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| Form | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Canterbury | DT | English
French |
Maths
Science |
English | Maths
Science |
| Durham | DT | Science
French |
Maths | English
Science |
Maths
English |
| Exeter | French
Science |
Maths
DT |
English | Maths
|
Science
English |
| Norwich | Science | Maths
DT |
English
French |
Maths | Science
English |
| York | English | Maths
DT |
English
Science |
Maths
French |
French
Science |
Half Term Tasks
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | |||
| Half Term 1
(Sept - Oct) |
Half Term 2
(Oct - Dec) |
Half Term 3
(Jan - Feb) |
Half Term 4
(Feb - Apr) |
Half Term 5
(Apr - Jun) |
Half Term 6
(Jun - Jul) |
| Art | History | ICT
Drama |
Geography
RE |
Music | |
| Subject | Project Title | Project Summary |
| History | Build your own Medieval Castle | Students will be learning about the impact of the Norman Conquest in England, namely ways in which they are established their control within the country. Students will design, build and blog a Medieval castle following specific steps. |
| Geography | People and Places | Students will create a magazine article about the characteristics of a population in a country of their choice. |
| RE | Religion and Art | After exploring the importance of art and expression in a number of different religious groups, the students will create their own piece of art based on a specific theme including an explanation of their chosen piece. |
| ICT | Binary - Data representation | Students complete a workbook covering data representation in the form of binary.
They learn all about: -different types of data -What they know about binary, denary number systems and how they are different. - How to convert numbers into binary and vice versa. -Coding using binary -Addition in binary -how our letters are translated in binary -How images are stored using binary and the difference in quality of image representation |
| Music | Caribbean Music | Research a genre of music from the Caribbean - find out about its history, musical characteristics and at least one famous artist or band from the genre. |
| Art | Artist study | Pupils can choose from one of the artists to study. They need to research their chosen artist and produce a fact file this can take any form, from a booklet, an informative poster.
To be successful it must include: Important key facts about the artist’s life You must have analysed and included picture of at least 2 key pieces of their work When writing about the work you must talk about CONTENT PROCESS MOOD AND FORM . You can choose from the following artists: Giorgio Morandi Paul Cezanne Vincent van Gogh |
| Drama | Shakespeare Explore | You will be guided to research different aspects of Shakespeare’s life, and complete tasks such as a character profile, looking into plays that he wrote and the theatre at which his works are famous for being performed. |
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| Form | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Canterbury | Science
French |
Maths
DT |
Science | Maths
English |
English |
| Durham | DT | Maths
French |
English
Science |
Maths | English |
| Exeter | English | French
DT |
Maths
Science |
English
Science |
Maths
|
| York | English | DT | Maths
Science |
English
French |
Maths
Science |
Half Term Tasks
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | |||
| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 | Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 | Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| Drama | Geography | Art | History
Music |
ICT | RE |
| Subject | Project Title | Project Summary |
| History | Who do you think you are? | Students will be learning about their personal, family, local and national history. The extended learning project will demonstrate ways you can link your past into the present. Students are to research, plan and produce a scrapbook/ album that covers all the steps provided by the teacher. |
| Geography | Russia | Researching the physical and human aspects of the country and explaining how they influence each other. |
| RE | Buddhism Meditation Garden Project | The students will examine the significance of meditation in Buddhism.
Using the information gathered, they will then create their own meditation garden accompanied by an explanation about why each element included is important |
| ICT | Networks | Students complete a work book gathering information about networks.
They learn all about: - What a network is - types of networks - network topologies and their advantages and disadvantages - Local Area Networks VS Wide Area Networks - Protocols - Network security - Types of compression when transferring data across networks. (Lossy vs Lossless) |
| Music | Popular Music | Prepare a presentation on a group or solo artist, describing features of their style and explaining why they are important figures in pop music. |
| Art | Pupils can choose from one of the artists to study. They need to research their chosen artist and produce a fact file this can take any form, from a booklet, a poster etc.
To be successful it must include: Important key facts about the artist’s life You must have analysed and included picture of at least 2 key pieces of their work When writing about the work you must talk about CONTENT PROCESS MOOD AND FORM You can choose from the following artists: Loui Jover Andrew Salgado Juilan Opie |
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| Drama | The Perfect Play | You will be guided to think about different elements of writing a perfect play, including stage and costume design as well as writing a scene. |
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| X | Y | |
| Monday | Maths
Option B (lesson 2) |
English
Option B (lesson 2) |
| Tuesday | English
Combined Science Triple Science (Physics) |
Maths
Combined Science |
| Wednesday | Maths
Option A (lesson 5) |
Option A (lesson 5)
Combined Science |
| Thursday | Option C (lesson 1)
RE Triple Science (Biology) |
Maths
Option C (lesson 1) |
| Friday | English
Combined Science Triple Science (Chemistry |
English
RE |
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| Monday | English
Science |
| Tuesday | Option A (lesson 3)
Option B (lesson 2) |
| Wednesday | English |
| Thursday | Maths
Option C (lesson 5) |
| Friday | Maths
RE Science |
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| Monday | English
Option A (lesson 2) |
| Tuesday | Maths
Science |
| Wednesday | English
Option B (lesson 1) Science |
| Thursday | Maths
RE |
| Friday | Option C (lesson 3) |
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Year 12
Minimum expectation is 4 hours a week per subject, this should include directed work as well as additional reading, research and preparation.
Year 13
Minimum expectation is 5 hours a week per subject, this should include directed work as well as additional reading, research and preparation.
Where ICT is required as part of an independent study task, students may use an ICT room or the Discovery Centre at lunch times or at home study club after school on a Tuesday or Thursday in the Inclusion Department.
Students Home Study is set by teachers on their Google Classroom accounts, all students have been given a login when joining the school. If your child is having issues accessing their Google Classroom account due to password loss or other technical issues, they can see their form tutor for more information as to how to fix this.
Each student has their classes from their timetable allocated to their Google Classroom account and teachers will set assignments for students as home study on these. Students will receive a notification each time a task is set, marked and returned or when the teacher puts a comment on the class stream. As well as logging into Google Classroom on computers, students can also download the app on to their mobile phones to have access to their learning on the go.
KEY STAGE 3 – YEARS 7 & 8
Maths, English, Science – 2 x 30 minute pieces of independent study per week – to be set in class, recorded in Achievement and Record book and on Show my Homework
MFL, Design & Technology – 1 x 30 minute piece of independent study per week
KEY STAGE 4 – YEARS 9, 10 AND YEAR 11
Students will be set one hour minimum a week per subject as per the timetable. Students and staff should discuss any clashes of deadline dates to avoid heavy work loads
Students have a minimum of 48 hours to complete each piece of homework.
KEY STAGE 5 – YEAR 12 AND YEAR 13
Year 12 – Minimum expectation is 4 hours a week per subject, this should include directed work as well as additional reading, research and preparation.
Year 13 – Minimum expectation is 5 hours a week per subject, this should include directed work as well as additional reading, research and preparation.
Where ICT is required as part of an independent study task, students may use an ICT room or the Discovery Centre at lunch times or at home study club after school on a Tuesday or Thursday in the Inclusion Department.