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Secondary School - October Newsletter

Reading:

The five Orange Pips by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Research the historical context of the late 19th century, when the story is set.

Explore the story's main characters, the setting, and themes, such as justice and revenge.

Explore the societal norms, technology, and cultural aspects relevant to the time period.

Identify and discuss the importance of sensory details in creating a vivid sense of place with a special focus on setting and atmosphere.

Discussion: Discuss the significance of the five orange pips and other motifs.

Writing:

Write a paragraph/short burst essay explaining the interpretation of the story's themes.

Write an Opinionnaire- moral and ethical dilemmas presented in the story and form an opinion about them.

Create a short historical fiction piece set in the same time period.

Write a letter from the perspective of a character, explaining their motivations.

SPaG topics will be practised along with the writing topics.

Algebra:

Write and solve equations that have brackets.
Write and solve equations with letters on both sides.
Find numbers which satisfy an equation with two unknowns.
Solve problems by writing and using formulae.
Simplify expressions involving powers and brackets.
Use index laws in algebraic calculations and expressions.
Simplify expressions with powers.
Understand the meaning of an identity.
Factorise an algebraic expression.
Write and simplify expressions involving brackets and powers.
Factorise an algebraic expression.

Food & Nutrition

Investigation of food samples to identify the nutrient present.
Research on genetically modified food as a treat or threat.
The periodic table.
The dalton atomic theory.
Element, componds and mixtures, Mendeleev Periodic Table, The modern Periodic table

Scientific Enquiry: interpret observations and data, including identifying patterns and using observations,

measurements and data to draw conclusions
present reasoned explanations, including explaining data in relation to predictions and
hypotheses

ARABIC A

خلال هذا الشهر استطاع الطالب أن :

" علامات الإعراب الأصلية والفعلية "

- يحدّد نوع الكلمة معربة أم مبنية .

- يميز علامة الإعراب أصلية أم فرعية ثم يحدد الوظيفة النحوية للكلمة."

ــ يوظِّف بعض المفردات " في جمل من إنشائه مع تحديد نوع حركة الإعراب.

- نص شعري قوّة العلم -

يحدِّد المعنى الإجمالي للنّص موضِّحًا الفكر الرئيسة والأفكار الفرعية والتفاصيل المساندة فيه .

ــ يفسّر الكلمات الجديدة في النص الشعري مستنتجًا الدلالات التعبيرية والإيحائية فيه .

ــ يوظف الكلمات الجديدة في النص الشعري في سياقات تعزِّز معناها .

ــ يحلِّل النص الشعري في سياقاته المختلفة .

أسواق شعبية من العالم - نص معلوماتي -

ــ يفسِّر الكلمات الجديدة باستخدام المعجم الإلكتروني .

ــ يحدد الفكر الرئيسة للنص بعد تحليله المعلومات الصريحة فيه مستشهدًا بمصادر متعدِّدة من الأدلة التي تدعم تحليله مثل إحصاءات ، وأرقام ، وتجارب ، ومواقف .

Arabic B

Lesson (How we spend the holidays).

To learn Grammar أدوات الجزم
To differentiate between main and sub ideas.
To write about the importance of the holidays by mention (Title-Main ideas-Sub ideas).
To present content about one of the pictures about holidays.
To write a paragraph correctly (Spelling).
Lesson ( I Love my phone).
To use lesson vocabulary in writing sentences.
To answer the questions of the listening record (Smart phones).
To summarize (Starter-Middle-End) from the reading text.
To answer the questions of the reading comprehension.

ISLAMIC A

سيتعلم الطلاب خلال هذا الشهر عدة موضوعات وهي :

المستظلون في ظل الرحمن ( حديث )

أدلة وحدانية الله تعالى ( عقيدة )

ومن خلالها استطاع الطالب أن

المستظلون في ظل الرحمن ( حديث )

يظهر قدرة على قراءة الحديث قراءة صحيحة

يوضح أسباب الفوز بظل الله يوم القيامة -

يستنتج أثر التقوى في حياة الفرد والمجتمع

أدلة وحدانية الله تعالى ( عقيدة )

يوضح مفهوم الفطرة. يبين كيفية بناء الحجة على توحيد الله.

يستدل على وحدانية الله بالفطرة والعقل .

ISLAMIC B

Students will be using the provided tafseer to understand the verses of Surah Sajdah.
They will refelct and analyse the verses with the aid of targeted questioning and activities.
They will further extend this learning into real life sitautions and apply this knowledge to solve real life problems.

ART :

Produce a portrait or image of a friend or family member with the intention of conveying a particular mood and atmosphere using proper proportions of the face and the figure.
Learn to use watercolours with increasing skill and confidence.

P.E :

In this month YR-8s will have Football as a topic. In this topic the students will learn skills based on their level. Also, during the learning the students will be given the basic knowledge of competition and different match videos will be played.

COMPUTING :

To be able to create functions in Python programming.
To be able to use the logics of AND/OR in Python.
To be able to use the logics of AND/OR with Functions in Python

French :

Students will be learning:

To identify reflexive verbs
To name items in the class and facilities
To use the negative form

MSC :

To learn about life in ancient China by examining the engineering and metal technology of ancient China and the building of the Great Canal.
To learn about the development of East Asian and Chinese civilization.
To learn about the arrival of the first muslims to china in the 8th century during Tang Dynasty
To learn about life in 18th century China by examining a series of historical paintings about an 18th century Qing dynasty.

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