On this page, you’ll find lots of fun and interesting activities, challenges and more! Click the buttons below to view the virtual subject related activities!
Welcome to ‘Gainsborough Extra’ – the home of extra-curricular activities for students.
On this page, you’ll find lots of fun and interesting activities, challenges and more! Click the buttons below to view the virtual subject related activities!
Discover Gainsborough – A Walk Through Time
Positive Futures – Lincolnshire
Positive Futures uses sport and physical activity to engage with young people in deprived communities.
You can log on to MathsWatch to gain access to a wealth of video content and questions to help you improve your maths. If you need your login just email Mr Wood (email address below).
Maths is everywhere! There is no end to the patterns and shapes in the world around us, from sunflowers to road signs to beehives to broccoli: if you see something mathematical then we’d love to see it. Take a photo and email it to us to earn a CFP for the effort and be entered into our half-termly prize draw for the best three photos.
But you can also read poetry for pleasure. Use the resources here to see how other people approach poetry in performance. Then, choose a poem you love – and master reading poetry!
saturday-club.org/online/performing-poetry/
YEAR 7 and 8
In collaboration with children’s author, Alex Milway, and to celebrate our Creative Writing Skills book hitting Amazon, we are thrilled to announce our second annual Creative Writing Competition for children!
Competition Challenge:
Write a 500-word story, which starts with the sentence, “There was no doubt about it; I would have to go back.”
If your child cannot type their story, you are welcome to scan their handwritten story and email it to info@brightlighttuition.com. Please complete the online form as well, using the link below, and add to the form that you have emailed the story separately by email.
The deadline for entry submission is midnight April 30th 2021.
YEAR 9, 10 and 11
Now in its seventh year, the BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University invites all young people in the UK aged between 14-18 years to submit stories of up to 1,000 words.
Write and format your short story as per the following instructions:
Save the short story as an Adobe PDF, with the Title of Story in the file name. If your story has been typed into Microsoft Word you can save as a PDF by clicking File -> Save As, and then selecting .PDF from the dropdown menu underneath the file name field.
Complete the Entry Form online at https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u64865085 – including uploading your short story document.
The deadline for receipt of entries is 9am (GMT) on Monday 22 March 2021.
How aluminium sand casting works: (Engine cover)
“Sand Casting is a metal casting process that uses sand as the molding material. Over 60% of all metal casting is made using this process, and has been used since around 1600BC. In this video watch the process of turning sand to cast an aluminium engine cover in under 10 minutes!.”
Using a metal lathe and milling machine to make an “8 Ball”.
“This video demonstrates how metal lathes and milling machines are used to shape pieces of metal to incredible accuracy. Watch how a piece of metal can be turned, cut and shaped into a perfect ball.”
Blow moulding to make plastic bottles:
“Millions of plastic bottles are used every single day. In this video watch how injection moulding and blow moulding is used to rapidly create plastic bottles and other plastic containers.”
“In this video you will be shown how hand tools such as screwdrivers and chisels are mass produced in factories. You will be taken from start to finish, learning about all processes involved in turning stock pieces of steel and acetate into precise hands tools, all at incredible speeds.
“Solid state drives are this generation’s hard drive. They do away with mechanical parts and rely solely on electrical processes to store huge amounts of information. We use these everyday in our laptops, phones and tablets because they are much quieter and faster. Learn how complex circuitry, memory chips and expensive metals are used to create solid state drives capable of holding thousands of Gigabytes of data. “
The Drama Department would like to remind students of all the amazing resources available to them to further their Drama knowledge outside of the classroom.
As well as the variety of performances shared with you in your Google Classrooms to watch and then analyse through Google Forms, below are just some of the websites available to you to further your Drama knowledge and understanding while at home;
To improve your knowledge of the Holocaust and get the chance to see some of the most infamous sites of this genocide, visit these tours. There is no task for this tour as the profound nature of the exhibits speaks for themselves.
If you are interested in any further reading about the Holocaust we have suggested a few books suitable for young adults below.
To learn about the code breakers of World War II, take a tour of Bletchley Park…
Task: Who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II and how important was their work? Can you create an information poster about the Code Breakers
To find out more about the fight for women’s right to vote, visit these two virtual tours….
Task: Which women inspired others to join the fight for the vote? Research at least one of these women and create a biography of their life OR write an obituary (seen in a newspaper when a person dies) to remember their life and work.
To discover more about the History of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA, take these virtual tours…
Task: Using your knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement and the tours, answer the following questions:
If you are interested in war, no matter which, have a look at this amazing museum tour…
Task: Create a fact sheet about any war of your choice. Include details such as the location, cause, impact on people and the world- consequences, and why or how the war ended.
To better understand the impact that the atomic bomb had on the people of Japan and the end of World War II, have a look at the following two tours…
Task: Write a speech to world leaders today to persuade them that the use of nuclear weapons is wrong. Consider your language carefully and use evidence from these two case studies.
KS3 Music: Click Here!
As we are unable to participate in fieldwork for the foreseeable future you may wish to look at some of the virtual fieldwork websites.
This will give you a taste of the kind of things you will be doing once we are able to organize field visits once again. There are also some websites that will take you to some geographical games where you can test your basic geographical knowledge.
Have a look at some virtual fieldwork tasks by going on to the links below:
Play geography games by going on to the links below:
There are also virtual tours for museums.
To further your knowledge in childcare you could complete the following tasks.
Create a leaflet for this nursery summarising why parents should use this nursery.
Foundation stage unit primary school youtu.be/thzSxAz2wh8
Create a factsheet about what expecting mothers should expect to see in a maternity ward.
www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue
To further your knowledge in health and social care you could complete the following tasks.
Create a leaflet for this care home summarising why people should use this care home
Create a factsheet about what you find in an ambulance
Create a factsheet about what to expect when visiting the ICU
www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue
To further your knowledge in PSHE and gain some life skills you could complete the following tasks:
Be a First aid champion
Create a top tip guide on how to help someone who:
Create a video of you demonstrating sign language skills
To further your understating of other religions you could complete the following tasks
Create a factsheet about what to expect when visiting a synagogue
Create a factsheet about what to expect when visiting a mosque
Create a factsheet about what to expect when visiting a Church
www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue
Programing Games and Animations at Home
The ICT Department wants to make you aware of some of the great opportunities available to you to improve your ICT programming Skills. A number of companies and websites are offering students the ability to learn how to code, make games and animations while at home.
You will need a computer, laptop or tablet with access to the internet to use these websites. You may need to sign up and create an account, ask a parent for help if you are unsure how to do this.
Below are some of the websites you can use to help you learn new coding skills.
1) Download an app like Duolingo and select French or Spanish – try to complete 10 minutes per day to improve your listening and comprehension skills.
2) If you have Spotify or another music streaming service – why not search for the French or Spanish charts. Listen, look for the lyrics and translate. Or just listen. Share what you have found with your teacher.
3) Like cooking? Use YouTube to look at recipes in French or Spanish. Students made Crêpes during lockdown using YouTube that looked fenomenal! Have a French breakfast – ask your parents to add pain au chocolat, croissants or a baguette and Nutella onto the shopping list. Maybe even make a bowl of hot chocolate and dunk your croissant French style! Take a photo of yourself and send it to your teacher.
4) Look for films to watch in French or Spanish on YouTube, Prime and Netflix. You can also use the menus on a lot of DVDs to change the language to French and Spanish.
5) Play games on line using french-games.net / spanish-games.net or Language-Gym. Your teacher will have invited you to your own Language-Gym classroom.
6) The ultimate challenge – prepare a paragraph in French or Spanish. Read it and practice it. Record it 4 times and send it to your teacher with the last one being the best. Practice makes perfect. Use vocaroo.com
Barclays Lifeskills
Helping you to get the skills and experience you need for the world of work – have a go with the ‘wheel of strengths’, learn what’s involved in interviews and work experience and start investing in your future. Students aged 14 years and above can register for their own account.
barclayslifeskills.com/lifeskills-for-young-people/
Take the Buzz Quiz
Visit icould.com to take the buzz quiz to learn more about your personality and how this can help determine what sort of work would suit you best. Once you know if you are a calm and inquisitive sea horse or a strong and organised black bear then you can explore loads of interesting career story videos on the website.
BBC Bitesize
Whether you’re deciding what to study, taking your exams, planning a career, or just curious, BBC Bitesize will help to explain the world of work, with advice from young people who’ve found the right path for them.
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/careers
Start as you mean to go on!
Use our own START platform to identify skills and interests, find related courses and jobs and record all your achievements and experiences in your own locker as evidence to support future applications to college and apprenticeships.
Will be on google classroom. 11.30-11.50. Cameras don’t need to be on but a parent or carer needs to be at home.
Air Walk – Click Here!
Criss Cross – Click Here!
How to shuffle – Click Here!
Heel Toe – Click Here!
Tutting Combo – Click Here!
Learn any of these and video yourself doing them!
Her Majesty’s Theatre Virtual Tour – Click Here!
Matilda Backstage tour – Click Here!
Tour of The Broadway Theatre! – Click Here!
Watch the theatre tours and write 3 observations you have made about them
Aladdin ‘Friend Like Me’ Dance – Click Here!
Learn the tutorial and record yourself completing the dance!
