During X block sessions students have been making the links between chemistry and cooking, they have spent 2 hours in the kitchen learning how to work in the safely, they have also been figuring how long it takes to make a ‘good’ boiled egg, cooking eggs for 2, 4, 6 and 8 minutes then comparing their findings. Their have been many discussions about changes to states of matter, whether changes have been chemical or physical and how heat transfer has taken place. Well done to all students for 4 weeks of eggcellent X Block work.

This week in X Block we were set an Art challenge – could we sketch a portrait in under 5 minutes?

So, using handy hints to help us with proportion and sketching techniques, we started…

Look at our amazing outcomes!

As part of our X Block sessions, we are working on a piece of drama which we are going to share as part of our Presentation of Learning in December.

Mrs. Poncia and Mrs. Parker were blown away when we circled up and debriefed our work so far.  Alyssa took the lead and used protocols such as ‘Whiparound’ to allow us all to share our ideas.

Alyssa explains:

‘We sat in a circle and everyone listened to me.  Then I said, “Let’s do a Whiparound and then we’ll build on our answers if we need to.”  

This really showed me that we are able to lead our own discussions without the teacher telling us what to say or do.’

We’ve had an amazing week in Drama, as students begin to plan their performance for their first ever Presentation of Learning.  We won’t reveal too much at this stage, but if the storyboards are anything to go by, it’s going to be spectacular!

Next week, we’re moving onto scenery and scripts.

Great work X-Block three. Making some good progress towards our final production evening on our presentation of learning. XP East’s first Samba Band!