Year 7 Scholars
English
- Poetry and creative writing for schools. Enter a submission to Young Writers. Successful entries may be published: https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/KS3-4
- Submit a piece to English and Media Centre (EMC): https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/assets/uploads/documents/Write_ema g_Students.pdfhttps://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/e-magazine/
- The Newspaper Challenge: read a news article from online or actual print once a week and discuss it with someone at home or with your tutor group
- Play language-based games to help develop literacy skills. Such games could include Scrabble, Lexicon, Double Quick, Upwords, Dingbats and WordDrop
- Write a play or a collection of poems or short stories to help extend writing skills
- Choose an issue in the media or in your community. Write a letter to the Mayor of Dacorum which outlines your concerns and the issues which affect you .
- Create a holiday guide or travel brochure for a place that you have visited or would like to visit
Maths
- Play strategy games e.g. Bridge, Chess, Go, Risk, Monopoly and Dominos
- Research the Golden Ratio and write a report explaining it to a primary school student
- Snowflake, Seashell, Star – an interactive, numerical colouring book by Alex Bellos
- Enter the Junior Maths Challenge https://www.ukmt.org.uk/individual- competitions/junior-challenge/
Science
- Join the STEM club with ...
PE
- Create a scrapbook of any sport, sportsperson, or sporting event from broadsheet newspapers
- Be a part of a school sports club
Geography
- Play GeoGuessR online - (Game using StreetView images that drops the player in a random location and challenges them to work out where they are) https://geoguessr.com/
- Research a country of your choice and write a short report including information about its population, culture, economy, and environment
History
- “What was it like for a child in the era?” Imagine what it was like to live in a chosen historical era and write a first-person narrative of 500 words that describes the experience
- Investigate a famous person from English history: write a biographical profile listing their qualities, achievements, historical context, and legacy
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
- Research a French/Spanish-speaking country and make a fact file, podcast, or video.
- Investigate Duolingo, Quizlet, Memrise, Babbel
Art & Textiles
- Research a famous artist - write a biographical report including their influences, their major works, the themes they explore and the time they lived and worked in
Technology
- Choose a famous invention - what were its impacts, how and why was it invented and what would the world be like without it today?
Computing
- Learn to code using some of the links in the reading list
Philosophy and Ethics
- Produce fact files for the six world religions – Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism. Consider their origins, beliefs, and practices
Music
- Choose a favourite song - try to analyse at its melody and its lyrics (if it has them) - write a response about what you like about it and why
Drama
- Try some of these drama games and exercises https://www.bbbpress.com/dramagames/