Year 2 Curriculum
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Year 2 |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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RE |
Old Testament Stories Special Celebrations |
Sharing the life of Jesus Advent |
Christmas Parables and Miracles |
Lent Holy Week
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Easter Pentecost
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Our Church The Mass |
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Book |
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Book?
Frog and Toad Together: Dragons and Giants |
The Flower
Pumpkin Soup |
Vlad and the Great Fire of London
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark
Fantastic Mr Fox |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Meerkat Mail
The Enormous Crocodile |
Vlad and Florence Nightingale
Gorilla
The Hodgeheg
Tuesday |
Traction Man
Not Now, Bernard
Emily Brown and the thing
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English genres |
Fairytales
Traditional tales – descriptive writing |
Instructions
Poetry – shape poems |
Non chronological reports
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Stories by the same author
Poetry (rhyme) |
Information texts
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Instructions
Poetry – performance poetry |
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History |
Geography |
Local area in the present |
Great fire of London
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Non-European Comparison study
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Local area in the past |
Food from around the world |
Significant person from the past (global)
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Art |
D & T |
Environmental art Andy Goldsworthy |
Textiles – joining and attaching
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Patterns, printing, IT package |
Pottery
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Create a dish from around the world
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Design, make and evaluate functionality of necessary products
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Science |
Uses of Everyday Materials |
Plants |
Materials
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Animals including Humans |
Living things and their habitats |
Animals including Humans |
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Computing |
Presentation skills |
Computer Art |
Online Safety |
Using the internet |
Preparing for turtle logo |
Programming Turtle Logo and Scratch |
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PHSE |
Being me in my world |
Celebrating Difference
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Dreams and Goals
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Healthy Me
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Relationships
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Changing me
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PE |
Multiskills |
Dance |
Gymnastics |
Health Related Exercise |
Swimming |
Swimming/Athletics |
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Music |
Singing together, following a conductor, 5-8 pitch songs, rhythm recap. |
Changing dynamics and tempo for effect. Finding the difference between the beat and the rhythm. |
Instrumental timbre groups Basic song structure; verse and chorus |
Exploring musical contrasts and ternary form. |
Musical story telling; beginning, middle and end. Creating expressive contrasts. |
Accurate pitch in songs (Summer Concert) |
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