Year Two

Subject

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

English

Word level work

Sentence level work

Text level work within the range of fiction, poetry, plays, and information books on topics of interest

Reports, thesauri and dictionaries. 

Handwriting

Spellings

Reading  and comprehension, Grammar

Punctuation

Reading a range of books including stories, poetry, plays, following instructions and factual information.

Phonic knowledge (i.e. the sounds made by letters and letter clusters) as well as other strategies, which can be used to decode unknown words.

Recognise full stops and capital letters when reading.

Use other punctuation e.g. exclamation marks, question marks and speech marks etc.

Join their writing.

Reading aloud with expression, looking at stories by significant children’s authors and different stories by the same author.

Looking at rhyme and rhythm in poetry.

Developing research skills – using contents and index pages in non-fiction books.

Readingand Spelling of high frequency words. Spelling patterns, words ending in ly and ful.

Writing stories using appropriate punctuation. Structured to have a beginning, middle and end.

Neat, correctly formed handwriting.

Maths

Place value

Ordering

Estimating

Money

Measures

Shape and space, Understanding the signs,

 + - x - =

Fractions

Handling data. 

Develop oral and mental skills daily and problem solving.

Numeracy

 Time,

Money,

Measurement

Handling data.

2x, 5x, 10x tables and the corresponding division facts.

Ordering numbers within 20, 100 then 1000.

Number patterns , inc. odd and even.

Practising x2, x5, x10 tables and counting in 3s and 4s

Rounding numbers to nearest 10.

Addition and subtraction od 1 and 2 digit numbers, as well as applying to solve problems, inc. money.

Multiplication and division

Non standard and standard measuring using cm and m.

Capacity

Time

Revision of solid shapes

Giving/following instructions

Right angles.

Science

- Health and growth

- Changing and sorting materials.

• Forces and movement.

Plants and animals in the local environment.

Variation

ICT

How to copy, edit and combine text and pictures.

 Developing graphic skills (painting and drawings).  Developing understanding of computer control: using a floor turtle/giving commands.

Using word packages and developing processing skills.

Data bases

R.E

Church and its features. 

Funerals and special days such as weddings, including the festivals of Harvest and Christmas

Looking at special people in particular Jesus.  Lent and Easter.

How we worship – growing up and moving on

Prayer

Our Special Community

History

The Great Fire of London

FlorenceNightingale.

Sea side holidays

Geography

Exploring maps and weather around the world with Barnaby Bear.

An island home.

Comparing the local area with a contrasting one at the seaside.

Music

Singing together.

Learning Autumn and Harvest songs, then Christmas songs.  Music appreciation and exploring rhythm and descriptive sounds.

Songs on the theme of winter and weather.  Concentrating on rhythm and listening and responding to music.

Singing and playing tunes – unturned percussion.

Recognising and repeating rhythms, composing own rhythms.

Echoing pitched patterns, improvising and composing using repeating patterns.

Listening and appraising music, discussing preferences and giving reasons.

P.E

Games skills

- Dance

Games - ball skills.  Gym – Travelling on different levels, jumping, turning and landing. 

Dance – musical interpretation.

Games – throwing and catching skills. Catching a ball, using a bat to strike the ball

Gymnastics – making sequences, both individually and with a partner. Transfer to large apparatus. Practice and rehearse sequences.

Art

‘Picture This’ including photographs, illustrations and collage.

Mother Nature designer – drawing/collage with natural objects.

Can buildings speak? – different textures, surfaces, features of buildings.

Design and Technology

Designing and making a moving vehicle.

Making puppets