Turing Class

Module 2

This week, Turing class enjoyed a trip to the Kent Police Museum. The students were captivated, learning how the police force has evolved over time and the many ways the police support and protect our community. The visit was incredibly interactive and engaging. Highlights included trying on police uniforms, sitting on a police motorbike, and even locking their classmates in the old prison cells! The following day, students wrote a reflection detailing their favourite moments and key takeaways from the experience.

Module 1

Turing class has had a fantastic start to the school year. We have enjoyed learning more about our own identities and finding out interesting facts about our peers during our PSPD lessons. We have developed our understanding of rights, responsibilities and beliefs through our insightful inquiry lessons based on our community, our RE lessons based on places of worship and our English lessons based on the fascinating book called 'Malala's Magic Pencil'. 

Through our career lessons, we have started to consider what jobs or roles we would like to have in the future. We also looked at the important life skill of budgeting and the students all enthusiastically budgeted a monthly wage. A few groups even ended up with some money left over!

We ended this modules inquiry lessons by thinking about what makes a good community. The students then designed their own community centre to support the citizens in their community.

Community Participation 

On Friday, we explored our local community. We enjoyed linking our learning to the world around us and learning more about our local history. We visited Holy Trinity Church and the students were able to identify some key features of a Church that they had learnt about in their RE lessons. We also visited the Dartford library and museum and were fascinated to learn more about the history of our town. 

This week, Turing class has begun learning about persuasive language in our English lessons. Using our new skills, we designed captivating leaflets to encourage people to explore our wonderful community. The highlight of the week was a lively debate on the statement, "It is the responsibility of adults to look after our community." Students made compelling arguments on both sides, but the final consensus was clear: looking after our community is everyone's responsibility!

In RE, we've begun our exploration of places of worship. We started by identifying the key features of a Church and are excited to learn about the Gurdwara in our next lesson. Our PSPD lessons have focused on identity, exploring the various factors that shape who we are.

Turing class also had their first swimming lesson at Fairfield this week. Every single student was an exceptional risk-taker, showing immense perseverance and enthusiasm throughout the session.

Turing class have had an excellent first week back at school!

We started the week by exploring our central idea and lines of inquiry through engaging provocation lessons where we created a budget for our own community and discussed our rights, responsibilities, and beliefs. This helped us to understand how these ideas shape our identity. We are really looking forward to exploring our lines of inquiry more in our upcoming inquiry lessons!

In English, we have been focusing on the book 'The Name Jar'. We began by predicting what the story could be about just from looking at the title and cover. Many of our predictions were spot on! After reading the book, we discussed how our names are connected to our identity. Just like the main character, Unhei, we learned that our names are more than just labels—they're a part of what makes us who we are.