Year 2
Please see below the overview of learning for Year 2.
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2
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Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Topic |
Monsters
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Around the World |
Our Colourful Past |
Amazing People |
Zoo |
Chocolate |
ENGLISH
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Character/setting description Simple recount/newspaper report Free verse poem Instructions
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Letter about Scotland Fact file Information piece comparing school in China and Ramsgate Story |
Short narrative Diary entry inspired by Samuel Pepys about The Great Fire of London Information Fable |
Fact file Extended recount Poetry |
Traditional Tale with innovations Story Free verse poem |
Extended writing: traditional tale Longer narrative |
MATHS |
Place value Addition and subtraction Shape |
Money Multiplication and division Length and height Mass, capacity and temperature |
Fractions Time Statistics Position and direction |
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SCIENCE |
How can we compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials? How can we change the shape of some solid objects?
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What are the differences between things that are alive, dead and never been alive? How can we use fair testing to carry out an investigation? |
What animals are suited to different environments? |
What do plants need to grow and stay healthy? How do seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants? How can we classify and group plants? |
What do living things need to survive? What are their stages of growth? How do animals get their food from other animals/plants? What food chains can we use to describe these relationships? How can we group animals? |
Why is exercise, healthy eating and personal hygiene important? How can we grow a mature plant? |
HISTORY |
How can I use a source to find out and answer questions about the past?
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How can we order a series of events on a timeline?
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How can we find out about significant events, people and themes from the past? |
How can we describe what significant people from the past did and how it has impacted the way we live today? |
How can we describe and give detail about a local historic event? |
How has the way people lived their lives changed over time? |
GEOGRAPHY |
How can we use maps, atlases and globes to compare the four countries in the UK? What are the key characteristics of the four countries and their capital cities?
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How can we locate the seven continents and five oceans in the world? How can I use a map, globe or atlas to identify 4 other countries in the world? |
What vocabulary can we use to describe daily and seasonal weather patterns? |
What are the similarities and differences between Antarctica and where we live? |
What must we include on a map? What language can we use to describe features of an area? |
Where does chocolate come from and what are the physical differences to where we live? |
COMPUTING |
Online Safety (‘Lee and Kim’, Webster’ & ‘Dongle the Rabbit’)
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How can we use instructions to control a toy and debug a simple program? How can we use computing to safely research the continents of the world?
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How can we use programming software to make objects move the way we want? |
How can we use technology in our daily lives and how can we use the internet safely? |
How can we use technology to collect and record information? |
How can we use computing to create a book with text and images? (Book Creator) |
How can we safely communicate with others using technology? (Email Detectives) |
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ART |
How can we use weaving to create a pattern? How can we replicate texture and pattern when using clay?
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How can we use weaving to create a tartan pattern? How can I recreate texture using a range of media when making a Christmas card collage? |
Who was Henry Moore? How did Henry Moore create his drawings? |
How can we mix secondary colours? Who is Vincent van Gogh? How can we use different media to create texture when painting? |
Who is Pablo Picasso? What is Cubism? How can we use shading to create depth? Who is Zaha Hadid? What does an architect do? What is a sculpture? |
What skills can we use to develop our own art exhibition? |
DT |
How can we use materials to make an egg carrier that is fit for purpose? How can we use mechanisms to create a moving toy?
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How can we design, make and evaluate our own Christmas decorations? |
How can we use our knowledge to build a structure, applying methods to make it stronger, stiffer and more stable? |
How can we prepare food hygienically? -Pancake topping. |
How can we join materials to create a puppet? |
How can we safely and hygienically prepare a healthy dish? |
RE |
Who is Christian & what do they believe?
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How & why do we celebrate special & sacred times? |
Who is Jewish & what do they believe. |
How can we learn from sacred books? |
How should we care for others & the world, and why should it matter? |
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MUSIC |
Tony Chestnut Carnival of the animals Year 2
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Christmas production |
Grandma rap |
Orawa Trains |
Swing-a-long with Shostakovich Charlie Chaplin |
Tanczymy labada Year 2 End of School production |
PE |
Gymnastics Ball Skills
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Large Apparatus Football Christmas Dances |
Dance Games – Dodgeball |
Orienteering Games – Tennis, Kickball |
Orienteering Games – Tennis, Kickball |
Athletics Games – Cricket, Rounders Sports week |
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VIPs (Relationships)
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Safety First (Health and Wellbeing) |
One World (Living in the Wider World) |
Digital Wellbeing (Relationships) |
Money Matters (Living in the Wider World) |
Growing Up (Health and Wellbeing |
British Values |
Rule of law (linked to golden rules)
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Democracy |
Mutual respect & tolerance of different faiths and religions (link to RE) |
Individual liberty |
Recap all BVs |