We have been considering the overall theme for this year: personal geography and where better to start than with London. The city provoked a number of different reactions from you – some felt the danger which came from the riots and gang culture whilst others discussed the exciting culture and fun of London.

We also started our first book Stone Cold and begun to think about how this might lead to our understanding of London. Today we looked at themes from the book and considered what it means to be homeless (an issue for one of the protagonists Link) and what our thoughts are about this. This provoked a mini debate which will be the start of the debating work that we will be doing this term.