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Home Learning – Year 7 Half Term 6

Art – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
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 Youtube
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 Youtube
Research Mexican Day of the dead. Collect images and information. The PowerPoint covers the second part of the task too.	Link to Mexican Culture PowerPoint Link to Youtube
Complete your Mexican day of the dead information page. Use the questions on the PowerPoint to help you write a paragraph in your own words.	Link to Mexican Culture PowerPoint Link to Youtube
Do an observational drawing of a skull using the resources in the PowerPoint or the demo video.	Link to Skull Drawing PowerPoint Link to Youtube
Draw out your own Mexican sugar skull design using the resources in the PowerPoint.	Link to ‘Design Ideas’ PowerPoint Link to Youtube
Add colour to your Mexican sugar skull design.	Link to ‘Design Ideas’ PowerPoint Link to Youtube

Computing – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Revision Lesson	BRAIN IN GEAR: Link to 01_Revision BIG Screencastify: Link to lesson Download and use the 01_Y8 EOY Revision Booklet.pdf if you have not been given one already.
End Of Year Assessment	Screencastify: Note; you should click on End of Year Assessment, not Assessment 2. Link to lesson
Information Reliability	BRAIN IN GEAR: Link to 01_BIG Screencastify: Link to lesson Extension Link to 01_Extension Sheet
Hybrid Pet	BRAIN IN GEAR: Link to 02_BIG Screencastify: Link to lesson
Animal Care Leaflet	BRAIN IN GEAR: Link to 03_BIG.pdf Screencastify: Link to lesson
Logo	BRAIN IN GEAR: Link to 04_BIG Screencastify: Link to lesson
Feedback	BRAIN IN GEAR: Link to 05_BIG Screencastify: Link to lesson

Drama – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Vocal Skills – Part One	Link to ‘The National Academy – Vocal Skills part 1’ website
Vocal Skills – Part Two	Link to ‘The National Academy – Vocal Skills part 2’ website
Physical Skills – Part One	Link to ‘The National Academy – Physical Skills part 1’ website
Physical Skills – Part Two	Link to ‘The National Academy – Physical Skills part 1’ website
Combining Skills	Link to ‘The National Academy – Combining Skills’ website
Posture, Stance and Space	Link to ‘The National Academy – Posture stance’ website
Gesture & Mannerisms	Link to ‘The National Academy – Use of Gesture’ website

English – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Animal Farm Lessons 11 and 12 Work through the PowerPoint and complete all the tasks. You will also need to complete the writing focus for each lesson.	Link to ‘The Seven Commandments’ PowerPoint Link to ‘The Show Trials’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Animal Farm’ Full Text document Link to ‘Animal Farm Traditional Resource Booklet’ Link to ‘Cult of Personality’ worksheet Link to ‘Stalin’s Cult of Personality’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Animal Farm – Mastery Quiz 3 Q&A’ Link to ‘Animal Farm – Mastery Quiz 3 Questions Only’ Link to ‘Animal Farm – Mastery Quiz 3 Reteach’ Link to Lesson 12 Stalin PowerPoint
Mastery Writing 4 Lesson 6 Work through the PowerPoint and complete the grammar tasks that are in the Home Learning booklet for this lesson. You will also need to complete the writing task using the question prompt.	Link to ‘Mastery Writing’ booklet Link to ‘Traditional Writing’ booklet Link to lesson 6
Animal Farm Lessons 13 and 14 Work through the PowerPoint and complete all the tasks. You will also need to complete the writing focus for each lesson.	Link to ‘Napoleon’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Battle of the windmill’ PowerPoint
Mastery Writing 4 Lesson 7 Work through the PowerPoint and complete the grammar tasks that are in the Home Learning booklet for this lesson. You will also need to complete the writing task using the question prompt.	Link to ‘Mastery Writing’ booklet Link to ‘Traditional Writing’ booklet Link to lesson 7
Animal Farm Lessons 15 and 16 Work through the PowerPoint and complete all the tasks. You will also need to complete the writing focus for each lesson.	Link to ‘Treachery’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Boxer’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Animal Farm Traditional Mastery Quiz 4 Q&A’ Link to ‘Animal Farm Traditional Mastery Quiz 4 Re-Teach’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Animal Farm Traditional Mastery Quiz 4 Questions only’ PowerPoint
Mastery Writing 4 Lesson 8 Work through the PowerPoint and complete the grammar tasks that are in the Home Learning booklet for this lesson. You will also need to complete the writing task using the question prompt	Link to ‘Mastery Writing’ booklet Link to ‘Traditional Writing’ booklet Link to lesson 8
Animal Farm Lessons 17 and 18 Work through the PowerPoint and complete all the tasks. You will also need to complete the writing focus for each lesson.	Link to ‘The Seven Commandments’ PowerPoint Link to ‘All animals are equal’ PowerPoint
Mastery Writing 4 Lesson 9 Work through the PowerPoint and complete the grammar tasks that are in the Home Learning booklet for this lesson. You will also need to complete the writing task using the question prompt.	Link to ‘Mastery Writing’ booklet Link to ‘Traditional Writing’ booklet Link to lesson 9
Descriptive writing lessons 1 and 2 Work through the PowerPoint and complete all the tasks. You will also need to complete the writing focus for each lesson.	Link to ‘Animal Farm’ document Link to ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ document Link to ‘Watership Down’ PowerPoint Link to ‘DW 1 T’ PowerPoint Link to ‘TM DW 1 T’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Dawn and Dusk’ PowerPoint Link to ‘DW 2 T’ PowerPoint
Mastery Writing 4 Lesson 10 Work through the PowerPoint and complete the grammar tasks that are in the Home Learning booklet for this lesson. You will also need to complete the writing task using the question prompt.	Link to ‘Mastery Writing’ booklet Link to ‘Traditional Writing’ booklet Link to lesson 10
Descriptive writing lessons 3 and 4 Work through the PowerPoint and complete all the tasks. You will also need to complete the writing focus for each lesson.	Link to ‘Writing Practice’ PowerPoint Link to ‘DW 3 T’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Life of Pi’ PowerPoint Link to ‘The Daydreamer’ PowerPoint Link to ‘DW 4 T’ PowerPoint
Mastery Writing 4 Lesson 11 Work through the PowerPoint and complete the grammar tasks that are in the Home Learning booklet for this lesson. You will also need to complete the writing task using the question prompt.	Link to ‘Mastery Writing’ booklet Link to ‘Traditional Writing’ booklet Link to lesson 11
Descriptive writing Lessons 5 and 6 Work through the PowerPoint and complete all the tasks. You will also need to complete the writing focus for each lesson.	Link to ‘Nadia Comaneci’ document Link to ‘Using imagery to write’ document Link to ‘DW 5 T’ PowerPoint
Mastery Writing 4 Lesson 12 Work through the PowerPoint and complete the grammar tasks that are in the Home Learning booklet for this lesson. You will also need to complete the writing task using the question prompt.	Link to ‘Mastery Writing’ booklet Link to ‘Traditional Writing’ booklet Link to lesson 12

Food – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
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.	Link to ‘Recipe Booklet’ Link to ‘Project’ Link to ‘Test Revision Sheet’
Complete the lesson on Seasonal Foods & then produce a poster that shows the fruits & vegetables that are in season during Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter. Include some images.	Link to ‘Recipe Booklet’ Link to ‘Project’ Link to ‘Test Revision Sheet’
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’ Link to ‘Project’ Link to ‘Test Revision Sheet’
Complete the lesson on Wise Food shopping. Read through the information and complete the calculations & the activities from the booklet.	Link to ‘Recipe Booklet’ Link to ‘Project’ Link to ‘Test Revision Sheet’
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’ Link to ‘Project’ Link to ‘Test Revision Sheet’
Complete the lesson on Food Storage. Read through the information and complete the activities from the booklet.	Link to ‘Recipe Booklet’ Link to ‘Project’ Link to ‘Test Revision Sheet’
Make either the Key Lime or Banoffee Pie 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 ‘Project’ Link to ‘Test Revision Sheet’

Geography – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Factors affecting climate	Link to ‘The National Academy – Factors that affect climate’ website
Types of rain	Link to ‘The National Academy – Why does it rain?’ website
What is a climate graph	Link to ‘The National Academy – Climate graphs’ website
What impacts on the UKs climate?	Link to ‘The National Academy – Climate of the UK’ website
High pressure weather	Link to ‘The National Academy – High pressure events’ website
Low pressure weather	Link to ‘The National Academy – Low pressure events’ website
What was the beast from the east?	Link to ‘The National Academy – Beast from the East’ website
What are tropical storms?	Link to ‘The National Academy – Tropical Storms’ website
Example of a tropical storm	Link to ‘The National Academy – Tropical Storms’ website Link to ‘The National Academy – Hurricane Katrina’ website
Climate change	Link to ‘The National Academy – Climate changing’ website
What is the greenhouse effect?	Link to ‘The National Academy – Greenhouse Effect’ website

History – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Where did the Holocaust come from?	Link to ‘Historic Antisemitism’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Holocaust Definition’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’
How did Hitler’s rise to power link to the Holocaust?	Link to ‘Hitler’s link to Holocaust’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’
How did life begin to change for the Jewish community in the lead up to WWII?	Link to ‘Increasing Persecution’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’
What was life like for the Jewish people in Germany from 1938- 1942?	Link to ‘Ghettos Cards’ Link to ‘Turning Points – Kristallnacht’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’
How did camps differ in the Holocaust?	Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’ Link to ‘Perspective and camps in Holocaust’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Timeline of camps’ PowerPoint
How did Britain respond to the Holocaust?	Link to ‘British Responses Cards’ Link to ‘Reactions to the Holocaust’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’
What can be learned from the Holocaust in the 20^th century?	Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’ Link to ‘Learning about Genocide’ PowerPoint
Holocaust Assessment	Link to ‘Holocaust Booklet’ Link to ‘Holocaust Assessment’ Link to ‘Holocaust Knowledge Organiser’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Structure Strip’ PowerPoint
Schindler’s List	Link to ‘Schindlers List’ lesson Link to ‘Schindlers List’ booklet Link to ‘Schindlers List’ timings
What are the differences between Communism and Capitalism?	Link to ‘Cap vs Com’ card sort Link to ‘Cap vs Com Starter’ document Link to ‘Country Cards’ PowerPoint Link to ‘Cap vs Com – 20th Century’ PowerPoint
Berlin Wall: what was different about East and West Berlin?	Link to ‘Berlin Wall – Layers of inference differentiated’ PowerPoint Link to ’20th Century – Berlin Wall’ PowerPoint
Why did humankind race to space?	Link to ‘Space Race’ Timeline’ PowerPoint Link to ’20th Century Space Race’ PowerPoint
Did man really land on the moon?	Link to ‘Childcare Moon Landing’ lesson Link to ’20th Moon Landing’ PowerPoint

Maths (Foundation) – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Types of number	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Averages	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Volume	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Fractions	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Ratio	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Probability	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Data	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2

Maths (Higher) – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Sequences	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Probability	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Area	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Pythagoras	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Ratio	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Averages	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2
Data	Link to lesson Link to lesson 2

MFL – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Television	Link to ‘Television’ PowerPoint
Television	Link to ‘Television’ PowerPoint 2
Television	Link to ‘Television’ PowerPoint 3
Films	Link to ‘Films’ PowerPoint
Films	Link to ‘Films’ PowerPoint 2
Pastimes	Link to ‘Hobbies’ PowerPoint
Pastimes	Link to ‘Hobbies’ PowerPoint

Music – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Film Music Project 1 – Writing a Theme	Link to lesson
Film Music Project 2 – Building the Drama	Link to lesson
Film Music Project 3 – Arranging and Adding Tension	Link to lesson
Film Music Project 4 – The Big Scary Moment	Link to lesson
Film Music Project 5 – Giving the Director Options	Link to lesson
Film Music Project 6 – Writing a Script	Link to lesson
Film Music Project 7 – Continuing the Script	Link to lesson

PE – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
PE with Joe Wicks	Link to Youtube
Link Theme	Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ video Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ quiz
PE with Joe Wicks	Link to Youtube
Link Theme	Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ video Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ quiz
PE with Joe Wicks	Link to Youtube
Link Theme	Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ video Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ quiz
PE with Joe Wicks	Link to Youtube
Link Theme	Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ video Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ quiz
PE with Joe Wicks	Link to Youtube
Link Theme	Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ video Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ quiz
PE with Joe Wicks	Link to Youtube
Link Theme	Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ video Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ quiz
PE with Joe Wicks	Link to Youtube
Link Theme	Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ video Link to ‘Fitness Testing’ quiz

RE – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Crime and punishment introduction	Crime and punishment in the UK (thenational.academy)
Christianity – lawbreakers and crime	Lawbreakers and types of crime (Christianity) (thenational.academy)
Islam – lawbreakers and crime	Lawbreakers and types of crime (Islam) (thenational.academy)
Do crimes cause suffering?	Crimes as a cause of suffering (thenational.academy)
What are the aims of punishment?	Aims of punishment (thenational.academy)
Forgiveness	Forgiveness (thenational.academy)
The death penalty	Death penalty (thenational.academy)

Science (Set 1 – 6) – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
Breathing The Respiratory System	Link to lesson
Breathing Breathing	Link to lesson
Breathing Exercise and Breathing	Link to lesson
Breathing Smoking	Link to lesson
Respiration Aerobic Respiration	Link to lesson
Respiration Anaerobic Respiration	Link to lesson
Plant Reproduction and Photosynthesis Plant Reproduction	Link to lesson
Plant Reproduction and Photosynthesis Seed Formation and Dispersal	Link to lesson
Plant Reproduction and Photosynthesis Photosynthesis	Link to lesson
Plant Reproduction and Photosynthesis Rate of Photosynthesis	Link to lesson

Textiles – Half Term 6

Lesson Focus	Link to Resource
CREATING FABRIC AND MANUFACTURING BUNTING	Link to ‘POP ART LESSON 12 Creating fabric decoration + manufacturing’ PowerPoint
CREATING FABRIC AND MANUFACTURING BUNTING	Link to ‘POP ART LESSON 13 Creating fabric decoration + manufacturing’ PowerPoint
CREATING FABRIC AND MANUFACTURING BUNTING	Link to ‘POP ART LESSON 14 Creating fabric decoration + manufacturing 4’ PowerPoint
CREATING FABRIC AND MANUFACTURING BUNTING—BIAS BINDING	Link to ‘POP ART LESSON 15 Final lesson of manufacturing bunting with bias binding’ PowerPoint
EVALUATION OF PROJECT AND PHOTOGRAPHS and MAKING ASSESSMENT	Link to ‘POP ART LESSON 16 Evaluation of project and photos’ PowerPoint
MARTHA HAVERSHAM To know what haute couture is. To understand how to write a successful opinion. To know who Martha Haversham is and produce haute couture designs in her style.	Link to ‘POP ART LESSON 17 – 18 – Martha Haversham’ PowerPoint
MARTHA HAVERSHAM To know what haute couture is. To understand how to write a successful opinion. To know who Martha Haversham is and produce haute couture designs in her style.	Link to ‘POP ART LESSON 18 – Martha Haversham’ PowerPoint

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