Autumn 1 Art, DT, Music and Performance Focus Highlights for this term: International Literacy Day Talk Like a Pirate Day International Day of Peace Roald Dahl Day Jeans for Genes Day The Big Draw Dyslexia Awareness Week Black History Month (October) UNICEF WHY Festival (October Last Week of Term) Opportunities with Art: Take One Picture Y2 Big Picture Subject Area, Links and Overview English: Fiction (3 Weeks) / Roald Dahl Day (1 Day) / Non-Fiction: Linked to Black History Month focussing on music, poets and performers (2 Weeks) Maths: Number: Place value (3 Weeks) / Number: Addition and Subtraction (3 Weeks) Science: Animals including humans/ My incredible body - link on tigtag junior (7 weeks), working scientifically (ongoing) Humanities: History: Mary Seacole Black history/diversity month Mary Seacole Crimea nurse Computer Science: Espresso Coding Year 2 starter Unit Art: Design and make a medicine box for Mary Seacole. P.E; Team Games ( Advanced problem solving, exploring game scenarios) Music: duration of notes, reading and making long and short sounds and patterns of same in songs, using voice and instruments (6 hours) R.E: RE Day 1- Hinduism (Diwali- October) PSHE: PSHE: (6 hours per whole Autumn Term) Core theme 3: Living in the Wider World Rights and responsibilities: contributing to life in the classroom; constructing and following rules; awareness of needs of people and other living things; belonging to communities and groups Taking care of the environment: improvements and harm to local environments; ways of looking after local environments Money matters: sources of money; uses for money; spending and saving; role of money in their lives; managing money and keeping it safe; choices about spending; influences on spending choices This Theme is spread across Years 1 & 2 for the whole of the Autumn Term.
Autumn 2: Science Focus National Poetry Day Universal Children s Day/ anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (20th Nov) UNICEF Our Right? Campaign Remembrance Day World Science Day World Kindness Day Anti Bullying Week Children in Need Disability History Month Human Rights Day (10th Dec) Take One Picture Project Jane Goodall Gorilla (Anthony Brown) Opportunities with Science: Y2 Big Picture Subject Area, Links and Overview English: Fiction (Gorilla) (2 or 3 Weeks) / Portrait People (1 Week) / Non-Fiction Scientist Focus: Biography - Goodall(2 or 3 Weeks ) / Poetry (1 Week) Animal Poetry Maths: Number: Addition and Subtraction (2 Weeks) / Measurement: Money (2 Weeks) / Number: Multiplication and Division (2 Weeks) Science: Animals including humans linked with Super Scientists focus on Jane Goodall (8 weeks), working scientifically (ongoing) Humanities: Geography locational knowledge: name and locate the world s 7 continents and 5 oceans. Name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 countries and capital cities of the UK and surrounding seas. Computing: Espresso Coding: units 2a - inputs and 2b buttons and instructions Art / Design Technology: Drawing - Close observation skills continue look, trace and draw. Use tone to look at the textures of fur, feathers, hair Drawing - Begin to understand knowledge of landscape and how to create different textures i.e. clouds, water, mountains, etc Learn to: Use a range of tools / Variety of lines P.E; Core Skills Recap/Overview ( Exploring ways of jumping, catching, ball striking) Music: Pulse and Rhythm - defining the 2 concepts and practicing making them with bodies while singing songs (6 hours) R.E: RE Day 2- Sikhism (Guru Nanak s Birthday- November) PSHE: See Autumn 1 for terms targets.
Spring 1: Rights Respecting Focus / PSHE Holocaust Memorial Day (27th Jan) World Braille Day International Mother Language Day (21st Feb) Martin Luther King Day (15th Jan) Chinese New Year National Storytelling Week UNICEF Day for Change International Random Acts of Kindness Day Fairtrade Fortnight Theme and Core Opportunities with PSHE / Rights Respecting: Y2 Big Picture Subject Area, Links and Overview English: Fiction: Rights Respecting Theme (3 Weeks) World Book Day (1day) / Non-Fiction (3 Weeks) Maths: Number: Multiplication and Division (2 Weeks) / Statistics (2 Weeks) / Geometry: Properties of Shape (2 Weeks) Science: Materials (6 hours), working scientifically (ongoing) Humanities: Geography(human and physical) identify location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the equator and the north and south poles Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a contrasting non- European country (Link to PSHE / RRS theme for term). Computing: Information Technology: Creating pictures Art / Design Technology: Make a bridge Learn to Clay - Create textured clay tiles Draw shape outlines onto tile - Make distinct patterns with impressed shapes - Make papier maché relief picture Select appropriate colours P.E; Simple tactics in Sport ( exploring different sports, learning positions) Music: Pitch - response to pitch changes, controlling pitch changes with voice, reading pitch symbols, playing simple melodies made of different pitches, playing percussion instruments to produce different pitches, using pitch descriptively (6 hours) R.E: RE Day 3- Judaism PSHE: (3 Hours) Core theme 2: Relationships Feelings and emotions: recognise feelings in self; special people; behaviour and how people s bodies and feelings can be hurt Healthy Relationships: secrets and surprises; working together; boundaries and relationships; resolving conflict; teasing and bullying. This Theme is spread across Years 1 & 2
Spring 2 History Focus Spring 2 History Focus Climate Week World Book Day International Women s Day (8th March) World Maths Day Sports Relief World Poetry Day Mother s Day International Children s Book Day World Autism Day Theme and Core Opportunities with History: Y2 Big Picture Subject Area, Links and Overview English: Fiction: History Focus (2 or 3 Weeks) / Non-Fiction: History Focus (2 or 3 Weeks ) / Poetry (1 Week) Maths: Geometry: Position and Direction (1 Week) / Number: Fractions (3 Weeks) Measurement: length and height (1 Week) / Time (1 Week) Science: Living things and their habitats (6 hours), working scientifically (ongoing) Humanities: The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements Computing: Information technology: Word processing Art / Design Technology: Painting - Use double primary system to develop colour mixing skills. Learn to Mix orange, purple - Understand a tint is adding white, tone is adding black/prussian blue -- Mix tints of blue & red, tones of purple (red and Prussian blue) - Match colours in observational work Control paint using small brushes delicately. P.E; Team Sports ( competitive scenarios, applying basic tactics into game situations) Music: Instruments and symbols - play instruments to make sounds in different ways, reading symbols to represent changing sounds; listen carefully and move to sounds. Begin to introduce idea of scoring music. (6 hours) R.E: RE day 4- Christianity (Lent and Easter) PSHE: (3 Hours) Core Theme 1 Health & Wellbeing Core theme 1:Health and Wellbeing Healthy lifestyles: Keeping our bodies healthy: likes/dislikes and choices; recognising and managing different feelings / personal hygiene This Theme is spread across Years 1 & 2
Summer 1 Geography Focus Highlights for this term: Opportunities with Geography: Y2 Big Picture Subject Area, Links and Overview English: Fiction (2 or 3 Weeks) / Non-Fiction Focus (2 or 3 Weeks ) / Poetry: World Poetry linked to Geography (1 Week) Maths: Measurement: Mass, Capacity and Temperature (2 Weeks) / Consolidation and SATs prep (2 or 3 Weeks) / SATs Week / Investigation and Problem Solving Week (After SATs) Science: Plants (6 hours), working scientifically (ongoing) Humanities: 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 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.(link to science and plants) Computing: Digital Literacy Internet skills and e-safety Art / Design Technology: Clay Making salads using pull, pinch, twist. P.E; Summer Games ( Team and Individual Based) Rounders, Athletics Introduction Music: Timbre, tempo, and dynamics - use sounds descriptively, make sounds using different sound sources, change combine and organize sounds, create a class composition using simple structures. (6 hours) R.E: RE day 5- Buddhism (May) PSHE: (3 Hours) Core Theme 2: Relationships Valuing difference: Attributes: kindness/fairness; sharing and respecting opinions; recognising and respecting similarities and differences This Theme is spread across Years 1 & 2
Summer 2 Responding to the World Focus World Ocean s Week World Refugee (20th June) Father s Day International Friendships Day Opportunities when responding to the world: Y2 Big Picture Subject Area, Links and Overview English: Fiction (3 Weeks) / Non-Fiction (3 Weeks) Maths: Addition and Subtraction moving on to formal column method (2 Week) / Problem solving and efficient methods (2 Weeks) / Consolidation (2 Weeks) Science: working scientifically (ongoing)/ Use the last half term to finish off any topics that need revisiting i.e misconceptions or extension of children s learning. Humanities: Historical enquiry interviews, understanding sources (links with age exchange) Computing: Information technology: Data Handling Art / Design Technology: Printmaking Victorians William Morris as inspiration for polytile print P.E; Sports Day preparation; Year overview and recap of skills Music: Using sounds expressively - Focus listening to explore and control instruments. Use sounds expressively to illustrate a poem and a pictured scene. (6 hours) R.E: RE day 6- Islam (Ramadan- May/June) PSHE: : (3 hours) Core Theme 1 Health & Wellbeing Growing and changing: Change, loss and getting older; names of main body parts (including external genitalia); personal identity: likes; choices; strengths Keeping safe: What goes into our bodies; rules for keeping physically and emotionally safe; personal identity: family networks; people who are responsible for keeping us safe This Theme is spread across Years 1 & 2