Mr Lancashire, Mr Saulter and Mr Prior

Welcome back to Newfield for 2026 into Spring Term 1.

We are a group of Year 7 boys who are having fun finding creative ways to learn the curriculum!

During this half term we will be learning several topics:

English - "Explanations and Insights"

In this class, students will learn how to find and combine important information from different parts of a text to build overall understanding. They will practise using subheadings, paragraphs, and sentence structure to organise ideas and make writing clear, interesting, and relevant for the reader. Students should develop their skills by writing their own informative news reports and by learning, understanding, and using new vocabulary in a supportive and practical way.

We have also been studying the novel "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness. We have enjoyed the inverweaving of storylines, character arcs and themes as well as practicing our own writing skills and reading comprehension of the story.

Reading - A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness.

Mathematics - Unit 5: Analysing and displaying data

This unit is testing our ability to find patterns between number rules and their relationships. We will be investigating multiples, multiplication, division, order of operations BIDMAS. We will be using our skills to solve problems with factors, primes and common factors and multiples.

Geography - Unit 5 Rivers 

To have an understanding of the water cycle and how this feeds rivers. To understand how rivers, shape the land and different ways that we use rivers. To understand how floods are caused and the factors that increase the likelihood of this happening.

To also demonstrate knowledge on the River Thames and settlements on the River Thames.

 

History - Life in Britain after 1066.

• How castles changed after 1066.
• The key roles in a Medieval castle.
• The siege of Rochester castle.
• What life was like in a Medieval village.
• What life was like in a Medieval town.
• How the people in the Middle Ages had fun.
• How football has changed since the Middle Ages.
• What food was like in Medieval times.
• The role of a Medieval Knight.

 

Computing - Scratch Programming

Art - Cubism

PE - Fitness and Health (KIT NEEDED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY)

Design Technology - 

RE - Sikhism

Music - The Orchestra

Science - Cells

PSHE - Bullying and discrimination

Careers - Problem Solving

In our class…

• We aim for 100% attendance every week.

• We show kindness to our peers and our adults.

• We try our best in all lessons so that we can be the best that we can.

• We use good manners to everyone in school.

• We use our strategies, when we feel frustrated because we know that help and support is always availble, when we need it. 

• We take responsibility for ourselves and our actions.

Reading:

• Please read each evening, either on your own or to an adult.
• Read all types of print - in books, comics, newspapers, online etc - and please remember to tell your staff. We love hearing about your interests.

TimesTables:

• Please learn your times tables.
• You have log on details for TTRockstars - you do this in school, but you can also access this at home too.

News Items and Trips:

 

Timetable Click here to download our class timetable

	1	2		3	4		5	6
MONDAY	Reading	Maths	BREAK	English	Art	LUNCH	Science	PSHE
TUESDAY	English	Maths	BREAK	ASDAN	Computing	LUNCH	RE	ASDAN
WEDNESDAY	Music	English	BREAK	Maths	Reading	LUNCH	Computing	PE
THURSDAY	English	Maths	BREAK	History	Careers	LUNCH	Science	PE
FRIDAY	English	Geography	BREAK	Maths	DT	LUNCH	Rewards	Assembley