Below you will find some optional work over the summer break to support students retention of knowledge and to help them prepare for the new academic year.
Subject
Key Topics
Learning Resources
English
KS3 Treasure Island
Seneca
Course Title: English KS3 Treasure Island
Course (s):
All available course (1-6)
Maths
1. Fractions as a diagram 2+3 Adding, Subtracting, Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Sparx Maths - Independent Learning section of the website. Sparx numbers to search can be found below:
Science
Particles – Distillation, Chromatography, Solubility and saturation.
Energy: Costs, Energy in Food, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Resources
Course Title: Science: KS3, Chemistry
Course(s): Section 2 Particles 2.1.6 Conservation of mass to 2.1.10 Solubility
Course Title: Science: KS3, Physics
Course(s): Section 3 Energy 3.1.7 Energy in food to 3.1.11 Renewable energy
Oak Academy
Course Title: Science KS3 Particles
Course(s): Lesson 6 Solutions to Lesson 14 Solubility Practical
Course Title: Science KS3 Energy
Course(s): Lesson 12 Energy in Food to Lesson 14 Renewable Energy Resources
Year 7
Geography
Rivers
World of Work Development
Course Title: Geography KS3
Course(s): Section 8 (Rivers). Section 6 (World of Work). Section 4 (Development)
Courses Title: Geography KS3
Course(s): Rivers (All 13 Lessons). World of Work (All 11 Lessons).
Development (All 10 Lessons)
History
The Medieval World
Course Title: History: KS3
Course(s): Unit 1- The Medieval World. Section 1.4 (King John), Section 1.5 (Magna Carta and Parliament) and Section 1.6 (the Black Death)
French
Course Title: French KS3
Course(s): Topic 1: Family and Home Topic 2: Lifestyle
Topic 3: School and Jobs
Topic 6: Grammar (Only Present and Future)
Spanish
Course Title: Spanish KS3
Course(s): Topic 1 Family
Topic 2 School and Jobs Topic 3 Town and Shopping Topic 4 = Free Time
Topic 6= Present Tense
Topic 8= Future Tense
Year 8
Course Title: English KS3 Dystopian Short Stories
Course(s)
All available courses (1-3)
1.Units of measurement 2.Angles in Parallel Lines
3.Interior and Exterior angles 4.Circumference 5.Proportional reasoning
Hegarty Maths
Clips and quiz numbers to search below
Units of Measurement – 700-701, 705-706, 709-711, Angles in Parallel - 480-483
Interior and Exterior angles - 561-564 Circumference - 534-538
Proportional Reasoning – 339 - 341, 739 -742, 763-772
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - 73-76, 82-83, 88-90, 96
Ratio - 328-334
Space – Gravity, Weight, The Seasons, The Universe
Periodic Table
Course Title: Science KS3: Physics
Course(s): Space Physics section 3.6 3.6.1 Our solar system and 3.6.2 Beyond the solar system
Course Title: Science KS3: Chemistry
Course(s): 2.4 Periodic Table, 2.4.4 Groups 1 and 7, 2.4.5 Oxides
Course Title: Science KS3
Course(s): Light and Space - Lesson 11 Gravity to Lesson 15 Seasons
Course(s): Atoms and the Periodic Table – All Lessons
Population Tectonics Coasts
Course(s): Section 11 (Tectonics). Section 13 (Global Population). Section 9 (Coasts)
Course Title: Key Stage 3 Geography
Course(s): Tectonics (All 15 lessons); Population (All 13 lessons). Coasts (All 11
Lessons)
The English Civil War
Course Title: History KS3
Course(s): Unit 5 (The English Civil War 642-1660), Sections 5.1-5.4
Course Title: select age group KS3
Course(s): units 1 to 5
Unit 6 grammar about tenses is vast so focus on just present and perfect tense
Year 9
KS3 Of Mice and Men
Course Title: English KS3 Of Mice and Men
Course(s):
All available courses (1-5)
English Lit:
AQA GCSE Macbeth
Course Title: English Lit: AQA GCSE Macbeth
Sets 1 and 2
Probability
Capture & Recapture Standard Form
Surds
Recurring Decimals
Clips and quiz numbers to search: Probability: 351-90
Capture and Recapture: 872-3 Standard Form: 122-9
Surds: 111-19
Recurring Decimals: 53-4
Sets 3 and 4
Probability Standard Form Simple Interest Ratio (further)
Clips and quiz numbers to search: Probability 351-90
Standard Form 122-9
Simple Interest 93
Ratio (further) 330-7
Science (Combined) Higher Biology
-Cell Biology, Cell
Specialisation and Differentiation.
-Microscopy
-Cell Division
-Movement of Molecules into and out of Cells by Diffusion.
-Osmosis and Active
Transport
Course Title: Combined Science Biology: AQA GCSE Higher
Course(s): Bioenergetics 4.1-4.8 Homeostasis and response 5.1 - 5.3
Course Title: Key stage 4 Biology
Course(s): Bioenergetics (HT)
Homeostasis (HT)
Science (Combined) Higher Chemistry
Chemical Changes –
Reactivity, Displacement & Metal Extraction, Making Salts, Electrolysis
Course Title: Combined Science Chemistry: AQA GCSE Higher
Course(s): 4 (4.1-4.4) 4.1 Acids, Alkalis & Redox Reactions, 4.2 Reactivity of Metals, 4.3 Reactions of Acids & 4.4 Electrolysis
-Completing all of these is estimated between 39-65 mins
Course Title: Key stage 4 Combined Science
Course(s): Chemical changes (HT)
https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/chemical-changes-ht-3891
Science (Combined) Higher Physics
Electricity – Resistors in Series and Parallel Circuits, Circuit Components, Domestic Electricity and the National Grid, Electrical Power.
Course Title: Combined Science Physics: AQA GCSE Higher
Section(s): 2.3 and 2.4
Course Title: Key stage 4, Physics, Electricity.
Lesson(s): 6 - 20
Science (Combined) Foundation Biology
Cell Biology, Cell Specialisation and Differentiation, Microscopy, Cell Division, Movement of Molecules into and out of Cells by Diffusion, Osmosis and Active Transport, how Cells are Organised into tissues & Organs, the Digestive and Respiratory Systems.
Course Title: Combined Science Biology: AQA GCSE Foundation
Course(s): Infection and response 3.1 and 3.2 Homeostasis and response 5.1 - 5.3
Course(s): Infection and response lessons 3-6 Homeostasis lessons 8, 10, 12, 14,15