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2018/2019 ACADEMIC SESSION

Mathema t i c s

English

INTERNET BASICS

- Children are able to navigate the web

with confidence and understand basic

language like “hyperlink".

SEARCH ENGINES

- How search engines work

- Children understand that search

engines help us find things.

- Children can identify that databases

are the means of arranging things to

make them easier to find.

- Searching for what is around us.

- Children are able to search online and

develop a better understanding of the

Internet, by using a selection of

different websites.

- Going places safely: Using Google

Earth to travel around the World.

- Children can use Google Earth to

virtually travel to faraway places and

explore.

E-AWARENESS

- Be aware of the issues surrounding

cyber-bullying and understanding the

impact on an individual of sending or

uploading unkind or inappropriate

content.

- Know that malicious adults use the

Internet and attempt to make contact

with children and know how to report

abuse.

Information Technology

Number notation

Estimation and approximation

Open sentences

Money

Lines and Angles

Ratio

Proportion

Percentages 1

Percentages 2

Time

Simple interest / compound interest.

1. Punctuation

2. Grammar: Interrogative, Pronouns,

Adjectives, Tenses.

3. Capitalization

4. Sentence Patterns

(Compound and Complex)

5. Pronouns

6. Comparative adjective

7. Adjective

8. Adverb

9. Poetic devices

10. Punctuation (Exclamation)

11. Direct and Indirect speech

12. Essay Writing

13. Informal Letter

14. Picture Composition

15. Diphthongs

Science

PHYSICS- Light- Enumerate properties of light.- Demonstrate properties of light using

appropriate materials.- Distinguish amongst transparent,

opaque and translucent materials.- Shadows - Studying reflection- Passing light through transparent

materials.- The rainbow.- Combining colours.- Uses of mirror in telescope and

microscope

CHEMISTRY- Separating techniques- Differentiating mixtures, solutions

and solvents- Physical properties used to separate

mixtures: colour, size, melting point,

boiling point, density, and ability to

dissolve.- Telling if a substance is pure.- Separating a solid from a liquid:

filtration, crystallization, evaporation.- Separating solvents from solution:- Distillation, fractional distillation,

chromatography

BIOLOGY- Science biographies: Nikolas

Copernicus- The nervous system -the brain- spinal cord, nerves and reflexes- Enumerate examples of reflex actions- Differentiate between voluntary and

involuntary action.WeedsCharacteristics of weedsPestsClassification of Pests e.g. insect,

birds, mammals and rodents

a. Understanding how settlements differ and

change (studying a particular region in Italy)

in size and character.

b. Recognize people's impact on an

Environment (for example, the impact of

tourism on a place, increased pollution or

traffic congestion, deforestation). (Studying a

particular region in any European country,

Italy to be precise).

c. Recognize how people can improve the

Environment (for example, by reclaiming

derelict land) or damage it (River

pollution).Comparing a village to a part of city

in same country.

d. Physical Geography: Describe and

understand climate zones, Mountains and

volcanoes effects in a particular region

(European country).

e. Human Geography: study types of

settlements, land use and economic

activities in the region above.

My best friend

Numbers from 30- 60

My family

French time

Daily routine

Places in town

My hobbies

Using Ne/n'........pas

Geography

French

History

Musi c

Art and Design

PAINTING WITH SOUNDS

Most children will: Carefully choose order, combine and control sounds with awareness of their combined effect; use sound to create more abstract images.

Some children will not have made so much progress and will:Describe different moods and extend their range of sound vocabulary; make sound effects, rather than create images.

Some children will have progressed further and will:Create compositions that use a wide variety of sound colours and make subtle adjustments to achieve the intended effect; explore how sounds can be used abstractly.

DRAWINGThrough drawing a range of doodles, children are:- Making marks and lines with a wide

range o f d raw ing imp lemen ts including: graphite pencils (5B-5H), charcoal, colouring pencils, wax crayons, pastels (chalk and Oil) and pens.

- Using different grades of pencil and other implements to create lines, draw different shapes and forms and to produce variations in tone.

PAINTINGThrough drawing a range of doodles, children are:- Creating imaginative work from a

variety of sources e.g. observational drawing, themes, inspirational work of art.

PRINTINGThrough learning about the later works of Henri Matisse, children are:- Using initial sketch books ideas to

create motifs that are made into printing blocks and stencils.

- Creating different printing effects by using: repeating patterns, rotation and colour overlays

COLLAGE AND TEXTILESThrough learning about the later works of Henri Matisse, children are:- Using collage as a means of expression

from sketchbook ideas.- Experimenting with a range of collage

t e c h n i q u e s s u c h a s : t e a r i n g , overlapping and layering to create images and textures.

SCULPTUREThrough learning to make masks, children are:- Planning and designing sculptures from

observation or imagination using sketchbook ideas.

- Using recycled, natural and man-made materials to create sculptures including cardboard and papier-mâché.

1. Africa's struggle for independence.i. Nigeriaii. Senegaliii. Cameroon.

2. India's struggle for independence3. Early explorers and pathfinders.

i. Mongo parkii. The Lander brothers.iii. Christopher Columbusiv. Ferdinand Magellanv. Olaudah Equaino.vi. Henry the navigator.

Spanish

1. La ropa (Clothes)

2. La comida (Food)

3. Que te gusta hacer? (What do you like doing?)

4. Que hora es? (What time is it?)

5. El tiempo (The weather)

6. En mi ciudad (In my town)

7. EL masculino y femenino (Masculine and feminine)

8. El plural (Plurals).