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Year 7 Curriculum Student Guide

For Home Learning

To be used when self-isolating

Spring Term 2 2021

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Introduction In the scenario where your daughter is unable to attend school due to self-isolating we have produced this Curriculum Student Guide to outline more subject specific guidance on work that can be completed at home. This will replace the previous guidance to use Oak Academy. Please be advised that all homework is now set on Google Classroom and your daughter can access this from home as usual to keep up with work set. We are also encouraging teachers to add their PowerPoints to the class pages where appropriate. If you daughter would like to explore subjects beyond this guidance the following website are very helpful in addition to any subject specific websites recommended by subject teachers: -

Oak Academy

GCSE Pod

BBC Bitesize (for KS3 and KS4)

Seneca Learning

Active Learn Contents Page

Subject Pages

Art 3

BLOSSOM 4

Drama 5

English 5

French 6

Geography 6

German 7

History 7

Maths 8-9

Music 10

RE 10

Science 11

Technology 11-12

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Art

Recommended Website Resources

All tasks and information will be discussed in Google Meet during lesson time. All information and

resources will be shared on Google Classroom under ‘Class Work’. Assignments are to be completed

either on computers or in books/paper. All work is to be uploaded onto Google Classroom. Tasks

done on paper or in books must be photographed and kept safely. This is to ensure hand-ins are met

and feedback can be given.

DESPITE POSSIBLE MISUNDERSTANDINGS: ART LESSONS CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE.

All you need is your inquisitive and creative imaginations. Basic equipment and initiative.

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Niki de Saint Phalle:

Designing a Wild Animal

All tasks and supporting materials are dated and labelled in Google

Classroom

1/3/21 CAREERS WEEK POSTER MAKING CHALLENGE All tasks and supporting materials are dated and labelled in Google

Classroom

8/3/21 Niki de Saint Phalle:

Decorating and completing a Wild Animal

All tasks and supporting materials are dated and labelled in Google

Classroom

15/3/21 Niki de Saint Phalle:

Designing a Mythical Creature

All tasks and supporting materials are dated and labelled in Google

Classroom

22/3/21 Niki de Saint Phalle:

Decorating and completing a Mythical Creature

All tasks and supporting materials are dated and labelled in Google

Classroom

29/3/21 Easter Challenge All tasks and supporting materials are dated and labelled in Google

Classroom

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BLOSSOM

Recommended Website Resources

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z3ckjxs

https://www.mind.org.uk/

https://youngminds.org.uk/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/childrens-mental-health/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p07lsr4d/jesy-nelson-odd-one-out

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gnzv/age-of-the-image-series-1-4-fake-

views

https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/

Year 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

All year groups will be following the same SOW/ Curriculum.

The focus is on wellbeing and keeping good mental health.

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21

Healthy eating and mental health

Healthy eating and mental health

1/3/21

Careers Week

Careers Week

8/3/21

International Women’s Day- Influential Women

International Women’s Day- Influential Women

15/3/21

Talking Therapy and Keeping Good Mental Health

Talking Therapy and Keeping Good Mental Health

22/3/21

Growth Mind-set and Resilience- Brain challenges

Growth Mind-set and Resilience- Brain challenges

29/3/21

Reflection- A year on….

Reflection- A year on….

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Drama

Week Beginning

Topics Covered

Names of Powerpoints on

Google Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Midsummer Nights Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inu2A5iHROI See topic

1/3/21 Midsummer Nights Dream

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/ See topic

8/3/21 Tempest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovTnJFz3eNM See topic

15/3/21 Tempest

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/ See topic

22/3/21 Shakespeare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWV_b3mgPk See topic

29/3/21 Shakeseare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY See topic

English

Recommended Website Resources

Unlike many subjects, English work is set dependent on the English class and the pace of

understanding. Therefore, we have outlined the topics covered in every year group for each set for

the whole half term.

Greater guidance on specific tasks and resources will be updated weekly on Google Classrooms and

resources can be found in the topic section of Google Classroom.

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21

Hamlet Please look at your Google

Classroom for weekly direction and resources

1/3/21

8/3/21

15/3/21

22/3/21

29/3/21

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French

Recommended Website Resources

KS3/4-Google Classroom resources

www.classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage

www.memrise.com

Oak Academy

KS3/4-www.linguascope.com

o username: bsg

o password: Brentford5

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Module 2 French school In Google classroom

1/3/21 There is/isn’t In Google classroom

8/3/21 Revision modules 1-5 Module 2 In Google classroom

15/3/21 Module 3 Free Time point de départ In Google classroom

22/3/21 sports In Google classroom

29/3/21 activities In Google classroom

Geography

Recommended Website Resources

BBC Bitesize

GCSE POD

Oak Academy

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21

Are UK coastlines under threat? PowerPoints and worksheets will be uploaded to Google classroom

for students to complete.

1/3/21

8/3/21

15/3/21

22/3/21

29/3/21

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German

Recommended Website Resources

KS3/4-Google Classroom resources

www.classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage

www.memrise.com

Oak Academy

KS3/4-www.linguascope.com

username: bsg

password: Brentford5

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Revise Kapitel 2 Modules 1-3 In Google Classroom

1/3/21 Colours In Google Classroom

8/3/21 Birthdays In Google Classroom

15/3/21 Verbs+endings In Google Classroom

22/3/21 Asking/answering questions In Google Classroom

29/3/21 Revise Kapitel 1-all modules In Google Classroom

History

Recommended Website Resources

BBC Bitesize

The National Academy

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Henry VIII Star or monster Henry’s wives

1/3/21 Henry’s problems Reasons for dissolution of monasteries

8/3/21 effects of the dissolution of monasteries Edward changes to the church

15/3/21 Edward & Jane Mary I – can she bring Catholicism back

22/3/21 Bloody Mary Elizabeth I

29/3/21 Were the Tudors the most significant rulers in the 16th Century?

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Maths

Year Group/Set

Topics Covered Links for students to use

Names of Powerpoints

on Google Classroom

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Unit 5: Angles and shapes 5a. Angles and parallel lines 5b. Triangles 5c. Quadrilaterals 5d. Polygons Unit 6: Decimals 6a. Ordering decimals 6b. Rounding decimals 6c. Adding and subtracting decimal 6d. Multiplying decimals 6e. Dividing decimals 6f. Fractions, decimals and percentages 6g. FINANCE: Working with percentages

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links: 179, 180, 184, 185

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links: 62, 57, 80, 84, 85, 86, 87

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Some topics continued from Autum2 3e.Bracket and powers 3f. Factorising expression Unit 4: Fractions 4a. Working with fractions 4b. Adding and subtracting fractions 4c. Fractions, decimals and percentages 4d. Multiplying and dividing fractions 4e. Working with mixed numbers

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links: 160, 168, 169

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links: 62, 57, 80, 84, 85, 86, 87

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Unit 3: Expressions, Functions and formulae 3a.Functions 3b. Simplifying expressions 1 3c. Simplifying expressions 2 3d. Writing expressions 3e. STEM: Substituting into formulae 3f. Writing formulae Unit 4: Decimals and Measures 4a. Decimals and rounding 4b. Length, mass and capacity 4c. Scales and coordinates 4d. Working with decimals mentally. 4e. Working with decimals 4f. Perimeter. 4g. Area

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links: 151,152,153,155,156

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links: 56,199,47,48,50,51,548,549,550,551,555,558

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Unit 4: Decimals and measures 4a. Decimals and rounding 4b. Length, mass and capacity 4c. Scales and coordinates 4d. Working with decimals mentally 4e. Working with decimals 4f. Perimeter 4g. Area 4h. STEM: More units Unit 5: Fractions 5a. Comparing fractions 5b. Simplifying fractions 5c. Working with fractions 5d. Fractions and decimals 5e. Understanding percentages 5f. Percentages of amounts

Hegartymaths.com

Video/Exercise links: 56,199,47,48,50,51,548,549,550,551,555,558

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links:

80,77,84.85

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Unit 5: Factors and multiples 5f. Factors and primes 5g. Common factors and multiples Unit 6: Decimals and measures 6a. Estimates and measures 6b. Decimal numbers 6c. Metric units 6d. Adding and subtracting decimals 6e. Rounding 6f. Multiplying and dividing decimals 6g. FINANCE: Calculating with money Unit 7: Angles and lines 7a. Right angles and lines 7b. Measuring angles 1 7c. Measuring angles 2 7d. Drawing and estimating angles 7e. Putting angles together

Hegartymaths.com

Video/Exercise links: 33, 27, 28, 31, 34

Hegartymaths.com

Video/Exercise links: 129 – 133, 691, 47, 17, 56, 134, 48-51, 757,758

Hegartymaths.com Video/Exercise links:

821, 455-461

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Music

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 KS3 - Composing your song - Verse

Lesson 1 All materials will be provided under topic heading [Lesson date] - Resources for our

lesson.

Task breakdown will be included in that

week’s Personal Learning Checklist.

1/3/21 KS3 - Composing your song - Verse

Lesson 2

8/3/21

To Follow 15/3/21

22/3/21

29/3/21

RE

Recommended Website Resources

You Tube

GCSE Pod

BBC Bitesize

The National Academy

Oak Academy

Week Beginning

Topics Covered

Names of Powerpoints on Google Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Symbols –

Belonging 1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/customs/fiveks.shtml

1/3/21 Symbols –

Belonging 2

8/3/21 Helping Others -

Belonging

https: https://www.truetube.co.uk/film/five-pillars-islam //www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zhbpfcw/revision/4

15/3/21 Rules -

Belonging

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-education-ks3-a-z-of-religion-and-beliefs-k-is-for-kosher/zvtmnrd

22/3/21 29/3/21

Easter Creative Activities

Create an Easter Bonnet or decorate and egg.

Easter Egg Hunt

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Science

Recommended Websites to use

https://app.senecalearning.com/login

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zng4d2p

Google Classroom

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Making sound, Moving sound

1/3/21 Detecting sound, Using sound

8/3/21 Comparing waves, Animals and noise

15/3/21 Mixtures and separation, Mixtures

22/3/21 Solutions, Evaporation

29/3/21 Chromatography, Distillation

Technology – Please follow the Subject in Your Rotation for this Half Term

Graphics

Website recommended to use:

- Google slides

- Google search

- Pinterest (if possible)

22/2/21 Design ideas (continued) / Begin final

design idea

Students to continue drawing out their design ideas for their book covers then begin drawing their final design idea (a combination of best elements of all 3

designs)

1/3/21 Final design idea / Analysis of final design

Continue or begin drawing final design idea / complete analysis of design idea to

ensure all elements added and have created work to the best of their ability

8/3/21 Draw out template of design idea (if in

school) / Artist research page on Jonny Duddle

Students to draw out design onto template and outline (if in school) then scanned onto computer by JJE. Complete an artist research page on illustrator Jonny Duddle.

15/3/21 Begin creating final piece Demonstration on how to use Affinity to

edit and create final piece / Begin working on final piece

22/3/21 Continue creating final piece Continue working on Affinity to edit work

and create final piece

29/3/21 Finish final piece/complete evaluation

Ensure final piece is saved and printed (by JJE) complete evaluation on work (do via

google classroom) Challenge task: Create poster to advertise

book

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ICT

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on

Google Classroom (if known)

22/2/21

How to use scratch - How to log on and start a project, How to make a background and a scratch character, How to make your scratch character do basic things on command e.g. Move, change size, change colour

Introduction to scratch

1/3/21

Algorithms and loops - How to produce a set of instructions for the scratch character to follow, How to add a loop so that the scratch character repeats an action for a certain number of times, explain what an algorithm is using a flowchart or list.

Algorithms and loops

8/3/21

"If, else" statements - Use flowcharts to show how a computer interprets "if" and "if, else", Build both "if" and "if, else" statements into a scratch algorithm, Solve a problem using "If" and / or "If, else" statements

If statement in scratch

15/3/21

Boolean Logic - recall the operators AND, OR, NOT, NOR and NAND, add these operators in an algorithm, have the scratch character complete a task using the operators

Boolean Logic

22/3/21 Binary numbers - explain what binary numbers are, complete calculations with binary numbers, recall some binary numbers

Binary numbers

29/3/21 N/A

Textiles

Week Beginning

Topics Covered Names of Powerpoints on Google

Classroom (if known)

22/2/21 Making the ‘under the sea’ wall hanging -

background Stages of making the wall hanging

1/3/21 Making the ‘under the sea’ wall hanging –adding

appliqued and quilted details Stages of making the wall hanging

8/3/21 Making the ‘under the sea’ wall hanging –adding

appliqued and quilted details Stages of making the wall hanging

15/3/21 Making the ‘under the sea’ wall hanging –adding

final details, embroidery, beads and buttons Stages of making the wall hanging

22/3/21 Evaluating the different techniques and the wall

hanging Evaluation

29/3/21 N/A