Year 2

AUTUMN TERM IN YEAR 2

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy	Place Value Addition & Subtraction Shape
Literacy	Read, Write Inc. (Blue books and Grey books); Poetry - Repetative poems and rhyme Book: Great fire of London- Emma Adams. The journey Home - by Frann Preston Gannon Book: Wolves-Emily Gravett
Science	Materials: Uses of everyday materials Living things and their habitats; STEM
Geography	Why is our World Wonderful?
History	The Great Fire of London
DT	Mechanisms - The London eye/Faris wheels Textiles-Christmas stockings
Art & Design	Painting: LIfe in media Christmas crafts
Computing	ONLINE SAFETY COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS: WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
RE	What do candles means to some people? Church visit - Harvest time (Year 1 & 2 classes to visit together)
PSHE	POL-ED: Relationships Understanding the Law
PE	Fundamentals & Ball skills Invasion games & Dance
SPAG	Nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and coordination (and/ but/if/when); Noun phrases, questions, commas in lists, possessive apostrophe and subordination (because).
Music	Call and response SInging

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

Autumn Topic Knowledge Organisers

SPRING TERM IN YEAR 2

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy	Money Multiplication & division Length & Height Mass, capacity & temperature
Literacy	Read, Write Inc. (Blue books and Grey books); Book: Jim & the beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Poetry: An Easter Acrostic poem Book: Tadpoles promise- Jeanne Willis
Science	Plants- Plant growth STEM - Areoplanes Animals- Life cycles and health
Geography	At the farm
History	Explorers: Why are Christopher Columbus and Amelia Earhart Import?
DT	Cooking & nutrition- A balanced diet
Art & Design	Drawing- tone and texture Cooking and Nutrition: A balanced diet
Computing	PROGRAMMING: ALGORITHMS AND DEBUGGING DATA HANDING: INTERANTIONAL SPACE STATION
RE	What is a prophet?
PSHE	POL-ED Wellbeing Celebratig difference
PE	Cricket Striking & fielding Sending and receiving Fitness
SPAG	Prefix - un, Suffixes - -full /ment/ness Tenses - ing/ed adverb apostrophe Statements Commands Questions Exclamations Contractions
Music	instruments Contrasting dynamics

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

SUMMER TERM IN YEAR 2

This term we will cover the following units of work:

Numeracy	Fractions Time Statistics Position & direction
Literacy	Read, Write Inc. (Blue books and Grey books); Poetry - Ocean shape poems Book: Dear Earth by Isabel Otter Book: Me and You by Anthony Browne
Science	Living things:Microhabitats Making connections STEM
Geography	What is it like to live near the coast?
History	Local history: How has Aspatria changed?
DT	Mechanisms - moving monsters Structures: Baby Bear's chair
Art & Design	Map it out! 3D sculpture
Computing	PROGRAMMING: SCRATCH Computing systems and networks – Word Processing
RE	Where do some people talk to God? Christian, Muslim, Sikh (also consider where a Buddhist would go to worship)
PSHE	Pol-ED keeping safe Changing me
PE	Target games Net & Wall Athletics Gymnastics
SPAG	Commas Apostrophes Pronouns Tenses Statements Commands Questions Exclamations
Music	Structure Pitch

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.