Blogs for Year 8
I think this week has been the busiest we have been in animation club; certainly the most productive! Another fantastic variety of ideas on show from all our learners. Next week is the first themed week: Hallowe’en, so expect some spookiness!
How much do I enjoy Wednesday after school as N101 turns into a pop-up animation studio? Massively! Great fun working wit this group on their projects. Please remember next week there is no Animation Club due to Y6 Open Night.
Look at the fantastic home learning by members of 7Y3! Do you want to explore the fantastic world of Science? Come and give Science club a try in E109 on Wednesday 18th October. Any questions, see Mr Churchill or Miss Stevens 😀
Ten-year-old Subhi has never known life outside the Australian detention center where he was born; his pregnant mother fled from the violence of their home country, seeking asylum but landing in a refugee camp that is more like a prison. To Subhi, though, his living conditions don’t seem too...
Brilliant turnout tonight and, as usual, a wonderfully eclectic selection of animation topics! Wednesday afternoons a real highlight getting to work with these talented learners.
Here is the little clip we made at the end of our work on the laws of divisibility.
The laws of divisibility are used to help us recognise which numbers divide exactly into others really quickly. We took on the role of detectives today and applied the laws of divisibility to find all the factors of 98. The group worked with interest and quickly spotted that there...
Brilliant turnout tonight, with no fewer than four new members joining two who only joined last week! Really lovely working atmosphere with some wonderfully creative work produced. Well done all.
It was a most enjoyable maths lesson with Y8 as we used New Age Kurling as the focus of our activities. Such a great game with so many different maths possibilities: highest/lowest score, mean/mode/median average score, maximum/minimum score, points needed for a win and many, many more! Think we’ll...
What a great way for us to close out the academic animating year. This is the 100th video on my DC Youtube account, and the channel has over 4,500 views across 59 countries now! With it being transition for the next two weeks, Animation Club will return in September...
