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Year 8 Term 3 Homework Pack

Greenacre Academy intends homework to be diverse in nature, focusing on more project-based work which will be on-going over a number of weeks. This booklet includes homework from each subject that your son / ward studies at school. Our Expectations Students must complete and submit homework pieces from each project as their teacher directs. Teachers will inform students when each piece of homework is due in and this will be recorded in their planners. Please also note that some tasks in the booklet are subject to change, and this will be done so at the discretion of the teacher. This would occur on occasions where a different task may be more beneficial to your son/ward’s learning. As well as the three Homework Tasks, there are some additional activities for each subject.

Reading List Students should read for at least 30 minutes each night. Reading frequently will help students to develop their vocabulary and literacy skills. Please encourage you son / ward to read. Suggested reading material has been included within the projects for each subject.

Stretch & Challenge Students are encouraged to push themselves, completing more tasks where they see fit. If they have a particular interest or gift in a given area, students should be encouraged to complete the stretch and challenge task.

Skills for Life As part of the Academy’s implementation of ‘Skills for Life’, each subject-area has carefully thought about activities and tasks to integrate particular skills into their schemes of work. To help promote this, the completion of the homework tasks will help your son/ward develop these certain skills. The Skills for life focus is EMPLOY ME -

Excellence, Manners, Perseverance, Listening, Organisation, You, Motivation and Employability Accelerated Reader Year 7/8 students are taking part in the Accelerated Reader programme, which is an online programme that develops students reading skills and promotes a love of reading. As part of this initiative, we have provided students with their own Accelerated Reader from the library. This reading forms part of basic equipment for students in year 7/8, therefore students should have their reading book with them every day. It is essential that reading books are looked after, while on loan, and we ask that students keep these in as good condition as possible. Students will be reading their AR book for a minimum of 20 minutes each day, however we encourage pupils to be reading as often as possible at home, in addition to homework set. We encourage students to finish and exchange their reading books every two weeks (length of book depending). As reading is essential for all exam subjects, we also recommend that students are accessing a range of fiction and non-fiction texts. Please support your son/ward with this, by promoting reading as often as

possible at home. We also ask that you acknowledge and share your son/ward’s success with the Accelerated Reader programme. Bedrock Vocabulary Bedrock is a new and innovative vocabulary programme which enables students to complete interactive lessons which take between 15-20 minutes. During the lessons, students will learn the definitions of keywords and complete a range of comprehensive tasks to improve their reading skills. As your child progresses through the curriculum, they will study hundreds of words, whilst reading fiction and non-fiction texts regularly. Learning key vocabulary is essential for all subjects in order for your son/ward to access their exams. We recommend that students complete two sessions per week, some of these may be completed in school, during lessons, but students also need to engage with the programme in their own time too. Students will need to:

- Logon to https://www.bedrocklearning.org/ - Click on login - Put in their username and password (which will be in their student planners) - Click on the first session

We ask that you acknowledge and share your son/ward’s success with the Bedrock Vocabulary programme. If your son/ward is unable to access the internet from home, they are able to use the library after school every day as part of homework club which takes place from 2.50 pm – 3.50 pm. Study Room If your son/ward needs help with homework or a quiet place to study we run a homework club every weekday from 2.50-3.50 in the Library. Queries? If you have any queries about the homework projects please get in touch with the relevant teacher using the email address provided for each subject. Thank you for your continued support of Homework.

https://www.bedrocklearning.org/

Year 8 Term 3 Homework Schedule

Your son/ward will be set homework on alternate weeks throughout the term on the week commencing dates outlined below. The ‘hand in dates’ will be set by teachers in class and recorded in student diaries.

Week Commencing

3rd Jan 9th Jan 16th Jan 23rd Jan 30th Jan 6th Feb

Yr 8

Art and Design

Computing English

PA Geography

PE

Music

History Maths

Food Tech RE

Science MFL DT

PSHE

Art and Design

Computing English

PA Geography

PE

Music

History Maths

Food Tech RE

Science MFL

DT

PSHE

Art and Design

Computing English

PA Geography

PE

Music

History Maths

Food Tech RE

Science MFL DT

PSHE

Year 8 Term 3 Homework Tasks

Art and Design [email protected]

Students should complete the three tasks listed below in order. The Stretch and Challenge and Numeracy Tasks, as well as books from the Reading List and Spellings are to be completed at the discretion of the class teacher and/or the student.

TASK

1 Please note: you will be issued with a booklet in class.

Task 1 Complete task one from the booklet remember to keep your mark-making accurate and maintain proportion when drawing. Need some help? Use the grid method to help you with scale and proportion.

TASK

2

Task 2 Complete task two from the booklet. Try to add tone or extra detail to show off your skills! Need some help? Draw a tonal key at the top of your page to remind you of the five tones you need.

TASK

3 Task 3

Complete task three from the booklet. Could you add a background to draw upon to add a different effect. Need some help? Why not use tea or coffee to stain the page to give your work an aged appearance?

Stretch & Challenge

Reading List Numeracy

Task Spellings

Create your own Day of the Dead relief pattern

made out of materials you have at home. Remember

to incorporate strong lines, colour, and anilaml

images just like amn original mexican pattern.

Day of the Dead – Tony Johnston

How To Draw Skulls For Beginners: Draw Skulls Step By Step Guided Book- Gala

Publications

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Day_of_the_Dead.aspx#1

Grid up a picture of your choice and

enlarge this. For your chosen

image grid up 1cm x 1cm, enlarge this onto the paper by gridding up your

paper 2cm x 2cm. This will make your drawing four times as big!! Use a ruler.

Pattern colourful

interlinking mask

Mexican Celebration


Computing [email protected]


TASK

1

There are apps for almost every task you might want to perform on your smart phone, such as messaging, games, sports, etc. You are to research apps, which are specifically used to keep score of football games. Write a report including at least four different apps. Focus on the following questions:

How easy is it to use?

How much does it cost?

Is it worth it for the price?

What can it do?

Who made it?

TASK

2 Log on to App Inventor. Add a second count button and a second count label. Once you have done this, add code so

that when the second button is pressed, the second label increases by 1. Finally adapt the code for the Reset button so that it returns both labels to 0. Print screen your new section of code, paste it onto a new Microsoft Word document and explain what you have done and how it affects your app. Attempt this yourself, however if you do need extra support a help sheet can be collected from your teacher.

TASK

3

Log on to App Inventor. Add code to the Reset button so that it clears “StatsLabel” and “Stats2Label”. Print screen your new section of code, paste it onto a new Microsoft Word document and explain what you have done and how it affects your app. Attempt this yourself, however if you do need extra support a help sheet can be collected from your teacher.

Stretch & Challenge Reading List Numeracy Task Spellings You are a reporter for the Daily Mail. Your editor has given you the task of reviewing the top five apps of 2017. You need to write a news article that explores five different top apps available in 2017 focusing on their purpose, popularity, price and whether they are well made. Your article must be between 400 – 500 words and include only five pictures, one for each app that you have reviewed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zmpsgk7 https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/new-gcses-computer-science-ocr-revision-guide-for-the-grade-9-1-course/9781782946021 http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/tutorials.html

My memory stick is 500mb, my computer is 250gb and my external harddrive is 1tb. How many times can I copy the memory stick onto the computer? How many times can I copy the computer onto the external harddrive? How many times can I copy the memory stick onto the external harddrive?

Interface User Arithmetic operator Syntax error Trigger Global variable Initialise Local variable Variable String

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zmpsgk7

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zmpsgk7

https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/new-gcses-computer-science-ocr-revision-guide-for-the-grade-9-1-course/9781782946021




http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/

http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/tutorials.html

http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/tutorials.html


DT [email protected]


TASK

1

Research smart materials and create a poster about when and how we use them. EG thermochromatic paper, kevlar etc

TASK

2

Draw a diagram of all the PPE we use in detail. Label them and explain what we use them for.

TASK

3

Create a poster about the different types of plastic we use in DT. Remember to classify them into groups such as thermosoftening and thermosetting.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

Research new technologies

and smart materials and

create a poster about when and how we

use them.

GCSE Bitesize

http://www.mr-dt.com/

http://www.technologystudent.com/

To work out the dimensions of their products. Then to work out the area of the product.

Thermosoftening Thermosetting

Safety Protection Dangerous

Hazard


English [email protected]


TASK

1

Research and find 10 facts about the author of the text that you are studying. Present these on a fact sheet. Include information about his background, life and times, and the period in which he wrote the novel.

TASK

2

Design a new front cover for the text that you are studying. Label your front cover explaining why you have selected certain images/words/phrases/fonts/colours.

TASK

3

Create a mind map for a character of your choice, include important quotations, events, information and images to help you remember.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

OMAM-Is Curley’s wife a lonely victim

or a villain? Oliver- Is Nancy a villain or a

victim? Write an answer to this question giving

reasons for your answer.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

If there are 650 pages in a book

and a student has read 40% =, how many pages have

they read?

Interpret Structure

Perspective Narrator

Vocabulary


Food Technology [email protected]


TASK

1 You should produce research on your theme using the following as starting points:

What is afternoon tea? Where are afternoon teas served? Research where it could be served (e.g. The Ritz) Cost of food, dishes on menu, skills required at the level of catering.

Research baked products. List of sweet baked products and savoury.

TASK

2 Find two different recipes on the internet or in a book and highlight/label the different

things you will need and that you will have to do.

one must be savoury. Complete this on A4 lined paper.

TASK

3 At home you need to prepare, cook and serve your two designs.

You will need to record your preparing, cooking and serving using images either drawn or using photos.

You will need to get feedback from your taste testers.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

Design two sweet and two savoury food

products. Students cook and serve for a

large amount of taste testers. Arrange a

local event to raise money for a charity.

Cooking books

D&T Food Foundations ISBN 978-1-4085-0814-5

www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zb8jm

Weighing out ingredients.

Adapting recipes

ingredients. Working out

correct cooking times. Money when

food shopping.

Professional Hygienic

Environment Assess

Potential Risks

Hazard


French [email protected]


TASK

1

Invite 8 celebrities to do an activity with you. (You must give the activity, the day and time).

TASK

2

Make up a display for the classroom on excuses.

TASK

3

Make up a poster on clothes you are going to wear for a party, using colours, material and opinions.

Stretch & Challenge Reading List Numeracy

Task Spellings

Research/project on French designers/perfumes (write a paragraph in English)

Le Journal de spirou – French magazine “Je bouquine” French magazine Wapiti French magazine

Revise numbers 1-100 to understand prices (when shopping for clothes)

Promener le chien = walk the dog

Laver la voiture = wash the car

And other excuses Jover au tennis = play tennis Faire du velo = ride your bike

Un pantalon = trousers Une chemise = skirt (and other items of clothing)


Geography [email protected]


TASK

1

You need to create a fact sheet about extreme weather and the types of extreme weather that we experience in the UK. Make sure this is detailed and colourful and full of imagery.

TASK

2

How did the UK react to flooding in 2014? Create a newspaper article for 'The Greenacre Geographic' which describes what happened to Somerset in 2014 and how the emergency services responded.

TASK

3

Greenacre Academy is hosting the Prime Minister, Theresa May to discuss climate change. You need to write a speech to present to the Prime Minister discussing what you think should be done to combat climate change.


Task Spellings

Create a poster that details why the UK should spend more money on preventing the impacts of extreme weather.

National Geographic

Geog 1

BBC Bitesize Geography

Research how much the world has heated up since the year that you were born. Calculate the difference in temperature.

Weather Climate

Ecosystem Extreme

Depression Pressure


History [email protected]


TASK

1

You are a slave on a slave ship. Write a letter to your family back at home describing what conditions are like, what you have to do and how you are treated.

TASK

2

Define each of the following key terms: slave, settlers, empire, auction, plantation, revolt, lashed, abolish.

TASK

3

It is the year 1851 and you are a British official at the great Exhibition. Design a poster explaining how Britain gained their huge empire.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

In the middle of our period of

study, the British fought the French

at the battle of Waterloo. When

was it? Who were the leaders of each

army? Who won and why?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/industrial_era/the_slave_trade/revision/2/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/indu

strial_era/the_slave_trade/revision/5/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/uk_through_time/british_empire_through_time/revi

sion/5/

In 1901 the world's population was 1.6 billion people. The

British Empire ruled a quarter of the earth.

How many people were under British

rule?

Slavery Abolish Empire Invade

Independence Rebellion





http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/uk_through_time/british_empire_through_time/revision/5/




Maths [email protected]


TASK

1

Explain and demonstrate how to add and subtract simple fractions with the same denominator. Extension – explain how this would change when the fractions have different denominators.

TASK

2

Create your own linear graph. You must give the example of how to find the coordinates, how to plot the coordinates and then an example of the finished graph.

TASK

3

Create your own probability scale. This must include numbers, key words and examples.


Task Spellings

Give a written explanation on what techniques and methods you used when completing the homework tasks.

Research the equation of a circle

Focus on your 6 and 8 times tables.

Denominator Fraction

Coordinates Linear

Probability


PE [email protected]


TASK

1

Attend a table tennis after school club. (See any member of PE for advice on any local clubs too)

TASK

2

Attend a badminton after school club. (See any member of PE for advice on any local clubs too)

TASK

3

Attend a basketball after school club. (See any member of PE for advice on any local clubs too).

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

Complete your PE after school club loyalty card and win an award. Want to take your skills further? Go to after school clubs regularly and represent the academy against other schools. You could also attend some

clubs outside the school, please come and ask any member of PE for some examples of good local

clubs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/23152583 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/23179331 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/23179331

Add together the length of time a rugby game

takes with the amount of players in a rugby

team. From this answer

subtract the amount of players in a football

team. Write your answer in

hours and mins.

Badminton Basketball

Perseverance Loyalty

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/23152583







Music [email protected]


TASK

1

As a band, create a poster featuring your band's rules. You must include the name of your band and each of the band members, as well as what each individual is going to play.

TASK

2

Rehearse as a band for your final performance. You will need to book a rehearsal room with Miss Breckin or Mr Wilson and get your planner signed to show that you have completed this work.

TASK

3

Complete the written evaluation sheet you have been given and complete it using full sentences and include key words that you have been learning in music this term.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

Attend 'Band Night' on a Monday 3-4pm in order to improve your band's

performance.

Read a magazine or newspaper article about your favourite band or

artist.

Read about different musical genres such as the

Blues and Rock n' Roll

Find an example of a successful band online and

read about how they became successful as band.

A school music department gets a

budget of £508.10 The music teacher wants to buy 3 new bass guitars,

costing £82 each. After purchasing the guitars, how much money will be left?

Harmony Chord

Bassline Structure

Verse Chorus


Performing Arts [email protected]


TASK

1

Rehearse your street dance at home or in the dance studio during lunch, so that you know what you are doing in your group. Ask parents/carers or teacher to sign your planner next to where you have written your homework, to confirm you have completed this task.

TASK

2

Create a dance poster based on the Street Dance you have learned form the film 'You Got Served', incorporating at least three of the following key terminology: Group Relationships, Formation, Dynamics, Variation, Unison and Canon

TASK

3

Complete the written evaluation sheet you have been given and complete it using full sentences and include key words that you have been learning in dance this term.

Stretch & Challenge

Reading List Numeracy Task Spellings

Attend a dance , drama or music club, through

school or at an out of school club.

Look up any of your favourite celebrities that have been in 'Strictly Come Dancing' and

read about their experience.

Watch the new 'Dance, Dance, Dance' TV programme

and discuss with your friends/family the difficulty of the technical moves based on

your own experience in dance.

Any newspaperor magazine

article relating to dance

When organising a theatre trip for your class, tickets

are £16.95 each, and coach hire is £50.00 for

the day. For a class of 29; how much will this cost?

Choreography Dynamics

Spatial Awareness Performance

Gesture Group Relationships


PSHE [email protected]


TASK

1

From what you learnt in the lesson, design a poster that gives information on 'Sex and the Law'. Make your poster informative and eye catching.

TASK

2

‘Sexting is harmless fun, no one gets hurt’ Do you agree or disagree? Explain in 200 words.

TASK

3

Are C-cards a positive or negative thing for young people? Explain your opinion in 200 words.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

Create a mind map on the possible

effects of underage sex. Think about

effects on the boy, the girl and each

family..

BBC bitesize- PSHE In 1955 there were 33,000

teenage births in England. In 2008

there were 44,690. How many had this increased by and over how

many years?

Relationship Puberty

Hormones Contraception

Consent Illegal


RE [email protected]


TASK

1

Create a poster explaining the holy trinity to a year 6 student.

TASK

2

Find creation story from a different country or religion.

TASK

3

Create a newspaper article about a Jesus death and resurrection.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

Draw the floor layout of a local church and

explain each important element.

Religons to inspire Christianty

BBC Bitesize Christian beliefs

Truetube Christian beliefs

Research the percentage of

Christians in each of the continents

Christianity Creation

Resurrection Incarnation

Sin Forgiveness


Science [email protected]


TASK

1

Produce a piece of artwork, or a 3D model, to demonstrate your understanding of our topic Ecosystems.

TASK

2

Write a method for extracting metals from ores. Include diagrams and/or pictures to help with your explanations.

TASK

3

Create a Facebook Profile Page for 5 metals from the Periodic table. Include: Name, location, mass number, uses, properties.

Stretch & Challenge


Task Spellings

Find a scientific news item about motion and summarise it in

your own words. Minimum of 300

words.

A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by

Emily Sohn and Charles Barnett II

Eco-system by Natalie Rompella

The Reaction of Metals by Roberta

Baxter

Choose a Maths topic and show

how it can be used in science

Producer Consumer Velocity

Acceleration Reactants Products

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