Curriculum Overview for Year 2

	Autumn Arctic Great Fire of London	Spring Roald Dahl	Summer Dragons Victorians
English	Diary Entry Diary of an Arctic Explorer Non-Chronological Report (Science link) How polar bears are adapted to their habitats. Poetry Inuit poetry. Writing a senses poem.	Character Description BFG Instructions Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Finding Story Kassim and the Greedy Dragon Non-Chronological Report SATS Dragons booklets
Recount Recount of the Great Fire of Newcastle Journey Story Adaptation of Toby and the Great Fire of London	Warning Story The Twits	Letter Florence Nightingale writing home Rags to Riches Story Oliver Twist
Mathematics	Place Value Addition and Subtraction	Multiplication and Division Statistics Properties of Shape	Position and Direction Problem Solving and Efficient Methods Measurement: Time
Mathematics	Measurement: Money Multiplication and Division	Fractions Measurement: Length and Height SATS Practice	Measurement: Mass, Capacity and Temperature Investigations
Science	Living Things and their Habitats Children will look at animals in the Arctic and how they have adapted to their environment. Comparisons will be made between them and other animals.	Working Scientifically Children will conduct a variety of experiments based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.	Everyday Materials Children will test different materials to see if they would be suitable for houses to withstand a dragon attack.
Science	Animals Including Humans Children will learn about the needs of different animals and humans. Comparisons will be made between types of diet and exercise today and in the past.	Working Scientifically Children will conduct a variety of experiments based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.	Plants Children will plant and nurture their own plants. Comparisons will be made between plants in different environments.
History	Victorian Era Great Fire of Newcastle Children will learn about a significant historical event within their own locality.	1939 - 1945 - WW2 Roald Dahl Children will learn about changes within living memory using Roald Dahl to reveal aspects of change in national life.	Victorian Era Children will learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. - Queen Victoria - Florence Nightingale
Geography	Locational knowledge Arctic As part of our Arctic Explorers topic, we will first explore the four countries of the United Kingdom and then explore the Arctic – making comparisons between all of the above.	Place knowledge Roald Dahl As part of our Roald Dahl topic, we will fly in his fighter plane to visit and compare different continents and oceans of the world	Geographical skills and fieldwork Dragons As part of our Dragons topic, we will consider the world from the perspective of a dragon. We will use geographical vocabulary, learn how to use compass points and use aerial photographs and maps to create our own maps.
Art/DT	Arctic Art - look at art from different cultures (Inuit) and create an image of the Arctic using textiles and collage. DT – Look at ships built to explore the Arctic – create and evaluate a model boat. Great Fire of Newcastle Working with Colour – primary and secondary colours.	Quentin Blake - Children will look at the illustrations of Quentin Blake. They will draw characters from their descriptions and will create their own characters and illustrations. Cards - Children will create and evaluate a range of different pop-up cards.	Dragons Building and evaluating dragon houses. Victorians Children will learn about William Morris and his fame during the Victorian period. Children will design their own wallpaper using printing and marbling techniques.
Computing	Internet Safety Writing in different styles Finding and presenting information	Internet Safety - Safer Internet Day, 11th February An Introduction to Animation	Programming with LOGO Programming with Scratch Junior
PE	Gymnastics – Balance and Jump Fitness Circuits	Dance Football	Orienteering Athletics - Jumping
PE	Gymnastics – Roll and Travel Team Games – Attacking and Defending	Dance Athletics - Throwing and Catching	Orienteering Athletics - Running
Music	Listening to and evaluating music. Use voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes (Christmas Performance).	Play tuned and untuned musical instruments. Use voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes (Easter Performance).	Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music
PHSE	Autumn 1: Emotional Health and Well-being Autumn 2: Safety Education and Anti-bullying Education	Spring 1: Child Protection and Drugs Education. Spring 2: Citizenship	Summer 1: Relationships Summer 2: SRE
RE	Christianity – Places of Worship	Hinduism Religious festivals including Chinese New Year, Holi and Easter.	Islam - Eid
RE	Christianity - Festivals	Buddhism	Sikhism