Year 2
Year 2 Overview
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Topic driver
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Lost in Space |
Superheroes |
Castles |
The Titanic |
On the Farm |
The Rainforests |
Literacy
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Fantasy Stories Humorous poems |
Repetitive poems Character descriptions Letters |
Fairy tales Instructions Recounts |
Diary entries Recounts letters |
Traditional tales Chronological reports |
Information texts Shape poetry |
Maths (times tables done weekly for the 2,3,5 and 10 times tables)
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Place value
Calculations (number bonds, doubles)
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Money |
Multiplication and division by 2,5,10 and 3 |
Fractions (1/3, 2/4, 3/4) Measurement of length and height ( metres and cm)
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Position and direction,
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Investigations, |
PE
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Games and skills |
Multi- skills |
Gymnastics skills |
Dance skills and balance |
Games skills |
Athletics skills |
Computing
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Scratch programming (We are astronauts) |
Learning how different games work and using scratch (We are programmers and bug fixers) |
Using cameras to photograph our trip and other models (We are photographers) |
Using a search engine to find information (We are researchers) |
Using emailing to communicate with peers in class (we are communicators)
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Collecting and representing information using tally graphs and bar charts. (We are data handlers) |
Science
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Investigating gravity and materials planning out investigations and looking at fair testing. |
Healthy humans and hygiene. |
Materials and their uses.
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Investigations with a watery theme. Thinking of questions and testing them. |
Plants |
Animals including humans (life processes and food chains) |
Art
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Clay aliens Paper mache planets |
Child lead Andy Warhol printing |
Building castles
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Child lead |
Van Gogh sunflower |
Child lead |
DT
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Textiles- |
Mechanisms- |
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Food- |
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Geography
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Compass directions, walking on the moon Name and locate the world’s 7 continents |
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Aerial maps and plans of castles |
Identifying the 5 oceans. |
Field work (local environment) |
Compare our local area to a non-european country (Amazon RF) Use basic vocabulary to describe a less familiar area. |
History
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Changes within living memory |
Real life super heroes - Florence Nightingale |
Parts of a castle and defence
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Events beyond living memory. Sequencing events Looking at how daily life and outfits have changed over the last 100 years.
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Music
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Singing |
Performing |
Performing |
Listening |
Instruments |
Performing |
PSHCE SEAL
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Beginning and belonging |
My emotions |
Anti-bullying week and relationships |
Working together |
Healthy life styles |
Managing risks, stranger danger |
RE
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What does it mean to belong? |
What is God like? |
What does it mean to be a Muslim? |
What is the good news Jesus brings? |
What are sacred spaces? |
Who made the world? |