Wargomerrin News

Year 7

Highlighting 7M

Welcome to the enthusiastic and bubbly class of 7M! An incredibly social and tight-knit group of students. 7M can typically be observed working together on various tasks across a range of topics. Their curious and inquisitive nature often results in enriched class discussions on anything from current issues right through to poetic devices found in songs. 

English

Over the past two terms, 7M have successfully worked towards strengthening their reading and writing skills, and have produced some insightful pieces of writing on topics they are passionate about. This term, 7M worked incredibly hard in preparing themselves for NAPLAN. During the NAPLAN testing period, all members of 7M undertook the various literacy tests with a level of maturity far beyond their years. With NAPLAN finally complete, 7M have begun exploring poetry in the 21st century. Students have spent the past few weeks analysing and creating various types of poetry. Currently they are preparing to perform a poem of their choice as a mid-unit assessment task. The added bonus of being able to perform song lyrics has meant that many of the girls are shining a spotlight on their love for One Direction, while the boys share their love of rap music with the class.

Performing Arts

7M have been learning about a variety of things from different areas of the performing arts. They have been spending time learning about musical rhythms as a class. This assists them when they break off into groups in which they have been learning to perform songs on various musical instruments.

They have also been learning skills in drama. As a class, 7M have been developing a play; "Snap Shots."

Maths

Over the last few weeks, 7M have been working on expanding their knowledge of fractions and decimals. We are learning how to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages. We are also learning how to find a percentage of an amount so that we can calculate our savings when there’s a sale on at our favourite shop! This week, 7M have begun learning about financial numeracy and are learning what a budget is and how to calculate best buys. We are looking forward to learning about money and how to make the most of it! 

Physical Education (PE)/Health

7M have been working on a variety of things in PE and Health over the past few weeks. We have been completing our fitness testing and the assignment that looks at their results and how they compare against norms. We have also been focusing on the skills related to basketball. Students have been refining their dribbling, shooting and evasion skills throughout the sessions. We continue our work in health class looking at the male and female reproductive systems, and the changes that occur during puberty. This is an opportunity for students to gain further knowledge around personal hygiene, and the major changes that they are currently engaging with in their body. As you can imagine, this has been a bit challenging for some students, but others have performed brilliantly. The students are to be commended on the way that they have engaged with the topic.