Miss Steph Bruce
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Mrs Claire Mills
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Mrs Claire Mills
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Welcome to Year 2!
Welcome to Year 2!
I am so excited to begin the new academic year and to be back together at school again. This year we have some great topics lined up.
I can't wait to see what this year brings - keep checking this page for updates.
Our Curriculum
This year we have some super topics lined up:
Autumn: Exteme Weather
Spring: Cracking Ideas
Summer: Australian Adventure
Each term this page will be updated with the curriculum information for our latest topic, so you can see what we are learning.
In the files below is also other curriculum information such as year group expectations, our long term English and Maths plans, and some information on end of key stage assessments (also known as SATs).
If you've ever any questions - please do not be afraid to pop in and ask!
Year 2 Autumn Term
English
Science and Computing
English
We will be reading books with a weather theme:
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (a story with an imaginary setting.)
- Lost and Found
- Flood (stories with real settings.)
When writing we will be focussing on:
- full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks
- sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
Non-fiction writing will include:
- Non-chronological reports
- Instructions
- Diaries
We will also be looking at weather poems.
Maths
Science and Computing
English
Place Value:
- Counting and representing numbers to 100
- Partitioning numbers into tens and ones
- Comparing and ordering numbers
- Counting in steps of 2, 3, 5 and 10
Addition and Subtraction
- exploring a range of strategies for addition and subtraction.
- adding and subtracting two 2 digit numbers.
Money
- Recognising coins and notes
- Counting, comparing, finding totals and change.
Multiplication/Division
- Making and adding equal groiups/arrays
Science and Computing
Science and Computing
Science and Computing
Science
We will be looking closely at how the weather changes across the four seasons and how this affects humans, plants and animals.
We will also be learning about how day length varies and studying the apparent movement of the sun during the day.
We will look at contrasting global climates and how this affect plants and animals.
Computing
- Online Safety
- Raspberry Pi Lost in space animation - moving a rocket, changing its size and making it hide
RE and Music
Sports and PSHE
Science and Computing
RE
Who is Muslim and how do they live?
- recognising the importance of the Shahadah for Muslims.
- identifying key Muslim beliefs about God.
Why does Christmas matter?
Music
Hands, feet, Heart
- South African music styles
Ho, ho, ho
- Christmas, Big band, Motown, Elvis and freedom songs.
Topic
Sports and PSHE
Sports and PSHE
Our topic for this term is Extreme Weather. We will:
- Name and locate the world’s continents and oceans.
- 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.
- Devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key.
- investigate how the seasons are portrayed in art and create our own versions.
Sports and PSHE
Sports and PSHE
Sports and PSHE
PE
- Rugby
- Athletics
- Football
- Gymnastics
PSHE
Protective Behaviours
- how to keep ourselves safe.
- recognising warning signs that tell us when we are in danger.
- identifying who we can talk to if we are worried about something.
Celebrating Difference
Learning how to:
- Accept that everyone is different
- Include others when working and playing Know how to help if someone is being bullied Try to solve problems
- Try to use kind words
- Know how to give and receive compliments
Year 2 Spring Term
English
Science/DT
English
We will be reading books with an inventing/ superhero theme:
Cottonwool Colin - help Mrs Mouse to make a shirt to keep Colin Smally safe!
Send for a Superhero - use expanded noun phrases to persuade superheroes to come to the rescue and create a comic strip.
Traction Man
Maths
Science/DT
English
• Multiplication and Division
• Statistics
• Properties of shape
• Fractions
• Measuring length and height
Science/DT
Science/DT
Science/DT
We will be:
- investigating different materials and their properties.
- Thinking about describing and comparing different types of movement.
- Learning about electrical appliances and constructing simple circuits.
- performing simple tests and using observations/ideas to answer questions.
- Learning how to cut and join materials.
- Using levers and wheels.
- Designing, making and evaluating products with a clear purpose
Topic
Wider Curriculum
Science/DT
Cracking Ideas
This is an exciting topic all about designing and inventing. We will be thinking about the design process and learning all about some simple machines that will help us to solve problems such as how one child can lift a teacher! We will also be looking back in time to find out about famous designers and inventors - what they did and why they did it. We will be putting these on a timeline to help us to begin to understand chronology..
Our topic will finish with a superhero day and a Superegg Vehicle Challenge.
RE & PSHE
Wider Curriculum
Wider Curriculum
RE
Spring 1 Who is Muslim and how do they live?
Beginning to identify some key Muslim beliefs
Spring 2 Why does Easter matter?
PSHE
Spring 1: Dreams and Goals
Includes goal-setting, aspirations and resilience building
Spring 2: Healthy Me
We will focus on self-esteem and confidence as well as healthy lifestyle choices including healthy eating and exercise.
Wider Curriculum
Wider Curriculum
Wider Curriculum
PE
Spring 1: Hockey & Dance
Spring 2: Netball & Badminton
Computing
Rock Band - creating instruments, adding sound and layering music
Ghostbusters - adding events and conditions for catching ghosts
Music -
Spring 1: “I wanna play in a band”
In this unit we will learn about singing and playing together in an ensemble.
We will listen to and appraise classic rock songs throughout.
Spring 2: "Zootime"
We will listen to and appraise reggae music before learning a reggae song. We will learn to compose and play instruments with the song.
Year 2 Summer Term
English
Science and Computing
English
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Maths
Science and Computing
English
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Science and Computing
Science and Computing
Science and Computing
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RE and Music
Topic and PSHE
Science and Computing
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Topic and PSHE
Topic and PSHE
Topic and PSHE
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Sports and MFL
Topic and PSHE
Topic and PSHE
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