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Alternative activities to try during time at home
Make a Mug Make a Difference – Royal Crown Derby Competition
Royal Crown Derby are running a competition to design a mug. There are two categories; under 12s and ages 12-18 (see links below and instructions for entry):
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Why not take the opportunity to submit a design?
Closing date: 4pm on 7 May 2020
Code breaking – Week four Miss Wallhead
Thank you so much to anyone who emailed their maths teacher when they had broken the codes.
Approaching problems logically
This week we are trying something new. Instead of teaching you about a different type of cipher we have decided to set you a puzzle.
It has been written by Nrich, who are a team based at Cambridge University. Each symbol in the grid has a numerical value. The total for the symbols is written at the end of each row and column.
Can you find the missing total that should go where the question mark has been put?
Let your Maths teacher know when you’ve sussed it.
This is a really interesting problem because it can be solved in lots of different ways. Can you find more than one way to do it?
Film Studies Mr Warrington
Please see the links below to help you with some film choices over the weekend:
Issue 7: The Watchers - Issue 7
Previous issues 1-6 are also available on our website: The Watchers - Issue 6 The Watchers - Issue 5 The Watchers - Issue 4 The Watchers - Issue 3 The Watchers - Issue 2 The Watchers - Issue 1
Speakers for Schools virtual talks
Speakers for Schools are presenting weekly VTalks. Their schedule is updated weekly and talks will be targeted to different age groups (see speakers below for May). To access the talks click the link: https://www.speakersforschools.org/inspiration/vtalks/upcoming-vtalks/
No logins are required and all attendees can stream the talks without downloading Microsoft Teams. Links should be opened in a browser that is not Internet Explorer. Students can view by clicking WATCH TALK LIVE HERE and then clicking ‘Watch on web instead’ and sign in anonymously. The speakers will appear at the set times e.g. 10am and 2pm.
Monday 4 May:
10am – Branko Bjelobaba, Finance and Engaging in Democracy 2pm – Carl Jones, Award-Winning International Creative Director: Carl's talk will focus on fake news, how to spot it and will share a practical checklist you can use to assess whether what you're seeing on socials or in the media is fake.
Tuesday 5 May:
10am – Kathleen Alder, Managing Director, WildKat PR 2pm – Geoff Mulgan, Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation
Wednesday 6 May: 10am – Liz O’Riordan, Retired Consultant Breast Surgeon and Breast Cancer Patient, Author, The
Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: Liz's talk with 11-18 year olds will focus on how to cope when bad things happen, developing resilience and self-care strategies during difficult times and how setting goals can help. 2pm – Professor Bill McCaffrey, Professor of Sedimentology, University of Leeds
Thursday 7 May:
10am – Penguin Talks in partnership with Speakers for Schools. Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, Authors, The Squiggly Career: Authors of The Squiggly Career, Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, share practical tools, exercises and actions to help you grow in confidence, stay curious and ultimately prepare for, and enjoy, the squiggly world of work. This talk will take place on the
Penguin YouTube page via the link.
BBC Young Composer 2020 competition
The BBC Young Composer 2020 competition is open to students aged 12-18 of all technical abilities, backgrounds, and musical influences.
We're looking for:
Students who have talent and creative potential and would benefit from the opportunity to nurture their skills and showcase their talent. Students who work across any genre, any instrument, and any method, including those who use different means of notation. Students who are passionate about creating their own original music - bursting with creativity, originality, and potential.
Winners will participate in a tailored development programme working with a mentor composer on a project with the BBC Concert Orchestra which will be performed and broadcast in a special young composers concert at the BBC Proms in 2021.
We’ve extended the deadline for this year's competition to 5pm, Monday 20 July to enable as many students as possible to enter.
In addition, we're pleased to launch our 30 Second Composition Challenge which we hope you will share with your students. We are challenging composers aged 12-18 to get creative at home and create a 30-second piece for a single instrument or voice.
Young composers can find resources on our website as well as an Uploader to submit their pieces. We'll be selecting some of our favourites which musicians from the BBC Orchestras & Choirs will record, to showcase online and on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show.
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You'll find all the information you need on the BBC Young Composer website below: www.bbc.co.uk/youngcomposer
Keeping Highfields reading: how to access free books
It’s really important that students keep up with reading whilst school is closed. The recommended reading time is at least 20 minutes every day. We recognise that at the current time it may be difficult to find books to read. Books are still readily available to buy online from Amazon, Waterstones and other bookshops, but there are also a growing number of sources of free books. The situation is changing every day, with publishers starting to offer access to more and more books, so this advice will be regularly updated. At the current time, the best sources of free reading material are:
Kindle Unlimited
If you are an Amazon Prime member you can sign up for two free months of KindleUnlimited. You will need to download the Kindle app on any device and then you’ll have unlimited access to books, magazines and audiobooks on the Kindle store. After the free trial period there’s a charge of £7.99 per month, but you can cancel your subscription at any time. Visit https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindledbs/hz/subscribe/ku?shoppingPortalEnabled=true for more information.
If you don’t want to sign up to KindleUnlimited you can still download some very inexpensive – or even free - titles from the Amazon Kindle store. Have a browse through the “Children’s” and “Teen & Young Adult” sections. There are some good offers. For instance, the first and second titles in the very popular “Cogheart” series are completely free at the moment. Free titles seem to be added daily, so it’s worth having a regular check of the website.
Audible
Amazon Audible has made all its audiobooks available free of charge if you start a 30-day free trial subscription with them. Visit http://www.audible.co.uk
Derbyshire Libraries
You can read thousands of e-books for free through Derbyshire Libraries. Even if you haven’t yet joined the library, you can join online and download e-books immediately.
If you are already a member go to https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/ebooks/ebooksemagazines-and-eaudiobooks.aspx and follow the instructions to start browsing through the books available.
If you aren’t yet a member of a Derbyshire library go to: https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/using-your-library/joining/joining-the-library.aspx and click on “Join the Library”. Fill in all your details and you’ll be given a temporary username and password that you can use until you get a membership card. So you’ll be able to start downloading books straight away.
Happy reading!
Updates to follow as and when other sources of reading material become available.
