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Year 7 Homework Booklet and Tasks Terms 2&3. Greenacre Academy intend homework in years 7 to 9 to be diverse in nature, focusing on more project based work which will be on-going over a number of weeks. This booklet includes home- work from each subject that your son / ward studies at school. Our Expectaons Students must complete and submit homework pieces from each project as their teacher directs. Teachers will inform students when each piece of homework is due in and this will be recorded in Homework Diaries. As a guide students are expected to complete: Yr 7 & 8 - 30 minutes homework per night; Yr 9 - 45 minutes Homework per night. Please also note that some tasks in the booklet are subject to change, and will be done so at the discreon of the teacher. This would occur on occasions where a different task may be more beneficial to your son / ward’s learning. Your support with checking homework diaries and signing each week is very much appreciated. Skills for Life: As part of the Academy’s implementaon of ‘Skills for Life’, each subject area has carefully thought about acvies and tasks to integrate parcular skills into their schemes of work. To help promote this, the compleon of the home- work tasks will help your son / ward develop these certain skills. This terms skills to focus on are: Use of Email Timekeeping Stretch and Challenge: Students will be encouraged to push themselves, compleng more tasks where they see fit. If they have a parcular interest or giſt in a given area they should be encouraged to complete the Stretch and Challenge task. READING HOMEWORK Students must read for at least 30 minutes each night. Homework diaries include a weekly reading log. Students must select one reading opon per week from the reading lists provided in the project and complete their reading log. Form tutors will check reading log has been completed each week when signing diaries. Compeon Time – 50 House points Please email Mrs Bridger ([email protected]) explaining how you have developed the use of email and me keeping skills each week. Entries to be emailed with name and form clearly stated. Please send emails with relevant aachments to demonstrate skills gained. One winner to be announced each week in House Assemblies! QUERIES? If parents / carers have any queries with the homework projects please get in touch us- ing the emails provided within the projects. Thank you for your connued support of Homework. Mrs Holden & Miss J Sassi Homework Club If your son/ward needs help with homework we run a homework club every weekday from 2.50-3.50 in room 9. Homework Overview:

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Year 7 Homework Booklet and Tasks

Terms 2&3.

Greenacre Academy intend homework in years 7

to 9 to be diverse in nature, focusing on more

project based work which will be on-going over a

number of weeks. This booklet includes home-

work from each subject that your son / ward

studies at school.

Our Expectations

Students must complete and submit homework

pieces from each project as their teacher directs.

Teachers will inform students when each piece of

homework is due in and this will be recorded in

Homework Diaries.

As a guide students are expected to complete:

Yr 7 & 8 - 30 minutes homework per night;

Yr 9 - 45 minutes Homework per night.

Please also note that some tasks in the booklet

are subject to change, and will be done so at the

discretion of the teacher. This would occur on

occasions where a different task may be more

beneficial to your son / ward’s learning. Your

support with checking homework diaries and

signing each week is very much appreciated.

Skills for Life:

As part of the Academy’s implementation of

‘Skills for Life’, each subject area has carefully

thought about activities and tasks to integrate

particular skills into their schemes of work. To

help promote this, the completion of the home-

work tasks will help your son / ward develop

these certain skills.

This terms skills to focus on are:

Use of Email

Timekeeping

Stretch and Challenge:

Students will be encouraged to push themselves, completing

more tasks where they see fit. If they have a particular interest

or gift in a given area they should be encouraged to complete the

Stretch and Challenge task.

READING HOMEWORK

Students must read for at least 30 minutes

each night.

Homework diaries include a weekly reading

log.

Students must select one reading option

per week from the reading lists provided in

the project and complete their reading

log.

Form tutors will check reading log has been

completed each week when signing diaries. Competition Time – 50 House points

Please email Mrs Bridger

([email protected])

explaining how you have

developed the use of email and time

keeping skills each week.

Entries to be emailed with name and

form clearly stated. Please send emails

with relevant attachments to

demonstrate skills gained. One winner

to be announced each week in House

Assemblies!

QUERIES? If parents / carers have any queries with the homework projects please get in touch us-

ing the emails provided within the projects. Thank you for your continued support of Homework.

Mrs Holden & Miss J Sassi

Homework Club

If your son/ward needs help with homework we run a homework

club every weekday from 2.50-3.50 in room 9.

Homework Overview:

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Task1: Complete one image from the booklet, remem-

ber to keep the lines neat and maintain proportion

when drawing,

Need some help? Use the grid method to help you with

scale and proportion.

Homework Overview

You will be required to complete 1

image a week, however the order you

wish to complete them in is up to you.

Task, 6 is to be completed at the end

of the project. Each drawing should

take you 30 minutes to complete and

be highly detailed. These should be

completed in your homework books

unless otherwise stated. Images will

be provided in booklets given to you

by your class teacher.

Art and Design Year 7

Mr M Thompson [email protected]

Task 2: Complete one image from the booklet .

Remember to use at least five tones and ensure

that you blend these together to show off your

skill.

Need some help? Draw a tonal key at the top of

your page to remind you of the five tones you

need.

Task 3: Complete one image from

the booklet and add a background

to draw upon to add a different ef-

fect.

Need some help? Why not use tea

of coffee to stain the page to give

an old effect?

Task 6: Evaluate your completed homework so far by writing

200 words about what skills you have developed over the

course of the 5 tasks. Remember to use key language to help

aid your art vocabulary.

Need some help? Check your key word list for help.

Task 5: Complete one image from

the booklet . Once you have com-

pleted the drawing shade in neatly

with coloured pencils,. Make sure

that you show the different shades

within a colour and remember the

direction of light!

Need some help? You can use pencils

in the art department at break, lunch

or after school

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge. Create a large A2 drawing from one of the booklet drawings. You should create this using the grid method for accuracy and choose to use charcoal paint or oil pastels to create a gallery fit piece of artwork!

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Proportion

Tone

Form

Colour

Complementary

Contrasting

Stippling

Reading List

The 20th Century Art Book , 2001, Susannah

Lawson .

Illustration Now 4, J, Wiedemann

How to draw what you see,. 1996, R. De

Reyna

Numeracy: If a litre of paint costs £1.50, and It

takes 5liters to paint one mural on one wall, how

much would it cost to paint 5 murals on five walls?

Show your working out.

Task 4: Complete one image from the

booklet But this time when you finish

the image go over darker areas with

fine liner pen to really show definition.

Need some help? Remember that the

darkest shades on your image should

have fine liner added.

Term 2 & 3

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1. Answer the following questions

What data about you is stored?

Where is it stored?

Why do you think it is stored there?

The Database project will last over two

terms. 8 homework tasks must be

completed and evidenced by the end of

the term and placed in your folder.

Nobody knows who the piece of music

Variation XIII by Edward Elgar from the

Edward Elgar enigma variations.

However there are some clues. Your

challenge is to discover who this piece of

music is about by following the clues and

constructing and interrogating a

database.

[email protected]

Year 7 ICT Database Homework Project

Mr P Provins [email protected] 2. Think about a database that stores infor-

mation about you, such as your school infor-

mation system, local library or sports club

membership database.

What fields do you think it contains?

Which of these fields would be the key field?

3. Get an information sheet from your teacher or

the shared area. Highlight all of the key pieces of

information including the following

4. Look at the information from task three.

Identify all of the information that is present

for all of Elgar’s friends (e.g. the same type

of information is in the text for all of them)

Decide what information you will include in

your database and make a list.

5. Create a database using software to contain the facts

you gathered from task three. Use the key pieces listed

in task three to help you.

Fill out one row in your database for each person from

the information page..

Hint: if you do not have software you could do this

on a piece of paper.

6. Define what a key field is, Use your

homework from task four as an example.

Would it be better to add a new field or use

an existing one? Why do you think this? If

you were going to use a new field what

could you call it?

Push yourself even further… See if you can find the music and listen to it. Write down anything that you notice about the music.

Computing—Databases

Spellings

Database

Field

Record

Table

Key Field

Reading List— Go to the following website

and read the information to help with your

subject knowledge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/

databases/

First name

Surname

Year of birth

Gender

Occupation

Relation to Elgar

Lived Abroad (Y/N)

Place

Term 2 & 3

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Year 7 Database Homework

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Year 7 Database Homework

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Task 1- Use the internet or books to research into

‘Alessi’ and write a short paragraph about your find-

ings. Make sure you include information about the fol-

lowing questions: When was the company founded?

What were the first types of products they designed?

What were their products well known for?

Homework Overview

The project is broken down into

weekly manageable tasks. How

you present your work is up to

you, so get creative and earn

house points!

You will need to hand in a com-

pleted task each week.

Speak to your teacher if you have

any problems.

Year 7– DT Alessi

Mr M Thompson [email protected]

Task 2- Create a mood board (collection of im-

ages and words that give an overall feel of the

brand) of plastic products made by Alessi. This

should include at least 8 different images. Add

8 words that you think best describe the range

of products. You could use a thesaurus for a

wider range of words but make sure you

understand all the words you use.

Task 3-Choose one from below:

Toothbrush holder, Biscuit barrel, Chil-

dren’s cutlery set, Desk tidy

Draw two designs for the product in

the style of Alessi. Remember to add

notes to help explain what you have

drawn and how it works.

Task 4- Get some feedback on your de-

signs from friends and family. You could

do this by writing a short questionnaire

to see what they think of your ideas. Or

you could show them your mood board

and your ideas and get them to jot down

some comments about them.

Task 5- Using recycled materials

such as cardboard, newspaper,

straws and plastic packaging,

make a basic 3D model of your

design that takes the feedback

into account.

Evidence you have done this

could be a picture on your phone.

Stretch and Challenge yourself: Make your model life-size and as realistic as possible. Test your product to see how well it works. Research into how your product would be manufactured for commercial sales.

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Alessi

Form

Function

Designer

Quirky

Desirable

Product

Reading List

www.alessi.com

The dream factory: Alessi since 1921

Alessi: Art and poetry,, (cutting edge)

Numeracy:

If you had £100, how much change would you get

from buying a ‘juicy salif citrus juicer’ at £42.46

and a ‘Tigrito cat bowl’ for £47.50?

Task 6- Work on your basic model to add

detail and make it look more realistic by

adding colour and refining the shape.

Term 2 & 3

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Task 1) Design a new front cover for the novel.

Annotate and explain why you have selected

certain images/words/phrases/fonts.

Over the next two terms, year 7 stu-

dents are reading and studying a

novel and some work of Shake-

speare.

All homework tasks must be com-

pleted to a high standard, and the

presentation of your work must be

considered.

You can choose in which order to

complete the tasks, but you must

Year 7 English, Novels

Miss L Barr [email protected]

Task 2) Create a mind map for 2 char-

acters of your choice, include im-

portant quotations, events, infor-

mation and images to help you re-

member.

Task 3) Write a fact sheet on the au-

thor of the novel that you are study-

ing.

Include information about their back-

ground, life and times, and the period

in which the novel was written. Task 4) Write your own review for the novel.

Include information about what you enjoyed most and

what you would improve about the novel.

Task 5) Create a quiz about

chapter, section or character from

the novel that you are studying.

Try and include at least 10 ques-

tions.

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge.

Write a newspaper article reporting an event that has happened in the novel that you are studying.

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Characters

Author

Context

Themes

Setting

Atmosphere.

Blurb

Novel

Reading List

Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman

Maze Runner by James Dashner

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

Numeracy:

Can you find out how many copies of this

book have been sold in the UK?

Task 6) Create a timeline of the events

that have happened in the novel so far,

Include all of the important events,

Can you include important quota-

tions.

Term 2 & 3

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Task 1 Front Cover Your front cover should include the following: Name,

Form, Tech Class and different pictures of fruits cut out

from a magazine or from the internet.

Homework Overview

All the homework topics listed

below contribute towards

your level of attainment at

the end of year 7. Complete

all the sections to the best of

your ability and hand it in as

soon as you finish for assess-

ment. Final hand in date is the

last Monday of the term (19th

October)

Year 7 Food Technology

Miss G Ryder [email protected]

Task 2 Health and Safety:

Design a poster of safety and hy-

giene points to remember in

the kitchen.

Task 3 Research

A. Produce a display of raw and processed foods

from drawings or pictures cut from magazines. Label

neatly. B. Make a mood board (collage) of different

pictures of desserts cut out from magazine or the

internet. Label neatly. C. Visit a supermarket and

make a list of different desserts on offer. Look at the

prices and compare them. (Which dessert is the

most expensive, cheapest….?)

Task 7 Evaluation

Evaluate your cooking. Did it turn out the way

you wanted it to be? What worked well? What

was difficult? What needs to be improved?

Task 4 Specification

You are going to design your own

dessert. What are the things you

want in your dessert. List the

points down. The points that you

have listed is your specification

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge.

Design a poster to advise young people to eat five portions of fruits and vegetables each day.

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Cook, chill, cross contami-

nation, Salty Sweet

Bitter Sour Sharp

Bland Stodgy Crunchy

Crumbly Smooth Sticky

crispy moist dry

flaky Golden burnt

pale fruity creamy

milky slimy hard

soft chewy oats

wheat Savoury healthy

unhealthy content

Reading List

D&T Food Foundations (Nelson Thornes)

ISBN978-1-4085-0814-5

www.data.org .uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zb8jm

Numeracy:

Weighing of ingredients needed in

recipe chosen

Task 5 Design ideas

Design two dessert ideas. Try to be original.

Change some ingredients in original reci-

pes to make it your own. Include the list

of ingredients and the method in your

design ideas.

Task 6 Making

Cook one of your ideas. If possible take a picture

and include this in your homework assignment.

Term 2 & 3

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Task—What is an extreme environment?

This task requires you to write/type a definition of what Ex-

treme environments are. You must also provide examples

and pictures in this piece of work. Your definition must be

between 30 and 50 words. Need Some Help? Come and

see me for some questions to help you with your written re-

search.

Homework Overview

This homework Project will last

the entire term. You are going to

make an information booklet on

Extreme Environments

You can choose in which order to

complete the tasks, but you must

complete one every week and

hand this in to your Geography

YEAR 7 Geography Extreme Environments

Mr C Simmons [email protected]

Task—Deserts

This task requires you to write about what life

would be like if you lived in a desert.

What natural resources are there in the desert?

What is the climate like?

Do you think that the desert would be a nice place

to live? Explain your answer

TaskTask—Deserts

This task requires you to draw a pic-

ture to illustrate what life would be

like in the desert if you lived there.

Your picture must include—Terrain,

Resources available, wildlife that may

live there and anything that may grow

there.

Task—Deserts

This task requires you to write about what life

would be like if you lived in a the rainforest

What natural resources are there in the desert?

TaskTask—Deserts

This task requires you to draw a pic-

ture to illustrate what life would be

like in the rainforest if you lived there.

Your picture must include—Terrain,

Resources available, wildlife that

may live there and anything that may

grow there.

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge.

As a final task you could; Compare all three environments and explain which one you would like to live in explaining your answer in full detail (housepoints)

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Extreme

Environment

Tropical

Antarctica

Climate

Terrain

Wildlife

Reading List

The website below can help improve your

subject knowledge to help with this task

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/

Numeracy:

Research how hot the desert normally is, and

how cold the arctic normally is.

What is the difference in temperature?

Task—Arctic

This task requires you to write about what life

would be like if you lived in Antarctica.

What natural resources are there in the desert?

What is the climate like?

Do you think that the desert would be a nice

place to live? Explain your answer

Term 2 & 3

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Task 1—Research Motte and Bailey Castles

In this task, students must write at least 2 paragraphs about

Motte and Bailey Castles. Find out why Motte and Bailey

Castles were popular. Think about what made them so suc-

cessful, how they were built and what defence they offered.

Homework Overview

This term we will be looking at

Norman England and the in

which Norman rule was estab-

lished in England. One of the key

features of this was to build cas-

tles. This project will allow us to

see the development from the

Motte and Bailey castle to the

Square Keep castle

History Year 7 Norman Castles

Mr C Simmons [email protected]

Task 3—Research Square Keep Castles

In this task, students must write at least 2 para-

graphs about Square Keep Castles. In addition to

thinking about what made them so successful, how

they were built and what defence they offered, also

think about why the Motte and Bailey Castle de-

clined and why the Square Keep Castle became

popular

Task 5&6 Continued: Supermarkets have plenty of

card that can be used to build your castle. It may also

be worth keeping old newspapers. If possible, try to

use more artistic methods such as papier mache.

Task 5&6—Construct and build either a

Motte and Bailey or a Square Keep Cas-

tle

By using house hold rubbish, students

must build a model of one of the castles

that we have been looking at.

It can be either a Motte and Bailey or

Square Keep, but must be as detailed as

possible

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge.

Write at least two paragraphs comparing the two different types of Castle. Com-pare the strengths and weaknesses. You must also make a decision as to which is better and explain why you think this.

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Norman

Motte

Bailey

Square

Keep

Castle

Reading List

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval-

england/motte-and-bailey-castles/

http://www.timeref.com/castles/keeps.htm

Research in the local library

Numeracy:

In you diagrams, try to include the dimensions of

real castles

Task 2—Draw a detailed and labelled dia-

gram of a Motte and Bailey Castle

Students have to draw and correctly label a

Motte and Bailey Castle. This must take up

at least a page in their books and contain

as much detail as possible. If possible, you

could also color it.

Task 4—Draw a detailed and labelled

diagram of a Square Keep Castle

Students have to draw and correctly

label a Square Keep Castle. This must

take up at least a page in their books

and contain as much detail as possi-

ble. If possible you could also color it.

Term 2 & 3

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A1 Algebraic notation - simplify an expression

How do you simplify an algebraic expression? What is the differ-

ence between b + b and b x b ? What does 6y mean? What would

be the answer to 13c - 8c ? What is the correct way to write 5a ÷

3 ? Explain all of these concepts and show examples of algebraic

expressions before and after they have been simplified.

Vocabulary: Algebraic, expression, simplify, term, notation.

Meet Rusty. He’s new to learning

maths and needs you to teach some of

the concepts to him. Explaining some-

thing to another person is a great way

to consolidate and deepen your learn-

ing so it’s going to help you too. Create

either documents, leaflets or presenta-

tions for Rusty to read, explaining how

to do each of the topics on this page.

Your work can be created by hand or

with the assistance of a computer. You

should create a different document for

each week of the term. Good luck.

Maths Year 7

Miss M Sterecka [email protected]

GM2 Transforming, comparing and classifying shapes

Explain how you would reflect, rotate

and enlarge shapes. What is the differ-

ence between shapes that are congru-

ent and shapes that are similar? Show

examples for all of these things, care-

fully explaining each one.

GM33/34 Perimeter of shapes

What is the perimeter of a

shape and how do you measure

it? Start by explaining how to find the perim-

eter of simple shapes such as triangles, then

end with examples of composite rectangles.

Vocabulary: Perimeter, measure, composite.

A3 Algebra - Substitution

How do you substitute into an algebraic expression? What is meant by substitution? Show how you would replace the letters in an expression with numbers. Vocabulary: Substitution, replace, value, letter.

P3 Probability - Equally likely outcomes

Explain how to find the

probability of an event

such as the chance of

throwing a 3 with a dice

or selecting a king from a

pack of cards. Show how probabilities like

these are expressed as fractions.

Vocabulary: Probability, equally, outcome,

fraction, event.

Term 2 & 3

Spellings: Learn the

vocabulary associated

with each task. You will

be tested on their spell-

ings at the end of term.

Literacy stretch & chal-

lenge: Create a glossary

explaining the mathe-

matical meaning of

each word.

Reading List:

www.mathsisfun.com

www.corbettmaths.com

Numeracy: Create a times tables grid from 1 to 12.

First write in all of the multiplications that you find

easy using black. Then work out the harder multipli-

cations and write them in red. It is only the red ones

that you find difficult, so learn these this term.

N12 Multiplying and dividing decimals

What are the rules for multiplying and dividing

decimal by 10, 100 and 1000, without using a cal-

culator? What is a figure? What is a decimal

place? How do figures move in

relation to the decimal place

when they are multiplied or

divided by 10, 100 or 1000?

Gifted and Talented Stretch and Challenge. For each home work, create a set of ques-

tions for Rusty to attempt once he has read your document and include an answer sheet so that he can self-assess.

Term 2 & 3

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Task One

Create a poster based on the keywords used in

dance this term; Choreography, Unison, Canon,

Group formation, fragmentation.

Over this term, you must pick

3 of the following tasks to

complete as homework.

Make sure you choose a

homework that relates to the

subject you are learning eg.

Drama Term 2.

Some of your work could be

used for displays, so make it

colourful, exciting and well

presented!

Year 7 Performing Arts

Mrs T Kelley [email protected]

Task Two

Independently learn your lines, so that you

are able to perform without a script for

your final assessment performance.

Task Three

Watch some live sport, taking

note of how the players move

in their sport and in particular

in slow motion, looking at facial

expressions and body ges-

tures/language

Task Six

Get involved in the Christmas

Concert performance, as a

performer, musician or

backstage helper.

Numeracy Task: You need to research the tick-

et prices for 3 different shows being performed at the

Central Theatre. How much does it cost for an adult, a

child and a family ticket for each performance.

Gifted and Talented Prepare and perform an extra sequence of dance or drama based on your skill, to be performed at lunchtime to your teacher.

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Freeze Frame

Body Language

Mime

Audience

Actor

Stage

Facial Expression

Reading List

Any books or newspaper articles

relating to sport.

Task Five

Create a poster which could inform

people of the key terminology used

this term in Drama (see Spellings)

Task Four

Attend a dance or drama club,

through school or at an out of school

club.

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Task: ATTEND A FOOTBALL TRAINING SESSION

Each term, for your PE home-

work, you must try to attend 3

out of the 6 sessions listed in the

Homework tasks.

If you attend these you will get

your Club Attendance Log sheet

stamped.

The best attendees will put

themselves in contention for PE

student of the term!

PE DEPARTMENT KS3 CLUB ATTENDANCE

LOG

Mr R Ellerington [email protected]

Task: ATTEND A RUGBY TRAINING SESSION

Task: ATTEND A TABLE TENNIS

TRAINING SESSION

Task: ATTEND A SECONDARY SCHOOL

GAMES TRAINING SESSION

Task; ATTEND A BASKETBALL

TRAINING SESSION

Want to test yourself further?! If you enjoy one of the clubs and want to improve, first, you need to attend the club regularly. Then, you may get picked to represent the school in the SSG or after school fixtures!

Term 2 & 3

Spellings :

Opposition

Technique

Tactic

Invasion

Fixture

Official

Exercise

Reading List: THE BACK PAGES! Pick a

newspaper article to read on a sport of your

choice. Want to test yourself? Come and

watch a school fixture and write your own!

Numeracy: Add the number of points for a try in

rugby union to the points needed to win a table

tennis game, and multiply it by the number of

points for a basket in basketball

Task; ATTEND A FITNESS TRAINING

SESSION

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Task One

To research the rules for Cludeo, Monopoly and Snakes

and Ladders.

To think and write down three ways in which we could make

the games more religion centred. Mainly thinking about the

religion we are learning about this term, Judaism.

Your board game will need to be:

Bright, colourful and appealing.

Use key terms correctly

Educational

Have a main objective and out-

come

Be based around Jewish life and

rules

Rules RE YR7 Mr C Simmons [email protected]

Task Two

Design two different style board games; you must

have a start, finish, markers, basic rules, an objec-

tive and a way to progress.

Begin to think about how the rules within Jewish life

will effect the way your game is played.

Task Three

Decide on the style of board game

you want to make and create a final

design.

Create ten tasks that each player will

have to complete to progress.

These need to be based on Jewish

rules such as Mitzvot and everyday

Task

To create and make a complete and playable

board game based on Jewish rules and life.

Task Five and Six

Make your board game so that we can

play and peer assess them during the

last week of term.

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge.

Use the ideas of repentance, restitution, forgiveness and confession to help players progress if they fall behind.

Term 2 & 3

Spellings

Rules

Positive

Negative

Mitzvot

Judaism

Torah

Kosher

Trefah

Kashrut

Confession

Repentance

Restitution

Forgiveness

Reading List

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/

judaism/

Numeracy:

Make sure each space is correctly numbered.

Allow for players to move backwards and forwards on the

board.

Use a die or similar method to allow players to move.

Task Four

Create ten events or problems which

could stop a player progressing.

These need to be related to Jewish

rules such as Mitzvot, kosher eating

and everyday life.

Term 2 & 3

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Task

Write a tweet (no more than 140 characters) explaining the

information the periodic table holds.

Homework Overview

This term you will working on the following topics:

Cells and organisms

Periodic table

Electricity and static

You must complete 4 out of the 6 tasks by the end of the term. You must hand in one task each week. Which tasks you chose is up to you.

Science Year 7

Miss C Bailey [email protected]

Task

Create a collage using images, words, photos, ex-

amples of work to demonstrate the structure of

plant and animal cells.

Task

Create a Scientific superhero

and produce a comic book / photo

story / film of one of their adven-

tures. What electric powers would

they have? How would they use

them? Can you explain the science

Task

Create a board game based on the peri-

odic table. It should test skills and

knowledge.

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge. Compose three extension questions, based on the

topic of Cells and organisms, and research the answers

Term 2

Key Words

Organisms

Nucleus

Element

Static

Electricity

Periodic table

Reading List Read one of these to help you with your subject

knowledge;

Science Experiments by Robert Winston

Horrible Science of Everything by Nick

Arnold and Tony De Saulles

Illustrated Dictionary of Science by

Numeracy:

Choose a Maths topic and

show how it can be used in

science

Task

Create a ten question quiz for your class-

mates based on this week’s Science les-

sons.

Task

Watch a science TV programme/

you tube video on electricity and

summarise the content.

Term 2

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Task

Find a scientific news item about Muscular & skeletal systems

and summarise it in your own words. Minimum of

300 words.

Homework Overview

This term you will work-

ing on the following topics:

Space

Muscular & skeletal systems

Atoms, elements & compounds

You must complete 4 out of the 6

tasks by the end of the term.

You must hand in one task each

Science Year 7

Miss C Bailey [email protected]

Task

Produce a piece of artwork, or a 3D model, to

demonstrate your understanding of our topic

Space

Task

Choose a topic from another subject,

other than English and Maths, and

show how you can link it to science.

Give examples. Task

It is 2050 and you have just been

to visit space on a school trip.

Write a detailed blog about your

trip.

Gifted and Talented—Stretch and Challenge.

Make a crossword using only key terms linked to Atoms, elements and compounds. Don’t forget to write 12 detailed clues!

Term 3

Key words

Planets

Galaxy

Atmosphere

Muscle

Skeleton

Cartilage

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

Reading List Read one of these to help you with your subject

knowledge:

Space A Children's Encyclopedia by DK

Mighty Muscular-Skeletal System by John Burstein

Numeracy:

Choose a Maths topic and show how it can be

used in science

Task

Create 3 Facebook Profile Pages. One for

atoms, one for elements and one for

compounds Include: Name, examples,

properties and experience.

Task

Take a photograph of two, relating

to ,Muscular & skeletal systems

and summarise the effects using scientific

knowledge. Add hashtags #

Term 3