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Home Learning Booklet

Year 7 Autumn Term 2013

Harrow Way Community School

Harrow Way Community School Andover

Your Home Learning: Autumn 2013 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 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, Photography, Resistant Materials and Food Technology

Year 7 Autumn

9 Sep

16 Sep

23 Sep

30 Sep

7 Oct

14 Oct

21 Oct

4 Nov

11 Nov

18 Nov

25 Nov

2 Dec

Geography H r

History H r

DT H r

Art H r

Drama H r

Music H r

ICT H r

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. On occasions teachers may also add a National Curriculum Level to the work. 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

9 September Music 23 September

16 September Geography 30 Sep

23 September Art 7 October

7 October D&T 21 October

14 October ICT 4 November

4 November History 18 November

11 November Drama 25 November

Music Year 7 Autumn Term

Writing Music

NC Level: All Levels

By the end of this task you will have:

Created music scores showing correct annotation

By the end of this task you will know:

How to write each note and musical symbol

Understand what each symbol represents

How to complete the task:

1. Follow the activities on the worksheet carefully and complete all writing tasks on

the stave

Exceptional Home Learning may include:

Producing your own short composition using a combination of the notes you have learnt.

Where to find help:

Websites

Your class teacher

Theory This unit of work will help you to be able to write down any music that you create. Almost all music that is created is written down in some form or another. This work sheet focuses on the use of musical notation and how to start writing down your music. You will need a pencil a ruler and a pencil rubber as well as a blank manuscript sheet. All written music that uses western notation is written on a stave. The stave tells us a number of pieces of information Key Signature

Treble Clef Time Signature Treble Clef – This tells the general pitch ie High or low, in this case it indicate a high pitch. Key Signature – How many sharp notes or flat notes are used in the music Time Signature – How many beats in the bar. Exercise 1. On your manuscript sheet practice drawing a treble clef. Look carefully at the example below to see the shape of the treble clef and where it starts.

Complete 1 line of treble clefs for practice. Like the example below

Each piece of music is divided up into blocks called bars.

Bar Barline Exercise 2 Using a pencil and a ruler divide one staff into four equal bars, (don’t forget to add in the treble clef at the beginning) Lines and Spaces Each of the lines and each of the spaces refer to a specific note. The spaces are the note F A C and E

F A C E The lines are the notes E G B D F

E G B D F Exercise 3. On separate staves draw in each of the notes of the lines and the spaces, you do not need to add barlines, but don’t forget to add in the treble clef at the beginning.

Exercise 4 Copy scale and the tune below and write correct letter underneath each note. Scale

Tune

Resistant Materials - Year 7 Autumn term

Workshop Tools and Design



An understanding of the design requirements for a pull along toy.

A better knowledge of workshop tools


The names of common workshop tools

What factors must be taken into account when designing a pull along toy.


1. Start by completing the sheet on workshop tools using the internet to help you if

needs be.

2. Consider the key requirements for the design of a pull along toy and find examples

to illustrate them

3. Using this information and knowledge answer the evaluation question about the

pull along toy on the sheet


Examples of how you might improve the designs you have chosen

A critical evaluation of why they meet the design specification or why they do not

Where to find help:

Your class teacher

The internet

Research Task: Workshop Tools

You may need to use the internet to help you complete the

worksheet below. Complete the worksheet by drawing the tool or

writing its name and then explain what the tool is used for and

how you would use the tool safely.

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

Coping Saw

Product Analysis Task: Wooden Toys for Children

You may either use the internet or take cut outs from magazines

to complete the worksheet below.

Appearance, Customer, Cost, Environment, Size, Safety, Function,

Materials

Image of Product Analysis using

ACCESS FM

Why you chose

this product

Colourful and

friendly, designed

for toddlers, costs

£5, 200mm long, no

small parts, pull

along toy, pine

I chose this

product because I

like…

Evaluation Task: Pull Along Toy

Specification:

Must be colourful and child-friendly

Must be safe for a child to use (no sharp edges or choking

hazards)

Must be easy to use – suitable for a child to understand and

use/play with

Using the short specification above, look at the product below

and explain whether or not the product meets the specification

above and why.

Refine your idea and draw / render it in the box labelled ‘Best Idea’.

Now show this to 3 friends and ask them to suggest an improvement each.

Best Idea

Friend 1

Friend 2

Friend 3

ICT - Year 7 Autumn Term

Presentations

NC Level: 4-5


Created a Prezi presentation of a topic of your choice.

Make your presentation suitable for adults.


How to create visually interesting and informative presentations using online resources.

How to aim your presentation at a particular audience.


1. Sign in to Prezi using the account you made at school. 2. Create a Prezi of a topic of your choice. Make it visually interesting and

informative. 3. Try to include about 10-20 steps on your “path”. 4. Make your Prezi “Public”. 5. “Share” the Prezi with your teacher. 6. Have fun!


Try collaborating with a friend online! This means your Prezi will be longer and more impressive.

Include video and sound files. Try 3D themes, or make your own.

Where to find help:

Prezi.com has many tutorials on their website that offer more help than you will need to complete this task.

Also, ask your ICT teacher!

Art – Year 7 Autumn term

Ernst Haeckel



Created a booklet about this artist for Y5 students

Create an artwork of your choice inspired by this artist

Practised your drawing skills


Information about this artist’s work

Be able to express an opinion about his work


1. Produce a booklet for Y5 students which will include the following:

Front cover – photo of the Artist and his name, other pages showing four images of Ernst Haeckel’s work, a description of what is in the artworks and why you chose them, five facts about the artist, a detailed drawing of one of the artworks.

2. Create an artwork of your own that is inspired by Ernst Haeckel – it can be a drawing, a painting or something in 3D

3. Complete your booklet with a photo of your artwork and on the back cover put your name, tutor group and the dates of the project


Evidence of outstanding research skills and analytical skills

An imaginative, creative piece of personal artwork

Where to find help:

Your class teacher

The internet

Food Technology - Year 7 Autumn Term

Food Safety

NC Level: 3-7


Completed research on Bacteria

Written a report to demonstrate your learning.


The different bacteria associated with food safety

How to prevent these bacteria strains contaminating your food.


identify the main types of bacteria associated with food poisoning

1. – Salmonella 2. Staphylococcus Aureu

3. – Campylobacter 4. Clostridium Perfringes

5. - E. coli 6. Listeria Monocytogenes

Where would you find them? E.g Chicken eggs etc.

How could you catch them? E.g. Eating raw chicken.

What are the symptoms? How do you know you have caught it?

How can you prevent them?

You need to do a front cover, contents page and about one page for each of these different bacteria.


Research HACCP and what it means

How does HACCP protect against Food Risks

Where to find help:

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Food-poisoning/Pages/Introduction.aspx

http://www.food.gov.uk/policy-advice/microbiology/

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Food-poisoning/Pages/Introduction.aspx

http://www.food.gov.uk/policy-advice/microbiology/

Drama - Year 7 Autumn Term

From Page to Stage



Written an extra scene for your performance of Mr Grimpepper. This scene will be used as part of your final performance of Mr Grimpepper.


How to write a script.


1. Write out your own version of the magic spell the kids use to help the good witch make the magic potion. Remember: The spell must rhyme and have a steady rhythm. You must also lay it out like a script (see the ‘How to lay out a script’ website below.) It must be at least 10 lines long.

2. Next, create a mind map of all the different horrible things that Mr Grimpepper might have done to the children over the years. Has he burst their footballs? Stolen their cats? Pushed them off their bikes?

3. Choose one event to dramatise (turn into a play). 4. Write the script for this scene. Make sure it looks like a proper script. It must

have character names, stage directions and a description of the setting. 5. Once you are happy with your script, write it out neatly (you may type it) so that

your teacher can photocopy it for the rest of your group to use. 6. Finally, create a front cover for your Mr Grimpepper script. This must include a

picture, the title of the play and the playwright’s name (that’s you).


Good = Everyone must write the magic spell.

Great = Most people will also write the script.

Exceptional = Some people may also create a front cover for their script.

Where to find help:

Online Mind Map creator: https://bubbl.us

How to lay out the script for a stage play: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/english/lit_form/script/revision/1/

Play script cover: Try using Google Images and search for ‘Theatre Play Script Front Covers’.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/english/lit_form/script/revision/1/

Photography - Year 7 Autumn Term

Photoshop



Used photoshop to change/restore at least two photos


How to restore old photos

How to write names and symbols


1. Open file ‘Oak Tree’ on students on mars (p drive) Mr Peters’ art folder and convert the image to black and white. Give the image the title ‘Oak tree in a field’ in green font. Then flatten the image.

2. Open up the same image as above then whitewash the image using pure white to make it totally blank. Using a graffiti style, write your name and symbol on the image using any combination of colours.

3. Open the file ‘Bugatti’. Make the car appear that it is going much faster than it actually is. Colour pop the image so that the car is the main focal point.

4. Open up ‘old photo’ and do a full restoration job on the image, including removing the watermark.


Doing all of the above to a photo of your own, including colour, restoration and motion.

Where to find help:

Classroom teacher

Photoshop help

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