by Tim Harrington | Jan 14, 2022 | Hirst Class 2021/22, Music
In Hirst Class we love to read. This term we are learning about WWII with a particular focus on evacuees. Our whole class reading book is Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo, which is about children who have to evacuate the city to the countryside. The class are really...
by Tim Harrington | Oct 22, 2021 | All Classes, Maths
Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mathematical genius popularly known as the “human computer”. Born into an impoverished family in southern India, she was reputed to make complicated mathematical calculations in her head and effortlessly speak out...
by Sam Norman | Jun 16, 2020 | Maths, Peggy Angus Class 2019/20
For our back to school maths lessons, we have been stretching our minds into the world of Year 7 maths. Today, we looked at adding directed numbers: numbers with size and direction. Firstly, we used +1 and -1 counters to find sets of 0 and work out how many were left....
