Enrichment Activities

MASS OBSERVATION DIARY PROJECT

In 2020 the Mass Observation Archive will be repeating its annual call for day diaries, capturing the everyday lives of people across the UK. The written diaries will be stored in the Archive at The Keep and be used by a wide range of people for research, teaching and learning. This is the 10th Anniversary of the 12th May Diary project.

CLICK HERE for more information

MUSIC

Record yourself (or a family member), performing on an instrument or singing – send it to music department email on the website and share your talent with our school.

Make a drum kit…… out of whatever you have in your home! Beat along to your favourite tunes, improving your rhythm whilst burning energy and raising your endorphins.

Email your talents to williamss@asfaonine.org

EXPLORE THE ARTS

Photography – choose a topic, and take photographs, edit with an app on your phone, to create your own exhibition… you could choose a colour theme i.e ‘Yellow’, or something more specific like ‘Garden Wildlife’, or ‘Lockdown’ my favourite hobby.

Email your response to- stjohna@asfaonline.org or to the Art Department.

COOKING UP A TREAT

Food Technology team have uploaded a huge selection of recipes you can try out at home HERE, scroll through any year group page and choose a delicious recipe from Miss Thompson.

Give your parents a rest and serve them something delicious.

Email any pictures of your creations to Ms Thompson 

WELLBEING

Jane Gallagher is a yoga teacher who does classes for children in schools around Liverpool and surrounding areas. She has recorded THIS CLASS on The Liverpool Echo website.

Take an online Yoga Class free on YouTube – there are thousands to choose from that take different amounts of time.

EDUCATION

Research university courses you might want to take in the future.

Look at what you need to do to get there and make a plan!

Explore the UCAS website HERE

THE THIRD AND THE SEVENTH

Alex Roman is a digital artist he created THIS stunning video single-handedly from plans and architectural drawings 10 years ago. He made all the models and textures, created the virtual camera movements and he even wrote the music.
In a world where we need to question sources and investigate “What is real?” Alex used only three tiny bits of actual footage – everything else is computer generated. When you watch the video it seems hard to believe because it’s so realistic.

See if you can spot the three “real things”.

FREE 3D SOFTWARE

You can register with Autodesk for free HERE with your school email address. This will entitle you to download and use their software such as 3DS Max and Maya.

They are industry standard programs used for creating games and films. If you can imagine it these programs can help you make it!

You’ll find lots of tutorial videos on how to use them on Youtube and 3D forums including Autodesk’s own Channel

AMAZON CODING COURSE

Amazon are running FREE Python Coding Courses online.

You can sign up HERE to join in

EUCLIDEA – MATHS GAME

This is a fun and simple Maths/Geometry game that challenges you to “draw” angles and shapes.
You can get it as an app on your phone or play online HERE.

LIBRARY INFORMATION

Whilst we are closed Mrs Wade will be providing updates for you that you would normally get in our Library. Take a look at her padlet HERE

Reading is very important in the current climate, it can help you escape the four walls of your room and transport you to other worlds!

You can join Liverpool Libraries for FREE and once you’ve signed up and downloaded the software they have a wide range of ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels and magazines

The weekly First News newspaper is available FREE by clicking HERE

You can access books and resources for FREE at RENAISSANCE READING

Audible is an online audiobook service and is currently FREE for students. Everyone loves having a story read to them and if you sign up there are lots of books that you can listen to on your phone/laptop/PC. Click HERE to join Audible

NOUGHTS + CROSSES PROJECT

Hello everyone, we will be putting a specific project together each week for you that you can do in addition to the work set by your teachers. These projects will focus on different themes each week and will use resources that are readily available for free on the internet, that don’t require any subscription services. This first one, is based on the TV series of Noughts + Crosses and focuses on the parallels that can be made between the dystopian fictional world that is created in the series and the real world we all live in. Hope you enjoy it and find it interesting. We’d love to hear back from you about what you thought.

HERE is a link to the BBC website page about Noughts + Crosses

HERE is a link to a Powerpoint setting out your task.