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Year 9 Term 6 Homework Pack

Greenacre Academy intends homework to be diverse in nature, focusing on more project-based work which will be on-going over a number of weeks. This booklet includes homework from each subject that your son / ward studies at school. Our Expectations Students must complete and submit homework pieces from each project as their teacher directs. Teachers will inform students when each piece of homework is due in and this will be recorded in their planners. Please also note that some tasks in the booklet are subject to change, and this will be done so at the discretion of the teacher. This would occur on occasions where a different task may be more beneficial to your son/ward’s learning. As well as the three Homework Tasks, there are some additional activities for each subject.

Reading List Students should read for at least 30 minutes each night. Reading frequently will help students to develop their vocabulary and literacy skills. Please encourage you son / ward to read. Suggested reading material has been included within the projects for each subject.

Stretch & Challenge Students are encouraged to push themselves, completing more tasks where they see fit. If they have a particular interest or gift in a given area, students should be encouraged to complete the stretch and challenge task.

Skills for Life As part of the Academy’s implementation of ‘Skills for Life’, each subject-area has carefully thought about activities and tasks to integrate particular skills into their schemes of work. To help promote this, the completion of the homework tasks will help your son/ward develop these certain skills. The Skills for life focus is EMPLOY ME -

Excellence, Manners, Perseverance, Listening, Organisation, You, Motivation and Employability Study Room If your son/ward needs help with homework or a quiet place to study we run a homework club every weekday from 2.50-3.50 in the Library. Queries? If you have any queries about the homework projects please get in touch with the relevant teacher using the email address provided for each subject. Thank you for your continued support of Homework.

Year 9 Term 6 Homework Schedule

Your son/ward will be set homework on alternate weeks throughout the term on the week commencing dates outlined below. The ‘hand in dates’ will be set by teachers in class and recorded in student diaries.

As the MFL department offer several language options throughout KS3 and KS4, these are not

incorporated into this booklet and additional learning homework and written tasks will be provided by

the department for use in Years 7-9. If you have any questions relating to homework in the MFL

department please don't hesitate to contact Mr Atkinson on [email protected]

Week Commencing

5 June 12 June 19 June 26 June 3 July 10 July

Yr 9

History Maths

PA RE

Science Media

Computing Business

MFL

Art and Design

ICT DBE

English Food Tech Geography Engineering

PE

History Maths

PA RE

Science Media

Computing Business

MFL

Art and Design

ICT DBE


PE

History Maths

PA RE

Science Media

Computing Business

MFL

Art and Design

ICT DBE


PE

mailto:[email protected]

Year 9 Term 6 Homework Tasks

Art and Design [email protected]

Students should complete the three tasks listed below in order. The Stretch and Challenge and Numeracy Tasks, as well as books from the Reading List and Spellings are to be completed at the discretion of the class teacher and/or the student.

TASK

1 Task 1 – Please note: you will be issued with a booklet in class.

Complete task one from the booklet remember to keep your mark-making accurate and maintain proportion when drawing. Need some help? Use the grid method to help you with scale and proportion.

TASK

2

Complete task two from the booklet. Try to add tone or extra detail to show off your skills! Need some help? Draw a shade key at the top of your page to remind you of the shades of colour you need.

TASK

3 Task 3

Complete task three from the booklet. Could you add a background to draw upon to add a different effect. Need some help? Why not use newpaper or a collage back ground to give your image some depth.

Stretch & Challenge

Reading List Numeracy Task Spellings

Create your own Paulozzi inspired relief pattern made out of materials you have at home. Remember to incorporate strong lines,and shadows and highlights to show a street art/cityscape atmosphere.

Illustration Now 4, J, Wiedemann How to draw what you see R. De Reyna http://www.npg.org.uk/learning/digital/portraiture/self-image/making-a-self-portrait.php

An artist sells 3 paintings during her exhibition. She sold one painting for £1000 and the other for £56. The buyer must also add on 20% VAT. How much is the total cost of each picture? The gallery takes 40% from the sale as commission? How much does the artist receive?

Pattern bold

sequence shape

three dimensions layers


Business Mr M Gill [email protected]


TASK

1

Complete the 'Measuring Business Success' worksheet given out in lesson.

TASK

2

Collect some posters/flyers from your local area, (These could be from take away restaurants, local shops, GP, social clubs etc) With at least two examples write a short paragraph to explain the pro's and con's of this method of advertising.

TASK

3

Complete the 'Stakeholders' worksheet handed out in lesson,

Stretch & Challenge Reading List Numeracy Task Spellings Define the following key terms/topics: Demographic, E-Commerce, Descrimination, Equal Pay Act, Health and the Safety at Work Act.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpsvr82 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business www.businessed.co.uk

Gill's Pizzeria's total costs for the year are estimated to be £240,000. You worked out earlier that revenue (total money received from sales) for the year was £285,000. Now that you know the total costs for the year – can you work out how much money you could take home from selling pizzas for the year, after you have paid out all of your costs?

Budget Demographic

Enterprise Expenditure

Liability Market


Computing Mr D Johnston [email protected]


TASK

1

You are to collect the Python Homework Sheet [1] data types from you teacher. This page consists of 8 tasks that you need to complete based on the theory we have covered this week in lesson.

TASK

2

You are to collect the Python Homework Sheet [2] if statements from you teacher. This page consists of 6 GCSE styled tasks that you need to complete.

TASK

3

You are to collect the Python Homework Sheet [3] for loops from you teacher. This page consists of 8 questions that you need to complete based on the theory we have covered this week in lesson. These questions et more challenging as you progress so make sure you push for the best you can achieve.

Stretch & Challenge Reading List Numeracy

Task Spellings

Hangman Create a version of the Hangman game using Lists. The program should ask for the word to guess and the number of chances to be given. For every guess you should update the user with which letters they have guessed incorrectly, as well as replacing the letters in the guess word with the ones they have guessed correctly. You should also show the user how many chances they have left. Extension: 1. Make sure that you do not let the user lose a life if they guess a letter that they have already guessed.

Learn Python in One Day and Learn It Well: Python for Beginners with Hands-on Project. Python Made Simple and Practical: A Step-By-Step Guide To Learn Python Coding and Computer Science From Basic To Advanced Concepts. Coding Manual: Computer Programming

Can you name 2 numeric functions that is used in Python programming.

Source Code Function Variable Syntax

Database Programming


Engineering [email protected]


TASK

1

Name the parts of the vernier. Then write a report on how to use a vernier correctly.

TASK

2

Name the parts of the micrometer, then write a report how to use a micrometer and how to look after the equipment.

TASK

3

Write a report on the Centre Lathe, name parts, and explain how to set tools too centre height.


Task Spellings

Write down how to set a tool at centre height on the centre lathe.

BASIC ENGINEERING BY BOLTON

BTEC ENGINEERING

BASIC ENGINERING TIMMINGS

Convert 10mm 20mm 30mm to imperial sizes.

Rachet Micrometer

Vernier calliper Tailstock Tool post Spanner


English [email protected]


TASK

1

Research Shakespeare, Macbeth and King James I. Try to find out the connections between the king and the play. Why do you think Shakespeare wrote the play?

TASK

2

Take a scene that you have studied of Macbeth and turn it into prose like in a novel. You will have to take out the names of speakers and the stage directions and put in description of setting, dialogue and action.

TASK

3

Write an entry for a children's Wikipedia page on Macbeth as if the story was history. Include dates, place and events. Include things that actual characters say in the play as if they really happened. Use the layout of a Wikipedia page.


Task Spellings

Write an extra scene from Macbeth that would fit in somewhere in the play such as Banquo and his wife or the murderers boasting about what they did in a tavern. Use your imagination. Try to make it sound like Shakespeare.

Macbeth For Kids by Lois Burdett

Stories from Shakespeare by Geraldine McCaughrean

National Theatre: All About Theatre

Count the syllables in lines of Shakespeare to see if they are pentameters or not.

Iambic Pentameter

Solioquy Verse

sorcery regicide


Food Technology [email protected]


TASK

1

Complete a table on the different methods of cooking. See me for a worksheet for this task

TASK

2

Complete a table on the different utensils and equipment that are used in the kitchen. Do not forget to include tips of health and safety. See me for a worksheet if needed.

TASK

3

Design your two-course meal. It can be a main and desert or a starter and a main. You need to produce work sheets that list the ingredients and equipment to be used and justify your choice of ingredients.


Task Spellings

Design a time plan that you will use to cook your meal. You will need to create a list, which includes the key hygiene and safety points. For example, how to avoid cross contamination, core-cooking temperatures, safety with hot liquids.

BTEC First in Hospitality: Student Book by Sue Holmes , Tracay Mead, Ms Elaine Jackson, Ms Kathryn Morgan Examining Food and Nutrition for GCSE Jenny Ridgwell Introduction to Hospitality (7th Edition) by John R. Walker

Weighing out ingredients. Adapting recipes ingredients. Working out correct cooking times. Money when food shopping.

Nutrition carbohydrate ingredients restaurant

catering temperature


Geography [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]


TASK

1

Describe ways in which aid agencies are helping LEDCs to meet one Millennium Development Goal

TASK

2

Describe how patterns of development can differ within one country you have studied

TASK

3

Describe how one or more Aid projects that you have studied have improved people’s lives


Task Spellings

Describe how non-governmental organisations can help sub-Saharan countries improve the standard of living of people living in those countries

WJEC GCSE Geography A

BBc Bitesize

www.un.org

How much does it cost to send a food kit to an LIC?

Development Population

Disease Education Mortality

Life Expectancy


History [email protected]


TASK

1

Devise a revision test on changes in weapons and warfare in the Medieval period.

TASK

2

Devise a revision test for changes in weapons and warfare in the Early Modern Era

TASK

3

Write a newspaper report about he battle fought between British and French soldiers and their allies at Talavera, during the Napoleonic Wars.


Task Spellings

Wellington was a better commander than Napoleon. Do you agree or disagree with this statement explain why.

BBC Bite Size

History Text Books

How many canons did Napoleon have? How many casulaties there were at the Battle of Waterloo.

Napoleon Revolution

Talavera Parliamentary Propaganda Wellington


ICT ICT


TASK

1

Students are to complete the "Basic Formulas" worksheet.

TASK

2

Students are to complete the "Formatting a Spreadsheet" worksheet.

TASK

3

Students are to complete the "Knowing your functions" worksheet.

Stretch & Challenge Reading List Numeracy Task Spellings

Students are to reflect upon their ICT skills which have been covered during this cycle. Students will be asked to identify their strengths and areas for development. In addition, Students will need to answer the following questions below and document ALL responses in one of the following ways—contributing to their group blog, in a form of an email (sent to your class teacher) 1. What is the benefit of spreadsheets for business? 2. What is the benefit for using formulae and functions when using spreadsheets? 3. What does modelling do?

F1 Help Function panel—on any piece of software provided by Microsoft. Go onto the internet and search “user guides” for the piece of software that you are struggling on. You will then be provided with a list of resources and tutorials to help you on your away. Read "How Spreadsheets work" http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zdydmp3/revision

Are you confident in using a spreadsheet? Tell me the purpose of the following symbols? = + * / -

Data Information

Functions Sort

Formatting Conditional Formatting


Maths [email protected]


TASK

1

Create 5-10 two-stage linear equations. These are to be answered by your partner during lesson.

TASK

2

Price up a two-week holiday for you and your family to take place during the Summer holidays to a destination of your choice. This must include a hotel, transport, any excursions offered and spending money. Can you compare the price from 3 different compa

TASK

3

Present your own set of data. Create a tally chart of your choice and place the data into a pie chart.


Task Spellings

Explain what skills have been used whilst completing each task. Focus on EMPLOYME! For the equations homework try creating some balancing equations with the variable on both sides.

Write a paragraph about a famous mathematician and what they are famous for.

Complete the arithmetic section on Pixl maths app.

Comparative, composite,

algebra, equation


Media Studies [email protected]


TASK

1

The History of Comic Books - using the internet research the following: Who was Obadiah Oldbuck? The Yellow Kid was the first what? Who created it and when? When was Superman first created and who by? What are the names of the two largest superhero comic companies? Name two of the most popular characters for each one. Why were comics burned and banned in the 1950s? Hint: Frederic Wertman. Name TEN different films based on comic books/comic book characters?

TASK

2

Research two comic book superheroes - be as creative as possible in giving your answers - you might use pictures that are annotated for example. Find out as much information as you can about each one. Include areas such as: age, gender, place of birth,

TASK

3 Create your own superhero or villain. Decide whether your character is good or evil. Create a

fact file that provides the following information: age, gender, place of birth, family background, appearance (including costume), weapons and mode of transport, power or strength, weakness or vice, friends and enemies and everyday persona. Draw a picture of your superhero or villain and colour it in.


Task Spellings

Research how superheroes appear in other areas of media other than just comic books and films - you might look at advertising, TV, cartoons or any other form.

DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide Write and Draw Your Own Comics by Louie Stowell and Jess Bradley Any DC or Marvel comics

DC Comics were formed in 1934. How long have they been in existence? Marvel comics were formed in 1939? How long have they been in existence? Which comic book series has been around the least amount of time and how much younger is it than its rival?

Comic Superhero

Villain Costume

Appearance Character


PE [email protected]


TASK

1

Different sports need different types if fitness. After a practical lesson this week, think about what areas of fitness you used. Use the link in reading one to help.

TASK

2

The types of fitness are split into 2 categories: health and skill. See reading 2 and think about whether your main sport needs more health or skill components of fitness.

TASK

3

Each type of fitness has a test. Research these on the internet (reading 3 is a good start). This will be important information for your exam in Year 10!


Task Spellings

Want to really start preparing for your exam in year 10? See your PE teacher for some example questions from actual exams.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/exercise/0_exercise_health_rev2.shtml

https://www.smore.com/5p7c8-health-skill-related

https://www.brianmac.co.uk/eval.htm

The calculation for working out your maximum heart rate is 220 - your age. What is your maximum heart rate?

Agility Power

Balance Coordination

Reactions Muscular


Performing Arts BTEC [email protected]


TASK

1

Complete your written evaluation of your performances within the Variety Show.

TASK

2

Complete and update your Skills Audit Sheet and identify any improvements you have made and set new targets for improvement

TASK

3

Write up your weekly rehearsal logs and complete your skills development sheet.


Task Spellings

Attend a dance , drama or music club, through school or at an out of school club.

Look up what plays are going to be on at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury during the summer months Research local theatre companies and see if you want to join them.(Medway Little Theatre, Icon Theatre and Play on Words) Any newspaper or magazine article relating to an actor/dancer

When organising a theatre trip to London for your class, tickets are £25.00 each, and coach hire is £250.00 for the day. For a class of 40 how much will this cost?

Characterisation Performance

Vocal Expression Exaggeration

Rehearsal Improvisation


RE [email protected]


TASK

1

List the positives and negative effects of going on a pilgrimage. Do the positives outweigh the negatives?

TASK

2

‘Christmas is no longer a religious festival.’ Do you agree with this statement?

TASK

3

Explain one way in whch Christians celebrate Easter.


Task Spellings

Using the internet plan your own religious pilgrimage. Explain where you would go and why, how you would travel there and create an itinarary for while you are there.

BBC Bitesize RE revision

Request website

Christian beliefs and practices

Find out the number of people who visit Lourde a year and where they come from in the world.

Pilgrimage Catholic

Epiphany Festival Lourdes

Jerusalem


Science [email protected]


TASK

1

You work as a scientific journalist. Your editor has asked you to construct an artile based upon the process of photosynthesis. You should include in your article: A clearly labelled diagram of the the porcess, an explanation of the reactants of photosynthesis and the porducts made.

TASK

2

In preparation for your next core practical you should complete a research and notation task. You need to reseach and explain the porcess of electrolysis. You should include a diagram of the porcess that is clearly labbeld and shows what occurs within the

TASK

3

Revison: In preparation for your end of term test you need to construct a key word list and definitions of the follwing words: Vector, Vector quantity, work ,power and scalar. You need to explain how we can calcuate each one. You can use a formaula triangle to support you with this.


Task Spellings

Construct a vector diagram to show how to calcuate the resultant force. An example of this would be an areoplane taking off. Link the wind direction within your answer.

www.bitesize.co.uk

Edexcel revison guide

Show how to calculate work and power formulas linking some worked examples.

Photosynthesis Electrolysis

Vector Scalar

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