Year 8

Below are a compilation of resources specifically for Year 8 students:

Home Learning Reading List - 50 Best Books to Read by the age of 14

 

Computer Science

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z4kw2hv

https://challenge.bebras.uk/index.php?action=user_competitions – Computational challenges – try the challenges from previous years

https://studio.code.org/projects/public - Try some of the code projects

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub - Code club projects

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/31876/ - Create an online account and create Scratch games

 

English

Y8 into Y9 Reading List

 

Geography

BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zrw76sg

Internet Geography - http://geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/ks3/index.html

3D Geography - https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/​

 

Maths

1) https://www.mymaths.co.uk/ 

2) https://www.pearsonactivelearn.com/app/Home

Usernames and Passwords for all students have already been uploaded to MS Teams

 

MFL - French & Spanish

http://www.linguascope.com (All students have login)

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk (no login needed)

http://www.espanol-extra.co.uk (SPANISH ONLY - All students have login)

 

Music

Free version of Sibelius music notation software: https://my.avid.com/get/sibelius-first

A fun website for trying out A Cappella singing: https://www.incredibox.com/

Podcasts:

Tom Service explores how music works: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-listening-service/id1108468608

BBC Radio 3 building a library:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/record-review-podcast/id273489899

BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/composer-of-the-week/id275377513

50 great symphonies: https://www.theguardian.com/music/series/50-greatest-symphonies

Learn about music making: https://melodics.com/

Online drum machine: https://drumbit.app/

Online song maker: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/

 

Science

http://www.kerboodle.com

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zng4d2p

https://edu.rsc.org/eic/science?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq9C2nrym6AIVlfhRCh1C7wSaEAAYAiAAEgLbsPD_BwE

https://www.insidescience.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq9C2nrym6AIVlfhRCh1C7wSaEAAYAyAAEgLTBPD_BwE

 

Textiles

https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

https://www.textileartist.org/

https://artsandculture.google.com/​