Year 2 Curriculum

CO2

YEAR 2

AUTUMN 1
(8 weeks)

AUTUMN 2
(8 weeks)

SPRING 1
(5 weeks)

SPRING 2
(6 weeks)

SUMMER 1
(6 weeks)

SUMMER 2
(7 weeks)

TOPIC

Our Amazing World

Superheoeos

The Toyshop
(Fire, Fire 2024)

Amazing Africa

The Olympics

THE LITTLE QUESTION

What makes our world amazing?

What makes a hero super?

Are all toyshops the same?

What is it like to live in different parts of Africa?

Is competition healthy?

KEY CONCEPTS

Diversity

Community

Kindness

Equality

Imagination

Choice

Identity

Friendship

Resilence

Hope

Humility

Influence

WOW

Aquarium

 Superhero Dress Up Day

Toy Shop Role Play

Zambian Talk

Inspirational Olympian Talk

AUTHENTIC OUTCOME

Factfile about a Continent
Pen Pal Letters

 Biography of a Superhero

Design and make a Toy

 Assembly about Africa

IT Presentation about the Olympics

CULTURAL CAPITAL

Aquarium

 Diverse Famous People from our Local Area
Pantomime

Kidzania

African Drumming Workshop

Local Gudwara

Olympic Workshop

FOCUS WEEKS

Black History Month

Vision Day

French Day

National Geographic Day

Book Day

Steam Week

Wellbeing Week

Art Week

 CLASSICAL MUSIC

Florence Price

Scott Joplin

Benjamin Britten

Clara Schumann

Beethoven

Bebussy

CHRISTIAN VALUE

Humility

Perseverance / Hope

Community / Friendship

Forgiveness

Generosity

Gratitude / Thankfulness

RE

God

Incarnation

Gospel

Salvation

World Faiths: Hinduism

World Faiths: Sikhism

BLP

Reflective Robbie

Resilient Rosie

Relational Ruby

Redemptive Raya

Resourceful Rocco

Reverent Ritchie

PSHE

Being me in my World

Celebrating Difference

Dreams and Goals

Healthy Me

Relationships

Changing Me

WOWS AND WELLBEING

Money / Entrepeneur

Nativity Performance

Design in thw Built Environment

Cooking

Archbishop Young Leaders Award

MATHS

Place Value to 100

Addition and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction

Properties of Shapes

Money

Multiplication and Division

Statistics

Fractions

Time

Length and Height

Mass, Capacity and Temperature

Position and Direction

Problem Solving

MENTAL MATHS

Recap from previous Year

Place Value to 100

Addition and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction

Properties of Shapes

Money

Multiplication and Division

Time

Length and Height

Mass, Capacity and Temperature

Statistics

Fractions

 

TALK 4 WRITING

 

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

Look Up

T4W Unit
Superheroes

Traction Man

 Meerkat Mail

 The Owl who was afraid of the Dark

Who's afriad of the Big Bad Book?

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

NON-FICTION

World Poetry

Superhero Biography

Instuctions
How to make a Puppet

Letters to Africa

Information text about the Olympics

Sample SATs Writing

Debate about competition

I LOVE READING

 

 

Flat Stanley

Gregory Cool

RWI Comprehension

RWI Comprehension

RWI Comprehension

HISTORY

 

Significant people, Walter Tull and Local People

History of Toys

 

 

History of the Olympics

GEOGRAPHY

Continents and Oceans - Oddizzi

Ocean Explorers

Toys from around the World

Let us go on a Safari
(comparing UK to Africa)

Olympics Locations
Olympic Flags
Tokyo 2020
London 2012

 

SCIENCE

Growth and Survival

Environments

Materials

Living Habitatas

Growing Plants

Scientists and Investigators

ART / DESIGN

Contemporary Art: Rainforest Birds

Contemporary Art: Africa

Pop Art: Clay Self Portraits

PE

Bodily Co-ordination

Movement Skills

Dance Consistancy

Gymnastics Consistancy

Throwing and Catching

Active Athletics

COMPUTING

Online Safety and Computational Thinking

Programming
(Quizzes with Scratch Jr)

Coding

IT Around Us

Making Music

Effective Searching

FRENCH

Colours and All About Me

Questioning

All About Me and Giving Opinions

French Phonics

Weather and the Seasons

Family

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Stable Structures

Making Puppets

Pop Ups

African Instruments

Cooking Perfect Pizzas

Olympic Mascots

Olympic Packaging