my term ahead - farlingaye high school

My Term Ahead Farlingaye High School

Summer Term 2018

Helping students plan

for the term ahead.

Year 7

Parents and Carers Page

This booklet has been collated by all of the departments in the

school to help you and your student with understanding the term

ahead. Through the provision of the topics to be studied, some key

terms and some useful sites for further investigation we hope that

students are able to take control of their learning and start to

prepare themselves for the lessons ahead. Each subject area will

provide the following information:

Topics being studied this term

This should provide you with an opportunity to know what

topic areas students will cover. With this in mind it can be

useful to find out about these topics ahead of time.

The lists provided will be for the whole year group so

students are to double check which order they will be studied

in when they receive this booklet.

Key Terms

These key terms will be important for your student to

understand and be able to use so please work with them to

look these terms up.

Once these terms are understood see if your student can use

them in sentences.

Useful websites for further information gathering.

These specifically chosen websites should be used for any

further reading that you and your student would like to do

around the topics covered.

It would be good to use these following their lesson in school

to help reinforce the learning from the classroom.

Optional Further Learning Task

This task is being provided for students who have a real

interest in a subject and want to stretch themselves further.

This is not a homework task but students are able to hand the

work completed to staff for feedback and possibly rewards.

If you have any questions about this booklet please do not hesitate

to get in contact with me at the school at

[email protected] or call on 01394 385720. Any

subject based questions can be directed to the departments

through the email addresses identified on the school website.

Kind regards

Mr Tunaley

mailto:[email protected]

Subject

English

Units of work this term.

Your teacher will be choosing from one of the

following units:

A study of a novel or a series of short

stories analysing themes, ideas, language

and style

The study of a series of myths and legends

The study of a selection of poems,

examining poetic techniques

The analysis and production of print-media

texts

Key words to investigate this

term.

In order to build up your vocabulary for analysis

of language and for your own creative writing,

you should remind yourself of figurative

language techniques and poetic terminology.

Your teacher will also be giving you a list of

spellings for the term which you should be

learning for a weekly test in your lessons.

Sources of information for

further enrichment of

the topics.

Continue to independently read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts to support your reading and writing in lessons. Remember to get your Reading Passport signed for every 30 minutes of reading you complete.

Extension Task

If you would like to complete this term’s extension task,

you should ask your teacher to give you a copy of a poem

called ‘Fire in the Moonlight’. This poem has been

inspired by a famous painting called ‘The Starry Night’ by

Vincent Van Gogh which you will see next to the poem.

You should firstly read the poem considering how the

painting has been its inspiration.

Your teacher can also give you some analytical tasks to

complete on the poem which will increase your

understanding of how poets use language to affect the

reader.

You can also find the poem and tasks on the FLG and

website.

Please also look at the English notice board outside the

English Team Room for opportunities to enter a variety of

writing competitions with fabulous awards for talent and

creativity.

Subject

Technology: Resistant Materials Due to the carousel of technology subjects, please note not all students will cover every subject area in one academic year.


Dispenser Introduction to basic hand tooling and machining to produce a functional food dispenser. Students will create a specification for their product and consider how design can be used to improve the aesthetic of the end result.

Key words to investigate this term.

1. Hazard

2. Specification

3. Aesthetics

4. Softwood

5. Hardwood

6. Manufactured Board

7. Vacuum forming

8. Evaluation

9. Fretsaw

10. Tenon saw

Sources of information for further finding out

about the topics.

www.Technologystudent.com

www.twitter.com/farlingayetech

Extension Task

Inclusive Design Think about different groups of people and potential target audiences. Think about the product you have designed for your current rotation of technology and who this product is aimed at. Write down three things you change about your design to make it more suitable for a one of the following audiences:

Under 3

Over 60

Someone who is partially sighted

http://www.Technologystudent.com

http://www.twitter.com/farlingayetech

Subject

Technology: CAD (Computer Aided Design) Due to the carousel of technology subjects, please note not all students will cover every subject area in one academic year.


LED Card Introduction to electronics and soldering processes to produce a greetings card.


1. Solder 2. Stranded wire 3. Solid core wire 4. Hole punch (paper drill) 5. Circuit diagram 6. Symbol 7. Dry joint 8. Conductors 9. Insulator


about the topics.



Extension Task


Under 3

Over 60




Subject

Technology: Textiles Due to the carousel of technology subjects, please note not all students will cover every subject area in one academic year.


Soft Toys - Introduction to Textiles techniques Design a soft toy to fit into the current ranges of the well- established store for children and babies, Mamas and Papas. You are going to make a sample of your soft toy to demonstrate the quality the company can expect to see, should they chose to make and order.


1. Annotation 2. Applique 3. Components 4. Hazard 5. Evaluation 6. Modification 7. Mood Board 8. One-off Production 9. Specification 10. Theme


about the topics.



Extension Task


Under 3

Over 60




Subject

Technology: Food Due to the carousel of technology subjects, please note not all students will cover every subject area in one academic year.


Introduction to cooking An introduction to Food Technology, looking at equipment, skills, nutrition, a balanced diet and health and safety. Recipes to be cooked focus on the use of fruit and vegetables and healthy alternatives.


1. Peeling 2. Grating 3. Knife skills – bridge and claw 4. Kneading 5. Rolling 6. Shaping 7. Rubbing in 8. Hazard and control 9. Eatwell guide 10. Nutrients – protein, carbohydrate, fat,

vitamin and mineral, fibre and water 11. Sensory analysis – taste, texture,

flavour, aroma

Sources of information for further finding out about the

topics.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/

guide/category/health-nutrition http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/VideoActivity.aspx?siteId=19&sectionId=108&contentId=501

Extension Task

Think about one the food products you have designed for your current rotation of technology and who this product is aimed at. Write down one thing you could change about your food product to change or improve the

Flavour

Texture

Nutrition

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/category/health-nutrition

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/category/health-nutrition

http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/VideoActivity.aspx?siteId=19&sectionId=108&contentId=501



Subject

PE


This term you will be learning all about athletics and participating in a range of run, jump and throwing events. You will have an opportunity to measure and record your results. You will also have tennis lessons where you will learn to rally, score and serve. You will have a unit on striking and fielding activities

and this will be a combination of cricket and

rounders.


Pacing in middle distance running

Scoring in tennis

Wicket

Ready position

Throwing events in athletics

Overarm bowling


topics.

England athletics website

https://www.lta.org.uk/play/the-basics/scoring-in

-tennis

The LTA website

http://suffolkccc.play-cricket.com/

Extension Task

We would like you to consider the various fielding

positions in cricket and look at where you might ask

you fielders to stand if you were the captain.

Consider why you have chosen these positions.

https://www.lta.org.uk/play/the-basics/scoring-in-tennis

https://www.lta.org.uk/play/the-basics/scoring-in-tennis

Subject

History


This term you will be studying the Tudors. Your first challenge is to try and solve the mystery of the Princes in the Tower. You will then go on to look at the rule of the most famous English king, Henry VIII, and investigate his personality and the reasons why he made his own church. To finish, you will discover why Mary I is remembered as ‘bloody Mary’ and why the reign of Elizabeth is considered to be the ‘golden age’.


Reformation Heir Royal Supremacy Catholic Altar Protestant Monastery Mary Rose Vagrant Armada


topics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/tudors_stuarts/

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor-england/

http://spartacus-educational.com/Tudors.htm

Test your knowledge of the Tudors with a Tudor History quiz: http://www.tudorsandstuarts.com/quiz/tudor/

Extension Task

Design an educational Tudor board game that could be used to teach future Year 7’s about life in Tudor England. See how many of the different topics listed above you can include in your game. This could also be used to help you to prepare for your end of year assessment.



http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor-england/

http://spartacus-educational.com/Tudors.htm

http://www.tudorsandstuarts.com/quiz/tudor/

Subject Geography


Cross-curricular project “Journeys”

RE: My journey

GEOGRAPHY: Incredible journeys

HISTORY: Journeys that changed history


term.

1. Resilience

2. Kindness

3. Honesty

4. Respect

5. Optimism

6. Acceptance


further finding out about the topics.

TBC by individual teachers

Extension Task

How much influence do we have over our own personal journeys?

Subject

RE

Units of work

this term.

1. Introduction to Hinduism 2. Hinduism and Non-Violence 3. Hinduism and Life after Death 4. Cross curricula humanities lesson 5. Philosophy (Plato and Aristotle)

Key words to

investigate this term.

Ahimsa Reincarnation Moksha Karma Sacred Caste System

Sources of

information for further finding out about the

topics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/hinduism/

Extension Task

Discuss the claim that the caste system is a just system Find out what Gandhi thought about the Caste System

Subject

ICT Technology (ICT rotation)


ICT Scratch During this term you will be designing, creating and then testing your own game built using Scratch software. You will understand how to target your game design to suit a particular audience as well as looking at the design process for game production. Sound Editing This unit of work will look at how sound is recorded and digitized as well as the editing of sound files. You will also look at the topic of sound effects and will then bring it all together with the production of your own radio advert. Technology (ICT) Flash Animation During this term you will learn basic graphic drawing and animation techniques such as frame-by-frame animation and tweening, working with layers and adding simple interactivity and ActionScript. You will undertake a creative project to plan, create and evaluate a short animation of your own, as well as studying professionally made animations.


term.

ICT Scratch SPRITE, BLOCK, BOOLEAN, DEBUG,BORADCAST, PSEUDOCODE Sound Editing TRIM, PITCH,ENVELOPE,AUDIO TRACK, TIME SHIFT, SAMPLING Technology (ICT rotation) LAYER, VECTOR, RASTER, BITMAP,KEYFRAME,TWEENING


topics.

ICT www.scratch.mit.edu

www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3m39j6/revision

Technology (ICT rotation) www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zv2v4wx/revision

Extension Task

ICT When saved, different file types can be small or large for the same sampled sound. Chose three different file types and describe their size when saved and what effect this has on the sound quality when played back over a speaker Technology (ICT rotation) There are many different file types of images that can be used. If you were going to create a webpage what file types would you use and why? Think about the size of the file and how people see an image when searching the internet. You could talk about the positives and negatives of at least three different file types when they are used on a webpage.

http://www.scratch.mit.edu

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/z3m39j6/revision

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zv2v4wx/revision

Subject

Art


Theme :- Design

Examples of schemes of work:-

Mythical Beasts/Artist based project/

Architecture/Design based project /

Treehouses

Techniques:- Clay / Card / Print / Paint


Design / Construct / Research / Develop / Explore / Refine / Surface / Pattern


about the topics.

www.thisiscollosal.com

www.tate.org.uk

Extension Task

Research an artist or designer linked to the

theme you are studying in class. Create a

leaflet about them including five facts and

images of their work.

Create your own version of the work in materials of your choice. This can be 3d or 2d.

http://www.thisiscollosal.com

Subject

Drama


The Listeners: This is based on the poem by Walter de

la Mare and explores a traveller visiting a mysterious

house in the middle of a forest.

Jamie: A troubled primary school students stabs a

teacher in the arm while making Mother’s Day Cards.

He is being bullied as he has an absent mother and it

emerges that he is being abused at home

Goddesses of the Theatre: An introduction to different types of stages, genres and drama form.


term.

Sound Tunnel

Soundscape

Teacher in Role

Traverse Stage

Proscenium Arch Stage

Pitch, Pace and pause



www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab/medium-and-format

wwwcharles-harris.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/script_template.doc

Extension Task

To write a script featuring a child who is experiencing some type of hardship in their life. They could be living in poverty or in a war torn country. You should be writing the play for a production staged ‘in the round.’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab/medium-and-format

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writers-lab/medium-and-format

Subject

Mathematics


Iteration


Iterate Fractal Infinity Sequence Converge Oscillate


about the topics.

http://farlingayemaths.blogspot.co.uk/ has examples of activities and work that students may complete during their maths lessons.

www.mymaths.co.uk will provide help with fundamental maths skills

www.nrich.org has problems with solutions and articles about some interesting maths (stage 2-3 are likely to be the most appropriate level problems)

Extension Task

Computer task: Can you create your own fractal using MSWlogo (this program can be downloaded for free and there are lots of beginners guides available online) Non-Computer task: Can you design your own fractal? Can you write down the instructions needed to create it and get a friend/parent to test them?

http://farlingayemaths.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.mymaths.co.uk

http://www.nrich.org

Subject

Mathematics


Golden Ratio


term.

Fibonacci sequence

Ratio

Golden Ratio

Golden Rectangle

Phi

Vitruvian Man


topics.




Extension Task

Fibonacci Surprises (also available on nrich)

You may have seen this sequence before: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,...

It is called the Fibonacci Sequence, and each term is calculated by adding together the previous two terms in the sequence.

Try adding together any three consecutive Fibonacci numbers. What do you notice? Can you explain it?

Choose any four consecutive Fibonacci numbers. Add the first and last, and divide by two. What do you notice? Can you explain it?

Add together any six consecutive Fibonacci numbers and divide by four. What do you notice? Can you explain it? Can you discover any Fibonacci Surprises of your own?




Subject

Mathematics


Tiling the Plane


Tessellation Regular polygons Angles in polygons Rotation Reflection Translation


about the topics.




Extension Task

Tessellating Hexagons Task on nrich website (ask your teacher for a copy of this if you do not have access to a computer)




Subject

Mathematics

Units of work this

term.

Graph Theory

Key words to

investigate this term.

Degree of a vertex Tree graphs Minimum spanning trees Complete graphs Traversability Four Colour Map Theorem


topics.




Extension Task

Visiting all the vertices The figure shows a cube with sides of length 1, on which all twelve face diagonals have been drawn - creating a network with 14 vertices (the original eight corners, plus the six face centres) and 36 edges (the original 12 edges of the cube plus four extra edges on each face). What is the length of the shortest path along the edges of the network which passes through all 14 vertices?




Subject

Music


Melody Writing and performance Ostinatos Fitting ostinatos together


term.

Ostinatos Melody Texture Rhythm Tempo Sequence Pattern



BBC Prom clips on Youtube which show classical or pop pieces which have clear melodic ideas.

Extension Task

See if you can find a piece of minimalism to listen to on the internet.

How does the composer create the piece

Can you hear the different layers?

Subject Science


Spring term units names :-

7B – Sex & Science

7H & 8H – Rocks

7C - Ecology


term.

Sources of in-formation for

further finding out about the

topics.

BBC Bitesize:

Sex & Science - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/reproduction/revision/1/ Rocks – http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/

environment_earth_universe/rock_cycle/revision/1/

Ecology - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/

organisms_behaviour_health/food_chains/revision/1/

School FLG: http://flg/Home/Curriculum/Science/Year7Science/

SitePages/Home.aspx

Extension Task

In January, the RSPB ran the ‘Big Garden Birdwatch’.

We’d like you to carry out your own bird watch & see what ap-pears in your garden.

1. Pick a day next term to watch your garden for half an hour.

2. Count the maximum number of any one species of bird that lands in your garden/park, not those flying over.

3. Turn your results into a bar chart to compare the number of sightings with a classmate.

Please follow the link below to see the most common birds that could appear in your garden.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/birds-to-look-out-for/

Key words

Sex & Science Rocks Ecology

Fertilisation Sedimentary Habitat

Igneous Sampling

Metamorphic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/reproduction/revision/1/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/reproduction/revision/1/

Subject

Spanish


My town: describe the facilities in towns & cities say what you do and at what time be able to order a drink and a snack in Spanish give opinions of towns & cities Extension: read about life in Cuba.


term.

Grammar: hay (there is / there are) telling the time the verb to go (ir): voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van the near future tense (I’m going to … )


topics.

Useful online resources for homework / extending the learning: Linguascope (username = farlingaye, password = handy2018) Duolinguo (currently being researched by Languages team) Quizlet (students can sign up for their own account or use links sent by teachers; facility to import lists of vocabulary and print these out) Textbooks (available to use in faculty during lunch and after school or to borrow short-term) Mary Glasgow magazines (see Mr Craig to order)

Extension Task

'Mi ciudad preferida' (My favourite town) - produce a poster, booklet or powerpoint, detailing your favourite (imaginary) place.

Subject

French


Free time Sports and games Musical instruments Saying what you like to do Saying what you can do at the leisure centre Talking about future plans (holidays)


Jouer + à e.g Je joue au tennis / je joue aux cartes Jouer + de e.g Je joue du piano / je joue de la gui-tar Opinion + infinitive e.g J’aime jouer sur l’ordi-nateur On peut + infinitive e.g on peut faire de la danse Je vais + infinitive e.g. Je vais lire


topics.

Linguascope Quizlet – create your own ‘sets’ Duo lingo

Extension Task

Teach a family member how to talk about leisure in French Try and teach them how to say something they play (activity), something they play (instrument), something they like doing, something you can do at a leisure centre and something they are going to do on holiday

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