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Use the App Art Story to support your research and contextual links

Visit a local galley or museum and use observational drawing and collected materials to create a journal of the visit.

Take part in a Drawing or Photography Challenge from the Challenge Box in the classroom.

Support the curation of the whole school Art Exhibition in school.

Volunteer to support with an Art Club for younger students.

Art

Create an artwork to link to a calendar event such as Remembrance Day, International Womens Day or Earth Day

Follow artists you find inspiring on Social Media.

Use Tate gallery’s resources for the GCSE theme to generate ideas for your project.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/stude nt-resource/exam-help

Write a review for an exhibition you have recently visited.

Set up a fundraiser selling artwork for charity.

Create your own Pinterest board for your current theme.

Watch Heni Talks about a specific artist or movement.

Read the magazines subscribed to in the Art Department. Take one idea to inspire a new artwork.

Take part in a challenge such as Inktober that encourages you to make work every day over a period of time.

Watch a TED Talk about lean production

Innovation in Luxembourg https://www.luxinnovation.lu/in novate-in -luxembourg/startup-services/

Create a business-themed game to play in class

Choose a share and track its price on the stock exchange https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/

Create a poster about your favourite business topic

Business Studies

Create cue cards for key terms and definitions

Look at the business news on the BBC News website

Read a copy of the ‘Business Review’ World economies https://www.cia.gov/theworld-factbook/

Research sustainable business practices and write a report about them

Create your own cash-flow forecast for the next six months

Make a revision quiz on Powerpoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class

Look at the financial statements of a well-known PLC on their website

‘Pocket World in Figures 2020’ by The Economist

Watch an episode of ‘Dragon’s Den’ on YouTube

Programming as a foreign Language?

Watch this interesting Ted Talk given by teenager Steve Mcintosh about programming as a foreign language

https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_ mcintosh_programming_as_a_sec ond_language

Unisys Computer Museum Belgium

Plan a visit to the Computer Museum NAM-IP Henri Blès Street 192A, 5000 NAMUR http://www.nam-ip.be/NAM-ipColl2.html

Learn Coding

Develop your programming skills by challenging yourself to complete as many tasks as you can, from Javascript to Recursive programming in Python: https://www.codecademy.com/

Programming fun with Turtle: Try this tutorial series on drawing graphics using Turtle in Python (for those already comfortable with Python)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist ?list=PLzMcBGfZo4kfGgYZb9dwW3VhoBRG0h9c

Computer Science

Learn about KS5 Courses

Read resources and Syllabus guides for the Cambridge Computer Science AS&A Level here:

https://www.cambridgeinternatio nal.org/programmes-andqualifications/cambridgeinternational-as-and-a-levelcomputer-science-9608/

The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing

Read through this book by Martin Davis on the origins of the computer and the mathematicians involved.

Prepare for A Level

Develop your Python 3 programming skills and HTML coding by challenging yourself to complete as many tasks as possible on Snakify. There are over 200 exercises and video clips. https://snakify.org/en/

Doddle Learn

Why not complete the mini quizzes on algorithms, programming basics, binary, Boolean logic, flowcharts and logical operators.

Raspberry Pi

Why not get yourself a credit sized computer? There are so many projects you can complete with this tiny computer. Take a look here for inspiration: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/e n/

How Computers work

Watch this interesting Ted Talk by George Dyson on the history of Computers:

App Inspiration:

Need some inspiration to make your own apps or just want to know how? Watch this Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=EF692dBzWAs

The Soul of a New Machine: Tracey Kidder

Read this book by Tracey KidderFirst published in 1981, Kidder’s classic remains one of the most highly regarded books about computers to ever hit the shelves.

Drama

Explore www.gutenburg.com. There is an abundance of free scripts to be found there, particularly from classic plays.

Watch other GCSE plays on Youtube, particularly devised. Many have been uploaded, and this way you can see how others structure their plays.

Perform a monologue from a Shakespeare piece. Consider how your character is feeling and understand why.

Host an improve evening. This will test you as actors and give an audience an evening of fun!

Create a character profile for one of your favourite fictional characters. Consider all aspects of their life, to see the process their author had to go through.

Listen to this Tedtalkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Vh2tNfTTbUU

Volunteer to work as stage crew on a Key Stage 5 production.

Any time you go on a break, go to a theatre in any place you visit if possible. Grab a programme and if possible, see their theatre space!

Rewrite your favourite scene from a movie to have a different outcome. This will help you see how changes in dialogue affect the direction of a scene.

Assist with one KS3 Production/Project from the extra curricular timetable.

Watch recent hit musical ‘Hamilton.’ It can be accessed on Disney Plus – Focus on the design elements

In pairs or a group – create a movement piece to a piece of music you like. Try to tell the story of the song or melody through movement.

Make your own economics video on a topic of your choice

Banking Museum, Luxembourg https://www.bcee.lu/en/aboutus/the-bank-museum/

Design your own 30 question multiple choice paper

Lead a revision session for your class on your favourite Economics topic

Ted talks – research a particular Economic theme and watch a video. Write a short synopsis https://www.ted.com/talks

Economics

Watch 3 videos from Crash Course Economics

Get ahead of the game. Read a book from the A Level Economics reading list.

Create fact files on 5 different countries with different values of HDI.

Find a recent news article from BBC news. Write some exam questions to test the class, that you would find on Section A of Paper 2.

Make a revision quiz on Powerpoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class

Write a report about the use of fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies

Arrange a ½ term work experience in a financial institution

Explore the range of TED talks on literature. Watch a variety and make notes on what you learn about the topics. https://www.ted.com/topics/litera ture

Read an article from the Economist, and write a synopsis of what you have learnt

Read a copy of Economics Today/Economics Review (available in the library) – write a synopsis of what you have learnt

Write a guide for tourists visiting Luxembourg the area that you live in.

Research and find out what English language theatre groups and writers are active in Luxembourg. Pick one and go and see a performance or reading.

Visit the Bibliothèque Nationale in Kirchberg and borrow a book to read

Research the background to the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South

Enter the Cobis Poetry Competition. Ask your teacher for details.

Use the Pearson GCSE website link to have a look over the GCSE specification and put together your own revision guide or booklet to help younger students: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/International% 20GCSE/General/pearson-edex-english-guide-20pp-web.pdf

English

Explore another Arthur Miller play – ‘The Crucible’ or ‘Death of a Salesman’ for instance

Read one newspaper or magazine article every day. Summarise what the articles are about briefly.

Try another angle of Shakespeare – explore his sonnets, rather than his plays.

Write a review of a film, concert or play you have recently seen.

Enter a writing competition of your choice – get your teacher to proofread your work and help you with the entry.

Watch and read Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’. Write a brief review and summary of the play.

Attend book club, debate club, or one of the English clubs on offer.

Explore another novel dealing with the themes you have read about at GCSE. E.G. ‘Roll of Thunder’ or ‘Hear my Cry’.

Complete at least the Bronze reading challenge

Explore the range of TED talks on literature. Watch a variety and make notes on what you learn about the topics.

https://www.ted.com/topics/litera ture

Watch the TedTalk ‘How mega cities are changing the world’ by Parag Khanna.

When you take a trip/holiday make notes/take photos of the impacts of tourists and the management in place there.

Create a minificateon the Gambia youthful population case study – or another of your choice.

Select the hardest past paper 7 mark question you can find, answer it and submit it – all without use of the mark scheme.

Watch the Ted Talk ‘Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)’ by Danny Dorling.

Geography

Listen to a range of GCSE podcasts at: https://www.senecalearning.com/ blog/geography-gcse-podcastsby-seneca/

Read ‘No one is too small to make a difference’ by Greta Thunberg

Research what is going on in the world at the moment.

Emergency Events Database –http://www.emdat.be

Visit the Royal Geographical Society website and find out how to become a Geography Ambassador.

Visit the United States Geological Survey website to keep informed about current earthquakes (and other hazards).

https://www.usgs.gov/

Download the ‘World Factbook’ App to have a world of statistics at your fingertips.

Attend book club, debate club, or one of the English clubs on offer.

Watch any of the Tribe series by the BBC and Bruce Parry to see the impact of the modern world on indigenous communities.

Read ‘There is no planet B’ by Mike Berners-Lee.

Keep a scrapbook or notebook collecting stories about geographical events in the news.

The Story of China (Episode 6) –Michael Wood (This is in the school library).

Create a revision poster about your favourite history topic

Read: ‘Of Mice and Men’ or ‘Grapes of Wrath’ by John Steinbeck to experience life during the Great Depression.

Create revision cue cards of past paper questions

Watch Ken Burns documentaries on the The Wild West, Civil War or Prohibition

History

https://www.activehistory.co.uk

Use the password you have been given

Read: Choose a book on the USA from the Challenge Library

Make a revision quiz on Powerpoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class

Write timed answers using the past paper question grid on Teams.

Create timelines on the USA and China

Read/Watch: The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald

Read: Borrow a copy History Today or The Modern History Review from the Challenge Library.

Watch a relevant episode of ‘Peoples Century.’

Read for pleasure on a historical topic that interests you. Ask your teacher for advice.

Watch: This Century. America’s Time – www.youtube.com

Cantor’s Infinities

Watch this lecture on infinities: highlight includes Hilbert’s ‘Infinity’ Hotel’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=SqRY1Bm8EVs

Which Quadratic?

Play this game in a small group where you have to connect different representations of quadratics.

https://nrich.maths.org/11266

The Discriminant

What is a discriminant? What does its value indicate about the number of solutions that a quadratic equation will have?

Differentiation by First Principles

How do you differentiate a polynomial using first principles? Try it with a quadratic equation.

Integration

What is integration and how is it related to differentiation? How do you integrate a polynomial?

Mathematics

Transcendental Numbers

Numberphile video explaining why π and e aren’t like other numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=seUU2bZtfgM&t=7s

Algorithmic Puzzles

Read this book by Anany and Maria Levitin, which shows how to apply analytical thinking to solve puzzles requiring well-defined procedures.

Kinematics

Introduction to Mechanics

On MyiMaths, in the library dropdown box select A levelMechanics 1-Kinematics.

Research the Conic Sections

What are the conic section curves?

What are the real world applications of each curve?

The Millennium Prize Problems

Research what these are. Which have been solved? What are Hilbert’s problems from 1900?

Newton’s Laws

Introduction to Forces On MyiMaths, in the library dropdown box select A levelMechanics 1-Newton’s Laws.

Binomial Expansion

How can you use Pascal’s triangle to expand a binomial? Is there a formula to complete this even faster

Fermat’s Last Theorem

Documentary on a theorem that took over 350 years to prove. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=KDpf70xguCM

The Great Mathematical Problems

Read this book by Ian Stewart, which discusses how modern mathematicians constantly rise to the challenges set by their predecessors.

The Sum of Natural Numbers

Numberphile video about a controversial debate in mathematics regarding the sum of natural numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w -I6XTVZXww

Go to the local cinema and watch a film in French/German (with subtitles in English).

https://kinepolis.lu/fr

Visit a town/city in Germany or France and create a brochure or a flyer to promote it.

Choose one song in French or German and read the lyrics. Try to memorise the chorus.

Create one poster for each one of the 5 areas of IGCSE topics with vocabulary (10-15 key words)

Find 2 cities in Germany or France and create one quiz with 10 questions for each on KAHOOT or QUIZIZZ. https://kahoot.com/ https://quizizz.com/

Borrow one French/German film from our library and write a short review on it. Hand in the review afterwards.

Read an online news article on a topic of your own interest and write down 5-8 questions on it. Newspapers: Liberation, Le Monde, Le Figaro, France 24.

Research 5 French-speaking countries (not France, not Luxembourg, not Belgium) and write a fact sheet about these. (population, main cities, traditions, sightseeing places)

Find a famous French/German band and write a short presentation of them (Who are they?). Afterwards pick one song and listen to it.

Watch the daily France Info newsflash and summarise the first two news reports (20-30w) Franceinfo - Actualités en temps réel et info en direct (francetvinfo.fr)

Write a diary during your next holiday. Five things you do each day. Add photos to make it really nice.

Go to Luxembourg city and find 5 touristic spots. Take a picture of each spot and produce a poster in French/German with an itinerary.

Explore the range of TED talks on literature. Watch a variety and make notes on what you learn about the topics. https://www.ted.com/topics/litera ture

Visit the BibliothèqueNationalein Kirchberg and find out how to borrow books. Make a selfie in front of the Bibliothèque and post it on Instagram. www.bnl.lu

Research how many regions France has got? Write them down and find one city for each region. Do the same with the German “Länder” (states).

Follow a sports star/club or event on X/Instagram. Send a screenshot as evidence.

Visit a famous sports venue. Take a selfie as evidence

Perform regularly for a school/community sports club. Send a photograph as evidence.

Listen to a sports event/podcast on the radio/online. Take a screen shot as evidence

Research post 18 university PE/Sports courses. Send a screenshot as evidence.

Read a sports autobiography. Write a short report (200 words) on what you learnt

Represent the school in a sports event.

Write an article for the school newsletter about a sport of your choice

Assist with the annual Sports Day. Create a scrapbook of any sport, sportsperson, or sporting event from a range of media.

Watch a sports documentary on Netflix. Write a short report (200 words) on what you learnt.

Attend a live sports match or tournament in Luxembourg or Europe. Take a selfie as evidence.

Watch an international sports event on TV. Write a short report (200 words) on what it was.

Keep a training log for 2 weeks. Send it to your teacher as evidence.

Research the history of your favourite sport and create a 5 slide PowerPoint as evidence.