Welcome to the part of our web site designed for you, our new September Intake 2009.

It is under construction at the moment but it will soon contain some preparatory work you might like to do.

The Year 7 Residential...

Three days away from home AND school with your new friends and new staff! Lakeside, a Science 'field study', an Historical highlight at Hadrian's Wall and much much more. The following outline plan may change slightly but...

Monday 20th September 2004 - 7U and 7R will leave school for a Science activity during part of the day and then travel to the Lakeside residential centre on Lake Windermere for two nights at the Somervell House and lodges.

Tuesday will offer from the centre a choice of "Silver" activities: canoeing, zip slides etc. All meals, activities and even boots and waterproof hire are included in the cost. Exact activities to be confirmed.

Wednesday 7U and 7R will travel to Hadrian's wall and be joined by 7M and 7S. At the end of the day 7U and 7R will return to Urmston whilst 7M and 7S travel to Lakeside.

Thursday 7M and 7S will follow the Tuesday programme and on

Friday 7M and 7S will follow the Monday programme.

Can you follow the link to Lakeside? More details to follow.

Mathematics:

On a new housing estate the houses are going to be painted on the outside.

The painter has just two colours of paint, yellow and green.
The painter must stick to these rules when he chooses his colours.

1. Each floor has to be painted yellow or green.
2. No house may have two green floors directly on top of one another.

For example, on a house with three floors
                            

Investigate.

1. How many different ways can a house be painted, according to the rules, if it has
1. 1 Floor
2. 2 Floors
3. 3 floors
4. 4 floors ?
2. Write down the numbers you have found.
3. Can you see a pattern?
4. Can you use your pattern to predict how many ways there would be to paint a house with five floors?

Task.

1. Present your findings as a poster on one side of A4 paper.
2. Use diagrams and colours to make your work attractive.
3. Bring your work to your first Maths lesson in September and hand it in to your Maths teacher.
4. You will be given a certificate for completing the work and the best 10 in the year will be awarded a small prize.

Science:

Investigating tea bags

Try this out

• Put a tea bag into a glass tumbler. 
• Put a cross in pencil on a piece of white paper and put your glass and tea bag on top of the cross. 
• Add water to your tea bag and stir until you can no longer see the cross.  Use hot water from the tap

Safety: make sure it is not too hot or it will scald. 

You should have found how to do the experiment. 
Are there any problems?  If so, try to solve them or ask someone else – this is called research.

Your challenge: can you extend this method to find out whether the shape, the brand or the type of tea affects how fast the tea dissolves?

Don’t buy lots of different types of tea!  Swap with friends, relatives and neighbours.

Think about

• What you will need to measure
• How you will make your experiment a fair test

You can make the experiment more reliable by repeating it and averaging the results.  To do this, add them together and divide by the number of times you have done the experiment. For example, if you do the experiment twice, add the two numbers together and divide by two.

Make a poster to display what you have done and what you have found out

Try to include the following

• What you did
• What you kept the same and why
• Some pictures or diagrams or both
• Your results clearly displayed in a table
• What you found out
• Any improvements you can suggest

Your work will be looked at in your science lessons in September and there will be a prize for the best ones

Food technology:

  Looking at Greek Food

“A large scale study has backed the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet “

Source : New Scientist June 2003

The Mediterranean diet includes a wide variety of vegetables, fruit, cereals and olive oil.   Fish is a staple food in Greece.

Unscramble the words in the box below to help you to start to think about the type of foods/ingredients which are popular in Greece.

 
Now carry out your own further research to find out :-

• Other types of foods which are eaten in the Greek diet
• Some of the benefits of eating these foods  (e.g  are they low in fat ?)
• Recipes used in Greek cooking

Present your information as a poster.  You may use pictures from magazines, information from the internet, look at products in supermarkets/restaurants or make some models of your own to attach to your work.
Be creative and let your imagination flow !!
The size should be no larger than 2 pieces of A4.  However you can attach information (e.g. folded menus/recipes which you have written)

Fancy an additional challenge ?    

Design a pita pocket
Pita bread is often used as a ‘pocket’ for a sandwich. 
Design your own pita pocket using a range of exciting ingredients. 

Write out your recipe.  You may use the box below for this or you may prefer to design your own.

Bring your work to your first Technology lesson and hand in to your teacher.
Earn your first credit at Urmston Grammar.  The best work will also receive   special awards.
In addition, if your pita pocket recipe is one of the best 3 recipes, you will be able to make your product (with the help of your new Food Technology teacher) and we shall take photographs of the winning designs. 

Earn your first UGS planner credit by answering as many questions as you can. Hand your answers to your French teacher in September.

1 – 6. Can you name …   

 the capital of France?

 two more countries where French is a national language?

 2 famous French sportsmen or women?

 a famous French musician?

 2 rivers which flow through France?                                                       

 the countries which share a border with France?

Draw or paste a picture of the French flag here.

Who was “Jeanne d’Arc”?

Why is July 14 a national celebration in France?

When  was the Eiffel Tower built?

Manchester has a population of approximately one million. How many French towns with a population of one million or above can you name?

What is the currency of France?

What was the currency before this?

What is the name of this famous French monument    

            and where is it?            
   

We have a Year 11, 12 + 13 exchange with the Lycée Saint Paul in Lille. Where exactly is Lille?

                                                              
      Can you name the following? …

1.  The capital of Germany.

1.  Another two countries which have German as a national language.

1.  2 famous German sportsmen or women.

1.  A famous German musician.

1.  2 rivers which flow through Germany.                                                             

1.  The countries which share a border with Germany.

7. Draw or paste a picture of the German flag here.

   8.  Who was ‘die Loreley’?

1. Why is October 3 a national celebration in Germany?

1. In which year was the Berlin Wall built, and when did it come down?    

1. Germany is made up of 16 states or “Bundesländer”. How many can you name?

1. What is the currency of Germany?

1. What was the currency before this?

1. What is the name of this famous German monument and where is it?            

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