Curriculum Overview
Year 2 Curriculum Overview 2024-2025
English | *Recount * Write next part of the story Contemporary Fiction A Mouse Called Julian | *Describe/ Persuade Travel brochure -Kenya *Recount Contemporary Fiction Traditional Tales from Africa (Kenya) | *Narrative story *Inquire: Interview Contemporary Fiction The Last Wolf | *Classic Fiction/significant author The Tempest *Recount: Diary Personal Experiences
| Poetry: Write a 4 line stanza The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog From a Railway Carriage Explanation: Instructions | *Narrative Quest/adventure *Playscript: dialogue In the Hall of the Mountain King *Non Chronological Geographical Report *Note Taking – Orkney Islands (stone age) |
Maths | Number: numbers 10 to 100 Number: calculations within 20 | Number: fluently add and subtract within 10 Number: addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers Number: introduction to multiplication | Number: introduction to multiplication Number: introduction to division Geometry: shape | Geometry: shape Number: addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers Measurement: money | Number: fractions Measurement: time Geometry: position and direction | Number: multiplication and division Measurement: capacity, volume, mass |
Science | Uses of Everyday Materials Scientist focus:John Dunlop | Living Things and their Habitats Scientist focus: Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter | Animals, including Humans Scientist focus:Mary Seacole | Environmental Study (sustainability) | Plants Scientist focus: Gertrude Jekyll | STEM Project Space |
History | How has our high street changed or remained the same over time? Continuity and Change enquiry | 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 | |||
Geography | The UK-continents and oceans of the world Where in the world is Flat Stanley? | Comparative study Settlements of the UK | Case Study: Orkney Islands | |||
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 | Food Preparing fruit and vegetables Project: Greek salad | Food Preparing fruit and vegetables Project: vegetable salad | Mechanisms Wheels and axles Project: Fire engine (Great Fire of London) | Mechanisms Wheels and axles Project: Create an imaginary vehicle | Textiles Sewing Project: book mark (no join) | Textiles Sewing Project: Coaster |
Music | Pulse, Rhythm and Pitch How does music help us to make friends? | Playing in an Orchestra How does music teach us about the past? | Inventing a Musical Story How Does Music Make the World a Better Place? | Recognising Different Sounds Developing knowledge of musical notation, learning to play the glockenspiel | Exploring Improvisation How Does Music Make Us Happy? | Our Big Concert 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 Wassily Kandinsky Howard Hodgkin | Painting Respond to artists Line, space, colour Shape and pattern Story as stimulus Wassily Kandinsky Anthony Frost | Collage Respond to artist’s work Cut, tear, arrange shapes Respond to Op Art Henri Matisse Bridget Riley Kurt Schwitters | Printmaking Positive and negative stencils Clay slab using 3 colours Direct prints Printed designs Hans Hofmann Sean Scully | 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) Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aboriginal art) Louise Bourgeois | Textiles Dip Dye Rubbings Indian Relief Printing Blocks Card Wraps Monika Correa |
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) | What can we learn from sacred books? |
PE | Introduction to Invasion Games | Introduction to Invasion Games | Gymnastics | Athletics | Cricket | Tennis |
Educational Visits | Local High Street History | TBC | Tower of London History Local Mosque RE | N/A | Young V&A STEM (tbc) | Estorick Collection Art |