Dear Parents and Caregivers,
We hope you all had a lovely mid-year break
with your families. Welcome back for
another term. Please see below for an
outline of Term 3 for the Year 7 students.
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Religion
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World Religions – Students will
explore the similarities and differences of religions around the world. We
will be focusing on Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
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English
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This term we will be focusing on
Procedural texts and Poetry. The Procedural text will be aligned with our
History unit. Students will receive teacher directed lessons to ensure their
understanding of each genre. They will then be required to complete the written
task individually during class time provided. The procedural text will be
completed in the second half of the term. The students Poetry anthology will
be completed throughout the term with different styles of poetry being
written weekly.
All Year 7 students will also experience
intensive grammar, spelling, punctuation and lessons focusing on
comprehension. This is to prepare the students for the pressures of high
school essay writing and research skill requirements.
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Science, Geography and Technology
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This will be delivered as an
integrated unit exploring phenomena on Earth and the Water Cycle. Students will
investigate how different phenomena affect the in particular the water cycle
on Earth. In Science, students will complete a series of experiments to gain
a ‘hands on’ understanding. Through Geography the students will learn about
the Water Cycle, its importance to society and how human hands can cause
irreversible damage. Students will take this new understanding and design and
create a Diorama and description displaying their understanding of how the
Water Cycle flows through the environment.
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Mathematics
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All of the strands in mathematics
will be explored this term. This includes;
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Translations, reflections,
rotations, enlargements and dilations,
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Data representation and
interpretation – ways of collecting, representing, comparing and analysing
data using mean, median and range to compare the data,
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Chance including probability,
relative frequency and sample spaces,
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Classifying triangles according to
their side and angles.
This term students will sit two math
exams that will cover 2 areas on each exam.
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History, Technology and The Arts
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The students will be delving into
Ancient Rome. They will explore the following areas:
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the various features of the Roman
empire,
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physical features of ancient Rome,
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key groups and the Law in ancient
times,
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Roman inventions (which the students will need to pick two
and report their findings)
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Roles in Roman times (which the students will need to complete
a Venn Diagram demonstrating their understanding)
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Make a Roman God Mobile (which the students will complete as part
of their English Procedural unit)
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Students will be required to dress
as a member of the ancient Roman world for showcase evening.
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Cultural Literacy, P.E and Music
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Weekly lessons will continue this
term for students to be engaged in Cultural Literacy, Physical Education and
Music delivered by specialist teachers in those areas.
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Homework and Study Group
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Homework will consist of weekly
spelling words, weekly editing and punctuation worksheets and completion of
any class work relevant to that day/week.
We will be offering study sessions
this term for those students who would like to develop their learning.
Session times to be advised.
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Please do not hesitate to contact us via email
or phone with any queries or to arrange an appointment. We appreciate and value your continuing
support.
Kind regards,
Margaret Carabetta and Jo Cameron
Class Teachers
Twitter: @7greenmachine 
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