| Autumn Arctic Great Fire of London | Spring Roald Dahl | Summer Dragons Victorians |
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| 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 |
Curriculum Overview for Year 2
