Summer Homework Tasks 2017

Year 10

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Introduction

These tasks have been set over the summer to help prepare students for

Year 11 and they should be completed over the six week break.

In total, the tasks represent between 8 and 10 hours’ work, or the equivalent

of two school days.

Subject staff may also have published similar information on Show My

Homework.

Subject Page English 4

Maths 4

Science 5 RE 6-8

French 9-10 Spanish 10

Geography 11

History 11 Music 12

ICT 12 Computing 13

Business and Economics 14 Health and Social Care 15

Art 16

Photography 16 Electronic Products 17

Resistant Materials 17 Food Preparation and Nutrition 18

Fashion and Textiles 18

PE 19 Drama 19

Media 19

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Subject English

Sets All Sets

Activity Macbeth Wider Learning Tasks

1. You have already bought your copy of the play Macbeth 2. Go to Youtube and watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfnUq2_0FOY 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9l-y8QrI0 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpKWWK0Pj34 5. Write a review of one of these film versions 6. Create a character map for the play Macbeth with a brief comment on

each character’s role in the drama 7. Create a short summary of the plot of the play

Where support can be found

In the introduction and notes inside your text book of Macbeth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/dramamacbeth/1drama_macbeth_plotrev1.shtml

Subject Maths

Sets All

Activity 4 to 6 Appropriate MyMaths tasks to be set for each class

Where support can be found

MyMaths have lessons attached to each task

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Subject Science

Sets All

Activity Reflect and revise

Following the End of Year Examination, you will have reviewed the Exam Papers in class. This will have enabled you to identify areas of weakness which you will need to re-revise. Your teachers will also have directed you towards one or two of the seven activities that have been posted on Show My Homework. Completion of these tasks will enable you to address the most significant weaknesses that they have identified. Please highlight these below by ticking the box.

Biology 1: Cell structure & transport Be able to: label structures in plant and animal cells and describe the function of each; describe the processes of diffusion, osmosis and active transport.

Chemistry 1: Making a salt Be able to describe how to prepare a salt from given raw materials including details of the equipment required and a step by step method.

Physics 1: Electricity Be able to recall the rules governing the current and potential difference in series and parallel circuits and use them to calculate missing values.

Biology 2: Cell division Be able to describe the processes of cell division by mitosis using the correct vocabulary.

Chemistry 2: Giant covalent structures Be able to recall the general properties of giant covalent structures and compare the similarities and differences of named examples.

Physics 2: Power and work Be able to recall and use the power/work/time and, gravitational potential energy equations.

Physics 3: Latent heat Be able to define and describe internal energy; recall and use the specific heat capacity equation.

Where support can be found

Show My Homework: https://www.showmyhomework.co.uk/ Kerboodle: https://www.kerboodle.com/users/login Revision guide/s YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/myGCSEscience B1: *New* AQA 9-1 GCSE Biology: Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells B1: *New* AQA 9-1 GCSE Biology: Specialised Cells B2: *New* AQA 9-1 GCSE Biology: Asexual vs sexual reproduction and meiosis C1: *New* AQA 9-1 Chemistry: Making salts C2: *New* AQA 9-1 Chemistry: Giant covalent structures P1: *New* AQA 9-1 Physics: Introduction to Electricity P2 & P3: *New* AQA 9-1 Physics: Energy changes in a system

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Subject RE GCSE

Sets 1-4

Activity INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM Complete the tasks on the worksheet using the websites suggested to help you.

Where support can be found

WHO ARE THE JEWS?

1. Research 3 famous Jews and find out about their life work and contribution to

society. The list below gives you some ideas but you can choose others from the

suggested website if you would rather.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=jewish+actors&spf=1499365785925

Albert Einstein

Sigmund Freud

Michael Marks

George Gershwin

Michael Dell

Calvin Klein

Steven Spielberg

Camille Pissarro

Daniel Radcliffe

Natalie Portman

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2. Use the website http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-orthodox-

and-vs-reform-judaism/ to find out about the differences between the 2 main

groups of Jews today – Orthodox & Reform. Write down what you find out.

3. Use the website http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/07/daily-

chart-16 to find out where in the world the Jewish population is to be found. Record

your findings on the map below.

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4. What do Jews believe about God? How is this similar or different to Christian views?

Use the bottom part of the first website to help you or the second website if you

want to find out in more detail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/beliefs/beliefs_1.shtml

http://www.jewfaq.org/g-d.htm

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Subject French

Sets Set 1 (Mrs Quinn & Mrs Hogan)

Activity

Speaking Preparation

1. Ensure that your General Conversation answers are fully prepared for Modules 1 – 4 (p196)

2. Prepare answers for the Module 5 General Conversation Questions (p197). Hand these in for checking first lesson back in September.

Written Work 1. Complete exercises 1-4 p116-7. These analyse Rory’s answer to a 150 word Writing Task.

2. Ex 5 p117. Write your own 150 answer – use what you have learnt when analysing Rory’s.

3. Hand in the 150 essay first lesson back in September.

Where support can be found

Studio - Answer Booster p116 End of Unit 5 Vocabulary All Grammar work done in year 10

Subject French

Sets Set 2 (Mrs Smith)

Activity Redo your writing test with improvements and corrections; make sure that you cover all bullet points.

Please do this in the back of your exercise book in green pen.

Where support can be found

Metro 4 vert

Subject French

Sets Y10 Set 2 Co 2 (Mr Shaw)

Activity Preparation for the speaking exam. Write out answers to all questions on 3 themes ( see SMH) You need to have 2-3 minutes worth of material on each theme for the general conversation part of the speaking exam.

This needs to be handed in on the first lesson in September.

Where support can be found

Please check SMH for detail and resources.

Use your textbook and exercise book for help.

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Subject French

Sets Set 3 classes. Mrs Smith & Mr Shaw

Activity You will complete a French cultural project. You will receive a booklet in class to be completed and handed in on the first lesson in September.

Where support can be found

All explanations and links to resources are in the booklet.

Subject Spanish

Sets Mrs Garcia & Mrs Hogan

Activity 1. Ensure that you have written full answers to all the questions for modules 1 to 5 in Viva, in preparation for the speaking exam. P 198/199. If you have already done this, move on to 6-8.

2. Make a verb table with the full conjugations of hablar, comer and vivir in the present, preterite, imperfect, perfect, future and conditional tenses. It must be handwritten and you must use a different colour for the endings.

3. Learn the verb endings by heart. It just takes 5 minutes every day. See advice on SMH. If you already know the tenses, do the tables for the irregular verbs: tener, hacer, ser, estar, ir, poder and read how to form and use the present subjunctive. All work to be handed in on the first lesson in September.

Where support can be found

Viva, Listos 3, your exercise book and your grammar book. For verbs try also http://studyspanish.com/

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Subject Geography

Sets All

Activity Your teacher will provide you with a ‘skills booklet’. You need to work through it and complete all of the activities. This booklet will be added to in Year 11 to ensure that you have experienced all of the necessary skills that the exam board has outlined.

Where support can be found

A digital copy of the booklet will be available on the Geography area of the school web site - http://www.oaklandscatholicschool.org/page/?title=GCSE+Geography+in+September+2016&pid=119

Subject History (AQA 8145)

Sets All

Activity Create revision resources for the two topic areas covered in Y10 (1D America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality & Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972). You have been given overview sheets for each area. AT LEAST TWO TASKS MUST BE SUBMITTED. Suggested activities: Create a glossary of all key words used this year. Create a factfile for each key individual covered. Create a time line for each area of the course. Create flash cards with details of the key events. Create mindmaps of each topic.

Preparation for Y11: We will be studying Edward I of England in the autumn term. Use the internet (or library) to read about Edward. Create a fact file TO SUBMIT containing what you think are the 10 most important pieces of information about him.

Where support can be found

Overview sheets of each topic area (front of exercise book). Exercise books and text books. BBC Bitesize.

Internet. Library

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Subject Music

Sets

Activity Complete the January 2013 listening exam. Bring this to the first lesson back after the holidays and we will mark it together in class. PDF of exam and listening resources are already on SMH using the dates 20th July - 2nd September.

Where support can be found

SMH GCSE Bitesize

Subject ICT

Sets

Activity Write first draft of report for activity 2 This report should show the organisation how you will be able to run the shelter on a grant of £300,000 and also £500,000. You will need to include any assumptions you have made.

You will need to use the information from your spreadsheet to come up with different proposals for your animal shelter.

Where support can be found

I have uploaded the CAB requirements for the report to our OneDrive site as well as SMH

I have given you a template that you can use to get started but remember this report needs to be based on the information in your spreadsheet.

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Subject Computing

Sets

Activity Programming task

Create a simple hang man game to include the following:

A set of related words in an array

Words selected randomly from the array

The correct number of characters in the selected word should be indicated on the screen

The player guesses letters from the word and, if these are in the word they are placed in the correct position

If letters not in word player loses one life

The player has six lives

The system should record the letters used by player and not accept these again during the play

Record the number of lives after the word has been guessed and use these as a score

Allow an end user to enter new sets of words. You must include in your write up the following:

Success criteria (what will a successful solution be)

Planning and design (flow charts and pseudocode)

Development (narrative of the process with explanations of code)

Testing and remedial actions (with narrative of changes made)

Evaluation (clearly linked to success criteria)

Where support can be found

On your ‘onenote’ account under collaboration select Hangman controlled assessment and there is a copy of the following:

Exemplar

Guide and mark scheme

Copy of assignment

Flowchart help Websites to help you with visual studio Help software/websites Flowcharts - Use Microsoft Visio for flowchart drawings Coding – Use : Stackoverflow ( a forum website) www.w3schools.com http://www.i-programmer.info/ebooks/master-visual-basic/2246-graphics-and-animation-.html?start=2 www.udemy.com https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2x7h1hfk(v=vs.90).aspx http://www.dotnetperls.com https://www.lynda.com/Visual-Studio-training-tutorials/

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Subject Business & Economics

Sets Mrs Riddle and Mr Smith

Activity

Section A

a) What is meant by the term ‘innovation’? b) Give two real life examples of innovation? c) What is meant by the term ‘invention’? d) Give two real life examples of invention?

Section B

a) What is meant by the term ‘market segment’? b) Identify as many ways as possible that a business may

segment a market. c) Why is market segmentation useful for a business?

Section C a) What is meant by the term ‘entrepreneur’? b) Identify the qualities of an entrepreneur?

Section D

a) What is meant by a ‘stakeholder’? b) What is meant by the term ‘primary stakeholder’? c) What is meant by the term ‘secondary stakeholder’?

Section E

Using the purple Revision Guide (Revise Edexcel Business) do the ‘Now try this’ exercises in Unit 5 (pages 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79, 92, 93 & 94 only) on lined A4 paper.

Where support can be found

Revision Guide (Revise Edexcel Business) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpsvr82

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Subject Health and Social Care

Sets

Activity Create an information sheet about an individual’s development

during childhood. You can either create a table or a time line,

(examples below).

Where support can be found

Below is one resource you could use, I would like you to try and find at least one other and reference it.

Life stage Age range

Infant 0-3

Childhood 4-10

Adolescence 11-18

Adulthood 19-64

Older Adults 65+ Area of

development

Development or change

PHYSICAL

INTELLECTUAL

EMOTIONAL

SOCIAL

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Subject Art

Sets ALL

Activity Mock Exam Prep

Think about the 3 questions you have been issued with for your Mock Exam and select the one that appeals most to you. Begin recording ideas in note, sketch and photographic form. Snap everything that relates to the topic (At least 30 photos). This research will become the starting point for your Mock exam work in October.

Where support can be found

The exam questions sheet will be given to the students and discussed in class. It will also be available on Show my homework.

Subject Photography

Sets ALL

Activity Still life project

Continue with the work you have started on the Still Life Photography project. You should be drawing plans your shoots, taking images, creating contact sheets, experimenting with camera settings, lighting etc.

Where support can be found

Detailed task sheet issued and discussed in lesson – this can also be found on Show my Homework

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Subject Electronic Products

Sets ALL

Activity Where support can be found

Controlled Assessment work

Read through the Controlled Assessment Contexts and the Help Powerpoint – which were discussed in lesson.

Complete the Design Brief, Task analysis and Research Plan as a Powerpoint slides using the template. You can work on paper and scan it later but if you do make sure it is nice and clear.

Where support can be found

Detailed task sheet issued and discussed in lesson – this can also be found on Show my Homework

Subject Resistant Materials

Sets ALL

Activity

Smart and Modern Materials Project.

Read the Power point on Smart and Modern materials which can be found on Show My Homework and answer the questions that follow.

Where support can be found

All materials can be found on Show My Homework

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Subject Food Preparation and Nutrition

Sets ALL

Activity

Summer Cooking Challenge

As discussed in lessons a list of recipes with video links has been sent to students for them to try out over the summer. The outcomes of their work should be posted on the Oaklands Food instragram account.

Where support can be found

Students have been e-mailed the resources and they are on Show My Homework.

Subject Fashion and Textiles

Sets ALL

Activity

Controlled Assessment work

Students are to complete 2 of the following activities as discussed in class

Interview and Questionnaire Additional Research Research Analysis

Where support can be found

Materials and resources to help can be found on Show My Homework.

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Subject PE

Sets N/A

Activity Personal exercise program

Where support can be found

See Show My Homework for booklet

Subject Drama

Sets

Activity Re-read Blood Brothers.

Watch a production on line (via YouTube)

Makes notes on skills required to perform the part of Mrs Johnson and Mrs Lyons

Where support can be found

BBC Bitesize Drama

Subject Media

Sets Year 10 Option Z

Activity Comic book coursework Complete research activities in booklet on paper Create A3 design task

Where support can be found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_LQo-4I0Gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61qUZgdH-aI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPOnhXhF454&list=PLbVzRnseEFtybjK36UMRtypA-mYMvOuYx