In English students have started a new unit based upon newspapers. They have studied why newspapers are important, the role of newspapers in this digital age, and the different sections of newspapers. They have investigated the conventions of a newspaper report. Their first summative task is to write a newspaper style report.
In Individuals and Societies students have also started a new unit, studying population growth and patterns. At the moment they are researching topics such as birth rates, death rates and migration. They are working in groups and will give their own mini-lessons based on one of the topics.