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Year 2

Year 2 Class Information 2023-24

Curriculum
Please see the table below for an outline of this year's curriculum for Year 2. For further information, Home Learning and a copy of the Knowledge Organiser, please access your child's Teams account. 

 

TERM

AUTUMN TERM

SPRING TERM

SUMMER TERM

Class Novel

Rosa Parks (Little People, Big Dreams) by Lisbeth Kaiser

Katie Morag and The New Pier by Mairi Hedderwick;

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan

English

Biographies;

Newspaper reports;  Persuasive posters;      Speeches;

Narrative

Descriptions;

Adventure narratives;

Non-chronological reports; Persuasive writing

Information leaflets;

Kennings poems;

Comic strips;

Narrative

Mathematics

Number and Place Value: Numbers to 100;
Calculations: Addition and Subtraction;
Multiplication of 2, 5 and 10;

1. Division
2. 2D Shapes

3. Calculation; word problems


Calculation: Word problems;
Measurement: Money;
Geometry: 2D and 3D shapes;

Measurement: Length and Mass

Fractions;
Measurement: Time and Volume;
Review and Revisit Topic

Religious Education (RE)

The Chosen People
Mysteries
The Good News
The Mass

Eastertide

Islam

Science

Human life cycle;

Human needs for health and survival;

Healthy lifestyle;

Bodily hygiene routines;

How germs spread; Introducing Habitat and Animal Dependency;

Working scientifically: Identifying and classifying, Observing changes over time; Comparative test;

Pattern seeking;

Research

Identifying materials and their properties;

Shaping materials;

Uses of materials;  

Pattern seeking, Comparative tests, Research;

Plant parts;

Seasonal changes in plants;

Investigating germination; Investigating plant growth;  

Working scientifically: Observing changes over time;

Identifying and classifying;

Pattern seeking;

Comparative test;

Research

Habitats;

Invertebrates and invertebrate groups;

Microhabitats;

Animal needs for survival;

Food chains;

Human impact on habitats; Animal offspring;

Lifecycles – amphibians, birds, invertebrates, mammals and reptiles;

Seasonal changes in animals; Working scientifically: Identifying and classifying; Observing changes over time; Pattern seeking;

Research

Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE)

Being Me in My World;
Celebrating Differences
Dreams and Goals;
Healthy Me
Relationships-Ten Ten resources

History

Historical models;

Exploring significance;

Local historically significant person;

Historical vocabulary; Chronology and timelines; Historically significant artists, activists, explorers, monarchs and scientists;

Facts and opinions; Memorials;

Significant people – Captain James Cook, Christopher Columbus, Rosa Parks, Emmeline Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale, Henry VIII

Jobs in the past; Significant people – Captain Cook

Historical vocabulary;

Historical periods;

Timelines;

Power and rule;

Historical artefacts;  

Significant people - Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror; Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II;

Bayeux Tapestry;

Feudal system;

Actions and impact;

Historical models

Geography

Historical landmarks; Significant places;

Using an atlas;

Using a compass;

Using map keys;

Locating the equator; Northern and Southern Hemispheres and North and South Poles;

Hot, temperate and cold places;  

Sustainability

Maps, globes and atlases;

World seas and oceans;

Human and physical features; Locational language;

Compass directions;

Physical processes: erosion; Changes over time;

Tourism

Significant Places: Royal Residences - Hampton Court

Computing

Computing Systems and Networks;
Creating Media - digital photography
Creating Media- Making music;
Data and Information - Pictograms
Programming A- Robot Algorithms;
Programming B- An introduction to quizzes

Physical Education (PE)

Dance;
Attack, Defend, Shoot

Gymnastics;
Circuits (multiskills)

Send and Return

Outdoor Adventurous Activities;

Country Dancing; 
Tennis

Art and Design

Colour theory;

Colour wheel;

Primary and secondary colours;

Still life;

Colour study;

Compositions

Materials and techniques; Analysing artwork;

Exploring visual elements: colour, shape, form, texture and pattern;

Significant artist: Yayoi Kusama;

Drawing;

Printmaking;

3-D forms

Portraiture;

Royal portraits;

Sketching;

Digital artwork

Design and Technology (DT)

Sources of food;

Kitchen tools;

Reading recipes;

Hygiene rules;

Making a school meal

Structures: strengthening and joining

Everyday fabric products; Significant designer: Cath Kidston;

Sewing patterns;

Running stitch;

Adding embellishments; Designing and making a bag tag.

Machines and mechanisms;

Sliders, levers and linkages;

Designing and making greetings cards with moving parts

Music

Singing Games and Rhymes;
Nativity
Singing Games and Rhymes;
Sea Shanties
Singing Games and Rhymes: Royal Music

Spanish

Habitat, Animals and Weather Body Parts and Clothes Transport and Local Area