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Home Learning Booklet

Year 8 Autumn Term 2015

Harrow Way Community School

Harrow Way Community School Andover

Your Home Learning: Autumn 2015 We have made some changes to Home Learning which we believe will encourage your child to make the most of their learning. The Core subjects, along with French and RE, will continue to set homework weekly. In English homework will be set weekly and may take a variety of forms: research, reading, learning spellings, revision or written work. In addition to homework, students may be required to prepare information or questions required for the next topic. In Maths homework will take various forms. The most common will be mixed question worksheets requiring written answers with full workings shown and computer tasks set using the My Maths website. In addition homework may be set on a specific topic requiring written solutions, mathematical investigations, functional skills tasks or on revision leading up to assessments. In Science students will receive some weekly written homework but also some project style tasks which will last a period of approximately 3 weeks. In French weekly homework tasks will be set and may involve practice or revision of any of the four key skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. All of your homework should be recorded in your planner. This booklet contains all your home learning tasks for the autumn term. It should give you a clear idea of what has been set and when it should be completed and handed in. The tasks will be varied with an emphasis on extended study and independent research. Managing Your time Each subject has set an extended Home Learning task that should take three to four hours to complete over a three or four week period. We want you to become self-managers. A good self-manager can organise their time, prioritise tasks and work to deadlines (all essential life skills). To help with this we have staggered the tasks so that you only have to hand in a maximum of two at any one time. The timetable below shows exactly when each home learning task is to be undertaken: N.B You should only complete the D&T home learning that is relevant to the subject(s) you are studying this term so do not do all three of Graphics, Product Design and Food Technology

Autumn w/c

7 Sep

14 Sep

21 Sep

28 Sep

5 Oct

12 Oct

19 Oct

2 Nov

9 Nov

16 Nov

23 Nov

30 Nov

7 Dec

14 Dec

Geography H r History H r DT H r Art H r Music H r ICT H r

KEY Grey boxes - work on your home learning during these weeks. Don’t leave it until the last minute! H – Hand your Home Learning in to your subject teacher during the lesson (s) you have with them that week. r: your Home Learning will normally be marked and returned during this week. Your Home Learning Tasks Each Home Learning task has detailed instructions on:

What you are expected to do

How to complete the task

Where to find help

Remember you can always ask your teacher if you need help with your home learning. Your Marks All Home Learning Tasks will be marked using the schools A O B policy A – An outstanding piece of Home Learning, showing that you fulfilled or exceeded the time expected to complete it and gave it your best efforts. It is a piece of work that exceeds your targeted level. O – A good, sound piece of Home Learning showing you have fulfilled the time expected to complete it and it is at your expected level. B – A disappointing piece of work which looks as though not enough time was spent and/or you didn’t work hard enough on it and it is below the level I would have expected from you.

A note to your parents Copies of this booklet are available on our website www.harrowway.hants.sch.uk via the parent links tab and on the school VLE If you have questions about the new Home Learning tasks, please do contact the relevant Head of department at the school by telephoning 01264 364533. In addition if you would like to give feedback please do come to the termly Parents forum meetings with the Headteacher. Home Learning Order

Start Subject Hand in during the subject lesson during the week of

14 September DT 28 September

28 September Art 12 October

12 October Music 2 November

19 October History 16 November

9 November Geography 23 November

16 November ICT 30 November

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Product Design – Year 8 Autumn Term

PIONEERING CAREERS

By the end of this task you will have:

Researched into a range of careers that are related to product design.

Created a prezi presentation to present to the rest of the class.

By the end of this task you will know:

A range of jobs that are related to Product Design and Technology

How to set up and create a prezi presentation.

How to complete the task:

Read the Brief:

Design and Technology leads on to a wide range of related careers. For your project you are required to create a prezi presentation based on careers connected to Product Design.

1.Set up your PREZI

Go to: www.prezi.com

Click Sign up and select the ‘grey’ option (this is free)

Type in your details.

Click ‘New Prezi’

Select a template and click ‘Use template’

You are now ready to begin building your Prezi

DON’T FORGET TO SAVE EVERYTHING YOU DO!

2. Research and building your presentation

Using the internet and books available in the department, research into at least 6 jobs or

careers which a design and technology qualification may benefit.

In your presentation you must name each job you have chosen and what the job entails, as

well as explaining how knowledge of design and technology would benefit it, also try to add

pictures

There should be at least one paragraph worth of information for each job selected

Submission: You will have to present your presentation to the rest of the class.

Print out your PREZI slides for marking by your teacher.

Exceptional Home Learning may include:

1. Creativity and outstanding presentation.

2. Above and beyond detailed descriptions of each job chosen.

Where to find help:

1. https://www.prezi.com/

Graphics Year 8 - Autumn Term

Designers and Packaging


Researched well known Graphic designers

Produced a tessellation


A knowledge of graphic designers

An understanding of why some products are packaged the way that they are


Follow all the instructions on the worksheets below


An exceptional understanding of tessellations and why they are used in packaging

Very detailed research and knowledge of famous Graphic designers

Where to find help:

Internet

Your class teacher

Graphics - Designers Date: Yr8 Homework

Design & Technology

Homework 1:

1. Using the internet for research – pair the designers with their

specialist field with arrows.

2. Pick a designer from one of those stated above. Using the internet

or books found in the library produce an A4 page of research.

You could include the following:

• Images of their work

• A brief history of their life

• Their inspirations

All work should be your own work and written in your own words.

Please state any material that helped you with your research

Graphic designers have had a massive influence on the

modern world as we know it.

1) Pair the designers with their field of design by drawing an

arrow joining the two.

2)

Remember you are a graphic designer consider the presentation..

Graphics - Card Engineering

Design & Technology

Homework 2:

1. Using arrows link up the image of the net (development) with the

image of the constructed product.

2. Below is a picture of a net (development). In industry developments

are arranged on a sheet with minimal gaps between them so that there

is hardly any waste.. This is called a Tessellation pattern.

Please try and make the most effective tessellation pattern you can by

trying to fit in as many of the nets below as possible in the space

provided,

Date: Yr8 Homework

Graphics -Packaging

Design & Technology

Homework 3:

1. Explain in your own words each reason a product would be packaged in

the space provided.

2. Using the words provided fill in the labels on the picture.

3. Explain what a Euro slot is used for in packaging.

There are 5 main reasons for packaging a product.

1. Please explain each of the reasons in the space provided.

An example has been completed for you.

Storage

Products are packaged so they can be stored and stacked up

on a supermarket shelf. This makes it easier to stack a

quantity of the products.

Promote

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Protect

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Preserve

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

Inform

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

2. Using the words below – complete the

diagram.

Euro Slot Dust Flap Front Panel

Barcode Name of Company

Glue Flap Energy Information

3. What is a Euro Slot used for???

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Date: Yr8 Homework

Food Technology - Year 8 Autumn Term

Foods From Around the world


Investigated a country of your choice and produced a project

Cooked a dish from that country and produced an evaluation


How to plan your work and use flow charts successfully

How to evaluate your own work


Foods from around the world which you will get to cook in the last two weeks of the course when you will

Pick a country of your choice. You need to do some research about that country and the foods they eat, and then decide which dishes you wish to cook from that country and produce a recipe book to include your background research pictures, and at least 3 recipes (ingredients and method) from that country. Your recipe book needs to have a front cover and a contents page.

When choosing which one your recipes to cook you need to consider the time they take to cook, and your skill levels.

The cost of ingredients no meal should cost your parents any more than £5 for the ingredients. You will need to consult with your parents before choosing your specific dish of the 3 you have chosen to cook for your assessment.

You will cook your food week 9 of the carousel movement so you will need to remember your ingredients and apron. There will be no ingredients on the VLE for week 9 for this reason.


Working out the costings of your ingredients

Working out the equipment list for your cooking practical

Where to find help:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/

Art & Design - Year 8 Autumn Term

Surrealism


Researched and presented information about an artist from the selection provided

Created an artwork inspired by the same artist


Something about the life and style of the artist you have researched

How to create an artwork that is in the same style of that artist


1. See Show My Homework for the homework sheet for info and ideas

2. Your teacher will give you full instructions in class


Evidence of the ‘Super Challenge’ homework activities (on the homework sheet)

Where to find help:

Show My Homework (info and images for ideas)

Your art teacher (full instructions in class)

After school club available

Music - Year 8 Summer Term

World Music


Created a project on World Music. This should take the form of a booklet/ A4 folder with information on different styles of music around the world. The project can be done

on the computer or hand written. It should be at least 7 pages long (including the front

cover and bibliography)


Your project MUST include music from at least 5 countries around the world. You must have

at least one country from each of these areas; Europe, Africa, the Far East of Asia (e.g. China, Japan), Southern Asia (e.g. India, Pakistan), South or North America.

Your project must include:

- A cover

- Separate sections on each of the areas

- Information about the different types of music including the different instruments

- Lots of pictures, diagrams and maps

- A bibliography, to explain where you got all of the information from.


Background information about the countries

Information on popular artists from those countries

Sub headings within each section of your project to organise your ideas clearly

History - Year 8 Autumn Term

Tudor Magazine Project


Created a magazine on a Tudor topic of your choice


The different features you would find in a magazine

Key bits of information about your chosen Tudor topic


1. Think about possible topics you could do and decide on the one you would like to do.

2. Research your chosen topic and other magazines for feature ideas 3. Plan your magazine, for example what you will include and the lay out 4. Write your magazine


Detailed explanation of the topics inside your magazine, written in your own words.

Where to find help:

Your teacher

The Internet

The Library

Geography - Year 8 Autumn Term

Crime


Designed and created your own ‘crime-free town’.


Why different levels of crimes occur in different places

Which methods of crime prevention are most effective and why


First, you need to create and design your own town. Include residential areas, roads, schools, shops, transportation links, open space, lakes/rivers/sea/mountains, etc. (Level 4)

You then need to choose which types of crime prevention methods you would like to use in your town, to keep it safe and crime-free. Explain how these methods work in practice. (Level 5)

Explain how different crime prevention methods work together to create an overall safe area. (Level 6)


Evaluate how effective your crime free town is (Level 7)

Compare it to a real city around the world (Level 8)

Where to find help:

Your teacher

The internet

The library

Geography textbooks

ICT –Year 8 Autumn Term Spreadsheets

Name: _______________________

Class: ________________________

Sheet 1 1. Miss Aberdeen is a Computing teacher. She uses a spreadsheet

to keep track of her pupils’ results

Use the words below to complete the following sentences

column row cell

a) In the spreadsheet, a box is called a ________________ 1

b) All the information about Joshua Jones is contained in a ________________

1

c) All the scores from Test 2 are contained in a ________________ 1

2. Complete the following using two of the words below.

formula text value

a) Cell C5 contains a __________________ 1

b) Cell A1 contains a __________________ 1

c) The formula in cell D2 is = _____ + _____

2

Total 7 marks

Sheet 2 1) A PE department is doing time trials for the 100m. Part of the

spreadsheet is shown below.

Cell D2 contains the average trial time for John Brown. Fill in the space below with the function and cell reference for this average

calculation.

= ___________ ( _________ : __________) 3

3) The formula is replicated in column D. Explain what is meant by the term replicated?

1

4) After the trial times were entered the teacher wanted to ensure that they could not be deleted or altered by mistake. What is the

name given to the feature that would prevent this? 1

5) All the times shown should have 2 decimal places. Explain clearly how this could be done.

1

6) In column E the teacher wants to show their best time over the two trials. Fill in the space below with the function and cell

reference in the appropriate place for cell E4.

= ___________ ( _________ : __________) 3

Total 9 marks

Sheet 3 (General)

A spreadsheet is used to work out the winner of a long jump competition.

Part of the spreadsheet is shown below.

Formulae are used to work out the best jump and the average for each competitor.

1. State the formula used in cell E4 to calculate the best jump.

2

2. State the formula used in cell F5 to calculate the average jump.

2

3. The formula that was entered into cell E4 was replicated. State what is meant by the term replicate.

1

4. Cell protection is used on the spreadsheet. State the purpose of cell protection.

1 5. The spreadsheet software is user friendly with a GUI. .Fill in the

blanks to show what GUI stands for.

G_______________ U_______________ I________________

2

6. Describe how a GUI is user friendly. 1

7. The software also has an on-line tutorial and on-line help. Describe the

difference between on-line help and an on-line tutorial. 2

Total 11 marks

Sheet 3 (Credit)

Cell E4 contains a formula to calculate how much each customer owes. It has been replicated into cells E5, E6 and E7.

1) What is the formula in E4? 2

2) Which type of referencing, absolute or relative would have been used to replicate this formula?

1

Explain your answer 2

3) If a customer spends over £10.00 then a 10% discount is given. A formula in F4 calculates any discount which is due.

Using B1, write down the formula which would be in F4.

= __________ ( ____________ , _________ , _______ ) 4

4) Before being replicated B1 needs to be made an absolute reference. Why is this?

2

Total 11 marks

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