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Year 7 Transition Tasks

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ENGLISH

Superhero Project

You will need to bring this homework to your first English lesson at Droitwich Spa High

School. If you don’t end up having an English lesson on your first day, you can leave this

project in your tutor room.

The task is to create your own superhero and to design an appropriate costume for your

him or her. The costume should be designed to represent your superhero’s personality

traits, as well as their heritage and powers. You could undertake this task in any of the

following ways:

Draw your outfit and label it

Create it from papier-mâché

Create a miniature model of your outfit using whichever materials you desire

Create a life-size model of your outfit using whichever materials you desire

You must also justify your decisions regarding the costume in writing. This must be at least

200 words and should describe the superhero and their powers/personality traits. There

must then be a description of the outfit and accessories, with an explanation of how this

represents the superhero’s powers or personality traits.

An exemplar paragraph:

Thor’s steel suit of armour is designed to symbolise his strength and power, along with

showing that he is constantly prepared for battle. Furthermore, his boots are rather

elaborate and showy, designed to show his readiness for any situation but also to imply a

sense of vanity due to their magnificence. Typically, superheroes often wear capes, so I

have designed one for Thor to show that he is the typical hero who would sacrifice himself

for others. Additionally, the burgundy colour is used to represent the fact that he can be

quite reckless and dangerous.


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Make Your Own Superhero!

Answer the questions below to create your very own superhero!

1) What is your superhero’s name?

2) What is your superhero’s boring, everyday name?

3) What powers does your superhero have?

4) How did your superhero get these powers?

5) How does your superhero use their powers to fight crime?

6) Who is your superhero’s arch enemy?

7) What is your superhero’s weakness?

8) Does your superhero have a sidekick? If so…who?

9) What sort of problems does your superhero face?

10) What sort of childhood did your superhero have?


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11) What sort of gadgets does your superhero have?

12) What does your superhero look like? Describe them.

When you have finished, design and drawn your superhero, costume and logo.


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History Your Droitwich Spa High School History Transition project – ‘making history’

We’re really looking forward to meeting you in September and going back in

time to study some of the most important events in Britain’s history !

Before we meet then, we’d like to challenge you to ‘make history’ – literally !

You’re going to create and make your own model of a famous historical scene !

whether you’re interested in Ancient Rome, Viking invaders or Tudor Monarchs, whether

you want to re create a battle of WW2 like Pearl harbour, a famous scientific discovery like

discovering penicillin or a moment that shook the world like Queen Elizabeth defeating

the Spanish armada there are millions of famous historical moments, people and periods to

choose from.

Will you have the execution of Henry VIII’s wife Anne Boleyn ? Will you have Boudiccea

fighting the Roman forces ? Will your model show Neil Armstrong landing on the moon in

1969 ?

Which history most interests you ? Here’s your chance to re-create a famous historical

scene using whatever materials you have at home ! The ideas around this page have all

been made with simple paper, glue and colour ! the more creative the better ! It has to be

small enough to carry into school and show us, but that’s the only limit !

Don’t worry ! If you can’t make a model, you can draw a plan of one and submit this ! If its

really good, we can turn it into a model when you arrive at Droitwich Spa High School !

The History department will be judging all the entries and the best three will win a prize

and be put on display in the department for all our historians to admire your work.

We’ve included a template for some soldier figures and some historic buildings like

medieval buildings, a castle from the middle ages and a Tudor house – these can easily be

adapted to create figures and buildings of your choice. There’s no limit or rules on what you

can select ! You have all of history to choose from !

We look forward to seeing our next History-makers at work and the moments in time

you’re going to capture.

Take care and stay safe,

The History Department


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GERMAN

Create your own tourist flyer about Germany

Choose one target group for your flyer:

Food connoisseur

Sport junkie

Petrol head

Nature lover

Cultural explorer

Music and fashion hipster

How to fold a flyer from A4:

Include in your flyer, pictures and facts about towns, famous sights, food etc. all about

Germany and target this to your chosen group.

If you would like, include some German words or phrases 😊.


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SCIENCE

Under The Sea Science Project

BIOLOGY

Task 1: Either pick one of these sea creatures or choose a different one. Can you describe

anything about that sea creature that shows it is adapted to live well in the sea? I have

given some examples below:

Great white shark Lobster

It has a streamlined shape to swim fast. Big claws to defend itself against predators

Task 2:

What are corals? Your job is to create a large drawing of a coral organism. Use the

description below to guide your drawing. Draw in pencil only – no colours required.

Although they can look like plants, corals are actually animals. Each coral animal is called a

polyp. Polyps resemble a marshmallow. They have a hole running through the middle,

rather like when you toast a marshmallow on a stick and push the stick right through the

centre from one flat side to the other. Tentacles surround the hole at the top. These look

like the 'arms' of an octopus but without any suckers. Instead, polyps have special stinging

cells inside their tentacles. Coral polyps capture and feed on small organisms floating or

swimming in the sea. To protect themselves and to have something to hold onto, polyps

secrete (a little bit like sweating) molecules which create a rock called limestone. The

bottom of a polyp holds tight to the limestone and it also creates a little tunnel for itself.

When alarmed, the polyp will withdraw its tentacles and hide inside the tunnel. Limestone

contains the elements calcium, carbon, and oxygen. Coral polyps are amazing because they

have another type of organism living inside their bodies. These are called algae. Algae have

chloroplasts and can photosynthesise. They provide the polyp with glucose and, in return,

the algae has a safe place to live.


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Polyps live in large groups called colonies. Colonies of corals can resemble round boulders

or the fanned branches of a tree. When colonies join together and grow on top of one

another, a coral reef is formed. Reefs will only develop in warm, clear, shallow seas and the

water must be neutral or alkaline.

PHYSICS

Task 1: Fill a glass with water. Put a pen or pencil into the glass. Look at the water and

pencil carefully. Draw a diagram of what you see – make sure it is neat, use a ruler if you

can and no shading or arty bits! Can you find an explanation of why this happens?

Task 2: Research some examples of how marine organisms use sound and light.

CHEMISTRY

Task 1: If you can, put an egg into a glass of vinegar. Can you see anything that suggests a

chemical reaction might be happening? Leave the glass for 24 hours, then carefully pour

the old vinegar out and replace it with fresh vinegar. Leave it for a week. Very carefully

pour the vinegar away and rinse with water. Pat dry. What has happened to the shell?

This is happening in our oceans at the moment. Carbon dioxide gas is increasing in the

atmosphere and dissolves into the oceans. When this happens, the water becomes acidic,

like the vinegar. What do you think will happen to the sea creatures that have shells made

of the same substance as the egg shells?

Task 2: Research the chemistry behind the destruction of corals by the increasing acidity of

seawater.


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Computer Science & Digital Media

Name each piece of hardware in the table below.

1 2 3

Name:

Name: Name:

4 5 6

Name:

Name:

7 8 9

Name:

Name: Name:

10 11 12

Name:

Name: Name:


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13 14 15

Name:

Name: Name:

16 17 18

Name:

Name: Name:

19 20 21

Name:

Name: Name:

22 23 24

Name:

Name: Name:


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25 26 27

Name:

Name: Name:

28 29 30

Name:

Name: Name:


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FRENCH

Task 1

MATCH THE FOLLOWING PHRASES AND LEARN THEM:

Bonjour Au revoir Comment t’appelles-tu ? Je m’appelle... Ça va ? Très bien Comme-ci comme-ça Ça va mal Levez-vous Asseyez-vous Levez la main Écoutez Lisez Regardez Écrivez

So-so Very well Listen Stand up Look Hello Goodbye Hand up Read How are you? Write What is your name? Not so good My name is… Sit down

Task 2

WRITE IN THESE NUMBERS…AND LEARN THEM OFF BY HEART.

UN NEUF

DEUX DIX

TROIS THREE/3 ONZE

QUATRE DOUZE

CINQ TREIZE

SIX QUATORZE

SEPT QUINZE

HUIT SEIZE

DIX-SEPT VINGT-CINQ

DIX-HUIT VINGT-SIX

DIX-NEUF VINGT-SEPT

VINGT VINGT-HUIT

VINGT ET UN VINGT-NEUF

VINGT DEUX TRENTE

VINGT-TROIS TRENTE ET UN

VINGT-QUATRE QUARANTE

*EXTRA! - MAKE UP 10 SUMS IN FRENCH!


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Task 3

FILL IN THE GAPS…

French English

Le 3 janvier

*The 14th of February

Le 10 mars

*Le premier avril

The 13th of May

Le 22 juin

*The 14th of July

The 6th of August

Le 29 septembre

The 31st of October

Le 5 novembre

*The 25th of December

*EXTRA! - FIND OUT WHAT THE SPECIAL DAYS * ARE IN FRENCH AND HOW THEY ARE

CELEBRATED…

Task 4

TRANSLATE THIS CONVERSATION INTO ENGLISH, PRACTISE AND LEARN IT!

A.Bonjour comment t’appelles-tu? B.Je m’appelle Clare et toi? A.Jean-Paul B.Ça va ? A.Très bien merci et toi? B. Comme-çi, comme-ça A.Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? B. Le 8 mars et toi? A.Le 5 juin B.Quel âge as-tu? A.J’ai douze ans et toi? B.Douze aussi B.Au revoir A.Salut

*EXTRA - rewrite the conversation, changing the names, ages and birthdays…


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Task 5 LABEL THE FAMILY MEMBERS…

*EXTRA - WRITE 4 SENTENCES ABOUT YOUR FAMILY…

EXEMPLE - Mon frère s’appelle James

Task 6

UNSCRAMBLE THESE SENTENCES…

Exemple : Ma /Jean/s’appelle/grand-mère = Ma grand-mère s’appelle Jean

1. onze/j’ai/ans =

2. tante/Louise/s’appelle/ma =

3. j’ai/soeurs/trois =

4. père/mon/trente/a/ans =

5. tu/frères/as/sœurs/des/ou =

*EXTRA - MAKE UP 5 OF YOUR OWN…

LE PÈRE LE FRÈRE LA MÈRE LA SOEUR

LE BÉBÉ L’ONCLE LA TANTE LE GRAND-PÈRE LE COUSIN

LA COUSINE


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Task 7 READ THE SENTENCES AND NUMBER THE ANIMALS CORRECTLY…

1. J’ai un lapin gris 2. J’ai un petit chien 3. J’ai une grande tortue 4. J’ai un poisson rouge 5. Je n’ai pas de chat 6. J’ai un poney 7. J’ai un cochon d’inde 8. Elle a une souris 9. Il a un oiseau *EXTRA - TRANSLATE THE 9 SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH… Task 8

JE M’APPELLE LUCIE…J’ADORE LES ANIMAUX.

J’AI DEUX CHATS NOIRS, UN CHIEN MARRON,

TROIS LAPINS BLANCS ET UN PONEY BRUN! JE

N’AI PAS DE SERPENT PARCE QUE JE DÉTESTE

LES SERPENTS MAIS J’ADORE MON PONEY

PARCE QU’ Il EST AMUSANT !


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ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE

1. Her name is Claire

2. She has 3 cats

3. Her dog is brown

4. She loves snakes

5. She thinks her pony is funny

*EXTRA - WRITE THE CORRECT SENTENCES IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH!

Task 9

WRITE 6 FACTS IN ENGLISH ABOUT HARRY POTTER…

Harry Potter

Il a 14 ans.

Son anniversaire est le 31 juillet.

Sa mère s’appelle Lily Potter.

Son père s’appelle James Potter.

Ses copains s’appellent Ron Weasley et Hermione Granger.

Il a un hibou qui s’appelle Hedwig.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

*EXTRA - WRITE A SHORT PARAGRAPH ABOUT ONE OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS…


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Task 10

Find the following hidden words: cheveux, yeux, bleu, brun, noisette, blond, châtain, noir, roux, court, long

N C X W X U E V E H C A C O

I J S N R N I T A H C E F O

R D E E O L T O P N C Z E S

G N T I R E U X L E X H T U

M Y O T S E U E L Y N U R B

Y C O I L O X D D J H O E N

D G O B R L C I S P I G E Y

E N I U M T Q S G N Q N S N

F O O Z R N S P I J R G E E

O L L L E T I N N M Q W C G

W A A H B X D E M B I A S O

S T P N E J N I G J O A N R

O G R H O S E V S H E F O E

B G S G Y E T A R D D Z N D

*EXTRA - UNSCRAMBLE THE WORDS BELOW…

1. chxeuev

2. xuey

3. lbeu

4. nurb

5. sntoetei

6. ldobn

7. aicnth

9. orxu=ROUX=RED(HAIR)


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Task 11 Write the names of these countries in English

Can you label them on the map below ?

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=europe+blank+map&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=M_OhmIU1K5w9wM&tbnid=csKjK_Wh8efUrM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://www.youreuropemap.com/&ei=bI7kUdfbHajY0QWPtoD4Cw&bvm=bv.48705608,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNGzfPkPnU745AJdLSNvVf0Nbt840w&ust=1374019561403994


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Task 12 WRITE 5 FACTS ABOUT ITALY IN ENGLISH…

L’Italie est en Europe à coté de la France et de la Suisse. La capitale s’appelle Rome. En Italie on parle italien. En été il fait chaud et il y a des lacs pour nager. Il y a des montagnes pour faire du ski en hiver. Aussi, on mange des spaghettis et de la pizza et on joue au foot. J’adore l’Italie parce que c’est cool !

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. *EXTRA - CHOOSE ANOTHER COUNTRY IN EUROPE AND WRITE A SIMILAR PARAGRAPH IN FRENCH…


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GEOGRAPHY

Making a Weather Station

Hello Year 7 and welcome to Geography at Droitwich Spa High School. We are going to set

you a three week project for collecting information about the weather this summer. We

don’t mind when you start this but we want you to be a weatherman or weatherwoman for

two weeks. To do this we are going to ask you to make weather instruments and then

collect a series of weather data. This is a link to how the professionals do this and it is

worth reading before you start.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/how-forecasts-are-

made/observations/weather-stations

Your task is to make an instrument to record information for every type of weather stated

below. Unfortunately you cannot make a homemade thermometer so if you have a

thermometer at home you can use that instead.

There are four things we would like you to record

Wind Speed and Direction Cloud Cover Rain Pressure

We want you to spend the one week getting the materials and making your weather

instruments. You can follow the designs that are in these links. On here you can find how

to make instruments to measure wind speed and direction, cloud cover and a rain gauge.

https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/weather-models

And on the links below you can find the method and materials you will need to make a

barometer which will measure pressure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah8F-xmvB2k

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn

-about/met-office-for-schools/diy-activities/make-a-barometer-diy-activity.pdf

Once you have made your instruments we want you to record the weather information on

the table attached. We would like you to do this for two weeks. In the last column you can

add any comments about difficulties or problems you had as well as the temperature. You

can write this down from a website or the TV or from a thermometer if you have one at

home.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/how-forecasts-are-made/observations/weather-stations

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/how-forecasts-are-made/observations/weather-stations

https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/weather-models

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah8F-xmvB2k

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/met-office-for-schools/diy-activities/make-a-barometer-diy-activity.pdf

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/met-office-for-schools/diy-activities/make-a-barometer-diy-activity.pdf


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Please take photos of your instruments. We are going to turn this into a competition with

prizes for the best instruments in each category so we shall have a look at the photos when

you join the school. You can send them to me at [email protected] -

please make sure you include your name and the name of your school in the email. Design

and colour as well as accuracy of recording the weather will be the key elements we shall

look for when making our judgements.

Tips - When you record you information for Wind speed you can just work note how many

spins your anemometer makes in a set time of perhaps 1 minute each day. For pressure

you can just describe it has high or low. This is about taking part as much as becoming the

next Shefali Oza.

Good luck and we look forward to welcoming you to the school in September

Day and Date

Wind Speed Number of

Spins (fast/medium/

slow/calm)

Cloud Cover (oktas/8ths)

Rain (mm)

Air Pressure (high or Low)

Comments + temperature

mailto:[email protected]


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Performing Arts

Hello Year 7. We are looking forward to welcoming you in September. Performing Arts

subjects at the high school are very busy with lots of Music, Drama and Dance

performances throughout the year. We also combine our efforts and last year put on a very

successful production of School of Rock and we are currently making plans for another

production next year. We are on a mission to discover new talent and would like you to

show us how talented you are. This is your challenge.

1. We would like you to watch a musical of your choice for inspiration – here are some

suggestions below but, you don’t have to choose one from this list, you could choose

something else;

Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat

High School Musical

Shrek

Greatest Showman

Matilda

2. We would like you to do something creative in response to the musical you have

watched. You could;

Choreograph a dance to a song from a musical and video it

Design a costume for a character in a musical – you could make and wear your

design.

Make a prop(s) for a character from a musical

Create the hair and makeup for a character in a musical

Create a tableau of a scene/series of stills. You could draw this or you could act

them out and photograph them

Design a poster to publicise you favourite musical

Design a set for a musical – you could draw it or design a 3D model

Create an alternative playlist to form part of the soundtrack

Play or sing part or all of one of your favourite songs from a show

Perform a scene from a musical or you could write your own scene or

monologue using one of the themes from a musical


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Make a film trailer to publicise a musical – this could be acted out or you could

create a short stop animation trailer – you could create your own musical

sound track to accompany it.

Some of these suggestions can be easily combined and if you want to do this we would

encourage you to go for it. You have plenty of freedom and choice to showcase your

creative talents.

We would like you to send us your creative responses and the best way to do this is for you

to send photos or video footage to the following email address

[email protected]

You can also ask us questions about the tasks if you’re not sure what to do by emailing us at

this address and one of our subject specialists will get in touch to help you.

Remember also to tell us who you are (first name and surname) in the email so that we can

make sure you are awarded house points in September. Good luck!

mailto:[email protected]


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PE

Droitwich Spa High School PE Department’s Five Days of Fitness

Welcome to the Droitwich Spa High School PE Department. We look forward to meeting

you in September, but in the meantime, we have a little challenge for you.

Attached are five fitness challenge cards that you can do in the safety of your own home.

You may have seen them before and may even have done some of them through your

middle school. If you have, then this is an opportunity to try and beat your previous score.

Read the instructions and complete one challenge per day. Complete each challenge safely

and honestly. Give yourself a maximum of three attempts at each challenge and rest as

much as you need in between attempts. Record each score on the table below and then

state which score is your best one.

Most importantly have fun. Concentrate on what you are doing and try to improve on your

score each attempt.

Day/Challenge Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 BEST SCORE

Monday: Tap Up Tennis

Tuesday: Catch and Clap

Wednesday: Speed Bounce

Thursday: Burpees

Friday: Bean Bag Throw


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