Theme: Museums and their interactive features in the UK. Half-term activities.
Lexical area: Adjectives to describe opinions and exhibitions. Chocolate.
Cross curricular links: Science, History, Cultural Studies.

Theme: Inventions and the impact of technology on our lives
Lexical area: inventions, definitions, comparatives and superlatives.
Cross curricular links: Science and technology, Social Science, Personal and Social Education

Theme: National Science week, Spring and climate change in the UK
Lexical area: The seasons and vocabulary for talking about the weather. Words associated with Spring and nature.
Cross curricular links: Science, Geography, Cultural studies.

Theme: The author Nick Hornby and tastes in books and films.
Lexical area: Adjectives to describe books or films, types of story and the language to describe future ambitions.
Cross curricular links: Literature.

Theme: Sporting traditions in the UK, sports linked to regional customs. Attitudes towards good sportsmanship.
Lexical area: Sports, rules.
Cross curricular links: Sports Education, History, Social Science.

Theme: Taking a gap year and the types of placements and opportunities on offer. Attitudes towards adventure and exploration.
Lexical area: Expeditions, adventurous pursuits and job related vocabulary: CV, skills, placement, qualifications. Countries of the world and continents.
Cross curricular links: Personal and Social Education, Geography.

Theme: Driving and cars. Focus is on attitudes towards cars in city centres.
Lexical area: Driving vocabulary (license, test etc) and street vocab (traffic lights, roundabout etc)
Cross curricular links: Social science, environmental studies.

Theme: Chocolate
Lexical area: Food

Theme: News
Lexical area: News and the media – internet, radio, reporter, presenter, headlines etc.
Cross curricular links: Media studies