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JOURNAL WORK - YEAR 8

Work your way through the tasks below, (any order you like). Tick the box for each task when you have completed
it. Think about the presentation and aim to make each page interesting. Print and stick completed tasks into your
journal or upload to the Showbie group created by your Group Tutor.

REWARDS
Five good pieces of journal work = 1 HMC (awarded by your tutor)
A completed journal that shows evidence of a lot of thought and care will be considered for a Head of Year Award.

1 Design your own app for an iPad. It needs to be useful at school. Use one page.

2 Think about a recent event you attended, perhaps a sports event or a theatre production. What do
you think was good and not so good? Use a full page.

3 Look at this list of occupations and then rate them 1-5 for pay and respect. 5 if you think they de-
serve lots of money for their jobs or 1 if you think they should have only a little. Explain your reasons.
Professional Footballer, Lavatory Cleaner, Pop Star, Nurse, Teacher.

4 How much do you know about British plants and animals? Name five flowers, five birds and five
trees found on the school site. Make a colourful poster to inform people about them.

5 Design an anti-smoking poster.

6 Divide the page in half and title one half ‘YES’ and write down good reasons to have a school uni-
form. For the other half have the title ‘NO’ and write down reasons to NOT have a uniform.

7 Design a welcome leaflet for a pupil joining Year 8. Have tips and advice. Use a full page.

8 Reflect on a past assembly and write about your thoughts. What was the point of the assembly?
Why do you remember it? What was good about it? 1/2 page.

9 Choose a person from history and use a full page to design a poster to teach Year 5 pupils about the
character. Have important facts and dates to help with revision and make it interesting and attrac-
tive.
10 Use a half page to list the qualities that make a ‘good’ school monitor. Do you think monitors are
important? Give reasons!
11 Use a full page to write about YOU! Write about your qualities and what you are proud of achieving.
You can also write about what you’d like to change or improve as nobody is perfect!

12 Use a full page to design a new building for our school – any subject / sport you like!

13 Draw a series of diagrams to explain a scientific experiment. It can be as complicated as you like.
Explain the purpose and aims of the experiment. This should help with revision.

14 HEROES! What do you think makes a hero? Name some people who you think are heroic and say
what qualities they have that you admire. Use a full page.

15 List ten things that you hope to achieve in your lifetime. Explain why and how you’ll achieve these
things…

16 If you were given 24 hours to do whatever you liked, money no object, what things would you do
and why? Use 1/2 page.

17 Use a full page to promote the benefits of revision and help people to revise effectively.

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