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English

Writing

  • Persuasive Writing 
  • Narrative Poetry

Reading Skills

  • Discuss and evaluate how authors use language.
  • Learn how to express their writing orally.
  • Class Novel: Who Let The Gods Out

Grammar / Punctuation / Spelling

  • Explanation conjunctions (eg. for example)
  • Punctuation in poetry

Maths

Number  

  • Perimeter and Area
  • Statistics
  • Decimals and Percentages

Calculation Skills

  • Consolidation of formal methods.
  • Addition and subtraction using decimals

Reasoning

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

Science

Properties and Changes of Materials

  • Reversible and Irreversible Changes
  • Properties of Materials

Animals Including Humans

  • Animal Life Cycles
  • Classifying Mammals

Computing

Programming

  • Build on last terms skills learnt in SCRATCH
  • Use an increasing range of features in their programming skills
  • Plan, code and create increasingly complex computer games.

History

Groundbreaking Greeks

  • Cycladic Civilization and Archaic Periods
  • Roles of men and women in Athens
  • Social Hierarchy in Athens

Geography

Geographical Skills – Sow, Grow and Farm

  • Impacts of modern farming
  • Farming around the world
  • Food miles

Greek

Advanced: Reading: Develop reading comprehension skills (prediction, inference, retrieval) Grammar: Use of future continuous Spelling: topic vocabulary, high frequency words, complex words with:-ημι, verbs ending with αίνω, εύω, ίζω, ωνω.Writing:Journal entry from the point of view of a character 

 

Beginners/Intermediate: Being able to talk about the topic of My neighbourhood (Shops, Public Buildings, parks) using adjectives and local adverbials. 

NB: Intermediates work with extended vocabulary and more complex structures.

Greek Culture

Ancient Greek Plays 

  • Continuing The Story of Odysseus, The Story of Atalanta, The Story of Daedalus and Icarus
  • Heroes of Greek Independence
  • Greek Easter Traditions

Music

  • Exploring sound production through various materials
  • Combining recyclable materials to create an untuned percussion musical instrument
  • Being part of a “Recycled” orchestra and following the instructions of the conductor
  • Reading a one-line stave and playing rhythmic patterns on handmade untuned percussion instruments, including Semibreves, Minims, Crotchets, Quavers and Semiquavers, while focusing on tempo and synchronization

Art & Design

Mixed Media

  • Photos and crayon
  • Expressionism
  • Featured Artist: Edvard Munch

PE

Physical development 

  • Running, jumping and throwing
  • Balance and coordination

Cognitive development

  • Tactical awareness
  • Self reflection

Values

  • Building school spirit through friendly team-based activities

PSHE

Relationships: Be Yourself:

Children explore self-identity, develop confidence, and understand the importance of positive relationships and respecting individuality

Philosophy

We look at developing skills like critical and creative thinking, communication, empathy, and logical reasoning. Students learn to reflect on their beliefs, work collaboratively, debate following the basic rules of British Parliamentary Debating style and apply ethical concepts like fairness and justice to real-life situations.

Spanish

  • Introducing the present  tense
  • Expressing likes & dislikes (about animals)
  • Using the gender and number of the adjectives
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