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Syllabus

Unit 1 - Welcome back!


Topic
Asking someones name and age

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions the pupils learn to ask their classmates names and ages. Lexical areas revision of classroom objects, colours, animals and numbers 110 introduced in Starter level.

Active language
Whats your name? How old are you? Im seven. Hello. Bye-Bye. yellow, orange, green, pink, red, blue book, pen, bag, pencil case, pencil, rubber lion, frog, crocodile, cat, elephant, mouse one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Receptive language
English is great fun. Lets start again today. Come on, lets do the tiger jump. Hooray! Yippee!

Summary of activities
Revising the characters names and greetings with a song. Listening and pointing to colours, classroom objects, animals, numbers 110. Understanding expressions for asking and saying names by listening to mini-dialogues and looking at pictures. Understanding numbers and doing actions. Asking classmates names and ages. Completing a craft activity and several short dialogues. Checking learning through consolidation activities.

Social development
Learning how to establish positive relationships with classmates and take an interest in new classmates.

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Motor skills and sports science: identifying personal abilities in motor and physical activities.

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Unit 2 - In the classroom


Topic
Numbers 112

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions the pupils understand and answer personal information questions. Lexical areas personal objects, school and classroom and numbers 112. Following simple instructions. Numbering and classifying objects.

Active language
How are you? Im OK. Im fine. Thank you. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve Twelve is two plus ten. pencil case, pencils, pens, rubbers, rulers How many? Whats your phone number? My phone number is ... butterfly

Receptive language
Im your teacher. Now lets start again. caterpillar apple on your desk / book / pencil case in your bag ... is eating

Summary of activities
Learning simple expressions for socialising. Listening to and saying the numbers 112. Revising the words for classroom objects and counting them. Playing a game by asking questions about quantities. Understanding questions about quantities and counting the number of objects in a group. Listening to and identifying telephone numbers. Asking for and saying telephone numbers. Listening to and miming a series of actions. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of actions. Checking learning through consolidation activities.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out). Taking part in group games. Learning to form positive relationships with classmates through the exchange of telephone numbers.

Cross-curricular links
Mathematics: learning to do sums, identifying the number of items in a group and counting them. Motor skills and sports science: identifying personal abilities in motor and physical activities.

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Unit 3 - Colours
Topic
Colours

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions including questions and instructions. Lexical areas colours and everyday objects (toys). Following simple instructions.

Active language
orange, green, blue, pink, yellow, red, black, white, brown car, train, ball, doll, plane, bike, skateboard, boat Take a ball. Throw the ball to your friend. Listen. Look up. The ball comes back. Ouch! My favourite book is

Receptive language
the lovely butterfly milk king and queen

Summary of activities
Listening to and identifying nine colours. Revising numbers 19. Identifying colours by reading the words and identifying the corresponding images. Saying the names of colours by singing a song. Understanding an illustrated story by listening to it and looking at the pictures. Identifying the names of the colours by listening to descriptions. Listening to and miming a series of actions. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of actions. Checking learning through consolidation activities. Matching short descriptions to pictures of book covers.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out). Expressing emotions in game-playing situations, discussing the value of the game and every childs responsibility not to make jokes that can have serious consequences.

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Art: recognising the logical sequence of a series of pictures. Motor skills and sports science: developing body language as a means of expression. Culture: discussing libraries and favourite books.

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Unit 4 - My house
Topic
The home

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions understanding questions and instructions. Lexical areas familiar surroundings (the home). Following simple instructions. Identifying familiar places and objects.

Active language
bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, garden under the table, on the chair, in the cupboard, under the bed

Receptive language
Where are they? Look in the bedroom! Come and see! Hes not here.

Summary of activities
Listening to and learning the names of rooms, the garden and household objects. Learning the names of parts of the home by singing a song. Listening to and miming a series of actions. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of actions. Understanding an illustrated story by listening to it and looking at the pictures. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of actions. Playing a game in pairs to guess where a character is. Checking learning through consolidation activities.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out). Learning to form positive relationships with classmates through playing games in pairs.

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Art: understanding cartoon strip language speech bubbles. Motor skills and sports science: developing body language as a means of expression.

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Unit 5 - A B C, food for me!
Topic
Food and the alphabet

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions the pupils learn to ask and answer about foods they like and dont like. Lexical areas food and letters of the alphabet. Following simple instructions.

Active language
Do you like chicken? Yes, I do. No, I dont. Come with me. Lets have some tea. Its my birthday! A party for you and me. Heres a party hat for you. My party hat is on my head. orange juice, apples, chicken, cheese, bananas, chips, eggs the alphabet

Receptive language
Take a slice of bread. Cut it. Make a cheese sandwich. Bite into it. Share your sandwich.

Summary of activities
Listening to and learning the names of 9 foods. Listening to and identifying the letters of the alphabet. Listening to and singing a song. Writing the letters of the alphabet in the correct order. Listening to and miming a series of actions. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of actions Listening to and identifying the names of 9 foods. Spelling the new food foods. Checking learning through consolidation activities.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out).

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Motor skills and sports science: developing body language as a means of expression.

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Unit 6 - Clothes
Topic
Clothing

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions understanding questions and instructions. Lexical areas everyday language and personal objects (clothes). Following simple instructions.

Active language
sweater, skirt, jeans, socks, shoes, T-shirt orange, green, blue, pink, yellow, red, black, white, brown

Receptive language
Shes / Hes wearing ... Youre cool. This cant be true Just for you. I dont know. What a funny cat!

Summary of activities
Listening to and identifying the names of various items of clothing. Identifying the names of items of clothing and colours by listening to descriptions. Saying the names of clothes by singing a song. Colouring in clothes by following instructions given in a song. Understanding an illustrated story by listening to it and looking at the pictures. Listening to and miming a series of actions. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of actions. Checking learning through consolidation activities. Matching short texts describing school uniforms to photographs.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out). Expressing worries, doubt and surprise. Describing how we behave when we lose something.

Cross-curricular links
Art: recognising and using the elements of visual language signs, line, colour, space. Understanding cartoon strip language speech bubbles. Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Motor skills and sports science: developing body language as a means of expression. Culture: learning about school uniforms in other countries.

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Syllabus
Unit 7 - At the circus
Topic
Numbers 1120

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions including questions and instructions. Lexical areas numbers 1120. Following simple instructions.

Active language
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty

Receptive language
little monkeys ... are jumping on the bed One falls off and bumps his head. the poor lion Fire, go away. Run, lion, run.

Summary of activities
Listening to and learning numbers 1120. Counting backwards (from 20 to 11) by singing a song. Understanding an illustrated story by listening to it and looking at the pictures. Doing sums to decipher a colour code. Playing a game in groups of three to guess numbers. Identifying numbers by playing bingo. Checking learning through consolidation activities.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out). Developing listening behaviour and positive relationships with classmates through game playing.

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Art: recognising and using the elements of visual language signs, line, colour and space. Maths: recognising mathematical symbols, doing mental arithmatic.

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Unit 8 - Pets
Topic
Pets

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions the pupils learn to talk about their own pets, describe where animals are and follow simple instructions. Lexical areas the home, pets and colours.

Active language
budgie, cat, dog, fish, frog, mouse, rabbit Where is it?

Receptive language
Come in, Emma. I dont know. Uh-oh. Its my mum.

Have you got a pet? Yes, I have. No, I havent. Fly like a budgie. Run like a rabbit. Swim like a fish. Eat like a mouse. Sit like a dog. Roar like a tiger.

Sorry, Mum.

Summary of activities
Listening to and learning the words for pets. Saying the words for pets with a chant. Listening and identifying four childrens animals. Identifying correct and incorrect information by looking at pictures and listening. Understanding an illustrated story by listening to it and looking at the pictures. Following simple instructions. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of instructions. Checking learning through consolidation activities.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out). Learning to form positive relationships with classmates by talking about pets. Developing listening behaviour and positive relationships with classmates through play.

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Art: reading and understanding a picture story, using characters from the story and making them interact. Motor skills and sports science: developing body language as a means of expression.

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Syllabus
Unit 9 - A birthday party
Topic
Birthdays and months

Specific learning objectives


Useful expressions for simple interactions asking about birthdays and ages, understanding questions and following instructions. Lexical areas home, months and birthdays. Discovering cultural differences in the way birthdays are celebrated.

Active language
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December calendar, presents, candles, birthday cake, birthday card Happy Birthday! How old are you? Im nine. Whens your birthday? In June. You hear the doorbell. Say hello to your friends. Open your present. Theres a birthday cake inside wow! Cut the cake. Take a big bite.

Receptive language
Please remember. Look at the date! Today is Pits birthday. Lets make a cake. Thank you! Youre welcome. Lets run into the house.

Summary of activities
Listening to and learning the names of the months. Saying the months with a chant. Listening and identifying four childrens ages and birthdays. Completing a class survey about classmates birthdays. Understanding an illustrated story by listening to it and looking at the pictures. Listening to and miming a series of actions. Listening to and identifying the order of a series of actions. Checking learning through consolidation activities. Reading about birthdays in other countries, writing an invitation and planning a birthday party.

Social development
Learning to co-operate to achieve a shared objective (acting out). Learning to form positive relationships with classmates, talking about birthdays and how birthdays are celebrated in other cultures.

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Art: reading a picture story, recognising characters and actions in the story and making them interact. Motor skills and sports science: developing body language as a means of expression.

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Christmas
Topic
Celebrating Christmas in the UK.

Specific learning objectives


Lexical area Christmas. Pronunciation recognising and reproducing L2 sounds and rhythms.

Active language
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! To ... From ...

Receptive language
Make a Christmas card.

Summary of activities
Learn a Christmas song. Complete an artistic activity on the subject of Christmas.

Social development
Acceptance and respect for traditions different from the pupils own.

Cross-curricular links
Music: learning to recognise and reproduce a rhythm. Art: using colour creatively.

Easter
Topic
How the British celebrate Easter.

Specific learning objectives


Lexical area Easter. Pronunciation recognising and reproducing L2 sounds and rhythms.

Active language
Happy Easter! Love

Receptive language
Make an Easter card.

Summary of activities
Colour and cutting out the drawings for an Easter card. Complete an artistic activity on the subject of Easter.

Social development
Acceptance and respect for traditions different from the pupils own.

Cross-curricular links
Art: using colour creatively.

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