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= Hallo to Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 = =The New Blog is getting articles added - check it out here: InterHigh KS3 Humanities= = = This is your wiki, where we will keep lessons, homeworks, class note sheets, together with other links to interesting sites and extra notes and ideas will be stored here You might like to keep an eye on the [|Coach House Blog] too? There are all sorts of weird stuff to be found there!

What can you expect of me?
A couple of days before your lesson, you will get an email from me attaching the class notes. Please try and print these off, as you will need them to write on - they are useful for revision and often help with the homework too. I would suggest you get a folder to keep them in. They will also be on the wiki at the same time at the link given in the email.

Every lesson I will set homework and I expect on most occasions that you will put it in the homework folder by the 2nd working day after it is set - Y8 Jaguars will be Wednesday, Y7 Lions will Thursday and Y9 Caracals and Y7 Margays will be Friday. **Exception 1** : you have a large file that will not load - lots of pictures for example - **email it! But remember to keep your record straight, you will need to upload a file to the homework library with a message on it to say it has been emailed.** **Exception 2: If it is a long homework to completed over several days - then I will change the in-date** If you have a problem getting it in on time or you are having difficulty with it - **email me as soon as you know there is a problem** and ask for extra help.

What are we going to do?
**Unit 1 **: Intro (very short): Introduction and maps. Year 7 Year 8. This is for weeks 1 & 2 **Unit 2**: Environmental conditions: Weather, climate and ecosystems Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 .This is for weeks 3-7 **Unit 3 **: The Human Situation: Settlement, population and development Year 7 Year 8 Year 9. This is for weeks 8-13 **Unit 4 **: Changing Earth: About volcanoes, earth quakes and how the landscape is sculpted Year 7 Year 8 Year 9. This is for weeks 14 - 19 **Unit 5 :** Working World: About the jobs people do, farming, tourism and modern industry Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 This is for weeks 20 -25 **Unit 6 **: What are we doing to our World? The rain forests, climate change, energy sources Year 7 Year 8 Year 9. This for weeks 26 - 31 Then we do a bit of revision for your test in Week 34 and I have some fun stuff stored up for week 35 **REVISION**: @Year 7 Revision @Year 8 Revision @Year 9 Revision
 * @End of Term: ** For everyone

Our notice board is on Top Homeworks (Year 8 ) and Star Homeworks (Year 7) and Great Homeworks (Year 9) =media type="custom" key="12664400"= =How to use Zondle=
 * 1) Have the email open with your user name and password
 * 2) Use the link on the email or this one: []
 * 3) You will see a page like this:[[image:How_to_use_zondle_1.png width="800" height="499"]]
 * 4) Bottom right you will see this: Topics my teacher has set me[[image:How_to_use_zondle_1A.png width="406" height="221" align="right"]]
 * 5) Click on the one you have been told to do and you see this: [[image:How_to_use_zondle_2.png width="591" height="304"]]
 * 6) Click on any game you want and it will run the topic using that game. As you become familiar with them, you will probably like some more than others. That is fine!
 * 7) If you want to check your progress, use the drop down list under your name and pick it out.[[image:How_to_use_zondle_3.png width="640" height="456" align="right"]]
 * 8) It will tell you, with a bit more clicking, exactly which questions have been giving you problems as well as how ell you have done in each game.
 * 9) When you have done really well, you can even print yourself a certificate!
 * 10) By clicking on my profile instead, you can change your avatar and password to make it more memorable!
 * 11) To return to the list of topics I have set, click on Search at the top of the green list.

**BUT DO REMEMBER:** **This is not a test as such, but a way to learn – so you may only have time for one go in class and may find that you have not remembered it all. This tells you that another few tries at that topic will be a good thing. After the first week, I will be taking you best efforts into account as part of the homework mark, so it will be worth making sure you can do them well. So have an many goes as you like!**

World knowledge
By the end of the year I hope that: The best sites to learn from are and once you REALLY know your stuff, [|Geography Map Games] are against the clock! and if you want to give money to charity - [|try this] Find some more games here
 * Year 7 will know where the countries of Europe are together with the continents, oceans and major seas.
 * Year 8 will add to your Y7 knowledge the main countries of Africa (not the tiddly ones!) and South America.
 * Year 9 will add to your Y8 knowledge the main Countries in Asia and Australasia ( or Oceania as it is sometimes called).
 * [|Sheppard Software]
 * [|Lizard Point]

Another map quiz page - only this time you need to be able to spell them correctly as well [] - scroll down to the bottom to find the countries in various continents I did try one of those further up - typing in the countries that consumed the most beer - got about half way through before it got to 'time out'!