Kirkheaton Primary School Long Term Learning Overview for Year 2

Kirkheaton Primary School long term learning overview for Year 2

Project Title: / Out of this world! / London’s Burning / Nessy Tales / Green Fingers / Out of Africa / I do like to be beside the seaside!
Subject Focus: / History / History / Science / Science / Geography / Geography
Key question: / Why was Neil Armstrong brave? / Why was London rebuilt after 1666? / Is there such a thing as the Loch-ness monster? / What do plants need to grow? / Would you prefer to live in Africa or England? / Why do we want to be beside the seaside?
Fun/memorable learning in this topic? Real life purpose? Quality end products? / A spaceman in your school/Stardome
Making rockets out of cardboard boxes – what would we take? – Whatever Next by Gill Murphy (Guided Reading link) / Fire brigade/Station visit
London historian guest speaker (Sir William Petty) – invite parents
Re-build London and set alight – controlled fire, Health and safety risk assessment allowing.
Bread making – Warbartons / Dino-star school visit
An audience with Julia Donaldson (guest reader)
Dinosaur egg discovery day.
Dinosaur invasion / Planting Beans
Tropical world visit / African drummers
Trip to wildlife park
Adopt a lion / Miss Lily
Seaside Trip
Punch and Judy show
Role Play Provision / Rocket ship/ Space station / Fire station / Dino-land / Garden Centre/Rainforest / Zoo keeper/Safari explorers / Beach
Small World / Moonscape / London city / Palaeontology: Sandpit- digging area / Miniature Garden / Zoo / Rock Pool
Geography / What does the world look like from space? / What was London like in 1666 and how is it different now? / Where is the loch-ness monster from? / What are the differences between the plants that grow in Kirkheaton and those in the Brazilian rainforest? Why? / Would you prefer to live in Africa or England?
Model Village – Milk cartons / Why do we want to be beside the seaside?
History / Why was Neil Armstrong brave? / How did the Great Fire of London affect England? / Did dinosaurs really roam the earth all that time ago?
Mary-Anning / Who is George Adamson and what work has he done with animals?
(Born Free) / Where did my parents/grandparents go on holiday when they were young?
Who is Grace Darling and what was her link to the lighthouse?
Science / Who could be the next astronaut? (Tim Peake)
Why would humans not be able to live on the moon? / What materials did they use to rebuild London?
What were the houses like then and how have they changed since?
Set fire to Tudor houses / What does this egg belong to?
Would a dinosaur make a good pet?
Can I make a salt-dough monster?
What was the food chain of a dinosaur? / How can you grow your own bean stalk?
How can you grow hair for the giant? / Why would a lion not make a good pet?
Which animals are endangered? How many are left of this species? (Endangered Earth Day) / How can you make a healthy lunchbox for the lighthouse keepers lunch?
Create a habitat in a jar.
Literacy genre / Who is Beegu? What is she like? Character description
What is it like to be an astronaut?
Narrative – Man on the Moon
Sentence starters, time adverbials, past / present tense
Can you present facts on a famous astronaut?
Report – technical language – punctuation - apostrophes / Recounts –
Diaries – Samuel Pepys
Non-Chronological report
Past tense/progressive verbs
Alternative phonemes to narrow down possibilities for accurate spelling
Tick tock / Leaflets – advertising trip to Loch ness.
Report of sighting
We are going on a dinosaur hunt
Suffixes
Syallables
A A Choo
Commas
Question marks
Paragraphs
Exclamation sentences / Can you write your own version of Jack and The Beanstalk?
Narrative – sentence starters – time adverbials
Speech marks
Exclamation marks
apostrophes / Can you write a report about life in Kenya / about a lion?
Letters to the zoo
Non-fiction books
Non chronological report
Sentences – question / exclamation
Headings
Use generalisers to inform – many, some, usually
Phonemes
Simples/ Aaaah / Can you write a recipe?
(Instructions)
Narrative (first person)
Adjectives / verbs to show how character is feeling
Poetry (application) senses/shape poem
Recounts- Trips to the seaside/Miss Lily Visit
Write another book in the series for ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s ...’
Leaflet – visit the seaside
Literacy books / ON the Moon (Anna Milbourne & Benji Davies)
Man on the moon (power of reading)
Beegu
Whatever Next! / Non fiction books
Toby and The Great Fire of London (Margaret Nash andJane Cope) / Tyrannosaurus drip (Julia Donaldson)
Dinosaur chase
Nessie the Loch Ness Monster
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt / Jack and the Beanstalk
Jim and the Beanstalk (Raymond Briggs)
The Rainforest grew all around (Susan K Mitchell) / Dear Zoo
Handa’s Surprise
Fatou fetch the water (Guided Reading)
The leopards drum (Jessica Souhami) (Music)
Bringing the rain to the Kapiti plain (V Ardeena) / Billy’s Bucket
Lighthouse keepers lunch
On the Seashore (Anna Milbourne & Benji Davies)
Wave
Common Exception words: / Door, floor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, climb, only, both, old, cold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, break, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, pass, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, people, water, again, half. / Christmas, door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, children, climb, wild, most, only, old, gold, told, everybody, every, even, great, after, fast, last, past, hours, move, improve, prove, sure, could, should, would, who, whole, many, any, clothes, busy, people, water, again, money, parents, sugar. / Find, Wild, Most, Only, Cold, Past, Grass, Plant, Move, Many, Water, Again, Because, Steak, great. / Door, floor, poor, because, kind, find, behind, child, climb, only, old, cold, gold, told, beautiful, after, fast, last, father, plant, path, should, clothes, many, money, bath, eye. / Because, find, behind, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, break, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, class, grass, pass, path, hour, move, eye, could, should, would, whole, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, great. / Poor, because, find, mind, behind, children, child, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, hold, told, every, everybody, even, great, break, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, hour, sure, sugar, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, Parents.
Maths / Calculate the age of people?
How long ago it happened?
Count down rocket lauch from 50
Can you describe Apollo rocket in language of 3D haps
Order the items you take to moon 1st, 2nd etc / Temperature / distance – measuring
Numbers in boats
Facts about the days burning / number of houses
Time work – ordering – compare time minute
Water buckets / capacity / 2D / 3D shapes – correct language
Money – paying for journeys
Role play – shopping
Directions – right angles
Can use 1st 2nd 3rd for events
Calculate ages from past
Use more than / less than symbols to compare houses or other features
Measure artefact in mm / cm
Time line of typical day / Calculate distance
Numbers of endangered animals – compare – greater than symbols
Temperature - compare / Distance from home to Africa in words
Quickest flight to Africa
Compare temperature – calculate difference
5 number facts about England – write numbers correctly
Compare African coins / British coins
Can you pack the case for Africa – got weigh 9k etc / Miles in journey – counting in 10s
100 in words
Subtraction in length of journeys
Multiplication to calculate how many each clothing for family
Counting shells in 2, 3, 5s
Measure drinks for the beach
Weighing cases for plane journey
Direction to beach
Computing / How can we recreate Van Gogh’s starry night usingthe paint programme? Where would we save it?
Can we create a talking book? / Algorithms – how they implemented a programs – precise instructions.
Bee-bots navigate round London floor map. / Digital cameras
Use technology safely and respectfully- ICT Suite - Log on, rules, e-safety
dbprimary – parents information session – how to use at home.
Email – how do we communicate? Links with Scottish school. / Recognise common uses of information – technology beyond school
X box, play stations, research / Algorithms – how they implemented a programs – precise instructions.
Bee-bots navigate round the Zoo / Sat nav program –2simple- link to outdoors
Digital cameras – photos of the seaside / food / recipe books
Art and design / Can we use sculpting materials to create a 3D spaceman/alien?
Make a friend for Beegu. / What does London look like?
Can we mould clay to create a diva lamp/tea light holder?
How can we create light and dark tones using charcoal? / How can I make a fossil by rolling, printing, pressing, rubbing and stamping? / What famous pictures have Van Gogh and Monet painted?
Sunflowers/Water lilies / Animal prints
How can we mix colour? (Eric Carle) / Observational drawings of shells
Clay printing
Water resistant wax pictures.
Collage using natural materials (Andy Goldsworthy)
Design and Technology / How can we make a Moon buggy with moving mechanisms? (wheels) / How can we make London bridge stronger and sturdier? / What kind of Dinosaur would I like as a pet? / How can we join materials to make a finger puppet show? / Why might our lion bite you? How could you stop him/catch him?
(Traps/leads) / How can I make a healthy sandwich/lunchbox?
What can we use to find creatures in a rock pool. (Create own nets)
PE / Dance – can we perform simple movements to create a space dance?
Basic skill – Can we create a fitness regime for an astronaut to develop their balance, agility and coordination. / Games – I can use hitting, kicking and / or rolling in a game?
What games might they have played in 1666? / Dance – can we perform simple movements to create a dinosaur stomp dance? / Dance - I can make up a sequence linking sections together?
Gymnastics – Plan and show a sequence of movements / Dance - I can make up a sequence linking sections together? Handa’s surprise / Outdoor Games– athletics / parachute games
Gymnastics – Plan and show a sequence of movements
Music / What’s the symbol for that cymbal? / Are we in time for this music? / What instruments can we use to recreate the sounds of a dinosaur? / How can we use our body to make sound?
What is pitch and tempo? / How long is that sound?
What beats can I make with a drum? / What songs would you sing on the way to the seaside?
PSCHE / How do we keep ourselves safe? Effect of physical exercise – linked to Science. How do we keep bodies healthy? Physical hygiene.
Can they group foods and know what is healthy? Medicines – safety in the home / How do people help us?
Link to topic of emergency services. How it has changed? What they did do and what they do now. / Ourselves - Importance of exercise – why is exercise important to us? How does it make you feel? What changes happen to our body? Effect on heart etc
Importance of food / drinking water – link to changes in school dinners – encourage drinking lots of water / I can recognise strengths of myself and others and celebrate why it is good to be me. Recognise my role in my class / family. I know what it means to be a good person. / All about me - I can express identity and belonging. I can talk about my family and belonging. / Relationships/friendships linked to changes – new class/yr group
SMSC / Sense of enjoyment and fascination of the world of we live in. / Keeping our town clean and safe / Reflective about their own beliefs, religious or otherwise. / Fair trade / What can we do to help protect our animals?
What was it like in / How to keep our seaside tidy? Litter - effect on animals.
British Values / Right and wrong? / Responsibility for own behaviour and how can make positive contributions at home / school / Respect for one another and the rule of law / Discrimination – identifying and combating discrimination / Tolerance and harmony / Role models to other children. What we do affects others?
RE / What is important to you? / Why do Christians celebrate Christmas? / When do we cooperate? / What does it mean to be a Muslim? / How do Christians, Jews and Muslims say Thank you to God for the Natural world? / What have I learned about different religions?