Regents Review Winter '17

The Regents Review Winter 2017

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

English

Saints Project A group of Year 8 students were lucky enough to be selected to take part in the Saints Enterprise Project, involving a launch event at the stadium. The purpose of this project is to: build confidence; promote leadership skills and develop effective teamwork. Our group has certainly thrown themselves into the project. They are involved in weekly sessions with a member of the Saints Foundation who comes into school to deliver to the group. Upon completion, the students will return to the stadium to compete against other schools. Dominic Masters, a Year 8 student, said: ‘this programme has taught me to explore finances and how to use money carefully. It has helped me with maths and English. Aliyah Draper added: ‘I’ve learned lots and have enjoyed taking part in the project.’

Key Stage 3 English Transition Project Our new Year 7 students have settled into their learning beautifully and earlier in the term they took part in a transition project; this saw them writing letters to their primary school teachers. Much to their delight, we’ve had lots of replies from their previous teachers and they’ve enjoyed having these read to them in their English lessons. Both Year 7 and Year 8 classes are currently studying a novel with titles such as: Cirque du Freak; Iqbal; The Other Side of Truth and Stone Cold. They’ve been exploring the context of the novels and the significance of this. Word of the Week ‘Word of the week’ is in its second year at RPCC now and the students enjoy nominating exciting words for inclusion in this. Recent words have included: ‘europhic’, ‘preposterous’ and ‘erratic’. Can you and your child think of any interesting words that could feature as a future word of the week? If so, please ask your child to speak to Mrs Ukahi in room 10.

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