YEAR 7 Week beginning Monday 13 th July

YEAR 7: Week beginning Monday 13 th July In this document you will find all the tasks your subject teachers have asked you to complete this week. On the next slide is a timetable template – you may wish to organise your week and plan out when you will do each subject. REMEMBER you can be flexible with this and put in breaks when you need them. On the slides after this you will see a list of the tasks you need to complete. There also lots of extra resources/booklets/tasks on the school website which will help you with your work. Click on ‘Year 7’ and you will see them all listed by subject. http: //www. staldhelms-academy. co. uk/home/covid-19 -home-learning-and-usefulinformation/year-7/ All tasks will be set on Microsoft Teams, students will be able to upload their completed work on Teams. If you are not yet familiar with Microsoft Teams check out our welcome videos and help videos to support you with using this online platform.

Time Monday 9 am – 9. 30 am Joe Wicks PE Year 7 -Timetable Term 6 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Reading (own book or listen to audio book) Joe Wicks PE 9. 30 am – 10. 30 am 10. 30 – 11. 30 am 11. 30 – 12. 30 pm 12. 30 -1 pm 1– 1. 15 pm 1. 15 -2. 15 pm 2. 15 -3. 15 pm LUNCH BREAK Reading (own book or listen to audio book)

Subject Tasks to complete this week… English This term, we are going to read ‘Coraline’ by Neil Gaiman. There is a copy on the website on the Year 7 Home Learning page under ‘English’, you can access a copy on Teams, or you can email Miss Egan kegan@staldhelms-academy. co. uk and she can email you a copy. You could also listen to the audio version here: https: //www. youtube. com/playlist? list=PL 68 kx. RN 7 w. Qs. RF 3 HG_F_Kes. MGIq. D 4 UN 9 pq (search Coraline Audiobook on You. Tube) or there are new and used copies online for £ 5 -£ 6. 1. Complete one hour of Bedrock – email kegan@staldhelms-academy. co. uk if you need a reminder of your username/password. 2. Find, write down and learn the definition of the following terminology: simile, personification, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, sibilance, emotive language, pathetic fallacy, oxymoron 3. Read a news article of your choice from the BBC or The Guardian website, or from a newspaper. Identify five words that you don’t know the meaning of. For each word: 1) Find the word in a dictionary or Google its meaning 2) Use a thesaurus or Google to find a synonym (a word with similar meaning) 3) Write a sentence using each word correctly. 4. There is a film version of ‘Coraline’ – you may be able to find it online, or you can buy it the DVD on Amazon for £ 3 -£ 4. It’s a very good adaptation if you can watch it! The trailer is here: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Xy. Uw. EO 7 xel. Y o If you have been able to watch the film, consider the following questions: o Do the characters look as you imagined? o What about their voices and accents? o How has the plot been changed? o Do the filmmakers create a scary atmosphere? How? o Does animation work well as a medium for the story? Why/why not? o Which is better, the film or the book? Why? Challenge/Extension: Complete any of the following tasks: • Read another Neil Gaiman novel – we really like ‘The Graveyard Book’! • Read Neil Gaiman ‘Why I Wrote Coraline’ – search it on Google and it is the first result - it is also at the end of the PDF copy on the website/Teams along with a Question and Answer session with the writer! • Create or plan a ‘Coraline’ game – you could use comic strip illustrations if you want to create a video game, or you could draw out a board game version. Continue to quiz on any books you are reading using the Accelerated Reader link https: //ukhosted 4. renlearn. co. uk/2010034 If you need a reminder of your log in details or if you have any questions please email kegan@staldhelms-academy. co. uk

Subject Tasks to complete this week… Maths Hegarty Maths - complete 5 sessions this week: https: //hegartymaths. com/login/learner If you have a problem with your log in please email Mr Joyner: tjoyner@staldhelms-academy. co. uk You can also refer to the booklet on the school website (Year 7 & 8 Aiming for Grade 1 booklet) and complete the following tasks: Week for revision of the above topics – Look up Corbettmaths. com or BBC Bitesize If you would like a further challenge, you can also complete Y 9 Aiming for Grade 3 Additional Tasks: Work your way through the KS 3 Power. Point, Simplifying Science Use the instruction sheet to design an Antarctic research station. You can find facts about the conditions scientists working in Antarctica have to face using the links provided. Your station design can be drawn on a piece of paper and then photographed, or designed using a computer. Upload all finished work to Teams or email to your teacher. Instruction sheet can be found on the website and on Teams. You can contact your teacher directly through Teams or Mrs Black by emailing tblack@staldhelms-academy. co. uk Art Use any materials/colours to CREATE movement. DEVELOP skills to blend colours. View booklet for more details about the task on the website and on Microsoft Teams. If you have any questions relating to Art, please email rsultana@staldhelms-academy. co. uk Dance Go onto You. Tube and watch two different versions of the Ballet, Swan Lake. Complete the questions on the worksheet based on what you see. Complete the Y 7 Dance Swan Lake sheet on the website and on Teams If you have any questions relating to Dance, please can you email rhanwell@staldhelms-academy. co. uk Drama Introduction to Script &Script work – Workbook can be found on the website and on Teams. This set of work is to be carried out over two weeks. • Task One – Read about ‘role – on – the –wall’ • Task Two - Create two character profiles using ‘role – on – the –wall’ • Task Three -Write a script for your two character profiles If you have any questions relating to Drama, please email Scoyne@staldhelms-academy. co. uk Design Tech Rotations Marble Run Challenge - Cardboard. Sticky tape. Marbles. Can you build a run that keeps the marble going for at least a minute? The brief - Use a cardboard box and cardboard struts to create a marble run. The marble must run for 60 seconds. The method 1. Use sticky tape to attach the cardboard struts to the cardboard box, creating a run for the marble. 2. Place the marble at the top of the run and time how long it takes for it to reach the bottom. 3. Keep improving your design until the marble takes exactly 60 seconds to reach the bottom. Top tip If you can’t find cardboard struts, make your own by folding strips of cardboard in half to create a V shape. Watch these clips to give you some ideas of how you can keep your marble running as long as possible. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=IN 0 Wn 0 Xg. PXQ https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=j. RE 3 Oq. DVj. SE https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=bhm. WQV_U 1 Ec Video your solution on your Phone and upload to Teams or send dbiles@staldhelms-academy. co. uk The best solutions will be posted on the School social media pages.

Subject Tasks to complete this week… Geography Watch the TV documentary on You. Tube to help you with your understanding of the topic or research in books, on the internet or by asking a family member what they know about the topic If you have any questions email your Geography teacher Mrs Timms – ftimms@staldhelms-academy. co. uk Miss Evan-Cook – vevan-cook@staldhelms-academy. co. uk Task: Go through the Power. Point Y 7 Geography Alastair cycle trip T 6 WK 7 and complete the WK 7 Work Booklet document on the website OR BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons: https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/tags/zf 9 yy 9 q/year-7 -and-s 1 -lessons Watch – You. Tube – https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ms. D 4 cp. LCnv 0 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=g. Iqp. Y_9 Rj 9 s History 1) Seneca Assignment: T 6 -7: EOT Check https: //app. senecalearning. com/dashboard/join-class/kxlw 6 t 5 aq 3 Class Code: kxlw 6 t 5 aq 3 2) Using the bitesize link page 7 design and create a poster which celebrates medieval cultural achievements. 3) NO INTERNET: Design and create a model of a historical character, event or building. This can be a drawing or a physical model re-using household materials. Please email a photograph if possible. Bitesize Topic Quiz: https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/guides/zm 4 mn 39/test If you have any questions relating to History, please email orose@staldhelms-academy. co. uk Music Complete the 6 activities on the Tempo Sheet WK 7 found on the website and on Teams. Please email cking@staldhelms-academy. co. uk with any queries. PE Start your Monday & Wednesdays with Joe Wicks https: //www. youtube. com/channel/UCAx. W 1 XT 0 i. EJo 0 TYl. Rfn 6 r. YQ or you can complete one of our PE workouts (see sheet of ideas on school website) Religious Studies Please try and complete all the activities. If you do not have online access, complete the not online activities in Y 7 Religious Studies T 6 WK 7. If you do have online access complete both sets of work. These lessons are planned to revise the religions you have already learnt about. ONLINE TASK: Sikhsim https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ARy. WE 8 e 50 y. M – Most common creation theories including Sikhism https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=R 0 xkak. GQXfo – Sikh creation in detail https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/guides/znnmtv 4/revision/3#: ~: text=Sikhs%20 believe%20 that%20 before%20 the, that%20 the%20 universe%20 was%20 created. &text=There%20 are%20 no%20 cre ation%20 stories, story%20 of%20 Adam%20 and%20 Eve%20). – Written information about Sikh’s creation and a video clip On a Word Document or on a Power. Point, show your understanding of the Sikh creation theory. You must include information about Waheguru as Sikh’s believe he was the creator of the universe. Stretch – Compare the Sikh theory of creation with one other. What are the similarities and differences? All activities are on the website and also on TEAMs for students to access. Please email lbeng@staldhelms-academy. co. uk with any questions.

Subject Tasks to complete this week… Spanish LO: Getting to know some famous Spanish- speaking musicians. Choose one of the options (A, B or C) Tasks A (needs online access): Log onto www. kerboodle. com with your username and password which is the first initial of you first name and your surname eg: jsmith (email us if you’ve lost or forgotten it and we’ll reset it for you). Type the Institution code hno 9. Click My courses, then click Claro, then click digital book then click Claro 1. Go to pages 62 -63 and complete the following tasks: 1) Read the boxes “Gramática” and “Estrategia” carefully. Revise the vocabulary related to topic 3. 6 on page 73. 2) Complete the following quiz with the activities from the book: https: //forms. office. com/Pages/Response. Page. aspx? id=9 Xy. WLo. QJF 0 Oy_0 Bv 7 lv. Sym. ELJjm. KKOVPr. I_y. SOiz. La. VUM TZWU 0 RMQkx. MMUx. JMkt. SWk 1 ESVM 0 SUx. TTC 4 u Tasks B (paper based): Revise the vocabulary about celebrities on social media and how to make comparisons in Spanish on the support document. Then complete the worksheet attached with activities to practice the topic. You can either complete it directly on the Word document or print it and complete it by hand. In the first case email the document back to your teacher or upload it on Teams: Lthomarel@staldhelms-academy. co. uk (Mr Thomarel) (Ms Aviles) BAviles@staldhelms-academy. co. uk In the second case, take a photo and upload it on Teams, email it to the above address, or keep it until you can bring it to school for your teacher to mark it. Tasks C (project): Revise the vocabulary about celebrities on social media and how to make comparisons in Spanish on the support document. Then create a Facebook profile of a famous person or influencer in Spanish (you can add the following information: nombre (name), foto (picture), perfil (profile), cumpleaños (birthday), lugar de nacimiento (place of birth), lugar de residencia (place of residence), profesión (job/profession), amigos (friends), deportes favoritos (favourite sports), música favorita (favourite music)… You can take a picture of your