Taking things further: making meaning with flashcards

Following on from last week’s article on how to make good flashcards and use them productively, we consider how to take things further with them.

• Ask yourself questions about individual cards. Then, once you can remember the information on the back associated with the prompt on the front, raise questions such as, ‘What else is this related to?’, ‘Why is this important?’ and ‘How would I apply this information?’

• Group cards together in themes. Taking this additional step forces you to ask yourself, ‘Which cards have something in common with others?’. This also serves as a form of chunking, which helps you remember information together instead of separately.

• Create a mind map with the cards. Explain all the connections you see between individual cards and between groups of cards. A related strategy is to use yarn or string to connect cards.

Maths Student of the Week

Nour 9T - for being conscientious, creative and focused.

Well Done!

Assembly Speaker - 19 February
Patty Hopkins - An architect’s personal story

Y12 Economics

Year12 Economics students Violet, Gabriel, Olivia, Zeki, Gilbert, Harvey and Betty presented their findings to the City of London Corporation's judges on the subject of: "Should the City of London do more to improve learning and career opportunities for those from less privileged backgrounds? ".

This was the culmination of the team's preparation for the City of London's Sheriff's Challenge that they had been working on since December, delivering a creatively developed presentation in the format of a multi-participant podcast. 

Hormoz Firouzbakhsh
Economics Teacher

Spring 2024 Programme

Camden Foodbank 

Camden Foodbank is a free to use local charity supporting adults and children in a food crisis with emergency food parcels and toiletries. Each food and toiletries parcel costs around £40 per person. There are many parts of the borough where people currently live in great deprivation and over the past year there has been an overwhelming demand from local adults and children with nothing to eat. In fact, in April 2023 the Trussell Trust said that in the past year, more than one million children received emergency food parcels from foodbanks. This is the first time the figure has reached over one million children.

Camden School for Girls is making another collection for the wonderful cause, and it will be taking donations from Friday 24 February. 
A box is under the tables in the Sixth Form House foyer and will be in the main school reception from Monday 4 March 2024.

Please bring in any items from the suggested list below. The food bank will be collecting all donations on Thursday 21 March 2024.

Targeted Food Urgently Required by Camden Foodbank: 

• Baked Beans – VERY URGENT
• Pasta – VERY URGENT
• Pasta Sauce
• Longlife Juice and Squash
• Tinned Meat 
• Tinned Fish 
• Tinned Macaroni Cheese 
• Tinned Spaghetti in Sauce
• Biscuits/Crisp/Snacks
• Coffee 
• Spreads - Peanut Butter/Nutella
• Easter Eggs/Cakes and Biscuits

Many thanks in advance for your continuing support.

Urgent Easer Appeal