Harrow Way Community School
Home Learning
Booklet
Year 8 Autumn Term 2015
Harrow Way Community School
Andover
Your Home Learning: Autumn 2015
We have made some changes to Home Learning which we believe will encourage your child
to make the most of their learning. The Core subjects, along with French and RE, will continue
to set homework weekly.
In English homework will be set weekly and may take a variety of forms: research, reading,
learning spellings, revision or written work. In addition to homework, students may be required
to prepare information or questions required for the next topic.
In Maths homework will take various forms. The most common will be mixed question
worksheets requiring written answers with full workings shown and computer tasks set using
the My Maths website. In addition homework may be set on a specific topic requiring written
solutions, mathematical investigations, functional skills tasks or on revision leading up to
assessments.
In Science students will receive some weekly written homework but also some project style
tasks which will last a period of approximately 3 weeks.
In French weekly homework tasks will be set and may involve practice or revision of any of
the four key skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing.
All of your homework should be recorded in your planner.
This booklet contains all your home learning tasks for the autumn term. It should give you a
clear idea of what has been set and when it should be completed and handed in. The tasks
will be varied with an emphasis on extended study and independent research.
Managing Your time
Each subject has set an extended Home Learning task that should take three to four hours
to complete over a three or four week period.
We want you to become self-managers. A good self-manager can organise their time,
prioritise tasks and work to deadlines (all essential life skills). To help with this we have
staggered the tasks so that you only have to hand in a maximum of two at any one time. The
timetable below shows exactly when each home learning task is to be undertaken:
N.B You should only complete the D&T home learning that is relevant to the subject(s)
you are studying this term so do not do all three of Graphics, Product Design and Food
Technology
Autumn
w/c
Geography
History
DT
Art
Music
ICT
7
Sep
14
Sep
21
Sep
28
Sep
5
Oct
12
Oct
19
Oct
2
Nov
9
Nov
16
Nov
23
Nov
30
Nov
H
H
H
r
H
r
H
7
Dec
14
Dec
r
r
r
H
r
KEY
Grey boxes - work on your home learning during these weeks. Don’t leave it until the last
minute!
H – Hand your Home Learning in to your subject teacher during the lesson (s) you have with
them that week.
r: your Home Learning will normally be marked and returned during this week.
Your Home Learning Tasks
Each Home Learning task has detailed instructions on:
 What you are expected to do
 How to complete the task
 Where to find help
 Remember you can always ask your teacher if you need help with your home learning.
Your Marks
All Home Learning Tasks will be marked using the schools A O B policy
A – An outstanding piece of Home Learning, showing that you fulfilled or exceeded the time
expected to complete it and gave it your best efforts. It is a piece of work that exceeds your
targeted level.
O – A good, sound piece of Home Learning showing you have fulfilled the time expected to
complete it and it is at your expected level.
B – A disappointing piece of work which looks as though not enough time was spent and/or
you didn’t work hard enough on it and it is below the level I would have expected from you.
A note to your parents
Copies of this booklet are available on our website www.harrowway.hants.sch.uk via the
parent links tab and on the school VLE
If you have questions about the new Home Learning tasks, please do contact the relevant
Head of department at the school by telephoning 01264 364533.
In addition if you would like to give feedback please do come to the termly Parents forum
meetings with the Headteacher.
Home Learning Order
Start
Subject
14 September
28 September
12 October
19 October
9 November
16 November
DT
Art
Music
History
Geography
ICT
Hand in during the
subject lesson during
the week of
28 September
12 October
2 November
16 November
23 November
30 November
Product Design – Year 8 Autumn Term
PIONEERING CAREERS
By the end of this task you will have:

Researched into a range of careers that are related to product design.

Created a prezi presentation to present to the rest of the class.
By the end of this task you will know:

A range of jobs that are related to Product Design and Technology

How to set up and create a prezi presentation.
How to complete the task:
Read the Brief:
Design and Technology leads on to a wide range of related careers. For your project you are
required to create a prezi presentation based on careers connected to Product Design.
1.Set up your PREZI

Go to: www.prezi.com

Click Sign up and select the ‘grey’ option (this is free)

Type in your details.

Click ‘New Prezi’

Select a template and click ‘Use template’

You are now ready to begin building your Prezi

DON’T FORGET TO SAVE EVERYTHING YOU DO!
2. Research and building your presentation

Using the internet and books available in the department, research into at least 6 jobs or
careers which a design and technology qualification may benefit.

In your presentation you must name each job you have chosen and what the job entails, as
well as explaining how knowledge of design and technology would benefit it, also try to add
pictures

There should be at least one paragraph worth of information for each job selected
Submission:
You will have to present your presentation to the rest of the class.
Print out your PREZI slides for marking by your teacher.
Exceptional Home Learning may include:
1. Creativity and outstanding presentation.
2. Above and beyond detailed descriptions of each job chosen.
Where to find help:
1. https://www.prezi.com/
Graphics Year 8 - Autumn Term
Designers and Packaging
By the end of this task you will have:

Researched well known Graphic designers

Produced a tessellation
By the end of this task you will know:

A knowledge of graphic designers

An understanding of why some products are packaged the way that they are
How to complete the task:
Follow all the instructions on the worksheets below
Exceptional Home Learning may include:

An exceptional understanding of tessellations and why they are used in packaging

Very detailed research and knowledge of famous Graphic designers
Where to find help:

Internet

Your class teacher
Graphics - Designers
Graphic designers have had a massive influence on the
modern world as we know it.
1) Pair the designers with their field of design by drawing an
arrow joining the two.
Date:
Yr8 Homework
2)
Homework 1:
1.
Using the internet for research – pair the designers with their
specialist field with arrows.
2.
Pick a designer from one of those stated above. Using the internet
or books found in the library produce an A4 page of research.
You could include the following:
•
Images of their work
•
A brief history of their life
•
Their inspirations
Remember you are a graphic designer consider the presentation..
All work should be your own work and written in your own words.
Please state any material that helped you with your research
Design & Technology
Graphics - Card Engineering
Date:
Yr8 Homework
2. Below is a picture of a net (development). In industry developments
are arranged on a sheet with minimal gaps between them so that there
is hardly any waste.. This is called a Tessellation pattern.
Please try and make the most effective tessellation pattern you can by
trying to fit in as many of the nets below as possible in the space
provided,
Homework 2:
1. Using arrows link up the image of the net (development) with the
image of the constructed product.
Design & Technology
Graphics -Packaging
1.
Date:
There are 5 main reasons for packaging a product.
Please explain each of the reasons in the space provided.
An example has been completed for you.
2.
Yr8 Homework
Using the words below – complete the
diagram.
Euro Slot
Dust Flap
Front Panel
Barcode
Name of Company
Glue Flap
Energy Information
Storage
Products are packaged so they can be stored and stacked up
on a supermarket shelf. This makes it easier to stack a
quantity of the products.
Promote
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Protect
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Preserve
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Inform
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Homework 3:
1.
Explain in your own words each reason a product would be packaged in
the space provided.
2.
Using the words provided fill in the labels on the picture.
3.
Explain what a Euro slot is used for in packaging.
3.
What is a Euro Slot used for???
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Design & Technology
Food Technology - Year 8 Autumn Term
Foods From Around the world
By the end of this task you will have:

Investigated a country of your choice and produced a project

Cooked a dish from that country and produced an evaluation
By the end of this task you will know:

How to plan your work and use flow charts successfully

How to evaluate your own work
How to complete the task:

Foods from around the world which you will get to cook in the last two weeks of
the course when you will

Pick a country of your choice. You need to do some research about that country
and the foods they eat, and then decide which dishes you wish to cook from that
country and produce a recipe book to include your background research pictures,
and at least 3 recipes (ingredients and method) from that country. Your recipe
book needs to have a front cover and a contents page.

When choosing which one your recipes to cook you need to consider the time
they take to cook, and your skill levels.

The cost of ingredients no meal should cost your parents any more than £5 for
the ingredients. You will need to consult with your parents before choosing your
specific dish of the 3 you have chosen to cook for your assessment.

You will cook your food week 9 of the carousel movement so you will need to
remember your ingredients and apron. There will be no ingredients on the VLE
for week 9 for this reason.
Exceptional Home Learning may include:

Working out the costings of your ingredients

Working out the equipment list for your cooking practical
Where to find help:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/
Art & Design - Year 8 Autumn Term
Surrealism
By the end of this task you will have:

Researched and presented information about an artist from the selection provided

Created an artwork inspired by the same artist
By the end of this task you will know:

Something about the life and style of the artist you have researched

How to create an artwork that is in the same style of that artist
How to complete the task:
1. See Show My Homework for the homework sheet for info and ideas
2. Your teacher will give you full instructions in class
Exceptional Home Learning may include:

Evidence of the ‘Super Challenge’ homework activities (on the homework sheet)

Where to find help:

Show My Homework (info and images for ideas)

Your art teacher (full instructions in class)

After school club available
Music - Year 8 Summer Term
World Music
By the end of this task you will have:

Created a project on World Music. This should take the form of a booklet/ A4 folder
with information on different styles of music around the world. The project can be done
on the computer or hand written. It should be at least 7 pages long (including the front
cover and bibliography)
How to complete the task:
Your project MUST include music from at least 5 countries around the world. You must have
at least one country from each of these areas; Europe, Africa, the Far East of Asia (e.g. China,
Japan), Southern Asia (e.g. India, Pakistan), South or North America.
Your project must include:
-
A cover
Separate sections on each of the areas
Information about the different types of music including the different instruments
Lots of pictures, diagrams and maps
A bibliography, to explain where you got all of the information from.
Exceptional Home Learning may include:



Background information about the countries
Information on popular artists from those countries
Sub headings within each section of your project to organise your ideas clearly
History - Year 8 Autumn Term
Tudor Magazine Project
By the end of this task you will have:

Created a magazine on a Tudor topic of your choice
By the end of this task you will know:

The different features you would find in a magazine

Key bits of information about your chosen Tudor topic
How to complete the task:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Think about possible topics you could do and decide on the one you would
like to do.
Research your chosen topic and other magazines for feature ideas
Plan your magazine, for example what you will include and the lay out
Write your magazine
Exceptional Home Learning may include:

Detailed explanation of the topics inside your magazine, written in your own
words.
Where to find help:

Your teacher

The Internet

The Library
Geography - Year 8 Autumn Term
Crime
By the end of this task you will have:

Designed and created your own ‘crime-free town’.
By the end of this task you will know:


Why different levels of crimes occur in different places
Which methods of crime prevention are most effective and why
How to complete the task:



First, you need to create and design your own town. Include residential areas,
roads, schools, shops, transportation links, open space,
lakes/rivers/sea/mountains, etc. (Level 4)
You then need to choose which types of crime prevention methods you would like
to use in your town, to keep it safe and crime-free. Explain how these methods
work in practice. (Level 5)
Explain how different crime prevention methods work together to create an overall
safe area. (Level 6)
Exceptional Home Learning may include:


Evaluate how effective your crime free town is (Level 7)
Compare it to a real city around the world (Level 8)
Where to find help:




Your teacher
The internet
The library
Geography textbooks
ICT –Year 8 Autumn Term
Spreadsheets
Name: _______________________
Class: ________________________
Sheet 1
1. Miss Aberdeen is a Computing teacher. She uses a spreadsheet
to keep track of her pupils’ results
Use the words below to complete the following sentences
column row cell
a) In the spreadsheet, a box is called a ________________
1
b) All the information about Joshua Jones is contained in a
________________
1
c) All the scores from Test 2 are contained in a ________________
1
2. Complete the following using two of the words below.
formula text value
a) Cell C5 contains a __________________
1
b) Cell A1 contains a __________________
1
c) The formula in cell D2 is = _____ + _____
2
Total 7 marks
Sheet 2
1) A PE department is doing time trials for the 100m. Part of the
spreadsheet is shown below.
Cell D2 contains the average trial time for John Brown. Fill in the
space below with the function and cell reference for this average
calculation.
= ___________ ( _________ : __________)
3
3) The formula is replicated in column D. Explain what is meant by
the term replicated?
1
4) After the trial times were entered the teacher wanted to ensure
that they could not be deleted or altered by mistake. What is the
name given to the feature that would prevent this?
1
5) All the times shown should have 2 decimal places. Explain
clearly how this could be done.
1
6) In column E the teacher wants to show their best time over the
two trials. Fill in the space below with the function and cell
reference in the appropriate place for cell E4.
= ___________ ( _________ : __________)
3
Total 9 marks
Sheet 3 (General)
A spreadsheet is used to work out the winner of a long jump
competition.
Part of the spreadsheet is shown below.
Formulae are used to work out the best jump and the average for
each competitor.
1. State the formula used in cell E4 to calculate the best jump.
2
2. State the formula used in cell F5 to calculate the average jump.
2
3. The formula that was entered into cell E4 was replicated. State
what is meant by the term replicate.
1
4. Cell protection is used on the spreadsheet. State the purpose of
cell protection.
1
5. The spreadsheet software is user friendly with a GUI. .Fill in the
blanks to
show what GUI stands for.
G_______________ U_______________ I________________
2
6. Describe how a GUI is user friendly.
1
7. The software also has an on-line tutorial and on-line help.
Describe the
difference between on-line help and an on-line tutorial.
2
Total 11 marks
Sheet 3 (Credit)
Cell E4 contains a formula to calculate how much each customer
owes. It has been replicated into cells E5, E6 and E7.
1) What is the formula in E4?
2
2) Which type of referencing, absolute or relative would have been
used to replicate this formula?
1
Explain your answer
2
3) If a customer spends over £10.00 then a 10% discount is given.
A formula in F4 calculates any discount which is due.
Using B1, write down the formula which would be in F4.
= __________ ( ____________ , _________ , _______ )
4
4) Before being replicated B1 needs to be made an absolute
reference. Why is this?
2
Total 11 marks