Miss Pritchard, Mrs Lowin and Miss Holliday.

This term we are will be focusing on functional skill for the first two weeks before moving on to book study where we will be reading the book ‘Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. Macbeth tells the story of one man's violent rise to a position of power as king of his country and of his even more violent downfall.

In maths, this term we are learning about Ratio, proportion and rates of change for the first half of the term which are essential tools for problem-solving and understanding the world around us. We will then be learning about Geometry and measures, as part of this we will be looking at maps, scale factors, angles, bearings and Pythagoras.

This term in science, we are exploring Chemistry: atoms, compounds and states of matter. We will be looking at atomic structure, the periodic table and different types of bonding (Ionic, Covalent and Metallic). This will involve looking at properties of different materials and the explanations of these properties.