Chestnut Class Home Learning Grid – Week Three Summer 2020

Keep a healthy body, healthy mind by reading, writing, doing some maths and exercise each day.
Reading Write Maths Exercise
The Last Wild by Piers Torday The Quick Fire Write Brilliant daily exercises have been shared
A gripping intro to a gripping book. I I thought a change would be good this I’ve noticed that Khan Academy have more on Edmodo – if you find a fun way to stay
have added the whole of the first week so I have picked these Quick Fire actual teaching, including videos that explain fit please share.
chapter to tempt you to read more. Writes from the Lit Film Fest site. Watch the concepts and can be re-watched if
Keep your written CLPE activities in one video, answer the questions and edit. needed. Algebra would be a good area to Online resources:
your home schooling book, the art First, a topical topic: Homeschooling focus on as it is a large part of Year 7 work. Jump Start Jonny
tasks this week could be your art. Next, one for when we return: playtime Joe Wicks
Finally, is school uniform harmful? https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebr Yoga for Tweens
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History – a six week project Science/Technology
Choose one topic e.g. sport and leisure, homes, religion, art, or a topic of your May the 4th be with you.
own. Starting with the Celtic tribes before the Romans find out the changes in the As it is Star Wars day this Monday, we must do a space related challenge – but one
UK over the last 2000 years. different to the work we did in Autumn. This Wikipedia article lists all the current and
You choose how to record your work. futuristic technology used in the Star Wars movies.
Draw, design and/or make a piece of advanced/futuristic technology that could be used in
I’ve have been doing this topic and just started a slide show on my theme which I the next movie. Optional task – Watch the movies. We have the original (and best) trilogy
will share with you when we get back to school. ready to watch next week.
Music MFL – Modern Foreign Languages Outdoor Learning PHSE/ICT
Bitesize daily lessons actually fit my OWN IT!
plan this week – Monday 1st Music Prepare for high school by using BBC’s Mrs Kelly will continue posting ideas for A BBC site dedicated to all things online:
Duration, tempo and Beethoven. Bitesize for KS3 to learn French, German or learning outside the class room on the school Cyber safety, advice, how to videos and
Singing with feeling. Spanish. website. more. It’s aimed at 11+ year olds and has
Plus – Family ‘Stomp’. Re-watch the Try some – you can post your results on lots of young people I don’t recognise –
Stomp video we made last half Click on the language for the link. Edmodo Miss Yates can then share on those ‘influencers’. Do use it to remind
term and create one with your Twitter. yourself of online safety rules before you
family. become an influencer.