Please see the table below for suggested work and also click on the subject buttons above for relevant coursework and study materials.
Year 7 Suggested Work
Aspire Challenge 100! How many can you do each week?
Create your own quiz on your favourite subject and try it on your family. | Copy down the lyrics to your favourite song and see what poetic devices you can spot! | Download a wellbeing app like Calm and try meditation. | Make homemade pizza. | Call a grandparent or loved one. |
Learn a new hobby. | Bake a cake. | Tidy your room. | Watch a National Theatre Live (available on YouTube – Thurs). | Pay a friend a compliment on Social Media. |
Use a camera to take lots of photos on your daily walk. | Write a film review on a film you have seen. | Create your own gaming character and label them and their superpowers. | Draw yourself in cartoon style. | Make a family member a cup of tea or coffee. |
Write a play based on the school closure. | Fold your clothes. | Star gaze on a clear night Download an app to help you spot constellations. | Research three career paths that interest you. | Complete a puzzle. |
Start a Diary – we are living through History. | Clean the kitchen worktops. | Sew a button or fix a hole in an item of clothing. | Email a favourite Aspire teacher to say thank you via the subject emails. | Design a piece of clothing. |
Write a 5 point gratitude list of things you’re thankful for. | Vacuum your bedroom. | Write a thank you letter to a key worker. | Design a new pair of trainers. | Stay off technology for 24 hours and see how you feel. |
Make an exercise video. | Write a letter to an elderly family member. | Learn British Sign Language using YouTube. | Read a book to a sibling/parent. | Make a present for someone. |
‘Survive’ one day without your phone. | Clean the windows. | Create a reading den. | Learn about a Shakespeare play. | Complete an extra work activity and email your subject. |
Make everybody in your house lunch today. | Make a stop motion animation about the importance of PAUSE. | Pay a parent/carer a compliment. | Complete the weekly quiz. | Do some gardening or weed the driveway. |
Complete a Joe Wicks. | Create some Rainbow Posters for your window to support the NHS. | Learn a dance. | Sort your room and create a pile of things you can donate to charity. | Write a poem. |
FaceTime/Skype a friend or family member. | Watch a classical concert online. | Create a work space. | Watch an educational documentary on BBC iPlayer. | Design a board game and then play it with a family member. |
Vacuum the Living Room. | Choose the best work you’ve done whilst off. Email to your teacher. | Pick up litter on your street (remember social distancing). | Play a board game you used to enjoy when you were younger. | Draw a portrait, using your non-writing hand. |
Run a mile during your exercise time (social distancing). | Draw a self-portrait face in the style of Picasso. | Learn basic first aid (using YouTube). | Watch a foreign film with subtitles. | Listen to someone else’s favourite album from start to finish. |
Make a picture out of things you have foraged for e.g. leaves/sticks/twigs. | Learn how to play Cards and then play a game with family. | Learn how to make something Origami using YouTube. | Make homemade bread. | Build a fort like you did when you were younger. |
Find photographs that brings you happy memories. | Wash the dishes. | Explore podcasts or listen to a TedTalks for Children. | Plant some seeds to grow something in your garden. | Improve your ‘keepy-uppies’ best score. |
Clean the bathroom. | Learn a new language using the DuoLingo App. | Make a visual family tree using old pictures and photographs. | Write a short story with you as the main character. | Learn how to draw in 1-point perspective (YouTube). |
Draw a picture of the view from a window. | Make your bed every day. | Play charades. | Email a teacher to let them know how you are doing. | Use empty delivery boxes to build a sculpture. |
Go for a walk (social distancing). | Learn 122 times tables up to 12 x 122. | Visit a virtual museum this week. | Visit famous historical locations on Google Maps. | Make a list of 5 things you want to do when this is all over. |
Try to do 5,000 steps a day, for 1 week. | Create your own crossword, and give to people you live with. | Try yoga in your garden using YouTube. | Make homemade jam. | Make breakfast for everyone. |
Change the bed linen. | Learn how to do your own washing. | Read someone else’s favourite book from start to finish. | Make a thankyou card to someone in your community. | Draw a still life object. |
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