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| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
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| 12th April | Research illustrator Jon Burgerman and do some illustrations in his style. Watch the youtube clip in the PowerPoint for inspiration. | Link to Jon Burgerman PowerPoint |
| 19th April | Research the artist Mr Doodle and do some doodle art in his style. Watch the youtube clip in the PowerPoint for inspiration shading and mark-making techniques. | Link to Mr Doodle PowerPoint |
| 26th April | Copy from Tim Burton’s drawings using coloured pencil. Layer and blend colours. Use normal pencil if you do not have coloured pencils. Include different | Link to Tim Burton Coloured Pencil PowerPoint Link to tim Burton resources PowerPoint Link to video |
| 3rd May | Create your own Tim Burton style character using the resources to help you. | Link to Character Design PowerPoint Link to Features Sheet PowerPoint Link to video |
| 10th May | Add whatever materials you have at home if started at home last week. Create a Tim Burton style character based on yourself or a family member if your existing character is at school or if you are starting this. Watch the demo and use the features sheets to help you. | Link to Character Design Adding Materials PowerPoint Link to Features Sheet PowerPoint Link to video |
| 17th May | Create a story board for your Tim Burton Character. | Link to Storyboard PowerPoint Link to video 1 Link to video 2 |
| 24th May | Create a story board for your Tim Burton Character- Add whatever materials you have at home. | Link to Storyboard PowerPoint Link to video 1 Link to video 2 |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | Computer Game Violence | Worksheet: Link to Computer Game Violence Worksheet Screencastify: Link to video |
| 19th April | Programming and Game Making with Kodu – Level Design and Character Movement | Worksheet: Link to Level Design Worksheet Help Sheet: Link to Help Sheet Screencsatify: Link to video |
| 26th April | Programming and Game Making with Kodu – Enemies, Paths and Variables | Worksheet: Link to Enemies, Paths & Variables Worksheet Help Sheet: Link to Help Sheet Screencastify: Link to video |
| 3rd May | Programming and Game Making with Kodu – Win-Lose and Levels | Worksheet: Link to Win – Lose Levels Worksheet Help Sheet: Link to Help Sheet Screencastify: Link to video |
| 10th May | Programming and Game Making with Kodu – Develop the Game | Worksheet: Link to Develop the Game Worksheet Help Sheet: Link to Help Sheet Screencastify: Link to video |
| 17th May | Programming and Game Making with Kodu – Final Improvements | Worksheet: Link to Final Improvements Worksheet Help Sheet: Link to Help Sheet Screencastify: Link to video |
| 24th May | Revision for End of Year Exam | Worksheets: Link to Revision Worksheet Link to Revision Booklet Screencastify: Link to video |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | What is Commedia Dell’arte | Link to Lesson |
| 19th April | What is Commedia Dell’arte | Link to Lesson |
| 26th April | Speaking through Commedia | Link to Lesson |
| 3rd May | Stock Characters & Masks – Lesson 1 | Link to Lesson |
| 10th May | Stock Characters & Masks – Lesson 2 | Link to Lesson |
| 17th May | Applying Commedia to a Scene | Link to Lesson |
| 24th May | Selecting a Genre or Performance Style – Revise all pages and complete the end quiz. | Link to Lesson |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | Animal Farm lessons 1 – 3 | Link to Lesson |
| 19th April | Animal Farm lessons 4 – 6 | Link to Lesson |
| 26th April | Animal Farm lessons 7 – 9 | Link to Lesson |
| 3rd May | Animal Farm lessons 10 – 13 | Link to Lesson |
| 10th May | Animal Farm lessons 14 – 16 | Link to Lesson |
| 17th May | Animal Farm lessons 17 – 19 | Link to Lesson |
| 24th May | Animal Farm – lessons 20 – 22 | Link to Lesson |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
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| 12th April | Complete the Exotic Fruits lesson. You may need to use the internet to help you to find the information out about different Exotic Fruits. | Link to Recipe Booklet Link to Food Project |
| 19th April | Make the Savoury Rice 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 Link to Food Project |
| 26th April | Complete the first Nutrition lesson in your booklet. For the healthy diet statements you may need to use the internet to help you to find a definition for each of the statements. | LiLink to Recipe Booklet Link to Food Project |
| 3rd May | Make the Spring Rolls from your recipe booklet & take some pictures of you making them & 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 Link to Food Project |
| 10th May | Complete the second Nutrients/Nutrition lesson in your booklet. You will need to use 2 lessons to complete this work as it includes a piece of Extended writing. | Link to Recipe Booklet Link to Food Project |
| 17th May | Make the Frittata 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 Link to Food Project |
| 24th May | Complete the second Nutrients/Nutrition lesson in your booklet. Complete the piece of Extended writing and then complete the other lesson activities. | Link to Recipe Booklet Link to Food Project |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | Child soldiers Blood diamonds | Therapy booklet pages 12-14 |
| 19th April | Modern day conflict Syrian Crisis | Therapy booklet pages 17 – 18 |
| 26th April | Development in a war zone | Therapy booklet pages 15 – 16 |
| 3rd May | Water conflict Who gives a dam? | Therapy booklet pages 19 – 20 |
| 10th May | Revision Lesson What is weather | Link to website |
| 17th May | Measuring the weather Microclimates | Link to website Link to website |
| 24th May | Rainfall Cyclones | Link to website Link to website |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
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| 12th April | What made Churchill such a popular leader? | Link to Winston Churchill |
| What caused WWII? | Link to causes of WW2 | |
| 19th April | What happened at Dunkirk? | Link to Dunkirk |
| Was Dunkirk a triumph or disaster? | Link to Dunkirk triumph or disaster | |
| 26th April | The Battle of Britain – who do we owe so much to? | Link to battle of britain |
| Rationing: what changed for Britain and Britons? | Link to rationing | |
| 3rd May | What impact did the Blitz have on Britain? | Link to Blitz |
| What was life like for evacuees? | Link to Evacuation | |
| 10th May | Goodnight Mr Tom DVD lesson | Link to goodnight Mr Tom Link to character notes table |
| Goodnight Mr Tom DVD lesson | Link to Evacuation Link to goodnight Mr Tom reliability checklist | |
| 17th May | How effective was the Home Guard during WWII? | Link to home guard Link to story source scholorship |
| What happened at Pearl Harbour? | Link to pearl harbour | |
| 24th May | What caused the end of WWII? (Atomic bomb) | Link to end of WW2 |
| Was the dropping of the atomic bombs justified? | Link to Atomic Bomb sources Link to Atomic Bomb |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | Pythagoras | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 19th April | Expanding | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 26th April | Factorising | Link to Lesson 1 |
| 3rd May | Factorising quadratics | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 10th May | Transformations | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 17th May | Metric conversion | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| 24th May | Solving equations | Link to Lesson 1 Link to Lesson 2 |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
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| 12th April | Sports and hobbies | Link to Sports 1 Link to Sports 2 |
| 19th April | Sports and hobbies | Link to Hobbies 1 Link to Hobbies 2 |
| 26th April | TV | Link to TV 1 |
| 3rd May | Films | Link to Film 1 |
| 10th May | Countries | Link to Countries 1 |
| 17th May | Holidays | Link to Holidays 1 |
| 24th May | Holidays | Link to Holidays 2 |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
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| 12th April | Using ‘Teaching Gadget’, complete the activity ‘Note Names L1’ | Link to Document |
| 19th April | Using ‘Teaching Gadget’, complete the activity ‘Note Names L2’ | Link to Document |
| 26th April | Using ‘Teaching Gadget’, complete the activity ‘Wrong Piano Key’ | Link to Document |
| 3rd May | Using ‘Teaching Gadget’, complete the activity ‘Piano Chords Quiz L1’ | Link to Document |
| 10th May | Using ‘Teaching Gadget’, complete the activity ‘Low/High Note’ | Link to Document |
| 17th May | Using ‘Teaching Gadget’, complete the activity ‘Major or Minor’ | Link to Document |
| 24th May | Using ‘Teaching Gadget’, complete the activity ‘Major or Minor’ | Link to Document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 12th April | Link Theme | Link to warm up Quiz Link to warm up Video |
| 19th April | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 19th April | Link Theme | Link to warm up Quiz Link to warm up Video |
| 26th April | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 26th April | Link Theme | Link to warm up Quiz Link to warm up Video |
| 3rd May | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 3rd May | Link Theme | Link to warm up Quiz Link to warm up Video |
| 10th May | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 10th May | Link Theme | Link to warm up Quiz Link to warm up Video |
| 17th May | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 17th May | Link Theme | Link to warm up Quiz Link to warm up Video |
| 24th May | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to video |
| 24th May | Link Theme | Link to warm up Quiz Link to warm up Video |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
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| 12th April | Designing POP UP Models Mechanisms 1 | Link to document |
| 19th April | Designing POP UP Models Mechanisms 2 | Link to document |
| 26th April | Designing POP UP Models Mechanisms 3 | Link to document |
| 3rd May | Desk tidy design 1 | Link to Document 1 |
| 10th May | Desk tidy design 2 | Link to Document 2 |
| 17th May | Desk tidy design 3 | Link to Document 3 |
| 24th May |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | Prejudice and Discrimination | Prejudice and discrimination |
| 19th April | The equality of men and women | Gender equality |
| 26th April | Multi Faith UK | Religious freedom and censorship |
| 3rd May | Race | Prejudice and discrimination based on race |
| 10th May | Persecuted Christians | Responses to persecution |
| 17th May | Our Community | Community Care |
| 24th May | Revision and Assessment | Link to Revision Guide |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | Human Reproduction | Reproduction and variation |
| 19th April | Human Reproduction | Reproduction and variation |
| 26th April | Digestion | Digestion and nutrition |
| 3rd May | Digestion | Digestion and nutrition |
| 10th May | Breathing | Biological systems and processes |
| 17th May | Breathing | Biological systems and processes |
| 24th May | Respiration | Biological systems and processes |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 12th April | To develop design ideas through a range of textiles sampling techniques – Block Print | Link to Document 1 Link to Document 2 |
| 19th April | How to use CAD/CAM whilst creating your name in embroidery | Link to Document |
| 26th April | How to use CAD to develop a POP ART image | Link to Document |
| 3rd May | How to use a sewing machine safely and how to make a mini bunting triangle, focussing on accuracy and quality. | Link to Document |
| 10th May | How to develop your fabric decoration knowledge and skill to produce printed fabric for your bunting | Link to Document |
| 17th May | How to develop your fabric decoration knowledge and skill to produce printed fabric for your bunting | Link to Document |
| 24th May | How to develop your fabric decoration knowledge and skill to produce printed fabric for your bunting | Link to Document |
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