Instructions...Week1 Monday 20th April – Friday 24th April Core Subjects Biology Instructions &...

Instructions 1. Each week aim to do at least one activity from each core subject: Maths, English, Biology and Citizenship. 2. Then choose at least one activity from each option subject that you would like to do for GCSE. 3. Each subject will have a choice of three activities:

something that doesn’t need a computer

something that does need a computer

space for you to decide your own activity as well or instead of the above

You should try to do at least one activity, but you can do two or three. 4. Tick off the activities you do and add any work to the folder. Lined and plain paper is provided for you. If you do have a computer and a printer, you can also print work out. 5. Each week when your teacher contacts you, you can ask them any questions or tell them which activities you’ve been able to do. 6. At the end of the folder there are two extra pages.

a list of other websites you can access learning on

a list of help and support lines

Week1 Monday 20th April – Friday 24th April Core Subjects

English Instructions & Outcomes

Find an object in the house and write a descriptive piece of writing on the object (what it looks like in detail, what it feels like in detail and add anything else). Start designing a diary using paper and pencil and add a few sentences every day.

Find a picture of something you like on the internet e.g. Blue Planet. Write a descriptive piece of writing on the picture. Use all your senses (hearing, taste, sight, touch and smell). Start designing a diary and every day add a few sentences. This link will take you to extracts from Anne Frank’s diary. This link takes you to extracts from ‘The Diary of a Wimpy kid’. You could watch this clip if it helps.

Maths Instructions & Outcomes

Practise the times tables 2-6. Write them down. You could make colourful flash cards if you make mistakes and get members of your family to test you.

Try the Five a Day Corbettmaths activities (each day Monday to Friday). https://corbettmaths.com/ Make sure you choose the activity at the right level. Numeracy is grade 1-2, Foundation 3-4, Foundation Plus 4-5, Higher 6-7. Be ambitious, but also realistic.

Week1 Monday 20th April – Friday 24th April Core Subjects

Biology Instructions & Outcomes

The Blood 1. Make a model of the blood using household items. Eg red dye, cereal

The Blood 2. Name the main cells and parts found in blood 3. Find pictures of these parts and cells in blood. 4. What is the function of each type of cell found in blood (remember to

include plasma and platelets)? 5. What happens in the process of blood clotting? 6. How are red blood cells are adapted to their function? 7. How white blood cells are adapted to their function.

Citizenship Instructions & Outcomes

Human Rights – These are the things that all humans across the planet are entitled to. Write your own list of 15 Human Rights that you believe everyone should be entitled to – life? Food? Watch this on YouTube on your phone or television. Type in ‘The Story of Human Rights and it was posted on the 4th May 2011. Then write down, why human rights are important? What are the things/events that have affected human rights the most over the centuries?

Human Rights – Look up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Which of these may be compromised (can’t be achieved) by countries who are in lockdown (or have been in lockdown)? Create a document and write down which rights you think have been affected by lockdown measures in the UK How have these measures affected you and your family and friends?

Week1 Monday 20th April – Friday 24th April Option Subjects

Art Instructions & Outcomes

Still Life; Drawing techniques, experimenting with line and tone. Find a favourite mug, or cup and saucer to record your observations from. Use a soft pencil (2B). Draw your object using LINE only (a 2-minute drawing). On the same page, use your opposite hand to your dominant writing hand. Draw your object using LINE and TONE (a 5min drawing). Next from a different angle draw your object- but do not take your pencil off the paper, use a CONTINUOUS LINE. Make a note by each drawing saying which technique you used and how long it took. Finally, draw your mug as realistically as possible. Capture the correct size and shape of your object by applying line and tonal shading.

Find out the definition of a Still Life. Read it, copy it onto a word document or PowerPoint, and change the wording to your own. Fill an A4 page with different images of ‘Still Life’ that you like. List between 5 and 10 artists who have painted Still Life through art history.

Business Studies Instructions & Outcomes

Write a job description for a job you know something about. Here are a few ideas Police, Paramedic, Nurse, Doctor, Carer, Butcher, Baker, Milkman, Taxi Driver, Chef, Checkout Operator, Sportsperson, Musician. The choice is yours. Ask others for their input, remember business is about working together. You could use the internet as well.

Create a Job Advertisement for one of the roles in the above section. Look online for other adverts and use these to help you work out what is needed. Include the information that a Person Specification contains that helps describe the ideal candidate for the job. Think about their qualifications, experience, attitudes, personal skills etc. Plenty more to do, if you want, on www.my.dynamic-learning.co.uk


Catering Instructions & Outcomes

‘Throughout World War 2, rationing and low food supplies meant that people had to be able to cook with the ingredients they had available.’ Researching basic commodities (ingredients) Fruit and Vegetables Using the internet answer the following questions:

1. Make an A – Z list of fruit and vegetables 2. Why are fruit and vegetables an important part of a healthy diet 3. Which chopping board must be used for preparing vegetables 4. Which chopping board must be used for preparing fruit 5. You have some carrots that need to be used up research three

different recipes that you could cook to use the carrots up and save waste.

Watch a you tube video or video jug lesson to learn how to how to make poached eggs on toast and test it out. Take a photo of your outcome to add to your catering folders in the future or send it to Katie [email protected] If you don’t have any eggs then research and cook a recipe you can cook with the ingredients you have at home or watch an episode of www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/category/books/keep-cooking-and-carry-on


Chemistry Instructions & Outcomes

Plan and set up rusting experiment and record observations over the next 5 weeks.

Lesson 1 Rusting 1. Define the term corrosion. 2. State what is required for iron to rust. 3. List some ways to prevent rusting. 4. Describe an experiment to investigate the conditions required for

rusting to occur. 5. With the help of equations, describe the process of rusting. 6. Explain how different corrosion prevention techniques work.

Child Dev. Instructions & Outcomes

If you already studying Child Development you will have been given Chapter 4: Understand how to recognise, manage & prevent childhood illnesses. All the information to answer the following questions is in this chapter: 1. Explain how immunity can be acquired (In your answer, take care to

use the key words immunity, antibodies and vaccine/ vaccination correctly)

2. What are the common signs of illness? 3. Explain when emergency treatment should be sought for a child.

Think back to a time when you were unwell with a childhood illness, such as chicken pox. How did you feel physically (e.g. itchy, tired) and emotionally (e.g. sad not to see your friends)? How did you want people to treat you? Ask members of your family about their experiences and feelings too.

If you are considering Child Development or want to do additional research, you can find answers to these questions online.


English Lit. Instructions & Outcomes

Read Stave One of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Write a summary of the key characters, events and quotations. Feel free to illustrate. Design a visual mind map by sketching Scrooge and Marley (using the description in the text) in the centre of your page and then adding quotations about him from Stave One. Feel free to be creative and to use the internet link above for research if it’s helpful.

Watch MissHannaLovesGrammar ‘s YouTube Channel on Stave One: Make notes in the form of a visual mind map.

Geography Instructions & Outcomes

Europe – identify a country in this continent. Create a factfile/diagram/poster or mindmap about this country. Include facts and interesting details about the country. This can be about its cities, its natural habitats and its people. Use any atlas’s or encyclopedias that might at home. Alternatively ask anybody at home about what they know about your chosen country. Watch any relevant documentaries you can find.

BBC Bitesize – Global Hazards Plate Margins – study the information on plate margins and then complete the quiz afterwards.


History Instructions & Outcomes

Medicine in Britain, c1250–present Make a list of all the types of medicines you have heard of or taken – think of what you may be able to buy over the counter at a pharmacy / chemists / supermarket? For each type of medicine, write down what ailment or illness it is supposed to treat.

Watch the video clip and research the theory of the four humours. Questions: 1. Who suggested this theory? 2. What were the four humours? 3. How was an imbalance in one of the humours treated?

P.E. Instructions & Outcomes Tip: You may want to do the computer task first

Physical training - The relationship between health and fitness and the role that exercise plays in both: Research and write definitions for the KEY TERMS of Health, Fitness and Exercise. Try and explain how the three terms are similar and different?

Watch the video clip on the KEY TERMS and try and answer the question about how they relate to PERFORMANCE? Attempt the questions at the end of the clip ‘Can we be fit, but not healthy?’ Try and explain your answer.


Physics Instructions & Outcomes

Make a model of an atom using household materials.

P7.1 Atoms and radiation 1. Name the three types of nuclear radiation. 2. Name the three sub-atomic particles found in an atom 3. Identify some sources of background radiation. 4. What are the safety precautions used when dealing with radioactive

materials? 5. What is a Geiger counter and how can it be used to detect radiation? 6. Identify natural and man-made sources of background radiation. 7. Describe in detail the decay of an unstable nucleus. 8. What are the similarities and differences between nuclear radiation

and visible light? 9. What are the relative penetrating powers of the three types of nuclear

radiation?

PSHE Instructions & Outcomes

Beauty: It has been said that the Greek goddess, Aphrodite, was the most beautiful goddess of all. As goddess of love, she had power over the hearts of mortal men and women. There are many stories about her origin, yet everyone agreed with her reputation as ‘the fairest’ of them all. Elaborate on each of the following statements: 1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 2. Beauty is only skin deep Think about what beauty means to you. Make a list of people, places and things that you think are truly beautiful. You could do this activity with another family member and compare your thoughts.

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Sociology Instructions & Outcomes

What is Society? Create a diagram/poster or mindmap that represents your ideas and thoughts about what society is. Ask for the opinions and ideas of other people in your house and add these. As the week goes by see if you can add any ideas that you might get from watching any tv programmes or news programmes.

What is Sociology? Watch the crash course clip. Make a set of notes that capture the main ideas that are being explained. This could be a mindmap/diagram or a set of bullet points. You might need to stop the video at key points or watch it a couple of times.

Textiles Instructions & Outcomes

Identity project Research identity using the handout issued as guidance. Complete the following: Mood board of ideas for the theme Identity, if you are unable to print this, save it and it can be printed when we return to school.

Watch a documentary about a famous artist – it may give you ideas and inspiration for this project or for a future one.

Week 2 Monday 27th April – Friday 1st May Core Subjects


Take a look outside your house and when you see someone passing write a short story about them. Avoid writing about anyone you know, but do try to imagine how the world might seem from their point of view. Include an imaginative opening, develop the story in the middle and make sure the beginning and end are linked if you can. Be ambitious in your choice of vocabulary. Add a few sentences to your diary.

Find a picture on the internet of an individual person in a supermarket or party and write a short story around the image. Include an imaginative opening, develop the story in the middle and make sure the beginning and end are linked if you can. Be ambitious in your choice of vocabulary. You could look at this clip. Add a few sentences to your diary.


Practise times tables 7-12. Write them down if you make mistakes and get members of your family to test you.

Try Maths Genie, https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/gcse.html. Choose a topic and test yourself. Check the answers to make sure you got the answers right and that your method makes sense.

Week 2 Monday 27th April – Friday 1st May Core Subjects


The Blood Vessels 1. Make model vessels using household items cardboard tubes, clay,

plasticine, tissue paper

The Blood Vessels 2. Name the three main types of blood vessel 3. Draw the three main types of blood vessels 4. What are the similarities and differences between the three types of

blood vessels? 5. How does blood flows around the body? 6. How does the structure relate to the functions of blood vessels? 7. What is a double circulatory system and why is it important in humans?


Identity – Who are you? What are the things that are most important to you and make you unique? Make a collage all about you. Use any newspapers, magazines, printed out photos, or draw the things that make you you. Do not put your name on the paper. Put things that represent – your family, ethnicity, schools, siblings, favourite foods, hobbies, favourite brands/clothing, area in which you live, things that make you happy and things you dislike and anything else you think makes you unique

Identity – Who are you? What are the things that are most important to you and make you unique? Using the information above, make a collage, on a PowerPoint or Word document (or google doc) all about you. Use any newspapers, magazines, printed out photos, or draw the things that make you you.

Week 2 Monday 27th April – Friday 1st May Option Subjects


Still Life- colour studies - Collect a toothpaste tube and a toothbrush to record your observations from. Use coloured pencils to BLEND COLOUR, and develop dark and light TONES. You will complete 4 studies- place your toothpaste tube and brush into different COMPOSITIONS (arrangements). In pencil just draw the outline (no detail). Drawings: 1) Blend Hot Colours- Red, orange yellow by shading into your outline drawing. 2) Blend Cold Colours- Blue, purple, green. 3) Choose 3 harmonious colours to Blend with-e.g. Pink, lilac, purple (colours that sit well together). Lastly create a more detailed drawing by using realistic detail and colour. Make notes on each drawing about the colour applied.

Find a Still Life image that you personally like. Copy and paste it onto a word document or PowerPoint. Note who painted it, which art movement it belonged to, and the date it was painted? Looking at the image type what you can see. Use formal elements to describe the image: Theme, colour, style, shape, line perspective, pattern, tone, texture...At the end write what you like about the painting?



You are a management consultant. John, a plumber, comes to you and says he wants to start up a new business and wants his friend George involved. He could set up as a sole trader and employ George, they could have a partnership together, he could form a limited company in which they both have shares. What is your advice for John, write a report detailing what you advise and why.

Imagine you’re a teacher. Put together a PowerPoint or similar that you could use to teach the difference between sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. Each slide should include an example of each type of company and a link to their website. Make up three questions on each slide to test your students. Use this to teach someone else (Family at home, online friends etc) what the differences are and give them the questions. Do they get the answers right? Plenty more to do, if you want, on www.my.dynamic-learning.co.uk



‘Throughout World War 2, rationing and low food supplies meant that people had to be able to cook with the ingredients they had available.’ Researching basic commodities (ingredients) Meat, poultry and Game Using the internet answer the following questions: 1. What is meant by the term meat? 2. What is meant by the term poultry? 3. What is meant by the term Game? 4. Which chopping board must be used to prepare raw meat? 5. You have some left-over ham in the fridge research three different

recipes you could cook to use the ham up and save waste.

Watch a you tube video or video jug lesson to learn how to how to make eggy bread and test it out. Take a photo of your outcome to add to your catering folders in the future or send it to Katie [email protected] If you don’t have any eggs then research and cook a recipe you can cook with the ingredients you have at home or watch an episode of Jamie Oliver.



Make a list of objects that are made of metals and indicate if you think it is an alloy or not.

Lesson 2 Using Alloys 1. State the difference between a metal before and after being alloyed. 2. State the elements in steel and bronze. 3. List some common examples of alloys and their uses. 4. Explain in detail why pure metals are often alloyed before they are

used. 5. Describe how different amounts of carbon affect the properties of iron. 6. Identify an appropriate purpose for some alloys and design a table

when giving data on melting, boiling points and its properties. 7. Explain the term carats


Again, using Chapter 4, outline (give the main points) the social and emotional needs of an ill child. Ask a parent or grandparent to explain how the care needs of their child/ren changed during a period of illness. What did the parent need to do differently to ensure that these care needs were met?

If you are considering Child Development or want to do additional research, you can find information online.



Read Act One, Scene 1 Macbeth Write a summary of the key characters, events and quotations. Feel free to illustrate. Design a visual mind map by sketching the witches (using the descriptions in the play or from your own google research) in the centre of your page and then adding quotations from what they say from Act One, Scene One.

Watch Mr Bruff’s YouTube Channel. Make notes in the form of a visual mind map. Feel free to illustrate.


South America – identify a country in this continent. Create a factfile/diagram/poster or mindmap about this country. Include facts and interesting details about the country. This can be about its cities, its natural habitats and its people. Use any atlas’s or encyclopaedias that might at home. Alternatively ask anybody at home about what they know about your chosen country. Watch any relevant documentaries you can find.

BBC Bitesize – Global Hazards Earthquakes– study the information on earthquakes and then complete the quiz afterwards.



Medicine in Britain, c1250–present After watching the video clip in week one, write down a list of the people who were mainly responsible for providing medical treatments and ‘cures’ in the dark and middle ages.

Research the ‘Black Death” from 1348 and describe five facts about it – eg, What were the symptoms? When did it end? How was it spread? What were the supposed treatments? How many died from it?

P.E. Instructions & Outcomes

Physical training - The components of fitness, Research the two aspects of fitness – SKILL related and HEALTH related. List the different types for each aspect – eg Agility is skill related, Body Composition is health related. Check dictionary definitions.

Watch this video clip above – START at 1min 51 seconds! Then complete sporting examples for each aspect of fitness – eg, Agility is important in basketball because...



Make models of Rutherford atom, Bohr’s atom

P 7.2 The Discovery of the nucleus 1. Identify the Rutherford (nuclear) model of an atom. 2. Identify the locations of protons, neutrons, and electrons in the nuclear

model. 3. State that electrons can move between fixed energy levels within an

atom. 4. What are the main features of the plum pudding model of the atom? 5. What evidence provided by the Rutherford scattering experiment? 6. List the properties of protons, neutrons, and electrons. 7. What are the similarities and differences between the plum pudding

model, Rutherford model, and Bohr model of the atom in terms of the evidence for each model?


Friendship ‘In the end, a person’s wealth is measured more by the number of friends than by the amount of money accumulated in a life time.’ ‘To have a friend, be a friend,’ ‘A true friend is someone who knows all about you and likes you anyway.’ These quotations refer to friendship. Read them carefully and decide what, if anything, they have in common. Make a list of ten traits that you think a good friend must possess. Using a rating scale 1-5 (5=highest), rate each trait for its importance for true friendship. Check yourself to see how you rate as a true friend, before you begin rating your family and friends!

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Crime – Why do people commit crimes? Who commits crime? Create a diagram/poster or mindmap that represents your ideas and thoughts. Ask for the opinions and ideas of other people in your house and add these. As the week goes by see if you can add any ideas that you might get from watching any tv programmes or news programmes.

Crime Watch the crash course clip. Make a set of notes that capture the main ideas that are being explained. This could be a mindmap/diagram or a set of bullet points. You might need to stop the video at key points or watch it a couple of times.


Identity project Research identity using the handout issued as guidance. Complete the following: Draw or paint a self-portrait to add to your portfolio.


Week 3 Monday 4th May – Friday 8th May Core Subjects


Talk to someone in your house about what a diary is and if anyone in your house can remember any incident good or bad in their own lifetime. Then write your own diary for either a day or over a number of days. Add a few extra sentences to your diary. Or, be creative and write an imaginary diary – make it up! Who would you be for the day?

Find an extract from a diary on the internet (Anne Frank, Diary of a Wimpy Kid or a famous person). Read this to yourself or to a member of your family. Then write your own diary either for a day or over a number of days. This link will take you to extracts from Anne Frank’s diary: This link takes you to extracts from ‘The Diary of a Wimpy kid’. Or use this link. Add a few extra sentences to your diary.


Write the first 20 prime numbers. Prime numbers are all the numbers that have only two factors (two whole numbers that fit perfectly in them). Write them down and get members of your family to test you.

Visit the Maths at Malden Oaks website and try the practise paper for Non-calculator. Don't forget to check your answers https://mathsatmaldenoaks.blogspot.com/



The Heart 1. Watch an online YouTube video of a heart dissection or go and buy a

heart from the butchers and have ago at the dissection.

The Heart 1. What is the function of the heart? 2. Draw and label a diagram of the heart to show some of the main

structures. 3. List examples of heart problems and describe how they are treated. 4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of replacing faulty valves

with mechanical or biological ones?


Altruism – Do something kind for someone else in your household every day this week. A chore, make a meal, tidy your room, read someone a story, do a dance, make a tik tok including your family. Do anything for someone else and see how happy it makes them and you! Take a picture on your phone and then send to other family members. Telephone or video call a member of your family that you can’t be with this week. Make a list of all the things you did – like a diary and how it made you and them feel.

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Week 3 Monday 4th May – Friday 8th May Option Subjects


Still Life: Exploring texture and markmaking - Collect an object you would like to draw e.g. an ornament, 3 items of cosmetics- lipstick/ mirror/ perfume bottle, a flower, leaves, a toy... Find 3 scraps of paper (newspaper, envelope paper, tissue paper, wrapping paper). Place the 3 scrap of papers onto plain paper (and glue them down) to create a different surface texture to draw on top of. Draw in pencil first, an outline drawing of your object, or an arrangement of your objects. To complete the drawing shade in the detail and texture using a biro or pen to create a 3D object on a 2D surface.

Using a word document or PowerPoint research 4 different art movements that have used Still Life as a subject. Cut and paste a still life painting. Underneath the image, type which art movement it belongs to. Type notes by describing the style of that particular art movement? Repeat this task 3 more times. Try to make each choice of your Still Life image really different in style!



Imagine you are a teacher. Create a PowerPoint or similar to describe the three main methods of producing goods. "Job" production, "batch" production and "flow" production. Make sure you describe the differences between them and give examples of the type of goods they are used for and why. Make up three questions on each slide with answers to test yourself. Ask someone to read out the questions and see if you get them right.

Use the internet to find video of examples of the three different types of production. Job production, batch production and flow production. Write a script for a "voice over" that describes what is going on, highlighting the differences between the three methods e.g. people involved, machinery used, speed of production, amount being produced etc Make up three questions on each slide to test your students. Show the videos to someone with the sound off and you reading your script. Give them the questions afterwards and see if they get them right. Plenty more to do, if you want, on www.my.dynamic-learning.co.uk



‘Throughout World War 2, rationing and low food supplies meant that people had to be able to cook with the ingredients they had available.’ Researching basic commodities (ingredients) Fish 1. Fish can be classified into three different groups WHITE, OILY and

SHELLFISH. List three different fish in each category? 2. Which chopping board must be used to prepare raw fish? 3. Tinned tuna is a good store cupboard staple research three recipes

that can be used for tinned tuna

Watch a you tube video or video jug lesson of how to make scrambled egg on toast and test it out. Take a photo of your outcome to add to your catering folders in the future or send it to Katie [email protected] If you don’t have any eggs then research and cook a recipe you can cook with the ingredients you have at home or watch an episode of Jamie Oliver.



Looking at packaging of food items take pictures and create a table listing a description and type of plastic. Also indicate if the plastic can be recycled or not.

Lesson 3 The properties of polymers 1. Describe the properties of a thermosetting plastic. 2. Describe the properties of a thermosoftening plastic. 3. Describe the difference between LD and HD poly(ethene). 4. Explain how thermosetting plastics and thermosoftening plastics are

different in terms of structure and bonding. 5. Describe the different conditions used to make poly(ethene). 6. Explain how the structure of poly(ethene) affects its properties and

therefore its uses.


Again, using Chapter 4, outline (give the main points) a diet-related illness. Write a magazine article for parents and carers providing advice, guidance and strategies to help encourage their child to maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle.

Research the health risks for children of obesity, deficiency diseases and lack of exercise. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pg4xj http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/childhealth6-15/pages/child-health-measurement-programme-veryoverweight-advice.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/change-for-life.aspx



Read Stave Two of ‘A Christmas Carol’. Write a summary of the key characters, events and quotations. Feel free to illustrate. Design a visual mind map by sketching the Ghost of Christmas Past (using the description in the text) in the centre of your page and then adding quotations about him from Stave One. Write down important quotations that show the Ghost’s behaviour and intelligence from the text.

Watch MissHannaLovesGrammar ‘s YouTube Channel on Stave Two: Make notes in the form of a visual mind map.


North America – identify a country in this continent. Create a factfile/diagram/poster or mindmap about this country. Include facts and interesting details about the country. This can be about its cities, its natural habitats and its people. Use any atlas’s or encyclopaedias that might at home. Alternatively ask anybody at home about what they know about your chosen country. Watch any relevant documentaries you can find.

BBC Bitesize – Global Hazards Volcanoes – study the information on volcanoes and then complete the quiz afterwards.



Everyday life in the Middle Ages Think about all the everyday items and gadgets that we take for granted today. Write a list of all the essential ‘must have’ things that you would have to take with you, if you were suddenly transported 700 years back in time. What are the things you just couldn’t do without? Have a think and get writing!

Look at the web page. Group the jobs into a table that is divided like the example below.

Those who fight

Those who pray

Those who work

Those who make things

P.E. Instructions & Outcomes Have a look at the top end sports website at fitness tests

Physical training - How does fitness benefit sports performance (part a: 2 marks) and how is fitness measured and improved (part b: 2 marks)? Write a paragraph that attempts to answer the question above.

Watch the video clip. Then identify the aspects of fitness that are being tested – answers are at the end of the video! Complete a table as follows for the 8 aspects shown.

Test Aspect of Fitness Sport Bleep test

CV endurance Distance events



Make models of the three different isotopes of Carbon and list the differences

P7.3 Changes in the Nucleus 1. Identify the mass and atomic number by using nuclear notation. 2. Identify the type of decay taking place from a nuclear equation. 3. What are isotopes? 4. Calculate the number of neutrons in an isotope by using nuclear

notation. 5. What are the differences between isotopes? 6. Write some decay equations for alpha and beta decay. 7. Why are particles ejected from the nucleus during nuclear decay? 8. What changes happen to nucleus during nuclear decay?


Listening The ear is one of the most interesting and crucial parts of the body; they are an important communication tool. How well we learn to use our ears can be a determining factor in our perception of and reaction to people and daily life. Are you a good listener? Rate yourself using a scale of 1-5 (where 5 is the highest) on your ability to listen attentively, appreciatively and analytically. When and under what circumstances do you use each type of listening skill during a typical day? Practise active listening when you are with family members.

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Family – what different types of family are there in society? Create a diagram/poster or mindmap that represents your ideas and thoughts. Ask for the opinions and ideas of other people in your house and add these. As the week goes by see if you can add any ideas that you might get from watching any tv programmes or news programmes.

Family Watch the crash course clip. Make a set of notes that capture the main ideas that are being explained. This could be a mindmap/diagram or a set of bullet points. You might need to stop the video at key points or watch it a couple of times.


Identity project Research identity using the handout issued as guidance. Complete the following: Draw or paint a self-portrait to add to your portfolio.




Ask a family member to tell you a funny story about something that happened to them. Write that story up as accurately as you can. Or: Find a book in your house (ask if you have to borrow it) and read for pleasure. Enjoy! Add a few extra sentences to your diary. Or: Be creative and interview your family members (with their permission). You could record them and write up their memories. You could do this using Facetime/phone to keep in touch with your family.

Either ask Alexa or look on YouTube for a short story (could be a bedtime story). Listen to the story and enjoy. Write that story up as accurately as you can. You could use this link to BBC sounds to hear some stories being read aloud. Add a few extra sentences to your diary.


Design your own maths questions. Think about all the ways you can use add, multiply, subtract and divide, as well as roots and powers to make 42 the answer to your question. For example "Twelve squared minus 60 and then divided by two is forty two. Careful with BIDMAS!

Why not give Maths Watch a go? https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle/ Use TWilliams@maldenoaks as your username and password "abcdef". Choose a topic to work on from the list.



Breathing and Gas Exchange Watch an online video to show the dissection of the lungs and or make a model using balloons to model inhalation and exhalation

Breathing and Gas Exchange 1. Draw and label a diagram of the gas exchange system to show some

of the main structures. 2. Where does gas exchange happens in the body? 3. List the gases in the atmosphere and percentage composition 4. Describe using percentages the differences in the composition of

inhaled and exhaled air. 5. How are the alveoli adapted to do their function? 6. Describe how ventilation and gas exchange takes place in the human

body.


Migration and immigration - Ask a parent/carer or family member about your family tree. Plot it and draw it as far back as you can go. What do you notice about your own history? Do you have ancestors from other places in the world? Write in a story about any one of your family.

Migration and immigration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGpn04KVjwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9fnFii5JEs Watch these two videos. How has migration shaped Britain up to the present day? How might things change now that we have left the European Union? Answer these questions in a document.



Still Life: Expressing ‘Abstract’ Collect a set of headphones, or a headband with a bow, or even a water bottle for this task. Use a pencil to draw the outline (and inner line detail) of your object. Accurately draw the shape, size and proportions. Repeat this drawing exercise two more times, but from different angles. Overlap your second and third drawing, over your first to create a semi abstract image- the lines should cross and make new intersections. Finally use coloured pencils, felt tips, or paint to colour each individual shape you have made. (use a minimum of 3 colours). The style should be Cubist!

There are three drawing tasks here for you to follow. You’ll need a pencil (2B, or softer) and some colouring pencils. Choose 1 or 2 tutorials to follow: Drawing a Cup. A way to record symmetry, proportion and realism. Drawing an apple, a good way to develop 3d round shapes, on a 2D surface. Drawing a bunch of bananas accurately, blending colour tones and texture.



The 4Ps of the Marketing Mix are Price, Promotion, Product and Place. Write an account of how the current Coronavirus is forcing companies to change their marketing mix. Base your account on your own "primary research". Ask members of your household what they have noticed. Keep a record of their replies to these questions. What is happening to prices? Going up? Going down? New offers? Offers disappeared? How are companies promoting differently? TV, social media, newspapers. Are product ranges changing? More choice? Less choice? New ones? Product changes? Have the places companies supply through changed? Closures? New openings? More online?

Same as above but use the internet to do some "secondary research" online and see what others are finding out? Keep links to the web pages you find useful. Plenty more to do, if you want, on www.my.dynamic-learning.co.uk



‘Throughout World War 2, rationing and low food supplies meant that people had to be able to cook with the ingredients they had available.’ Researching basic commodities (ingredients) eggs Using the internet answer the following questions: 1. We usually eat Hen eggs but can you find out what other types of eggs

we can eat from poultry and game? 2. Why is an egg nature’s perfect food? 3. What do these egg culinary terms mean: Glazing / Binding / Coating

Watch a you tube video or video jug lesson of how to make scrambled egg on toast and test it out. Take a photo of your outcome to add to your catering folders in the future or send it to Katie [email protected] If you don’t have any eggs then research and cook a recipe you can cook with the ingredients you have at home or watch an episode of Jamie Oliver.



The properties of glass, clay and ceramics Look around your home and note the different materials that objects are made of and then link material to its property.

Lesson 4 The properties of glass, clay and ceramics 1. Describe how to make soda-lime glass and borosilicate glass. 2. Describe how to make clay ceramics. 3. State examples of clay ceramics and composites. 4. Describe what a composite is. 5. Compare quantitatively the physical properties of glass and clay

ceramics, polymers, composites, and metals. 6. Explain the difference between a composite and an advanced

composite, therefore its uses.


Again, using Chapter 4, explain three ways in which you would prepare a child for a stay in hospital. What play activities could you do with your child to prepare them for a stay in hospital?

If you are considering Child Development or want to do additional research, you can find information online.



Read Act One, scene two of Macbeth. Write a summary of the key characters, events and quotations. Feel free to illustrate. Design a visual mind map by sketching Macbeth using the descriptions in the play in the centre of your page and then adding quotations about him from Act One, Scene two.

Watch Mr Bruff’s YouTube Channel. Make notes in the form of a visual mind map.


Africa – identify a country in this continent. Create a factfile/diagram/poster or mindmap about this country. Include facts and interesting details about the country. This can be about its cities, its natural habitats and its people. Use any atlas’s or encyclopaedias that might at home. Alternatively ask anybody at home about what they know about your chosen country. Watch any relevant documentaries you can find.

BBC Bitesize – Global Hazards Tropical storms – study the information on tropical storms and then complete the quiz afterwards.


History Instructions & Outcomes Think about the area in which you live and the surrounding areas.

Everyday life in the Middle Ages Think about where you live and all the facilities / shops / services that are close by or in the town nearest to you – eg, Transport, roads, businesses, schools, takeaways, garages etc. Think about how many of these services you use over the course of a weekend and list them...

Read the pages on Medieval life in the Middle Ages and have a go at the test.


Physical training - Principles of training and training methods. Write down a list of any training activities you know of: eg weight training / circuit training. Describe these types of training and how you should stay safe when doing physical activities / exercise?

Read the BBC Bitesize page and watch the clips. List all of the KEY PRINCIPLES in bold type on page 1.



Make models of an alpha, beta and gamma particle.

P7.4 Radiation 1. Rank the three types of nuclear radiation in order of their penetrating

power. 2. Rank the three types of nuclear radiation in order of their range

through air. 3. What does ionising mean? 4. How can the penetrating powers of radiation can be measured? 5. How can the path of radiation types through a magnetic field show us

that some radiation types are electrically charged? 6. What happens in the process of ionisation? 7. Describe in detail how the thickness of a material being manufactured

can be monitored by using a beta source. 8. Compare the ionisation caused by the different types of nuclear

radiation. 9. Evaluate in some detail the risks caused by alpha radiation inside and

outside the human body.


Money ‘A fool and his money are soon parted.’ ‘Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.’ Think about what the above quotations mean for you. Do you agree or disagree with the messages they convey about saving money? Why? Ask other members of your family what they think too!

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Education – Why do we go to school? What is the purpose of education in society? Create a diagram/poster or mindmap that represents your ideas and thoughts. Ask for the opinions and ideas of other people in your house and add these. As the week goes by see if you can add any ideas that you might get from watching any tv programmes or news programmes.

Education - Watch the crash course clip. Make a set of notes that capture the main ideas that are being explained. This could be a mindmap/diagram or a set of bullet points. You might need to stop the video at key points or watch it a couple of times.


Identity project Research identity using the handout issued as guidance. Complete the following: Research one artist or designer using ICT, save this research to be printed for your portfolio.


Week 5 Monday 18th May – Friday 22nd May Core Subjects


If a family member goes out ask them to get you a newspaper. Find an article in the newspaper – summarise the article using the 5Ws (what, when, how, where and why). Or: Watch a film and then write a film review on paper. 1.Tell me what the film is about. 2. Write about your three best bits. 3. Describe your favourite character(s) and give examples of what you liked about them. 4. Add a paragraph about the ideas in the film. Add a few extra sentences to your diary.

Find a newspaper article online – summarise the article using the 5Ws (what, when, how, where and why). Or: Watch a film and then write a film review using a Word document. 1.Tell me what the film is about. 2. Write about your three best bits. 3. Describe your favourite character(s) and give examples of what you liked about them. 4. Add a paragraph about the ideas in the film. Add a few extra sentences to your diary.


Write as many facts about 3D and 2D shapes as you can remember. Draw and label each shape. Extension if you feel particularly brave: write the formula to find the area of each 2D shape and the volume and surface area of each 3D shape.

Why not challenge yourself with some problem solving questions. Try the PixiMaths problem solving NUMBER questions. As always check your answers to make sure you are on the right path.

Week 5 Monday 18th May – Friday 22nd May Core Subjects


Plant Tissues Using celery cut it and place it in some coloured dye. Describe what you see and how does it eventually reach the top of the celery stick?

Plant Tissues 1. Draw a plant and label its organs. 2. What are the functions of the organs in a plant? 3. The leaf is an organ. Draw and label the main tissues that make up a

leaf. 4. What are the functions of different plant tissues?


Policing in the UK – What is the role of the police in the UK? Go onto Youtube on your phone and watch one of the Met Policing UK documentaries or put this into the search bar “BBC The Met : Policing London : Episode 2 2017 4K”. What rights do the police have? What are they allowed to do? How would you police London - would you do anything differently? What do they say are the biggest challenges? Put the answers to all these on a page. Your own views are all valid.

Policing in the UK - What are the new police powers that have been implemented during the lockdown period? Are they effective? How have the police had to change their ways of working? What changes would you have made? How might these changes have affected crime? Answer these questions on one page. Your own views are all valid.

Week 5 Monday 18th May – Friday 22nd May Option Subjects


Still Life Composition: Collect any 5 objects from around the house (e.g. toothpaste tube, toothbrush, headphones, an ornament, a book- any object of interest)? Place them in a group to draw from. Use some of the ideas from previous tasks- textured surface, abstract art, different media- to put into your drawing. Draw the objects accurately looking at shape and proportion, in relation to each other, and the space around them. Shade with pencil, coloured pencil, biro or paint into your drawing, or apply a mix of these to create a final piece.

Find your favourite Still Life Image, copy it onto a word document or PowerPoint, enlarge it to fill the page. Try and draw a replica of it on paper (you do not have to print it)- observe the detail, colour and tone and recreate it on plain paper, using pencil, colour pencils or paint. Alternatively, draw separately, 3 to 5 objects from your image, and fill your A4 paper with large object drawings.


Cashflow is crucial never more so than now. If money is not coming in a business cannot pay what it owes. It cannot pay suppliers, landlords or staff. Answer these questions. Why is less money coming in? Which businesses have been forced to close? Which businesses remain open? What has the government done to help with paying wages? How else is the government helping businesses? What happens to businesses that cannot pay what they owe?

Complete the work above and then online find 5 companies that you know the names of that have "gone into administration". Plenty more to do, if you want, on www.my.dynamic-learning.co.uk



‘Throughout World War 2, rationing and low food supplies meant that people had to be able to cook with the ingredients they had available.’ Researching basic commodities (ingredients) Potatoes Using the internet answer the following questions: 1. There are over 80 different varieties of potatoes grown and eaten in

the UK - name ten different varieties? 2. List two types of floury potatoes 3. List two types of waxy potatoes 4. List four different ways of cooking potatoes 5. You have some leftover mashed potatoes, research two recipes you

could cook to use them and save waste?

Test this recipe out or find another recipe with ingredients you have to make – take a photo to add to add to your folders or send it to Katie [email protected]. If you don’t have any eggs then research and cook a recipe you can cook with the ingredients you have at home or watch an episode of Jamie Oliver.


The Haber Process is used to make fertilisers. Plan and carry out an investigation that measures the effect of fertilisers on plants.

Lesson 5 The Haber Process State the purpose of the Haber process. State the conditions for the Haber process. Write a word equation to describe the Haber process. Describe how the raw materials are turned into the reactants for the Haber process. Describe how the Haber process is a reversible reaction. Describe the Haber process with the help of balanced symbols equation including state symbols.



Have a go at answering this long exam question, worth 8 marks: ‘A child with whom you work will soon be experiencing his first hospital stay. He has already been on a visit to the hospital ward. Explain how you could also help to prepare him for the hospital stay through:

• acting out fears and hospital games • books and DVDs • explanation and honesty • parent/carer involvement in his care.’

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Read Stave Three of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Write a summary of the key characters, events and quotations. Feel free to illustrate. Sketch your favourite scenes and add quotations from the text as an aide memoire.

Watch MissHannaLovesGrammar ‘s YouTube Channel on Stave Three: Make notes in the form of a visual mind map.



Asia – identify a country in this continent. Create a factfile/diagram/poster or mindmap about this country. Include facts and interesting details about the country. This can be about its cities, its natural habitats and its people. Use any atlas’s or encyclopedias that might at home. Alternatively ask anybody at home about what they know about your chosen country. Watch any relevant documentaries you can find.

BBC Bitesize – Global Hazards How can weather be hazardous – study the information on hazardous weather and then complete the quiz afterwards.


Nazi Germany – Write down any prior knowledge you have of Hitler and the Nazi party. Facts, figures, stories you may have heard or knowledge that you already have.

Watch the video clip and list up to three problems that Germany faced after losing World War I. You may include political parties, economic problems and Hitler’s rise to power.



Physical training - The long term effects of exercise. Make a list of all the changes that may occur to the body if you train over a period of weeks / months? If you manage to do some physical activity at home, think about the immediate changes that occur? Eg your heart rate increases.

Read the information on Pages 1 & 2 about the long and short term effects of exercise on the body. Complete the two tables so you know at least one short and long term effect for each body system. eg

Skeletal system

Long term effect - Increase in bone density

Resistance training


Using a chessboard and a knight can you plan a set of moves that results in the knight landing on every square.

P7.5 Half Life 1. What happens to the activity of a radioactive sample will fall over time. 2. Define half-life 3. Find the half-life of a substance from a graph of count rate (or nuclei

remaining) against time with support.



Making speeches How often have you admired or envied someone in your class who could present information or deliver speeches with ease and confidence? People who speak and present well are not often talented speakers, but have had opportunities to learn and practise public speaking skills. They might: • Use quotations, anecdotes, statistics or analogies in their speech

development; • Use notes or cue words • Use visual aids or images • Use voice inflections and body language gestures.

Compile a list of topics for impromptu speeches. Use these to practise your public speaking skills at home, with members of your family as your audience.

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Class – What is class in society? How can we tell which ‘class’ do people belong to? Create a diagram/poster or mindmap that represents your ideas and thoughts. Ask for the opinions and ideas of other people in your house and add these. As the week goes by see if you can add any ideas that you might get from watching any tv programmes or news programmes.

Class - Watch the crash course clip. Make a set of notes that capture the main ideas that are being explained. This could be a mindmap/diagram or a set of bullet points. You might need to stop the video at key points or watch it a couple of times.



Identity project Research identity using the handout issued as guidance. Complete the following: Research one artist or designer using ICT, save this research to be printed for your portfolio.


Additional websites you can access Your child has access to over 24 subjects on www.samlearning.com , and extra work has been set on www.mangahigh.com . All logins have been sent home but should you find you have mislaid them please do not hesitate to email school on [email protected] Bryan has also put together a blog https://mathsatmaldenoaks.blogspot.com The additional websites below have been recommended by our staff: https://www.senecalearning.com/ Quizlet: a spaced repetition flashcard app Memrise: a language learning app https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z4kw2hv http://davidoconnell.uk/activities Author & illustrator website with templates for making comic strips & books, instructions, colouring sheets.

https://www.khanacademy.org/

https://uk.ixl.com

https://scratch.mit.edu/ (learn coding)

http://www.brain-games.co.uk/

https://www.hidden247.com/

https://mathsgenie.co.uk https://www.brainpop.com/ https://www.tynker.com/ https://outschool.com/ https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes https://www.explore-more.org/ (creative writing with art)

YouTube Channels: - Crash Course Kids - Science Channel - SciShow Kids - National Geographic Kids - Free School - Geography Focus - TheBrainScoop - SciShow - Kids Learning Tube - Geeek Gurl Diaries - Mike Likes Science - Science Max - SoulPancake

- The Body Coach TV (PE sessions every day at 9am from Mon 23rd)

Helplines & Support We are conscious that we will still want to support students’ welfare even when operating a remote learning environment. To that end, students and parents can still raise any concerns with Alison Vigor, Louise Barnes or Ayse Osman. You can call them during school hours on:

Louise: 07496 341457 Alison: 07495 357162 Ayse: 07415125559

In an emergency always call 999. If you have concerns about your child’s welfare, but they are not at risk of immediate harm you can call the Single Point of Access on 020 8547 5008 Other numbers:

• Child line 0800 1111 – calls are free and confidential

• HOPE line UK 0800 068 4141

• Samaritans 116 123

• Young Minds Crisis Messenger - provides free, 24/7 crisis support across the UK mental health crisis - If you need urgent help text YM to 85258

The following websites may be useful for students and their families to support their wellbeing:

• Kooth - https://www.kooth.com

• Samaritans - https://www.samaritans.org/ - call 116 123 or email [email protected] 24 hours Samaritans offer emotional support for anyone struggling to cope.

• Shout - It is powered by a team of Crisis Volunteers, who are at the heart of the service. Anyone who needs immediate support can connect with the service by texting the word BlueBook to 85258. You can find out more about ‘Shout’ here: https://www.giveusashout.org/

• Compassionate Neighbours Compassionate Neighbours are trained volunteers offering friendship and listening. Website gives information on worldwide compassionate action in the present coronavirus climate and ways to get in touch for connecting and friendship.

• Family LIves Family lives have a free help line that offers support and advice on any aspect of parenting and family life - they have volunteers working from home 9am-9pm Mon-Fri and 10am-3pm Sat/Sun 0808 800 2222

• Child LIne Childline - Comforts, advises and protects children 24 hours a day and offers free confidential counselling. Phone 0800 1111 (24 hours) Chat 1-2-1 with a counsellor online

• Kingston Foodbanks 5 local sites offering food every weekday. Telephone 0208 391 1100

• Young Minds Online and helpline support for anyone worried about the emotional well being or mental health of a young person aged 0-25

Appropriate use of IT: Please remind students about e-safety. You can access advice and guidance via https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/. Students are not to take photos or record (visually or audio) any video conferencing functionality should this be provided by staff in the future. Staff will not be able to conduct 1:1 video conferences or calls, unless in their role as a Designated Safeguarding Lead.

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