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English

Writing

  • Narrative writing.
  • Balanced discussion.

Reading Skills

  • Class Novel: Holes.
  • Give detailed evidence and explain features in text.

Grammar / Punctuation / Spelling

  • Relative clauses.
  • Formal vs informal writing styles.
  • Parentheses. 
  • Sentence starters for varied types of writing.
  • Expanded noun phrases.

Maths

Calculation

  • Revision of strategies for all four operations.

Fractions

  • Simplifying and equivalence.
  • Adding and subtracting fractions.
  • Multiplying and dividing fractions by whole numbers.

Converting units

  • Metric to metric, metric and imperial.

Ratio and proportion

  • Identifying ratios and converting.

Reasoning

  • Solving problems involving all of the above.

Science

Light theory

  • Identify how light travels.
  • Explain how objects are seen through the human eye.
  • How shadows are formed/changed how light travels.
  • The spectrum of light.

Computing

Kodu

  • Add objects to a world and program them.
  • Plan and design the features of an original virtual environment.
  • Adjust character and path setting to build a game.

History

MAAFA

  • Evidence of life.
  • Using historical sources to identify evidence of life and discuss reliability.
  • Revolt, resistance and revolution.
  • The timeline of events that led to the abolition of slavery.

Geography

Our changing world:

  • Climate change.
  • Extreme weather.
  • Trade around the world
  • Natural resource management.

Greek

Adv: Reading:Consolidation of reading comprehension skills, Writing:  Create  a guide for a friend using imperative, Grammar: Adjectives ending in -ης, -ες, feminine words ending in -oς, Spelling:Topic vocabulary, high frequency words and verbs ending in -ειτε, -εται, -ετε, -ηστε

Int: Being able to talk about the Talking about Holidays (Means of transport, holiday activities, in a hotel)

Beg.: Being able to talk about the topic Party (preparing a party, food, drinks, activities).

Greek Culture

  • Ochi day.
  • Greek food.
  • Greek clothes.
  • Greek Christmas.

Music

Listening, Evaluating and Performing

  • Reading musical notation and playing with accuracy on the Glockenspiel while using more advanced elements of  articulation, dynamics and tempo.
  • Singing within a range of a 12th and performing with musical expression and confidence.
  • Active listening while building a wide range repertoire focusing on musical style and special terminology.
  • Rehearsing for a performance in front of an audience (Christmas Celebration).

Art & Design

Observational drawing

  • Line, shape and color.

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:

  • appreciate what being responsible means.
  • appreciate that doing something risky may lead to danger.
  • identify people who can help us in an emergency.

Philosophy

  • Ethics: Right or wrong?
  • Moral Dilemmas.
  • World Philosophy day preparations.
  • Introduction to British Parliamentary style debate.

Spanish

Conversational

  • Clothes.
  • Numbers  to 100.
  • Time.

Grammar:

  • present tense; regular verbs,infinitives, personal pronoun, subjects.
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