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Year 7 project -
Save the earth
Hi year 7,
I hope you are staying safe and enjoying time with your families in the sunshine.
Send your finished work to [email protected]
• Literacy Task - Write a letter to your MP
• Numeracy Task –. Litter picking tally chart and pictograph
• Science Task – Melt the ice!
• Art Task – Make an upcycled planter
• P.E Task – Endangered animal’s yoga
• Food Task – make bird seed feeders
From Mrs Jones
Note to parents/carers –
Tasks are labelled with *, **, or *** based on their level of difficulty, *** being the most difficult
Factsheet
Lesson – Literacy – what is a formal letter?
Task – Write a letter to the MP*
First up:
Discuss and label the features of a formal letter
Your address Date Recipient’s address
Closing farewell
Greeting Main body
What is a formal letter?
Talk to your parents/ carers or use google to find out…What does formal mean?
When would you write a formal letter?
Plan your diary entry * – you may want to use your fact sheet to help you
Write a letter to your MP to explain your concerns about the climate, ask them what they are
doing to reverse climate change and explain what you are going to do to help
What date is it? You can choose any date – it doesn’t have to be today
What are your concerns?
What do you want to ask your MP?
What are you going to do at home to help?
How will you start your letter?
If you don’t know who to address your letter to, then you must begin the letter with: Dear Sir or Madam
If you know the name of the person you are writing to, then you must begin the letter with Mr, Mrs or Ms along with their
surname: Dear Mr Smith
How are you going to end your letter?
If you don’t know who to address your letter to, then you must end the letter with: Yours Faithfully [YOUR NAME]
If you know the name of the person you are writing to, then you must end the letter with: Yours Sincerely [YOUR
NAME]
Use your fact sheet and plan to write your letter using the template *
Your address
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Date
______________________________________
Recipients address
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Greeting
_______________________________________
I am writing to you because _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
I am really concerned about _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
I would like to ask you ______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
To help the earth I am going to _______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Closing farewell
________________________________
________________________________
Lesson – Literacy – what is a formal letter?
Task – Write a letter to the MP**
First up:
Discuss and label the features of a formal letter
Your address Date Recipient’s address
Closing farewell
Greeting Main body
What is a formal letter?
Talk to your parents/ carers or use google to find out…What does formal mean?
When would you write a formal letter?
Plan your letter ** – you may want to use your fact sheet to help you
Write a letter to your MP to explain your concerns about the climate, ask them what they are
doing to reverse climate change and explain what you are going to do to help
What date is it? You can choose any date – it doesn’t have to be today
How will you start your letter?
If you don’t know who to address your letter to, then you must begin the letter with: Dear Sir or Madam
If you know the name of the person you are writing to, then you must begin the letter with Mr, Mrs or Ms along with their
surname: Dear Mr Smith
What are your concerns?
What do you want to ask your MP?
What are you going to do at home to help?
How are you going to end your letter?
If you don’t know who to address your letter to, then you must end the letter with: Yours Faithfully [YOUR NAME]
If you know the name of the person you are writing to, then you must end the letter with: Yours Sincerely [YOUR
NAME]
.
Use your fact sheet and plan to write your letter using the template **
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
I am writing to you because _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
I am really concerned about ______________________________________________and
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
I would like to ask you ______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
To help the earth I am going to _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________ and
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
What is a formal letter?
Talk to your parents/ carers or use google to find out…What does formal mean?
When would you write a formal letter?
Lesson – Literacy – what is a formal letter?
Task – Write a letter to the MP***
Plan your letter *** – you may want to use your fact sheet to help you
Write a letter to your MP to explain your concerns about the climate, ask them what they are
doing to reverse climate change and explain what you are going to do to help
What date is it? You can choose any date – it doesn’t have to be today
How will you start your letter?
If you don’t know who to address your letter to, then you must begin the letter with: Dear Sir or Madam
If you know the name of the person you are writing to, then you must begin the letter with Mr, Mrs or Ms along with their
surname: Dear Mr Smith
What are your concerns?
What do you want to ask your MP?
What are you going to do at home to help?
How are you going to end your letter?
If you don’t know who to address your letter to, then you must end the letter with: Yours Faithfully [YOUR NAME]
If you know the name of the person you are writing to, then you must end the letter with: Yours Sincerely [YOUR
NAME]
Use your fact sheet and plan to write your letter using the template **
_______________________________________
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_______________________________________
_______________________________________
______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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Lesson – Numeracy – How much do people litter?
Task – Create a tally chart and a pictograph to show how much litter you
find in your local park *
One way you can help the earth is to reduce
pollution by putting on a pair of gloves and taking
a bag to your local park and doing a litter pick.
What is the most common piece of litter?
How could you find this out?
Complete the tally chart below
Item Tally Total
Crisp packet
Drinks can
Drinks bottle
Sweetie/chocolate wrapper
Fast food wrapper
Create a pictogram
A pictogram uses pictures or symbols to
represent data.
You need to draw a key to show how
many items 1 picture/symbol represents
on your chart.
I would like you to use 1 symbol
to represent the count of 1
. Give your pictogram a title – Think
about what your pictogram is showing
Label the axis – Think about…
What is the y axis showing you?
What is the x axis showing you?
Item Tally Total
Crisp packet
Drinks can
Drinks bottle
Sweetie/chocolate wrapper
Fast food wrapper
Lesson – Numeracy – How much do people litter?
Task – Create a tally chart and a pictograph to show how much litter you
find in your local park **
One way you can help the earth is to reduce
pollution by putting on a pair of gloves and
taking a bag to your local park and doing a
litter pick.
What is the most common piece of litter?
How could you find this out?
Complete the tally chart below
Create a pictogram
A pictogram uses pictures or symbols to
represent data.
You need to draw a key to show how
many items 1 picture/symbol represents
on your chart.
I would like you to use 1 symbol
to represent the count of 2
. Give your pictogram a title – Think
about what your pictogram is showing
Label the axis – Think about…
What is the y axis showing you?
What is the x axis showing you?
Item Tally Total
Crisp packet
Drinks can
Drinks bottle
Sweetie/chocolate wrapper
Fast food wrapper
Lesson – Numeracy – How much do people litter?
Task – Create a tally chart and a pictograph to show how much litter you
find in your local park ***
One way you can help the earth is to reduce
pollution by putting on a pair of gloves and taking
a bag to your local park and doing a litter pick.
What is the most common piece of litter?
How could you find this out?
Complete the tally chart below
Create a pictogram
A pictogram uses pictures or symbols to
represent data.
You need to draw a key to show how
many items 1 picture/symbol represents
on your chart.
I would like you to use 1 symbol
to represent the count of 4
. Give your pictogram a title – Think
about what your pictogram is showing
Label the axis – Think about…
What is the y axis showing you?
What is the x axis showing you?
Lesson – Science
Task – Melt the ice!
TASK: Your task is to work out the quickest way to melt an ice cube
Draw what you will need
I predict that _____________________________________ will melt the ice the quickest.
I predict that ____________________________ will melt the ice the slowest
Draw what happened
What melted the ice the quickest? _____________________________________
What melted the ice the slowest? _____________________________________
Lesson – Art
Task – Make an upcycled planter
Collect discarded plastic bottles and containers from around the house. Spray
paint acrylic paints, glue and a craft knife will also be necessary along with other
decorative craft supplies. Your plant selections will also be part of the creative
process.
Use a craft knife to cut openings in the plastic containers to accommodate the
vision of your character and where the plants will be located. Cut drain holes in
the bottom of the container as well. Ask your parents/carers to help you with
this.
Put a layer of small rocks or pebbles in the bottom of the container to help with
drainage. Fill the container to near the top with potting soil and add your plants.
I can’t wait to see all your fabulous creations!
Send pictures of your planters to [email protected]
Lesson – P.E
Task – Endangered animals Yoga
First up: Before you start your yoga, make sure your body is warm and ready for exercise.
Click the link, to follow the video warm up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1zuAsoGpl4
It is really important now that you have finished your exercise for today – that you complete a
cool down to get your body back to normal after your exercise.
Click the link, to follow the video cool down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rOQKt6z0d4
1. PRETEND TO
BE AN ASIAN
ELEPHANT
(FOUND IN
ASIA)
2. PRETEND TO BE
A BLACK RHINO
(FOUND IN
AFRICA, INDIA,
NEPAL,
INDONESIA, AND
MALAYSIA).
3. PRETEND TO
BE A TIGER
(FOUND IN
SOUTHEAST
ASIA, CHINA,
AND RUSSIA).
4. PRETEND TO BE
A WHALE SHARK
(FOUND IN
OCEANS CLOSE
TO THE
EQUATOR).
5. PRETEND TO
BE AN
ORANGUTAN
(FOUND IN
INDONESIA AND
MALAYSIA).
Lesson – Food
Task – Make a bird seed feeder
Directions
• Empty two packets (not boxes) of plain gelatine into a very large mixing bowl.
• Carefully pour in a little bit of boiling water (Ask parents/carers to help you with this and be
careful).
• Stir the mixture very gently until all of the gelatine is dissolved.
• Measure out the bird seed. Any type will work as long as the seeds and bits are not too big
• Pour the bird seed into the gelatine/water mixture.
• Stir it for a few minutes, making sure that all of the seeds are evenly coated and that there
is no longer excess water at the bottom of the bowl.
• Cover a tray in parchment paper and lay out the cookie cutters and moulds.
• Using a teaspoon, fill each cookie cutter with seed, one by one.
• Make sure that they’re a little bit overfull, so be generous with the seed.
• Because the mixture gets really sticky, cover the cookie cutters with a layer of parchment
and press the seeds down into the moulds.
• Take the straws and carefully insert them into the cookie cutters, making sure to not place
them too close to the edges. Press the seeds down around them to make sure everything
stays tight.
• Put the tray into the fridge and let them set for a couple of hours before taking them out
and letting them dry out of the fridge.
• Gently pop the shapes out of their moulds.
• Pull out the straws and make sure that the holes are clear all the way through.
• For the last step, use some twine or ribbon, put it through the holes, and knot the tops.
