Year 2 Learning 2019-20

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Topic

The Big Smoke

Ends of the Earth

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Into the Woods

Beside the Seaside

Sensational Safari

Key text

The Great Fire of London

The Journey Home

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Does Chocolate Grow on Trees?

Where the Wild Things Are

Grandad’s Island

The Magic Box

Mwenye Hadithi books

English

Diary

Instructions

Setting description

Non-Chronological Report

Character description

Explanation text

Setting description

Poetry

Setting description

Poetry

Oral storytelling

Nonsense poetry

Maths

Number

 Place Value

+ and –

Geometry

Properties of  2D Shape

Number

Number bonds/ place value

Geometry

Position And Direction

Measurements

Length

Number

+ and – 2 digit numbers

Measurement

Money

Time introduction

Geometry

Properties of 3D Shape

Fractions

½, 1/4 , 1/3

Number

X and ÷

Measurement

Time

Number

 Place Value

+,  –, X and ÷

 

Measurement

Number

 Place Value

+ and – using money

X and ÷

Measurement

Length

Time

On –going times tables and consolidation 

Science

Materials

Habitats

Changing Shape

Growing Plants

Feeding and exercise

Life cycles

Art

Printing

Sketching

Patterns in the environment

Painting

Computing

e-safety

Espresso coding

Email

Espresso coding

Data handling- creating a graph

Espresso coding

Internet research

DT

3D building/ Cooking- tasting, designing and making bread rolls

Designing packaging for chocolate

Cooking and nutrition

*Healthy Living Week*

Geography

Parts of the U.K. and comparing our locality

Countries and continents

Locating the equator

Where does Cacoa grow?

Continents, countries and oceans

History

Chronological understanding & Knowledge and interpretation (both terms)

Great Fire of London                      Titanic

Plague               

Historical enquiry

History of chocolate

Chronological

understanding & Knowledge and Interpretation

How the seaside

has changed

Historical enquiry

Significant individuals

Music

Ongoing- Learn the recorder

Performing

Singing and performing

Appraising

Describing music linked to Kandinsky

PE

Games

Acquiring and developing skills

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Gymnastics

Evaluating and improving

Games

Evaluating and improving

Games skills (rounders)

Outdoor/

adventurous

Dance (African)

PHSE

It’s Our World

Rules/ Community/ Recycling and pollution

Say No!

Medicines/ Health, Bullying

Who Likes Chocolate?

Fair trade/ Location Celebration

Money Matters

Uses/ Keeping it safe

People Around Us

Special people/ Feelings/ Family/ Similarities and differences

Growing Up

Boys’ and Girls’ Similarities and Differences/ Individuality

RE

Why is light important in religions

What is Hanukka? What is Christmas?

What does it mean to be a Muslim?

What is Important to you?

What have I learnt about different religions?

Enrichment

Topic launch day/ hook- campfire & make bread

Pizza Express (Instructional Writing)

Topic launch day/ hook- dress as polar animal

Topic launch day/ hook- dress up as character from book

Chocolate Workshop

Creative Week

Topic launch day/ hook- searching for beast & Minpins in the Wild Garden

Visit to a mosque

Topic launch day/ hook- Beach trip

Topic launch day/ hook- carousel

Health Living Week