On Tuesday, our learners took part in our first social of the year. It was an Amazing Race in which the learners had to complete a series of challenges in the shortest time frame possible. The challenges included lego activities, dance routines and origami making. Our learners had lots of fun and enjoyed pizza in the hall once the race was over. Thank you to Student Voice for organising this event!
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Last Friday, our Year 9 learners took on the great responsibility of becoming mentors to Year 7s. They all came together in the hall and played some ice breaker games, and got to know each other a bit better. Throughout the year, the Year 9 mentors will be an extra support for their mentees, and will be there to guide them through their first year of Middle Years at iCAN.
Year 9 have begun to read the classic novella, 'Of Mice and Men.' They have spent some time exploring the context of the novel, including the idea of the American Dream. The learners are now starting to read the text, and they will be exploring George's leadership of Lennie.
The Year 9s have been working hard these past weeks at consolidating and improving their angle skills as they solve missing angle problems in parallel lines and polygons. They are currently working on circles where they have had the chance to demonstrate their skills of solving area and circumference problems. Some groups were even able to investigate circle theorems and present their findings to the class.
The learners in Year 9 have been practising their skills in historical source work, while investigating what Germany was like in the 1920s. This will provide the learners with new knowledge to apply when they start to investigate and write an essay about how Adolf Hitler used his personality to influence the German people to vote for the Nazi Party in 1933.
Year 8 are building on the foundations they made last year in basketball. They are developing their passing and receiving skills together with their ability to pivot and dribble. Their shooting is also an area in which they will try to improve, especially the lay-up.
Our Year 9 learners had an exciting day as they were introduced to their new big idea of Leadership. In the morning, they took part in an activity in which they had to recognise world leaders, discuss their attributes and even improvise in roles as leaders themselves! They then held a leadership election for the role of School President at iCAN. All the learners were involved in campaigning and many were involved in final public speeches at the end of the day.
Year 9 learned about how fabric is produced, and they visited First Gawon Apparel garment factory. They saw the warehouse, where rolls of fabric are cut to size, and they saw the workhouse where the sewing is done. They asked lots of good questions, such as why it is mainly women working in the factory. When the learners got back to school they used scraps of material that we got from the factory to make new things (fabric art, bracelets, hairbands). They were able to guess the concept Big Idea during reflection time, and they could link the Big Idea to the their contemporary experiences, as they are coming to the end of their time and iCAN, and preparing to move forward.
During this learning block all learners have participated in their very first Science Fair at iCAN.
They learned about the meaning of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and how subjects such as art, design technology and maths could link to their projects. Learners worked in table teams to brainstorm ideas they wanted to investigate and were encouraged to link their project to a real life issue or aspect of STEM. It was a wonderful opportunity for learners to develop their science skills whilst developing their knowledge of a specific STEM issue or question. After 5 weeks of hard work, successes, failures, russian market adventures and glue gun dramas the MY learners were proud to host their first Science Fair. We are grateful to the many visitors who took the time to speak to learners and see the incredible work that they did, both in carrying out their investigations and in displaying their planning and results. Year 9 Learners are looking at the development of the camera and printmaking throughout the ages. Learners created their own camera obscuras and shared them with Ms. Gemma’s Year 3 class. Now learners are working with simple printmaking techniques and looking forward to their next printing project!
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