Places in a school

Syllabus
Vocabulary

Structures

Places in a
school

Question practice: What ? When ?

How many ? Do you ? Have you got ?
Where ?

Bugs

TV
programmes

In the garden

Money

Phonics and
pronunciation

Crosscurricular
themes

Cultural
themes

Present simple and present continuous: They eat

honey. / They arent making webs.

Pronunciation: stress in
compound nouns

Unusual
fruit

Zero conditional: If a coconut falls into the sea, it

travels a long way.

Phonics: spellings of the

sound //

Science:
Seed
dispersal

Comparative and superlative adjectives with two

or more syllables: Grannys car was more colourful
than other cars. / Freddie had the most adventurous
day of his life.

Pronunciation: saying
dates and numbers

History:
The history
of money

Collecting
(as a hobby)

Infinitives of purpose. Adjectives with infinitives

with to: We use money to pay for goods. / It was
difficult to carry coins.

Materials

Phonics: spellings of the

sound /a/

Be made of (present and past simple): It's made of

wood. / It wasnt made of gold.

Pronunciation: intonation
in lists

Used to: The Ancient Romans used to go to public

baths. / They didn't use to wash with soap.

Phonics: spellings of
plurals

Adjectives
to describe
people

Past continuous and past simple: He was / wasn't

sitting in his chair when he saw a ghost.

Pronunciation: saying
letters

Adventure
sports

Verb patterns with infinitives (verb + infinitive with Pronunciation: sentence

stress and weak forms
to): The people asked the rangers to catch the dog.
(schwa //)
Modal verbs of obligation (have to, must, musnt,

Ancient Rome

Literature:
Roald Dahl

Traditional
stories

Sport:
Indoor
climbing

Unusual
sports

Art:
Yarnstorms

Famous
artists

Pronunciation:
sentence stress and weak
Will and wont (future fact): The travellers will learn forms (schwa //)
Phonics: silent letters
about safety. / It wont be a cheap holiday.

Science:
Space
holidays in
the future

Coastlines

Describing quantity (too much, too many, enough): Pronunciation:

Shes got too many chillies. / He hasnt got enough intonation in sentences
prawns.
Phonics: homophones
Present simple passive: Durum wheat is grown
in Italy. / The packets aren't transported to shops.

Cookery:
Making
spaghetti

Celebrations

Past simple wh-questions: Who did he invite into

Types of books his hut?

Sports
equipment

Phonics: spellings of the

sound /e/

Present perfect (1): He has (just) painted a picture.

Pronunciation:
stress in longer adjectives

Everyday
objects

Present perfect (2): Have you ever got lost?

Adjectives to
describe places Yes, I have. / No, I havent.

Food

Theatre words Adjectives and prepositions: To be happy about

something. / To be famous for doing something.
Behind the

Phrasal verbs
to describe a
trip
Countries and
nationalities

scene phrases

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Phonics: long vowel with

Magic E

dont have to): The lead climber has to wear a

harness. / They mustnt climb without a helmet.

Adjectives
to describe
objects

History:
Ancient
Roman baths monuments

Relative pronouns which, who, where: Its a squid

which is 8 metres long. / I got a photograph from
a man who took a knitted cat. / We have been to
Berlin, where we left knitted sausages.

Have something done (have + object + past

participle): The actors have their hair styled.

Phonics: spellings of the

sound /u:/

Pronunciation:
word stress

Drama:
Dances
The Lion King

Phonics: spelling of words

with /n/ endings

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