South Powys Inter-Schools Literacy Olympiads 2014-2015

South Powys Inter-Schools Literacy
Olympiads 2014-2015
BRONZE CHALLENGE BOOKLET – YEAR 7
THE SOUTH POWYS INTER-SCHOOLS LITERACY
OLYMPIADS 2014-2015
The Literacy Olympiads was launched in the academic year 2014-2015. It is an initiative
which invites South Powys pupils across Key Stage Three to become Bronze, Silver or Gold
Literacy Olympians by completing cross-curricular challenges that focus on reading, writing
or speaking.
As a rough guide to KS3 Levels:
The Bronze Award equates to Level 5/6
The Silver Award equates to Level 6/7
The Gold Award equates to Level 7/8.
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TO BECOME A LITERACY OLYMPIAN
See the MATco in your respective school to sign up and receive an information pack.
Read through the challenges – and get excited about your plan of action!
To qualify as a Literacy Olympian for your school you must fully complete at least ONE
challenge assigned to your year group.
You can complete as many challenges as you like. If you decide to complete more than
one challenge, keep them together in a folder – if a piece is too big to be put in a
folder, submit a photograph of it and keep the real thing in a safe place.
You may want to discuss them with your respective subject teachers, MAT tutors
(where applicable) or form tutors for advice.
Take pride in your work – it may well be displayed on your school website or around the
school for others to see. Make it eye-catching and as ACCURATE as possible in terms
of spelling, punctuation, grammar and expression.
When you are ready, hand in your work to the MATco. You then have to wait for the
awards ceremony at the end of the year.
Remember, there is a competition between pupils both within your school and in the
other five South Powys schools but you may wish to complete a challenge because you
love the subject or just want to learn more.
If you need to borrow technology such as a data recorder or camera/video recorder, visit
the respective IT/subject department. If you would like any further details about the
Literacy Olympiads, do not hesitate to contact your respective MATco:
Natalie Armitti
(Crickhowell)
Rebecca Carpenter
(Brecon)
Elin Ennis
(Builth Wells)
Matthew Morris
(Llandod)
Joe Taffurelli
(Maes y Dderwen)
Beth Walker
(Gwernyfed)
Year 7 – Bronze Challenge
Mathematics
English
Science
Mamiaeth
Welsh
Geography
History
RE
MFL
Music
Code Cracker: Complete the Caesar Cipher wheel task. Complete all the
tasks, including cracking the code and creating your own coded message
using the cipher wheel
Transition Leaflet: Produce a leaflet marketing your South Powys school
to pupils in Years 5 and 6. It needs to be informative have an excellent
standard of presentation. It needs to include images and a discussion on
the process of moving from primary to secondary school. Spelling,
punctuation or grammar must be accurate. Minimum 2 sides A4.
Poster Production: Produce an A3 annotated poster that describes &
explains the journey of a water droplet as it travels through the water
cycle. Make sure you use key words correctly.
Factfile: to write a fact file detailing the information of, in your opinion,
the three most important Welsh icons of past/present - in Welsh. You
must explain why they are so important.
Transition Letter: Write a letter in Welsh to a friend in Year 6, telling
them about life in secondary school.
You should:
Discuss good and bad points.
Use appropriate discussing connectives, such as ar y naill law, and ar
y llaw arall, ar y cyfan, felly etc.
Give your opinions and support them with reasons.
Spell and punctuate correctly.
Use a variety of Welsh sentence patterns consistently and
correctly.
Minimum half page of A4.
Photograph Analysis: Annotate a photograph of a local rural area and a
local urban area to compare and contrast them; describe and explain the
various physical and human features; and identify the geographical
processes present. Use appropriate geographic terminology.
Family Tree: Bring in a photograph of any relative from your family
history. Produce a family tree (of minimum 4 generations) to clearly show
your relationship with this person. Write an explanation of your
relationship with the person.
Dear Diary: Write a daily diary entry for the week commencing on Palm
Sunday and ending on Easter Monday. The diary has to be written from
Jesus’ point of view and must describe and explain Jesus’ thoughts and
feelings in the days leading up to his execution.
Georges Timetable: Read the script about Georges’ timetable and
favourite lessons and answer the questions in French.
Song Review: Write a review of a popular song of your choice, describing
DT
PE
Art
ICT
in detail how the elements of music are used, for example, the tempo of
the song, the structure that is used, how the instruments are used
together. Discuss the language that is used within the song and the
imagery that it creates.
Poster Production: Design an A3 poster to advertise the sale of the
product you have built during DT lessons this year. You need to include a
detailed description of the product and also comment on its size, cost,
materials, function etc. You can also include images of your product.
Power Point Presentation: Produce a PPT explaining why it is important to
have a healthy lifestyle. Describe and explain what it means to be healthy
(physical activity; balanced diet; not smoking/drinking alcohol/taking
drugs). Include the benefits and negative consequences of different
lifestyle choices.
Album Cover Design: Design a front and back Album cover for a musical
artist/group of your choice. This can be produced using any media of your
choice - ICT packages are allowed also e.g. Photo Shop, Corel Draw or
Publisher. Describe and explain the methods you have used and what
influenced your design. Evaluate the outcome.
Movie Making: Create a movie related to e-safety. The specific topic area
is up to you. Examples of topic areas include e.g. Mobile Phones, Internet,
Identity Theft, Cyber bullying, Privacy Invasion; Trolling; etc. Your film
must include narration so an accompanying script is necessary.
If you have access to Apple Tech. iMovie would be useful however most
mobile phones have filming capabilities. Camcorders can be borrowed from
the ICT office.
South Powys Inter-Schools Literacy Olympiads 2014-2015
Please use the following proforma to track your progress
Subject Task
Yr 7 Bronze
Challenge
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Yr 8 Silver
Challenge
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Yr 9 Gold
Challenge
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MATco
Signature
Date
Maths
English
Science
Mamiaeth
Welsh
Geography
History
RE
MFL
Art
Music
DT
PE
ICT
Pupil Name………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
School …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Date of Award Submission ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
MFL: Bronze
Mes matières scolaires préférés
Bonjour, je m’appelle Georges. J’ai douze ans et je suis anglais. Je vais à l’école à
Netherton et il s’appelle ‘Hillcrest’. J’adore l’école. Voici mon emploi du temps pour la
semaine. Le lundi matin nous avons l’anglais et l’histoire et l’après-midi nous avons les
maths et la musique.
Puis le mardi matin nous avons l’anglais et l’informatique et après le
déjeuner nous avons les maths et après ça l’EPS. Le mercredi matin
nous avons le français avant la récréation et ensuite la géo. L’aprèsmidi nous avons le dessin. Le jeudi matin nous avons les maths et
après la récréation nous avons le français. Après le déjeuner nous
avons l’EPS et l’anglais. Finalement, le vendredi, le dernier jour de la
semaine scolaire, nous avons les maths et l’anglais le matin et les
sciences l’après-midi. J’adore étudier le français parce que c’est génial et aussi parce
que le prof est sympa, et j’adore étudier l’anglais parce que c’est facile. J’aime
étudier l’histoire parce que c’est très intéressant et j’aime aussi les maths et
l’informatique. Je déteste étudier la musique parce que c’est ennuyeux et je n’aime
pas étudier le dessin parce que c’est difficile et aussi parce que le prof est sévère.
Ma matière préférée c’est sans doute le français. C’est une très belle langue. Je
voudrais visiter la France un jour…
Mes matières scolaires préférés
The following questions are based on the text on school.
Answer the French questions IN FRENCH.
If you don’t understand the question the English translation is given.
1. Comment s’appelle l’école de Georges? (What is Georges’ teacher called?)
2. Quelle âge a Georges? (How old is Georges?)
3. How many times a week does George have English?
4. What subjects does George have on a Monday?
5. Qu’est-ce que Georges a le mardi matin? (What does Georges have on Tuesday morning?)
6. Qu’est-ce que Georges a le mercredi après la récréation? (What does Georges have on
Wednesday after break?)
7. Does George have maths on a Thursday afternoon?
8. On what day does George have maths, English and science?
9. Où est-ce que Georges voudrait visiter un jour? (Where would Georges like to go to
one day?)
10. De quelle nationalité est Georges? (What nationality is Georges?)
11. Which subjects does George love studying and why?
12. Which subject doesn’t George like studying and why?
Mathematics Bronze: Caesar Cipher
Overview: Throughout history secret codes have been used to pass important messages
between people and keep them safe from the enemy. Some messages were so important that
people would invent elaborate ways to hide what was being sent.
Roman dictator, Julius Caesar is said to have used a secret code to communicate with his
armies. The code, now referred to as the Caesar Cipher, is a simple example of a substitution
cipher. The Caesar Cipher involves swapping each letter of the alphabet with another letter,
a fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, a shift of three would mean
that the letter A is replaced with D, B is replaced with E and C is replaced with F (see table
below).
Plain
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
text
Cipher d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c
text
Example
Plaintext: “ADVANCE ON GAUL”
Becomes
Ciphertext: “DGYDQFH RQ JDXO”
To help encrypt and decrypt the Caesar Cipher you can use a Caesar Cipher Wheel. The wheel
is made of two rotating circles with the alphabet, one inside the other (see below).
Keywords:
Sender
Receiver
Plain Text
Cipher Text
Encryption
Decryption
Substitution
Cipher
The person who creates the message.
The person who the message is sent to.
The message that is to be sent.
The coded version of the plaintext.
The process of turning plain text into ciphertext
The process of turning cipher text into plaintext.
A coding technique that involves replacing every
letter in a plaintext with a different letter.
Your Mission:
Create your own Caesar Cipher wheel, using the frames provided.
Encrypt the following plaintext, using a shift of 3 letters:
ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY
Decrypt the following cipher text, using a shift of 3 letters:
ZDWFK RXW IRU WKH FHOWV
You have intercepted the following cipher text.
You know the message was encrypted using the Caesar Cipher, but you do not know the
shift number. Use your Caesar Wheel to decrypt the message.
NLPDLC HTWW TYGLOP MCTELTY
Create your own message using a shift of your choice.
Write instructions on how to break the Caesar Cipher?
How many possible combinations of cipher are there with the Caesar Cipher?
Write a brief description of the advantages and disadvantages of the Caesar Cipher.
Caesar Cipher Wheel
Cut out both circles.
Place the small wheel inside the big wheel.
Secure in the centres together with a butterfly clip.
Line up the letters so they match.
Rotate the small wheel anti-clockwise, the number of letters determined by the shift.
To encrypt, read from outside letters to inside.
To decrypt, read from inside to outside.