Subject: English
Year: 8
Time of study: Autumn 1
Topic: Aspects of Narrative
Class/es: All
Resources available:
Short story: The Story of an Hour on Oak National Academy website:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/the-story-of-an-hour-by-kate-chopin-4fb8
Short story: Sweetness on Oak National Academy website:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/sweetness-by-toni-morrison-853c
Subject: English
Year: 8
Time of study: Autumn 2
Topic: Writing for Real Audiences
Class/es: All
Resources available:
Introduction to writing rhetoric on Oak National Academy website:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/introduction-to-rhetoric-fd1d
Writing rhetoric on Oak National Academy website:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/writing-rhetoric-1e51
Subject: Mathematics
Year: 8
Time of study: 1st Topic of the 2nd Autumn Half term.
Topic: Pattern Sniffing
Class/es: All Year 8
Resources available:
Choose a lesson from the link below based on what you have been looking at recently in your maths lessons.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/sequences-2adc
Time of study: 2nd Topic of the 2nd Autumn Half term.
Topic: Algebraic Proficiency: Visualising
Class/es: All Year 8
Resources available:
Choose a lesson from the link below based on what you have been looking at recently in your maths lessons.
Resource 1: https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/linear-graphs-3380
Resource 2: https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/straight-line-graphs-y-mx-c-2e9f
Resource 3 (Lesson 1 & 2): https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/quadratic-graphs-1-a-1-0f08
Time of study: 3rd Topic of the 2nd Autumn Half term.
Topic: Exploring Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Class/es: All Year 8
Resources available:
Choose a lesson from the link below based on what you have been looking at recently in your maths lessons.
Percentages Lessons 1, 2 and 3: https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/percentages-d6a2
Resource 2: (Lesson 1 & 2): https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/fdp-review-9-1a-1278
Subject: French
Year: 8
Time of study: term 1a
Topic:
School holidays
Using "avoir" and "etre"
Saying what you did during the holidays
Using the perfect tense of regular verbs
Understanding the perfect tense of irregular verbs
Class/es: 8Fr1/x, 8fr1/y, 8Fr1/z, 8Fr2/y
Resources available:
https://www.frenchspanishonline.com/beginnersfrench/school/holiday/holiday.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7t8kmn/articles/zm3n7nb
https://www.frenchspanishonline.com/magazine/passe-compose/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7t8kmn/articles/zm3n7nb
Subject: Spanish
Topic Viva 2 M1 De vacaciones (Holidays)
Class(es) All
Resources
Past tense
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg9mhyc/articles/zhgfmfr
General Practice
https://languagesonline.org.uk/Spanish/Cam2/Cam2Uni8/index.htm
Holiday activities
https://www.spanishgames.net/spanishlessons?topic=Holiday%20activities&level=secondary
Vocab
https://quizlet.com/429096464/viva-2-module-1-flash-cards/
Year: 8
Time of study: 12 weeks from start of term
Topic: Spreadsheets
Class/es: All 8co
Resources available:
Lesson tasks on Microsoft Teams (including spreadsheets)
Support / Demo from Stream
https://web.microsoftstream.com/channel/b997da1a-752a-4719-8516-aefbef6dae2a
Microsoft Support (Excel)
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/basic-tasks-in-excel-dc775dd1-fa52-430f-9c3c-d998d1735fca
Subject: Computing
Year: 8
Time of study: 6 weeks around Christmas Holidays
Topic: Python
Class/es: All 8co
Resources available:
Lesson tasks on Microsoft Teams (including demos)
Python.Org
https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers
W3Schools
https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_intro.asp
Subject: EPD
Lessons on democracy (6 lessons)
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/how-does-local-democracy-work-f1e5
Subject: Art
Year: 8
Topic: Sweets (3D card modelling and drawing)
Class/es: all
Resources available:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/creating-assemblage-art-cgu3at
Subject: Product Design and Graphics
Year: 8
Topic: Design
Class/es: all
https://thegadgetshow.co.uk/series-30-episode-7-400th-special/
Resources: Subject: Textiles
Year: 8
Topic: Basics of sewing
Class/es: all
Resources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07c9wvl
Subject: Food
Year: 8
Topic: Baking
Class/es: all
Resources: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/
Subject: History
Year: 8 (All classes)
Time of study: 1st Topic of the Autumn Term
Topic: English Civil War
Resources available:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/why-did-the-civil-war-break-out-in-1642-d5ce ,
Subject: History
Year: 8 (All classes)
Time of study: 2nd Topic of the Autumn Term
Topic: French Revolution
Resources available:
BBC Teach:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks3-gcse-the-french-revolution/zb9d2sg
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/how-enlightened-was-the-french-revolution-a714
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/what-did-the-french-revolution-mean-to-britons-988d
Subject: Geography
Year: 8
Time of study: Autumn Term
Topic: Living World (Ecosystems)
Class/es: ALL
Resources available:
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/ecosystems-1e69
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztgw2hv
Subject: Drama
Year: 8
Time of study: Autumn Term
Topic: Commedia Dell’Arte
Class/es: All
Resources available:
1. Positions on Stage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zkqf6v4/revision/1
2. The World of Commedia dell’Arte - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_0TAXWt8hY
3. Commedia: Character Shape - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJEwuurzDe4&list=RDCMUCUDq1XzCY0NIOYVJvEMQjqw&start_radio=1&t=19
Subject: Music
Year: 8
Topic: Pop Music
Class/es: All
Resources available:
All lesson and homestudy tasks available on MyHighcliffe Music
https://highcliffe.sharepoint.com/sites/LearnMusic/SitePages/Pop-Music.aspx
Subject: PE
Year: 8
Time of study: 1st Topic of the Autumn Term
Topic: Fitness
Class/es: N/A
Resources available:
Fitness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEWcBIvqjDk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX05HHni9Wk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy1yab7jAcU
Cricket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R-zZ3AK0Vw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4BO8Y89nfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30FOijaByU
Volleyball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-wtwOERx_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC8_QCY8ZE0
Rounders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsqwEyDOTPo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQYCFxMTpQs
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