Humanities Broadcast

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Edition 1 - April 2020

Humanities Broadcast

Something Completely Different from the Humanities Faculty Roding Valley High School

Humanities Broadcast

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Ms Preston Hi Everyone - hope you are keeping

well. Some ideas for you whilst at home 1. Keep an electronic diary of current events using as many different sources as you can 2. Order some seeds and grow them on your window sill or garden 3. Learn a language using an app 4. Listen to podcasts (BBC sounds is great) 5. Make some playlists

6. Follow some online yoga. Get some snaps of your pets - this is Percy.

7. Get some snaps of your pets - this is Percy.

8. Sort out a bag for the charity shop

9. Plan an event for later in the year 10.

Make a twitter account and follow

@humsrvhs

11.

Have a look for online exhibitions eg

https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/bestvirtual-international-museum-gallery-exhibitionsonline-a4397816.html 12.

Cook a meal for your family

13.

Dig out a board game

14.

Join this scavenger hunt :

https://www.thebigsmokeevents.com/the-stuck-athome-scavenger-hunt Stay well and see you soon Ms Preston ;)

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Ms Barron Practice your Rap! Or just dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5E_yFyGDjM

What Country am I? 1. I greet people with ‘Have you eaten?’

2. My national animal is a beaver 3. I am home to Pachu Picchu 4. For 28 years a wall divided the city from East to

West but it was torn down in 1989?

5. Instead of answering the phone with ‘hello’, I say ‘Im listening’ Write the country name down next to the number and click below with your answers hbarron@rodingvalley.net

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There are 27 Figures of Speech to find - eg spill the beans and time flies (well 25 now) – How many can you name – email: tpreston@rodingvalley.net

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Mrs Cain Meet baby Nettie and Gerty, both named after scientists. They are now 3 weeks old.

1. Create a pilgrimage game and tweet

a picture @humsrvhs. Instructions on

Google classroom. This is a House Competition.

2. Watch a YouTube video about a place of pilgrimage eg, Iona,

Lourdes, Walsingham or Canterbury.

3. Make as many words as you can from the word -

ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM 4. Design a stained glass window based

around your name

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MR DOBSON’S

COUNTRIES I WANT

TO VISIT

NUMBER 1

Tuvalu Country in Oceania DESCRIPTION

Tuvalu, in the South Pacific, is an independent island nation within the British Commonwealth. Its 9 islands

comprise

small,

thinly

populated atolls and reef islands with palm-fringed beaches and WWII

sites.

Off

Funafuti,

the

capital, the Funafuti Conservation Area offers calm waters for diving and snorkeling among sea turtles and tropical fish, plus several

uninhabited islets sheltering sea birds.

Capital: Funafuti Population: 11,192 (2017) World Bank

Task: Find an obscure Country you would like to visit – write about the country and email Mr Dobson cdobson@rodingvalley.net

Gross domestic product: 39.73 million USD (2017) Currencies: Australian dollar, Tuvaluan

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Mr Warry Task 1:

Task 2: Choose one of the rivers from the above wordsearch and produce a ‘tourist information booklet’ for it. Make it one side of A4, informative, eye catching, colourful and Geographically correct

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Guess the Humanities teacher

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Mr Liddle’s

Culture Dive Of The Week:

Culture: The arts and other manifestations of human achievement.

Culture provides important social and economic benefits.

With improved learning and health, increased tolerance,

and opportunities to come together with others. Culture enhances our quality of life and increases overall wellbeing for both individuals and communities.

Send your opinions on any of the below: jliddle@rodingvalley.net

Have a listen: Radiohead (In Rainbows)

Have a watch: My Neighbour Totoro (Netflix)

Have an attempt cooking:

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Mr Murray Visit the BBC news website ONCE a week and read an article of news from a section that you are:

a.

more familiar with and

b.

one you are unfamiliar with

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world Possible sections include; • • •

• • •

•

UK

WORLD

BUSINESS

SCIENCE HEALTH

FAMILY & EDUCATION

Plus many more

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Mr

Dobson’s History Makers

Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific

revolution.

Task: Find someone who has made a contribution to the world – write about HIM/HER and email Mr Dobson cdobson@rodingvalley.net Humanities Broadcast

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Miss Williams

Research has shown that a dexterous brain makes for happier, healthier people. 'Doing some type of

mental exercise, in the form of brain teasers or word and

number

games

can

improve

emotional

functioning and mood. It can also reduce any anxiety and/or

feeling

low'

Ahmad

psychology and neuroscience.

Hariri,

professor

of

Try these to get you started, answers to follow in the next broadcast:

1. Count the number of times the letter F appears in the following sentence: “Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.”

2. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter “S.” 3. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?

4. What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

5. Billie was born on December 28th, yet her birthday always falls in the summer. How is this possible?

6. If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

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Mr Cocker History read of the week.

I thought I would start with a book linked both to the GCSE and our Year 9

Scheme of work. It is a book about a

girl, death and the rise of the Nazis. It’s called

‘The

Book

Thief’

by

Marcus

Zusak. It is a touching and beautifully

told story narrated by ‘Death’ of a girl who feels isolated, finding an escape

through the books she has stolen from a huge mansion house. It is set in

Germany during the rise of the Nazis

and as world events play out our main character’s life is changed forever.

The first few pages of the book are available free on Google Books and I am sure you can find a free copy online

somewhere to download to Kindle.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FNF 1CwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA27#v=on epage&q&f=false

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Ms Larkin

History Quiz - Blast from the past!

Who are these famous faces from History?

The CHALLENGE is to find out who each person is and note down why

their

name

plarkin@rodingvalley.net

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gone

with

down

in

your

history!

Email

answers!

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Ms Wheaton PODCAST TIME!

Listen to a podcast called “You’re Dead to me”! This isn’t as morbid as it sounds, it is all about important events / people from history. The presenter is one of the main actors from Horrible Histories and every week they tackle a new topic with a comedian, which helps to keep it light hearted.

You could listen to the topics which interest you. Here are some examples:

✓ The history of football ✓ The Spartans ✓ Blackbeard - a famous pirate ✓ The history of Chocolate

All episodes can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07mdbhg or on usual podcast platforms.

Email me to share which episodes you enjoy

awheaton@rodingvalley.net

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Mrs Delbourgo Hi, I’m Mrs Delbourgo and I am excited to be joining the Humanities team at RVHS!

I will be

teaching Sociology and Psychology and look forward to getting to know you.

A wise person once told me that in times of trouble, you should always look for the people

who are doing good things, so I would really like it if you could share your good news stories with me. Are you looking out for an elderly neighbour, helping your parents with your younger siblings, learning something new?

Share your good news stories with me at adelbourgo@rodingvalley.net.

I’m looking

forward to reading them

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Well Done Humanities Students

From Ms Preston: Olivia Black for being the first Y10 in our group for sending her 12 mark assessment question! Well Done Olivia!!!

From Mr Liddle: Connor Dunkin in Y10 for excellent Geography notes the last two weeks. Keep it up Connor.

From Ms Larkin Lily Saunders in Y10 for keeping on top of her Crime and Punishment work so well. Keep up the excellent work Lily!

From Ms Williams: Bailey Cogan in year 8 for her enthusiasm and hard work ensuring she is up to date and on top of her learning. Well done!

From Ms Wheaton Haaris Bashir in Y12, for being an enthusiastic member of our google meet online classes for History and Politics. Well done Haaris!

From Mr Dobson My Year 10 GCSE Students – keep that work coming in and being uploaded onto Google Classroom Well done Guys

From Mr Cocker Caleb Beer in Y9 for his detailed and interesting essay on the men of Police Battalion 101. Keep up the great work Caleb!

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