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HOW TO USE THIS

BOOKLET

This box is a family activity. If you evidence you have done this, you will earn 10 homework visas!

If you need to evidence you have completed a piece of homework, show your subject teacher or stick it into the pages in this booklet. If you do not complete the compulsory homework, you will be issued with a 45 minute detention FOR EACH HOMEWORK MISSED. You will be expected to complete the homework in that detention. If you miss the 45 minute detention, this will escalate to a 1 ½ hour detention. Homework visas can be redeemed against the whole academy visa rewards – lots of lovely things to earn.

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Handy Tips!

• Complete the compulsory homework to avoid the detention in that subject

• English, Maths and MFL will continue to set

homework in the usual way…their homework in this booklet is optional.

• For Creative Studies and Performing Arts, you only

need to complete the homework for the subjects you are studying this half term.

• Evidence your homework on the evidence pages • Collect and redeem visas!

Make a model of a body system and take a picture. Bring the picture in and show your teacher.

Complete a revision poster on A3 to summarise your learning for the last topic.

Research a famous Biologist, writing a brief description about them and their discoveries.

Select ONE of these core tasks to complete as your homework for this half term.

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Create a poster about a recent new discovery in Biology. Make it colourful and informative. Bring it into school.

Write a summary of your visit to a science exhibition or museum. Explain what was good and why.

Read about a new scientific discovery in Biology. Tell your teacher what you found out at the end of one of your science lessons.

Visit a science exhibition or museum. Take a picture of you and your family while you are there and stick the picture in this booklet to show your teacher

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Complete these optional enrichment tasks to earn extra visa points and extend your learning!

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Make a model of an atom and take a picture. Stick the picture in this booklet to show your teacher.


Research a famous Chemist, writing a brief description about them and their discoveries.


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Create a poster about a recent new discovery in Chemistry. Make it colourful and informative. Stick it in this booklet to show your teacher.


Read about a new scientific discovery in Chemistry. Tell your teacher what you found out at the end of one of your science lessons.

Visit a science exhibition or museum. Take a picture of you and your family while you are there and stick the picture in this booklet to show your teacher

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Make a model of the solar system and take a picture. Stick the picture in this booklet to show your teacher.


Research a famous Physicist, writing a brief description about them and their discoveries.


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Create a poster about a recent new discovery in Physics. Make it colourful and informative. Stick it in this booklet to show your teacher.


Read about a new scientific discovery in Physics. Tell your teacher what you found out at the end of one of your science lessons.

Visit a science exhibition or museum. Take a picture of you and your family while you are there and stick the picture in this booklet to show your teacher.

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Create a model of a volcano.

Create an A4 information sheet about your chosen tectonic event on the Geography page following the homework or on a seperate sheet to show your teacher!

Research a tectonic event (earthquake/volcano/tsunami) and write 5 key facts about it on the Geography page following the homework or on a seperate sheet to show your teacher!


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Film a homemade volcanic eruption - mint mentos and coke!

Create your own evacuation plan for when an earthquake hits!

Research a place which experiences multiple hazards.

Watch an episode of Countryfile and discuss the issues raised as a family.

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Create a story book for primary school students. It must include your story and have a well designed cover that is engaging and would encourage someone to read it.

Create a draft of a children’s story that explains what it was like in America in the 1920s. It must be written so that a primary school student could understand it.

Research one aspect of life in 1920s America that you learnt about in class. It can be any topic but it must be research in more depth than looked at in class.


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Extend your information sheet with your second feature.

Add that second topic into draft of a story.

Research a second topic.

Get your parents to help you design a clever and engaging cover for your book. Can you design your book so that it has unique features like flaps or pop out sections?

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Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about the artist Claes Oldenburg. Make your own 3D food item. You can use any materials you have at home. Check the knowledge organiser for material ideas.

Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about the artist Claes Oldenburg. Copy a piece of Claes Oldengurg's work. You can you any materials you have at home.

Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about the artist Claes Oldenburg. Present an important piece of information.


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Complete one of the Gold activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on google classroom.

Complete one of the Silver activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on google classroom.

Complete one of the Bonze activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on google classroom.

As a family use one of the suggested apps to alter family photos or photos of everyday family objects. Click on the link on the knowledge organiser for suggestions.

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Review the knowledge organiser on google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about the artist Stephen Wiltshire. Make your own 3D version of a building in one of Stephen Wiltshire's drawings. You can use any materials you have at home. Check the knowledge organiser for material ideas.

Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about the artist Stephen Wiltshire. Copy a piece of Stephen Wiltshire's work. You can you any materials you have at home.

Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about the artist Stephen Wiltshire. Present an important piece of information.


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Complete one of the Gold activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on google classroom.

Complete one of the Silver activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on google classroom.

Complete one of the Bronze activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on google classroom.

Use Google Street View to explore one of the cities that Stephen Wiltshire has drawn. Create a drawing as a group, with each person drawing their favourite building from your exploration to make a new city scene. Work at any size or using any art material you want.

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What inspired the product you have found at home and sketched? Can you find any similar products and explain using annotations why you think they are similar. Present your work on A4/3 paper or submit it electronically via google classroom.

Sketch the product you have found at home in your Bronze task - use A4 plain paper or something similar to draw on.

Find out about a designer or designer brand who has designed something you or your family own? EG. Apple, Converse, Samsung, Adidas, Bosch, Dyson, Dualit, Sabatier etc. Be repared to discuss with your peers during a lesson.


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Model you idea at home (using cardboard, Lego, tape, pasta, Plasticine, Playdough, bread, paper, glue...pretty much anything) and get feedback from your parents or carers on how to improve your design.

Research a designer that has produced products in a similar style to your own idea - ask you teacher to email you some designers names to get you started (an example slide on how to do this research will be shared with you on Google classroom).

Create a Google slide mood board of 20-15 images to inspire your design work in DT.

Could your design idea connect with another product? With your family try and create design ideas that connect to their things - see the example slide shared on google classroom.

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Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about worry dolls. Answer the questions and make a worry doll.

Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about worry dolls. Answer the questions and draw a worry doll.

Review the knowledge organiser on Google classroom. Familiarise yourself with the key words and click on the link to find out about worry dolls. Answer the questions.


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Complete one of the Gold activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on Google classroom.

Complete one of the Silver activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on Google classroom.

Complete one of the Bonze activities in the Creative Studies Challenge and Enrichment Activity booklet, this is shared with you on google classroom.

As a family visit the Sainsbury Centre to view a range of figure sculptures. Take photos and talk about your ideas. Click on the link on the knowledge organiser for suggestions.

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Collect 8 - 12 images on ONE page of A4 showing different ways to adapt or serve the recipes we are making in class - looking for creative ideas (Pizza quesadilla, carrot cake, chicken dippers, pizza, macaroni cheese)

Select 4 dishes from a restaurant menu. Suggest ways to improve the nutritional value of each one.

Organise your ingredients for your practical lessons.


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Try a new recipe by yourself and photograph the making stages and finished product.

Identify a range (3-5) of special diets (e.g. vegetarian, coeliac) that people may follow and explain why. Give examples of foods that can and cannot be eaten.

Make one of our dishes again at home, independently. Photos to evidence.

Try a new recipe as a family, cook and wash up together.

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Research different audience configurations. To get you started - We usually watch each other's performances in an 'end on' audience configuration. Include diagrams.

If you got any answers wrong, tell me what the correct answers were.

Complete the quiz which relates to the unit of work we have been looking at.


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Try out some different lighting states using a white background, a lego/bluetac man and a torch or phone light. What happens when you shine the torch from the front? from behind? from the side? nearer or further away? Take some pictures or write up your findings.

Create a Facebook Profile for one of your favourite TV characters. Come and see me for a blank sheet.

Tell me 3 facts about your favourite film director.

Watch a play/film/musical with your family and write a review about it.

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Tell me 3 questions you would add to the quiz to make it more challenging.

If you got an answer wrong, tell me what the correct answer was.

Complete the quiz on google classroom, which addresses all the key points you were introduced to this half term.


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Sign up for an after school Dance club (either at school or outside).

Film yourself recreating a section of your favourite dance from the video.

Watch a hip-hop video which contains dancing in it.

Get your family to recreate a short section of your favourite dance from the video and film it.

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Listen to some blues songs. Write a review about them. What do you like/dislike? What instruments are used? Do they differ across songs? What is the mood of the song? How does it make you feel? Listen to an old blues song and a modern blues song...are they similar?

Turn your poster into an information leaflet. Add some information about famous blues musicians and their music. Include your own lyrics to your blues songs.

Design a poster about blues music. Mention the history of blues music and the 12 bar blues. Give some examples of instruments that are used.


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Create a mix CD of modern and old blues tracks. This can be an actual CD or made up of a list of YouTube clips. It needs at least 8 tracks.

Film yourself singing or playing the 12 bar blues.

Create a Facebook profile for blues singer Bessie Smith.

Watch the Blues Brothers film together and review it. This could be written or interviews with the people who have watched it with you.

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Create a mind map that shows at least eight formulas and functions you can use in a Spreadsheet.

Use binary code in order to write a short message.

Get images from the Internet of computer system components and label them.


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Produce a poster explaining the role of each part in a computer.

Create a list of all of the devices in your home that connect to the Internet.

List 5 electronic devices and/or gadgets that are used frequently.

Create a game that uses database key terms and play it with your family. Film your family playing the game.

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Take part in 30-60 minutes of exercise outside school three times per week for example; walking/swimming, or attend a training session/match on three occasions per week.

Take part in 30-60 minutes of exercise outside school twice per week for example; swimming/cycling, or attend a training session/match for a club/team on two occasions per week.

Take part in 30 minutes of exercise outside school twice per week for example; walking/cycling, or attend a training session/match for a club/team on one occasion per week.


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Attend an extra-curricular club either morning or after school regularly over the half term and represent a sports team on two occasions over the season.

Attend an extra-curricular club either morning or after school regularly over a half term and represent a sports team on one occasion over the season.

Attend an extra-curricular club either morning or after school on a regular basis over a half term.

With your family, participate in some exercise or physical activity for example walk, bike ride, exercise video, badminton. Take photos or video evidence.

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Start a conversation with a native speaker of French.

Practice your new vocabulary on your parents.

Find some French food in the supermarket and take a photo of it.

Watch a film on Netflix in French. Lots of Disney films are dubbed in to French.

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Start a conversation with a native speaker of German.

Practice your new vocabulary on your parents.

Find some German food in the supermarket and take a photo of it.

Watch a film on Netflix in German. Lots of Disney films are dubbed in to German.

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Write an article for The Victory Bugle and submit to Mr Todd in T9

([email protected])

Copy your English teacher into your email so that your teacher can

reward you with your 5 visas.

Write a film review.

Find some adverts in a magazine which use DAFOREST techniques and

label them.

Read and discuss a challenging newspaper or magazine article together as a family.

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mailto:[email protected]

Create a lesson on your favourite topic in maths to share with your teacher (and maybe even your class!)

Create a poster on your favourite maths topic that you have learnt so far. This will be displayed in maths department!

Create a maths problem to share with your class (and maybe your year group!)

Devise a mathematical board game and show us playing it with your family.

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Go and visit the Sainsbury Centre Art Gallery.

Go for a walk in the woods.

Go to the cinema. Stop and listen to a busker.

Talk to an older family friend or relative about their experiences as a child.

Watch a film. Take a trip to the castle.

Go see a performance.

Find a piece of street art that you like.

Write a song or a poem.

Watch some sport live or on tv.

Perform to somebody else.

Attend a club and learn a new skill.

Bake something to share.

Try and complete as many of these tasks as possible. Perhaps you could get your whole family involved. On the next page, write down what you did for each challenge. Visa point for each one you complete.

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Stick your photos on this page as evidence towards achieving your 10 Visas.

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