Ellesmere College

Key Stage 4 Home Learning Update – w/c 6th July 2020 Hello everyone, This will be our last home learning pack before the summer break. There’s plenty more activities to keep you busy this week. Remember - keep safe and wash those hands!

English

In English this week, you are going to compare the poems you have been about

learning this term.

Maths

In Maths this week, you are going to be focusing on ratio and proportion.

Other learning

Creative Arts: This week you’re going to continue with your theme of ‘life’ by looking at drawings by

Lowry and drawing your own street.

Independence: This week you’ll be looking at safety on the railway.

Understanding the World: This week you are going to be looking at the growth of a foetus.

PSHE: You’ll be learning about budgeting.

Physical Development: You’re going to warm up your body and then try to complete a Pentathlon.

Don’t forget you can still do PE with Joe Wicks each morning at 9am.

Technology: This week you’re going to continue your project on planning a Summer Fete by looking at

how to design an evaluation/feedback form.

We would love to see pictures of the work and activities you’ve done! Please email them to homelearning@ellesmere.leicester.sch.uk

Life Drawings

This week we are looking at the artist L.S Lowry.

L.S. Lowry

Laurence Stephen Lowry was born on 1st November 1887 in Stretford, Lancashire. In 1909 his family moved to the industrial town of Pendlebury. The landscape of Pendlebury was mainly textile mills and factory chimneys which influenced a lot of Lowry’s paintings. As a child Lowry took Art classes and also attended the Manchester School of Art and Salford Royal Technical College. Lowry often painted industrial, urban landscapes populated with the “Matchstick Men” figures that his paintings are famous for. Lowry only used 5 colours of oil paint in his paintings. These were: Black Ivory, Vermillion Red, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre and Flake White.

He became an Official War Artist in 1943 and he was the Official Artist of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Lowry died on 23rd February 1976 aged 88.

Your task is to practice sketching your street and the people you see in the style of L.S. Lowry. Equipment Paper, drawing pencil, paints, coloured pencils or felt tips, eraser. Instructions Activity 1

Riding a bike Having a bath Playing an instrument

Look at Lowry’s paintings and the example pictures to give you some ideas and have a go at drawing your own matchstick figures of the activities given in the boxes.

Activity 2 When you are ready try drawing your street and the people and animals you might see. Use the same 5 colours: black, red, blue, yellow and white that Lowry used. You could also try using 5 different colours of your choice. Does this change how the picture feels?

Send a picture of your drawings to homelearning@ellesmere.leicester.sch.uk .

Safety on or near railway lines

Read the information below and then try the activities that follow.

Electric trains

Lots of people find trains fun, fast and exciting, but they can also be very dangerous and the dangers might not always be obvious. More and more railways run on electricity but this also means there is an increased risk of danger. The trains are powered from either overhead power lines or another line on the track.

The electricity that powers the train lines is never turned off this means it is never safe to touch. Keep a look out for this electricity danger warning sign.

Electricity… ● Cables run over head, alongside train lines and even underground. ● You don’t have to directly touch the lines to get electrocuted – flying things or dangling things from bridges can also be dangerous. ● 9 out of 10 people die from being electrocuted by getting too close to power lines rather than direct contact.

FACT…

The electric current that powers the railway is 100 times stronger

than the current that powers your home!

Level crossings

A level crossing is where a train track meets the road or footpath. Always follow the safety rules. ● If the barriers are down, an alarm is sounding or the lights are flashing this means a train is coming. ● If any of the above are happening, NEVER try to cross, not even if you think you have time. ● Once the train has passed you must wait for the barriers to go up and the lights to stop flashing before you cross. ● Always walk and if you are on a bike get off and push it. Below are some adverts about level crossings to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-sIfsW7tg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHVs5uKHpp8

Travelling on a train

● When waiting at a platform always stand behind the yellow line. This is marked there for your safety. Not all trains stop at the station and can travel through very fast. The wind current caused by passing trains can be very strong! ● If you drop something onto the track do not attempt to go on the line to get it. Instead you should let a member of the station staff know. ● There is sometimes a large gap between the step on the train and the platform. Take extra care when getting on and off the train.

Activity 1 Equipment:

Instructions:

Activity 2 Equipment: Instructions:

Activity 3 Equipment: Instructions:

Answers

Growth of a foetus.

You will need: Pen, pencil, paper.

Re cap on fertilisation from last week, then Watch this clip of a foetus developing in the uterus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qvUPYDnOY Now visit the BBC bitesize site at this page to get more information: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9fgr82/revision/5 Once you have read and talked about what you know, try to complete the following worksheet:

Now fill in the gaps.

Budgeting

1. ________________________ 2. ________________________ 3. ________________________ 4. ________________________ 5. ________________________

Puts you in control. Understand your spending better. It allows us to save for the future. Provides financial security. You can buy more of the things you like.

Rent Clothes Electricity Bill

PlayStation game Pocket money Food

Football Practise Salary Gift

Mobile Phone Bill

Income Expenses

Example

Income Expenses

Wages £500 Birthday gift £100

Rent £250 Bills £100 Food £50 Activities £10

Total: £600 Total: £410

£600 (income) - £410 (expenses) = £190 Saving: £190

In 3 months I will save: 3 x £190 (saving) = £570

1. Income Expenses

Wages £500 Birthday gift £200

Rent £150 Bills £50 Food £50 Activities £20

Total: Total:

____________ (income) - ___________ (expenses) = _________ Saving: ______________

In 3 months I will save: 3 x ____________ (saving) = _____________

2. Income Expenses

Wages £700 Birthday gift £300

Rent £200 Bills £150 Food £100 Activities £50

Total: Total:

____________ (income) - ___________ (expenses) = ____________ Saving: ______________

In 3 months I will save: 3 x ____________ (saving) = _____________

Warming up It’s really important that before you start doing any kind of physical activity, you do a warm up. Do each of these exercises for 30 seconds, resting for 10 seconds between each one.

Do each of these stretches for 10 seconds each:

Pentathlon Equipment: football/basketball, chalk or post-it notes, cushions, bottles/ tins, tape measure, bucket, socks, carboard box, paper Instructions: See pictures for direction on each activity. Depending on what equipment/space you have available, choose 5 challenges from the 10 below. For each challenge there are suggestions on how you can adapt them. Create a chart and record you scores for each event – try and beat your PB each time.

1. Balance test – Use a block of wood or brick to balance on. 2. Standing long jump – Best on grass or can be done in a hallway, use post-it notes

to mark (with help of parent sibling) 3. Speed bounce – You can use a draft excluder cushion or a small box to jump over. 4. Target throw – You can use different colour socks (instead of bean bags) and

different buckets or washing up bowls as targets. 5. Hi stepper – you can use a selection of objects such as cushions, boxes or soft toys

as hurdles. 6. Chest push through – You can use a football or basketball. If not try a pillow case

stuffed with clothes. 7. Vertical jump - Use chalk or a post-it note to mark the height jumped. 8. Shuttle run – Use tape measure to mark out distance or step of 10 strides. Use tins

or toys instead of cones. 9. Foam Javelin – make a paper plane instead, use different designs to see which one

goes furthest. 10. Standing triple jump – use tape measure of use pigeon steps to measure how

many feet you jumped.

Alternatives: To make it easier - Reduce the number of events (only attempt those most comfortable with) To make it harder – Try all 10 events.

School Summer Fete Equipment: Crayons, PC, Pen, Pencil, Paper, Ruler Brief: This is a pretend project in order to get you to develop new ICT skills and to allow you the opportunity to also utilise your existing knowledge and skills. You have been asked to organise a school summer fete, to take place in July on the MUGA at Ellesmere College. You should have already completed last week’s task which was to write an email to the local press advertising your event. Instructions for the task for this week: This week we are going to pretend that you have had your festival and at the end you want to ask the people who came to give you some feedback. To do this you are going to design an evaluation form. What is the purpose of an evaluation form? By giving your guests an evaluation form you will be able to find out what went well and any improvements you could make for the next time you run an event. Task 1: Think about what questions you would like to ask the people who come to your event? Create a mind map to help you. This can either be handwritten on paper or you can use a computer and create this electronically, add a few sketches and pictures to your mind map to illustrate your ideas (see example of a mind map below).

Task 2: Using the template below design your own feedback form for your event. Use the mind map you created to help you. Decide on 4 questions that you could ask your guests to help you to evaluate your event. You can write directly onto the form below with pen or pencil or if you have a computer copy and paste the template onto your own word document.

Event Evaluation Form

Name of Event:

Date of Event:

Name:

School:

Class:

Question 1:

Question 2:

Question 3:

Question 4: