Homework Overview Greenacre Academy intend 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 (see attached table). Teachers will inform students when each piece of homework is due in and this will be recorded in Homework Diaries. Please also note that some tasks in the booklet are subject to change, and 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. Your support with checking homework diaries and signing each week is very much appreciated. Reading Homework 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 and 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 Employability Homework Club If your son/ward needs help with homework we run a homework club every weekday from 2.50- 3.50 in room 9. Queries? If parents / carers have any queries with the homework projects please get in touch using the emails provided within the projects. Thank you for your continued support of Homework. Mrs Holden Homework Projects Year 9
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Homework Overview Greenacre Academy intend 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 (see attached table). Teachers will inform students when each piece of homework is due in and this will be recorded in Homework Diaries.
Please also note that some tasks in the booklet are subject to change, and 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. Your support with checking homework diaries and signing each week is very much appreciated.
Reading Homework 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 and 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
Employability
Homework Club
If your son/ward needs help with homework we run a homework club every weekday from 2.50-3.50 in room 9.
Queries? If parents / carers have any queries with the homework projects please get in touch using the emails
provided within the projects. Thank you for your continued support of Homework.
Mrs Holden
Homework Projects
Year 9
Homework Schedule Term 1
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.
Term 1
Week
Commencing
5th Sept 12th Sept 19th Sept 26th Sept 3rd Oct 10th Oct
Subjects
Art and
Design
ICT
English
Food Tech
Geography
PE
DT
PSHE
History
Maths
PA
PE
RE
Science
MFL
Music
Art and
Design
ICT
English
Food Tech
Geography
PE
DT
PSHE
History
Maths
PA
PE
RE
Science
MFL
Music
Art and
Design
ICT
English
Food Tech
Geography
PE
DT
PSHE
History
Maths
PA
PE
RE
Science
MFL
Music
Year 9
Yr 9 Homework tasks : Students must complete the three tasks listed below in order. The
Reading, Spelling, Numeracy and Stretch and Challenge are to be completed at the discretion of the
Homework tasks :Students must complete the three tasks listed below in order. The Reading,
Spelling, Numeracy and Stretch and Challenge are to be completed at the discretion of the class
teacher and / or student .
Term 1
Task 1 Copy and complete the diagram below with at least 5 more businesses. Find the business
logo for each, and draw the logo next to the name of the business. When you are doing this think about
the logo, why it has been used and what it says about the business
.Using your diagram, copy and complete the table below and
write down what the business sells, produces or provides. Name of the business What the business sells, produces or provides Nike Designs, manufactures and sells sportswear.
Task 2 Based on your groups ‘Tycoon in Schools’ business plan, explain how you are going to complete the marketing mix by
answering the questions below. 1. Product – What product or service is your business going to sell or provide? 2. Price – How much will customers be charged? Why? 3. Place – Where and when will the product and/or service be sold? Why? 4. Promotion – Where and how will the business, its products and/or services be promoted? Why are these the most effective methods? Think about your target audience.
Task3 Research the following key words and find any necessary formulae in preparation for our next main classroom activity
‘Profit and Loss Accounts’. Cost of sales – Gross profit –Net profit – Overheads and expenses – Profit -
Sales revenue -
Stretch and Challenge Reading List Numeracy Spellings
Revise the following for spelling tests throughout the term;
Stretch and Challenge Reading List Numeracy Spellings
The Rattle Bag by Seamus
Heaney and Ted Hughes.
Peculier Poems for Pint
Sized Provocateurs by
Oona Zbitkovskis.
What is Poetry by Michael
Rosen.
Find two poems
with a similar
theme. Print them
out and mount on
A3 card. Annotate
the poems on the
card pointing out
comparisons
between them.
The use of structure,
including that of whole
poems, stanzas and
line lengths
The division of lines
into groups of syllables
in the study of metre.
Stanza Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia Couplet Quatrain Rhythm
Task 1 :Using some of the techniques studied ,write a poem about
parents and children.
Task 2 : Find a short poem , mount it on a card or thick paper and annotate the edges
Task 3: Make a fact file on one of the poets studied
Yr 9 Homework tasks
Students must complete the three tasks listed below in order. The Reading, Spelling, Numeracy and
Stretch and Challenge are to be completed at the discretion of the class teacher and / or student.
Stretch and Challenge Reading List Numeracy Spellings
GCSE Bitesize
Cookbooks
Recipes
*Video demonstration
how to use the
equipment.
*Laminated displaying of
the equipment with
image on step by step.
*Booklet on risks
assessment.
Ingredients
Temperatures
Professional Hygienic
Environment Assess
Potential Risks Hazards
Task 1: A local chef has given you the opportunity to work and train in a professional kitchen. You have to design and annotated 6 dishes which will demonstrate a range of different skills for example: knife skills. Your design much be annotated.
Task 2 :You must carry out a health and safety risk assessment for your 6 chosen dishes. You should also include the working environment in which you intend to prepare and cook the dishes. Identify potential risk and hazards, stating what precautions you will put into place to avoid these. This must be written up in a form of a report.
Task 3 : Based on your 6 chosen dishes you need to name and describe the main equipment and utensils you will use . You must describe safely how you would use them. Also explaining the importance of keeping them clean and storing them safety and correctly.
Yr 9 Homework Tasks: Students must complete the three tasks listed below in order. The Reading, Spelling, Numeracy and Stretch and Challenge are to be completed at the discretion of the class teacher and / or student.
Stretch and Challenge Reading List Numeracy Spellings
Task 1: Have you ever heard of the term ‘Blockbuster’? What does it mean to you? Look at the list of
films that were called ‘blockbusters’ and create a mind map that lists 5 things that they have in common
(you may need to research some/all of the films to complete this task): Spiderman 3, Iron Man 2, Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire. Now add at least two other films to the list and explain why you think they are blockbusters.
Task 2: Create a poster that shows ten things you think of when you hear the term ‘hero’ – uses images to support
your ideas: Which of the following definitions do you agree with? · wins against the odds · heroic and resourceful
character · usually male · has some sort of mission or task to accomplish · overcomes all kinds of perils. One of the
central features of an action adventure film is that the main character has the qualities of a ‘hero’. Pick one of the
films listed below, that you have seen, and explain which hero qualities are used. Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace,
The Mummy, The Mask of Zorro, Lost in Space, The Fifth Element, Stardust, Rambo, Robin Hood, Prince of Persia:
The Sands of Time, The Dark Knight, Iron Man.
Task 3: Find copies of the film posters for the following using www.imdb.com: Pirates of the Caribbean
(2003) The Fugitive (1993) Gladiator (2000) Avatar (2009) For each, explain three things you see on the
poster that would suggest it fits into the genre of action–adventure. Which poster seems to fit most
neatly into the genre? Why is this? Which is the hardest to define as action adventure? Why?
Yr 9 Homework tasks
Students must complete the three tasks listed below in order. The Reading, Spelling, Numeracy and
Stretch and Challenge are to be completed at the discretion of the class teacher and / or student.
Term 1
SUBJECT Performing Arts
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Task 1: Create a spider diagram highlighting the keywords you have learnt this term in relation to
Contact/ Physical theatre work: Trust, health and safety, core strength, team work, technique. Use
photographic images to support your work
Task 2 :Complete your rehearsal logs regularly ensuring you use key terminology and set
yourself improvement targets.
Task 3 :Complete a written evaluation sheet based on your practical work and performance
assessment this term
Stretch and Challenge Reading List Numeracy Spellings
Get involved in
the Christmas
Concert as either a
performer or in a
production role.
Research the physical
theatre company
‘Frantic Assembly’.
Your class is going to see the Lion King’ at the Lyceum Theatre . You will be going to an evening performance. Find out the ticket prices and work out the cheapest price to take the class.