Thomas Becket Double Club year 8 group visited the Steelbacks study centre and Northants County Cricket Club on a snowy Wednesday 24th February 2010. They played ‘word association’ as a speaking and listening warm up game, then Lynn took them on a stadium tour with a shapes and maths emphasis. As the students learnt about the ground, its facilities and players, they were asked to identify and describe various shapes, carry out mental calculations to work out area and perimeter and sketch various aspects.
Back in the study centre, the group used the applemac laptops to compose a comic strip using the ‘comic life’ programme describing their tour. They used speech bubbles to record some of the information they had learnt and used pictures. They then had a go at create radio adverts using the ‘garageband’ voice programme. Some pairs focussed on selling the stadium to new fans, whilst others commentated on a game before advertising the cricket club’s facilities. Some used a questions and answer interview style to feature the club’s good points. They added sound effects and music, to give a background to their adverts.
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