Curriculum subject overview: Year 2

Subject / Autumn Term
Topic title:Enchanted Wood / Spring Term
Topic title: Rocking Royals/ London’s Burning / Summer Term
Topic title: Magic Carpet Ride
Hansel and Gretel / Gingerbread Man / Snow White / Billy Goats Gruff/ Fire of London / Aladdin / Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas
English / - Stories with familiar settings
- Instructions
- Poetry / - Traditional stories
- Explanations
- Poetry / - Different stories by the same author
- Information texts / - Non-chronological reports
- Poetry
- Instructions / - Extended stories / - Silly poetry
- Information texts
- Letters
Maths / - Number: Place Value
-Number: Addition and Subtraction / - Measurement: Length and Mass
-Graphs
-Multiplication and Division / -Measurement: Money
-Geometry: Properties of Shape / - Number: Fractions
- Word problems / - Measurement: Time
-Measurement: Capacity, Volume and Temperature / - Post SATs Project Work
Science / Living things and their habitats- Habitats / Everyday Materials- Squash, Bend, Twist, Stretch / Everyday Materials- Materials Matter / Plants- Ready, steady, grow. / Animals including Humans- Healthy Animals / Habitats- Gardens and allotments
Computing / - Researching using the internet
Private and Personal Information / - Creating information posters
The Power of Words / - Researching using the internet
Strong Passwords
You’ve Won a Prize / - Creating non-chronological reports
Talking Safely Online / - Typing
- Science investigations
Privacy Rules
RE / How should we care for others and the world? / Who is a Muslim? / How can we learn from sacred texts?
PSHE / Our Happy School
(New Beginnings) / Out and About
(Getting On & Falling Out / Say No to Bullying) / Looking Forward
(Going for Goals) / My Friends and Family
(Relationships) / Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds
(Good to be Me) / Ready, Steady, Go
(Changes)
History / Who are our local heroes (Local Area) / Curious castles / Fire of London / Who were our greatest explorers?
Geography / What is it like where we live? / Where does our food come from? / What will see on our journey around China?
DT / Shoe box habitats / Storm the castle / Recipes and cooking food / Magic carpets
Art / Bottle oven/ Charcoal skylines / Engravings and watercolours / Chinese Lanterns
Music / Ourselves: Exploring sounds / Travel: Performance
Toys: Beat / Seasons: Pitch
Our land: Exploring sounds / Weather: Exploring sounds
Pattern: Beat / Story time: Exploring sounds
Our bodies: Beat / Water: Pitch
Composer focus: Sergei Prokofiev- Peter and the Wolf / Music study: Grieg- Hall of the Mountain King / Composer focus: Handel
Music: Water music suite
PE / Multi skills
Dance / Gymnastics / Dance / Athletics / Team games / Multi skills
Dance
French / Greetings / Fruits and animals / Weather
Trips / Cannock Chase / Fire station visit / Chinese restaurant
End of Term Showcase / Displaying and explaining their shoe box habitats / China Day