In English, the children will begin a unit of work on persuasive writing, focusing on adverts and argument. They will be learning to evaluate adverts for their impact, appeal and honesty, identifying key features used to persuade people to buy products. Students will be learning to use alternative words and expressions which are more accurate and interesting than the common choice, for example, through using a thesaurus and examining powerful adjectives and adverbs. They will be making notes to plan their own writing of adverts and learning to organise their writing in order to present information clearly. The children will also learn the key features of arguing a point of view, assembling and sequencing points in order to plan the presentation of an argument. They will write an argument in the form of a letter, linking points persuasively and using a style and vocabulary appropriate to the reader. They will also focus on editing and improving writing.

Adriatic class will also be looking at magazines and working with the other Junior classes on producing a school magazine.

In Maths the children will be studying place value, properties of numbers, mental calculations for multiplication and division, fractions, decimals and percentages, shape and space, measures, data handling, mental calculations for addition and subtraction, pencil and paper procedures for addition and subtraction.

In I.P.C. (International Primary Curriculum) the children will cover a science-based topic on The Physical World: Energy, Force, Light and Sound.

Sport
Outdoor sports which is on Wednesdays is cricket for the first half of term. We will turn to tennis for the second half of term. Students are welcome to bring in their own rackets or bats if they wish to use them. Please ensure your child wears the correct shoes, being plimsolls or trainers. We may need to request that raincoats are in school to enable us to continue the lessons! Indoor sports is on Tuesday for Adriatic this term the students are studying dance.

In Spanish, Adriatic pupils are studying eye colour and hair colour, physical descriptions of people, vocabulary for sports, food and drink.

In French, we will be learning vocabulary for sports and hobbies. At Home topic includes describing the house, where we live, rooms in the house, places in town, describing the bedroom. Holidays Topic includes talking about holidays and associated vocabulary.

In Geography, the focus for the term is map work. The children will be looking at different scale maps, developing their map skills, understanding features, symbols and grid references. The will make a study of the local area and of land use (Cherry Hinton Hall and its place within the environment).

In Art, as part of the Physical World, we are colour mixing and making detailed drawings involving shading and black and white materials.

I.C.T. - We are exploring different communication technologies in our daily lives and discovering the benefits and negatives of each appliance compared with traditional means of contact between people.

Drama - Our term will focus on international character role plays and the use of language in drama. Looking at different folk stories from around the world, we will look at how similar these stories are and how language does not play an important part in our understanding of basic human storytelling.