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Year 2

AUTUMN TERM IN YEAR 2

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy

  • Number, place value, addition and subtraction;
  • Addition and subtraction, shape

Literacy

  • Read, Write Inc. (Blue books and Grey books);
  • Letters to Santa.

Science

  • Living things and their habitats;
  • Animals including humans.

Geography

  • At the Farm.

History

  • Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.

DT

  • A balanced diet
  • Textiles - pouches

Art & Design

  • Drawing: tell a story

Computing

  • Coding;
  • Online Safety and Spreadsheets.

RE

  • What did Jesus teach?
  • Jesus – a gift from God.

PSHE

  • Being me in my world;
  • Celebrating differences.

PE

  • Fundamentals & Ball skills
  • Invasion games & Dance 

SPAG

  • Nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and coordination (and/ but);
  • Noun phrases, questions, commas in lists, possessive apostrophe and subordination (because).

Music

  • Exploring Simple Patterns - How does music help us to make friends?
  • Focus on Dynamics & Tempo - How does music teach us about the past?

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

Autumn Topic Knowledge Organisers 

SPRING TERM IN YEAR 2

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy

  • Multiplication & Division 
  • Length & Height 
  • Mass
  • Capacity & Temperature 
  • Money

Literacy

  • Read, Write Inc. (Blue books and Grey books)
  • Meerkat Mail (Journey story)
  • Poetry

Science

  • Animals including humans
  • Materials

Geography

  • Let’s go on Safari

History

  • Florence Nightingale

DT

  • Mechanisms: Fairground 
  • Mechanisms: Making a moving monster

Art & Design

  • Mechanisms: Making a moving monster
  • Sculpture and 3D: Clay Houses

Computing

  • Questionning
  • Effective searching
  • Creating pictures

RE

  • Judaism – Passover
  • Christianity – Easter

PSHE

  • Dreams and Goals
  • Healthy Me

PE

  • Cricket
  • Striking & fielding 
  • Sending and receiving
  • Fitness 

SPAG

  • Prefix - un,
  • Suffixes - est,er,ly
  • Statements
  • Commands
  • Questions
  • Exclamations
  • Contractions

Music

  • Exploring feelings through music - How does music make the world a better place?
  • Inventing a musical story - How does music teach us about our neighbourhood?

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below. 

Spring Topic Knowledge Organisers 

SUMMER TERM IN YEAR 2

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy

  • Fractions
  • Time
  • Statistics
  • Word problems

Literacy

  • The Papaya that spoke (Tale of fear)
  • Postcards (Non-Fiction)

Science

  • Plants
  • Super Scientists

Geography

  • My World and Me

History

  • Seaside in the past

DT

  • Perfect Pizza
  • Structures: Baby Bear’s Chair

Art & Design

  • Beside the seaside

Computing

  • Making Music
  • Presenting ideas

RE

  • JUDAISM - Covenant
  • JUDAISM - Rites of passage and good works

PSHE

  • Dreams and Goals
  • Healthy Me

PE

  • Target games
  • Net & Wall
  • Athletics
  • Gymnastics

SPAG

  • Commas
  • Apostrophes
  • Pronouns
  • Tenses
  • Statements
  • Commands
  • Questions
  • Exclamations

Music

  • Music that makes you dance - How does music make us happy?
  • Exploring Improvisation- How does music teach us about looking after our planet?

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below. 

Summer Topic Knowledge Organisers 

End of Year Expectations