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SRPA Curriculum – Y8
Our vision
The Curriculum at Sir Robert Pattinson Academy enables our students to
dream, achieve and believe in their capabilities by providing an exceptional,
inspiring educational experience, which allows students to fulfil their potential
and become highly employable and successful members of society.
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Information for parents and carers of Year 8 students – Week commencing Monday 6th July 2020.
Please find attached details of Year 8 work for completion throughout the week commencing Monday 6th July 2020. Students should follow the
instructions for completing their work as detailed on page 4 onwards. A number of the necessary resources are located on the Academy’s FROG VLE
site. A list of key contacts for each faculty can be located on page 3 of this document. Students can access FROG using their school email address and
password; if you require any assistance with email accounts, remote access or FROG then please review the ‘Working from home’ tab on the school
website (www.srpa.co.uk). In addition, if students have forgotten their passwords or if they have expired then please contact [email protected].
Students can access FROG using their school email address and password; if you require any assistance with email accounts, remote access or FROG
then please review the ‘Working from home’ tab on the school website (www.srpa.co.uk). In addition, if students have forgotten their passwords
or if they have expired then please contact [email protected].
Please may I remind you that BBC Bitesize will be publishing daily online lessons for students of all ages. They will also have a new dedicated TV
channel full of learning content, podcasts on BBC Sounds and educational videos on iPlayer. These extra resources can be located at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Please do not hesitate to contact us at the Academy if you have any queries regarding the information contained within this document, or if we can
do anything further to support the learning of your son/daughter at this time. The email address to use for this is [email protected].
Kind regards
Mr G Kirk
Director of Achievement (Key Stage 3)
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
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Key Resources and Contacts
Faculty Department Contact Maths Gareth Ireland [email protected]
English Nicola Selwood [email protected]
Science Lauren Griffiths [email protected]
Humanities Samantha Papaioannou [email protected]
D & T David Palethorpe [email protected]
Art David Palethorpe [email protected]
MFL Natalie Hughes [email protected]
Computing Linda Norman [email protected]
Business Linda Norman [email protected]
Performing Arts Shannen Johnson [email protected]
PE Garry Fell [email protected]
Personal Development
R2L tutor – see teaching list on FROG
General Resources Greg Kirk [email protected]
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Year 8 Week commencing 6th July 2020
Lesson Details
Please check your timetable using your planner or use GO4schools to establish what lessons you would be studying on each day this week. You
will then need to refer to the table below for your scheduled subject and the set of instructions that have been given to you by your teacher. If you
have any queries regarding this information, please see the contact information above.
Subject
**Subject Details**
English Task 1: Reading Continue reading Oliver Twist up to the end of chapter 50. If you have chosen a different book to read, you should read approximately 30 pages (stop at the end of a chapter). If you don’t have a book to read at home, try the project Gutenberg website for children’s classics such as Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book or Grimm’s Fairy Tales. You can also download audio books for free at Amazon Audible. Task 2: Research For the final weeks of term, we are going to look in detail at the opening to a famous dystopian story– Animal Farm by George Orwell. Animal Farm is an allegorical novella.
Look up the words allegory and novella. What do they mean? The novella is based on the events of the Russian Revolution, and the people involved. To help you to understand the story, research the Russian Revolution.
What happened?
When did it happen?
Why did it happen?
Who was involved?
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What do we know about the people who were involved? (Make sure you have some notes on Tsar Nicholas, Joseph Stalin and Leo Trotsky.)
You can use the internet to complete your research. Some websites go into far more detail than you need. A good place to look is the CBBC Newsround page here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/41904621 You can write up your research in any way you choose – as a poster, in paragraphs, as bullet point notes, etc. Task 3: Predict There are a lot of characters in the novella Animal Farm, and many of them have allegorical links to people who were involved in the Russian Revolution. Mr Jones - Mr Jones is a farmer, and the owner of Manor Farm. He represents the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov (Nicholas II) Napoleon – Napoleon is a pig who lives on Manor Farm. He represents Joseph Stalin, the second leader of the Soviet Union. Snowball – Snowball is a pig who lives on Manor Farm. Snowball represents Leo Trotsky. Trotsky was one of the original revolutionaries.
Based on what you know about Tsar Nicholas, Stalin and Trotsky from your research, write a prediction for what you think will happen to the characters Mr Jones, Napoleon and Snowball in the story Animal Farm. Are they all going to be friends? Or enemies? How might they behave towards one another? What sort of personalities might they have?
Start each prediction by writing:
I predict that Mr Jones will be... I predict that Napoleon will be...
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I predict that Snowball will be... You aren’t expected to make accurate predictions – it doesn’t matter if your predictions turn out to be wrong. Just try to use your research into those involved in the Russian Revolution to make sensible guesses about what you think the characters in the novella will be like. Email your predictions to your teacher. If you were taught by Miss Sewell, Mrs Martini or Mrs Pindar, please email your work to Miss Court at [email protected].
Maths Before next week you will receive an email from your class teacher providing personalised analysis from the feedback tasks if completed. Also attached to the email will be instructions explaining how you can access the new interactive questions for each of your own improvement topics on MathsWatch. This means for the next two weeks you will answer personalised questions instead of doing a generic task. Please work through your list of improvement topics from your Mathswatch feedback. Answers will be automatically marked as before. Please watch the video and attempt the interactive questions related to each video. You should aim to complete one video, plus the supporting set of interactive questions, for each lesson of Mathematics on your timetable. If you require support please email your class teacher as before. Challenge tasks will be set if you require them. If you did not attempt the feedback tasks by the deadline, you will find that we have now re opened these tasks. Please complete these assessments so that we can feedback to you. Any questions please don’t hesitate to contact myself on [email protected] or Miss Wells on [email protected].
Science To access your Science work for weeks 13 and 14, please go to FROG>Science Subject Site>Year 8>Home Learning. Here you will find your Research Topic Pack. This Topic Pack will last for the final two weeks of term. If you have any issues please contact your Science teacher or Miss Griffiths ([email protected])
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French Les Jeux Olympiques This summer would have seen the 2020 Olympics take place, so this week we’re going to look at some French-speaking Olympic athletes. Read the two factsheets about Renaud Lavillenie and Teddy Riner (on Frog) and then answer the questions about them. You can type your answers onto the worksheet and email it to your teacher. Extension: Try researching another French-speaking athlete and creating a factsheet in French similar to those on Frog. Give basic information about the athlete.
Spanish Los Juegos Olímpicos de 2016 This summer would have seen the 2020 Olympics take place, so this week we’re going to look at some information about the last Olympics, which took place in Brazil. Read the PowerPoint about the 2016 Paralympics in Rio and try to answer the questions at the end. You can type your answers on an email to your teacher for House Points. Extension: Download the factsheet and fill it in about an Paralympian of your choice. Extra points if you manage it all in Spanish.
Russian Worksheet to be found in the usual place on the MFL Frog y8 Russian Home-learning site.
Spend up to 30 minutes on Linguascope (log-in: Robertpatt, password: Robertpatt) playing the vocab games on the following two sections:
o Home > Students > Beginner Section > Russian > Досуг > Спорт на открытом воздухе (outdoor sport)
o Home > Students > Beginner Section > Russian > Досуг > Спорт в помещений (indoor sport)
Complete the 2 worksheets to see how much you learned. Sheets can be found directly on Linguascope, and also on Frog in the usual place
Write 4 phrases describing which of these sports you do in which season. Use the help sheet provided, found on our Frog page. Additionally, the season words are found on last week’s
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worksheet. Please email these 4 seasonal sport phrases to your teacher. Eg. “in winter I go skiing, in summer I play badminton, etc.”
Extra support: Check the ‘help’ folder on the MFL Russian y8 Home-learning site. Please feel free to email me with any issues ([email protected]). All the adverbs we’ve covered can be found here https://quizlet.com/511630963/learn Extensions: Master he/she conjugations with the activity verbs at https://quizlet.com/511632910/learn
Geography Australia Week 8 – Tourism Week 2: Plan a Trip You are going to spend the last two weeks of term planning a trip to Australia. The first part of it will need to include the following: 1. Travel – find flights for next Summer holidays to an Australian airport of your preference and
screen shot their itinerary 2. Cities to visit – use Google Maps to work out the distance between 3 or 4 Australian cities and
provide a map of the route between them (either a Google Maps screenshot or sketch map would be amazing)
3. Climate – what will the weather be like during summer for these places – include a climate graph for the areas you would visit.
You can present this however you like – it could be a PowerPoint presentation or a booklet, or a poster, etc. You may complete the work in your book (complete all work on a new page), do not forget to include the title and date. Otherwise, keep your work together in a folder or file. If you complete this work on the computer you may wish to send it into your Geography teacher via email – [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected]
Extension: include costings of the above, including car hire for the duration.
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History Police Problems Download the instructions and worksheets from Frog: History – Term 6 Working from Home 2020 – Year 8. This week you will be looking at the problems faced by police in the East End of London in the 1800s. Please email your class teacher [email protected] or [email protected] if you have any questions.
EFP The A – Z of Religion and Belief. – week 7 In this topic you get to choose what you study for EFP. This week you have S is for Saints, T is for Temples and U is for Uncertainty to choose from. Task 1 – Watch all 3 x videos and choose your favourite ONE. Task 2 – Complete the video note taking sheet on paper or on the grid itself (it is on Frog) Task 3 – Complete ONE of the following tasks linked to the video you have chosen.
a) Create a fact file of any saint of your choice b) Create a poster about a place of worship of your choice c) (HL) Write a paragraph to explain why someone might be agnostic
Any problems with the work – please contact [email protected] No Access students – please complete the work sent out to you
Computing This work should take approximately 1 hour to complete. 1. Open the Year 8 Topic 6 Lesson 5 Presentation. 2. Open the Year 8 Topic 6 Lesson 5 Worksheet. 3. Read Slide 3 and follow the instructions at the bottom of the slide. 4. Read Slides 4 to 9. 5. Complete Task 2 on Slides 10 to 16.
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6. Complete Task 3 on Slides 17 to 23. 7. Read the instructions on Slide 24 and complete Task 4 on the Worksheet. 8. Read the instructions on Slide 25 and then open and read the Topic 6 Revision Guide. 9. Read Slides 26 to 28.
Reminder: All resources can be accessed from Frog, Subject Sites, Computing, Home Learning, Year 8
Music On the Music home learning page on Frog you will find your task sheet for this term. Your task sheet for this term is labelled Tasks#3. Each task is divided into lessons, you should spend one hour on each lesson. You will have three lessons of music as you now need to do one lesson of music a fortnight and one drama lesson a week. You do not need to print the documents. Any extra resources you will need are also uploaded to the same frog page. Completed music work should be sent to [email protected].
Drama On the Drama home learning page on Frog you will find your task sheet for this term. Your task sheet for this term is labelled Tasks#3. Each task is divided into lessons, you should spend one hour on each lesson. You will have seven lessons of drama as you now need to do one lesson of drama a week and one of music a fortnight. You do not need to print the documents. Completed drama work should be sent to [email protected] or [email protected].
Design and Technology
The best designs will win points for your house The brief You should construct a chair that you can sit on using only cardboard. You can not use any glue, tape or other fixing materials (e.g staples)
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Materials and Equipment
Cardboard
Cutting instruments (scissors) – Support from adult
Rulers
Pencils Method
1. Create some sketches and ideas to show how the chair will look and how it will be constructed. 2. When you are designing how you will make the chair, consider using strong shapes, spirals,
tubes, cones, eggs. When thinking about joining you could use interlocking sheets; or even using strips of card like sewing thread!
3. Use the materials to create a chair made from cardboard. 4. If, when you make the chair, your design doesn’t work, think about what went wrong; evaluate
redesign and then remake. When designing your cardboard chair can you think about forces acting on it?
Design development suggestions
What happens if you change the weight on the chair?
What happens if you use less material?
Can you make the chair with fewer legs?
Can you make the chair from one piece of material?
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Art
Create an image of your feet using any form of media
Please ensure you return a copy of your work to your class teacher.
Analysis Sentence Starters
What you did Why you took the photographs/Experiments What media did you use? WHY Do you like/dislike how they have turned out? WHY If you could do it again, what would you change? WHY
In this piece I have… The materials I have used are… The technique I have used is… Through working in this way I have… I have shown… In the style of… This piece could be developed further by… The artist…has influenced my ideas by… To develop this piece further I could… I think using…worked really well because… I am pleased with…because…I now aim to… I like/dislike this work because… By experimenting with… I now
PE Get involved in Virtual Sports Day 2020! Complete one or more of the suggested events (see poster on Page 4 of this document) and e-mail a video, pictures or details to your PE teacher.
[email protected] – Mr Fell
[email protected] – Mrs Fragle
[email protected] – Mr Skaley
[email protected] – Miss Howick
[email protected] – Mr Reed
[email protected] – Mr Whitley
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Personal Development
Personal Development Unifrog
1. Login to Unifrog 2. Locate the Interactions tab, it is halfway down the homepage. (It is located next to the Competencies tab
used in previous weeks.) 3. Click on the Interactions tab.
4. You will find a series of interactions which have been arranged for you over the past academic year.
5. Read and remind yourself of each interaction, they are all dated and titled. 6. Click the +Comment box on the bottom of an added interaction. 7. Now add comments about how you thought the interaction went and how you might be able to use the
gained knowledge or skill in the future to support your own personal development. 8. Please remember all interactions can be read by any member of staff.
