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HOMEWORK SCHEDULE

April – May (half-term) 2013

HOMEWORK (Summer first half-term 2013) Subject: Art

Subject

Week of 15/04/13 Week of 22/04/13 Week of 29/04/13 Week of 06/05/13 Week of 13/05/13 Week of 20/05/13

Yr. 7

CITY STREETS – Draw a view of your road from your window.

DECORATION – Draw a pattern from Furniture/Material in your house.

Year 8

CHUCK CLOSE: Grid Portraits.

Black & White Grid Designs.

Year 9

JG POSADA – Artist Research

GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST Printmakers

PICASSO – Lino-Prints

ALEX BINNIE – Woodcuts

Lino-Printing: Technique

PRINTMAKING: Evaluation

Year 10

COURSEWORK COMPLETION






Year 11







Business 15 April

22 April

29 April

6 May

13 May

20 May

YEAR 9

Unit 1: Investigating How Businesses Work- Research & Prepare for Controlled Assessments 2) Analyse How Businesses Are Organised 3) Evaluate Why Stakeholders Are So Important

YEAR 10 OPTIONS

A & B

Unit 1: Investigating How Businesses Work- Complete all Controlled Assessments 1) Investigate What A Business Is And What Businesses Do 2) Analyse How Businesses Are Organised 3) Evaluate Why Stakeholders Are So Important

Unit 2: Financial Records Exam Students taking re-sit use folders & past papers to revise

YEAR 10 OPTION

C

Unit 1: Investigating How Businesses Work- Research & Prepare for Controlled Assessment 3) Evaluate Why Stakeholders Are So Important

YEAR 11

Unit 1: Investigating How Businesses Work- Complete all Controlled Assessments 1) Investigate What A Business Is And What Businesses Do 2) Analyse How Businesses Are Organised 3) Evaluate Why Stakeholders Are So Important

Unit 2: Financial Records Exam Students taking re-sit use folders & past papers to revise

Subject: Design and Technology

Subject


Yr. 7

Each student has a homework booklet and is given one homework task per week out of the booklet. Mrs Keeble – Food Technology booklet, Mrs Buxoo – Textile booklet, Mrs Salanky – Resistant Materials booklet, Mrs Dreyer – Systems and control booklet.

Year 8

Each student has a homework booklet and is given one homework task per week out of the booklet. Mrs Keeble – Food Technology booklet, Mrs Buxoo – Textile booklet, Mrs Salanky – Resistant Materials booklet, Mrs Dreyer – Systems and control booklet.

Year 9

Textile Homework: Product Analysis




Textile Homework: SMSC Research

Textile Homework: Collecting task relating to mood board

Year 10 3 Yr course

Course work research: To conduct specific research on materials and manufacturing processes.

Course work research: To research industrial manufacturing processes for making their product.

Course work research: To research social, moral and ethical issues relating to their product.

Year 10 2 Yr course

Course work research: Testing your product by giving it to a potential user to use in a situation it is designed for. Record all findings.

Exam revision, using revision books, exam questions booklet and suggested websites in the tracking booklet.

Year 11

Course work research: Testing your product by giving it to a potential user to use in a situation it is designed for. Record all findings.

Exam revision, using revision books, exam questions booklet and suggested websites in the tracking booklet.

HOMEWORK (Summer first half-term 2013) Subject: Drama

Subject


Yr. 7

Darkwood Manor; Devise a murder mystery

Darkwood Manor; Devise a murder mystery

Newham Drama Festival prep.




Year 8

Bouncers: Script Bouncers: Script Newham Drama Festival prep.




Year 9

Script work: learning roles and lines



Unit 1 prep Unit 1 prep Unit 1 prep

Year 10

Course complete Course complete Course complete Course complete Course complete Course complete

Year 11

Course complete Course complete Course complete Course complete Course complete Course complete

Subject: English

Subject


Yr. 7

Informative formal letter writing – Write a letter for a school

trip

Informative, informal letter

writing

Research on the treatment of animals

in the farming industry

A persuasive campaign leaflet against cruelty to

animals

Descriptive leaflet on a holiday

destination you have been to

Prepare for end of unit task –

argumentative essay on whose approach

is better – Mrs. Kay’s or Mr. Briggs’

Year 8

Write a description of a place based on the sense of smell.

Write a description of a place based on sense of touch and

smell.

Write a description of a place based on

sounds.

Write a description of a food of choice, focusing on its taste.

Write a piece of description based on

sense of sight.

Write a piece of description using all

the senses.

Year 9

Think of someone you know who is a good leader, and

write a description of them and their

attributes – what makes them a good

leader?

Explore ideas in Chapter 2;

symbolism of fire; representation of

beast

A character analysis of Jack.

Descriptive writing exercise

Exploratory writing on the differences between childhood

and adulthood.

Preparation for end of unit assessment

task.

Year 10

GCSE English Literature revision






Year 11

Exam revision – Unit 1 practice




Exam revision – Literature practice

Exam revision – Literature practice

HOMEWORK (Summer first half-term 2013) Subject: Geography

Subject


Yr. 7

Revision for rivers assessment

World of work – employment sectors

Examples of a working day

World of work key terms

Making a living – how sustainable is work in the UK?

Revision for world of work assessment

Year 8

Revision for coasts assessment

Urban/Rural key terms

Greenfield and brownfield sites

Case-study of an MEDC

Case-Study of an LEDC

Revision for Living spaces assessment

Year 9

Water world revision presentations

Rivers key terms Researching river processes

Researching river landforms

LEDC example (possibly Yangtze river) Case-study

Loughton brook case-study

Year 10 C

Revision for unit 1 restless earth

Revision for unit 1 battle for the biosphere

Revision for unit 1 Climate and change

Revision for unit 1 Water world

Revision for extreme climates

Revision for unit 1 Rivers/coasts

Year 10 B

Controlled assessment catch up

Exam preparation unit 2

Unit 3 research Unit 3 research Unit 3 revision for mock exam

Corrections to mock exam

Year 11

Controlled assessment catch up

Exam preparation unit 2

Unit 3 research Unit 3 research Unit 3 revision for mock exam

Corrections to mock exam

Subject: Health and Social Care

Subject


Yr. 9

Interview case study Observation of case study child or second interview

Create a flyer offering advice to young people as to how to handle relationship breakdowns

Investigate physical needs of case study for case study write up session



Year 10

Prepare own work experience diary

Conduct interview direct/indirect work and observations of work placement

Research qualifications and training of 2 care workers

Promoting anti-discriminatory behaviour

Rights and responsibility – Allegra case study

Verbal communication

Year 11

Controlled assessment evaluation

Proof-read assignment

Prepare index page Revise for other GCSE subjects

Revise for other GCSE subjects

Revise for other GCSE subjects

Subject: History

Subject


Yr. 7

King Richard II versus Wat Tyler – Who was to blame for the peasant’s revolt? Explain your answer. Why might historians have different opinions about the causes of the peasants revolt? (clue: Think about the evidence they would use, who would write an account of these events at the time and what would they want people to think?)

Design a title page for religious beliefs in England in the 1500s – include both Protestants and Catholics.

Draw up your own list of demands protesting against the wealth and power of the Catholic Church and its leader, the Pope.

Create a facebook page / or fact file on Henry VIII: include interests, activities, religious views, relationship status, birthday, friends

Research: List five reasons why Henry VIII wanted to change the Catholic Church in England. Make sure you include at least one reason for each of the following: Power, Money and Religion.

Write a biased account of Henry’s changes. It could be a diary entry for a monk, explaining what you think of Henry and the changes that he has made.

Year 8

Design a Title Page with the title The Second World War 1939-45 Include key events, facts, dates and weapons.

How far was Hitler to blame for the Second World War? Use your knowledge and the key facts leading to war and consider if Britain, France and the USSR could have done more to stop

Pick one event that you think is a turning point or defining moment in World War II. Explain the importance of your choice and how it has had an impact on the world we live in today.

Design a storyboard covering the main events at Stalingrad from September 1942 – February 1943. Extension. Explain the importance of Stalingrad to the outcome of World

Choose a key event from the Second World War that had a big impact on the people of Britain. It could be the Nazi invasion of Poland and Britain’s declaration of war, the evacuation from

How important was the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union to the outcome of the Second World War? Complete your own research to help you with the question. (The Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union

Hitler before the invasion of Poland in 1939. Why didn’t they?

War II.

Dunkirk, the Blitz (German bombing of British cities), or D-Day.

was called Operation Barbarossa)

Year 9

Propaganda for the USA or USSR Write an article or design a poster explaining the reasons for and the benefits of either: The Warsaw Pact for the USSR and the Eastern Bloc NATO for USA and Western Europe

Exam Question: Briefly explain the consequences of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. (6 marks)

Design a front cover or propaganda poster for a fallout shelter handbook in 1961, explaining to the American people: The threat of communism to the American way of life Why Berlin is a flashpoint that could spark a nuclear war The dangers of a nuclear war for the American people The benefits of building a nuclear fallout shelter for an American family

Complete storyboard showing how the Cuban revolution and America’s reaction to it increased tensions between the USA and the USSR.

Complete a table about the immediate or long-term consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis Decide whether each result is a success for the USSR, the USA or both. (As both superpowers are rivals, a failure for one counts as a success for the other). Your opinion: Who came out as the winner of the Cuban Missile Crisis – Khrushchev or Kennedy? Explain your answer...

Prague Spring Causes: Exam Question

Year 10

Revision Revision Revision Revision Revision Revision

Year 11

Revision Revision Revision Revision Revision Revision

Subject: ICT HOMEWORK (Summer Term, 1 st half, 2013)

Subject


Yr. 7

Spreadsheet Homework 1






Year 8







Year 9

CIDA- Class work is controlled. For homework students can improve written work on the design log checking grammar and vocabulary.






Year 9 & 10 GCSE

Unit 1:Living in the digital world Homework tasks for exam set by class teacher. Year 10- Revise for exam Unit 2: Work on any outstanding work for the controlled test. Improving written work for reviews.






Year 11

• DIDA Plan- Add comments to project log/Monitoring.

• Add actual time for each task and if necessary modify the date.

• Check plan is up to date and accurate.

• Improve all work ready to hand in to teacher.





















Subject: Mathematics

Subject


Yr. 7

Geometry & Measures – Includes measuring & drawing angles, constructions, symmetry, transformations, polygons & tessellations.

Year 8

Geometry & Measures – Includes plans, elevations, scale drawings, midpoint of a line segment, map scales, loci & bearings.

Number – Includes adding fractions, subtracting fractions, order of operations, multiplying decimals & dividing decimals.

Year 9

Higher Expanding brackets & factorising Circle Geometry Indices, standard form & surds

Foundation Sequences Percentages Ratio & proportion

Year 10

Higher

Pythagoras’ Theorem & Trigonometry Quadratic & Simultaneous Equations

Foundation Transformations Constructions & Loci Equations & Inequalities

Year 11

Higher Exam Papers Exam Papers

Foundation Exam Papers Exam Papers

Subject: Media

Subject


Year 9

GCSE: Independent research of representation in the media – focus on gender and age BTEC: Researching and collecting adverts for media awareness task

Year 10

GCSE: Revision for exam – watching and discussing TV Dramas

Year 11

GCSE: Revision for exam – watching and discussing TV Dramas BTEC: Developing and practicing ad pitch presentation

Subject: MFL

Subject


Yr. 7

Write a couple of paragraphs about your school

Write a couple of paragraphs about what you like to wear

Write a couple of paragraphs about your favorite sport

Write a couple of paragraphs about your weekend

Write a couple of paragraphs about your hobbies

Write a couple of paragraphs about your family

Year 8

Write a couple of paragraphs about how you spent your last weekend

Write a couple of paragraphs about your daily routine


Write a couple of paragraphs about your family

Write a couple of paragraphs about your hobbies

Write a couple of paragraphs about you’re a recent event in your life

Year 9


Prepare a role play script on going out with a friend at the weekend (1st Draft)

Prepare a role play script on going out with a friend at the weekend (Final Draft)


Write a couple of paragraphs about your favorite celebrity

Write a couple of paragraphs about how you use the internet

Year 10

Controlled Assessment 2 Paper 4

Controlled Assessment Paper 2

Listening practice Paper 2

GCSE vocabulary list revision Paper 3


Write a review of a film you watched recently

Year 11

Controlled Assessment 2 Paper 4

Controlled Assessment Paper 2

Listening Practice Paper 2



Write a review of a film you watched recently

Subject: Music

Subject


Yr. 7

Year 7 Music Project 5 - School Website






Year 8

Year 8 Music Project 5 School Website






Year 9

Use Internet to Research Music Technology hardware – list 6 products and manufacturers

Explain one Music Technology hardware product in a paragraph

Use internet to Research Music

Technology software- list 6 programs and manufacturers

Explain one Music Technology software program in a paragraph

Explain how to equip a home ICT Music Technology recording set up – in two paragraphs

Research a manufacturer and write a paragraph on their history, specialisms and main products

Year 10

Complete Unit 2 Complete Unit 2 Complete Unit 7 Complete Unit 7 Complete any other outstanding work for submission by Thurs 23/5/13

Complete any other outstanding work for submission by Thurs 23/5/13

Year 11

No Year 11 Music classes






Subject: PHYSICAL EDUCATION – Subject: Physical Education

Subject


Yr. 7

Design a poster promoting the summer sports after school clubs.

Research the rules of Rounders including how many players there are on a team.

Design a skill specific warm up that would include throwing and catching for your whole class.

Design one rule change that you would like to introduce to Rounders stating why you would use it and how it would be done.

Evaluate how successful your rule change was and adapt it accordingly for next week’s lesson.

Research the history of the sport you will be starting after half term and bring to the lesson the key facts and when it was first played.

Year 8

Research a fielding drill that is focused on the short and long retrieve.

What are the key fielding positions in Rounders and how do they change from a left handed batsman to a right handed batsman.

Research a fielding drill that focuses on advanced batting in Rounders.

Compare and contrast the differences between Rounders and Softball.

Using the teams you finished in last lesson devise a tactic that you can use within the laws of the game to outwit your opponent.


Year 9

2009 GCSE past paper.




In a competitive game of Rounders come up with 5 different tactics that you might use to beat and outwit your opponent.


Year 10





NA NA

Year 11




2012 GCSE past paper

NA NA

Subject: PSHCE

Subject


Yr. 7

Becoming disabled. Research how various impairments can occur

How can the borough better meet the needs of people with disability

Complete ‘understanding your values’ activity

Who can we turn to for advice about personal judgement

Research ‘manners’ in Japanese society

Year 8

Is education the key to getting rid of racism?

Research ‘kick it out’ campaign

Are school bullying policies effective at dealing with racism?

Research to define the term globalization

What (if anything) on the internet should be censored?

Year 10

W/E Work experience report – health and safety

Revise for assessment

Provisions for disability in the workplace – rules and regulations – link with own work experience

Subject: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Subject


Yr. 7

Holy Books AFL Evaluation

Creation title page Interview with Adam and Eve

Environment poster Write your own creation story or poem

Creation AFL evaluation

Year 8

Marriage AFL Evaluation

What is Death? title page

Design a bereavement card

Write an obituary for a newspaper about yourself or a fictional person

Design a storyboard of a funeral from a religion of your choice

Death AFL evaluation

Year 9

Revise for mid-unit examination

Worship poster Design your own symbol of belief

Poem about existence, life and death

Revision for AFL examination

AFL Evaluation

Year 10

Essay: ‘Men and women can never be equal’

Work experience Revision for paper 1 AFL evaluation ‘The natural world’

Revision for paper 1 AFL evaluation ‘Questions of meaning’

Revision for paper 1 AFL evaluation ‘Relationships’

Revision for paper unit 1 AFL evaluation ‘Is it fair’

Year 11

Revise for Relationships unit

Revise for Natural World unit

Revise for Questions of Meaning unit

Revise for Is it Fair? unit

Final Examination

HOMEWORK (Spring first half-term 2013)

Subject: SCIENCE

Subject


7XC1, 7XP, 7YC1, 7YP

The differences between atoms, elements and molecules. The Periodic table of elements and chemical symbols

Properties of Metals and Non-Metals. The uses of Metals and Non-Metals and their positions in the Periodic Table

Use of Sam learning and other websites to strengthen scientific knowledge and understanding. New materials for special uses

Writing word equations. Learn the meaning of key science words: reactants, products, element, compound, atom, molecules

Investigative skills: Planning skills- Plan an investigation to find out how increasing the mass of magnesium affects the mass of magnesium oxide produced in a fixed volume of oxygen

Use of Sam learning and other websites to strengthen scientific knowledge and understanding

7XA, 7XC2, 7YA, 7YC2

How scientists use graphs to model speed and acceleration: Interpreting Distance-time graphs and Speed- time graphs

Learn about forces acting on falling objects. How speed changes during a parachute jump

Understanding of “Pressure” and the relationship between pressure and surface area. How to calculate pressure

Pressure in liquids: How car brakes work? Using particle model to explain hydraulics

Bouncing ball investigation: planning skills and data interpretation skills. Pressure in gases and what affects it

Levers and Moments. Understanding the principle of moments and calculating moments of forces.

8XA, 8XC2, 8YA, 8YC2

What happens to particles during a chemical reaction? Constructing word equations and balanced equations

Understanding the Law of Conservation of Matter. Writing balanced symbol equations

Plan an investigation to test an hypothesis. Investigating rusting; setting up a control experiment

The reactivity series and displacement reactions. How the reactivity of a metal determines its possible uses. How to place metals in order of reactivity.

Using the reactivity series to predict reactions

Use of Sam learning and other websites to strengthen scientific knowledge and understanding

8XC1, 8XP, 8YC1, 8YP

Reflection of Light: Laws of reflection – Key Science Words: normal, reflected ray,

Refraction of Light-What happens when light travels through transparent materials

Dispersion of Light – How colours are dispersed by a prism or raindrop. Coloured

Sound energy – How sounds are made?

The importance of planning a fair test and safety issues when doing an investigation.

The bionic ear – How we hear, how the bionic ear has helped some people to hear

incident ray, angle of incidence, angle of reflection. The way that mirrors reflect light. Drawing ray diagrams

and how to draw ray diagrams

filters

How sound travels in different materials

Research the effects of noise pollution. How sounds can damage your hearing

Year 9

Renewable and Non-renewable energy resources – Advantages and Disadvantages of energy resources

Practice controlled assessment – Solar cells (producing electricity directly from the sun’s radiation)

General properties of Waves – Frequency, Wavelength and Amplitude: The Wave equation

The Electromagnet Spectrum – Uses of EM waves in communications. Understand how echoes are formed

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. Big Bang Theory

9C6 and 9P continue specific tasks such as worksheets, research work and presentations on Additional Applied GCSE Science

Year 10

Finish off Chemistry 2: Energy transfer in chemical reactions (exothermic and endothermic reactions)

Past papers, summarizing information and learning it. Use of Sam learning and other websites

Making salts: soluble and insoluble salts – crystallization of salts

Acids and Bases, Neutralisation reactions

Practice exam questions, past papers, Sam learning and other websites

Practice exam questions, past papers, Sam learning and other websites

11XA and 11YAgroups

Finish off Biology 3: Wastes from human activity, pollution of air, water and land,

Deforestation and destruction of areas of peat, Biofuels, Biogas,

Efficiency of food chains and food production, fish stocks and sustainable food production, Use of Fusarium to produce mycoprotein (a protein rich food for vegetarians)

Biology 3 revision Biology 3 revision Biology 3 revision

11XC1 and 11YC1 groups

finish off Biology 1 Theories of evolution (natural selection and other theories

Practice past papers Past papers, summarising information and learning it.

Revision for Chemistry 2

Biology 1 and chemistry 2 revision

Biology 1 and chemistry 2 revision

HOMEWORK (Summer first half-term 2013)

Subject: Sociology

Subject


Yr. 7

Year 8

Year 9

Is society becoming increasingly desensitized as a result of the media?

Connect the learning: Describe pluralist and Marxist views on the power of the mass media. Small group presentation.

Connect the learning: Describe pluralist and Marxist views on the power of the mass media. Small group presentation.

Identify and explain the arguments about the effects of media violence.

Revise for assessment.

Year 10

Year 11

HOMEWORK (Summer first half-term 2013) Subject: Statistics

Subject


Year 11

Revise for final exams






NO HOMEWORK (Summer second half-term 2013)-Exams!!!

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