Term:
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Monday Study Tip
Base your study around completing past exam/ test papers. This will show you areas exams may focus on as well as familiarity with ways exams are constructed.
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Week: Go. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Subject
Science
Read + Summerise Chapter 2 Menorise Circulatory System
Maths
Finish Exercise 3.1
Tuesday Guess The Hobby…
Description / Deadline
Spotted bananas have a sugar content of more than 20%, compared with 3% in green ones.
Band Practice Estelle’s House
ACE H O R S E - R
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Wednesday
On a Myer hairdryer: “Do not use while sleeping”
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A compass does not point to the geographical North or South Pole, but to the magnetic poles.
Assembly
8am
English
Final Edits to English Essay Get Mum to read through
Aim not for what you are, but for what you could be. Lucas Hellmer
Jan
The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.
Subject
English
Description / Deadline
1000 Word Essay Due
A third of the world live on less than $2 a day, with 1.2 bn people living on less than $1 a day.
Sport
Bring Sports Uniform!
Thursday Word of the Week
28
abominable adj. Very hateful.
Friday Puzzler of the Week
29
Where is the one place where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, and does not get saluted?
Only 30% of people can flare their nostrils.
Sat /Sun Sydney
Teache r / Parent Signature and Comm
Home Work Checked.
ents:
30/31
Sydney is the largest city in Australia, with a population of approx. 4.5 million. It is the state capital of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British colony in Australia. It was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, admiral of the First Fleet from Britain.
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Term:
01
Monday Study Tip
Week: A typical athlete’s heart churns out 25 to 30 litres of blood per minute.
Subject
Description / Deadline
Be sure to get plenty of sleep.
02
03
Tuesday
The odds of being struck by lightning are about 600,000 to one.
Guess The Hobby…
Wednesday
A dog was the first to parachute.
Do you think that when they ask the Queen for ID, she just whips out a dollar coin?
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Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss
Feb
The scales of a crocodile are made of ceratin, the same substance hooves and fingernails are made of.
Subject
Description / Deadline
Thursday Word of the Week
04
abrade v. To wear away the surface, or some part of, by friction.
A Duke is the highest rank you can achieve without being a king or a prince.
Friday Puzzler of the Week
05
What one-syllable word can be transformed into a three-syllable word by adding only one letter?
The tall chef’s hat is called a toque.
Sat / Sun Beijing
Teache r / Parent Signature and Comm
ents:
06/07
Beijing is the second largest city in China after Shanghai, with a population of approx. 17 million. Formerly known as Peking, it is the capital of the People’s Republic of China. The China Rose or Chrysanthemum is its city flower.
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Term:
Monday
29
Study Tip
Week: About 2/3 of a person’s body weight is water. Blood is 92% water, muscles (and brain) 75%.
Subject
Description / Deadline
Get your family members or friends to test you.
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Tuesday
The first motorcycle speedway race was held in Maitland, Australia, in 1925.
Guess The Hobby…
Wednesday
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
Arson: Not our daughter.
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Silence is more eloquent than words. THOMAS CARLYLE
A pr
Argon is used to fill the space in most light bulbs; neon in fluro signs & mercury gas in fluro lights.
Subject
Description / Deadline
T hursday Word of the Week
01
bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
The typical bolt of lightning heats the atmosphere to 28000 degrees Celsius.
Friday Puzzler of the Week
02
3 grain silos have the following capacity: A: 8000 kilos, B: 5000 kilos, C: 3000 kilos, A is full, B & C are empty. Can you, without weighing, put 4000 kilos in silo A & 4000 kilos in silo B?
Australians are the heaviest gamblers in the world; an estimated 82% of Australians bet.
Sat / Sun Tokyo
Teache r / Parent Signature and Comm
ents:
03/04
Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government, home of the Emperor of Japan and is the capital of the country. It has a population of over 33 million, making it one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world.
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Generic H/M Date Section
Term:
03
Week:
Monday Study Tip
One year contains 31,557,600 seconds.
Subject
Description / Deadline
Use your imagination to be creative in what you are learning, think of images that will make the work easier to understand and memorise.
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05
Tuesday
Coffee is the seed of a cherry from the tree genus Coffea.
Guess The Hobby…
Wednesday
The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980.
On Boot’s Children’s Cough Medicine: “Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication.”
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It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines success or failure. Corrine Clewlow
May
Count Alessandro Volta invented the first battery in the 18th century.
Subject
Description / Deadline
Thursday Word of the Week
06
catastrophe n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
The Dead Sea is 365 m (1,200 ft) below sea level.
Friday Puzzler of the Week
07
What gets around everywhere?
Domestic cats purr at about 26 cycles per second, the same frequency as an idling diesel engine.
Sat /Sun
08/09
Cannes Film Festival Teache r / Parent Signature and Comm
ents:
Cannes is situated in the Cote d’Azur region in France, known as the French Riviera, and has a population of approximately 70,000.
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Term:
05
Monday Study Tip
Week: There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
Subject
Description / Deadline
Don’t waste time writing neatly and using white out etc. Test markers know that you are under a lot of stress, and crossing out & inserting words is acceptable.
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07
Tuesday
More money is spent on gardening than any other hobby.
Guess The Hobby…
Wednesday
In 1870, there were more Irish living in London than in Dublin.
Why do you have to click on “Start” to stop Windows?
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Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. Henry Van Dyke
Jul
One in ten people in the world live on an island.
Subject
Description / Deadline
Thursday Word of the Week
08
fiscal adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
In 1913, the Russian Airline became the first to introduce a toilet on board.
Friday Puzzler of the Week
09
A boy was asked to multiply 5 numbers together. He was shown each number in turn, but before even seeing the last 2 numbers, he gave the correct answer. How did he do it?
On average, a movie makes about 5 times more from its DVD sales than ticket takings.
Sat / Sun New York
Teache r / Parent Signature and Comm
ents:
10/11
The term “The Big Apple” was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression “apple” for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time — The Big Apple.
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