Newsletter keystage 3 (1) - Meadow-Hall School

KEY STAGE 3 NEWSLETTER
Thank God Omega term is here again. We
want to appreciate your support and cooperation
throughout the previous terms
and trust that we will continue to partner in
moving our children to greater heights.
Below are some important events for this
term.
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Mother Tongue Day-Thursday,
May 9
French Day/College’s MH Got Talent-
Thursday, May 23
¨ Open Day/Half Term –Friday, May 24
¨ Careers Day–June 7
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College Exam—Wednesday, June
12 –Friday 21
Excursion –Monday 24 June
Dinner - July 3rd
¨ Graduation an MI day—July 4
¨ ARD - July 5
ENTRANCE EXAMS!!!
Lagos: Meadow Hall
Entrance examination
comes up on the 4th of
May at 8:30 in the
school premises.
Meadow Hall will be
conducting its entrance
and transfer examinations
at the following
centres ( states) :
Port Harcourt-Venue:
Sailor’s Pride Educational
Centre, Plot 124 Tombia
Extention GRA Phase 2,
Port Harcourt
Time-:11:30am
Date: Saturday 27th April
2013
Eket & Uyo-Venue:
Life Vision International
Schools 61 Nepa Line, Uyo
Akwa Ibom State
Time: 10am
Date: Monday 29th April,
2013
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Omega term scheme of work for Key Stage 3
MATHEMATICS: YEAR 7
1. Number Bases
2. Constructions
3. Solving Equations
4. Transformations
5. Experimental Probability
6. Theoretical Probability
MATHEMATICS: YEAR 8
1. Straight line Graphs of Linear
Equations
2. Pythagoras Rules
3. Arithmetic in the Home and Office
4. Inequalities
5.Angles of Elevation and Depression
2. Bearing and Distance
3. Transformations
4. Net, Surface Area and Volume of
Cones and Cylinders
5. Constructions
6. Data Presentation
YEAR 7: ENGLISH
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Reading of Narrative and non-
Narrative Texts and Poems.
1. Vocabulary and Comment on a
Writers’ use of Language.
2. Summary of Main Ideas.
WRITING
1. Write to Imagine, Explore and
entertain.
2. Planning and paragraphing.
3. Informal and Formal Letters.
GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
(STRUCTURE)
1. Verbs – Types and Usage
2. Tenses
3. Phrases and Clauses
4. Punctuation Marks
SPEAKING AND LISTENING
(SPOKEN ENGLISH)
1. Recognize and Produce Correctly
the Consonant and Vowel Sounds.
2. To Understand Questions heard, and
Supply the Correct Information required.
3. Dialogues
LITERATURE
1. Reading and Writing short Stories.
2. To Study Prescribed Poems and
Prose Texts.
YEAR 8: ENGLISH
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read Drama Scripts, Leaflets, Letters,
Newspapers, Magazines and Poetry,
2. Vocabulary and Comment on a
Writer’s use of Language.
3. Read to Summarise the main points.
WRITING
1. Write in a Range of Forms for a Variety
of Purposes.
2. Structure Writing using Paragraphs.
3. Write different Types of Letters in
Appropriate Situations.
GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
(STRUCTURE)
1. Tenses
2. Phrase and Clauses
3. Punctution Marks
SPEECH WORK
1. Speech Sounds
2. Vowel Sounds - Monophthongs
and Diphthong
3. Consonant.
LITERATURE
1. Prose Text : The White Wizard by
Tade Adegbindin
2. Some Recommended Poems
French: Yr 7
1. On va en ville
2. Où est le parc ?
3. Où es-tu ? Où vas-tu ?
4. J’aime bien ça (les opinions)
5. Au snack
6. Ma journée
7. Mes matières
8. Mon emploi de temps
9. Le sport et les jeux
French : Yr 8
1. On prépare une fête
2. Au marché
3. Au restaurant
4. Voyages et vacances
5. Au centre de vacances
6. Destination Sénégal
7. Les copains
8. L’argent de poche
9. Techno folie
10. Présent, passé et future
YEAR 7 : AGRIC. SCIENCE
1. Classes and uses of Farm
Animals
2. Economic Empowerment
through Agriculture
3. Marketing of Agric Product
4. Formation, Composition and
Properties of Soil.
YEAR 8: AGRIC SCIENCE
1. Fishery
2. Animal Husbandry
3. Disease-causing Organism
4. Crop plant Diseases
5. Storage of Farm Produce
6. Soil Conservation.
7. Development of Agriculture in
Nigeria
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BASIC COMBINED SCIENCE:
YEAR 8
1. Environmental pollution (air,
water, soil)
2. Habitats
3. Simple Machines
4. Metals and non Metals
5. Chemistry in everyday Life
6. Sound Energy
7. Magnetism.
Music : Year 7
1. Uses of Music
2. Impact of Music on Human Life
3. African Musical Instruments
4. European Musical Instruments
5. History of Western Art Music
6. African Musical Forms
Music: Year 8
1. Nigerian Musician Akin Euba
2. Life and Works of Western Musicians
3. Intervals and Inversion
4. Triads and Inversions
5. Cadences
Basic technology: Year 7
1. Units of Energy and Power.
2. Basic Emission Theory.
3. Electronic Components.
4. Types of Buildings.
5. Simple Blue Print.
6. Concept of Maintenance.
7. What is a computer?
Basic technology : Year 8
1. Transmission of Electricity
2. Site Preparation in Building Construction
3. Simple Maintenance Methods.
4. Carrier Opportunities in Technology.
5. Production of Wood.
Yoruba
Eto Ilana ise fun Saa Keta Olodun
Keje (Omega Term Year 7)
1. Oge Sise ni ile Yoruba.
2. Ise oro apejuwe.
3. Leta Kiko.
4. Ise Oro Ise.
5. Ewi Apileko.
6. Ise Isenbaye: Agbe ati ilu lilu.
7. Gbolohun Abode/ Eleyo oro Ise
8. Litireso Apileko- Ere onitan.
9. Gbolohun Alakanpo.
10. Litireso Apileko- Oloro Geere.
11. Agbeyewo Ise Saa/ Idanwo.
Eto Ilana ise fun Saa Keta Olodun Kejo
(Year 8)
1. Litireso Apileko – Ere Onitan.
2. Igbagbo sti ero nipa Olodumare.
3. Aroko Oniroyin.
4. Litireso Alohun Ajemesin Ibile.
5. Igbagbo ati ero nipa orisa.
6. Ewi apileko
7. Isomoloruko 1
8. Isomoloruko 2
9. Leta Aigbagbefe.
10. Agbeyewo ise Saa.
11. Idanwo
Home Economics: Year 7
1. Care of the Family House.
2. Home Surroundings.
3. Entertainment in the House.
4. Simple Cooking and Serving Equipment.
5. Cosmetic Production.
6. Sewing Tools and Equipment.
7. Household Crafts.
8. Sewing Practical.
9. Sewing Practical
Year 8 : Home Economics.
1. Seams
2. Seam Finishes
3. Edge Finishes
4. Body Measurement.
5. Basic Pattern Drafting.
6. Sewing Machine.
7. Clothing Practical on Seams and Seams
Finishes.
Science: Year 7
1. Scientific Enquiry
2. People and the Planet
3. Acids and Alkalis
4. Finding the Age of the Earth
5. Classification and Variation
6. Measurement
Year 8: Science
1. Environmental Pollution( air, water
and soil)
2. Habitats
3. Simple Machines
4. Metals and Non-metals
5. Chemistry in everyday Life
6. Sound energy
7. Magnetism
Year 7: PHE
1. Football
2. Traditional Sport
3. Wresting
4. Gender Participation in Sport
5. Child Abuse
6. Praticals
7. Badminton
Year 8: PHE
1. Environmental Pollution
2. School Health Programme
3. Basketball
4. Safety and Accidents
5. Body Types
6. Gymnastics and Warm up
7. Rhythmic Activities and Dance
Fine Arts: Year 7
1. Element of Art and Design
2. Principle of Art and Design
3. Still Life Drawing
4. Nature Drawing
5. Sculpture – Papier Mache –
Definition, Materials, Process
6. Modelling- Making Models with
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Year 8: Fine Arts
1. Museum and Gallery– Meaning, Func
tion and Location
2. Life drawing
3. Popular Cultural Festivals in Nigeria
4. Still- Life drawing
5. Introduction to Craft
6. Local Crafts and their Locations in
Nigeria.
7. Packaging– Function, Processes
Civic Education: Year 7 scheme
1. Our Values
2. Honesty
3. Cooperation
4. Self-reliance
5. Citizenship
6. Rights and Duties of Citizens
7. National Consciousness
8. National Unity
9. Representative democracy
10. Representative democracy
Civic Education: Year 8
1. Integrity
2. Contentment
3. Discipline
4. Courage
5. Nigeria as a federation
6. Relationship between federal,
State and Local Government
7. Leadership
8. The Rule of Law
YEAR 7: SOCIAL STUDIES
1. Assertiveness (1): Meaning
2. Assertiveness (2) Skills
3. Examination Malpractice
4. Cultism and HIV/AIDS
5. Problems Associated with Contemporary
Social Problems in
Nigeria .
6. Images of an Age
7. Negotiation
8. National Unity and Interaction
YEAR 8: SOCIAL STUDIES
1. Revision of last Term’s Work
2. Science, Technology and Society
3. Home Appliances
4. The Civil war in England
5. Finding Help
6. National Economy
7. Advantage of keeping Money in
the Bank
8. National Economy(II) Transporta
tion
9. National Economy (III) Communi
cation
ICT: YEAR 7
WEEKS
TOPICS
1. Revision/Computer Models
2. Building Models
3. Creating Database Structures
4. Testing Hypothesis
5. Control and Monitoring
6. Building a Program
7. Measuring Physical Data
8. Design
9. Carrying out Experiments
ICT: Year 8
1. Revision
2. Introduction to Modelling and Pre
senting Numeric Data
3. Turning the Output into Input
using “Goal Seek”
4. Introducing Randomness into a
Model
5. Introduction: What is a system?
6. Understanding the Problem and
Thinking of Solutions
7. Keeping Records
8. Introduction to Information
9. Revision for Examination
YEAR 7: Business Studies
1. Partnership
2. Limited Liability Company
3. Cooperative Society
4. Introduction to Book keeping
Year 8: Business Studies
1. Introduction to Insurance
2. Ledger
3. Petty Cash
4. Preparation of a Cash Book.
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Excursion to French School
SLAM WORKSHOP AT FRENCH SCHOOL
(LYCEE FRANçAIS)
Meadow Hall College students went to Lycée Français
Louis Pasteur de Lagos (French School) Victoria Island Lagos
on the 16th March 2013 for an excursion. They had a
Slam workshop to celebrate the International Day of Francophonie
which was on the 20th March 2013.
The students had the opportunity to interact with the native
speakers, learnt some new French words, sounds and
music.
They were also able to use the sounds learnt to compose
songs and rap to French tunes. It was fun!
MEADOW HALL COLLEGE (The place to
Excel!)
Meadow Hall Way, 3rd Roundabout, Lekki,
Lagos
08073000556 08025042053, 01-4790146, 01-
4790147
info@meadowhallschool.org
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DID YOU KNOW???
EXCURSION TO PUNCH IN PIXS
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Every time you lick a stamp, you're
consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
· If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and
6 days, you would have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup
of coffee.
· The average person falls asleep in
seven minutes.
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A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out.
A shrimp’s heart is in its head
More than 50% of the people in the
world have never made or received a
telephone call.
It is physically impossible for pigs to
look up into the sky.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Horses can’t vomit
Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue
print is different.
Donkeys kill more people annually
than plane crashes.
Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases
more energy than all of the world’s
nuclear weapons combined.
Butterflies tastes with their feets.
All polar bears are left handed.
An Ostrich’s eye is bigger than its
brain.
Americans on the average eat 18 acres
of pizza every day.