Year 2 revised curriculum Sept 2016

Terms Autumn 1st Half Term= 7 weeks 7 weeks topic 1 week Harvest/ showing assembly to parents Autumn 2nd Half Term= 7 weeks 5 weeks topic and 2 weeks Christmas focus Parent workshop, Party, nativity, Santa Spring 1st half term= 7 weeks Parents evening, Easter Spring 2nd Half term= 6 weeks Showing Assembly Summer 1st Half term=- 5 weeks Summer 2nd Half Term=- 7 weeks 1 week= Healthy Week, Sports, Showing Assembly, Graduation

Year 2 Year Overview Autumn 1st Half term- ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ - Uses of Everyday materials (Science, D&T, Art and History Drivers). Autumn 2nd Half term- 'Gateway to the World' Oceans and Continents (Geography, History, Art, Music Drivers). Spring 1st Half term- 'I'm alive‘ Animals including humans (Science, and D&T, Art, PSHCE drivers) ‘Kung Hei Fat Choi’ Chinese New Year. Spring 2nd Half term- ‘London’s Burning’ Great Fire of London (History, D&T, Art Drivers). Summer 1st Half term- 'Planet Earth, Our Home' Living things and their habitats (Science, History, Geography, D&T, Art Driver). Summer 2nd Half term-'Roots, Shoots and Fruits‘ Plants (Science, D&T, Art drivers).

First Hand Experiences Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Puppet man? Cultural music workshop Tesco – from farm to fork Tasting traditional Chinese foods Character visit Ekologic (making minibeast homes) Rainton Meadows Garden Centre

Year 2 Year English Overview

Year 2 Year Computing Overview Autumn 1st half term Autumn 2nd half term Spring 1st half term Spring 2nd half term Summer 1st half term Summer 2nd half term It’s a material world Tizzys tools Typing program Busy things Zu Ed- app where the wild things are. E-safety rules Blogging (teacher) Tweeting   Gateway to the world Purple Mash Green Screen ZU Ed- stop start animation Apps to support topic- Comic Life Tellagami Music garageband, Purple mash On line music programs History of internet(brief) www addresses I’m alive Busy Things Beebots Probots Algorithms, making soup fruit salad Debugging of instructions Planet Earth, our Home Apps and programs to support topics- Charles Darwin report Searching on internet Beebots habitat maps and instructions Make an avatar- E-safety twinkl Make a mask- esafety Programs and apps to present topic work eg Tellagami- beach, habitat work Recording film of how to make a mini beast home Morfo Wordle  Roots, shoots and Fruits I books to record cycle of plants Apps to support presentational skills for topic See list How to make a bird box, debug Purple mash for programming Video capture of plants

Year 2 PSHCE overview

Year 2 Religious Education overview Judaism How do Jewish people express beliefs in their home life? Writing-information Research Judaism –synagogue What is the importance of light at Christmas? Record on Word Christianity What can we learn from visiting a church? Writing-recount Word What can we learn from visiting a Church at Easter? Word including photographs Buddhism How do Buddhists express their beliefs in practice? Writing-prayers, poems and songs Publisher Buddhism continued

Autumn 5th Sept 12th Sept Roald Dahl Story day 13th 19th Sept 30th MacMillan Coffee morning Roald Dahl dress up day 3rd Oct 6th National Poetry Day 10th Oct 17th Oct Harvest festival Assembly 19th Disco Half term 31st Oct 7th Nov Fire safety Remembrance Day 13th Nov 14th Nov Anti Bullying week Friday 18th November Children in Need 21st Nov Road Safety Week 28th Nov Craft afternoon 6th Dec 5th Wizard of Oz Pantomime Dress rehearsal Nativity 7th Nativity KS1 8th KS2 Carol Concert 9th 13th Dec Parties

Autumn 1st Half Mid Term Plan Science Art and Design Computing D&T PSED PE RE Writing Enhancement visits/visitors Display 5th Sept See computing overview Mascot Mascot-spider Ongoing classroom board display 12th Sept 19th Sept It’s a material world Judaism 26th Sept Puppets Puppet man 3rd Oct 10th Oct Clay monsters Oliver’s Vegetables 17th Oct Harvest festival

Autumn 1 Over View D&T – Puppets Choosing suitable materials Art – Sculpture: link to Where the Wild Things Are and Nick Park D&T – Puppets Choosing suitable materials It’s a Material World. Science – identify and compare uses, Changing shape of materials. SMSC- 2 weeks Harvest – 1 week

Autumn 2nd Half Mid Term Plan Science Art and Design Computing D&T Geography Music PSED RE Enhancement visits/visitors Display 31st Oct See computing overview Oceans and continents Music from around the world See PHSCE overview Judaism Ongoing classroom board display 7th Nov Habitats 14th Nov 21st Nov Cultural music workshop 28th Nov Making Masks 6th Dec 13th Dec Christmas Focus Christmas around the world

Autumn 2 Over View D&T – making masks Gateway to the World. Geography – continents and oceans: creating simple maps and using symbols D&T – making masks Gateway to the World. Music – Taking Off (High and Low): Investigation of instruments from around the world. Art- cultural art from around the world Science - habitats

Harvest and Christmas Focus Harvest focus – Oliver’s Vegetables Christmas focus – Nativity

Spring 2nd Jan 9th Jan 16th Jan 23rd Jan 30th Jan 6th Feb Internet safety week 13th Feb Half term 27th Feb World Book Day 2nd March 6th March 13th March No Smoking Day 11th March 20th March Red Nose Day 24th March 27th March 3rd April Craft afternoon Easter Egg Hunt

Spring 1st Half Mid Term Plan Science Art and Design Computing D&T Geography Music PSED PE RE Enhancement visits/visitors Display 2nd Jan Animals inc. humans See computing overview Lucinda and Godfrey - hygiene Christianity Ongoing classroom board display 9th Jan Continents 16th Jan Food Tesco experience 23rd Jan Willow pattern Chinese New Year Cultural music from China 30th Jan 6th Feb Nets & Dragon puppet 13th Feb Assembly

Spring Term1 Over View I’m Alive Science- Animals including Humans: offspring, basic needs , importance of exercise, healthy food and hygiene. D&T – Healthy Food: Making a fruit salad/vegetable soup: Oliver’s Fruit Salad I’m Alive PSHCE- Lucinda and Godfrey: links to hygiene. Geography- looking at where different fruits and vegetables come from

Kung Hei Fat Choy – Chinese New Year Spring Term1 Over View Kung Hei Fat Choy – Chinese New Year D&T – Creating a money envelope (nets). Tasting traditional Chinese New Year foods Art – Chinese dragon puppet, willow pattern paper plate. Geography - researching facts about China and it’s culture

Spring 2nd Half Mid Term Plan Art and Design Computing History PSED PE RE Enhancement visits/visitors Display 27th Feb See computing overview Great Fire of London See PHSCE overview Christianity Ongoing classroom board display 6th March Character visit 13th March Blending & Art as an historical source 20th March 27th March 3rd April

Spring 2 Over View English – see English Mid term plan History – events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally (e.g. the Great Fire of London Great Fire of London They made a difference – Samuel Pepys and his diary English – see English Mid term plan Art – creating a cityscape, looking at art of that time and discussing choices, investigating art which is a secondary source of information

Summer 24th April 2nd May 8th May 15th May 22nd May Half term 5th June World Environment Day 5th (Child Safety Week TBC) 12th June Healthy Eating Week 19th June 26th June 3rd July 10th July Year 6 and Reception Graduation Bistro 17th July

Summer 1st Half Mid Term Plan Science Computing D&T Geography PSED PE RE Enhancement visits/visitors Display 24th April Living, non-living and once lived See computing overview See PHSCE overview Buddhism Ongoing classroom board display 2nd May Food chains 8th May Life cycles 15th May Habitats Minibeast homes Features of habitats Ecologik 22nd May Rainton Meadows

Summer Term 1 Over View Planet Earth, Our Home Geography – Similarities and differences in habitats: Woodland Grassland Pond land Seaside Wetlands Science – Living, Dead and Never Lived, Habitats and basic needs and adaptations, Food Chains Micro-habitats Life cycles Planet Earth, Our Home D&T – making minibeast homes/bird feeders

Summer 2nd Half Mid Term Plan Science Art and Design Computing PSED PE RE Enhancement visits/visitors Display 5th June Plants See computing overview See PHSCE overview Buddhism Ongoing classroom board display 12th June 19th June 26th June Observational drawings 3rd July Garden Centre 10th July 17th July

Summer 2 Over View Roots, Shoots and Fruits Art - Mother Earth – observational drawings/ICT Roots, Shoots and Fruits Science- Plants: observing and describing seeds and bulbs growth, basic needs