Pupil outcome: I can describe how cocoa is grown and the processes involved in manufacturing chocolate, and identify some of the challenges facing small-scale cocoa farmers. Key learning points: - Most cocoa trees grow in a narrow belt...

Pupil outcome: I can identify the advantages and disadvantages of renewable sources of energy, and form an opinion about their relative merits. Key learning points: - Renewable sources of energy include solar, wind, wave and tidal...

Pupil outcome: I can identify some of the wildlife found in the Arctic and explain how it is affected by seasonal change. Key learning points: - Animals like polar bears live within the Arctic Circle and have special features to live in...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how monsoons are formed and why they are important. Key learning points: - Monsoons lead to distinct wet and dry seasons. - The north-east monsoon occurs in the winter months and the south-west monsoon occurs...

Pupil outcome: I can identify renewable and non-renewable energy sources and understand the difference between them. Key learning points: - The sun, directly or indirectly, is the source of all energy on Earth: plants use energy to grow...

Pupil outcome: I can identify different climate zones in the world and describe the climate of different countries in Europe. Key learning points: - The climate in Europe is seasonal and very varied. - Southern areas of Europe around the...

Pupil outcome: I can describe reasons why people migrate from rural areas to cities in China and identify benefits and challenges of this migration. Key learning points: - Each year millions of people move from rural areas to cities in...

Pupil outcome: I can describe different theories of population change and understand that climate change will impact population change. Key learning points: - There are different theories about how population will change in the future. -...

Pupil outcome: I can explain why poverty remains a global issue and describe the factors that contribute to it. Key learning points: - Poverty is when people don't have enough money or resources to meet their basic needs, like food and...

Pupil outcome: I can explain ways to make sure I am getting accurate and reliable information and why this is important. Key learning points: - Article 17 of the UNCRC makes sure children have the right to accurate and reliable...

Pupil outcome: I can explain what democratic rights are and how to exercise them, even if I am not eligible to vote yet. Key learning points: - Democratic rights are fundamental freedoms and entitlements needed to sustain political...

Pupil outcome: I can create a slogan-based artwork to influence change. Key learning points: - Artists can influence change through creating artworks related to causes. - Artists make artworks about causes for many reasons, including to...

Pupil outcome: I can set out a logical argument in response to an essay title. Key learning points: - Our essay will give one side of an argument, with a logical argument building to a conclusion that mirrors the title. - Writing is best...

Pupil outcome: I can gather quotations from different people involved in a fictional protest in role as a journalist. Key learning points: - Journalistic reports contain a mixture of facts and individuals' perspectives. - Journalists...

Pupil outcome: I can describe some of the threats to the polar regions, what is being done to address them and what more could be done. Key learning points: - Because an essay is a non-fiction piece of writing, it must be based on facts....

Pupil outcome: I can plan and perform a persuasive speech about the effects of climate change on the polar regions, using emotive language to appeal to my audience. Key learning points: - We have completed an essay that makes a...

Pupil outcome: I can say and write ideas for parenthesis using information about macaroni penguins. Key learning points: - Parenthesis can be achieved with a range of punctuation, including brackets and commas. - Any type of parenthesis...

Pupil outcome: I can describe the world’s polar regions and explain a number of ways in which they are important. Key learning points: - Because an essay is a non-fiction piece of writing, it must be based on facts. - Facts are obtained...

Pupil outcome: I can orally rehearse a logical argument and I can practise using a range of linguistic features and punctuation to connect ideas. Key learning points: - A logical argument should run through an essay, leading towards a...

Pupil outcome: I can use my understanding of climate change to give a speech. Key learning points: - Climate change is driven by human activity - specifically, an increase in greenhouse gases. - Climate change will have significant...

Pupil outcome: I can work in a group to perform a radio broadcast based on a journalistic report about a climate protest. Key learning points: - We can present our written work in a range of ways, including orally. - A radio broadcast...

Pupil outcome: I can edit my own and my peer's non-chronological report about macaroni penguins. Key learning points: - Editing is a critical part of the writing process. - Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink,...

Pupil outcome: I can identify the logical argument of an essay and I can identify an essay's linguistic features in a model. Key learning points: - Essays can either examine both sides of an issue in a balanced way, or they can argue...

Pupil outcome: I can explain a personal response to the text. Key learning points: - There are many themes that are explored in ‘Greenling’ including change and transformation, sustainability & rewilding. - Reading around a text can...