Year 7 News 

Year 7 Public Speaking Competition  

On Monday the 23rd of April, nine girls with a talent for public speaking went head to head in the Year 7 Public Speaking Competition. These girls had already competed in their class groups and had been selected as the top of their class!

The finalist were:

7C1- Alice Luxton

7C2- Laura Everett

7L1: Willow Noble

7L2: Jade Frame

7M1: Maryam Abdekhodaee

7M2 Jess Bell

7R1: Darby Stoffel

7R2 Ellie Bellsmith

7R3 Jolie Shipton

It was an amazing session, we listened to nine very persuasive people speaking about very interesting and entertaining subjects! The topics included Racism, Homelessness, Smoking and Should Drones be used as couriers?  All the girls did extremely well, but only three girls could get through to the next round. Jolie Shipton, Darby Stoffel and Maryam Abdekhodaee all had very high marks and were continuing into the whole school competition. All of the year seven level wish the girls good luck. I asked two students from year seven, asking what they thought of the spectacular competition.  Freya Myers said, “I thought that’s everyone was very well prepared and rehearsed. It was enjoyable to watch all the girls’ speeches and was interesting to hear everyone’s points of views and their topics.”  Maidie Spark remarked, “It was very interesting to hear all the girls’ style and how they spoke. I enjoyed hearing the broad range of topics. All the girls were amazing and did very well.”

Thank you, Freya and Maidie for giving your view on this event, and good luck to Jolie, Darby and Maryam and I know you will do extremely well at the whole school competition!

By Amelia Stroud

Physical World: A Year 7 Perspective

We spend 5 hours a week in our physical world classes, but what goes down in the classroom? What do the students really think about each 75-minute lesson? Do the students dread the classes or do their heart’s fill with joy at the prospect of the next lesson? I’m going to ask the questions so you can find out.

In our first term, we learnt how to use a Bunsen Burner- an idea that sent some people shaking in their shoes, and others who just couldn’t get enough of it. We compared the time it took for salt water and normal water to reach boiling point- a experiment that got mixed results. Some said that it was all done too fast and that they didn’t ‘get’ it. Others said that it wasn’t challenging enough. But the lessons that we do experiments in only happen once or twice a week, to the dismay of some. One of the great improvements in Science is the way you do actual experiments in Physical World.  In the In our other lessons, we have been focusing more on Geography and creating our own islands. For most people this was an enjoyable experience, allowing their creative sides to come through.

I asked a student, by the name of Jolie Shipton, to tell me about her experiences in Physical World. Jolie said that she ‘immensely enjoyed Physical World’ and that she was ‘comfortable with the amount of work given in class.’

This reporter believes that, while Physical World may not be her favourite subject, it is an important part of getting a balanced education.

By Jade Johnson, Roving Year 7 Reporter