South Powys Inter-Schools Literacy Olympiads

BRONZE CHALLENGE BOOKLET – YEAR 7THE SOUTH POWYS INTER-SCHOOLS

LITERACY OLYMPIADS The Literacy Olympiads was launched in the academic year 2014-2015. It is an initiative which invites South Powys pupils across Key Stage Three to become Bronze, Silver or Gold Literacy Olympians by completing cross-curricular challenges that focus on reading, writing or speaking.

As a rough guide to KS3 Levels: The Bronze Award equates to Level 5/6 The Silver Award equates to Level 6/7 The Gold Award equates to Level 7/8.

HOW TO BECOME A LITERACY OLYMPIAN1. See the MATco in your respective school to sign up and receive an information

pack.2. Read through the challenges – and get excited about your plan of action!3. To qualify as a Literacy Olympian for your school you must fully complete at

least ONE challenge assigned to your year group. 4. You can complete as many challenges as you like. If you decide to complete

more than one challenge, keep them together in a folder – if a piece is too big to be put in a folder, submit a photograph of it and keep the real thing in a safe place.

5. You may want to discuss them with your respective subject teachers, MAT tutors (where applicable) or form tutors for advice.

6. Take pride in your work – it may well be displayed on your school website or around the school for others to see. Make it eye-catching and as ACCURATE as possible in terms of spelling, punctuation, grammar and expression.

7. When you are ready, hand in your work to the MATco. You then have to wait for the awards ceremony at the end of the year.

8. Remember, there is a competition between pupils both within your school and in the other five South Powys schools but you may wish to complete a challenge because you love the subject or just want to learn more.

If you need to borrow technology such as a data recorder or camera/video recorder, visit the respective IT/subject department. If you would like any further details about the Literacy Olympiads, do not hesitate to contact your respective MATco: Natalie Armitti (Crickhowell)Rebecca Carpenter (Brecon)Elin Ennis (Builth Wells)Matthew Morris (Llandod)Joe Taffurelli (Maes y Dderwen)Beth Walker (Gwernyfed)

Year 7 – Bronze Challenge Mathematics Code Cracker: Complete the Caesar Cipher wheel task. Complete

all the tasks, including cracking the code and creating your own

coded message using the cipher wheelEnglish Transition Leaflet: Produce a leaflet marketing your South Powys

school to pupils in Years 5 and 6. It needs to be informative have an excellent standard of presentation. It needs to include images and a discussion on the process of moving from primary to secondary school. Spelling, punctuation or grammar must be accurate. Minimum 2 sides A4.

Science Poster Production: Produce an A3 annotated poster that describes & explains the journey of a water droplet as it travels through the water cycle. Make sure you use key words correctly.

Mamiaeth Factfile: to write a fact file detailing the information of, in your opinion, the three most important Welsh icons of past/present - in Welsh. You must explain why they are so important.

Welsh Transition Letter: Write a letter in Welsh to a friend in Year 6, telling them about life in secondary school.You should:

Discuss good and bad points. Use appropriate discussing connectives, such as ar y naill law,

and ar y llaw arall, ar y cyfan, felly etc. Give your opinions and support them with reasons. Spell and punctuate correctly. Use a variety of Welsh sentence patterns consistently and

correctly.Minimum half page of A4.

Geography Photograph Analysis: Annotate a photograph of a local rural area and a local urban area to compare and contrast them; describe and explain the various physical and human features; and identify the geographical processes present. Use appropriate geographic terminology.

History Family Tree: Bring in a photograph of any relative from your family history. Produce a family tree (of minimum 4 generations) to clearly show your relationship with this person. Write an explanation of your relationship with the person.

RE Dear Diary: Write a daily diary entry for the week commencing on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter Monday. The diary has to be written from Jesus’ point of view and must describe and explain Jesus’ thoughts and feelings in the days leading up to his execution.

MFL Georges Timetable: Read the script about Georges’ timetable and favourite lessons and answer the questions in French.

Music Song Review: Write a review of a popular song of your choice, describing in detail how the elements of music are used, for example, the tempo of the song, the structure that is used, how the instruments are used together. Discuss the language that is used within the song and the imagery that it creates.

DT Poster Production: Design an A3 poster to advertise the sale of the product you have built during DT lessons this year. You need to include a detailed description of the product and also comment on its size, cost, materials, function etc. You can also include images of your product.

PE Power Point Presentation: Produce a PPT explaining why it is important to have a healthy lifestyle. Describe and explain what it

means to be healthy (physical activity; balanced diet; not smoking/drinking alcohol/taking drugs). Include the benefits and negative consequences of different lifestyle choices.

Art Album Cover Design: Design a front and back Album cover for a musical artist/group of your choice. This can be produced using any media of your choice - ICT packages are allowed also e.g. Photo Shop, Corel Draw or Publisher. Describe and explain the methods you have used and what influenced your design. Evaluate the outcome.

ICT Movie Making: Create a movie related to e-safety. The specific topic area is up to you. Examples of topic areas include e.g. Mobile Phones, Internet, Identity Theft, Cyber bullying, Privacy Invasion; Trolling; etc. Your film must include narration so an accompanying script is necessary.If you have access to Apple Tech. iMovie would be useful however most mobile phones have filming capabilities. Camcorders can be borrowed from the ICT office.

South Powys Inter-Schools Literacy Olympiads

Please use the following proforma to track your progress

Subject Task Yr 7 BronzeChallenge

Yr 8 Silver Challenge

Yr 9 GoldChallenge

MATco Signature

Date

Maths

English

Science

Mamiaeth

Welsh

Geography

History

RE

MFL

Art

Music

DT

PE

ICT

Pupil Name………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

School …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Date of Award Submission ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

MFL: BronzeMes matières scolaires préférés

Bonjour, je m’appelle Georges. J’ai douze ans et je suis anglais. Je vais à l’école à Netherton et il s’appelle ‘Hillcrest’. J’adore l’école. Voici mon emploi du temps pour la semaine. Le lundi matin nous avons l’anglais et l’histoire et

l’après-midi nous avons les maths et la musique.Puis le mardi matin nous avons l’anglais et l’informatique et après ledéjeuner nous avons les maths et après ça l’EPS. Le mercredi matinnous avons le français avant la récréation et ensuite la géo. L’après-midi nous avons le dessin. Le jeudi matin nous avons les maths etaprès la récréation nous avons le français. Après le déjeuner nous

avons l’EPS et l’anglais. Finalement, le vendredi, le dernier jour de lasemaine scolaire, nous avons les maths et l’anglais le matin et les

sciences l’après-midi. J’adore étudier le français parce que c’est génial et aussi parce que le prof est sympa, et j’adore étudier l’anglais parce que c’est facile.

J’aime étudier l’histoire parce que c’est très intéressant et j’aime aussi les maths et l’informatique. Je déteste étudier la musique parce que c’est

ennuyeux et je n’aime pas étudier le dessin parce que c’est difficile et aussi parce que le prof est sévère. Ma matière préférée c’est sans doute le français.

C’est une très belle langue. Je voudrais visiter la France un jour…Mes matières scolaires préférés

The following questions are based on the text on school. Answer the French questions IN FRENCH. If you don’t understand the question the English translation is given.

1. Comment s’appelle l’école de Georges? (What is Georges’ teacher called?)2. Quelle âge a Georges? (How old is Georges?)3. How many times a week does George have English?4. What subjects does George have on a Monday?5. Qu’est-ce que Georges a le mardi matin? (What does Georges have on Tuesday

morning?) 6. Qu’est-ce que Georges a le mercredi après la récréation? (What does Georges

have on Wednesday after break?)7. Does George have maths on a Thursday afternoon?8. On what day does George have maths, English and science?9. Où est-ce que Georges voudrait visiter un jour? (Where would Georges like to

go to one day?)10. De quelle nationalité est Georges? (What nationality is Georges?)11. Which subjects does George love studying and why?12. Which subject doesn’t George like studying and why?

Mathematics Bronze: Caesar Cipher

Overview: Throughout history secret codes have been used to pass important messages between people and keep them safe from the enemy. Some messages were so important that people would invent elaborate ways to hide what was being sent.

Roman dictator, Julius Caesar is said to have used a secret code to communicate with his armies. The code, now referred to as the Caesar Cipher, is a simple example of a substitution cipher. The Caesar Cipher involves swapping each letter of the alphabet with another letter, a fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, a shift of three would mean that the letter A is replaced with D, B is replaced with E and C is replaced with F (see table below).

Plain text

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Cipher text

d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c

Example BecomesPlaintext: “ADVANCE ON GAUL” Ciphertext: “DGYDQFH RQ JDXO”

To help encrypt and decrypt the Caesar Cipher you can use a Caesar Cipher Wheel. The wheel is made of two rotating circles with the alphabet, one inside the other (see below).

Keywords:Sender The person who creates the message.Receiver The person who the message is sent to.Plain Text The message that is to be sent.Cipher Text

The coded version of the plaintext.

Encryption

The process of turning plain text into ciphertext

Decryption

The process of turning cipher text into plaintext.

Substitution Cipher

A coding technique that involves replacing every letter in a plaintext with a different letter.

Your Mission:Create your own Caesar Cipher wheel, using the frames provided.

Encrypt the following plaintext, using a shift of 3 letters: ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY

Decrypt the following cipher text, using a shift of 3 letters: ZDWFK RXW IRU WKH FHOWV

You have intercepted the following cipher text. You know the message was encrypted using the Caesar Cipher, but you do not know

the shift number. Use your Caesar Wheel to decrypt the message.NLPDLC HTWW TYGLOP MCTELTY

Create your own message using a shift of your choice.Write instructions on how to break the Caesar Cipher?

How many possible combinations of cipher are there with the Caesar Cipher?Write a brief description of the advantages and disadvantages of the Caesar Cipher.

Caesar Cipher Wheel Cut out both circles. Place the small wheel inside the big wheel. Secure in the centres together with a butterfly clip. Line up the letters so they match. Rotate the small wheel anti-clockwise, the number of letters determined by the

shift. To encrypt, read from outside letters to inside. To decrypt, read from inside to outside.