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English

Writing

  • Newspaper reports.
  • Narrative- Stories which raise issues.

Reading Skills

  • Asking questions to improve their understanding.
  • Class Novel: A Long Walk to Water.

Grammar / Punctuation / Spelling

  • Direct and Indirect Speech.
  • Parenthesis (including brackets).
  • Possessive plural apostrophes.

Maths

Number

  • Multiplication and Division.
  • Fractions.

Calculation Skills

  • Multiplication and Division using efficient mental and formal methods.
  • Find and recognize Equivalent Fractions.

Reasoning

  • Solve problems relating to real life, including missing number problems; investigations based on open questions.

Science

Earth and Space:

  • The Solar System.
  • Daytime / Night-time / The Seasons.
  • The Moon / Moon Phases.

Computing

Online Animation

  • Using Flipaclip to animate stills.
  • Adding text to videos.
  • Storyboarding.
  • Use of mixed-media.

History

Dynamic Dynasties

  • Everyday life in Ancient China.
  • Investigation and research into the life of Lady Fu Hao.

Geography

Geographical Skills – Investigating Our World

  • Vegetation Belts and Biomes.
  • Human Geography (including World Cities).

Greek

Advanced.: Reading: Develop reading comprehension skills, read core text and discuss the value of sustainability and the dangers of climate change, Writing: Write a persuasive formal letter, Grammar: participles and adjectives, predicate and object,use of similes, Spelling: topic vocabulary, high frequency words, verbs ending with αίνω, εύω, ίζω.

Beg./Int.: Being able to talk about the topic Party (preparing a party, food, drinks, activities). NB: Intermediates work with extended vocabulary and more complex structures.

Greek Culture

Ancient Greek Plays:

  • Theseus and the Minotaur, Icarus and Daedalus.
  • Greek Christmas Traditions.

Music

Music Theory and Expression

  • Ascending and descending line of C Major Scale.
  • Singing and playing the Glockenspiel while using basic articulation such as Legato and Staccato.
  • Composing simple melodies within the middle C octave.
  • Developing a repertoire of musical works.
  • Rehearsing and performing in front of an audience.

Art & Design

Line, Light and Shadows

  • Black and white photographs.
  • Pablo Picasso: Woman at the Window.
  • Featured Artist: Vincent Van Gogh – Fields in a Rising Storm.

PE

Physical development

  • Dribbling/passing/shooting with the hand/feet through basketball & football.

Cognitive development

  • Working as a team.
  • Respect.
  • Offensive and defensive concepts.

PSHE

Health and Wellbeing: Think Positive 

Develop their understanding about thoughts and emotions, both positive and negative. We explore links between our thoughts, feelings and emotions, making good choices and applying a growth mindset approach

Philosophy

  • Freedom (speech, movement,thought, expression).
  • Fairness.
  • Equality/Rights.

Spanish

  • School.
  • Colors.
  • Descriptions of people.
  • Numbers up to 50.
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