Year 8
Content
Websites / Powerpoints / PDF documents
Art
Research Pop Artists Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.
Revise the 1960’s facts covered in class.
Revise the Art words you have learnt in class.
Roy Lichtenstein and Warhol Powerpoint
Design &
Technology
Literacy Task
Students will complete written tasks which will be based on their current
Design & Technology project. This exam will be used as an indicator for their
literacy mark and therefore care is needed when writing their answers.
Design Task
This part of the assessment will ask students to complete design questions
based on the film Wolverine (X‐men). They will be required to produce
sketches and annotations to answers the questions. They will also need to
demonstrate good thinking and evaluative skills.
Pre‐release Revision Document
English
Use a short story and questions to test AF 2,3,4,5,6. Pupils need to be able to
interpret meaning beyond the most obvious and be able to explain the
writer’s choice of words and sentences.
Useful Website
Enterprise Planning, Brainstorming/mind maps, SWOT analysis, SMART
objectives, Market Research, Primary and Secondary Research,
entrepreneurial skills, Enterprise evaluating skills, Promoting/Advertising
Market Research Powerpoint
Enterprise &
Employability
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/art_y8_lich_warhol.ppt
1960’s Popular Culture Powerpoint
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/art_y8_1960s.ppt
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/dt_y8_prerelease.pdf
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/english/reading
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/ent_market.ppt
Market Research 2 Powerpoint
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/ent_market2.ppt
SWOT Analysis Powerpoint
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/ent_swot.ppt
SMART Objectives Powerpoint
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/ent_smart.ppt
Planning/Identifying Problems Powerpoint
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/ent_problems.ppt
Measuring Success Powerpoint
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/ent_success.ppt
French
Revision Guidance
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/french_y8.pdf
Geography
History
Maths
Revision of European Maps and Tourism.
See revision folders in the CRL (via Study Support menu on the school
website) – Year 8 / Geography / Tourism Revision.
Pupils should make sure that they revise from:
• KS3 Europe Maps
• Work on National Parks of England and Wales
• Italy
• Problems and benefits of tourism
Revision Guidance
Content: Life in Nazi Germany
This is a skills based paper around sources and therefore there is no intensive
revision involved. If students are concerned they can refer to the following
websites. If they wish to practice source skills, please see individual class
teacher.
Suggested websites
Students will sit 2 written papers (Non‐Calculator / Calculator) and a mental
test. Questions cover all areas of the curriculum. More specific revision
information available via ‘Assess Online’.
Visit ‘Assess Online’ (www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/assess/) and select ‘Maths Test
Revision and Feedback’. Log in, click the ‘Revise’ tab and select the
appropriate test (see your teacher if unsure).
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/geog_y8.pdf
European Map
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/homework/files/byr/byr_EUMap.pdf
School Central Resource Library
https://vpn.toothill.notts.sch.uk/cgi‐bin/welcome
Useful Website
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/managing_resources/tourismrev1.shtml
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Nazis_Education.htm
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Women_Nazi_Germany.htm
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/hitler_youth.htm
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Jews_Nazi_Germany.htm
Science
Spanish
All tiers will be tested on the following topics:
Biology
• Diet and digestion
• Respiration
• Health and disease
• Ecological relationships
• Reproduction
Chemistry
• Atoms and elements
• Compounds and mixtures
• Rocks and weathering
• The rock cycle
Physics
• Heating and cooling – temperature, conduction and convection
• Light
• Sound and hearing
• Energy Resources
• Forces and their effects
• The Earth and Beyond
• Magnets and electromagnets
• Speeding up (higher tiers only)
• Pressure and moments (higher tiers only)
Revision materials, activities and tests can be found at:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science
Refer to Boardworks Powerpoints as detailed below:
Biology
• 8A Food and digestion
• 8B Respiration
• 8C Microbes and disease
• 8D Ecological relationships
• 7B Reproduction
Chemistry
• 8E Atoms and elements
• 8F Compounds and mixtures
• 8G Rocks and weathering
• 8H The Rock cycle
Physics
• 8I Heating and cooling
• 8K Light
• 8L Sound and hearing
• 7I Energy Resources
• 7K Forces and their effects
• 7L The Earth and Beyond
• 8J Magnets and electromagnets
• 9K Speeding up (higher tiers only)
• 9L Pressure and moments (higher tiers only)
Revision Guidance
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/spanish_y8.pdf
RE
The exam will focus on pupils being able to explain the Hindu beliefs on Life
after Death. This will involve pupils being able to explain the concepts of:
• Reincarnation
• Dharma
• Karma
• Moksha
• Atman
They will also need to be able to explain the Christian views on life after
death. This will involve pupils being able to explain the concepts of:
• The Soul
• Heaven
• Hell
They will also need to compare the Hindu and Christian views and then
explain their own views on what they believe happens when they die.
Hindu beliefs about life after death
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/re_hindu.pdf
Reincarnation Leaflet
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/re_reincarnation.pdf
The Hindu Cycle of Life Powerpoint
www.toothill.notts.sch.uk/data/files/tiertests/june/re_hindu_cycle.ppt