Curriculum Overview
Year 2 Curriculum Overview 2022-2023
| Autumn 1 (7 weeks) | Autumn 2 (7 weeks) | Spring 1 (6 weeks) | Spring 2 (6 weeks) | Summer 1 (6 weeks) | Summer 2 (7 weeks) |
English 1 | Entertain: Narrative Adventure Traction Man is Here | Entertain: Narrative Contemporary Fiction Flat Stanley
| Entertain: Poetry The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog
| Recount: Diary The Baker’s Boy | Entertain: Narrative Classic Literature The Tempest (Shakespeare) | Entertain: Narrative Dilemma/Social Issue The Hodgeheg |
English 2 | Entertain: Narrative Contemporary Fiction Visual literacy A Mouse Called Julian
| Describe: Non chronological Geographical Report Antarctica | Describe Travel brochure Link to Geography unit
| Entertain: Narrative: Play script Great Fire of London link
| Inquire Interview Socialise Invitations Describe: Description
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Maths | Number: place value Number: addition and subtraction | Number: addition and subtraction Geometry: shape Money: measurement Number: multiplication and division | Number: multiplication and division Measurement: length and height Measurement: mass, capacity and temperature
| Statistics Number: fractions Geometry: position and direction Measurement: time | Consolidation: Number bonds to and within 20 Addition and subtraction of TO + O, TO + T and TO + TO 2, 5 and 10 times tables (with associated division facts) | Problem solving using all 4 operations and areas of Maths Consolidation of number facts |
Science | Uses of Everyday Materials | Living Things and their Habitats
| Animals, including humans | Climate Change and Sustainability (Geography/Inter-disciplinary links) | Plants | Consolidation and revision of KS1 topics |
History | Changes within living memory How has my high street changed over time? |
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| How do we know about the Great Fire of London? Why was this fire great? Evidential thinking enquiry Significance enquiry
| How much did people’s lives change between the Stone and Iron ages? How do we know about prehistoric Britain? Continuity and Change enquiry Evidential Thinking enquiry
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Geography |
| The UK-continents and oceans of the world Where in the world is Flat Stanley? | Comparative study Settlements of the UK |
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Computing | Computing and Networks Information Technology around us | Creating Media Digital photography | Programming A Robot Algorithms
| Data and Information Pictograms | Creating Media Making Music | Programming B Programming quizzes |
Design and Technology | Textiles Templates and Joining Project: Finger puppet | Textiles Templates and Joining Project: Glove puppet | Mechanisms Wheels and Axels Project: Imaginary vehicle | Mechanisms Wheels and Axels Project: Fire engine
| Food Preparing fruit and vegetables Project: Greek Salad | Food Preparing fruit and vegetables Project: Fruit Jelly |
Music | Exploring Simple Patterns How does music help us to make friends? | Focus on Dynamics and Tempo How does music teach us about the past? | Exploring feelings through music How Does Music Make the World a Better Place? | Inventing a musical story How Does Music Teach Us About Our Neighbourhood? | Music that makes you dance How Does Music Make Us Happy? | Exploring Improvisation How does Music Teach Us About Looking After Our Planet? |
Art | Drawing Mark making on different surfaces Music as a stimulus ICT as tool Respond imaginatively to story Draw a group of objects Key artists: Patrick Heron, Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr.
| Painting Respond to artists Line, space, colour Shape and pattern Story as stimulus Key artists: Kandinsky, Anthony Frost | Collage Respond to artist’s work Cut, tear, arrange shapes Respond to Op Art Key artists: Henri Matisse, Bridget Riley, Kurt Schwitters
| Printmaking Positive and negative stencils Clay slab using 3 colours Direct prints Printed designs | 3-D/Sculpture Use a story as a starting point Make coils with clay Make forms from clay Change form of clay (pinch, pull, smooth) Key art: Aboriginal | Textiles Dip Dye Rubbings Indian Relief Printing Blocks Card Wraps
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PSHE/ safeguarding
| Physical & Mental Health | Keeping Safe | Relationships: Friends & Family | Respectful & safe Relationships | Living in the Wider World: Financial Literacy | Health & Wellbeing: Ourselves- Growing & Changing |
RE | How should we care for others and the world, and why does it matter? | Who is Jewish and what do they believe? | Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? (part 2) | How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times? (Part 2) | Who is a Christian and what do they believe? (part 2) | How can we learn from sacred books? |
PE | Introduction to Invasion Games
| Introduction to Invasion Games
| Gymnastics | Athletics | Cricket | Tennis |
School Events | Class Charters Black History Month | Anti Bullying Week Children in Need Winter Festivals |
| Red Nose Day World Book Day |
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