Super Curriculum Guide - Year 10
What is the ‘Super Curriculum’?
• The curriculum is what you study and learn in your lessons
• The extra curriculum is the things you do in school that have nothing to do with your lessons – sports, clubs, volunteering for example.
• The super curriculum is what you do outsideofschoolonyourown to go into greater detail about what you have learned in class; for example, you have read a ghost story in class and in your own time you might:
o Read another story by that author
o Try one by a different author
o Research the author’s life and work
o Visit a place associated with the author.
The ‘Super Curriculum’ provides you with a range of activities that take your regular curriculum further. These activities can take many forms including reading, watching videos online, downloading podcasts, attending lectures, visiting museums or entering academic competitions.
Engaging in super curricular activities will help you develop a love for your favourite subject or subjects. Developing a passion for a particular subject, or subjects, can begin at any time so we have provided a list of potential activities that students can try from KS3 - KS5. This list is not exhaustive but merely an indication of the possibilities available to students.
You may come up with some ideas of your own, so these suggestions may just help to get you thinking! We hope you enjoy exploring what interests you and going beyond the classroom on your own.
When you apply to university, admissions tutors will be looking for evidence that you are passionate about the subject. You will no doubt have a long list of things that you do out of school that are unrelated to the course you intend to study, this may be sport, music, or drama, and these are extra-curricular. Universities will look for this kind of thing because it demonstrates a range of useful skills such as time management, leadership, teamwork and so on.
However, they will also want to hear about what you have done that goes above and beyond the IGCSE or A level curriculum in the subject you are planning to study. If you really want that university place, this is an opportunity to show admissions tutors that you are better qualified than anyone else
Reading Activity
Trip or Visit
Writing Activity Internet Activity
Watching Activity
Listening Activity
Research activity
Creative Activity
Student-led Task
Listening to song Task
Push the boundaries of Drawing through the exercises in Drawing Experiments.
Watch Simon Schama’s The Power of Art.
Listen to an album you find inspiring and draw to the music.
Explore Digital Art Processes through Photography and Drawing Apps or complete a Photography lesson through Photo Pedagogy
Follow artists you find inspiring on Social Media.
Art
Buy or make a concertina sketchbook and make a continuous drawing that evolves and continues across many pages. Create this as a sketchbook circle with others in the class.
Study media in depth and experiment with pushing the boundaries of the process. Use ’Just Draw It’ and ‘Just Paint It’ as resources.
Visit a local galley or museum and use observational drawing and collected materials to create a journal of the visit.
Sign up to a workshop at a gallery or local Arts event such as MUDAM and Casino.
Use Britannica Encyclopedia to research artists and Art movements
Using the Google Arts and Culture App, curate your own gallery by selecting artworks from galleries all over the world.
Complete tasks that take you out of your comfort zone with Exploration of The Day and Wreck this Journal by Keri Smith
Write a review for an exhibition you have recently visited.
Find a work placement with a local artist.
Take part in a challenge such as Inktober that encourages you to make work every day over a period of time.
Research a PLC. Make a time-line of their history
Look for interesting business news stories and report back to the class
Write a report about a famous entrepreneur
Business Studies
‘Teenpreneur: How to build a business in your teens’
By Errol Lawson
Create a business-themed game to play in class
Visit a supermarket and look for examples of promotional pricing
Watch a TED Talk about entrepreneurs
Keep a journal of brilliant business ideas
Research job advertisements and create a report about the financial and non-financial rewards offered Luxembourg House of Financial Technology https://lhoft.com
Create a poster of the marketing mix used by a well-known PLC
Create a poster about your favourite business topic
Watch an episode of ‘Dragon’s Den’ on YouTube. Create a list of the characteristics the entrepreneur has and differentiate from that of a manager.
Make a revision quiz on Powerpoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class
Keep up to date with the news. Create a PowerPoint to share with the class of business news headlines for a month
The Soul of a New Machine: Tracey Kidder
Read this book by Tracey KidderFirst published in 1981, Kidder’s classic remains one of the most highly regarded books about computers to ever hit the shelves.
App Inspiration:
Need some inspiration to make your own apps or just want to know how? Watch this Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =EF692dBzWAs
Learn about KS5 Courses
Read resources and Syllabus guides for the Cambridge Computer Science AS&A Level here: https://www.cambridgeinternational .org/programmes-andqualifications/cambridgeinternational-as-and-a-levelcomputer-science-9618/
Unisys Computer Museum
Belgium
Plan a visit to the Computer Museum NAM-IP Henri Blès Street 192A, 5000 NAMUR http://www.nam-ip.be/NAM-ipColl2.html
Computer Science
Raspberry Pi
Why not get yourself a credit sized computer? There are so many projects you can complete with this tiny computer. Take a look here for inspiration:
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/
Learn Coding
Develop your programming skills by challenging yourself to complete as many tasks as you can, from Javascript to Recursive programming in Python: https://www.codecademy.com/
Doddle Learn
Why not complete the mini quizzes on algorithms, programming basics, binary, Boolean logic, flowcharts and logical operators.
How Computers work
Watch this interesting Ted Talk by George Dyson on the history of Computers:
https://www.ted.com/talks/george_ dyson_the_birth_of_the_computer?l anguage=en#t-205437
Programming as a foreign Language?
Watch this interesting Ted Talk given by teenager Steve Mcintosh about programming as a foreign language
https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_mci ntosh_programming_as_a_second_lan guage
Prepare for A Level
Develop your Python 3 programming skills and HTML coding by challenging yourself to complete as many tasks as possible on Snakify. There are over 200 exercises and video clips. https://snakify.org/en/
The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing
Read through this book by Martin Davis on the origins of the computer and the mathematicians involved.
Programming fun with Turtle:
Try this tutorial series on drawing graphics using Turtle in Python (for those already comfortable with Python)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list =PLzMcBGfZo4kfGgYZb9dwW3VhoBRG0h9c
Drama
Rewrite a scene from your studied play, adapting the style to that of a different genre/practitioner. Consider how dialogue and narrative are affected.
Take a play from the cupboard in Barthel hall and aim to read it inside 4 weeks. Your teacher can advise on genres.
Operate the lighting and sound desks in Barthel Hall to assist with technical theatre in a small show for other students.
Listen to an audio play on Drama online Library. Investigate how the use of voice is made more important when there is no physical acting.
Any time you go on a break, go to a theatre in any place you visit if possible. Grab a programme and if possible, see their theatre space!
Use digital theatre plus to find a production similar to the style or text you are studying. It’s always easier to understand when you see it performed!
Create a Chair Duet, based on the work by Frantic Assembly perform it in an unusual location, film it and share it using Teams.
Use ‘No fear Shakespeare’ to familiarise yourself with the plot of a Shakespeare play you have never read.
Design a costume on paper for any character from a play you have watched. Think about appropriate materials, colours and sizes that represent something about the character.
Youtube has a wonderful series called ‘Crash course theatre’, introducing periods in theatre. Look at the first couple to start the journey through time.
Watch a live theatre performance at any theatre and record a vlog on your way out of the theatre. Watch it back later to consider how your opinion developed in the aftermath of the performance.
Attend a KS5 Rehearsal to see how A-Level Students work on plays.
Keep an eye on the school performance schedule to watch performances from older and younger year groups.
Write a short play. Aim for ten minutes duration and focus on character dialogue, keeping it in one location.
Work as a ‘Wardrobe manager’ for a week, supervising our costume and props cupboard, signing in and out any items which are being used by groups.
Listen to Econ&Me podcast, Will Hines interviews ex- students called ‘’started from the bottom’’, https://open.spotify.com/show/5Cihh 9gO40LoTfn0mdGsOu
Watch 3 videos from Crash Course Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 9I_ADGrKQo&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPNZwz5 _o_5uirJ8gQXnhEO
Write a report about the use of indirect taxes, minimum prices and regulation to solve the overuse of a particular demerit good.
Read an article from the Economist, and write a synopsis of what you have learnt
Create a Tarsia puzzle on a unit from the course. https://www.tarsiamaker.co.uk/
Economics
Get ahead of the game. Read a book from the A Level Economics reading list.
Design your own 30 question multiple choice paper
Watch “Cowspiracy”, “Seaspiracy” and/or “American Factory” on Netflix. What economics theory can you link to the documentaries?
Read a news article from BBC news and write a summary linking to economic theory you have learnt. How many diagrams can you include?
Create 5 “Missing Caption Competitions” and get them signed off by your teacher.
Make your own economics video on a topic of your choice.
Watch episodes on the Economist YouTube channel – write a short synopsis of what you have learnt.
Create a fact file on 3 developing countries and 3 developed countries. Find data on Inflation, Economic growth, Unemployment, HDI, Trade Deficit.
Make a revision quiz on Powerpoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class
Read a copy of Economics Today/Economics Review (available in the library) –write a synopsis of what you have learnt.
English
Watch a Shakespeare play on Digital Theatre
Compare two versions of the same film or play that you have seen saying which one you prefer.
Read one newspaper or magazine article every day.
Teach your English class a new and unusual word every week
Visit the Bibliothèque Nationale in Kirchberg and find out how to borrow books.
Find out what English language theatre groups and writers are active in Luxembourg.
Produce a guide to the 10 best books you have ever read.
Write a short story to share with younger students.
Try and write a different ending to one of the texts you have studied
Set up a book club or writing club with some of your friends.
Explore the range of TED talks on literature
. Research the life and work of one First World War poet such as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, or Edward Thomas.
When you take a trip/holiday make notes/take photos of the impacts of tourists and the management in place there.
Read an article from ‘WideWorld’ and write a synopsis.
Download the ‘World Factbook’ App to have a world of statistics at your fingertips.
Geography
Read ‘No one is too small to make a difference’ by Greta Thunberg.
Create a minificate on a youthful or aging population case study.
Listen to a range of GCSE podcasts at:
https://senecalearning.com/enGB/blog/geography-gcsepodcasts-by-seneca/
Read ‘There is no planet B’ by Mike Berners-Lee.
Visit the United States Geological Survey website to keep informed about current earthquakes (and other hazards).
https://www.usgs.gov/
Visit the Royal Geographical Society website and find out how to become a Geography Ambassador.
Watch the Ted Talk ‘Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)’ by Danny Dorling.
Watch the Ted Talk ‘How mega cities are changing the world’ by Parag Khanna.
Watch any of the Tribe series by the BBC and Bruce Parry to see the impact of the modern world on indigenous communities.
Research what is going on in the world at the moment. Emergency Events Database –http://www.emdat.be
Choose an SDG and investigate how one country is performing to meet the goals by 2030. Use the OECD site.
https://sdg-pathfinder.org/
Keep a scrapbook or notebook collecting stories about geographical events in the news.
Create timelines on Germany and Superpower Relations
Watch: ‘The Nazis: A Warning from History.’ BBC Documentary
Watch a relevant episode of ‘People’s Century.’ https://www.youtube.com/playli st?list=PLuL26fXZ8eTNLLnugg2 BTyOZQ7HT-QZk4
Read ‘Of Mice and Men’ or ‘Grapes of Wrath’ by John Steinbeck to discover life during the Great Depression
Create a revision poster about your favurite history topic
History
Read for pleasure on a historical topic that interests you. Ask your teacher for advice
Create revision cue cards of past paper questions
Watch Ken Burns’ documentaries on Prohibition and Vietnam
Read an article from ‘History Today’ or ‘Modern History Review’ from the library or Mrs. Palmer
Watch ’13 Days’ a film about the Cuban Missile Crisis
Watch ‘A Century of Revolution’
https://www.youtube.com/us er/shahzadahmadraja79/sear chhttps://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PJyoX_vrlns
The Story of China (Episode 6) – Michael Wood. This is in the school library
https://www.activehistory.co. uk
Use the password you have been given
Make a revision quiz on PowerPoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class
Watch CNN Cold War documentaries https://www.youtube.com/pl aylist?list=PL8hNHC9nbLlzb4 miGp5pZPYCk9Zw0dGke
50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know
Look through this book by Tony Crilly. Choose several of the ideas contained within and learn about why they are significant in maths.
Imaginary Numbers
Research the origins of imaginary numbers. Which mathematicians are associated with these? Why are they so useful in today’s mathematics? What are their applications?
Research Evariste Galois
Who was he? Why did he die so young? Why was he not taken seriously as a mathematician in his time? What is Galois theory?
Dividing by Zero
Why is it impossible to divide by zero? Watch this video by Eddie Woo to find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =J2z5uzqxJNU
Infinity
Watch this Numberphile video on different infinities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =elvOZm0d4H0
Mathematics
LCM Sudoku
Sudoku with a mathematical twist. Use your knowledge about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.
https://nrich.maths.org/6018
Music of the Primes
Watch this lecture by Marcus du Sautoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =PgqEaUT8Qo0
Hexy-metry
A hexagon is inscribed inside a circle.
The sides of the hexagon are alternately a and b units in length. What is the radius of the circle?
https://nrich.maths.org/1954
Exploring Cubic Functions
What patterns can you explore with cubic functions?
https://nrich.maths.org/802
The Number Mysteries
Read this book by Marcus du Sautoy, which is an exploration of the surprising ways in which maths occurs in our everyday lives, centred around five famous unsolved problems in mathematics.
Research Sophie Germain
How did she get involved in mathematics? What was her correspondence with Gauss? What was her contribution to proving Fermat’s Last Theorem? What are Sophie Germain Primes?
Proofs of Circle Theorems
Choose a few circle theorems covered in the IGCSE and learn how to prove them.
Maths in Minutes
Look through this book by Paul Glendinning. Choose several of the concepts contained within and learn about why they are significant in maths.
Polynomial Division
How do you divide polynomials by algebraic expressions of the form �������� ± ����?
https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebr a/polynomials-division-long.html
Conjecture, Theorem, Axiom, Lemma
Research the mathematical meaning and significance of each of these terms. Find an example of each (they do not have to be related, but if they are then that would be better).
MFL (French/German)
Research 5 French-speaking countries (not France, not Luxembourg, not Belgium) and write a fact sheet about these. (population, main cities, traditions, sightseeing places)
Borrow one French/German film from our library and write a short review on it. Hand in the review afterwards.
Create one poster for each one of the 5 areas of IGCSE topics with vocabulary (10-15 key words)
Find a famous French/German band and write a short presentation of them (Who are they?). Afterwards pick one song and listen to it.
Watch the daily BFM TV newsflash and summarise the first two news reports in 3 lines each + headline (for each) www.bfmtv.fr
Visit a town/city in Germany or France (you can also research online) and create a brochure or a flyer to promote it.
Go to Luxembourg city and find 5 touristic spots. Take a picture of each spot and produce a poster in French/German with an itinerary.
Read an online news article on a topic of your own interest and write down 5-8 questions on it. Newspapers: Liberation, Le Monde, Le Figaro, France 24.
Find 2 cities in Germany or France and create one quiz with 10 questions for each on KAHOOT or QUIZIZZ. https://kahoot.com/ https://quizizz.com/
Create a vocabulary booklet and add each day 5 new words linked to the IGCSE topics. You can use a dictionary (French or German).
Choose one song in French or German and read the lyrics. Try to memorise the chorus.
Write a diary during your next holiday. Five things you do each day. Add photos to make it really nice.
Go to the local cinema and watch a film in French/German (with subtitles in English).
https://kinepolis.lu/fr
Visit the BibliothèqueNationale in Kirchberg and find out how to borrow books. Make a selfie in front of the Bibliothèque and post it on Instagram. www.bnl.lu
Research how many regions France has got? Write them down and find one city for each region. Do the same with the German “Länder” (states).
Create a poster of instruments found in African / Celtic music
Watch a documentary on a famous musician or composer
Take a free voice or instrument lesson on Youtube
Write a song based on the topic you are currently studying.
Music
Create a timeline of musical era’s from pre-historic to modern era
Watch a live music event and write a review
Choose a contemporary composer and produce a short biography.
Take a video of you playing through major and minor scales on piano
Watch a music review for an album you have never listened to before.
Create a timeline of the different musical styles
Write a glossary of musical terms and definitions.
Audition for the AMIS festival
Participate in an Open Mic event. Give a friend music lessons on the instrument you play. Compose a piece of music for a spy thriller
PE
Research your favourite sport or sports person using the Britannica online encyclopaedia. Send 3 facts to your teacher as evidence.
Watch an international sports tournament on the TV. Write a 150 word report as evidence
Perform regularly for a school/community sports club. Send a photograph as evidence.
Lead a warm up in a PE lesson.
Read a sports biography/autobiography from the library. Write a 150 word report as evidence.
Read the latest sports news on the BBC Sport web page. Send a screenshot as evidence.
A famous sports venue in Europe. Take a selfie as evidence.
Represent the school in any sports event.
Listen to a sports commentary/podcast on the radio/online. Send a screenshot as evidence.
Volunteer to lead a skill drill or umpire during a PE lesson.
Watch a sports documentary on Netflix. Write a 150 word report as evidence.
A live sports match or tournament in Luxembourg. Take a selfie as evidence.
Write a report of a match you have played in and send it to your PE teacher.
Create a 5 page presentation on your favourite sport or sportsperson. Send it to your teacher as evidence.
Keep a training log for one week. Send it to your teacher as evidence.
Psychology
Create a song, poem or picture about a psychological topic of your choice ‘Mindset’ by Dr Carol Dweck.
BBC Radio 4 ‘Mind Changers’: HM-The Man Who Couldn’t Remember.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0 0t6zqv
Find out more about some fascinating psychology experiments https://www.boredpanda.com/psychol ogy-behaviourexperiments/?utm_source=google&ut m_medium=organic&utm_campaign= organic
Visit the Freud museum in London or Vienna https://www.freud.org.uk/ https://www.freud-museum.at/en/
BBC Radio 4 ‘Mind Changers’: B.F Skinner and Superstition in the Pigeon
Create a video of a psychology related experiment at home
Cite des Sciences et de l’industrie, Paris www.cite-sciences.fr
‘Will we ever speak Dolphin?’ by New Scientist
‘The Lucifer effect’ Understanding how good people turn evil. TED talk by Zimbardo
How reliable is your memory? TED talk by Elizabeth Loftus https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=PB2OegI6wvI
The Betrad Addiction Centre to understand the types of addictive behaviours and treatment.
Use the ‘Britannica School’’ website to write a report about Ivan Pavlov
Make a revision quiz on Powerpoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class
Take part in some research online http://www.gameswithwords.org/
Science
City of Arts & Science, Valencia, Spain
www.cac.es/va/home.html
Watch 3 videos from ‘Minute Physics’ on YouTube
Use the ‘Britannica School’’ website to write a report about Charles Darwin
‘How Long is Now?’ by New Scientist
Create a song, poem or picture about a scientific topic of your choice
‘Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in simple words’ by Randall Munroe
Create a science video of an experiment at home Visit this website for ideas www.stevespanglerscience.co m
A science related TED-Ed talk
Watch the ‘Crash Course Big History’ series of videos on YouTube
Watch and review a science video from the Royal Institution https://www.youtube.com/@T heRoyalInstitution
Watch 3 science videos from ‘Fuse School’ on YouTube
Galileo Museum, Florence, Italy
Home - Museo Galileo
Watch 3 science videos from ‘Kurzgesagt’ on YouTube
Make a revision quiz on Powerpoint or Kahoot! for a topic and ask to use it in class
Any copy of the ‘New Scientist’ magazine
Add key words to your glossary
Research social mobility
https://socialmobility.independent -commission.uk/
Choose a podcast to listen to http://www.podology.org.uk/hom e/4556339389
Read articles from ‘Sociology Review’ in the school library or Mrs. Palmer’s room
Create a revision poster about your favourite sociological topic
Sociology
Read for pleasure on a sociological topic that interests you. Ask your teacher for advice
Create revision cue cards of exam questions
Research educational inequality https://www.suttontrust.com/
Read an article from The Guardian’s Society section https://www.theguardian.com/ society
Watch the ‘7 Up’ longitudinal study series https://www.youtube.com/play list?list=PLmttTbVBZmTkwCRB jGmrf_l04eebE-TVE
Research gender inequality https://www.fawcettsociety.o rg.uk/
Search for current news reports relating to our topics https://www.bbc.com/news
Listen to a podcast from ‘The Sociology Show’ https://podcasts.apple.com/u s/podcast/the-sociologyshow/id1507196347
Make a revision quiz on PowerPoint for a topic and ask to use it in class
Listen to BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’ discussing Feminism https://www.bbc.co.uk/progr ammes/p00545b0