Posted on November 16, 2021
Our trip to St Albans Cathedral
On Monday 15th November 2021, we visited St Albans Cathedral to learn more about the Dissolution of the Monasteries and to try our hands at Brass Rubbing. Write about our day there, remembering to focus on what we did, what we learnt, did we try anything new…… What was the best part of the day for you and why?
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Posted on March 23, 2020
Sticky Question 1
Structure your argument carefully:
1: Argue your case from one point of view, eg what are your ideas about this?
2: Argue from another point of view, eg what might other people think?
3: Conclusion – What do you think?
Top Tip:
Write your argument as a word document and save it before copying and pasting it as a comment to this post. This way, if it gets ‘lost’ you can easily resubmit.
Posted on September 26, 2019
Homework 27.9.19
If you could have any super power, what would it be? How would you use it and why?
Structure your argument carefully In 4 paragraphs:
1: An introductory sentence stating your super power
2: Argue your case from one point of view, eg what are the benefits of your super power?
3: Argue from another point of view, eg what are the risks/dangers?
4: Conclusion – How would your super power make a difference? Why?
Top Tip:
Write your argument as a word document and save it before copying and pasting it as a comment to this post. This way, if it gets ‘lost’ you can easily resubmit.
Posted on March 4, 2019
Thunk of the Week
Remember the story of The Purple Star from assembly?
If you had choose seven people to take to a new life on another planet, who would you choose? Why would you choose them? What skills might they have to make a success of this new community?
Posted on February 1, 2019
Thunk of the Week
If you could take a pill that meant you would never make a mistake, would you?
Write 4 short paragraphs:
1: An introductory sentence or two explaining the question, eg: “Imagine going through life without making a single mistake………”
2: Argue a case from one point of view, eg: “On the one hand……..”
3: Then from the other point of view, eg: “On the other hand………”
4: Conclusion – what would you do? Why?
Posted on January 24, 2019
Thunk of the Week
When does something become lost? Is it when you realise you can’t find it or is it at some point before then?
Posted on November 7, 2018
Thunk of the Week
If I gave you a lump of mud to play with, would it be a toy?
If yes, would it be a toy when you stopped playing with it?
Was it a toy before you started playing with it?
