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English

Writing

  • Narrative- Stories which raise issues
  • Persuasive writing

Reading Skills

  • Consider how authors have created atmosphere through illustrations and word choice
  • Class Novel: Global

Grammar / Punctuation / Spelling

  • Write cohesive paragraphs 
  • Parenthesis (including brackets)
  • Possessive plural apostrophes

Maths

Number:

  • Multiplication and Division
  • Fractions

Calculation Skills

  • Multiplication and Division using efficient mental and formal methods
  • Multiplication of integers by fractions

Reasoning

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

Science

Earth and Space:

  • The Solar System

Properties and changes of materials:

  • Separating mixtures
  • Reversible and irreversible changes

Computing

Programming

  • Build on their previous knowledge of SCRATCH
  • Use an increasing range of features in their programming skills
  • Plan, code and create computer games

History

Dynamic Dynasties

  • Silk Road 
  • Changes that it brought to China and the western world

Groundbreaking Greeks:

  • Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations

Geography

Geographical Skills – Sow, Grow and Farm

  • Describe in detail the different types of agricultural land use in the UK and in Greece
  • Allotment habitats

Greek

Advanced.:Reading: Develop reading comprehension skills, read non-fiction texts to discuss daily life and road safety. Writing:Write a persuasive formal letter. Grammar: Use of simple future tense, introduction to indicative, subjunctive, imperative. Spelling: topic vocabulary, high frequency words, verbs ending with αίνω, εύω, ίζω.

Beg./Int.: Being able to talk about the topic My Home (rooms, furniture, appliances, in house activities). NB: Intermediates work with extended vocabulary and more complex structures.

Greek Culture

Ancient Greek Plays:

  • The Story of Odysseus, The Story of Atalanta, The Story of Daedalus and Icarus.
  • Greek Easter Traditions

Music

  • Developing a knowledge on more rhythmic elements (Quavers, Semiquavers, Dotted notes)
  • Working on different time signatures (2/2, 4/4, 3/4) 
  • Adding rest values on a musical piece
  • C+ Scale (Ascending and descending)
  • Expanding the musical repertoire on other traditions (Chinese Traditional music) and their instruments (Guzheng, Erhu)

Art & Design

Mixed Media

  • paper crafting
  • fabric crumb
  • Featured Artist: Kurt Schwitters.

PE

Physical development

  • Throwing & catching through adapted versions of invasion games, such as handball/netball/ultimate Frisbee

Cognitive development

  • Working as a team 
  • Offensive and defensive concepts

PSHE

Living in the wider world: Diverse World

Explore  values, such as democracy and liberty, different people’s experiences of living in Greece, and how important it is to show everyone in society tolerance and respect.

Philosophy

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

Spanish

  • Dates
  • My family
  • Animals
  • Parts of the body

Grammar: Present tense;regular verbs

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