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9H – Scientific Enquiry

Our new science topic is all about scientific enquiry. This week we explored the world of air travel! We listened to the story of how aeroplanes were created before fashioning our own out of paper.

Next, time to test!

9H – Beliefs and Values – Trip to the Mosque

This morning 9H made the trip to the Farooq E Azam Mosque in Stockton.

We started off with the prep work before hand, making sure we all knew what we would be doing.

Next, we headed for the minibus and made our way to Stockton. Upon arrival, we listened to our hosts as they explained everyone is to remove their shoes before entering the Mosque. We were then shown through to the adjoining room with seats and taps, where we heard how Muslims believe they should be purified before entering the Mosque, by washing their hands, feet, arms, mouth and head.

Next we went into one of their two prayer rooms. We watched a video explaining the 5 pillars of Islam, before moving to the next room to learn about how Muslims pray.

We were all fascinated by their carpet with individual prayer mats printed in.

We all enjoyed listening about the different physical movements involved in prayer – and some of us had a go at these movements ourselves.

A huge thank-you to the Farooq E Azam Mosque for hosting us!

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7T Maths

Today in 7T, we began learning about money in maths. Students began the topic by looking for treasure in the sand. They all worked hard to find each coin and match them to their coin map.

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10s Fire Station Visit

This morning 10s visited Spennymoor Community Fire Station as part of their careers exploration learning. The Red Watch team at the station were kind enough to show us around, let us see the equipment they used and answered all career related questions we wanted to ask. Pupils learnt about the skills they would need to become firefighters and the types of qualities that would be beneficial. We got to ask about the most exciting jobs the crew had attended, as well as the most dangerous and most rewarding. We also learnt about the other roles the crew take on and were surprised it wasn’t just about firefighting but educating, rescuing, training, learning and using skills from many academic subjects in real life situations, It was lovely to see a team so passionate about their roles and inspiring our young people. A great day was had by all! Take a look at the exciting things we got up to!

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Hall Hill farm trip – 8W and 9C

On Wednesday, 8W and 9C went to Hall Hill Farm to see some local habitats.
We were able to visit all of the animals on a tractor ride. We fed the sheep, lambs and goats. It is still unclear who was more excited – the pupils or Miss Windsor. Following this we got to hold the chicks and the guinea pigs, which some of 8W thought were the scariest animals out of all.
The pupils (and staff) were taught many facts about the animals throughout the day.