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Year 8 Homework Programme
Half Term 3
Below is an outline of homework tasks and independent learning opportunities for your son/daughter within each department.
1 - Students may work through the tasks in any order they wish but will need to make sure that they hand the completed task in to their teacher by the stated
deadline
2 - Staff may also set additional homework within lessons to add to the work that is set here.
3 - Students must make a note of any work they complete in their planners and parents/carers should sign the planner to confirm what work has been done.
Department
Due Date
Homework
Title
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
Learning
Skills
Please note. Your child will only be following one of the courses below.
ART COURSE 1
Early Jan
Mid Jan
Collage
Presentation
ART
Early Feb
Grid
Drawing
Find examples of
sporting and Olympic
images – Create a
collage.
Collect examples of
artwork by Roald
Bradstock.
Create a drawing of a
sports person using a
grid for accuracy. Add
tone.
Google
Google
www.roaldbradstock.com/
Research
Presentation
Research
Observation
Numeracy
ART COURSE 2
Early Jan
Chihuly
presentation
Create a presentation
about Dale Chihuly and
his work.
www.chihuly.com
Google
Independent
learning
Analysis
Observation
Mid Jan
Sea life
collage
Early Feb
Fish drawing
Create a presentation of
sea life images.
Consider composition,
colour, size, shape etc
in your presentation.
Use texture and tone to
complete a detailed fish
drawing
Google
Research
Independent
learning
Worksheets provided
Google
Drawing skills
Observation
COMPUTER STUDIES
Department
Due
Date
w/c
12/01/15
Homework
Title
Website
structure
diagram
w/c
19/01/15
Hobbies
page
Documents and Weblinks
Create a structure diagram for your hobbies website. Which
structure diagram will you use?
S:\ICT\Homework - Half term 3\Year
8
Write out the text you want to put on your two extra web
S:\ICT\Homework - Half term 3\Year
8
Planning,
reflecting and
embedding.
S:\ICT\Homework - Half term 3\Year
8
Planning,
reflecting and
embedding.
pages. You need two hobbies or interests and two
COMPUTER
STUDIES
Learning
Skills
Planning,
reflecting and
embedding.
Instructions
paragraphs about each.
w/c
02/02/15
Keywords
Complete the keywords worksheet that has been given
to you in class
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Department
FOOD
Rotations
Due Date
Homework Title
On going
Practical record book
Wk 1
10 Golden Rules or
Hazard Analysis
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
Complete for each
practical in as much
detail as possible. Give
yourself a selfassessment grade and
focus on new skills and
what you have
progressed with. Write
in full and grammatical
sentences
Complete sheet or do
an interesting poster
Booklets obtained from teacher. If doing for homework must
be taken care of. Do not lose, deface, scribble or spill
anything on the booklet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/ organisms
behaviour health/diet drugs/revision/2/
Wk 2
Food and Nutrition,
Health and Nutrients
Follow instructions on
the sheet
Wk 3
Small Equipment handout
Name the equipment
and state its uses
Evaluation of fruit salad
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Safety in the
kitchen
Washing up sheet
Worksheet ‘Types of
basic cutting tools’
Name knives and their
uses
Introduction to
nutrients
Recognition of
hand tools
Evaluation
skills.
Recognising
positives and
negatives
Complete evaluation of
fruit salad on planning
sheet
Put activities in the
correct order on the
sheet. Alternatively
produce a colourful
poster to show the
same
Learning
Skills
Improving
performance
in practical
lessons by
way of selfreflection.
Improving
vocabulary
and writing
skills.
Introduction to
flow charts
and recap on
ways of
working
http://www.hse.gov.uk/catering/knives.htm
Understanding
purpose of
uses of
cookery
equipment
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
On going
Department
GRAPHIC
PRODUCTS
Rotations
Complete worksheet
(with helpsheet).
Weighing out
Weighing out exercise.
School worksheet.
Product Development
Equipment Worksheets
Due Date
Homework Title
Teacher
to set
Inspiration board
Disassembly/annotation
task
Product analysis
Natural Fibres and
Fabrics research task –
3 homeworks plus
presentation
Health and Safety
Environmental issues –
2 homeworks
Consumer survey and
final evaluation
Due Date
Homework Title
Wk 1
Air freshener
Moodboard
Wk 2
Impact of over
Packaging
Wk 3
Names and Uses of
TEXTILES
Rotations
Department
Dietary Goals
Making food healthier
by developing the
recipe worksheet
Identify the piece of
equipment and its use.
Look at home and the
relevant supermarket
aisle.
Extension to
Healthy Eating
http://www.delliaomline.com/home/conversion-tables.html
http://www.csgnetwork.com/cookmeasuretable2. html
http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/Sheet.aspx?
Siteld=19&Sectionld=109&Contentld=566
Common
conversions
and volume
measurements
Introduction to
Product
Development
Help can be obtained from websites by typing in what you
think the piece of equipment is.
Documents and Weblinks
Learning
Skills
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
Learning
Skills
Create an inspiration
board to match chosen
design theme
Complete the
Importance of
Packaging sheet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools
/gcsebitesize/design/graphics
Instructions
Design and make a
cushion cover using at
least 2 decorative
techniques with an
Under the Sea theme
Equipment
Department
Wk 4
Technical Terms
Wk 5
Cad Cam
Wk 6
What is Corporate
Identity
Due Date
Homework Title
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
Creative task
Moodboard of favourite
shapes; colours;
interests etc.
http:/www.google.co.uk
/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Hwk 1
Complete the ‘What is
corporate identity’ sheet
Hwk 2
Materials theory
revision
Materials homework
Hwk 3
Spelling Practice
Keywords spelling 1
Hwk 4
Spelling Practice
Keywords spelling 2
Hwk 5
Spelling Practice
Keywords spelling test
RMT
Rotations
Hwk 6
Saw theory
Sawing Homework
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools
/gcsebitesize/design/resistant
materials/
http:/www.designandtech.com/
resistantmaterials/
http:/www.the-warren.org/
http://design-technology.info/revisionguides/
rm-revision/default.htm
http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/
joindex.htm
Learning
Skills
ENGLISH
Department
Due Date
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
Doddle quizzes plus at
least 30 minutes reading
of AR book
Doddle quizzes plus at
least 30 minutes reading
of AR book
https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/
Week 3
Doddle quizzes plus at
least 30 minutes reading
of AR book
https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/
Week 4
Doddle quizzes plus at
least 30 minutes reading
of AR book
https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/
Week 5
Doddle quizzes plus at
least 30 minutes reading
of AR book
https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/
Week 6
Doddle quizzes plus at
least 30 minutes reading
of AR book
https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/
Week 1
Week 2
ENGLISH
Homework
Title
https://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/
Learning
Skills
HUMANITIES
Department
Hwk 1
Homework
Title
World War I
Hwk 2
World War I
Due Date
HUMANITIES
HISTORY
All
projects
should be
completed
HUMANITIES
by the
GEOGRAPHY
date your
teacher
has set –
this
Y8
Geography
Task 1
Instructions
Letter from the tranches
– create a letter from a
WWI soldier who has or
is currently serving in the
trenches in France. In
your letter you need to
explain the following:
• What the
conditions in the
are like
• How did you get
there?
• What injuries
have you or your
fellow soldiers
got?
• What are the
weapons like?
• How are you
feeling living in a
war zone?
Either make a model or
A3 diagram of a trench.
The model or diagram
needs to be labelled and
show all the different
parts of a trench.
You need to pick any
human and physical
disaster that has
happened in the world to
do a research project on.
You must find out what it
is, how it occurs, where
in the world it happened
Documents and Weblinks
Learning
Skills
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/
http://primaryfacts.com/1645/world-war-1-facts-and-information/
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/5701-overview-of-world-war-i
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775896.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters
Organisation
Creative
Research
Annotation
Reasoning
should be
by the w/c
9th Feb
and when. You must see
how the area and people
were affected by it and
how the area recovered
after it.
You must not copy and
paste information from
books or the internet –
you need to write it in
your own words. It can
be presented in the form
of a leaflet, poster,
printed out power point
presentation or project
booklet.
Create a leaflet of poster
about renewable energy.
All
projects
should be
completed
by the
date your
teacher
has set –
this
should be
by the w/c
9th Feb
Y8
Geography
Task 2
You need to pick one of
the renewable energies
(solar, wind, nuclear,
biomass, hydroelectric
power, biomass, tidal).
Find out what it is, how it
works, where it is in the
world and why we should
use it. Include examples,
interesting facts and
pictures.
You could even make a
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http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/renewableroad/index.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
http://www.dti.gov.uk/renewable/ed_pack/
http://www.bchydro.com/education/8-12/8-12_2811.html
http://www.oneworld.net/penguin/energy/energy.html
Organisation
Independence
Research
Source work
Resilience
Creative
model to show others
how it works.
MATHS
Department
Due Date
Homework
Title
Instructions
Area of a
circle
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
Nets surface
area
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
27/1
Multiply two
decimals
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
2/2
Divide
decimals by
whole
numbers
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
Adding,
subtracting
fractions
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
Multiplying
fractions
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
12/1
19/1
MATHS
Sets 1, 2
and 3
9/2
23/2
Documents and Weblinks
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
Learning
Skills
Shape, area
and
perimeter,
area of a
circle
Shape,
volume and
surface area,
nets surface
area
Number,
decimals,
multiply two
decimals
Number,
decimals,
divide
decimals by
whole
numbers
Number,
fractions,
adding,
subtracting
fractions
Number,
fractions,
multiplying
fractions
MATHS
Department
MATHS
Sets 4 and 5
Due Date
Homework
Title
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
12/1
Units of
length
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
19/1
Metric
conversion
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
27/1
Ordering
decimals
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
2/2
Adding
decimals
mental
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
Multiply
decimals by
10 and 100
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
Simple
equivalent
fractions
Log onto MyMaths and
complete tasks
9/2
23/2
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
http://www.mymaths.co.uk
Learning
Skills
Shape,
measures,
units of length
Shape,
converting
units, metric
conversion
Number,
decimals,
ordering
decimals
Number,
decimals,
adding
decimals
mental
Number,
decimals,
multiply
decimals by
10 and 100
Number,
fractions,
simple
equivalent
fractions
M.F.L
Department
Due Date
Halfterm 3
Half-term
3
Homework
Title
French:
Linguascope
German:
Linguascope
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
Spend 2 hours (in 4, 6, or
8 blocks of time) working
through the food/drink
units
www.linguascope.com
username: oakbank
password: future
Try the
Intermediate section,
using the free time and
media topics
Spend 2 hours (in 4, 6, or
8 blocks of time) working
through the food and drink
units
www.linguascope.com
username: oakbank
password: future
Try the
Intermediate section,
using the free time and
media topics
M.F.L
Halfterm 3
Halfterm 3
Spend 2 hours (in 4, 6, or
8 blocks of time) working
through the town and
countries units
Spanish:
Linguascope
French menu
Try the
Intermediate section,
using the town and home
topics
Create a menu in French
for one of:
1) A healthy sports centre
café
2) A school – healthy side
/ unhealthy side
3) A strange café
Learning
Skills
Independent
development
of vocabulary;
developing
reading and
listening skills
www.linguascope.com
username: oakbank
password: future
Independent
development
of vocabulary;
developing
reading and
listening skills
Independent
development
of vocabulary;
developing
reading and
listening skills
Linking
different items
of vocabulary
to create new
phrases
Using a
variety of
(unusual
combinations!)
Halfterm 3
German +
French Food
research
Find 5 examples of foods
which are eaten in the TL
country. Print pictures and
provide a brief explanation
of what each item is.
Create a menu in German
for one of:
1) A healthy sports centre
café
2) A school – healthy side
/ unhealthy side
3) A strange café
(unusual
combinations!)
Halfterm 3
German
menu
Halfterm 3
Spanish
environmental
problems.
Create a poster about
environmental problems.
Use key vocab from your
book and notes from the
lesson to support this.
Halfterm 3
Spanish
family tree
Create a family tree giving
a description of each
member. If you want to
create a fictional family
include at least 7 people.
vocabulary
Using positive
opinions
Independent
research
Understanding
culture
Linking
different items
of vocabulary
to create new
phrases
Using a
variety of
vocabulary
Using positive
opinions
Linking
different items
of vocabulary
to create new
phrases
Using a
variety of
vocabulary
Using positive
opinions
Linking
different items
of vocabulary
to create new
phrases
Using a
variety of
vocabulary
Using positive
opinions
PERFORMING ARTS
Departmen
t
Due Date
Homework
Title
Samba
14/01/15
PERF
ARTS
Music
Hooks and
Riffs
09/02/15
14/01/15
PERF
ARTS
Drama
Spontaneous
improvisation
Status
09/02/15
Instructions
Complete Samba research
sheet. You can complete
this homework
electronically via
misswardmusic.
Complete a ‘social media’
reflection sheet from a
practical lesson
Think of three starting
points for improvisation.
Be prepared to share
ideas with the class.
Write a short scene for two
characters based on
‘Comings and Goings’
script.
Documents and Weblinks
misswardmusic.com
or Samba sheet
misswardmusic.com
Learning
Skills
Literacy,
rhythm and
research
skills.
Evaluation
and literacy
skills.
Literacy,
imagination.
Script extract
Imagination,
literacy.
SCIENCE
Department
Due
Date
23 Jan
Homework Title
Light
SCIENCE
Sets 1-3
23 Jan
SCIENCE
Sets 4&5
Choose one from:
• Can you write your name in
mirror writing. Remember to
check your work in a mirror.
• Produce a revision poster
Med
on light. Some of the poster
must be written in mirror
writing – have fun!
• Produce a revision poster
Hot
on light. All of the poster
must be written in mirror
writing – have fun!
Health & Lifestyle Choose one from:
Mild
• What would you tell a
primary student to warn
them about the dangers of
Med
smoking.
• Produce a leaflet for KS2
students about dangers to
your health. Focus on diet,
drugs, alcohol smoking,
exercise or some/all of
Hot
them.
• Produce a leaflet for KS2
students about ‘the different
twins’. One is healthy one is
not. Focus on issues listed
above. Include details of
how health is affected by
each diet
Periodic
Choose one from:
Table/Separation
Techniques
• Can you use the symbols
Mild
from the periodic table to
Mild
13 Feb
Instructions
Documents and Weblinks
Learning
Skills
Research.
Literacy,
Knowledge
Research.
Literacy,
Knowledge
Research.
Literacy,
Knowledge
Med
Hot
13 Feb
Light
Mild
Med
Hot
spell words of increasing
length? Start at a three
letter word and see how far
you can go (eg Carbon
Astatine = CAt)
• Remember to get the
capitals and lower case
letters in the correct places.
Target: Up to a 6 letter
word.
• As above but the target is
up to an 8 letter word.
As above but your target is
as far as you can go!
Choose one from:
• Can you write your name in
mirror writing. Remember to
check your work in a mirror.
• Produce a revision poster
on light. Some of the poster
must be written in mirror
writing – have fun!
• Produce a revision poster
on light. All of the poster
must be written in mirror
writing – have fun!
Research.
Literacy,
Knowledge