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| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 14th Sept | Baseline Assessment. Choose one of the buildings from the PowerPoint to draw. Make sure it suits your ability. Add detail, shading and texture with a pencil to draw. Do it on plain paper if you don’t have a printer and stick it in later. | Link to document Link to document Link to document Demonstration video |
| 21st Sept | Finish your building drawing. Look at the learning journey to see what you need to have done to reach each step. | Link to document Link to document Link to document Demonstration video |
| 28th Sept | Watch demonstration video. Practice drawing 3D shapes. Draw some imaginary buildings using 3D shapes. | Link to document Link to document Link to document Demonstration video |
| 5th Oct | Produce a one-point perspective drawing using the resources and video links in the PowerPoint. Teacher demonstration also included. | Link to document Link to document Link to document |
| 12th Oct | Finish off your perspective drawing or try a two-point perspective one if already completed. | Link to document Link to document Link to document |
| 19th Oct | Watch the demonstration video and experiment with different types of line when drawing skylines. Then complete a continuous line drawing in pen. | Link to document Link to document Link to document |
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| Half term 1 | E-safety | Watch the videos and complete the worksheets on this page. Link |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 7th Sept | Language Skills Fiction Reading – 4 lessons | Link |
| 14th Sept | Language Skills Fiction Writing – 4 lessons | Link |
| 21st Sept | Language Skills Non-fiction Reading – Lessons 1 – 4 | Link |
| 28th Sept | Language Skills Non-fiction Reading – Lessons 5 – 8 | Link |
| 5th Oct | Language Skills Non-fiction Writing – 4 lessons | Link |
| 12th Oct | Grammar for Writing – Lessons 1 – 4 | Link |
| 19th Oct | Grammar for Writing – Lessons 5 – 8 | Link |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 14th Sept | Staple Foods – complete the lesson from the booklet. | Link to document Link to recipe booklet |
| 21st Sept | Make Pizza from the Recipe Booklet. If you are unable to make the pizza watch a video clip on how to make a pizza or make a similar product and video yourself making the product and email to your teacher. | Link to document Link to recipe booklet |
| 28th Sept | Worldwide Food Sources – complete the lesson from the booklet. | Link to document Link to recipe booklet |
| 5th Oct | Make Ratatouille from the Recipe Booklet. If you are unable to make the ratatouille watch a video clip on how to make a ratatouille or make a similar product and video yourself making the product and email to your teacher. | Link to document Link to recipe booklet |
| 12th Oct | Unusual Vegetables – complete the lesson from the booklet. | Link to document Link to recipe booklet |
| 19th Oct | Make Tuna, sweetcorn & broccoli bake from the Recipe Booklet. If you are unable to make the pasta bake watch a video clip on how to make a pasta bake or make a similar product and video yourself making the product and email to your teacher. | Link to document Link to recipe booklet |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 14th Sept | Revision of gender and number | Link |
| 21st Sept | Revision of the alphabet | Link |
| 28th Sept | Avoir and etre | Link |
| 5th Oct | Avoir and etre | Link |
| 12th Oct | ER verbs | Link |
| 19th Oct | Negatives | Link |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 7th Sept | What is the global population? This lesson covers how the global population is changing, the differences between the population increase in developed and developing countries and how to calculate the percentage increases in population. | Link |
| 14th Sept | Population distribution This lesson looks at what the distribution of population is like globally, where people live and why. It will also explore the different human physical factors which affect population density. | Link |
| 21st Sept | Population pyramids In this lesson we learn about what population pyramids show us, how to read them and how to compare different populations using population pyramids. | Link |
| 28th Sept | Demographic transition model and stages of development This lesson covers the Demographic Transition Model and considers how population structures change over time, and why. | Link |
| 5th Oct | Managing Population This lesson will consider how countries might attempt to reduce the risk of overpopulation by controlling population growth. We learn about some ways that places like Kerala in India or China have tried to do this in the past, and how effective this has been. | Link |
| 12th Oct | Migration – what is it? In this lesson we consider the different types of migration, what migration pattern looks like on a global level and what push and pull factors encourage migration. | Link |
| 19th Oct | Factors affecting migration In this lesson we will learn about the differences between Mexico and the USA and how migration away from Mexico can have advantages and disadvantages for the source country. | Link |
| 26th Oct | Impacts of migration In this lesson students will consider the impacts of migration by tackling the question: ‘Migration is positive for the USA’. To what extent do you agree? | Link |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 7th Sept | What sort of King was James I? Gunpowder Plot: Was Guy Fawkes framed by James I? | Link Link |
| 14th Sept | Gunpowder Plot: Was Guy Fawkes framed by James I? What caused the English Civil War? | Link Link |
| 21st Sept | Who were the soldiers? What weapons were used in the English Civil War? Was parliament right to execute Charles I? | Link Link |
| 28th Sept | Oliver Cromwell: hero or villain? Cromwell Assessment | Link Link to document |
| 5th Oct | Industrial revolution: how had Britain changed from 1750-1900? Assessment feedback | Link Link to document |
| 12th Oct | What was life like for children in the industrial revolution? What were conditions like in industrial towns? | Link Link |
| 19th Oct | How did problems in the East End help Jack the Ripper? How did the Police operate in the 1880s and why was their job so difficult? | Link Link |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 14th Sept | Solving Equations | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 21st Sept | Fractions | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 28th Sept | Ratio | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 5th Oct | Area of 2D Shapes | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 12th Oct | Expanding brackets | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 19th Oct | Product of Primes | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 7th Sept | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 14th Sept | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 21st Sept | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 28th Sept | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 5th Oct | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 12th Oct | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 19th Oct | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 14th Sept – 28th Sept | Workshop health and safety | Link to document |
| 28th Sept – 12th Oct | Workshop tools | Link to document |
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| 14th Sept | Why are British Values important? | Link Link to document |
| 21st Sept | If I ruled the world… | Link Link to document |
| 28th Sept | How can I be a Good Samaritan? | Link Link to document |
| 5th Oct | What’s worse, crimes or sins? | Link to document |
| 12th Oct – 19th Oct | Why do we need to forgive? | Link Link to document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 6th Sept | Magnets and electromagnets | Link |
| 13th Sept | Magnets and electromagnets | Link |
| 20th Sept | Magnets and electromagnets | Link |
| 27th Sept | Contact forces and pressure | Link |
| 4th Oct | Contact forces and pressure | Link |
| 11th Oct | Contact forces and pressure | Link |
| 18th Oct | Contact forces and pressure | Link |
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