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Home Learning

Information for Parents

Year 10

Summer Term 1

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Contents Page

Page 3—Homework Timetable and Head of Year Message

Page 4—English

Page 5—Maths

Page 6—BTEC Science

Page 7—Double Science

Page 8—Triple Science

Page 9—SMSC

Page 10—Geography

Page 11—History

Page 12—Psychology

Page 13—Child Development

Page 14—Photography

Page 15—Media

Page 16—ICT

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A Message from your Head of Year

Year 10

This is the first of two incredibly important years for your son/daughter. The In-crease in the expectations can lead to it being a stressful one too. Each student needs to focus their attention and all their efforts on ensuring they are doing the best they can be. In such a competitive climate each student needs to leave Turn-ford with enough GCSEs to give them the best possible chance of getting where they want to get to.

These two years will pass very quickly and your child will need to ensure they keep up to date in all coursework and controlled assessments to ensure they can achieve their potential. They should also be carrying out exam preparation through the whole of the two years not leaving it to the night before exams.

We want the best from each student, if you feel that they are behind in any subject area then please contact me at julie.wraight@turnford.herts.sch.uk with your con-cern and we’ll investigate as to what can be done to further support your son/daughter.

Year 10 Homework Timetable

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Maths English

Option A (Art, Business, French, Geography, Spanish)

Science SMSC

Option B (Business, CD, ICT, RMT, History, Geography)

Option C (Art, Business, Drama, Product design. Psychology)

Option D (Dance, Food, French, History, Media, Photography, Sports studies)

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What topics are being studied this half term? (Summer Term 1)

What independent learning should my child be completing?

When is this due in?

In what for-mat is this due in?

What support is there to complete this?

English Literature exam To Kill a Mockingbird Students’ English Litera-ture exam represents 40% of their overall GCSE English Literature mark. In June, students will sit an exam testing their analytical skills, their ability to provide evi-dence, interpreting its meaning, and respond to contextual factors. Once completed, stu-dents will move onto studying the second text for their Lit Unit 3 exam: DNA. This is a short play which examines the rela-tionships of a small group of teenagers who have been accused of killing one of their friends. English coursework – Creative writing This covers a range of topics but, importantly, students will be assessed for:

Spelling

Punctuation

Paragraphing

Sentence structure

Vocabulary etc

All teachers will be setting weekly individualized home-work – this will allow your child to receive more personalized tasks based on ability and tar-gets being set in class. Students may wish to watch the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Access to the film will not only develop pupil’s general understanding but also encourage them to develop a range of varied interpretations.

The skills used to analyse the-se 2 texts are the same. En-courage students to read as much as possible as this will help to develop their analytical skills and they should also be re-reading the texts to have a robust working knowledge of them prior to the exam.

All teachers will be setting weekly individualized home-work – this will allow your child to receive more personalized tasks based on ability and tar-gets being set in class. Encourage students to read a range of texts and as much as possible at home as this will help to develop sentence struc-ture, paragraphing, vocabulary and narrative structure. Teach-ers have a set of investigative questions which can be used as a reading tool to develop their understanding and analyti-cal skills. Please encourage pupils to read for at least an hour a week. Using their reading as a stimu-lus or, alternatively, films or experiences they have had, write creatively for practice. They might watch a film and then write a review, a newspa-per article about issues it raised, a journal of a character involved, an extra scene etc

Homework is set and collected in weekly. Students need to make a note of their homework in their planners and ensure they collect the right resources during the lesson.

Either hand written or word pro-cessed.

Your child has re-ceived a copy of the success criteria and will be set specific targets on a regular basis to help them achieve their predict-ed grade. They should be able to share this with you.

English

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What is the purpose of the learning tasks?

Home Learning in Maths reinforces the skills and techniques learnt in lessons. It fosters independence

and helps students to assess and evaluate their understanding and progress. Students will be set a

variety of different learning tasks. It is important that students complete these tasks as it will help them

to achieve their aspirational GCSE target grades.

What should my child do if they are struggling with the tasks?

Students will be given at least 3 days to complete any task so they have plenty of opportunity to speak

to their class teacher if they are unsure of what to do or are stuck.

If pupils still feel they need more support for their tasks or any additional GCSE support then they are

welcome to come to an after school surgery or revision session.

How will this terms homework help build learning power?

The GCSE maths curriculum has recently changed to include significantly more ‘functional’ maths.

This means that students are now expected to apply mathematics in a range of contexts and analyse

problems. To do this successfully, they need to be able to make links between the different areas of

the course and reason mathematically. Students must take ownership of their own learning, giving

them the tools to succeed.

Year 10 Maths Homework Tasks

The information below gives a rough outline of the topics that will be covered this half term.

Higher What do you need to learn? Foundation What do you need to practice?

1 Probability 1 Linear Equations and Inequalities

2 Ratio and Scale 2 Perimeter and Area

3 Averages and Range 3 3D Shapes

4 4 Real Life Graphs

Mathematics

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BTEC Science

What is the purpose of the home learning tasks? Extension of work covered in lessons in order for students to attain merit and distinction level passes. Occasionally it will be necessary to set improvement or catch-up of pass level skills. What should my child do if they are struggling with their homework? Speak to the class teacher Come to help sessions which are run after school, days are set by the class teacher. Use the following websites: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks4bitesize www.rsc.org www.webelements.com www.ase.org.uk www.energysavingtrust.org.uk www.learningschools.net www.planetary.org www.howscienceworks.com www.planet-science.com www.sciencemuseum.org.uk www.schoolscience.co.uk www.skoool.co.uk www.youtube.com Homework will be set on a regular basis. This will be either: Guided extension work to achieve a merit skill OR Independent research work which allows them to achieve a distinction skill Improvement and catch-up Occasionally homework will be set to complete or improve coursework not up to pass standard.

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Double Science What is the purpose of the home learning tasks? Consolidation of work covered in lessons and level assessing student’s progress and understanding. The tasks will also give your child exam practice. What should my child do if they are struggling with their homework? Speak to the class teacher or use the following websites: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks4bitesize www.rsc.org www.webelements.com www.ase.org.uk www.energysavingtrust.org.uk www.learningschools.net www.planetary.org www.howscienceworks.com www.planet-science.com www.sciencemuseum.org.uk www.schoolscience.co.uk www.skoool.co.uk www.youtube.com Year 10 students who are doing double science will be covering the AQA Specification Route A Syllabus. This half term we will be completing the C1 and Controlled Assess-ment. Homework will be set on a regular basis. This will include: 1) Extended tasks which can be assessed formatively to give each student a working level and targets to improve. 2) Practice exam questions 3) Online homework that can be used for practice and for completing questions in the relevant area of study. Username and passwords will be issued to students in lessons and written in their planners.

aqascience.gcsehomework.com/

4) Questions from the workbook will be set and checked for completion. 5) Scientific Enquiry Skills: This includes researching, planning, graphing and writing conclu-sions/evaluations for practical work completed in lessons. 6) Revision notes or cards.

Chemistry Exam June 10th

. Biology Resit June 5

th.

Physics Resit June 13th

.

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Triple Science

What is the purpose of the home learning tasks? Consolidation of work covered in lessons and level assessing student’s progress and understanding. The tasks will also give your child exam practice. What should my child do if they are struggling with their homework? Speak to the class teacher Use textbooks on discs provided Use the following websites:

The syllabus can be found using the following link: http://www.sciencelab.org.uk/ Year 10 students who are doing triple science will be covering the AQA single science sylla-bus. This half term we will be completing the B2 Unit and C2. Homework will be set on a regular basis. This will include: 1) Extended tasks which can be assessed formatively to give each student a working level and tar-gets to improve. 2) Practice exam questions 3) Online homework that can be used for practice and for completing questions in the relevant area of study. Username and passwords will be issued to students in lessons and written in their plan-ners.

aqascience.gcsehomework.com/

4) Questions from the workbook will be set and checked for completion. 5) Scientific Enquiry Skills: This includes researching, planning, graphing and writing conclusions/evaluations for practical work completed in lessons. 6) Revision notes or cards.

Chemistry Exam June 10

th.

Biology Resit June 5th

. Physics Resit June 13

th.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks4bitesize www.rsc.org www.webelements.com www.ase.org.uk www.energysavingtrust.org.uk www.learningschools.net www.planetary.org

www.planet-science.com www.sciencemuseum.org.uk www.schoolscience.co.uk www.skoool.co.uk www.youtube.com www.howscienceworks.com

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SMSC

Pupils will soon be completing the final unit of the Christian Ethics course which

investigates Conflict including war and punishment. Pupils will complete set exam

questions throughout and will also be given a research task on capital punishment.

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Geography

What are the key questions?

What independent learning should my child be completing?

When is this due in? What support is there to complete this?

How and why do the Earth’s tectonic plates move?

What are the effects and management issues resulting from tectonic haz-ards?

2.1 How and why has climate changed in the past? 2.2 What challenges might our future cli-mate present us with? 3.1 What is the value of the biosphere? 3.2 How have humans affected the biosphere and how might it be conserved? 4.1 Why is water im-portant to the health of our planet? 4.2 How can water re-sources be managed sustainably? 5.1 How are different coastline produced by physical processes? 5.2 Why does conflict occur on the coast and how can this be managed? 8.1 What are the chal-lenges of extreme cli-mates? 8.2 How can extreme environments be man-aged and protected from the threats they face?

Each week students

should be ensuring

that their folders are

up to date and that

any learning missed is

caught up on.

When students’ fold-

ers have been

marked, they should

take the time to be

reading the feedback

and acting upon ad-

vice to improve their

learning.

Each piece of home

learning this half term

that is given will be

focused around exam

technique of the 6 top-

ics in the Dynamic

planet module

(Restless Earth,

Changing Climate,

Battle for the Bio-

sphere, Water World,

Extreme Environ-

ments, Coastal

Change and Conflict).

Geography independ-ent learning will be set and collected once a week. Students need to make a note of their homework in their planners and ensure they collect the right resources during the lesson. 10A – set week 1 Tuesday, collected week2 Tues-day. Set week2 Friday, col-lected week1 Monday. 10B – Set week1 Wednes-day, collected week1 Friday. set week2 Monday , collected week2 Thursday.

The homework is differ-entiated into higher and Foundation. Higher is for those stu-dents aiming for an A*-C. Foundation is for those students aiming for a C-G. Further past exam pa-pers and revision advice has now been placed on the school website un-der departments: Hu-manities: Geography: GCSE Unit 1 Dynamic Planet.

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History

What topics are be-ing stud-ied this half term?

What independent learning should my child be completing?

When is this due in?

In what for-mat is this due in?

What support is there to complete this?

How did prisons develop from the 17

th to

19th cen-

turies?

THIS IS STUDENTS CON-TROLLED ASSESSMENT UNIT- WORTH 25%. Students controlled assessment is based around a site visit to Oxford Castle on the 2

nd May 2013.

This term is dedicated to teaching, planning, drafting and writing up their controlled assessment essay questions. There are 3 questions to be an-swered worth 8, 12 and 20 marks. An essay response is required of all three and as the marks increase the length and detail is also increased. For independent learning the stu-dents should be researching for their questions, making notes based on their class work and bullet point-ing how they could answer each of the 3 questions. However, THEY MUST NOT write up any answers outside of the classroom.

Students will have completed all three parts of their con-trolled as-sessment by the end of the term. There will be an op-portunity to improve to their target grade if necessary in year 11.

As this is controlled assessment students final work needs to be completed in exam conditions within the classroom.

Students have been allocated class hours in line with the board recommendations. However students will also be advised that they can use their lunches and after schools with the class teacher should they need more time to com-plete their essay questions. If there are any prob-lems students should speak to the class teacher in the first in-stance or Mrs Male the Subject Leader.

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Psychology

What topics are being stud-ies this half term? (Spring Term)

What independent learning should my child be completing?

When is this due in?

In what format is this due in?

What support is there to complete this?

1.4: Stereo-typing, preju-dice and dis-crimination Students will learn how ste-reotyping can lead to positive and negative evaluations. They will de-fine the con-cepts of preju-dice and dis-crimination and explore research into prejudice and the link to an authoritarian personality. Students will examine evi-dence support-ing theories of prejudice and discrimination and use these studies to ex-plore how the-se can be re-duced.

Create a psychology glossa-ry.

There are lots of new terms and specialist jargon to learn in psy-chology. Students will create a list of new terms and definitions they need to learn. Star-study sheets. Students need to know some psychological investigations in considerable detail. They will use a ‘star-study’ summary sheet to help them consolidate the Aim, Method, Results, Con-clusion, Evaluation and Practi-cal Applications Investigation of stereotyping. Use a simple questionnaire to investigate commonly held ste-reotypes. Internet / Newspaper re-

search. Find examples of where groups are targets of frustration leading to prejudice. Try to explain why this happens for each group. Investigation of prejudice Design and investigate the ef-fect of prejudice on potential prison sentencing. In group and out group Research the factors that cause people to be labeled as mem-bers of an in-group or out-group.

Visual mapping. Create a visual map of the three aspects of personality you have been learning about. It should involve major features of each explanation, including key words and key studies. Practical applications of per-

sonality research Imagine you are a psychologist working for either a counseling service or the police. Explain how psychological research into antisocial personality disor-der can be used to identify indi-viduals with the disorder.

Homework is set and collected in weekly. Students need to make a note of their homework in their plan-ners and ensure they collect the right re-sources during the lesson.

Either hand written or word pro-cessed.

Task 1 and 2 All: Create some flash cards to help you mem-orise the key terms and investigation details. Extra challenge: Use a visual map and mne-monic techniques to process the new infor-mation. Task 3 All: Use the internet to research the idea that personality type affects likelihood of holding prejudiced views. Extra challenge: Go further and investigate research into the authoritarian personality type online. Task 4 All: Find at least 2 stories. Extra challenge: Find more than one source for each story (e.g. newspaper vs BBC). Examine the differences in the way the story is reported. Task 5 All: Use the notes from the research methods lessons to help you with the investigations. Extra challenge: Consider how the question-naire could be improved to ensure validity. Task 6 All: Research the different groups of people that live in your local community. How many different groups are there? Make a presenta-tion or display about the in-groups and out-groups in your local area. Extra challenge: Use the internet to discover more research into how in-group and out-groups are formed. Task 7 All: Remember to use images and colour-codes to help organise and process the infor-mation. Extra Challenge: Use a cover and copy tech-nique to determine how much of the infor-mation you have retained. Task 8 All: Your report must include reference to at least 3 pieces of research. Your report should be about 250 words long. Extra challenge: You could research online for more studies into antisocial personality disor-der and include one or two more studies into your report. If you do this you are allowed to write up to 300 words. Use the advice sheet regarding SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation, Apostrophes and Gram-mar) and the help sheet on reporting experi-ments, analyzing text and writing evaluations in psychology.

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Child Development

What topics are being studies this half term?

What independent learning should my child be completing?

When is this due in?

In what format is this due in?

What support is there to complete this?

Controlled Assessment: The Research Task worth -20% of the final grade. The aim of the research task is to use a combination of primary and secondary research methods to evaluate a specific chosen area of child development. Students will be directed towards a specific research task given by the AQA examination board.

1. The set Research Task should

be analysed to show understanding

of its importance and relevance

within a wider context.

(Planning should try to cover what needs to be researched why it is im-portant and how the information will be found). Plan how you are going to gather research for your chosen re-search task, are you going to carry out a survey, or interview?

Also- how are you going to present your research, are you going to use pie graphs or transcripts of interviews? Make it realistic – you only have a limited time. Don’t say you are going to conduct a questionnaire and analyse this of 100 people for example.

3. Carry out your secondary research

on the chosen Research Task. Use a variety of sources such as the internet; mother and baby magazines; relevant leaflets and advice for mothers; your text books.

4. Carry out your primary research

and keep a record of your findings. This may be an interview, observation or survey. Evaluate your leaflet (final outcome) was it successful? Get a parent or older sibling/relative/friend to comment on the positives and negatives. Write about their reaction in your evaluation. How would you produce the leaflet differently if you had to do this again?

Either hand written or word processed.

Child Development Controlled Assessment Support Session-Miss Cresswell is holding regular support sessions for students after school on a Wednesday. Child Development Coursework guide/work book given to you by your class teacher has invalua-ble advice and guidance about how to plan and structure your Child Study. Your teacher will provide you with a detailed guide on how to complete each part of the controlled assessment.

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Photography

Subject: GCSE Photography

Board: AQA

Qualification: GCSE Art and Design- lens and light based media

Identity

Introduction

During this piece of coursework students will explore how to use an SLR camera alongside studio

lights. We will be learning about portraiture and fine art photography. Student will then research

photographers of portrait photography and then develop their own ideas that will cover the theme.

Assessment Objectives

What independent learning should my child be completing?

Students will be asked to complete a series of research and information pages on different artists

work and how to use different studio lighting techniques. Home learning will be of a research

nature for the first half term and annotations for the second.

Where can my child go if they need help with this project?

Visit the school LRC

Art and Photography club on a Tuesday 3-4.

See your Photography teacher, I will be happy to help.

How will this project help to promote key skills?

Students will be able to develop their research and enquiry skills through the use of the internet

and other relevant search methods. Any written tasks will be marked using the school literacy mark

scheme to help develop students’ literacy skills

AO 1

DEVELOPING IDEAS &

ANALYSING

AO2

REFINING IDEAS THROUGH EXPERI-

MENTING WITH DIF-FERENT MATERIALS

AND PROCESSES

AO3

RECORDING IDEAS &

INITIAL PHOTOGRAPHS &

WRITTEN ANNOTA-TIONS

AO4

PERSONAL RESPONSE EVALUATION

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Media

What topics are being studies this half term? (Jan – Easter)

What independent learning should my child be completing?

When is this due in? What support is there to complete this?

Spring Term 1 Advert Analysis Research Representation Magazine Analysis Spring Term 2 Music Video Analysis Genre/Audience Planning & Production Please note: The homework will there-fore be based around these topics and may vary depending on the topics covered in les-son and time con-straints.

Homework 1: Using a piece of A4, create a mock-up of a

print advert for a new male beauty product. Be

sure to include as many of the codes and con-

ventions seen today as possible

Homework 2:

Students to take notes whilst watching televi-

sion tonight, take note of the adverts that are

on during peak time (6-10:30pm). To be share

and discuss these at the start of tomorrow’s

lesson.

Homework 3:

From watching the video clip watched in class

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=SjxY9rZwNGU) How far have we come in

terms of representation of both men and wom-

en over the past 50 years. Write a 250 word

Essay

Homework 4:

Complete the six codes and conventions

handout for magazines (Differentiation will ap-

ply to the handout)

Homework 5:

Bullet point an analysis of “New York” music

video shown in class attempting to use as

much early learnt media language as possible.

Homework 6:

Mise-en-Scene Worksheets – pupils write 250 word analysis of X Factor this time analysing using learnt media language and their class notes and hand-out as a guide.

Homework 7:

Post on your blog the types of different music videos with embedded examples

Homework 8:

500 word Essay: Analysis of Music Video: Rep-resentation, Genre of the music and how this is signified in the video, Editing transitions, spe-cial effects, Mise-En-Scene, Intertextuality, Au-dience & Theory

Media studies homework will be set once a fortnight on a Friday. Tasks that have not be completed in class may be asked to complete for homework. Students need to make a note of their homework in their planners and en-sure they collect the right resources dur-ing the lesson. This will be set on week 1 Friday and collected in Week 2 Friday.

The Media studies room is available at lunchtimes and after schools for completion of homework with use of the computer soft-ware/internet facilities or technical equip-ment. It would also be useful

for year 10 Media stu-

dents to be watching

the news and reading

relevant newspaper/

magazines articles to

keep up-to-date with

what is going on in the

news/current affairs.

Regular updates to

Turnford Media Wee-

bly site will allow stu-

dents to have access

to information and

links to important/

relevant sites.

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ICT

Below are the homeworks I will be setting throughout the year. There is no particular order in

which these are set as all three modules are running concurrently. Instead students are told

which homework is relevant to them at the time of undertaking a task or the nearing completion

of one. For this reason homework is not set as a regular whole class activity, but rather tailored to

the needs of the individual at the time.

Unit 1 – Homework List:

Students research health and safety procedures using ICT equipment

Students to produce document on copyright and the legislation surrounding it.

Take screenshots of saving links to bookmarks

Students to bring in one travel brochure and flyer

Complete business card design at home in addition to all A04 design tasks

Find out what spread sheets do and their purpose, three real world examples to be researched

Find out what a database is used for, bringing in real world examples

Unit 23 – Homework List:

Review on one video on youtube and bring this in for discussion.

Complete storyboard sketches at home and bring these in for lesson

Collect resources to be used for video

Evaluate the finished video and have three other people give you their opinion.

Unit 4 –

Cut out pictures from a magazine and bring these in for review and discussion

Complete review document and bring this in for discussion during next lesson

Identify and collect resources to be used for you graphics

Sketch out your graphics on paper and show details on what you plan to create

Complete resources table for homework

How do your graphics comply with copyright law, written in word.

Evaluation to be complete at home if need be.