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From the week commencing 4th January, all staff will set the main home learning activities through the Show My Homework platform. Work will consist of a mixture of Screencastify and National Oak Academy lessons. We expect pupils to complete the lesson activities set for each day and send completed work back to their teachers.
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Use the writing frames on the PowerPoint to write an artist analysis about Hundertwasser. Find additional information out about him. You can either do this by hand or on PowerPoint. Add relevant colours and patterns to enhance the presentation of your work. | Link to Hundertwasser Analysis document |
| 11th January | Using your knowledge of Hundertwasser and the resources in the PowerPoint, begin to draw out your own design based on his work. | Link to Hundertwasser Design document |
| 18th January | Finish drawing out your design in the style of Hundertwasser. | Link to Hundertwasser Design document |
| 25th January | Add colour to your design. Use bright colours inspired by Hundertwasser. Look at the examples by other students. Use whatever materials you have at home. | Link to Hundertwasser Design document |
| 1st February | Continue adding colour to your final design. | Link to Hundertwasser Design document |
| 8th February | Continue adding colour to your final design. | Link to Hundertwasser Design document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Recall Binary Conversions | Link to Binary Conversions Recall worksheet Link to binary Conversions 1 Link to binary Conversions 2 Link to binary Conversions 3 Screencastify link Link to help |
| 11th January | Recall Binary Addition | Link to Binary Addition Recall worksheet Link to Binary Addition Screencastify Link Link to help |
| 18th January | Hexadecimal | Link to Hexadecimal worksheet Link to Hexadecimal Screencastify Link Link to help |
| 25th January | Revision | Link to Revision worksheet Link to Revision booklet Screencastify Link Link to help |
| 1st February | Assessment 2 | Screencastify Link link to help |
| 8th February | Pixel Art | Screencastify Link Link to help Pixel Art Link Link to Pixel Art |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Introduction to Naturalism Complete the topic and take the quiz – record your results. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxn4mp3/revision/3 |
| 11th January | Introduction to Devising Complete the topic and take the quiz – record your results. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zg9x34j/test |
| 18th January | Introduction to Physical Theatre Complete the topic and take the quiz – record your results. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/ztfk6sg/revision/7 |
| 25th January | Introduction to Epic Theatre Complete the topic and take the quiz – record your results. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zwmvd2p/revision/1 |
| 1st February | Introduction to Musical Theatre Complete the topic and take the quiz – record your results. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z27fyrd/revision/1 |
| 8th February | Drama Exam Complete the Y8 Drama Exam | Link to Drama Exam |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Context of The Tempest | Link to document |
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Plot and Themes | Link to document |
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Act one scene one | Link to document |
| 11th January | The Theme of Power | Link to document |
| 11th January | The Theme of Power | Link to document |
| 11th January | The Theme of Power – Caliban | Link to document |
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| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Make the Marble Pear traybake from your recipe booklet & take some pictures of you making it & a picture of the finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as kgarbett@castlefordacademy.com Use your booklet to help you revise the topic area of Nutrition that is coming up as a test. | Link to Recipe Booklet |
| 11th January | Complete the lesson on Seasonal Foods & the Nutrition Test. Try & do the test in a quiet place & set yourself a 30 minute timer for the test. Watch the Screen Castify lesson to help you prepare for your YR8 exam in school that covers all of the different areas of D&T. | Link to Food Project Booklet Link to document |
| 18th January | Make one of Muffin recipes (choose from the 3 different ones) from your recipe booklet & take some pictures of you making it & a picture of the finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as kgarbett@castlefordacademy.com. | Link to Recipe Booklet |
| 25th January | Complete the lessons on Wise Food shopping & Food storage from the booklet. Read through the information and complete the calculations & the activities from the booklet. | Link to Food Project Booklet |
| 1st February | Make one of the Cheesecake recipes (choose between the Lemon & Orange cheesecake) from your recipe booklet & take some pictures of you making it & a picture of the finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as kgarbett@castlefordacademy.com. | Link to Recipe Booklet |
| 8th February | IMPORTANT INFORMATION – IF YOU WERE IN SCHOOL YOU WOULD NOW MOVE FROM FOOD TO TEXTILES SO YOU NEED TO GO TO THE YR7 HOME LEARNING FOR TEXTILES. THIS WORK IS FOR THE PUPILS THAT ARE MOVING FROM TEXTILES TO FOOD. Complete the Staple Foods lesson from the booklet. Read through the information & complete the activities. You might need to use the internet to help you to sort the examples of foods into the correct countries. | Link to Food Project Booklet |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Earths Structure | Link to document |
| Plate tectonic theory | Link to document | |
| 11th January | Plate Boundaries | Link to document |
| Causes of earthquakes | Link to Therapy booklet pages – 9 – 12 | |
| 18th January | Why live in risky locations? | Link to Therapy booklet pages – 4 – 5 |
| How are earthquakes measured? | Link to document | |
| 25th January | Impacts of earthquakes | Link to document |
| HIC and LIC responses of earthquakes | Link to document | |
| 1st February | Managing Earthquakes | Link to Therapy booklet pages 19 – 20 |
| Volcanic eruptions | Link to document | |
| 8th February | Impacts of volcanic eruptions | Link to document |
| HIC and LIC responses to eruptions | Link to Therapy booklet page 20 – 21 |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January 2021 (4th Jan is INSET) | Y8 Exam Revision | Link to Year 8 Revision |
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Y8 Exam Revision | Link to Year 8 Revision document 2 |
| 11th January 2021 | What do I want to know about the Titanic? | Link to Titanic Introduction document Link to Was Titanic Unsinkable document |
| 11th January 2021 | Why did the Titanic sink? | Link to Why did the Titanic Sink document |
| 18th January 2021 | Who is to blame for the sinking of the Titanic? L2 | Link to Why did the Titanic Sink document |
| 18th January 2021 | Lessons Learned from the Titanic | Link to Lessons Learnt document Link to Lessons Learned document |
| 25th January 2021 | Lifeboats Titanic | Link to Lifeboats on the Titanic document Link to Lifeboats worksheet document Link to Titanic’s Lifeboats |
| 25th January 2021 | What caused WWI? | Link to WW1 Causes document |
| 1st February 2021 | WWI causes- essay practice | Link to Practice lesson |
| 1st February 2021 | Joining up- Pals or Propaganda? | Link to Y8 WW1 Propaganda Poster document Link to Layers of Interference document |
| 8th February 2021 | What was the structure of the trenches like? | Link to Structure of Trenches document |
| 8th February 2021 | What were the conditions like in the trenches? | Link to Trench Conditions document Link to Sources Table document Link to BIG |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Rounding | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 11th January | Estimation | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 18th January | Probability | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 25th January | Product of Primes | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 1st February | Negative Numbers | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 8th February | Pythagoras | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Weather | https://content.linguascope.com/beginner/media/pdfs/french/weather.pdf |
| 11th January | Weather | |
| 18th January | Town | https://content.linguascope.com/beginner/media/pdfs/french/town.pdf |
| 25th January | Town | https://content.linguascope.com/beginner/media/pdfs/french/shops.pdf |
| 1st February | Clothes | https://content.linguascope.com/beginner/media/pdfs/french/clothes1.pdf |
| 8th February | Clothes | https://content.linguascope.com/beginner/media/pdfs/french/clothes2.pdf |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Music Technology House Music Project – House 1: Making a Beat | Link to document |
| 11th January | Music Technology House Music Project – House 2: Making the Beat More Interesting | Link to document |
| 18th January | Music Technology House Music Project – House 3: Making a Bass Line | Link to document |
| 25th January | Music Technology House Music Project – House 4: Arranging your Beat and Adding a Drop | Link to document |
| 1st February | Music Technology House Music Project – House 5: Finishing Your Track | Link to document |
| 8th February | Music Technology Challenge – Your Choice of Genre | Link to document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | PE with Joe Wicks | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8 |
| 11th January | PE with Joe Wicks | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v-a_dpwhro |
| 18th January | PE with Joe Wicks | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzoy_J3I_c |
| 25th January | PE with Joe Wicks | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKGNzNbWjU |
| 1st February | PE with Joe Wicks | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ot2ReVHkw |
| 8th February | PE with Joe Wicks | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z05939ZMbE |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Modelling Mechanisms 1 and Y8 Exam Revision | Link to document Link to Exam Revision |
| 11th January | Modelling Mechanisms 2 and Y8 Exam Revision | Link to document Link to Exam Revision Link to document |
| 18th January | Modelling Mechanisms 3 | Link to document |
| 25th January | Designing POP UP Models Mechanisms 1 | Link to document |
| 1st February | Designing POP UP Models Mechanisms 2 | Link to document |
| 8th February | Designing POP UP Models Mechanisms 3 | Link to document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Creative work | Peace, justice, forgiveness, reconciliation (thenational.academy) |
| 11th January | Issues surrounding conflict | Reasons for war (thenational.academy) |
| 18th January | Extremism and prevent | Terrorism (thenational.academy) |
| 25th January | Peace enquiry | Pacifism (thenational.academy) |
| 1st February | Justice | Responses to victims of war (thenational.academy) |
| 8th February | Assessment | Revision (thenational.academy) |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Particle Model | https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/matter-64ee |
| 11th January | Particle Model | https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/matter-64ee |
| 18th January | Separating Mixtures | https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/particles-f50c |
| 25th January | Separating Mixtures | https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/particles-f50c |
| 1st February | Types of reaction | https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/chemical-reactions-5ffa |
| 8th February | Types of reaction | https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/chemical-reactions-5ffa |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 5th January (4th Jan is INSET) | Develop your skills of textile technique and mixed media to add POP Art decoration to your bunting triangles. If you do not have any sewing resources available please use paper and card, pens, pencil and paint instead to mimic your designs. | Link to Lesson 12 |
| 11th January | REVISON FOR THE KNOWLEDGE TEST. Learn the key knowledge for DT and complete the Test. Try & do the test in a quiet place & set yourself a 30 minute timer for the test. Watch the Screen Castify lesson to help you prepare for your YR8 exam in school that covers all of the different areas of D&T. | Link to document |
| 18th January | Complete your bunting triangles and take some pictures of you making it and a photo of the finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as srobinson@castlefordacademy.com. | Link to Lesson 14 |
| 25th January | Complete the lessons on Man Made Fibres in the booklet. Read through the information and complete the questions and the activities from the booklet. | Link to Lesson 15 |
| 1st February | Make one of the Cheesecake recipes (choose between the Lemon & Orange cheesecake) from your recipe booklet & take some pictures of you making it & a picture of the finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as kgarbett@castlefordacademy.com | Link to Lesson 16 |
| 8th February | IMPORTANT INFORMATION – IF YOU WERE IN SCHOOL YOU WOULD NOW MOVE FROM TEXTILES TO FOOD SO YOU NEED TO GO TO THE YR7 HOME LEARNING FOR TEXTILES. THIS WORK IS FOR THE PUPILS THAT ARE MOVING FROM TEXTILES TO FOOD. Complete the Staple Foods lesson from the booklet. Read through the information & complete the activities. You might need to use the internet to help you to sort the examples of foods into the correct countries. |
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