Strike Action – Friday 7th July

Dear Parents / Carers

As you are aware, the National Education Union (NEU) has voted to take industrial action in schools across the country on Friday the 7th July. 

Below is the schedule for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 who will be required to complete their school work at home:

8.30 - 9.00:  Assembly  Click here to join the assembly: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTQxNDc4MmItMzZhNy00NzQzLTg3MDctNDY3ZmRlOTgyMWJm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22dea6c29d-26c8-457d-8827-656906bcc6d8%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%2233613f5e-8fde-4e45-a251-514fd6558e9d%22%2C%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3Atrue%2C%22role%22%3A%22a%22%7D&btype=a&role=a 

9.00 - 10.45: ENGLISH

Year 7 

Reading for meaning: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (thenational.academy) 

Thinking about Structure: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (thenational.academy) 

Language analysis: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (thenational.academy) 

Year 8 

Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 1) (thenational.academy) 

Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2) (thenational.academy) 

Analysing structure in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 1) (thenational.academy) 

Analysing structure in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2) (thenational.academy) 

Year 9  

Creative Writing (poetry): Personification (thenational.academy) 

Creative Writing: Simile and Metaphor (thenational.academy) 

Creative Writing (poetry): Sound and Rhyme (thenational.academy) 

Creative Writing (poetry): Planning Poems (thenational.academy) 

Creative Writing (poetry): Writing Poetry (thenational.academy) 

10.45 -12.00: MATHS

Year 7 

Lesson 1 - Area of parallelograms - Start the video at 3:45 

Lesson 2 – Area of triangles – Start the video at 4:15 

Year 8 

Angles in parallel lines review – Start the video at 4:15 

Year 9 

Area of a trapezium – Start the video at 5:20 

Solving inequalities – Start the video at 5:15 

12.00 - 1.00pm: RE

Year 7 

Festivals: Christmas & Easter (thenational.academy) 

Year 8: 

Kantian Ethics (thenational.academy) 

Year 9: 

Church in the local community (thenational.academy) 

1.45 - 3.15: SCIENCE

Year 7 

Reflection - https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1309  

Reflected images - https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1310  

Year 8 

Investigating elastic objects - https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1384  

Hooke’s Law - https://continuityoak.org.uk/Lessons?r=1385  

Your child should log in to the assembly by 8.30am, using their school email address, so that we can register their attendance.  It is important that they complete the work set above, so that they do not fall behind, and work completion will be monitored by school staff.  Links to the various lessons will also be posted on Show My Homework and sent to students' school email addresses.

If you have any questions about the arrangements outlined above, please do contact me at admin@theelmsacademy.org.uk

Thank you for your continued support of the school and your child's education.

Yours sincerely

Mrs A Welch

Principal

Online Learning Guidance