The latest Enrichment Grid is here!

25th June 2020Ms E Roberts

Staff and Prefects at Heartlands have contributed to this updated Enrichment Grid, which contains activities you can be getting on with to enrich yourself and develop your character while you are at home. The Grid is divided into different categories, so you may wish to focus on activities that interest you most. All these activities are free to get involved in. 

We’d love to hear from you: email Mr Seldon and your form tutor any photos or videos of you doing any of these enrichment activities!

Category Activity and any links
Physical 
  • Jogging
  • Yoga
  • Couch to 5K – download the app on your phone
  • Just dance videos here
  • PE with Joe videos here
 Thinking 
  • Chess. Join Chess.Com here.
  • Make 24 Maths Game. Play online here.
  • Su Doku. Play online here.  
  • Trivia quizzes here
Mental 
  • Meditation- You can find guided meditations on youtube
  • Gratitude Journal – Write two things you are grateful for that happened that day. 
  • Doing an activity mindfully. For example, eating,    walking or listening to music.  
  • Mindfulness colouring here. 
  • ‘How to boss your mood’ live stream this Thursday 30th at 10 am
 Arts
  • Take a look at Heartlands Arts Land (Lots of clubs, competitions and creative thing to keep you busy)
  • Join our online Art Club here!! 
  • Cross stitch and/or sewing/drawing
  • Try out one (or more!) of the DT challenges here
  • Join our online Music Producers club HERE
  • Free classical music streaming HERE
  • Watch this performance of Macbeth HERE.
  • Creative Film Competition HERE
Writing
  • Freewriting- Writing whatever comes into your mind without worrying if it makes sense.
  • Calling all female identifying students – you can submit a piece of writing to a new zine created by ‘Be Her Lead’ – see details here
  • You can enter a creative writing competition here 
  • Read and be inspired by Dekko comics here
  • Be a judge for the Alexandra Palace Children’s Book Awards, and take the daily challenges from the nominated authors here.
 Learning 
  • Earn your Duke of York iDEA award in technology and business here (this gets you a real award – bronze or silver)
  • Learning a language here
  • Brilliant Speakers for Schools taks here
  • Watch Ted Talks here
  • Online courses on a range of subjects (Recommended for KS4),  here.
  • Enter the Young Geographer of the Year Competition here. (Contact Geography teachers for help if needed).
  • You are living in a momentous historical time! Try out some of these activities to record what life was like during lockdown and to consider what the historians (you) of the future might make of it all.
  • Become scientists at home and try these fun and easy experiments here or measurement activities here. 
  • Learn about the black history in the USA from slavery to George Flloyd, here.

 

Character talks

25th June 2020Ms E Roberts

All these short talks have been chosen as we think they’ll interest Heartlands students and all touch on the importance of character. All are free to watch! Let us know if you have watched any and what you think!

Talk Content Link
Drew Dudley – Everyday Leadership Amusing and practical tips for how we can seized every day to be a leader in some way https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership
Arel Moodie – The Secret to Student Success Arel Moodie uses his personal story of living in challenging circumstances about how we can achieve success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY86_7G2qZQ
Angela Duckworth- The power of grit Duckworth explains why resilience is the key to student success rather than intelligence https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance
Adora Svitak – What adults can learn from kids Child prodigy Adora Svitak on the importance of ‘childish’ thinking like optimism and creativity  https://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak_what_adults_can_learn_from_kids
Diana Nyad – Never, ever give up Nyad swam from Cuba to America at the age of 60 https://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up#t-918954
Ric Elias – 3 things I learned while my plane crashed Elias had a front-row seat on a plane that crash-landed. What went through his mind as the plane went down? https://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias_3_things_i_learned_while_my_plane_crashed#t-271413
Steve Jobs – Commencement Speech Founder of Apple Steve Jobs gives some invaluable life advice to graduates of Harvard University  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
Andy Puddicome – All it takes is 10 Mindful Minutes Andy Puddicome on the importance of stillness and taking time of your day to be mindful https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes#t-543237
Clint Smith – How to raise a black son in America  A profound look at the racial divide in America and how to address it  https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_how_to_raise_a_black_son_in_america?referrer=playlist-talks_to_help_you_understand_r#t-300495

Together in Solidarity – Black Lives Matter

8th June 2020Ms E Roberts

Embracing diversity, promoting equality, and being fully inclusive are at the centre of all we do at Heartlands Community Trust. Our schools are reflecting on the death of George Floyd and the response from the Black Lives Matter movement.

We recognise our duty to ensure that we speak out and send a message that we all agree that racism is unacceptable and prejudice is never to be tolerated.

We pledge to

  • Champion equality, ensuring we are driving change and dismantling systemic racism through our behaviours, curriculum and policies
  • Continue to offer opportunities to listen to all members of our community
  • Relentlessly show the love, dignity and respect which everyone deserves
  • Create opportunities to work with all stakeholders to listen, learn and take action together to improve the life chances for all
  • Commitment to ensuring our workforce reflects local diversity and that we maintain a supportive and inclusive working environment, which is free from discrimination or harassment

In this way we will honour the memory of George Floyd (1973–2020), and all those who have suffered the consequences of racism, and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Anthony Billings
Chief Executive Officer
Heartlands Community Trust

 

 

 

Curriculum: What will we be learning this half term?

3rd June 2020Ms E Roberts

Heartlands Curriculum for Half Term 6

We will continue to set and mark work each week for ALL year groups.  We will be introducing some new interactive teaching approaching using methods such as Loom and Zoom as well as fully utilising Google classroom. See below the topics for each subject (scroll down for 9 and 10)

As always check the DPR for all your feedback and assignments on your given day!

  • Monday: Year 7
  • Tuesday: Year 9 and 10
  • Wednesday: Year 8

Please email your tutor or IT help student.ITHelp@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk if you need any support with accessing work.

The following information can also be viewed and downloaded here.

 

Year 7

Year 8
English ‘War with Troy’, a dramatic
retelling of the Trojan War. 
We will be studying episodes 6–12.  		 Speech writing. Writing
a speech about an important
issue of your choice.
Maths Number Properties
Decimals
Order of Operations
Fractions		 Averages
Solving Equations
Area & Perimeter
Percentages
Science  Physics – Sound and light
Chemistry – Chemical change		 Biology – Plants and photosynthesis
Chemistry – Acids and alkalis
Physics – Waves and light
History What was the impact
of the British Empire?
The British in America,
Australia, Africa and India		 Why was there a Second World War?
How did the Holocaust happen?
Geography Development:
Is the world getting better?		 Asia: What can we learn
about the biggest continent
in the world?
French The Area where I Live
Mod 4 – Unit 4
je veux plus infinitives
Learning to talk about what
you want to do in your town		 House and Home
Module 4 – Unit 4
Using a variety of tenses
Spanish My family and My Friends
Mod 4 Unit 3 – using tener/ser.
Using the irregular verbs to
have and to be		 Hobbies and Pastimes
Mod 4 – Unit 2
Poder/querer – talking
about what you want
and what you can do
Art Natural World
A project that focuses on
organic forms and gives
ample opportunities to learn
new skills and techniques.		 The Cultural Project!
Looking at cultures that
fascinate around the world.
Cultural identity and identification.
Computing Understanding computer
networks and building websites.		 Careers in computing and
skills needed for graphic design,
animation and engineering.
Drama Theatre History:
From Ancient Greece to
contemporary theatre		 Genres, Styles and Practitioners:
Studying different types of theatre
DT – Product Design Properties of Materials,
specifically woods and plastics.
What material types, uses and properties.		 Designing Solutions, CAD,
Sources and types of wood,
metal and plastic
DT – Food Tech Creating healthy takeaway
foods – fakeaways
Designing recipes
for a dietary need		 Solving problems in recipes
Healthy Eating
International recipes
Food Hygiene
DT – Textiles/CAD Sources of Materials
Where we get them
Properties of materials
how they perform
Construction of fabrics
How they’re made		 New and Emerging Technologies
Why we need Robots, Drones,
Artificial Intelligence (AI),
Virtual Reality (VR) and other
new technologies. The way
they work and their importance in society. 
Music Classical Footsteps Blues and the development
of pop music
PE Athletics – Track and Field events
Striking and fielding games		 Athletics – Track and Field events
Striking and fielding games
ENRICH/
ExCel		 Community Values

 

Year 9

Year 10
English AQA Power and Conflict Poetry AQA Power and Conflict Poetry
Maths Proportion
Similarity
Ratio
Percentages		 Area & Volume
Iteration
Factorising and
Solving Quadratics
Science  OCR Gateway A
Biology Unit 2 – Scaling Up
Physics Unit 2 – Forces		 OCR Gateway A
Chemistry Unit 4 –
Predicting and identifying
reactants and products
Physics Unit 4 –
Waves in Matter
History Early Elizabethan England
Key Topic 1 – Queen, society
and government		 The Cold War
Key Topic 3 –
The end of the Cold War
Geography An overview of ecosystems
and a detailed look at
Tropical Rainforests		 Revision of Rivers unit of work.
Including rivers characteristics,
causes of flooding and flood management.
French Typical Days and Holiday
Mod 3 – Unit 1:
devoir/pouvoir		 School and Education
Mod 6 – Unit 3:
School Rules
il faut/il est interdit
Spanish People I Know
Mod 3 – Unit 1:
para plus infinitive		 The World of Work
Mod 7 – Unit 1:
Jobs/earning money
Art Watercolour project
Looking at Watercolour techniques
and create experimentations,
recordings and developments.		 Projects on nature,
portrait and superpower
With opportunities to work and
experiment with clay and 3D forms.
Business Consolidation work to bring together
what was covered this year. Students
will also complete research projects
such as; creating a CV & discovering employment/recruitment.		 Consolidation work to bring together
what was covered this year on topics
1.1 through 1.5, with a focus on assessment skills and content theory.
Citizenship International Organisations
(UN, Nato, World Bank, NGOs)		 Government and Parliament 
Classics Civilisations in the classical period,
such as Assyria, Mesopotamia,
Egypt and Babylonia. We will
also start our in depth study
of religion in the ancient world.		 Representation of the underworld
and how this links to the ideas of death
and burial in ancient Greece and Rome.
Child Development Students will continue perfecting and improving their RO19 coursework.
Computing Analysis of the legal, ethical
and environmental issues around
technology usage – especially
considering real life scenarios.		 Analysis of the legal, ethical
and environmental issues around technology usage and thinking about
cyber security issues in modern society.
Creative iMedia Two mini projects using different
media skills to research, plan and
make a piece of media based
on client requirements.		 Two mini projects using different media skills to research, plan and make a piece of media based on client requirements.
Drama A mini monologue project and
reviewing live drama with the
National Theatre		 Studying Hard to Swallow by Mark Wheeler and reviewing live drama with the National Theatre
Design Technology Students will be continuing to
work on a practice NEA project.
We will be focussing on problem
solving and design skills.
They will also be recapping
key theoretical concepts such
as sustainability and the impact
of other designers’ work.		 Students will be working on the initial stages of their NEA, focussing on
producing design ideas to solve their problem. They will also be looking at
how plastics are manufactured,
and the environmental impact
of design and technology.
Economics N/A Economic objectives and the role
of Government [Paper2]
Engineering Students will be looking at
Health and Safety in the workplace
and how this is supported by
legislation. They will then be moving
on to look at different materials
and how they are suitable for
different applications.		 Students will be studying material properties and different materials categories, looking specifically
at how materials are suited
to certain applications.
Food Tech Looking at how cooking
methods affect foods
Why boiling gives a mushy texture
but frying gives a crunchy texture.
How heat transfer works.
How to adapt flavours in recipes.
How to conduct a food experiment.		 Looking at Food science reactions
and how to complete a mini NEA
(non examined assessment)
How to complete a food science investigation.
Recap on important hygiene
and safety in the kitchen.
Looking at recipes to improve
and develop in flavour and presentation.
Music Developing performance
and composing skills
Exploring the genres of:
Blues, Musical Theatre,
Rock & Pop		 Developing performance
and composing skills
Mozart Minuet and Trio from
Eine Kleine Nachtmusick (set work)
Photography Covid Photography Challenge
Weekly tasks that will be collated
to produce a separate sketch book. Challenges will link to specific photographers and encourage students to utilise
skills from previous 6 weeks		 Covid Photography Challenge (Advanced)
Weekly tasks that will be collated
to produce a separate sketch book. Challenges will link to specific photographers and encourage
students to utilise skills from
previous 6 weeks
Sociology Sociology of the Media  Sociology of the Media
and Unit 1 Revision
Sports Studies What are the barriers to participation in sport?
Advantages of hosting
a World Cup or Olympic Games.		 What are the solutions to enable
more participation in sport
Disadvantages of hosting
a World Cup or Olympic Games.
Statistics Scatter graphs and correlation Using probability trees
ASDAN Literacy – inference and comprehension Literacy – inference and comprehension
Land Introduction to Horticulture
Clearing and Weeding
a Garden modulePlanting a Container module 		 Introduction to Horticulture
Clearing and weeding a Garden module
Planting a Container module 
Catering Basic Food Preparation:
Introduction to healthy eating module
Introduction to the hospitality industry module		 Basic Food Preparation:
Introduction to healthy eating module
Introduction to the hospitality
industry module

Action against racism

1st June 2020Ms E Roberts

PSHE – Black Lives Matter Protests

We have been devastated by the news from America on the death of George Floyd.  We are all angry and looking for a way to use our voice and how we influence change.

Please use the resource above to discuss events with your child.

We can take action.  In the last few slides in the resource above, which we will be sharing with students today, children are encouraged to take positive action and we list the ways they can actively be involved in the conversation.

Over the coming weeks we continuing this work and collecting the ideas, thoughts and responses from staff and students.

Half term fun for all the family!

25th May 2020Ms E Roberts

Dear Heartlands Family!

We hope you all enjoyed the sunny bank holiday weekend and those of you celebrating Eid had a lovely time! We have released a handy ‘go to’ of 9 activities you can do as a family!

Heartlands at Home_9 Half Term Holiday Activities for students & families

We really look forward to seeing what you get up to over the half term! As always;  both I and your head of house will be looking out for excellent photos of you having a go at these activities and truly SEARCHing at home! Please do email them through!

Best wishes

Mrs Roberts

E-Safety advice for students

14th May 2020Hill

Understandably, lots of us are using social media to stay in touch with friends and family. Social media is a great way to stay connected but make sure you are following these top tips to stay safe online:

  1. Privacy and security settings exist for a reason. Make sure yours are up to date.
  2. Once posted, always posted. Think twice about posting anything you wouldn’t want your parents or future employers to see.
  3. Keep your personal information, personal! The more information you post, the more information someone has that could be used in a negative way such as fraud.
  4. Be honest if you feel uncomfortable.
  5. Know what action to take. If someone is upsetting you online, block them and report them to the site admin team. Do not retaliate.

If you are worried about cyber-bullying there is lots of advice here. Please don’t forget that you can report bullying on the school website here too – even though we are not at school it is still our job to make sure you feel safe and happy.