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Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: English

During the next two weeks, please select at least one task from the selection below to complete for this subject. You may choose to do

more than one task.

Online Activity

To help you answer these you could:

- Look in your copy of the text, if you have it or

http://www.shakespeareonline.com/plays/macbethscenes.html

to access an online version

- Visit sparknotes.com to research key facts and

plot points.

1. Watch the Animated Tales version of Macbeth on

youtube- pause the video to make notes and help

you revise the main events of the play. This will

help you with the task below…

2. Logon to Educake (use the same login details as you

use for Science) and take the quizzes on:

Macbeth Plot Act 2 and Act 3, Act 4 and Act 5 if

you can.

Paper and pens

3. Read the extract on the next page from Act 1 Scene 7 and

answer the question that follows to the best of your ability:

There is support provided on the appendix. Use your revision of the plot

and character to help you. You should aim for 2 paragraphs on the extract

and 2-3 on the rest of the play. Pay close attention to the changes in the

power dynamic within their relationship e.g. is Lady Macbeth dominant all

the way until the end?

Be Creative

4. Create a timeline of Macbeth’s decline from “hero” to

“butcher”. Decorate it with images and colours if you have

them.

You can use the following youtube tutorial to help you or

challenge yourself to do it from memory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3nwTsSnOI

5. Create a timeline of Lady Macbeth’s decline from confident

manipulator to a guilt ridden woman, consumed by regret. .

Decorate it with images and colours if you have them.

You can use the following youtube tutorial to help you or your

challenge yourself to do it from memory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeziwNHNdhk

Connecting with your peers

6. Speak to someone in your year group about the extract over the

phone. You could share your ideas about which quotations you will pick

out in your answer.

7. Take a picture of your timelines and share them with your friends

or your teacher via email.

If you can, please submit any tasks that you complete to your class teacher who will look forward to seeing what you have managed to do. If

you need any help or guidance, please ask your class teacher using Firefly or your school email. They will give you ideas and support. We will

reward your efforts with achievement points and some of you may receive recognition from Mrs Merritt and Mr Gilmore. Keep up the good

work – we are so proud of you! #teamminsthorpe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3nwTsSnOI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeziwNHNdhk

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Maths

Date: Monday 27th April – Friday 8th May (2 weeks)

During the next two weeks, please select at least one task from the selection below to complete for this subject. You

may choose to do more than one task.

Online Activity

Complete tasks set on Hegarty, for the next two weeks you will be focusing on Standard form and Proportion. There will also be some work set on

Firefly. Don’t worry if you have forgotten how to do these topics, on Hegarty there is a 10 minute video

you can watch first!

Paper and pens

Can you find a Brownie recipe that makes 16 brownies.

How would you change the recipe if you only

wanted 12?

How would you change the recipe if you wanted 28?

Can you write the recipe for 16 Billion brownies

using standard form?

Be Creative

Mathematicians love board games, we like to plan ahead, make a strategy, think logically, think if

different possibilities to help us win, anything from connect 4 to monopoly, chess to articulate, we love them all! Can you design and make a board game?

Once you have done this, have a think, what skills of a mathematician does your board game use? How

can that help you win?.


Challenge others in your class to see who can answer the most questions set correctly on Hegarty

Maths or fix it up 5 (this is a great way to answer random questions you have done this year at

Minsthorpe). Be the teacher, explain to someone in your

household the different representations you used in the paper and pens section, can they think of a

different representation? How could you represent it using something in your house and not a pen and

paper? WIN! – Play the board game you have created with

someone in your house, use those skills of a mathematician to win!!

If you can, please submit any tasks that you complete to your class teacher who will look forward to seeing what you

have managed to do.

If you need any help or guidance, please ask your class teacher using Firefly or your school email. They will give you

ideas and support.

We will reward your efforts with achievement points and some of you may receive recognition from Mrs Merritt and

Mr Gilmore.

Keep up the good work – we are so proud of you!

#teamminsthorpe

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Science




Online Activity • Go on to Educake and try to achieve over 70% on

the “Y9 Science Quiz 1” test – you can retake this test as many times as you want!

• Work through this lesson on the Oak National Academy website: https://www.thenational.academy/year-9/science/microscopes-year-9-wk1-3/ If you enjoy this type of lesson, keep an eye out for future Science lessons. Make/add to your book notes or work on paper.

Paper and pens

• Have a go at creating a storyboard, overview or summary sheet of one of the following processes/topics, using as many Scientific key words as possible (extra points for drawings).

o Bio: How does the digestive system work? (the organs involved, structures, chemicals and enzymes and any adaptations etc.)

o Chem: How the model of the atom developed. (from before the discovery of the atom, to the plum pudding model, nuclear model, Niels Bohr’s adaptation and James Chadwick’s work)

o Phys: How renewable and non-renewable energy use can change in the future.

(differences between renewable & non-renewable resources, how reliable they are and how their use will impact the environment)

Be Creative • Make a Science booklet/card game/word

search/crossword etc (with answers!) to teach your or members at home about:

1. How Science Works vocabulary 2. The structure of an Animal Cell 3. The structure of the Atom 4. The components of an electrical circuit

• Create a Science quiz using the resources available on: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/z8r997h with answers to test those in the house.


• Challenge others in your year/class to see who can achieve the highest % score on the Educake quiz on the first attempt.

• If you create a Science quiz – send it to a group of your peers to see if they need a helping hand.


have managed to do.


ideas and support.


Mr Gilmore.

Keep up the good work – we are so proud of you! #teamminsthorpe

https://www.thenational.academy/year-9/science/microscopes-year-9-wk1-3/

https://www.thenational.academy/year-9/science/microscopes-year-9-wk1-3/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/z8r997h

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: French


During the next two weeks, please select at least one task from the selection below to complete for this

subject. You may choose to do more than one task.

Online Activity

• Go on Memrise and try to achieve as

many points as you can each day.

• Work through this lesson on the BBC

Bitesize website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides

/zhhvd6f/revision/1 If you enjoy it you

could try the other available lessons

too. Make notes in your French book

or on paper.

Paper and pens

• Have a go at writing as much as you

can about yourself in French from

memory using French you have learnt

in year 9 – introduce yourself/your

family/your friends, your hobbies,

how you use technology, your

favourite celebrations etc. Do

everything you are confident is

correct in one colour and anything

you are not sure about in another.

Use your books to check it afterwards

(or send to your teacher if you can).

Be Creative

• Make a card game that would teach

you or a member of your family either:

1) Aiming High – Grade 8-9 WOW phrases

(use the sheet in your vocab book);

2) Transferable vocab from p95 of your

Planner;

3) 10 key verbs in the present/past/future

(use the sheets in your vocab book).

• Try to start a diary/blog in French and

write a couple of sentences about what

you have done, how you have felt, your

opinions of each day. You can make it

up and be as imaginative as you want.


• Challenge others in your class to see

who can achieve the highest Memrise

score at the end of each day/week.

• Record a short clip or write

something about yourself/what you

have been doing in French – share

with a friend and see if they can

understand what you are talking

about.

If you can, please submit any tasks that you complete to your class teacher who will look forward to

seeing what you have managed to do.

If you need any help or guidance, please ask your class teacher using Firefly or your school email. They

will give you ideas and support.

We will reward your efforts with achievement points and some of you may receive recognition from

Mrs Merritt and Mr Gilmore.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zhhvd6f/revision/1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zhhvd6f/revision/1

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: History


During the next two weeks, please select at least one task from the selection below to complete for

this subject. You may choose to do more than one task.

Online Activity 1. Revise your learning on the Norman Conquest via the BBC Bite size website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zxjk4j6

Read through and complete the quiz at the end of the topic.

2. Watch the BBC Teach Norman Conquest videos available on Youtube (there are 6 in total). Make a revision card for each one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sK4JX0co8I&list=PLcvEcrsF_9zK2bOCseaghBIucwf9pcsFX

Paper and pens

1. USA in the 1920s: Write 3 diary entries from three different perspectives (one per perspective). Choices = Farmer, Flapper, Factory Worker, African American, Immigrant.

2. Write down everything you know about how America in the 1920s was a ‘divided society’.

a. Rich Industries /Poor Farmers b. White / Black experience

c. Anti-Saloon Campaign / Speakeasies

Be Creative 1. Make a Norman Castle out of the materials you

have at home. It can either be a Motte and Bailey Castle or a Stone Square Keep

2. Make medieval soldiers out of toilet roll tubes and other materials that you have at home. Remember there are different types of soldiers with different weapons and shields. (Fyrd, Housecarl, Archer, Infantry, Knight)


1. Video call a group of your history classmates and play this game live:

a. All create this table on a piece of paper. b. One person randomly selects a letter from the alphabet.

You have 1 minute to come up with an answer for each category.

c. After the minute is up, share answers. You get a point if no one else has the SAME word as you.

d. After 5 rounds add up your points and see who is the winner.



If you need any help or guidance, please ask your class teacher using Firefly or your school email.

They will give you ideas and support.




https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zxjk4j6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sK4JX0co8I&list=PLcvEcrsF_9zK2bOCseaghBIucwf9pcsFX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sK4JX0co8I&list=PLcvEcrsF_9zK2bOCseaghBIucwf9pcsFX

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Geography




Online Activity

• Go on Seneca and try to work through as many sections as you can each day.

• Work through this lesson on the BBC Bitesize website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhvwjhv

Paper and pens

1. Watch the Lion King / Africa United / Madagascar films

• What is the climate is like?

• What biomes are in the film?

• Physical and Human Geography Features

• Environmental concerns

• How does it link to your Geography learning so far?

2. Create an infographic (This is where you

use pictures instead of words) to represent everything you know about the Tropical Rainforest Environment. Think:

- Climate - Vegetation/animals - Uses

- management

Be Creative Design A City That is Environmentally Friendly Spring is a time of new life and lots of colours! Design a city that is environmentally friendly Label / summarise why it is environmentally friendly Don’t forget if you can do an animation, use lego and photograph, draw, make a model


Pictionary: Challenge a friend or group of friends to a game of Pictionary. This can be done by drawing and sending pictures or using something like FaceTime. You picture should represent a key word in Geography and let them guess it. Log your scores.








https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhvwjhv

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Computer Science




Online Activity • Ensure all Seneca tasks are up to date and

completed.

• You can also attempt work on Seneca that your teacher has not set for you so we encourage you to do this.

• Watch videos about the basics in Python on YouTube. Continue to practice your programming skills as this will keep it fresh for when you start back at school.

Paper and pens

• Look back at the theory topics we have covered so far (binary, hex, images, sound, compression, logic gates) and draw up mind maps of key terms and their definitions. You could also add colour and images to this to make it more attractive and interesting.

Be Creative

• Create a set of flash cards with keywords and definitions that you can learnt so far.

• Create Top Trumps cards for different PCs/laptops based on their specification. You could include clock speed of CPU, amount of RAM, amount of cache, size of HDD/SSD etc.

• Create your own set of programming challenge cards (like the ones you have used in class).


• Challenge others in your class to see who can complete the most tasks with 100% scores on Seneca.

• If you have created your own challenge cards from the ‘Be Creative’ section, share these with your peers to see if they can complete them.

• See who can get the highest score on Binary Bonanza/Flappy Bit.








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Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: iMedia




Online Activity

Watch one of the following exam theory videos on Firefly -

https://minsthorpe.fireflycloud.net/computing-and-digital-media/home-school-/y9-and-10-imedia Make revision notes from the video, these notes will be useful when you take your exam next year.

• Please check your emails for any individual feedback sent to you by either Mr Mallinson or Mrs Fallon. They will be expecting you, where possible, to make improvement to your R082 LO2 work on One Drive.

Paper and pens

• Draw a visualisation Diagram based on this exam question.

Be Creative

• Create a moodboard that shows inspiration for a new futuristic house. Remember a moodboard should include the following:

o Images o Text o Colours

• Create a storyboard to show the first 6 scenes for a new episode of The Simpsons. Remember to include the following:

o A box for each scene. o Underneath the scene you should record

down: ▪ Length of scene ▪ Sound and lighting ▪ Camera angles used


• FaceTime or ring a friend and test and compare answers to the exam questions above.


have managed to do.


ideas and support.


Mr Gilmore.


https://minsthorpe.fireflycloud.net/computing-and-digital-media/home-school-/y9-and-10-imedia



Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Art




Online Activity Using Firefly or the sheet that you have from college complete the black and white journal.

This tasks include

A zentangle animal of your choice using only a biro. Zentangle is doodling with patterns. Add different shapes, lines and textures using pattern such as crosshatching. There are 6 other tasks too, all black and white.

Paper and pens

Observational drawing. Complete a drawing of your trainer or shoe using pencil tone. Fill your page and add as much detail

as possible before shading using dark to light tones to create that important 3D effect.

If you enjoy this you could draw more of your own belongings and this time add colour if you can.

Be Creative Just for fun!

Can you create a “No Paint Painting”? Using objects around your home such as clothing, bedding, plastic storage and hairbrushes create an image on a flat surface such as the floor. It can be based on a famous painting such as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci or it can be your own creation. Photograph it from above to share with friends and family or challenge someone else in your home to create their own too. Don’t forget to return all items to where they belong.


Can you photograph a piece of coursework, either something from lesson that you may have finished or a piece from the black and white journal task. Send it to a friend and ask them to assess it. Can they give you a grade ( Pass, merit or distinction) along with a positive comment and a target for improvement? Now do the same for them, get

them to send a photo of their work. Its easy to do but will improve your work.








Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Music




Online Activity 1.Research job roles within the music industry and create a PPT that describes each of those roles and what they do. Title page The Music Industry. 2. Include what the advantages and disadvantages of performing in small and large venues. Describe what the health and safety difference would be between the small

and large venue. Use the revision guide on firefly as

support also.

Paper and pens

1. Make a list of all the job roles that exist in the performance sector of the music industry

2. Make a list of all the non-performance job roles within the music industry and describe the skills that you can remember.

Be Creative

1. Make flash cards for each job role within the music industry with a clear and simple definition of what each job role does.


Video call one of your friends and test each other on this section of the exam set them a few questions on your flash cards.








Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Design and Technology




Online Activity Watch the you tube clip How to – Toilet paper https://youtu.be/KUf4GZpB0lU Afterwards draw out a diagram of the stages of making toilet paper, include

images and annotation. You can stretch yourself by researching how the original recycled paper was made and you can

include this as part of your diagram

Paper and pens Write a lesson aimed at year six students. The lesson should include a quick starter

that introduces the subject, a main activity that is all about the subject and then a

short activity to finish the lesson that re-caps on what they have learned. The theme of the lesson is Plastics (polymers) you can be as creative as you wish and can include information about the source of plastic, it uses and also its environmental impact.

Be Creative Many companies have re-designed their brand logos to reflect the new social distancing policies. Your task is to choose a company logo and re-design it in the same way. Be creative and think outside the box. I am looking for originality, you can even create a 3D version of your logo using recycled materials.

Connecting with your peers Create a 15 question quiz suitable for your

class to answer. Your quiz can include picture rounds, multiple choice questions

and other forms of questions. The theme of the quiz should be the 6R’s (Recycle, Reuse, Rethink, Reduce, Refuse, Repair). You can include questions that relate to this theme in any way. Make sure that you have the

answers written down too!!








https://youtu.be/KUf4GZpB0lU

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Hospitality and Catering


During the next two weeks, please select at least one task from the selection below to complete for this subject.

You may choose to do more than one task.

Online Activity Watch the you tube clip How to make Puff Pastry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcqk74DP-sw Afterwards draw out a storyboard and diagrams of the stages of making. Add annotation including tips

and possible things that could go wrong at each step and also images of how to do the process- especially

the folding and rolling stage! You can stretch yourself by adding what you could

then make with the dough CLUE: Think of all the products in a bakery made

with flaky pastry….

Paper and pens In the current situation we are in Food is really

important as supermarkets are selling out of lots of key ingredients.

Write down what you could make out of the ingredients below- it could be collectively or separately and imagine you have some other

ingredients to add to it.

• Plain flour

• Potatoes

• Condensed milk

• Frozen peas

• Strawberries

• Carrots

• Stale bread

Be Creative

If you have been watching the news you will have heard the word PPE being used a lot. This stands for PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. A chef relies

on certain items of PPE as his uniform. Find out what it is and draw an image of a chef in his

PPE adding anotation as to what it is and why it is important for him to wear this item.


Create a 15 question quiz suitable for your class mates based on the skills you have learnt so far in

practical’s in Year 9. Ensure there are at least 10-15 questions and you know the answers!!

Your quiz can include picture rounds, multiple choice questions and other forms of questions.

EG- what piece of equipment makes the kneading of bread easier than by hand? = KENWOOD CHEF MIXER

You could challenge a fellow classmate to answer your quiz and see how they do!








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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcqk74DP-sw

Learning at Home

Year 7,8,9 and 10 CORE PE

Subject: Core PE




Online Activity Research 3 different turns that can be used in football.

Paper and pens Write down the key teaching points of 3 different football turns.

Be Creative Video yourself performing 3 different turns in football.

Connecting with your peers Share your video with a friend. Can you give them feedback on how to improve ?








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Learning at Home

Year 9 and 10 GCSE PE

Subject: GCSE PE




Online Activity Research on line the different types of movement at joints below. What is flexion ? What is extension ? What is rotation ? What is circumduction ? What is plantar flexion ? What is dorsi flexion ? What is abduction ? What is adduction ?

Paper and pens Read the attached pages and complete the attached worksheets.

Be Creative

Video yourself performing each of the different types of movement below. flexion extension rotation circumduction flexion dorsi flexion abduction adduction

Connecting with your peers Text another student in a GCSE group with five 1 mark questions on the topic of the different type of movement at joints. Can you beat the score they get ?








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Learning at Home

Year 9 Cambridge National

Subject: Cambridge National




Online Activity Research on line the cause, signs and symptoms and treatment of asthma.

Paper and pens Have a go at the attached past exam paper. Use the mark scheme to help you with any questions that you are unsure of.

Be Creative Video yourself answering 5 questions from the attached exam paper.

Connecting with your peers Text another student in a Cambridge national group with five questions from the exam paper. Can you beat the score they get ?








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Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Learning for Life




Online Activity https://www.ucas.com/understanding-apprenticeships

https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/facts-and-

stats/Pages/higher-education-data.aspx

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-

experience/apprenticeships/should-i-go-to-university-or-

do-an-apprenticeship

Research different pathways after post-16

(University/Apprenticeships) – Again use the 5Ws as a

basis for your research. Create a piece of work,

showing your research and explain which pathway

you prefer and why.

http://life-saver.org.uk/ or the Lifesaver app

https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/learn-first-aid

Recap and practise your First Aid

Paper and pens

Create a piece of work about your future/future plans/career.

Write/draw/make/describe an emergency situation and explain how the incident occurred, how the characters react, how the casualty is treated and what happens afterwards.

Be Creative Learn a new skill – looks great on your CV

- British Sign Language - Photography - Creative writing - Play an instrument - Household chores etc…


Just a ‘phone a friend’ and stay in touch – check they’re ok – do a Tik Tok challenge - do a quiz – first aid/general knowledge


have managed to do.


ideas and support.


Mr Gilmore.


#teamminsthorpe

https://www.ucas.com/understanding-apprenticeships

https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/facts-and-stats/Pages/higher-education-data.aspx

https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/facts-and-stats/Pages/higher-education-data.aspx

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/apprenticeships/should-i-go-to-university-or-do-an-apprenticeship



http://life-saver.org.uk/

https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/learn-first-aid

Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: RE




Online Activity

Please check your emails and/or firefly.

You will have been set an exam Q to answer.

Answer it, email it back to your teacher where it will be marked and another Q set for you.

Paper and pens

Choose a topic from unit 2 (in your Christianity spiral bound booklet – it’ll be something we

haven’t covered in class yet)

Create a poster, leaflet, flash cards etc on that topic.

All the information you need is in your spiral bound booklet – go on, challenge yourself!

Be Creative Choose a topic from unit 1 eg the incarnation.

Using materials you might not usually use for revision eg lego, paints, tissue paper, play doh

(depending what you have) see if you can revise the topic including the use of these

materials – the more wacky the better as it will stick in your brain!


Watch Noah (certificate 12) through Netflix Party

Discuss with others what you have watched,

how close is it to what you know about Noah? Do you know anything about Noah? How can you find out if the movie is true to Christian

belief?

You could do the same for ‘Story of God’ hosted by Morgan Freeman. Again this is on Netflix, you could watch an episode and discuss what

you thought of what you saw and heard.








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Learning at Home

Year 9

Subject: Health and Social Care


Once you have completed your outstanding coursework and sent this in for marking. During the next

two weeks, please select at least one task from the selection below to complete for this subject. You


Online Activity

• Log on to the new health and Social Care forum page

https://minsthorpe.fireflycloud.net/health-and-social-care/ks4---level-12-tech-award-in-health-and-social-care/year-9---lock-down-forum

• Read Miss Cook’s example and then add you own blog on how lock down in impacting one or more areas of your PIES areas of health by clicking reply.

• Go on firefly https://minsthorpe.fireflycloud.net/health-and-social-care/ks4---level-12-tech-award-in-health-and-social-care/component-3-health-and-well-being---exam-unit-year-10-or-revision

• Please work your way through watching the videos and using the power points to help you complete the work sheets up to and including genetic inheritance.

Paper and pens

• Create a thought shower of all the different things you have done over the past two weeks. In a different colour add which area of PIES health this activity has the biggest impact on and why you think this. Take a picture of this and send it to your teacher if you can.

• Create a poster of a healthy lifestyle. Make sure you include what a person would need to do in each area of PIES health to be healthy with an explanation for why you think this. Take a picture of this and send it to your teacher if you can.

Be Creative

• Make a game of snakes and ladders that includes positive things impacting your PIES areas of health during lock down (Ladders) and negative things impacting your PIES health during lock down (Snakes). Take a picture of this and send it to your teacher if you can.

• Try to start a diary/blog in about your PIES health are write a couple of sentences each area of your PIES health each day.


• Challenge others in your class to keep a diary/blog in about your PIES health are write a couple of sentences each area of your PIES health each day. Discuss these with your peers to see what impact lock down is having on your health. Set each other daily challenges to improve one area of your health.

• Log on to the Health and Social Care forum on firefly and post something positive on someone else’s posts by clicking add a new thread.












https://minsthorpe.fireflycloud.net/health-and-social-care/ks4---level-12-tech-award-in-health-and-social-care/component-3-health-and-well-being---exam-unit-year-10-or-revision







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