6 Apr

7R have another busy week and celebrate TWO birthdays!

Wow 7R it looks like you have had another fantastic week learning from home last week to end the Spring Term. I was on holiday but I’ve loved looking through the photos this morning, you’ve all done super work and had lots of fun staying safe at home which is fantastic! 

A special mention to…

27 Mar

7R get busy learning from home!

Dear 7R,

It has been a very strange week with most of you learning from home this week. Miss Beck, Miss O’Connell and I are missing you all so much but we are so glad that you are keeping safe at home! We will be blogging weekly so that you can all see what each other have been up to each week…

18 Mar

7R learn about healthy eating!

7R have spent the afternoon learning about healthy eating. First we watched an information video about different food groups and why they are important for the body. We learnt that diary foods help our teeth and bones stay strong, carbohydrates give us energy, proteins help our muscles repair and…

14 Feb

Rainbow Day Circle Time in 7R!

Today we all came in different coloured clothes for Rainbow Day but we didn’t really understand why. We had a discussion about LGBT History Month and why it is important that we celebrate Rainbow Day. We learnt what LGBT stands for and what the words mean. We then played a circle time game,…

12 Feb

A relaxing final day for Dodd group!

Our last day at Calvert involved cycling and a walk. First we travelled to a cycle track. We got our bikes and helmets and cycled around a fantastic old airfield. We had a couple of races round the track with Jacob winning the first race and Jake winning the second! It was so much fun and we…

12 Feb

Dodd Group got very wet on our second day at Calvert!

We needed our waterproofs and wellies on day 2 at Calvert! In the morning we went to Goldscope Mine. This involved a walk and a trip inside a dark mine. We used torches to guide us through the mine and we looked for metal in the roof. We talked about what it might be like to work in a mine and…

12 Feb

Dodd Group brave day 1 at Calvert with Mrs Crouch, Miss Mahood and Mr Murphy!

We spent our first full day at Calvert doing some very challenging activities!

After breakfast, we went horse riding at the stables. Some of us were nervous but everybody had a go (even Mrs Crouch!). The horses were lovely and the staff looked after us really well. We played games and learnt…

12 Feb

7Rs first evening at Calvert!

It was Kristen’s birthday on the day we travelled down to Calvert. We celebrated with birthday cake and time in the pool after tea! 
 

12 Feb

7R learn about the rotten Romans!

Today 7R celebrated “History day” as we missed it last week due to our Calvert residential trip. We have had a fantastic day!

This morning, Mrs Crouch split us into research teams. Each team was given research questions to find out the answer to. The teams had to delegate roles to decide a…

12 Feb

Thomas leads 7R's Safer Internet Day Lesson! #SaferInternetDay #freetobe

Yesterday we watched a video about Safer Internet Day (https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2020/i-am-educator/film-what-does-my-avatar-say-about-me).  It told us to use avatars online to keep us safe. We should use avatars instead of our photos online. I helped…

10 Feb

Year 7 Calvert Trust - Barf Group Day 4 and 5

Day 4! What an amazing Day!

After another lovely breakfast we met with Nick at the bus in our waterpoof gear as we were going ghyll scrambling! We drove up into Whinlatter Forest again and drove down to where the stream was. On our way we were very lucky as we saw some Alpacas! We made sure we…

10 Feb

Year 7 Calvert Trust - Barf Group Day 3

Barf group woke up and had another lovely breakfast at Calvert on Day 3! 

We met with Nick and the bus and found out that we were going canoeing! We were very excited, however some of us were a little nervous. It was a great day for it as the weather was a little sunny and calm! We got all of…