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Term 1 Holiday Assignments (Year 8)

SUBJECT WORK ASSIGNED

Business Studies Using the internet, find an example of a one man business and
make a list of what you think would be its advantages and
disadvantages (5 each). Print one page from the internet with
details of the new business.
Computing Apart from your personal computer or laptop, find out which other
devices will use "mass storage" for their functionality and state what it
is used for.
English Write a one page composition on the title: "My Dream Job".
Write about the aviation career day and how it impacted on you.
French Using the example from the textbook about someone's story, write
sentences in French telling about your school. Include the following: name
of your school, time of starting lessons, break time, lunch time, subjects
done and how long lessons are.
Teach your family basic French, how to greet, say your name and age.
Geography Discuss the population density of the commercial capital of Malawi
and give reasons encouraging the discussed density.
Global Perspectives Use the research skills acquire in the Global perspectives class and
conduct a simple research: come up with a research question on a
topic of your choice and use information sources such as books,
internet, social media, TV etc to collect data on your topic.
History Was imperial Germany a democracy? Discuss.

Mathematics Complete this task: A roll of tape measures 1893m. Eighteen lengths of
87m are cut from the roll. (a) Using numbers, write down the calculation
needed to work out the amount of tape left on the roll. (b) using your
answer to part "(a)", estimate the amount of tape left on the roll (c)
estimate how many more of the same lengths could be cut from the roll.
Justify your answer.
Religious Studies Research on this: How does religion impact child development?

Science Using the periodic table of elements, work on researching and learning the
symbols and groups of the elements.