1. Year 2 revised curriculum Sept 2016

2. 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

3. 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).

4. 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

5. Year 2 Year English Overview

6. 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

7. Year 2 PSHCE overview

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

21. 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

23. 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

24. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

30. 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

31. 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