Year 7 News Archive
Annual Interschool Mathematics Challenge l Enrichment Days l Zoolab l Kickboxing l Blue Cross Fundrasisers l Sweet Science
2006/7
Annual Interschool Mathematics Challenge
(Report by Mrs M Knight, photographs by Miss S Street)
Eight Year 7 teams competed from schools within Calderdale. The evening started with refreshements and the participants then moved around between the four 'challenge' rooms. The pupils were faced with multi-choice problems: Identify the Spy Codes, Construction Tasks and a Maths Relay Race.
All participants worked really hard and it was wonderful to listen to such enthusiastic conversations regarding Maths. They all went home with certificates which were well deserved.
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Enrichment Days: 24/25 May
Year 7:
Numeracy and Euro Day
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On Thursday 24 May the 7X classes went on a History trip to Fountains Abbey and the 7Y classes took part in a Numeracy and Euro Day. On Friday 25 May the activities were reversed.
Numeracy and Euro Days included outdoor Boules (practising for their trip to Paris), a Surfari computer game, and a Treasure Hunt. |
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Zoolab: 'Hands on' experience for Year 7 students
An assortment of creatures were brought in to school by 'Zoolab'. Students were able to stroke and hold some of the interesting species (apart from the Tarantula which stayed in its box).
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Success in the World Championships for Kickboxing
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Calder High Year 7 pupil, Sebastian Buckley (pictured here with Headteacher, Mr Stephen Ball), competed in the World Championships for Kickboxing held in Mexico in January. He travelled to Mexico with his instructor from the Mavericks Kickboxing club in Sowerby Bridge. Sebastian has been training at the club for the last three years and has reached Brown Belt level. In Mexico he was competing in the age 10/11 Black Belt section and won the Bronze medal with contestants from the USA winning Gold and Silver. Sebastian is now working towards his Black Belt. |
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Year 7 Fundraisers
"Josh McQueeney (7YC) and Cieran Taylor (7YD) raised £20.50 selling badges for the Blue Cross on Monday 21 May. They're great and I'm very proud of them."
Mrs P Hindle, Year Achievement Leader for Year 7.
Sweet Science
Six Year 7 students from Calder High were hosts to 25 students from four other schools in the Halifax Excellence Cluster (Park Lane, Halifax High, The Ridings and Ravenscliffe Schools) in an activity packed day investigating the science behind sweets.
Questions such as: 'Why does corn pop?', 'What is the difference between tastes and flavours?', 'How can we test the texture of sweets?' - were investigated and of course there was some testing of sweets too!
The students enjoyed working in cross-school teams and the challenge of problem- solving. Dr George Foster from Science and Humanities Education who led the day complimented the students on their enthusiasm and their application in working at the sweet tasks!
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