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o This unit extends the knowledge about a range of materials we use and of their characteristic properties. It develops ideas as to why materials are chosen for specific uses. • Keeping Healthy o This unit explores different ways to stay healthy through diet and exercise. • Forces o This unit builds on previous knowledge of forces and how they can affect the movement and shape of objects. They will be introduced to friction and magnetic attraction and repulsion. • The Senses o This unit looks at the individual senses and their importance. • Life Processes o This unit looks at life processes common to animals and plants. It considers what makes a healthy diet. HISTORY and GEOGRAPHY Geography: Weather around the world • Continents, countries & major cities • Basic map skills • What is weather? • Why is it different all over the world? • What activities can you do in what kind of weather? History: Leipzig: A Trip Down Memory Lane • Oral history: Finding out about Leipzig’s past • What was it like to live in Leipzig in the past? • How has it changed? COMPUTER/ ICT (Information Communication Technology) Tommy Clarke will lead the ICT lessons this year, with assistance from the class teacher. In Grade Two the students start the year by improving their knowledge of the keyboard and improving their speed and accuracy. They will learn how to communicate messages by using a combination of graphics and text. They also learn the importance of saving their work. Linking in to the Music curriculum the children will explore and develop musical ideas by using ICT. The students will use a database to answer simple questions by sorting the data and using the search functions. They will also learn how to explore simulations, explore options and to test their predictions. The students will also use e-mails to send and receive messages. MUSIC In Grade Two music we will explore the differences between rhythm and non-rhythm. The children will revise their rhythmic patterns from last year and experiment with different ways rhythm is made and heard. They will learn about ways to notate non-rhythmic compositions and soundscapes and experiment with texture (the number of sounds and instruments in a composition) and dynamics (loud and soft) with voice, tuned and untuned percussion instruments. Some other highlights of the year will be preparing for the Lower Primary School concert, and also the unit ‘Weather Music,’ which will link with the Science topic, ‘Weather’.
GERMAN At LIS we follow a curriculum based on the curriculum of Sachsen. (Adaptations have been made in order to accommodate the needs of students in an international school with English as the main language of instruction.) All children from Grade One to Five have 5 German lessons per week. Reception has 3 lessons per week. For students whose mother tongue is not German (for example our German beginners and intermediate learners) German as a Second Language (GSL) classes are provided (Refer to the GSL section below). Learners at an advanced level join the native speakers' classes. Three German classrooms and one GSL room provide a specially prepared German surrounding. (We are about to develop a language programme which respects the needs and develops the abilities of children in both English and in German.) One of the guiding principles throughout our whole teaching in the Primary German Department is Maria Montessori's: Hilf mir, es selbst zu tun! Help me to do it myself! The children learn and practice language in an individual way with different types of resources (such as Klammerkarten, Logico, Lernkartei zum schriftlichen Üben, learning programs on CDRoms, Hörbücher, and CDs) that allow them to: • learn at their individual levels • work at a pace that suits their learning needs • repeat cards with difficult tasks as often as they want until they feel safe • self-manage and self-assess (the child finds the answers on the back of the cards) • find and use their personal way of learning (by writing, reading, listening...) • go on without the permanent need for teacher feedback • take responsibility for their own learning and become independent learners • see the success of their learning (today I made 8 cards) • take over as a teacher for other students, who need help in solving a problem • act with care and consideration towards their classmates (put the cards back in the right order and place, take only one card at a time etc.) The approach is not textbook based; we use books only to find poems or stories or just to enjoy looking at them. We have some "Lesebücher" and "Fibeln" in the classrooms, which the students read at their own pace. LIS follows the German curriculum for the State of Saxony. You can find the curriculum by following this link: http://www.sachsen-macht-schule.de/
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