Year 2

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Subject 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Reading (including literature)

  • The Velveteen Rabbit

  • Alfred Noyes, ‘Daddy Fell into the Pond  (Poem)

  • King Arthur stories - The sword and the stone  

  • Robert Louis Stevenson, ‘Bed in Summer’, ‘Good and Bad Children’  (Poem)

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

  • Theseus and the Minotaur

  • The True Story of The Three Little Pigs 

  • ‘The Jumblies’, ‘The Pobble Who Has No Toes’  (Poem)

Writing

  • Writing, punctuation and spelling in Year 2 regularly revisits the coverage from Years 1.

  • Describing and specifying.  

  • Coordination (using ‘or’, ‘and’ or ‘but.’)

  • Subordination (using ‘when’, ‘if’, ‘that’ or ‘because.’)

  • Commas to separate items in a list. 

  • Using a range of punctuation accurately in a sentence:capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations. 

  • Command sentences, statements and questions.

  • Using the present tense and past tense.  

  • Apostrophes to show possession. 

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations. 

  • Recognising different poetry forms. 

  • Exploring punctuation in poetry. 

  • Revisiting all Year 1 and Year 2 punctuation and vocabulary. 

  • Assessment )SATs)

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations. 

Maths

  • Place Value 

  • Calculation 

  • Measurement 

  • Measurement 

  • Statistics

  • Geometry 

  • Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

  • SATs preparation 

  • Measurement

  • Calculation

History

  • Stone Age

  • Bronze Age

  • Iron Age/ Celts in Britain

  • Explorers 

  • Explorers 

  • Local history study

Geography

  • Tourism in Norfolk

  • Water in our World

  • Villages, towns and cities

  • Agriculture and farming

  • Distant place

  • Maps and fieldwork

RE

  • Creation stories

  • Introduction to Hinduism

  • Creation stories

  • Non-religious beliefs

  • Creation stories

  • Comparison 

Science & Computing

  • Chemistry: Substances and Mixtures 

  • Biology: Living things around us

  • Physics: Waves: Sound 

  • Physics: Everyday forces and motion

  • Physics: Energy for everyday uses

  • Computing: Logo

Music

  • Let's Move - The Nutcracker

  • The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)

  • Let's Move - British Folk Dance

  • Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)

  • Let's Move - Summer Holidays

  • L'histoire de Babar (Francis Poulenc)

Art

  • Formal elements: Line 

  • Painting

  • Drawing

  • Printing

  • Mixed Media

  • Sculpture

PSHE & RSE
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Respecting rights
  • Relationships
  • Living in the wider world
  • Growing up
  • Safety first

PE
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • + coordination games
  • Circuit training
  • Basketball
  • + coordination games
  • Indoor Cricket
  • Athletics
  • + coordination games