Year 7 RE - The Environment

Last week year 7 students took part in the 'Council of Beings' after learning about the 1986 Assissi declarations when leaders of world's major religions gathered to put forward their views on the environment and discuss how best to manage growing concerns over the welfare of our planet.

The year 7 students discussed the environmental problems faced by different animals and plants and what could be done to help protect them. Reflecting on last week's session, students should now give a brief explanation of which aspect of creation they feel needs to most help and why. They should also try to give some suggestions about what we as pupils and teachers of Dixons City Academy can do to help protect out world.

Medieval....?

What label would you give to ‘Medieval Times’? Year 7 have successfully completed a year’s investigation into life between 1066-1500. Having investigated England’s links to Arabia, and remembering the work from Terms 1 and 2 on who was the most powerful king, they are now ready to give their final judgements on the whole 400 years. This clip about a medieval kiln (like a big oven for making building materials) being found recently in Yorkshire might inspire them. Year 7, post your comments on what label you would give to Medieval times now. Earlier in the year you considered labelling the whole time period ‘Muck and Misery’! Tell us what you’d call it now, and why!