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English

Writing

  • Magazine article
  • Historical Fiction

Reading Skills

  • Class Novel: The Silver Sword
  • Point, Evidence, Explain
  • Authorial choice and intent
  • Summary and explanation

Grammar / Punctuation / Spelling

  • Semi-colons, colons and dashes to mark clauses
  • Parentheses: brackets, dashes & commas
  • Fronted adverbials

Maths

Geometry and properties of shape

  • Comparing shapes based on their properties
  • Corresponding angles and angles on a straight line
  • Angles in quadrilaterals, triangles and regular polygons

Position and direction

  • Coordinates
  • Translation

Consolidation and revision

Science

Circulatory system 

  • Bodily systems
  • The structure and function of the heart
  • Blood and its functions 
  • Skeletal and muscular systems
  • Healthy lifestyle/heart rate experiments

Plants revision

  • Growth, functions and reproduction

Computing

Google Sites- Building websites

  • Inserting and embedding elements
  • Managing and navigating pages
  • Sharing and publishing

History

World Wars 1 & 2

  • Europe in the early 1900’s
  • Key Events of the Second World War
  • Impacts and the aftermath of the wars 
  • Historical leaders during wartime
  • Remembrance
  • Post-War Europe

Geography

Polar environments

  • Arctic and the Antarctic 
  • Indigenous people
  • Polar adaptations

Map reading

Greek

Adv: Reading: Develop reading comprehension skills for non-fiction texts. Writing: Write a story using adjectives and time connectives with an alternative ending. Grammar: Comparative and superlative form and antonyms. Spelling: Topic vocabulary, high frequency words, verbs and nouns with ‘υπο-’ and ‘προ-’. 

Int: Students will take on independent projects to consolidate their learning in addition to teacher-led revision.

Beg.: Being able to talk about the topic Food and Drink (Main dishes, Fruits, Vegetables and Drinks and At the Restaurant

Greek Culture

  • Ancient Greek Inventions
  • May Day
  • Ionian islands
  • Aegean islands
  • Dodecanese

Music

  • Exploring music and other forms of Art through the life and work of important artists
  • Recapping on music notation elements and establishing basic music terminology, International and British.
  • Expanding the musical repertoire by listening and playing to music
  • Applying criticism on popular music festivals and on music industry

Art & Design

Observational Drawing

  • Sketch techniques, colour matching, shading

Two point perspective drawings

  • Linear perspective

PE

Striking and fielding games

  • Refining catching, throwing, kicking, hitting
  • Striking with control and accuracy using hand or implement
  • Tactical positioning and decision making in gameplay

Swimming / Core aquatic skills

  • Developing efficiency in floating, gliding, breathing
  • Improving stroke technique and stamina
  • Understanding water safety and survival skills

PSHE

Money matters:

  • Being a responsible & ethical consumer
  • Financial risk
  • Budgeting

Philosophy

British parliamentary style debate coaching

  • This House Believes that children should earn their pocket money
  • This House Would make recycling compulsory
  • This House Would reduce the voting age to sixteen
  • This House Believes That  single sex schools are better than coeducational schools.

Spanish

Being able to talk about daily activities, weather and activities and revision. Grammar: Present continuous; adjectives.

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