Year 2 Curriculum
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term | |||||
| 1A | 1B | 2A | 2B | 3A | 3B | ||
English | Writing
| Author Focus – Martin Waddell* Writing Year 2 Term 1a | Information Texts* | Traditional Tales | Short Stories & Poetry | SATs preparation | Tales from Different Cultures |
| Reading & Spelling | “Letters and Sounds” Phase Five, Six | ||||||
Handwriting
| Systematic teaching of joining through horizontal and diagonal joins linked to spelling patterns. | ||||||
| Handwriting Year 2 Term 2a Handwriting Year 2 Term 2b | |||||||
Maths | Number, Measurement, Geometry | Number, Statistics, Measurement | Number, Measurement | Number, Measurement, Geometry | Number, Statistics, Geometry | Number, Geometry, Statistics, Measurements Maths Year 2 Term 3b | |
Science | Sound | Uses of Everyday Materials | Animals, Including Humans | Living Things and their Habitats | Plants | Electricity | |
Computing E-Safety End of Year Expectations
| Creating Pictures
| Word Processing to Communicate Meaning | Questions & Answers iPad Establishing | Finding Information | Coding | ||
RE | Christianity Stories told by Jesus | Holy Books
| Forgiveness | Festivals & Easter | Food & Fasting | Creation | |
Art | Drawing and Collage | Drawing, Clay Work and Print Making | 3D Work and Painting | ||||
D & T | Puppets | Buildings | Vehicles | ||||
Geography | Around our School | An Island Home | North South West East | ||||
History | Schools What was our school like a long time ago? | The Great Fire of London How do we know about the Great Fire of London? | Famous People Why do we remember Florence Nightingale & Rosa Parks | ||||
Music | Ourselves & Toys | Our Land & Our Bodies | Animals & Numbers | Storytime & Seasons | Weather & Pattern | Water & Travel | |
PE | Swimming & Games | Swimming & Gymnastics | Dance & Gymnastics | Athletics & Dance | Games & Orienteering | Games & Athletics & Orienteering | |
PSHCE | New Beginnings | Getting On and Falling out | Going for Goals | Good to be Me | Staying Healthy | Changes | |
*These Units include work on Film and Narrative.