to solve larger problems and some of us…