Year Two
Long Term Planning Year 1/2 | ||||||
Autumn 1 Growing Together. 7 weeks |
Autumn 2 Once Upon A Time. 7 weeks |
Spring 1 Fire! Fire! 7 weeks |
Spring 2 Friends from afar! 6 weeks |
Summer 1 Under The Sea 5 weeks |
Summer 2 What makes a Superhero? 7 weeks |
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English |
Jack and the Beanstalk. Recount (holidays). Labels, lists and captions (Y1), explanations (Y2). Retelling a story about adventure – creating story S then rewriting a story using it (2 weeks). Writing our own version of a story. |
Gingerbread Man Nutcracker. Instructions – how to make a Gingerbread Man. Retelling a traditional story – alternate endings. Letter to Santa Claus. Role-play. Acrostic poems. Calligram Poems – performance. |
BBC Videos Recounts Aesop’s Fables. Recount - diary. Information texts – creating our own. Report writing based on true events. Looking at fables and creating our own from our own experiences. Looking at using dictionaries/ thesauruses. |
The Enchanted Wood. Here Come The Aliens. Descriptive writing. Creating a story based on their own ideas and characters. Information Texts. Creating our own acrostic poems. Play script – Alien’s visiting earth. |
The Snail and the Whale Tiddler the story telling fish. Descriptive writing. Creating Riddles using alliteration and rhyme. Poems using rhyming words – performance poetry – Sea Fever. Instructions – how to make an ice-lolly for the beach. |
Superhero Story Superhero ABC Charlie’s Superhero Underpants. Explanation writing. Creating and writing their own stories in a fantasyland. Role-play/debate. Story writing –characters descriptions using alliteration. |
Maths |
Number and place value, addition/ subtraction, multiplication/ division, fractions, measures (including time), geometry, add/sub using money and data. |
Number and place value, double/near doubles, addition/ subtraction, grouping/ sharing, multiplication/ division, measures (including time), geometry, add/sub using money and data. |
Number and place value, double/near doubles, addition/ subtraction, grouping/ sharing, addition/ subtraction, fractions, multiplication/ division, measures (including time), geometry, add/sub using money and data/statistics. |
Number and place value, addition/ Subtraction, grouping/ sharing, multiplication/ division, shape, position and movement, fractions, measures (including time), geometry and data/statistics. |
Number and place value, addition/ Subtraction, fractions, multiplication/ division, measuring, geometry, moving and turning. |
Number and place value, addition/ Subtraction, fractions, multiplication/ division, time, geometry, measures, addition, solving data problems. |
Science |
Plants – identifying different plants and describing the basic structure. Life cycles of plants - growing our own plant. |
Everyday materials – looking at what objects are made of. Compare the suitability of materials and see how the shapes of solid objects change. |
Seasonal Changes – Observe the changes across seasons; describe the weather and varied day length. Explanation writing on seasons. |
Living Things and Their Habitats – Look at things that are alive and dead. Then explore habitats and the plants/ animals that live there. We will then look at food chains of different animals. |
Animals - identify types of animals and look at what they eat. Look at the lifecycle of animals and what they need to survive. Explanation wiring about life cycles. |
Animals - Label the human body and what senses are used, then go onto look at the importance of staying healthy. Persuasive writing – to keep healthy. |
Art & Design |
Observational drawings – of leaves. We will focus on pencil control and the techniques involved in observational drawings. | We will look at Andy Goldsworthy, and design and create pieces using natural textures. | Looking at hot and cold colours – how to tint and shade to create pictures symbolising ‘Fire’. | Using silhouette to recreate a universe, using chalk and pastels to create the planets and stars. |
To create a class under the sea collage, using a range of materials and techniques. Design this as a class and create over the course of the term. |
Andy Warhol – looking at his style of art and creating our own pictures using ICT. |
History/ Geography |
Looking at the 4 countries and capital cities of the UK. Then look at the wider world and continents and oceans. |
The Victorians – looking at toys then and now and Queen Victoria. Non – chronological report on the Victorians. |
The Great Fire of London. Look at the physical and human geography of London. |
Explorers - Neil Armstrong compared to Christopher Columbus. Report on the accomplishments of a public figure. |
Hot and Cold – Look at the hot and cold areas of the world including beaches and mountains. Persuasive writing to go to a beach/mountain. |
Map work – using directional language, compass directions and locational language. |
Computing |
Data and information – to use technology to create and organise digital content. |
How computers work – to recognise uses of information technology beyond school. | Algorithms and programming – to understand what algorithms are. |
Algorithms and programming – understanding algorithms and how they are used in programmes on digital devices. How they follow precise instructions. |
Data and information – to use technology to create, organise and manipulate digital content. | Communication and safety – to keep personal information private and know about the help and support available when there are concerns. |
PE |
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Design & Technology |
Look at where food comes from and what makes a healthy diet – link to Harvest. Link to hygiene. |
Food – design, make and evaluate our own Gingerbread men. |
Design, make and evaluate your own building. Create using spaghetti and marshmallows -strength test. |
Design and make your own planet! Then evaluate your finished product. Papier-mâché. |
See Art & Design. | Evaluate superheroes supersuits. Then design your own suit to be even better! |
Music |
Exploring Sounds – explore ways of using our voices expressively. | Beat – develop a sense of beat through movement, body percussion and instruments. | Pitch – develop pitch using movement, voices and instruments. | Exploring Sounds – exploring sounds found in the environment. Recording sounds using technology. | Pitch – further understanding of pitch through singing, percussion and listening games. | Performance – developing performance skills. |
RE |
This unit is about: the wonder of nature and how religious people express their thankfulness. |
Friendship. Diwali. Christmas Story. |
Forgiveness. Link to stories from the bible. Why is it important to forgive? |
Easter Story. |
Truthfulness. Link to Tiddler the Story Telling Fish. |
Look at the church and why it is important. What is in a church? |