Shen

field H

igh Sch

oo

l Prepare for Success!

Plan your time,

Re-read, Re-draft, Recite, Re-test, Research, Rehearse & Record

Essential Facts, Figures & Formula, Essay Model Answers

Practice Questions

Answers & Mark Scheme

Review & Reflect on your progress

Enjoy your future success

PREP Newsletter

Year 8 Summer Term 1

What is ‘PREP’? ‘PREP’ is what we do with the information we have learnt during the school day and how we prepare for the next

day of learning. Evidence suggests that we only retain 50% of the information we learnt yesterday and after a week,

we only retain 10%. The only way we can move the information we have learnt into the long-term memory is

through re-visiting the information 4 or 5 times over a number of weeks.

In order to improve learning retention we are encouraging students to ‘PREP’ each evening after school. The focus of

the time should be on the learning from the day and learning from the previous week, month and/or year.

‘PREP’ is short for PREPARE:

• Plan your time,

• Re-read, Re-draft, Recite, Re-test, Research, Rehearse & Record

• Essential Facts, Figures & Formula, Essay Model Answers

• Practice Questions

• Answers & Mark Scheme

• Review & Reflect on your progress

• Enjoy your future success

Each department has uploaded Go4Schools and the X: Student Drive with resources, practice questions and the

answers.

Students should use the resources to PREP each evening and review any areas that they still don’t understand. If

students require feedback, help or guidance with their prep, they are encouraged to visit their teacher in a PREP

Drop-In time.

The PREP Drop-In Timetable is available on our website and in this Newsletter.

Regular ‘PREP’ will lead to successful exam and assessment results.

How to use this Newsletter Each subject has an explanation of the key assessment areas and where to find the resources for their subject. There

are also extra websites, books, APPs, links and Super Curricular opportunities listed if you would like to look at a

subject in greater depth.

The final part of the newsletter is filled with tips and strategies on how to ‘PREP’ successfully.

Improving Memory Skills & Understanding PREP

Funs Ways to PREP

All the tools, strategies and games listed can be applied to almost any subject. It is important to use the strategies to

improve understanding and information retention before you have a go at practice questions. It is essential to have

the knowledge first, before you apply it to an exam/assessment situation.

Don’t try and tackle all the resources at once. Students will be guided by their teachers through explanations and

feedback from assessments. There is a curriculum map on our website if you would like to look ahead and start

looking at the next topic.

It is important the students find the right PREP strategy for them and use them consistently.

We hope you find this newsletter useful and welcome any feedback on how we can improve it.

PREP Drop-In Timetable

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before

School

Sixth Form (Mr Cooke) Maths (Ms Dyson)

Sixth Form (Mr Cooke) Music (Mr Sands) X8 Sixth Form (Mr Cooke) English (Mr Clifford)

Sixth Form (Mr Cooke) Maths (Miss Robinson)

Sixth Form (Mr Cooke) English (Mr Clifford)

Break

time

PE KS3 (Miss Gibbons & Mr Hall)

Humanities (Mr Gray) H53

Lunchtime

PE – A level (Mr Sapsford & Mr Macdonald) Art (Mrs Kemp & Miss Murphy) Humanities (Miss Hogan) H51 Science KS3 Yr 7 (Mr Stubbings) S51 Science KS4 Yr 11 (Mrs Helim) S10 Maths (Mrs Jahromi) Week A C93 Maths (Mr Russell) Week B C93

PE GCSE (Mr Hall, Mr Rigg & Miss Gibbons) Social Sciences (Mrs Hollingsworth) C52 Drama (All Drama Teachers) Science KS3 Yr 8 (Ms Vidler) S54 Maths (Ms Dyson) Week A C93 Maths (Mr Drew) Week B C93 Computer Science (Mr Gorman) C72

MFL (Mr Navarro) – H12 – Week A MFL (Miss Murphy) – H12 – Week B Media & Film (Mr Sheriff)– i72 Music (Mr Carter) X8 Science KS4 Yr 9 (Mrs Mishra) S1 Maths (Mrs Toshniwal) Week A C93 Humanities (Mrs Parkinson & Mrs Howard) H61 & H63

BTEC Sport (Mr Thomas) Social Sciences (Mrs Hollingsworth) C52 Humanities (Mr Springett) H53 Science KS4 Yr 10 (Mr Hall) S4 Maths (Mr Russell) Week A C93 Maths (Mr Drew) Week B C93

PE KS3 (Mr Sapsford, Mr Hall & Mr Chapman) Humanities (Mrs Power) H54 Drama (Mrs Nowlan) Science KS3 (All Teachers) Maths (Mrs Kitchen) Week A C93 Maths (Mrs Robinson) Week B C93 Music (Mr Carter) X8

After

School

Chemistry Combined and triple (Mr Richards & Mrs Helim) S10 and S52 Physics A-level (Dr Pope) PE GCSE – (Mr Hall)

BVE (Mr Edwards) Biology Combined and triple (Mrs Turner-Smith, Mr Fletcher) BVE (Mr Edwards) Sociology Y11 Only )Mr Bishop)

BTEC Health & Social Care (Mrs Knight & Mrs Dyke) i1 & i6 BVE (Mrs Weedon) Triple Physics KS4 (Mr Hall) S4

Social Sciences (Mrs Hollingsworth) BVE (Mr Shearing) English (Mr Clifford) Maths (Mr Drew & Mrs Jahromi)

BVE (Mrs Bellworthy) Physics (Dr Pope)

#PREP4Success

Year 8 - PREP Guide – Half Term 5

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading C

om

pu

ter

Scie

nce

Pr

og

ra

mm

ing

Te

ch

niq

ue

s

Topic area: Programming Techniques

Programming Techniques Prep Notes

Read and complete notes on the following topic areas shown in this

link:

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/zhy39j6

Once done, complete all eight quizzes.

Research Task

Research about John Backus who invented the first high level

language FORTRAN and how his work has impacted the world of

technology today.

Video: Computer Science is Changing Everything

Watch the video below which talks about how Computer Science and

programming is having an impact on all aspects of life, talking

students through the importance of learning how to code.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=213&v=QvyTEx1wyOY&disable_polymer=true

1. Books to read:

Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing – Martin

Gardener (KS3)

2. Learn Python Course

www.codeacademy.com/learn/learn-python

Super-Curricular Visits Centre For Computing History

Students will learn about the extraordinary advance in

technology over 50 years of computing history and

discover how computers have not only accelerated our

lives, but radically transformed them.

National Museum of Computing

Provides students with the fantastic opportunity to

decipher encoded messages written by Hitler and his

generals, understanding the period of code-breaking

during and after World War II.

Media & Other Links BBC Bitesize KS3 Computer Science:

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/zvc9q

6ff

Code.org: https://studio.code.org

Google Classroom:

https://classroom.google.com

SHS Computer Science: www.shs.cloud

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading En

glis

h

Will

iam

Sh

ake

spe

are

- M

uch

Ad

o A

bo

ut

No

thin

g

Create

Write a confession as the character Don John. Explain why you

wanted to make trouble for the others in the group.

Explore how the play challenges gender stereotypes. Create a

speech/video blog explaining your views.

Create a set of ‘Top Trump’ style cards on Beatrice, Benedick,

Claudio and Hero. Think of at least five different categories of

comparison.

Create a masque for a chosen character showing the different

aspects of the character. Decorate the mask as you wish, but include

as many words or lines from anywhere in the play as possible which

tell others about the character.

Write an article as a reporter covering the wedding of Hero and

Claudio – or the trial of Don John and Borachio. Write as a

broadsheet or tabloid journalist, making the events as factual or

sensational as you wish.

Summarise the play in the form of a comic strip using words, ideas

and themes from the play.

Create a new character to be included in the story. Explain why

they are important and what is their influence on the play.

PREP for mid-point and end of unit assessments- This may include undertaking research about the context of the play,

becoming familiar with the key characters/themes in the play, annotating sections of the text and planning in

response to the task set.

Research

Shakespeare highlights the issues of Honour and Shame.

Choose a social issue which concerns you. How would you

construct a play to highlight this problem or issue?

Research the themes of Honour, Shame and Court politics.

How do these themes compare/contrast between Elizabethan

and contemporary ideas?

Research Shakespeare’s Comedies. What are the

characteristics and style of these plays. Can you identify any

of these in ‘Much Ado About Nothing?’

Research the laws relating to women and societies attitudes

to them. What was life like for women compared to today?

See http://www.elizabethi.org/contents/women

Research 16th Century Italy. You should include the art,

literature and information about Messina where the play is

set.

Super-Curricular Activities

Look out for productions and book some tickets

to go and see it live! Whether it’s amateur or

professional – go and experience it for yourself!

Media & Other Links

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/muchado/

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading M

FL

Un

it 5

- L

a ro

pa

Talk

ing

abo

ut

clo

the

s an

d f

ash

ion

Learn the vocabulary associated with this unit – this can be found on Go4Schools under Spanish PREP – don’t try to cram the learning of this, a better way is to do this little, and often (e.g. 10-15 minutes per day, breaking the list down into manageable chunks).

Complete the relevant Gramática exercises on Go4Schools related to this unit. There are also several tasks to work through to help put into practice what you have learnt during lessons.

Revise for End of Unit Assessment 5 using your class notes and the revision checklist for this unit. This will have been given to you by your Spanish teacher, and can also be found in Go4Schools.

Find an article on the internet about anything that you are particularly interested in (e.g. sport, music, film, television) and make a list of new words and their meanings in English from what you find in the article. You can use Collins online Spanish dictionary to help you with the definitions.

Try watching your favourite television shows on Netflix (or similar) with the Spanish subtitles. Alternatively, you could change the audio setting to Spanish and have English subtitles.

Visit the local library or check their online catalogue.

There are plenty of free resources: comic books, novels,

books to complement students’ learning… Some favourite

story books are available in Spanish too!

Spanish newspapers online;

www.elpais.com

www.marca.com

www.20minutos.es

www.bbc.com/mundo

Super-Curricular Activities

Visit a local Spanish restaurant in your area – what do you

recognise on the menu? Ask if you can take one home!

Media & Other Links www.collinsdictionary.com/spanish

www.quizlet.com/ashaunak (website or app)

Duolingo (app) - aim for 10-15 minutes/daily. It’s a mix of

writing, translating, practising different vocab and

listening – all in one! It gets really competitive and fun.

Memrise (app) - aim for 10-15 minutes/daily. Look for

sets that are based on Mira (textbook used for Spanish at

KS3)

www.language-gym.com/#!/ to practise verbs in all

tenses

BBC Bitesize for Spanish

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Super-Curricular Activities P

E

The

ory

: S

kele

tal s

yste

m, M

usc

ula

r sy

ste

m, C

ard

iova

scu

lar

syst

em

& R

esp

irat

ory

Sys

tem

Skeletal system:

Functions of the skeletal system: Protection of vital organs, muscle attachment, joints for movement, platelets, red and white blood cell production & storage of calcium and phosphorus.

Have knowledge of all the bones and understand the classification of bones: Long, short, flat and irregular.

Muscular system:

Why we warm up before activity: Reduce the chance of injury, increase core temperature, gradually increase heart rate & prepare the mind

Why we warm down after activity: Reduces Soreness and Stiffness, removes lactic acid – Continuing gentle movement reduces the build-up of lactic acid, aids the removal of CO2, Improves flexibility.

You need to know the three phases of a warm and the two phases of a warm down, you also need to be able to give examples of each.

Be able to label a muscular system diagram: deltoid, biceps, triceps, Pectorals (pectoralis major), latissimus dorsi, external obliques, hip flexors, gluteus maximus, quadriceps, hamstrings, gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior.

Know the 3 classifications of muscles voluntary, involuntary and cardiac muscle.

Understand the difference between tendons, ligaments and cartilage.

Cardiovascular system:

Functions of the Cardiovascular System: Transports oxygen, carbon dioxide and nutrients, controlling body temperature, clotting of open wounds.

Components of Blood: White blood cells, red blood cells, platelets and plasma.

Blood Vessels: Arteries, veins + capillaries.

Know the four chambers of the heart and also the valves in between the chambers.

Vascular Shunt Mechanism – The redistribution of blood to areas of the body that need it the most. Vasodilation – when blood vessels widen to increase blood flow to a certain part of the body Vasoconstriction – when blood vessels constrict to decrease blood flow to a certain part of the body

Respiratory system:

Know the key terms: Vital capacity - This is the maximum volume of air you can breathe out after breathing in as much as you can. (peak flow)

Tidal volume - This is the amount you breathe in and out in one normal breath.

Components of the respiratory system: Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Diaphragm, Lungs, Alveoli – Oxygen

fills air sacs where gaseous exchanges happens.

Movement of oxygen into the blood then to the working muscles and the removal of carbon dioxide. It can

happen at the Muscle tissue and Lungs.

Cardiovascular System; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2jcV2FwLNc&list=PLUb-9-TpmYV-_5P4SwQkqIpQ-4JELCiv1&index=12 Blood Vessels; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFydNeGomec Components of blood; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVOzKrcTNis Chambers of the Heart; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjk7Cu0cXbM Cardiovascular and respiratory systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oleFQF-gH8&index=13&list=PLUb-9-TpmYV-_5P4SwQkqIpQ-4JELCiv1 Gaseous Exchange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBsCZfxJnhM&list=PLUb-9-TpmYV-_5P4SwQkqIpQ-4JELCiv1&index=14

Super-Curricular Activities Engage is extra-curricular activity. Practical PE this term will be based around athletics and striking and fielding games. Any additional practice for these activities will help improve your step grade in PE.

Media & Other Links Functions of the skeleton https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zq3sbk7/revision/2 Structure of the skeleton & bone classification https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zq3sbk7/revision/1 Functions of the skeletal system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY0FfuiMV0s&list=PLUb-9-TpmYV-_5P4SwQkqIpQ-4JELCiv1&index=5 Types of muscles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r-4CkaTxBg&list=PLUb-9-TpmYV-_5P4SwQkqIpQ-4JELCiv1&index=9 Warm-up and cool down https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zyqd2p3/revision/1 Types of muscles https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z8n39j6/revision/1 Voluntary muscles https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z8n39j6/revision/2

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading

Ge

ogr

aph

y

Co

asts

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zmwxsbk/revision/1

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zxj6fg8/revision/1

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z6qtyrd/revision/1

Use this book to further your knowledge on coastal

erosion https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coastal-Erosion-

Oaka-Books/dp/1909892440

Super-Curricular Activities

Visit a beach and make a field sketch of the area

Media & Other Links

Watch this BBC documentary on coastal erosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ydU7StKOg Watch this clip oncoastal landforms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWEJq03NBao

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading

His

tory

Th

e E

ng

lis

h C

ivil

Wa

r

Ca

us

es

an

d i

mp

ac

t

Ol

ive

r C

ro

mw

el

l

Use your research on Charles I to create a timeline about his life. What were the most significant events? Do the same for Oliver Cromwell.

Imagine you are fighting in the English Civil War. Write a story or a film script about your experiences. Are you fighting for the Royalists or the Parliamentarians?

The English Civil War had a very significant impact on England. Make a poster or write an essay to show/explain the short and long term impacts.

Imagine you are Charles I’s defence lawyer. Write an opening speech for court in his defence.

Image you are a prosecuting lawyer at Charles I’s trial. Write a closing speech to prove his guilt.

‘Oliver Cromwell was a king in all but name’. Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer

Was Oliver Cromwell a hero or a villain? Create a PowerPoint presentation, a film or write an essay to explain your answer.

Revise the following topics by creating spider diagrams or revision cards: - The Reformation

- Elizabeth’s religious settlement

- The Spanish Armada

- James I

- Gunpowder Plot

Research Charles I. Was he a good king? Research Oliver Cromwell. Was he a good leader? Select books from the Horrible Histories series. Why not try:

London

Cruel Kings and Mean Queens

Slimy Stuarts

Horrible histories top trump cards are also available There is a selection of Horrible Histories magazines in H63 that you may read (speak to Mrs Howard for more information)

Super-Curricular Visits

Parliament – can you find the only remaining section from Charles’ day? Hampton Court Palace – lived in by the Stuart kings The National Portrait gallery – Look out for portraits of the Stuart kings and Cromwell The Museum of London – visit the ‘War, Plague and Fire’ exhibition. You can see the plaster death mask of Oliver Cromwell! Come and tell us about your visits. We would be very interested to hear about what you have learned and to see any photos you took!

Media & Other Links For James I: https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart-england/james-i/ For the Gunpowder Plot: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-

heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentaryauthority/the-gunpowder-plot-of-1605/

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading A

rt

Ye

ar

8 –

An

ima

ls

in

Ar

t:

Sc

ul

pt

ur

e

Animals in Art

Research Animal Sculptures.

Design a cardboard animal sculpture.

Make a cardboard animal sculpture.

This animal sculpture can be any style, realistic or abstract; and any size. But it should be made of cardboard.

Decorate your Animal Sculpture. Photograph it and bring the photo to school for assessment.

This prep should take 3 hours of work show your best effort.

Animals are one of the earliest subjects of man-made artifacts;

superceeded only by images of ourselves (humans).

Research the following Artists:

1. Sir Edwin Landseer

2. J M Swann

3. Kendra Haste

4. Pietro Tacca

5. Andy Scott

6. David Wynne

Super-Curricular Visits

We are extremely lucky to live near the great city of London

where there are many Sculptures in public and in the free

museums.

Find out more at:

The Boy and the Dolphin, 3 Oakley St, Chelsea, SW3 5NN Lion, south side of Westminster Bridge

Media & Other Links Creating a Cubist image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRvCHVY-LW4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaQatMkwXxc

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading

Soci

al S

cie

nce

s

Ye

ar

8 - P

hil

os

op

hy

Compulsory PREP task – This will also be set on Go4Schools and must be completed to allow pupils to be successful in the assessment for this topic - This half term, the Prep task is a highly individual and creative one. In class, pupils will have looked at many philosophical ideas relating to beliefs in God. Pupils will be asked to produce a symbolic representation of their views on God or religion/s, this can reflect an atheist, agnostic or theistic belief and can be a written based piece, a model, a video piece, anything This will be run as a departmental competition and points will count towards final prizes for both form groups and individuals Class teachers will give further details in lessons and this will be put onto Go4Schools

Additional PREP tasks – Create your own story of the how the world was made – either literal or symbolic Put forward your own argument for or against the existence of God Research some of the earliest examples of religious or philosophical views

Read Ricard Dawkins’ The God Delusion Read philosophy books by Robert Kirkwood Watch “A Brief History of Time”

Super-Curricular Visits

The British Library British Museum – Faith Based Art Works

Media & Other Links Watch BBC’s “Big Questions” The Story of God – A series of Netflix Documentaries

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading

Mat

he

mat

ics

Pr

ob

ab

ilit

y

Pe

rc

en

ta

ge

Vo

lu

me

an

d A

re

a

The best place to PREP for Mathematics is www.hegartymaths.com, with online tutorials and practice questions. The best practice is to watch and make notes on the video in your Maths PREP book, then copy and complete the quiz questions, self-assessing using the online feedback. We also have paper based PREP sheets available in the Maths department and on the Student Resources drive.

1. nRich website

Odds and Evens

https://nrich.maths.org/4308

Mathland election https://nrich.maths.org/775 Colourful Cube https://nrich.maths.org/11178

2. Books to Read Humble Pi – Matt Parker

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Humble-Pi-Comedy-Maths-

Errors/dp/0241360234 This Book Thinks You’re a Maths Genius:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Thinks-Youre-Maths-Genius/dp/0500651175

Knowledge Quiz Books (Higher and Foundation versions available)

http://www.johncattbookshop.com/books/knowledge-

quizzes

Probability

Hegarty Maths Clip Numbers

STEP 1: Probability

vocabulary 349

Probability scale 350

STEP 2: Probability as a

fraction 351, 352 Mutually exclusive

353, 354

Two way tables 422-424

STEP 3:

Relative frequency

356 - 347 Sample space

diagrams 358 - 359

STEP 4: Experimental

probability 356

Draw tree diagrams 361 - 362

Percentage

Hegarty Maths Clip Numbers

STEP 1: Percentage

introduction 81

STEP 2: Convert percentages

82,83 Calculate

percentages 84-87

STEP 3:

Increase/decrease by

a percentage 88-92

STEP 4: Percentage change

97

Volume and Area

Hegarty Maths Clip Numbers

STEP 1: Area rectangles 554

Perimeter rectangles

548-549

STEP 2: Area Triangles,

parallelograms, trapezia, kites 556-559

STEP 3:

Cuboids 568-569

Compound shapes 551, 555

STEP 4: Circles

534,535,539,540

Triangular prisms, Cylinders 570-572

Super-Curricular Activities

The Bank of England Museum https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum Inside the museum you can find out who they are - and what they do. You can pick up a gold bar and discover why their building is on top of one the worlds’ largest stores of gold. You’ll learn why people started to use paper money and how they make our notes difficult to copy.

STEP 5:

Use tree diagrams 363

Probability Venn

Diagrams 383, 384

STEP 6: Dependent

probability trees 364, 365

STEP 7: Conditional

probabilities 364 - 366

Intersection and

Union 375, 376

STEP 5:

Reverse percentage 96

Compound

interest/depreciation 94

STEP 5:

Pyramids and Spheres 579-580

Cones and frustums

576-578 Arcs and sectors

544-547

Media & Other Links Consecutive Coin Flips - Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDw2Pu0-H4g How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2 – Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFNjA9LOPsg

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading Sc

ien

ce

Bio

logy

: In

her

itan

ce a

nd

Evo

luti

on

C

hem

istr

y: F

oss

il Fu

els

and

th

e A

tmo

sph

ere

Ph

ysic

s : W

aves

Students in year 8 are on a 3 half term cycle. Each student will study either Biology, Chemistry or Physics

for a half term, then switch after each half term.

In biology this half term students will be

learning about inheritance and evolution. Your

task for this half term is complete the PREP

project that can be found on the student drive.

Your task is to create a presentation on the life

and work of Charles Darwin.

There is also lots of extended PREP available

on the student drive.

In chemistry this half term students will be

learning about the use of fossil fuels and the

atmosphere. Your task for this half term is

complete the PREP project that can be found

on the student drive. Your task is to produce

a presentation after researching the formation,

use and effects of using fossil fuels.

There is also lots of extended PREP available

on the student drive.

In physics this half term the students will be

learning about waves. Your task for this half

term is complete the PREP project that can be

found on the student drive. Your task is to

produce a presentation on waves, including

Newtons Disc, formation of rainbows and the

order and uses of electromagnetic waves.

There is also lots of extended PREP available

on the student drive.

The Story of Earth and Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57merteLsBc

Charles Darwin and Evolution

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2L3mmGh5hjbpXXBH1PPbd0y/charles-

darwin-evolution-and-natural-selection

How to make a Newton Disc at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2tTKjhIo8Y

Super-Curricular Activities

Visit the natural history museum to see Darwin’s finches and the exhibition on evolution.

Media & Other Links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55kgyApYrY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQ2VibernI

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z99jq6f/revision/1

Visit the Body

Worlds

Exhibition in

London

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading D

RA

MA

In Drama your PREP is split into 3 areas:

Bafta PREP (fairly challenging)

Golden Globes PREP (challenging)

The Oscars PREP (very challenging)

Your aim is to complete all 3 pieces of

PREP work by the end of the topic that you

studying in Drama. You have to complete

the first piece of PREP before you move

onto the next one which becomes more

challenging. Some of your PREP will be

connected with your practical tasks in

lesson.

Your PREP is located in the following area:

Shenfield School website – Log in learning

gateway

Student resources(X:)/Expressive

Arts/Drama/Key stage 3/KS3 Drama PREP/Year

8/Year 8 PREP

All 3 tasks/worksheets/links are located here for

you to access at school or at home for each topic

you study in Year 8.

Bafta PREP task: What is improvisation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBTPxYvQxEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0DQ2o4qBqk – ‘The hardest game in the world’ Can you develop your regional accents? Have a go at the following below:

Liverpudlian -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_C4PDSfQJA

Welsh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq-mEejECcU

Scottish - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALkCGVA2BU

Super Curriculum

Golden Globe PREP task: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDSP8wYlMzY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKIC7f5uqdw

Using the video’s, you have just watched create an improvisation warm for your class. Media & Other Links

The Oscars PREP task: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-guxUgF_eTU After watching this video, you have now been put into the role of the director. The task is to come back to lesson and lead an improvisation workshop for your class.

Subject Topic PREP Tasks Further Research /Reading M

usi

c

Film

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On Go4Schools you will find the Music Knowledge PREP Sheet for Film Music. PREP the key terms and music notation ready for an assessment after Easter. Once you have committed the information to memory, try the mock assessment and self-mark it to see if there are any areas to improve. If you can’t access Go4Schools you can find the Knowledge PREP HERE.

https://www.biography.com/people/john-williams-9532526

Super-Curricular Activities

John Williams – in Concert https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/122701-best-john-williams-2019

Media & Other Links

John Williams

He collaborated numerous times with famous Directors – Steven

Spielberg and George Lucas

Here is Spielberg praising him at an award ceremony for his work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJY5l6I253c

One of his early compositions was for the film E.T - Here he talks

about this film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7NiJHIlGs

Here he is in a scoring session (writing the music) for the film

Indiana Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THMZl5OfCHQ

Improving Memory Skills & Understanding PREP 1. Self-Testing

Self-testing in an effective tool if you have a large amount of information to learn for an assessment or exam.

Let’s say you had to remember the definition of 20 key words.

Start by writing out five key words and their definitions. Study them for 2 or 3 minutes, then put the sheet away.

On another piece of paper, try to write down the key words and definitions from memory.

If you were not able to recall all 5, then repeat the process again. Study the definitions and re-test.

Once you are able to recall 5 key words and definitions, add another 5 to the original sheet.

Give yourself 4 or 5 minutes to study the 10 key words and definitions. Put the sheet away and re-test but this time

with 10.

Build this up until you can recall all 20 key words and definitions.

More importantly, re-test yourself a week later. Review your progress and go back to any definitions or words you

were unable to write down. Then, re-test yourself a month later with the same words.

The more you re-test, the more you will retain and the easier it becomes.

These techniques could be applied to:

Key Information for an Essay

Character names and profiles

Formula

Translations

Case Studies

Experiment processes

Arguments or Quotations

And many more!

2. Mind Mapping

Mind Mapping is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain. Mind Mapping is a creative and logical means of note-taking and note-making that literally "maps out" your ideas.

All Mind Maps have some things in common. They have a natural organisational structure that radiates from the centre and use lines, symbols, words, colour and images according to simple, brain-friendly concepts. Mind Mapping converts a long list of monotonous information into a colourful, memorable and highly organised diagram that works in line with your brain's natural way of doing things.

Think of your general main theme and write that down in the centre of the page. i.e. Food

Figure out sub-themes of your main concept and draw branches to them from the centre, beginning to look like a spider web i.e. Meats, Dairy, Breads

Make sure to use very short phrases or even single words Add images to invoke thought or get the message across better Try to think of at least two main points for each sub-theme you created and create branches out to those

3. Revision Cards

Revision cards are small handheld cards that contain key information. The cards should have a title at the top with 5

or 6 key words, formula or sentences. Try and keep the colour consistent for each topic e.g. green cards for the

Environment.

TIP: On the back of the revision card, write the title from the front. Then, after you have read through your cards a

number of times, turn them over. Look at the title and self-test yourself on the information. Once you have recalled

all you can, turn the card back over and check your answers.

4. Complete the Sentence

If you have a large number of facts to learn for an essay, write out ten key sentences you wish to memorise for the

essay. Then, on a separate piece of paper, write out the first half of the sentence and leave the other half blank. Take

a break, make a cup of tea, then come back and try to complete the sentences from memory.

If you managed to complete all ten, try and add more sentences and repeat the exercise.

TIP: Once you can complete the sentences with ease, test yourself further by trying to write out all the key sentences

from memory without the sentence starters!

Fun Ways to PREP

1. Key Words Crossword Puzzle Choose a subject and write down all the key words you need to learn. Find an online Crossword creator, there are a huge number of web sites that can do this for you. For the clues, write the definition of the key word. Once the crossword has been created, leave it for a few days/weeks. Then, try and complete it. Don’t forget to print out the answer sheet so you can self-check the answers! Here is an example below:

2. Key Word Pictionary For this game you will need at least one other person. With a friend or group of friends, decide which subject and set of Key Words you wish to learn or revise. Write them down on individual cards. Try to have a large number so they are not too obvious. Take it in turns to draw (without using words, symbols or speaking) something that represents the key word you wish to learn. *Want to Make the Game Harder?* The other player who is trying to guess the key word can’t say the key word, but must give the correct definition of it! Here is an example below:

The Easy Answer: An Atom

1. *The Definition Answer: 2. The smallest particle of a chemical element that can

exist.

ACROSS DOWN 2. What does the ‘H’ in SHS stand for? 1. In what year group do you take A Level exams? 5. What is ‘PREP’ short for? 3. What is the surname of our Headteacher?

4. In what Year group do you take GCSE exam?

3. Write a Short Story If you have a large number of facts, figures or key words to remember, write a short story that you can recite to yourself in the exam. The more interesting and funny your story is, the more likely you are to remember the facts. Here is an example:

1.To begin our adventure into storytelling, start by reading the paragraph below, which recounts a brief and

chaotic story. Your task is simply to understand what happens:

"A man called Nigel is sat next to his enormous, 300lb pet squid as they travel around in the back of his

lime-green limo. They're arguing over what to watch on the limo's TV: Coronation Street, or Sesame Street.

It soon turns into a fight, which the squid wins by using its eight limbs to empty eight pepper-grinders on to

Nigel's head. Nigel leaps from the car in terror and runs away towards the sea, cleverly heading through a

thick yellow field of rapeseed to stop the squid from following. On reaching the beach, he meets Prince

Harry, who is celebrating his 25th birthday. Prince Harry persuades Nigel to help him confront two Gallic

dancers who have eaten a beautiful "she-swan" (without the Queen's permission). After the attack, Nigel

jumps into the sea and swims out towards, as luck would have it, the Lady of Shalott, who is bobbing up and

down in a boat made from a giant orange pepper. She invites him on board and they fall in love."

It will have taken you perhaps a minute to read through this. This should demonstrate just how quickly and effortlessly your mind can imagine elaborate scenes it has never encountered before.

Your next step is to see how much of the story you recall. First, close your eyes and repeat the story as well as you can in your head. When you're done, open your eyes and write down all the items you have successfully recalled. This will give you a sense of how many useful memories you can store in around a minute or so. Hopefully you'll have impressed yourself again.

Now, you'll perhaps be wondering what the point of remembering a random list of objects like this might be. But here we can reveal that the story you've learned is not at all random, but in fact encodes the ingredients for a Nigel Slater recipe. Hooray! The 300lb squid represents 300g of squid; the lime-green limo is a lime; Coronation Street stands for coriander; Sesame Street for sesame oil; eight pepper grinders for eight crushed peppercorns; the rapeseed field for rapeseed oil; Prince Harry celebrating his birthday for 25g ginger; two Gallic dancers for two cloves of garlic; the "she-swan" for Szechuan pepper; the sea for salt; the Lady of Shalott for shallots; the orange pepper boat for one large orange pepper.

Have a look over these connections. Your last task is to try to remember the ingredients that correspond to each element in the story. Once you've done that, you're ready to make your squid and pepper stir-fry …

1. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/15/story-lines-facts

4. Key Term Word Search Choose a subject and write down all the key words you need to learn. Find an online Word Search creator, there are a huge number of web sites that can do this for you.

For the clues, write the definition of the key word.

Once the word search has been created, leave it for a few days/weeks. Then, try and complete it. Don’t forget to print out the answer sheet so you can self-check the answers!

Here is an example below:

1. What is ‘PREP’ short for? 2. What is the surname of our Headteacher? 3. What year group take their GCSE exams? 4. What year group take their A Level exams? 5. What does the ‘H’ in SHS stand for?

5. Write a poem If you have a large number of facts, figures or key words to remember, write a poem that you can re-cite to yourself in the exam. Try and make it rhyme on the key words and throw in their definitions if you can.

6. Card Matching Game Use revision cards. They must all be the same size and colour. On half the cards, write a key word on each. On the other half of the cards, write their definitions on each. With a friend, turn all the cards so they face down on the table. Each person takes it in turns to turn over two cards. If they turn over the key word and the correct definition, they get to keep them. If the two cards do not match, they must be turned back and it is the next persons turn. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end. You not only have to remember where the key words and the definitions are, but match them as well!

Here is an example:

7. Name That Tune! Choose a song from the charts that you know really well and enjoy singing along to. Now, re-write the lyrics so they contain all the facts and key words you need to remember. Try to keep to the same number of syllables for each line! Then, sing the words out loud as many times as you need to remember the lyrics. TIP: Go to youtube or karaoke site and use the backing track/instrumental so you can sing your lyrics along to the beat!

8. Alphabet Prep Challenge yourself to write a key fact, definition or key word for each letter of the alphabet. It works best with a single topic or area. Once you have completed it, memorise it using some of the techniques in this book. Finally, challenge yourself to recall all the information using the alphabet as your guide and prompt!

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