Welcome to Year Seven
The teachers in Year Seven are Mrs Malone (Year Band Leader), Miss Mc Namee, Mr Mc Bride and Mr Muldoon.
Autumn Term Topics:
Numeracy:
In numeracy the children will be looking at a huge variety of topics in their first term. These include
Area and perimeter of compound shapes.
Place value in numbers up to 9 digits
Mean, Median, Mode and Range
Data Handling
Problem Solving
Percentages, Decimals and Fractions.
Revision of all basic number functions.
Year 7 children should be working on revision of table facts and properties of 2D/3D shapes each night.
Literacy:
Literacy is broken into three distinct areas of learning.
Comprehension:
The children's reading ability will continue to grow through their work on comprehension skills. All children will explore a range of fiction and non-fiction texts and respond to questions pitched at their level.
Comprehension skills will be developed further through work on the class novel, Under the Hawthorn Tree.
Grammar:
The children will look at a range of different topics in their grammar work this term which includes:
Revision of all parts of speech
Direct and Indirect Speech
Proof Reading
Suffixes and Prefixes
A range of other topics.
Writing:
The children are currently compiling their own balanced argument report based on a Victorian Workhouse and their novel, Under the Hawthorn Tree.
In their programme they have looked at:
The structure of a balanced report
The main features of a balanced report
Identified the difference between arguments for and arguments against
Planned a balanced report
Drafted and edited their own balanced report.
World Around Us:
Children will be taking an indepth look into the Victorian world this year. To help explore their topic, they will be using a range of practical, text-based and UICT resources. Some key areas of learning to be explored are:
Victorian Inventions
Important dates/timelines in the Victorian Era
The Great Hunger
Expansion of the British Empire
Famous Victorians
Victorian Authors
Life as a Victorian Child
Religion:
The children are currently using the Grow in Love Programme.