Contact: Ms A Hobson (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
This homework project links to the work you will be doing in class. The work should take you at least 5 hours to complete and will be given a level at the end of the half term. Failure to complete this task to a high standard will affect your level for the unit.
Week 1/2:
Draw an ORDINARY OBJECT using TONE.
Week 3/4:
Adapt that object by using different materials.
Week 5/6:
Draw a DREAM you once had.
This homework project links to the work you will be doing in class. The work should take you at least 5 hours to complete and will be given a level at the end of the half term. Failure to complete this task to a high standard will affect your level for the unit.
Task 1:
EXAM 2012 FAILURE TO COMPLETE WILL DIRECTLY INFLUENCE YOUR FINAL GRADE.
Create an A2 size study page based on another artist/ photographer/ craftsperson whose work links to the theme “ORDINARY &/OR EXTRAORDINARY”.
The artist study page needs to show some kind of design to it & should be planned out in rough before you begin. You can use the artist analysis worksheet to help you with this task. Write a detailed response to the works of art you are looking at using full sentences and key language. Try to think about the images and what the artist was trying to convey through their work. Find out about the artist you have chosen and demonstrate your knowledge of their life and work to put the images in context.
Artist Analysis:
- Write a detailed response to the works of art you are looking at using full sentences and key language.
- Try to think about the images and what the artist was trying to show through their work.
- Find out about the artist and demonstrate your knowledge of their life and work to put the images in context. For example – when where they born? Where do they work? What medium do they use? What types of colours appear in their work?
Task 2:
Using images by the artist you have chosen try to create your own version, replicating pose, lighting etc and also demonstrating your own vision. Use similar materials to the artist. Annotate the work you have completed fully, and present to a high standard in your book.
If you need any links to galleries/ artist work to complete this task please contact Miss Hobson.
Create your own portrait of someone you know in the same style as the artist you have looked at. Annotate what you have done. Hint. Annotation shows you have thought about how successful you think the work is. (Think 2 stars & a target)
Contact: Mr B Waller (PE Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Find one article on the London 2012 Olympics and explain the nature of the article.
For the Javelin find out the rules, the regulations of the equipment and facilities and how you win in the Javelin.
Find out how the world record for the Javelin has advanced over the last 50 years and explain why you think this has happened.
Contact: Mr V Patel (Business Studies Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Research the different financial products and services that are available to you and write a description of them in a table.
Research the different sources of financial advice you have available to you. Which would you find the most useful and which do you think is unreliable?
Compare and contrast the different current and savings accounts that are available to you. Which would you choose and why?
Contact: Ms K Swanson (Design Technology Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Read through the past paper and highlight the areas that you feel you do not understand. Make a list of the subject areas which you just don’t get.
Work through the exam paper using the internet and textbooks.
You made a list of all the areas you were unsure of.
1. Try to look up the topic yourself using the Catering textbook.
2. Bring the list into lessons or bring it after school and ask the teacher to explain the topics to you.
Contact: Ms L Fitzsimmons (Dance Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Revise all theory on Swan song and Still life.
Revise all technical and performing skills. How would you develop these within a practical lesson?
Explain how you developed your solo composition.
Contact: Mr S Slater (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Speak to Mr Slater to check that you have completed all work for your GCSE drama.
Contact: Ms S Cable (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Choose one pair of tasks to complete each week (one 25 minute response and one 35 minute response) and hand in to your teacher for marking. If you run out of tasks, ask your classroom teacher to supply you with new ones. YOU CAN COMPLETE THE TASK PAIRS (A,B,C,D,E,F) IN ANY ORDER BUT MAKE SURE YOU ATTEMPT BOTH TASKS IN THE SECTION YOU CHOOSE.
Weeks 5 & 6:
Now that we are preparing directly for the GCSE examination,it is important that every student attempts to complete one of the main task pairs which follow the exact format of the writing section of the exam paper.
Weeks 5 & 6:
PAIRED TASKS (choose one pair to complete each week, in any order)
A:Every year, the whole of year 10 are given a work experience fortnight. Write the text of a speech to be delivered in assembly in which you advise students on what to expect and how to make the most of the experience (spend 25 minutes)
A: We all have role-models. Describe someone that you know, or someone that you know a lot about, and explain what makes them a role model. (spend 35 minutes)
B: Exams are fast approaching and stress is rising in your school. Write an article for a school magazine in which you explain to families and carers how they can offer support in the run up to exams. (spend 25 minutes)
B: An article you read recently in a national newspaper suggested that in families where there are mobile phones, relationships between parents and children are actually getting worse. Write a letter to the newspaper in which you argue for or against this idea. (spend 35 minutes)
C: Most people know that they should have a healthy lifestyle, but often people need reminding how to achieve this. Write the text of a leaflet which informs people of some ways to keep healthy. (spend 25 minutes)
C: At a school council meeting, the school environment was brought up as an area for concern. Write a speech for an assembly in which you persuade pupils that we all have a responsibility for maintaining the school environment. (spend 35 minutes)
D: Starting a new school can be a frightening prospect. This year your school has started a scheme where year 11s send a letter to an unknown new year 7. Letters are sent out randomly. Write a letter in which you provide advice to help a new year 7 settle into your school. (spend 25 minutes)
D: Every area has its good points and its bad. Describe the positives and negatives of your area in an article for the contrasting worlds section of your local newspaper. (spend 35 minutes)
E: Imagine you are working for a local youth initiative which aims to give youngsters free opportunities to learn skills, play sports, and socialize in the long summer holidays. Write the text for a website aimed at 11-14 year olds, which informs them about the various activities on offer. (spend 25 minutes)
E: One of the only areas not to be hit by the recession is the world of celebrity. Write an article in which you argue for or against the statement “Celebrities are not value for money.”(spend 35 minutes)
Weeks 5 & 6:
Once you have completed a pair of tasks, evaluate your responses. Consider the impact of the opening and closing paragraphs, the range of sentence openers and types and the range of punctuation you have used. Create a key for all the techniques you have used and indicate in the margin where each technique has been applied.
Click Here to View The 'Anil' Story.
Click Here to View The 'Compass and Torch' Story.
Click Here to View The 'Polish Teacher's Tie' Story.
Click Here to View The 'On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning' Story.
Click Here to View The 'Something Old, Something New' Story.
Contact: Mr L OKeeffe (MFL Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Learn as much of the vocab’ as you can!
Use the vocab sheets – either the hard copy or the one emailed to you – and revise continually. Without the vocab’ you will find the Listening and Reading exams much more difficult. If you need another copy, come and see me or email.
Check that you can recognise the different tenses. Learn the negatives. Learn “false friends”
Contact: Ms H Owen (Geography Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 1st June
What does regeneration Mean ?Write down the name of your case study Describe and explain the location of your case study
Why did the area decline? Think about/ social/ economic and environmental changes over time How has the area been regenerated? What has been done to improve; housing/transportation/economy of the area/ environmental improvements What are the advantages of these changes? What are the disadvantages of these changes?
Are these changes sustainable if so why not?
Contact: Ms C Senior (History Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 1st June
Use the materials produced at home: work can be checked if you are unsure.
Take a quiz on the School History website below relating to the history of medicine. See the link below. Try the game on ancient medicine first, then use the second hyperlink to try many more.
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/penaltyshootout/ancientmedicine.htm
https://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games
The history of medicine involves many individuals. Complete a ‘role of the individual chart’ for the following individuals:
Hippocrates
Galen
Paracelsus
Avicenna
Ibn Rhazes
Vesalius
Pare
Harvey
Jenner
Nightingale
Seacole
Pasteur
Koch
Simpson
Lister
Fleming
Click here to download worksheet.
Compare two individuals using a CLIC chart. Write up a response to the question ‘Who had the greater influence on the development of medicine and treatment/surgery?’ (8 marks). Make sure that you refer to both individuals in your answer.
Contact: Mr P Mansbridge (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
If you haven’t already passed your Academy exams, then book a time with Mr Mansbridge in 243 to take them.
Practise your Office skills by typing up a CV you can use when applying for a summer holiday job.
Contact: Ms S Hawley (Maths Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Booster packs have been set up for all year 11. You should use these packs as part of your revision.
Contact: Mr S Slater (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Speak to Mr Slater and make sure you know what assignments you still need to complete.
Contact: Ms E Boxer (Perfornming Arts Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Check your email and complete all of the practice listening questions that Miss Boxer has sent you. Attend the revision session for the listening exam on Saturday 12th May.
Contact: Ms S Hill (Psychology Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
For each topic studied (see list below), learn the name of the core theory and core study. Test a partner to check that they have also learned all the names.
Unit 1:
Sex and Gender: Biological theory: Diamond and Sigmundson
Memory: Multi store model of memory: Terry
Attachment: Bowlby’s theory: Hazan and Shaver
Obedience: Situational theory: Bickman
Atypical Behaviour: Behaviourist theory (classical conditioning): Watson and Rayner
Unit 2:
Criminal Behaviour: Biological theory: Mednick
Perception: Constructivist theory: Haber and Levin
Cognitive Development: Piaget’s theory: Piaget and conservation of number
Non-verbal communication: Social Learning theory: Yuki et al
The Self: Humanism: Van Houtte and Jarvis
Complete the January 2010 exam papers for Unit 1 and Unit 2.
Click here to download Unit 1.
Click here to download Unit 2.
Use the mark schemes to mark your own exam paper. Write a revision plan which identifies your weakest areas and makes them your top priority for revision.
Contact: Ms J Hinton (Humanities Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Define the following terms:
Pollution
Global Warming
Stewardship
Exam Question:
c) Explain what Christians think of transplant surgery? (8 marks)
c) Explain what one religion other than Christianity teaches about the environment? (8 marks)
These will be marked and feedback given.
Think about the marks and the structure.
Create a fact file about crime and punishment.
Include
Capital punishment
Forgiveness and reconciliation
Muslim views
Christian views
Contact: Ms R Luthfa (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 1st June
Collect 10 images of works produced by Charles Renee Mackintosh. Read up on this fabulous designer: Who is he? What does he make?
Product Analysis
Look at the products and answer the following questions:
What is the product?
How much is it?
What is it made from?
Who is the target market?
Describe the product.
What improvements can be made?
Design a small storage device inspired by the works of this designer. Annotate how you have kept in line with his style.
Contact: Ms G Broad (Science Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Click here to access Sam Learning.
Complete the Physics Additional Science past paper.
Log onto Kerboodle and answer exam questions in the Physics or Biology sections, whichever is your weakest . Either email, or write out and hand in your answers to your class teacher.
http://www.kerboodle.com/ Type in your username and password. These are with your class teacher. The organization code is 8471 Click on the my bookshelf tab until you access Additional science book.
AQA exam style questions in the other section. Attempt all questions.
Contact: Ms G Broad (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
You are expected to hand in at least 1 assignment each window. Remember if your target grade is C you are expected to complete all pass tasks. If your target grade is B you are expected to complete all pass and merit tasks. If your target is A grade you are expected to complete pass, merit ad distinction tasks.
Click here to download worksheet.
Attempt tasks above your target grade.
Contact: Ms G Broad (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Click here to access Sam Learning.
Sam learning – Extension Biology past paper.
Log onto Kerboodle and answer exam questions in the Biology sections, which is your weakest . Either email, or write out and hand in your answers to your class teacher.
http://www.kerboodle.com/ Type in your username and password. These are with your class teacher. The organization code is 8471 Click on the my bookshelf tab until you access Biology book.
Ask for and complete a B3 past paper.
Contact: Ms G Broad (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Click here to access Sam Learning.
Go to the school website and click the link for sam learning.
Log onto Kerboodle and answer exam questions in the Chemistry 3 section, which is your weakest . Either email, or write out and hand in your answers to your class teacher.
http://www.kerboodle.com/Type in your username and password. These are with your class teacher. The organization code is 8471 Click on the my bookshelf tab until you access Chemistry book.
Ask for and complete a C3 past paper.
Contact: Mr P Haverda (Science Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Click here to access Sam Learning.Go to Y11 Additional, W6.
Sam learning – Extension Physics past paper.
Log onto Kerboodle and answer exam questions in the Physics 3 section, which is your weakest . Either email, or write out and hand in your answers to your class teacher.
http://www.kerboodle.com/ Type in your username and password. These are with your class teacher. The organization code is 8471 Click on the my bookshelf tab until you access core science book.
Ask for and complete a P3 past paper.
Contact: Mr M Boucher (Head of Department)
Deadline: Week Ending Friday 18th May
Click here to access Sam Learning.
Weeks 2 & 3:
CGP revision booklet.
Week 2:
Find topics in your revision book that you need to look at, use the cover and reveal techniques that I showed you.
Week 3:
As above + change your favourite DVD to Spanish, listen watch and learn, try to pick out words, excellent for listeing practise, google spanish radio, GCSE Bitesize for listening.
Weeks 2 & 3:
CGP revision guide, Bitesize, past papers that I have emailed you with mark schemes. Remember-when you are stuck-thing strategies-context, elimination, common sense!!
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