This theme of Power for Good has also stretched into the humanities lessons this week, where the children have been tackling difficult moral dilemmas. Putting themselves in the shoes of some of the key decision makers during World War II, the class have been justifying what choices they would have made. One of the more interesting discussions centred around if it was reasonable to destroy rail networks, causing huge loss of life to civilian populations, if it meant shortening the war. Why not ask your child which side of the fence they sat on during this debate?

In maths lessons, Form 7 have been learning about the calculation methods that will have preceded the ones in use today. A particular favourite was the Russian multiplication method, used by farmers hundreds of years ago. This method involved a clever but lengthy system of doubling and halving their piles of pebbles in order to multiply large numbers together. 

Alongside the seriousness of their lessons, the children all took joy in a session of board games during a wet break this week. It will take more than bad weather to stop us having fun!

Form 7 have had their poetic hats on for the past couple of weeks. Last week, in honour of Remembrance Day, they wrote some touching poems, imagining that they were soldiers in the trenches of northern France in 1916.  Their poems centred on the contrast between their memories of pre-war life and the realities of war. Using the knowledge they had gained through humanities lessons, their poems showed a deep understanding of the horrors of life in the trenches and how this might have affected those fighting.