Year 2
Year 2 Class Information 2024-25
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; 1. Division 3. Calculation; word problems |
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; Send and Return |
Outdoor Adventurous Activities; Country Dancing; |
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 |