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| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
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| 2nd November | Practice drawing 2D and 3D shapes. Apply these skills to a drawing of some liquorice all sorts. Demo video in PowerPoint | Link to document Link to document |
| 9th November | Practice shading techniques by shading the tonal bar and the 3D shapes. See demonstration video. Demo video in PowerPoint. | Link to document Link to document |
| 16th November | Practice mark making in biro and with coffee. See demonstration videos in PowerPoint | Link to document Link to document |
| 23rd November | Drawing assessment. Using all of the skills that you have been practicing to complete the drawing assessment. Choose one of the 4 images in the PowerPoint that suits your ability. Draw in pencil only. Add a full range of tones and marks to show the texture | Link to document Link to document |
| 30th November | Finish drawing assessment | Link to document Link to document |
| 7th December | Look at the different examples of patterns in the PowerPoint and design your own sweet inspired pattern | Link to document Link to document |
| 14th December | Choose an object to draw and try all of the quick drawing activities on the PowerPoint | Link to document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | What is Data? | Link to document Link to video |
| 9th November | Using an Online Database | Link to document Link to video |
| 16th November | Revising Databases | Link to document Link to video |
| 23rd November | Binary Conversion | Link to document Link to video |
| 30th November | Binary Addition | Link to document Link to video |
| 7th December | Y8 Assessment 1 | Link to VLE NOTE: Log in with your School Username and Password. Try your best, this should be your own independent work. Do not use any notes or internet pages to help you. Your teacher will mark your test. |
| 14th December | Catch-up Lesson | Ensure you have completed each of the lessons above and complete any that you have missed. |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Introduction to Charlotte Dymond | Link to document |
| 9th November | Role on the Wall | Link to document |
| 16th November | The Green Handkerchief | Link to document |
| 23rd November | The Voices in the Head | Link to document |
| 30th November | Monologue Writing | Link to document |
| 7th December | Preparing Your Performance | Link to document |
| 14th December | Assessment | Link to document Link to Assessment Booklet |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Creative Writing 4 Lessons | Link to document |
| 9th November | Grammar – recapping the basics lessons 1 -4 | Link to document |
| 16th November | Grammar – recapping the basics lessons 5 – 7 | Link to document |
| 23rd November | Complex Sentences lessons 1 – 4 | Link to document |
| 30th November | Complex Sentences lessons 5 – 7 | Link to document |
| 7th December | Past Simple / subordinate clauses lessons 1 – 3 | Link to document |
| 14th December | Past Simple / subordinate clauses lessons 4 – 6 | Link to document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Complete the Equipment pages from the booklet finishing with the wordsearch. | Food Project Recipe Booklet |
| 9th November | Make the Fruity Flapjacks from the Recipe Booklet. Take some photos of you making it & a picture of your finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as kgarbett@castlefordacademy.com. | Food Project Recipe Booklet |
| 16th November | Complete the Bacteria lesson making sure that you watch the following Youtube clip | Food Project Recipe Booklet Youtube clip |
| 23rd November | Make the Stirfry from the Recipe Booklet. Take some photos of you making it & a picture of your finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as kgarbett@castlefordacademy.com. | Food Project Recipe Booklet |
| 30th November | Complete the Cookers lesson from the booklet. In order to complete the Cooking Methods Game (as you do not have the cards to sort at home) use the internet to search for an explanation of each of the terms = so what is Baking? What is Boiling? Then suggest 3 or 4 examples of foods that can be cooked by that method. | Food Project Recipe Booklet |
| 7th December | Make the Thai Green Chicken Curry from the Recipe Booklet. Take some photos of you making it & a picture of your finished product & email it to your Food teacher = “their name@castlefordacademy.com) such as kgarbett@castlefordacademy.com. | Food Project Recipe Booklet |
| 14th December | Complete the Eatwell Guide lesson from the booklet including the plenary questions. | Food Project Recipe Booklet |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Pets | Link to worksheet |
| 9th November | Countries | Link to worksheet |
| 16th November | Time | Link to worksheet |
| 23rd November | School | Link to worksheet |
| 30th November | Opinions | Link to worksheet |
| 7th December | Sports | Link to worksheet |
| 14th December | Town | Link to worksheet |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Map Skills In this lesson we will begin to look at OS maps and map symbols. This is the start of a series of lessons aimed at developing the skills of using OS maps. | Link to document |
| 9th November | Location and structure of TRFs In this lesson we will be looking at where the major biomes are distributed, as well as looking at why they are found there. | Link to document |
| 16th November | Climate of TRFs In today’s lesson we will be looking at climate graphs. We will be able to understand the uses of a climate graph and how to read one in order to compare different climates of different biomes. | Link to document |
| 23rd November | Structure of the TRF In today’s lesson we will be looking at the structure of the Amazon rainforest and what we might find at each layer of the rainforest. | Link to document |
| 30th November | Plant adaptations In this lesson we will be looking at how different plants and animals have adapted to survive in the Amazon rainforest. Adaptation enables animals and plants to survive the warm and wet climate, along with protection from predators. | Link to document |
| 7th December | Causes of deforestation In this lesson we will be defining deforestation and how we are the cause of deforestation due to our different needs including building materials, food, water and minerals. | Link to document |
| 14th December | Impacts of deforestation In this lesson we will be learning about the negative and positive impacts deforestation has had on a local and global scale. | Link to document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Battle of Hastings Feedback / Medieval project launch | Link to document |
| 9th November | How did William keep control? Castles Feudal System & Domesday Book | Link to document |
| 16th November | What life like in Medieval villages? | Link to document |
| 23rd November | Medieval towns – how clean were towns? | Link to document |
| 30th November | How important was the Church/religion to medieval life? | Link to document |
| 7th December | Project feedback | Link to document Link to lesson |
| 14th December | Project feedback | Link to document Link to lesson |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | 4 rules with decimals | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 9th November | Fractions | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 16th November | Area and Perimeter | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 23rd November | Expanding brackets | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 30th November | Angles | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 7th December | Types of number | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| 14th December | Indices | Lesson 1 Lesson 2 |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Oak National Academy, “Stomp & Sing” Lesson 1: Performing Pulse & Rhythms in a Structure | Link |
| 9th November | Oak National Academy, “Stomp & Sing” Lesson 2: Exploring basic beatboxing sonorities: Performing a structured piece | Link |
| 16th November | Oak National Academy, “Stomp & Sing” Lesson 3: To explore the ability of our voice | Link |
| 23rd November | Oak National Academy, “Stomp & Sing” Lesson 4: To understand how to communicate the meaning of a song effectively | Link |
| 30th November | Oak National Academy, “Stomp & Sing” Lesson 5: To explore more advanced body percussion techniques | Link |
| 7th December | Oak National Academy, “Stomp & Sing” Lesson 6: To explore how the composer Anna Meredith uses body percussion | Link |
| 14th December | Oak National Academy, “Stomp & Sing” Lesson 7: To review how rhythms are notated and how the body can be used as a musical instrument | Link |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Mechanisms | Link to document |
| 9th November | Mechanisms | Link to document |
| 16th November | Fixings | Link to document |
| 23rd November | Fixings | Link to document |
| 30th November | Drawing skills for DT | Link to document |
| 7th December | Drawing skills for DT | Link to document |
| 14th December | Drawing skills for DT | Link to document |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to youtube Link to video Warm up quiz |
| 9th November | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to youtube Link to video Warm up quiz |
| 16th November | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to youtube Link to video Warm up quiz |
| 23rd November | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to youtube Link to video Warm up quiz |
| 30th November | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to youtube Link to video Warm up quiz |
| 7th December | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to youtube Link to video Warm up quiz |
| 14th December | PE with Joe Wicks | Link to youtube Link to video Warm up quiz |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Allah and Muhammad | Link to document Link to PowerPoint |
| 9th November | Beliefs: Shahadah | Link to document Link to PowerPoint |
| 16th November | Beliefs: Salah | Link to document Link to PowerPoint |
| 23rd November | Beliefs: Zakah | Link to document |
| 30th November | Beliefs: Sawm | Link to document |
| 7th December | Beliefs: Hajj | Link to document |
| 14th December | Celebrations Eid ul Fitr | Link to document Link to PowerPoint |
| Week Commencing | Lesson Focus | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd November | Forces and Motion | Link |
| 9th November | Forces and Motion | Link |
| 16th November | Forces and Motion | Link |
| 23rd November | Energy transfers and Costs | Link |
| 30th November | Energy transfers and Costs | Link |
| 7th December | Energy transfers and Costs | Link |
| 14th December | Energy transfers and Costs | Link |
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