Year Two Curriculum Autumn One Literacy based topic Autumn Two History based topic Topic Twisted Tales London s Burning, London s Burning Spring Science/PSHE/Geography based topic Summer One Literacy/DT topic Summer Two Local History and Geography topic The Circle of Life Roald Dahl Pirates Special events Harvest Bonfire Night/ Children in need / World Book Day (1) Easter bonnet Parade (2) SATS Country Dancing Sports Day Hook Classrooms broken into! Fire Brigade to visit, to show us how they put out a fire! 4 th November? Christmas Production English Texts Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation The Gingerbread Man Little Red Riding Hood Rapunzel / Tangled film Hoodwinked Cinderella Poetry Co-ordinates using and, or, but Uses capital letters and full stops to demarcate sentences, regularly correctly. Uses expanded noun phrases for description and specification (e.g. the butterfly, plain four, the man in the moon) Correctly chooses and uses present and past tense throughout writing. Subordinates using when, if, that, because City of Fire The Great Fire of London Video online Play-scripts Co-ordinates using and, or, but Uses capital letters and full stops to demarcate sentences, regularly correctly. Uses expanded noun phrases for description and specification (e.g. the butterfly, plain four, the man in the moon) Correctly chooses and uses present and past tense throughout writing. Subordinates using when, if, that, because Co-ordinates using and, or, but Visit to Monkey World 5 th May? Tin Forest Video Pile of rubbish dumped in classrooms Lion King film Science experiments Tiger child The Tin Forest Michael Recycle Recycling non-fiction Jack and the Beanstalk The Lion King Non-Fiction texts Uses capital and full stops to demarcate sentences consistently and correctly. Uses some question marks Use commas to separate items in a list. Uses some connectives to make a compound sentence. Starts some sentences in different ways. Uses time connectives. Uses progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress. Uses some exclamation marks Pronouns are used to avoid repetition. George s M Medicine Revolting rhymes Charlie and choc factory The twits sentence indicate its functions as a statement, question, exclamation or command. Uses questions marks Uses exclamation marks Connectives used at the beginning and within sentences. Past and present tense is generally consistent and appropriate. Use of commas in a list. sentence indicate its functions as a statement, question, Pirate Dave week beg 5 th June? Treasure Hunt Visit to Portland Museum 23rd June? Pirate Non-Fiction Pirates love underpants Pirate poem Pirate post sentence indicate its functions as a statement, question, exclamation or command. Uses questions marks Past and present tense is generally consistent and appropriate. Connectives used at the beginning and within sentences. Use of commas in a list. Uses apostrophes to show where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns.
exclamation or command. English To write a traditional tale, with a twist Wanted posters Information text about witches. PSHE x2 Traditional Stories x3 Stories in familiar settings x2 Letter to Santa / Poetry / review of production Firework poetry Diary entries Poetry x1 Information Texts x2 Stories in familiar settings x1 Letters x2 Week x1 Write own stories about how an elephant became an elephant etc. Write own Animal riddles How to look after pet instructions. Write own imaginative story the old man picks up the bird and suddenly Write letters to Primeminster from man to stop littering. How to plant a seed instructions. How to recycle instructions. Write information text about looking after animals and their life cycles Stories from other cultures x3 Fantasy Stories x3 Information Texts x3 Instructions x1 Recounts x1 Different books by the same author Poetry/Riddles x1 Stories by same author x3 Instruction x1 Narrative - Pirate Story Instruction texts - Cannon Loading Write sea shanities Information text about Portland Museum Fact finding and note taking Pirate Dave Narrative x3 Poetry x2 Information texts x1 Phonics Letters and Sounds Letters and Sounds Letters and Sounds phased groups in each class Phonics screening check Letters and sounds Maths Counting, reading and writing 2-digit numbers, place value Addition: Concrete, visual, and number facts Subtraction: Concrete, visual, and number facts Multiplication and division: repeated subtraction Properties of 2d and 3d shapes. Length, mass, capacity, Comparing, ordering twodigit numbers and knowing their place value. Recall of addition and subtraction facts and mental calculation repeated subtraction, arrays, grouping and using time table s facts. Finding fractions of quantities, shapes and sets of objects. (1) Estimating, counting and comparing quantities. Recall of addition and subtraction facts and mental calculation Using partitioning and counting on strategies repeated subtraction, arrays, grouping and using time table s facts. Properties of 2d and 3d shapes. Length, mass, capacity, money (2) Estimating, counting and comparing quantities. Estimating, counting and comparing and ordering quantities. Using mental calculation repeated subtraction, arrays, grouping and using time table s facts. Finding fractions of quantities, shapes and sets of objects. Properties of 2d and 3d shapes. Estimating, counting and comparing and ordering quantities. Using partitioning and sequencing Finding fractions of quantities, shapes and sets of objects. Position and direction Statistics: Solving problems that involve collecting data in tallies, tables, pictograms and block diagrams.
money Science Gingerbread Man making look at changes and why changes happen. History Make a strong house for Grandma Uses of everyday materials Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. Position, direction and motion Data: Solving problems that involve collecting data in tallies, tables and pictograms When people had houses burnt down what did they have to find. Safety Bakery - healthy Animals including humans Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air) Samuel Pepys Diary The Great Fire of London Victorian Britain How it changed Britain. events beyond living Using mental calculation repeated subtraction, arrays, grouping and using time table s facts. Finding fractions of quantities, shapes and sets of objects. Position and direction Statistics: Solving problems that involve collecting data in tallies, tables and pictograms. Planting seeds and create a diary. Visit garden and look at different types of flowers/plants. Lifecycle of plant Labelling plants Science woodlice habitats and beach trip Animal life cycles Looking after pets basic needs. Herbivores/carnivores Food chain Living things and their habitats Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food. identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other Plants Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy. Diane Fossey- Gorillas Joy Adams - Lion Monkey World My World significant historical events, people and places in their own Length, mass (weight), capacity, money Make George s Marvellous Medicine own concoctions! Medicines and effects Sports day prep Mini Olympics on field Animals including humans find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air) describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. Author biography and life the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international Make boats that float testing materials. Using clay create own treasure and chests. Uses of everyday materials identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. Pirates - chronological understanding Different ways the past is presented Differences in ways of life in the past Portland Museum information finding
Geography Art Look at maps of journeys taken by characters, if they came to our school how would they find us? Make a map for characters to follow. Geographical skills and fieldwork use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment. Self portraits - line and tone Masks/costumes texture 3D Create puppets sewing to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space memory that are significant nationally or globally Locating London on map of England and compare to India, Place knowledge understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-european country Model houses, create a model of Tudor London in corridor. Colour mixing and collage fire pictures Silhouettes to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination locality. the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods Link to Tin Forest Story- where would the old man like to live? Why? Comaprisons of photographs from different couuntries and plot them on map Where different plants grow Locations and maps Compare Africa to North Pole Weather differences, how do animals survive in North Pole? read The Tiger Child look at differences in work, homes etc. Human and physical geography use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to: key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles Focus on Andy Goldsworthy Natural Art Plant sketches Collage / Recycled art works Tin Forest Collage Observational drawings Design and make own a Safari scene using paper machie / clay etc in groups about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work. to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods Design your own giant/character from one of the roald dahl books. to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life Maps of UK link to where Pirates travelled. Make own maps using compass points. Trasure hunt use the beebots. Geographical skills and fieldwork use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map Colour mixing Seascapes 3D pirate ships to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
Design Technology Design, build and evaluate a trap for wolf Make a gingerbread man/cook Puppet theatre / masks for a show Design, build a Victorian home to create our model London. Design a car to show to Samuel Pepys using cogs and wheels Design an enclosure for Monkeys Moving jungle Natural sculpture Make Tin Forest Animals using recycled materials Making a moving mini beast Design a house or building for Granma to live in now she is tall. Design a label for medicine Make a floating boat Music PE Name and play percussion instruments Create and copy rhythms Dance - indoor Untuned percussion instruments Choral work, Christmas songs Gymnastics - indoor Composition /Music program Pictorial scores Musical compositions and stories Gymnastics - floor and apparatus - indoor Dance - indoor Parachute - outdoor Swimming Country Dance - outdoor Swimming RE / PHSE / SEAL New Beginnings Class Rights and Charter SEAL / PSHE: Getting on SEAL / PSHE: Anti Bullying Going for Goals Relationships Changes Computing Harvest Introduction to Judaism use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs Judaism Christmas Type up Christmas Letters using Word document correctly recognise common uses of information technology beyond school. Easter and Passover Research animals / north pole / africa use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies. Recycling posters use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content Type up own stories understand what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital devices; and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions create and debug simple programs Research other countries and flags use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies.