St Matthew’s Primary School Curriculum Map Year 2 – 2017 – 2018

Autumn Term 2017 / Spring Term 2018 / Summer Term 2018
National and whole school events / Macmillan – 29th Sept / Anti-bullying wk. 13th – 17th Nov
Children in Need – Nov
Road Safety Week - Nov / Comic Relief - March
Sports Relief – 17th – 23rd March / Shakespeare’s Day – 23rd April / Road Safety Week - June
Assemblies
Tuesday/In class / Anti-bullying
St Andrew’s Day – 30th Nov
Road Safety / St David’s Day – 1st March
St Patrick’s Day – 17th March / St George’s Day – 23rd April / Road Safety
Autumn Term 1st Half
(6 weeks) / Autumn Term 2ndHalf
(6 weeks) / Spring Term 1st Half
(6 weeks) / Spring Term 2ndHalf
(6 weeks) / Summer Term 1st Half
(6 weeks) / Summer Term 2ndHalf
(6 weeks)
Cornerstones topic / Towers, Tunnels and Turrets(Yr2)
D and T –Making models of Towers, Bridges and Tunnels / Beat Band Boogie(Yr2)
Music – Percussion, listening, improvising, using voices / Land Ahoy(Yr2)
Geography – Using and Making maps, location knowledge, using and giving directions / Street Detectives(Yr2)
History – Changes within living memory, significant people, places and events in the local area. / Wiggle and Crawl(Yr2)
Science – Living things and their habitats, animals including humans, working scientifically / Muck, Mess and Mixtures(Yr2)
Art and Design – Printing, food landscapes, mixed media pictures and collages, colour mixing, using clay
Quality Text / Fairytales:
The three Billy Goats Gruff
Rapunzel
The Tunnel / Emily’s Legs - Dick King smith / The adventures of Sinbad the sailor - Katie Daynes
Pirate school: Just a bit of wind - Jeremy Strong / On the way home - Jill Murphy
Flat Stanley - Jess Brown / Diary of a Killer cat- Anne Fine
The cat who lost his purr - Michele Coxon
Frog is Frog / George’s marvellous medicine -Roald Dahl
Subject Area
English / Recounts
Reported Speech
Narrative
Letters
Posters / Instructions
Labels and captions
Newspaper reports
Narrative
Lyrics
Invitations / Narrative
Information Books
Descriptions
Poetry
Postcards / Recounts and captions
Nursery rhymes
Instructions
Adverts
Diary writing / Lists and leaflets
Instructions
Reviews and information books
Poetry
Writing for different purposes / Labels
Lists and captions
Recipes
Poetry
Narrative
Leaflets
Maths
White Rose Hub / Number: Place Value – 2 wks
Number: Addition and subtraction – 4 wks / Measurement: Length and Mass – 2 wks
Graphs – 1 wk
Multiplication and Division – 3 wks / Measurement: Money – 3 wks
Geometry: Properties of shape – 3 wks / Number: Fractions – 4 wks
Consolidation – 2 wks / Measurement: Time – 2 wks
Measurement: Capacity, Volume and temperature – 2 wks / Consoloidation
Science
Collins / Everyday materials / SC1 / Light / Plants
Identifying plants in the local area / Animals including humans / SC1 - Everyday materials
RE / Understanding Christianity – Who made the World?
(Digging Deeper)
Computing / Create castles using drawing software / Audio recording / Programming
Using presentation software / Photo stories
Algorithms / Creating and debugging programmes
Algorithms
Uses of ICT beyond school
Stop motion animation
Logical reasoning
Digital presentations / Stop motion animation
Digital photography and presentations
All areas below are taught through the cornerstones topic.
Art and Design / Sculpture using natural materials / Large Scale painting / Observational drawing
Printing / Famous local artists
Drawing
Painting or collaging views from the local area / Observational drawing
Model making / Printing
Food landscapes
Mixed media pictures and collages, Colour mixing
Using clay
D and T / Making models of Towers, Bridges and Tunnels / Making percussion instruments / Mechanisms
Structures / Selecting tools and materials
Baking
Sign making
Designing buildings / Origins of food
Selecting natural materials / Food tasting
Origins of food
Healthy meals
Following recipes
Designing an outdoor kitchen
Geography / Amazing structures around the world
Towers and bridges in the local area / Making sketch maps / Using and Making maps
Location knowledge
Using and giving directions / Field work in the local area
Human and physical features
Using mapping with keys
Looking at aerial images / Field work
History / Castles and castle life
Significant individuals – Isambard Kingdom Brunel / Significant historical people – Captain James Cook, Grace Darling, Famous pirates
Music / Percussion
Listening
Improvising
Using voices / Sea Shanties / Play tuned and untuned instruments / Performing using metal objects for instruments
PE / Defend and Attack games
Balance and coordination / Dance / Keeping fit / Dance / Using PE equipment to explore forces
PSHE / Dilemmas / Feeling positive about themselves / Belonging to a community
Improving the local area / Feeling positive / Safety around medicines and household products