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Home Learning Booklet

Year 8 Spring Term 2015

Harrow Way Community School

Harrow Way Community School Andover

Your Home Learning: Spring 2015 We have made some changes to Home Learning which we believe will encourage your child to make the most of their learning. From September 2013 the Core subjects will continue to set homework weekly. In English homework will be set weekly and may take a variety of forms: research, reading, learning spellings, revision or written work. In addition to homework, students may be required to prepare information or questions required for the next topic. In Maths homework will take various forms. The most common will be mixed question worksheets requiring written answers with full workings shown and computer tasks set using the My-maths website. In addition homework may be set on a specific topic requiring written solutions, mathematical investigations, functional skills tasks or on revision leading up to assessments. In Science students will receive some weekly written homework but also some project style tasks which will last a period of approximately 3 weeks. In French weekly homework tasks will be set and may involve practice or revision of any of the four key skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. All of your homework should be recorded in your planner. This booklet contains all your home learning tasks for the summer term. It should give you a clear idea of what has been set and when it should be completed and handed in. The tasks will be varied with an emphasis on extended study and independent research. Managing Your time Each subject has set an extended Home Learning task that should take three to four hours to complete over a three or four week period. We want you to become self-managers. A good self-manager can organise their time, prioritise tasks and work to deadlines (all essential life skills). To help with this we have staggered the tasks so that you only have to hand in a maximum of two at any one time. The timetable below shows exactly when each home learning task is to be undertaken: N.B You should only complete the D&T home learning that is relevant to the subject(s) you are studying this term so do not do all three of Graphics, Resistant Materials and Food Technology

Year 7 Spring

5 Jan

12 Jan

19 Jan

26 Jan

2 Feb

9 Feb

23 Feb

2 Mar

9 Mar

16 Mar

23 Mar

30 Mar

Geography H r

History H r

DT H r

Art H r

Drama H r

Music H r

ICT H

KEY Grey boxes - work on your home learning during these weeks. Don’t leave it until the last minute! H – Hand your Home Learning in to your subject teacher during the lesson (s) you have with them that week. r: your Home Learning will normally be marked and returned during this week. Your Home Learning Tasks Each Home Learning task has detailed instructions on:

What you are expected to do

How to complete the task

Where to find help

Remember you can always ask your teacher if you need help with your home learning.

Your Marks All Home Learning Tasks will be marked using the schools A O B policy A – An outstanding piece of Home Learning, showing that you fulfilled or exceeded the time expected to complete it and gave it your best efforts. It is a piece of work that exceeds your targeted level. O – A good, sound piece of Home Learning showing you have fulfilled the time expected to complete it and it is at your expected level. B – A disappointing piece of work which looks as though not enough time was spent and/or you didn’t work hard enough on it and it is below the level I would have expected from you.

A note to your parents Copies of this booklet are available on our website www.harrowway.hants.sch.uk via the parent links tab and on the school VLE If you have questions about the new Home Learning tasks, please do contact the relevant Head of department at the school by telephoning 01264 364533. In addition if you would like to give feedback please do come to the termly Parents forum meetings with the Headteacher.

http://www.harrowway.hants.sch.uk/

Home Learning Order

Start Subject Hand in during the subject lesson during the week of

12 January Art 26 January

19 January Drama 2 February

26 January DT 9 February

2 February History 23 February

23 February Music 9 March

2 March Geography 16 March

9 March ICT 23 March

Art & Design - Year 8 Spring Term

Cultural Project

NC Level: All levels

By the end of this task you will have:

Gained knowledge of a culture through their use of art

Built on your experience of researching artists and art

By the end of this task you will know:

About the place of art in your chosen culture

How to present your research thoughtfully

How to complete the task:

1. Research art in the culture you have chosen (Ghana, Bulgaria or Ancient Greece)

2. Your art teacher will give you examples of good practice

Exceptional Home Learning may include:

Further research and artwork extension, as detailed in the research frame

Where to find help:

Look on ‘Show My Homework’ for the appropriate resources needed for your class, including a research/writing frame and tips on how to improve your level

Your Art Teacher

Drama - Year 8 – Spring Term

The Lloyd Goddard Murder Mystery


Planned a trailer for a new TV show, “The Lloyd Goddard Murder Mystery”


How to create a trailer for a TV Show.


1. Watch the BBC trailers for ‘Sherlock’. These are good examples of TV advertising for a murder mystery. The trailers are attached to your Showmyhomework (SMHW) assignment.

2. Analyse the trailers by answering the questions on the ‘Sherlock Analysis’ worksheet (see SMHW)

3. Use the ‘Lloyd Goddard TV Trailer’ worksheet (see SMHW) to plan and create your own TV trailer for the fictional TV series “The Lloyd Goddard Murder Mystery”.

4. Extension Task: Turn your plans into reality by actually filming your trailer for “The Lloyd Goddard Murder Mystery”. If you go the extra mile and make your trailer, your reward will be a shower of extra stamps, a premier of your trailer in class and a pass allowing you to jumpt the lunch queue for a week!


Good = Everyone must complete the two worksheets (see SMWH) using full sentences

Great = Most people will complete the worksheets in detail, showing imagination and insight.

Exceptional = Film your trailer for “The Lloyd Goddard Murder Mystery”.

Where to find help:

www.showmyhomework.co.uk/harrowway - I have attached to your assignment lots of resources to help you.

How to Analyse a TV Commercial – http://www.understandmedia.com/topics/media-theory/110-how-to-analyze-a-television-commercial

http://www.showmyhomework.co.uk/harrowway

http://www.understandmedia.com/topics/media-theory/110-how-to-analyze-a-television-commercial

http://www.understandmedia.com/topics/media-theory/110-how-to-analyze-a-television-commercial

Graphics Year 8 Spring Term 2015

NC Level: All Levels


Researched well known Graphic designers

Produced a tessellation


A knowledge of graphic designers

An understanding of why some products are packaged the way that they are


Follow all the instructions on the worksheets below


An exceptional understanding of tessellations and why they are used in packaging

Very detailed research and knowledge of famous Graphic designers

Where to find help:

Internet

Your class teacher

Graphics - Designers Date: Yr8 Homework

Design & Technology

Homework 1:

1. Using the internet for research – pair the designers with their

specialist field with arrows.

2. Pick a designer from one of those stated above. Using the internet

or books found in the library produce an A4 page of research.

You could include the following:

• Images of their work

• A brief history of their life

• Their inspirations

All work should be your own work and written in your own words.

Please state any material that helped you with your research

Graphic designers have had a massive influence on the

modern world as we know it.

1) Pair the designers with their field of design by drawing an

arrow joining the two.

2)

Remember you are a graphic designer consider the presentation..

Graphics - Card Engineering

Design & Technology

Homework 2:

1. Using arrows link up the image of the net (development) with the

image of the constructed product.

2. Below is a picture of a net (development). In industry developments

are arranged on a sheet with minimal gaps between them so that there

is hardly any waste.. This is called a Tessellation pattern.

Please try and make the most effective tessellation pattern you can by

trying to fit in as many of the nets below as possible in the space

provided,

Date: Yr8 Homework

Graphics -Packaging

Design & Technology

Homework 3:

1. Explain in your own words each reason a product would be packaged in

the space provided.

2. Using the words provided fill in the labels on the picture.

3. Explain what a Euro slot is used for in packaging.

There are 5 main reasons for packaging a product.

1. Please explain each of the reasons in the space provided.

An example has been completed for you.

Storage

Products are packaged so they can be stored and stacked up

on a supermarket shelf. This makes it easier to stack a

quantity of the products.

Promote

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Protect

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Preserve

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Inform

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

2. Using the words below – complete the

diagram.

Euro Slot Dust Flap Front Panel

Barcode Name of Company

Glue Flap Energy Information

3. What is a Euro Slot used for???

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Date: Yr8 Homework

Resistant Materials - Year 8 Spring Term CAD/CAM



Researched the advantages and disadvantages of CAD/CAM

Evaluated a real product against its specification


An increased knowledge of workshop tools

How to evaluate a project against a specification accurately


Work through the worksheets below in the correct order


An exceptionally detailed evaluation with full justification of points made

Advanced knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of using CAD/CAM

Where to find help:

Your class teacher

Internet

Research Task: CAD/CAM

You may need to use the internet to help you complete the worksheet below.

Research the advantages and disadvantages of CAD (Computer Aided Design)

and CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture) and find at least 5 good points for

each.

Advantages Disadvantages

Working with Acrylic: Workshop Tools

Tool Name What is it used for? How is it used?

Health and Safety considerations?

Polishing

Wheel

Strip Heater

Jig

Evaluation Task: Jewellery Design

Specification:

Must be in the style of Art Deco

Must include hanging pendent (s)

Must be made out of Acrylic

Using the short specification above, look at the product below and explain

whether or not the product meets the specification above and why.

Food Technology - Year 8 Spring Term

Foods From Around the world

NC Level: 3-7


Investigated a country of your choice and produced a project

Cooked a dish from that country and produced an evaluation


How to plan your work and use flow charts successfully

How to evaluate your own work


Foods from around the world which you will get to cook in the last two weeks of the course when you will

Pick a country of your choice. You need to do some research about that country and the foods they eat, and then decide which dishes you wish to cook from that country and produce a recipe book to include your background research pictures, and at least 3 recipes (ingredients and method) from that country. Your recipe book needs to have a front cover and a contents page.

When choosing which one your recipes to cook you need to consider the time they take to cook, and your skill levels.

The cost of ingredients no meal should cost your parents any more than £5 for the ingredients. You will need to consult with your parents before choosing your specific dish of the 3 you have chosen to cook for your assessment.

You will cook your food week 9 of the carousel movement so you will need to remember your ingredients and apron. There will be no ingredients on the VLE for week 9 for this reason.


Working out the costings of your ingredients

Working out the equipment list for your cooking practical

Where to find help:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/

History - Year 8 Spring Term

King Charles I



Created an activity book on the English Civil War suitable for a Primary School student


What happened during the Civil War and how it ended.


1. Research the Civil War, eg battles, armies, important people, reasons why etc 2. With your findings, produce an activity book for Primary School use – it should

include at least 8 pages and should have activities to do inside eg word search, spot the difference etc. As well as activities, you should also some facts, too

3. Make sure your activities relate to parts of the Civil War.


More than 8 pages

Lots of factual information about the Civil War, as well as activities

Where to find help:

Your class notes on Charles I or ask your teacher

Text books in the Library or History classroom

Internet eg Google Search the English Civil War

Music Year 8 - Spring Term

Music Review

National Curriculum – All levels


Listened to a CD by an artist of your choice and written a critical review of the album.


How to analyse an album/piece of music and write a review.


1. Pick an artist – either a solo artist or a band that you like to listen to on a regular basis and an album that they have recently released.

2. Listen to the entire album, making notes about each song/track Notes should include details about the instruments in the track The person or people playing/singing on the track What the song is about (does it try to convey a message?) Why you like or dislike the song

3. Using your notes write a review of approximately 100-200 words on the album of your choice stating why you think someone should buy or listen to it


An exceptional piece of work could be set out like a magazine article

Where to find help:

Examples of CD reviews can be found in the music press, for example NME (www.nme.com)

Geography - Year 8 Spring Term

Volcanoes

NC Level: 3-8


Designed and created your own model volcano.


How different volcanoes are structured

What kind of eruptions volcanoes may produce

How humans use volcanic areas


Level 3 Basic volcano structure shown. Brief description of method of construction given in presentation. Some basic key terms used to describe structure.

Level 4 Good understanding of volcanic structures is shown in the model. Presentation includes a good description of how the model was made including the use of a range of key terms.

Level 5 All of the above Presentation now includes an explanation of why the model is structured the way it is. Awareness is shown of how volcanoes can affect the people living near to it. A good range of vocabulary is used.

Level 6 All of the above Understanding is shown of different types of eruptions and the effects on the environment and surroundings of different eruptions


Level 7 All of the above. Evidence of independent research of different volcanoes. Detailed vocabulary used to justify and evaluate the model.

Level 8 Outstanding work Includes an action plan for survival

Where to find help:

Your teacher

The internet

The library

Geography textbooks

ICT- Year 8 SpringTerm

Research Project and Timelines



Researched a history topic

Created a timeline of that topic using www.timetoast.com


How to use interactive websites to create interesting projects


1. Research one of the following topics: 1.1The history of flight, from the Wright Brothers to the Moon Landings 1.2 Social Media. How many social media websites and services have there been? When were they launched? Which ones are still around today? 1.3 The Second World War. Key events from 1939-1945

2. Present your findings in the form of a timeline using www.timetoast.com


Plenty of information, with images and even videos

Share it with your teacher by sending them a link to your timeline

Where to find help:

Google

Your ICT Teacher

Your history Teacher

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Home Learning Booklet - harrowway.hants.sch.uk · Date: Yr8 Homework Graphics - Packaging Design & Technology Homework 3: 1. Explain in your own words each reason a product would