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Home learning guidance
Year 7 and 8
Bluecoat Aspley AcademyYear 7 and 8 are expected to follow their normal timetable as closely as they can. It is important that
every day they include some exercise and time to relax. Below are some generally helpful websites that
will help with all subjects.
As pupils follow their timetable they can look at the section in this booklet from that subject and follow
what they are being guided to do by their teachers. It is also indicated what would be expected to be
learnt within that half term to help you know what should be covered in normal circumstances. For
some subjects work has been set on Go4schools e.g booklets, projects etc and some subjects have
google classrooms where they are setting regular work. For other subjects they have given ideas for
projects, reading, things to make and watch with links to helpful websites. Please select what best suits
you.
There will be weekly enrichment projects sent out as well. These can be used to help enrich pupils
learning if they would like to engage with them. Please send in evidence of completing the projects to
heads of year (no photos of names of pupils included on the picture) as they will be looking for pupils
that have engaged the most with their learning and rewarding this engagement while at home.
General Websites to support
Seneca learning (please see the link below) is great for any topic and it is free, It has videos and
information presented for the student and then quizzes to check understanding. You need to select KS3
content under the courses tab to see all the subjects that are available. Some subjects have classrooms
set up and teachers will set work and monitor. But pupils can also login and study any topic that they are
interested in.
https://app.senecalearning.com/dashboard/courses/add?Price=Free
BBC bitesize has the content for all subjects at KS3, this includes videos and quizzes that may be helpful.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z4kw2hv
PE
It is really important that we keep ourselves fit and well. Here are some ideas from the PE. Remember to
be active every day, either a walk, run, bike ride etc.
• https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/couch-to-5k-week-by-week/ - Couch to 5Km run
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWBfQjuwp4E&list=PLui6Eyny-UzzFFfpiil94CUrWKVMaqmkm –
30 days of Yoga
• https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PKGoPibmRh9dSHar9LctQXbF0UV_MxU-Lc1sQOUp6vI – Circuit
Fitness Session Plan
Religious studies
For both year 7 and 8 complete the projects set on Go4Schools for all pupils. Year 7 have a Pilgrimage
Project and year 8 has a Spirited Arts Project.
You can also …… Create an A-Z of Religious Studies using the website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-
video/religious-studies-ks3-az-of-religion-and-beliefs/znt647h
Complete daily lessons and key topics here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zh3rkqt
Research a different religion to find out what their faith is all about and how they celebrate it.
Using a holy book, such as your founders’ day Bible, try journaling parts of scripture. You can do this in a
notebook or on separate paper. You can find some examples of journaling here:
https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/how-to-start-bible-journaling-in-six-easy-steps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/religious_studies.shtml
English
All year 7 and 8 pupils have been set English Mastery on their Google Classroom: Join the Google
Classroom to find English Mastery lessons on poetry and writing, along with answer booklets and
fortnightly quizzes! Visit http://classroom.google.com and click ‘Join class’ using the code 2vpfsev
Enrichment activities to support
A great website to help with your grammar and inspire creative writing http://www.pobble365.com/
Free plays to watch from the national theatre every Thursday
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw
Free Shakespeare plays from the Globe theatre every two weeks https://globeplayer.tv/
• ‘Hamlet’ (2018), April 6-19
• ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (2009), April 20-May 3
• ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (2013), May 4-17
• ‘The Winter’s Tale’ (2018), May 18-31
• ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ (2018), June 1-14
• ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ (2019), June 15-28
• 200 word power point (attached on the website) with ideas for writing prompts to inspire pupils
• David Walliams reading stories live every day
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
• Learn sign language https://www.british-sign.co.uk/
• Write a letter to someone to thank them, maybe someone in the NHS.
• Read any book, magazine, newspaper etc
• www.literacytrust.org.uk New family zone with video and audio resources.
• BBC Bitesize KS3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z3kw2hv
• Audible - You can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six
different languages.
• Booktrust - Website with book recommendations, competitions, quizzes, storybooks and games.
• Oxford Owl - Free ebooks for children 3-11 years old, English and Maths activities.• Reading Realm ipad app
• Readingagency.org - An interactive book sorter to help children find a book to read and
interactive games.
• roalddahlfans.com - Lots of quizzes and interactive games.
• https://leadingliteracy.school.blog/resources-
2/?fbclid=IwAR2CjF7Gm64EvphYvavo9qBSYQXElk7gKEjza9QOvXew01cS-RXTlsS03Pw
Science
Year 7 content that would be covered in Science during summer 1 term is Space – Earth, Moon, Solar
System and beyond, Metals and the Periodic Table and the Circulatory and digestive systems.
Year 8 content that would be covered in Science during the summer 1 term is Heat transfers, Acids and
alkalis and Plants as organisms and farming.
The Science team have been setting Science projects via Go4schools that pupils can engage with.
Websites that you may find interesting
Science fair topic ideas https://www.verywellfamily.com/science-fair-topic-ideas-621064
STEM activities https://4-h.org/parents/stem-agriculture/youth-stem-activities/
A collection of online science fun activities https://www.exploratorium.edu/
Chemistry projects https://www.thoughtco.com/top-chemistry-projects-for-bored-kids-604324
Great Science articles https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/
NASA space station live satellite and activities https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/learn-home
STEM Learning https://www.stem.org.uk/
Royal Society of Chemistry Education https://edu.rsc.org/?_ga=2.231592667.513862331.1585820785-
90814010.1585820785
Royal Society of Biology Education https://www.rsb.org.uk/education
Science experiments:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpIXAXQUc0RBhxgnJ_BjEw?fbclid=IwAR3Cc0S_724GQteZ3-
eLuJ39eAU6UgKJ7a9Yst81PAKPqcVGXI8Z8HSB7SkEnrichment ideas for Science
Why don’t you go to the national space station page and see the times when you can see the space
station.
Try some kitchen chemistry https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/4-mini-easiest-kitchen-science-activity-
trays/
Try a STEM project or chemistry project from the attached websites.
Geography
Year 7 can use their assigned Seneca class, if you have forgotten your code please contact Mr Evans.
Please use the content on local issue an investigation from Seneca E.g Rivers flooding.
Students can research examples of these in the Nottingham area. Also research what Attenborough
Nature reserve is and the different activities there.
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Year 8 have also been assigned Seneca classes, if you have forgotten your code please contact Mr Evans.
Year 8 would be studying economic geography this half term, this includes types of jobs and how these
jobs change over time. They can look into what jobs Nottingham was/is famous for and put a case study
together for how a local site has changed over time. Students can also research how tourism impacts on
a location e.g examples to look at would be Kenya or Jamaica.
Your teachers will check your engagement with Seneca classroom.
Enrichment ideas for Geography
• Create a newspaper article on a flood.
• Write a letter to the local MP about how floods impact people and businesses,
• Write a leaflet attracting people to Attenborough.
• Write a leaflet promoting tourism to Kenya or Jamaica.
• Make a tourism video for the tech savvy to Kenya or Jamaica.
• Build a volcano and research where the most active ones are in the world and the impact on the
local area.
Websites that you may find interesting
Virtual travel around the world website
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/Research a new culture.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Interactive geography website https://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/mapping-our-world
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
https://www.onlinecultus.com/2017/04/08/10-useful-websites-geography-students/
https://www.thoughtco.com/geography-4133035
https://www.scoop.it/topic/geography-education
Mathematics Department
Year 7: All work will be completed on the HegartyMaths website. It is very important that you watch
the video before attempting the quiz (this will be checked by your teacher).
Ensure that all tasks are completed to at least 70% (orange/green) and leave comments for your
teaching if you are struggling to achieve this.
Students who leave comments for teachers will receive a reply with support and suggestions for
improvement.
In addition to these tasks, students can complete MemRi retrieval tasks to prepare for future CAF
assessments.
Week commencing 23rd March
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 637 Translations (1)
Tuesday 639 Reflections (1)
Wednesday 642 Enlargements (1)
Thursday 648 Rotations (1)
Friday 638 Translations (2)
Week commencing 30th March
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 640 Reflections (2)Tuesday 643 Enlargements (2)
Wednesday 649 Rotations (2)
Thursday 650/651 Describe transformations (1)/(2)
Friday 652/653 Describe transformations (3)/(4)
Easter Holidays
Week commencing 20th April
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 13 Read/ write positive integers
Tuesday 17 Round numbers
Wednesday 20 + and – with words
Thursday 24 Order of operations
Friday 45 Read/ write decimal numbers
Week commencing 27th April
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 46 Compare decimal numbers
Tuesday 47 + and – with decimals
Wednesday 49 Division with decimals
Thursday 51 Word problems with decimals
Friday 56 Rounding decimals
Year 8: All work will be completed on the HegartyMaths website. It is very important
that you watch the video before attempting the quiz (this will be checked by your
teacher).Ensure that all tasks are completed to at least 70% (orange/green) and leave comments
for your teaching if you are struggling to achieve this.
Students who leave comments for teachers will receive a reply with support and
suggestions for improvement.
In addition to these tasks, students can complete MemRi retrieval tasks to prepare for
future CAF assessments.
Week commencing 23rd March
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 196 Linear sequences from pictures
Tuesday 197 Term-to-term rule
Wednesday 198 nth term
Thursday 263 Fibonacci sequence
Friday 261 Important sequences
Week commencing 30th March
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 557 Area of triangles
Tuesday 539 Area of a circle (1)
Wednesday 541 Area of a circle (3)
Thursday 534 Circumference of a circle (1)
Friday 536 Circumference of a circle (3)
Easter
Week commencing 20th April
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 829 3D Shapes (1)
Tuesday 830 3D Shapes (2)Wednesday 832 Isometric Drawing
Thursday 837 Plans and Elevations (1)
Friday 841 Plans and Elevations (5)
Week commencing 27th April
Day Clip Topic Score (%)
Monday 842 Plans and Elevations (6)
Tuesday 843 Plans and Elevations (7)
Wednesday 567 Counting cubes
Thursday 568 Volume of a cuboid (1)
Friday 569 Volume of a cuboid (2)
Other maths websites that might be useful
https://nrich.maths.org/frontpage
http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/students/gcse/
https://blog.reallygoodstuff.com/11-free-math-sites-for-kids/
MFL
The MFL team have google classrooms for all of year 7 and 8. Please contact your teacher if you struggle
to logon or don’t know your code. All of year 7 and 8 will be set activities to do with the on line book via
the google classroom. The MFL team are using this free e-book for languages
https://www.pearson.com/uk/learners/secondary-students-and-parents.html
The MFL team also suggest using Memerise that we use in school to practise vocabulary and Seneca
Year 7 Spanish: During this half term they would be covering the following content;
Describing where you live
Telling the time
Ordering in a café
Saying what you are going to do at the weekend
Learning about Spanish festivals.Year 8 French Summer 1
Talking about sports
Giving opinions about sports
Asking the way and giving directions
Using 'il faut' to say you must
Talking about injuries and ilness
Interviewing a sportsperson
History
Year 7 would be learning about Tudors, Stuarts, Cromwell and the Restoration in the first half of the
Summer term. In line with our Flipped Learning expectations, please use the following website to
prepare for these topics: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zynp34j
Year 8 would be learning about the causes and key events of World War II, life on the Home Front, as
well as the Holocaust in the first half of the Summer term. In line with our Flipped Learning
expectations, please use the following website to prepare for these topics:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9s9q6f/revision/1
These websites contain lots of information and you might also want to carry out your own research
project on a key event, King or Queen or what life was like during these periods. Focus on the 5 Ws as a
focus for your research: Who, What, Why, Where, When?
Other great resources:
Free on line history lesson sare available on the following sites:
https://liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/
https://tutorful.co.uk/blog/history-lovers-awesome-websites-and-resources-to-cure-your-
boredom
https://www.historyforkids.net/
Try creating something:
• Build a model of a castle or historic building and research why it was so important. Make it from
mud, play dough, card board or draw a plan.
• Make a heraldic shield: research heraldic symbols, their design and their hidden messages.
• Build a Medieval town. Retrieve your knowledge on medieval towns or use your revision guide.
Design your own town or a scene from a town in an old shoe box.
• Design your own first letter of a medieval book. This was called an illuminated letter - letters
with an image linked to the content of the book.
• Create your own doom painting. How big can you make it? Maybe you could draw it with chalk
on the pavement?
• Draw the scene of a day in the life of a peasant.
• Your own VE day bunting.• Create your own Evacuee Scrap book in which you imagine you are an evacuee. How would you
feel? How has your life changed? What’s the difference between living I the countryside to an
inner city? Draw and write about the experiences of these children.
Try reading historical fiction:
Try reading a historical novel which will improve your knowledge and understanding on life in the past.
Can you use your knowledge to work out what is historically inaccurate? Research this to check you are
correct. Here are some suggestions – some of these books may be available for free on Kindle (you can
download the app for free onto your smartphone):
Year 7 Year 8
• Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury • The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Tales
• Boy in the Striped Pyjamas or the
• T. H. White, The Sword in the Stone Boy at the top of the mountain by
John Boyne
• Terry Jones, The Tyrant and the
Squire • Once, Morris Gleitzmann
• Sally Nicholls, All Fall Down • All the Light we Cannot See,
Anthony Doerr
• War Horse or Private Peaceful by
Michael Morpurgo.
Great things to watch:
Remember, many of these books have also been turned into films or animations – look on Netflix or
YouTube OR find your own documentaries on You Tube or the BBC iPlayer.
Year 7 could try: Terry Jones Medieval Lives, Disney’s The Sword in the Stone, Disney’s Robin Hood,
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, A Knights Tale, The Worst Jobs in History: Middle Ages or Horrible
Histories on CBBC
Year 8 could try: The Zoo Keeper’s Wife, Downton Abbey, Dan Snow’s WW1 uncut, War Horse or
Horrible Histories on CBBC
Computer Science
Year 7
Work on the IT section mainly and then mix with some of the Computing if you want a change. -
IT:
1. Learn about different types of graphics and graphics software by going to the BBC Bitesize
website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zv2v4wx/revision/1 or search for “BBC Bitesize
Graphics” in Google and select the first link.
2. Carry out more research independently about the difference between VECTOR and BITMAP (also
known as RASTER) image types and
3. Read and make revision cards by reading through the REVISE TAB.
4. Test yourself using the TEST TAB.Computing:
Develop your programming skills by learning Python programming at the W3Schools website:
https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp or search for “w3schools python” in Google
and select the first link.
Year 8
Choose a combination of IT and Computing -
IT:
1. Learn about technology by watching videos from the BBC Click website.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry/episodes/player or search for “BBC Click
episodes” in Google.
2. Write up a newspaper article or create a vlog or blog explaining the key points about the BBC
Click story. Share these with your parents/family.
Computing:
Learn about Computer Science in Seneca using the class code e5drkc2moi
Develop your programming skills by learning Python programming at the W3Schools
website: https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp or search for “w3schools
python” in Google and select the first link.
The following websites might be useful;
Computing
• Seneca – ‘Computer Science KS3’
• Yr7 Class code 91gdz70wgz
• Yr8 Class code e5drkc2moi
• Programming:
• How to program in Python: https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp
• Programming Theory: Work through each Revise and Test task from here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhy39j6
• Quizlet/Quizzizz – search for ‘GCSE Computing’
IT
BBC Click Videos: Learn about technology by watching videos from the BBC Click website.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry/episodes/player or search for “BBC Click
episodes” in Google.
• Quizlet/Quizzizz – search for “iMedia R081”.
Design and Technology
Food Science
Jamie Oliver food programme for lockdown at 5.30pm every day.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/category/books/keep-cooking-and-carry-on/
Cook a meal for your family.
Open a café for your family where they can come for lunch.How to cook lessons. Youtube playlist
Resistant materials
Use the design sheets provided by the technology department.
Technologystudent.com
https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/challenge-cards.html
This website will challenge you to design different products and put your creativity to the test. Just click
“download challenge cards” to get started.
http://www.mr-dt.com/
There are tasks and theory work based around Design and Technology. This website can help you wityh
the design challenges from Dyson.
Help around the home repair something or build a new item
Music
• Practise an instrument or learn to play a new one (lots of you tube videos on how to play most
instruments).
• Sing (anything that makes you feel good).
• Listen to music that’s new to you.
• Learn to be a producer (see the website link)
• Write a song or compose a piece of music. Share it with someone.
Websites
Free on line music lessons
https://makingmusicfun.net/htm/mmf_free_video_music_lesson_index.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/music.shtml
Tone savvy which sets and marks music tasks for free
https://tonesavvy.com/?fbclid=IwAR0Y_1Snd6F4PKO_ubCg99wmGURQPJOLw6zj0Lr0hf-9fO2IYggPosGuK3g
Ableton Live – learn how to produce music https://learningmusic.ableton.comGroove Pizza - Create your own drum loops
https://apps.musedlab.org/groovepizza/?museid=HJfZddP8L& https://musiclab.chromeexperiments
.com/Song-Maker/
• NTN – A game to learn notes of the stave https://www.teachingfiles.co.uk/namethatnote2.htm
• Super Looper – Create an 80s style synthpop loop http://superlooper.universlabs.co.uk
Drama
Please find content to support the development of year 7 and 9 Drama skills
Vocal exercises/Tongue twisters https://improvesingingonline.com/vocal-warm-ups/
Learn a poem and perform to your family
Read a book you enjoy and make it into a play for your family.
Read a play and make a prop for it.
Write a critique about a play that you can watch on-line. See the websites in the English section
there are some great free on line plays being streamed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5DS2DnsJ04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKxm-olP4jc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxHn2v3dz5E
Art
Art is a great way to relax. Painting, drawing, colouring, making models, take photographs etc.
During Summer 1&2 the year 7 students should be working on a wire sculpture project, where they
research the work of Tom Hill (wire artist who creates animal based sculptures). The students would
create drawings of fish and then translate them into wire.
The year 8 students work on a cultural patterns project, where they focus on Adinkra symbols and
African repeat pattern designs. This is a very practical project where the students use wax resist and
polystyrene printing techniques.
Unfortunately neither of these projects are very accessible at home, as they require specialist materials.
But pupils could research the artists mentioned above to continue with that learning.
Please find the home learning power point from Art attached this is the work that has been sent home
with year 7 & 8 students. There is a wide range of drawing based tasks and themes with the hope that
students would continue to develop their observational skills over the coming weeks. There are also
some artist inspired tasks and an analysis sheet to engage them.
Please find the websites below that might help you get creative as well.
https://how-to-draw-cartoons-online.com/
http://drawingacademy.com/free-drawing-lessons-for-artists/drawing-videos-
bing.php/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=dahowtodrawhttps://www.thesprucecrafts.com/your-first-painting-4159810
Other interesting and engaging websites to keep your mind active
https://www.mentalfloss.com/uk
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks3/
free first aid courses on youtube starting tomorrow
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3y_WE75UJs&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3Gx8RLT84Ow24NfMlScTnK
QvZUiKQ7fkTFpNt3XW81RsTyUDPoQMgz3Dk
Learn sign language
https://www.british-sign.co.uk/
Free on line lessons for all subjects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/secondary-live-
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