year 2 curric

Counting, properties of numbers and number sequences.
Place value, ordering, estimating and rounding. Understanding addition and subtraction, including mental calculation strategies. Money and 'real life' problems. Making decisions and checking results. Measures: length, mass and capacity and time. Shape and space: properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes.
Understanding multiplication and division. Using and applying appropriate operations to solve problems. Fractions. Handling data.

Phonics, spelling and vocabulary: revise common spellings, investigate spelling patterns, use appropriate word endings, build individual word banks, and develop handwriting skills.
Grammar and punctuation: develop grammatical awareness in reading and writing, recognise and use commas, full stops, capital letters and simple organisational devices eg. in non-fiction work.
Reading comprehension: read and discuss a variety of elements contained within selected works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Writing composition: develop ideas and methods for structuring stories, poems and instructional texts.

Plants and animals - Plants and animals in our immediate environment. The reproduction and growth of plants and animals, including experimental and investigative work. Materials - Grouping materials. Where do materials come from? Changing shape. Changing by heating. Melting ice. Recording observations. Changing by cooling. Comparing materials. Water, steam and ice.

Sound and hearing - Listening to sounds. Making different sounds. Describing sounds. Body sounds. How we hear. Hearing and safety. Loud sounds. Testing sound and distance. Presenting the results. Using electricity - Finding electrical appliances. Electrical safety. Using batteries and making connections. Making a circuit. Investigating different circuits. Making useful circuits.

Light and Shadows
The children will be introduced to the relationship between light, an object and the formation of shadows. Children observe the apparent movement of the Sun and the associated changes in shadows. They will record measurements and observations and suggest explanations for their results.

The children will use various methods, including pictures, maps and a census, to investigate the life of Florence Nightingale; who she was, why she went to the Crimea, what it was like for Florence Nightingale working in the Crimea, why we remember Florence Nightingale and the difference that she made.

The Great Fire of London - Children develop their sense of chronology and consider why the Great Fire happened, its results, and the different ways it is represented. They will find out where and when the Great Fire began, what happened in the Great Fire.

Children at Work
The children find out about the lives of children in the past and how attitudes towards children have changed. They develop their understanding of the concept of change and continuity, using pictures and other evidence to make comparisons with their own lives and the lives of other children today in different parts of the world.

Around the World - The children will learn about other countries and places. During the term we will look at different places around the world. We will find them on the map, discuss what it might be like in that place, how it might differ from where we live and how we might travel to get there. The particular focus will be on Iceland.

An Island Home - The children will read a storybook about the island of Struay which we will use to develop an understanding of geographical features and ideas. We will investigate where Struay is and what it is like, what type of transport is used to get to, and move around Struay, who lives on Struay and what work they do. Also, how Struay is similar to, and different from, our locality, what we like and dislike about Struay and if we would like to live there.

Global Eye
Children learn about the workings of the eye and find out how young people are fitted with spectacles in their local area and in other parts of the globe, in particular in Africa. The children will explore the problems faced by visually impaired people and investigate the solutions. The global aspect of this topic will help children form a balanced view of life in other countries.

Self-portraits - The children will make a self-portrait to communicate ideas about themselves. We will talk about images of children in drawings, paintings and photographs and artists' self-portraits in order to develop ideas about how the children will portray themselves. We will investigate a range of drawing materials and techniques and learn how to mix and use colour in a painting.

Observation and composition - The children will learn how to use a viewfinder and record their observations and ideas using a variety of methods, including photography and collage. They look at and comment on the work of photographers and illustrators.

Buildings
This project is about exploring shape and pattern in buildings. The children begin by producing prints and rubbings of patterns found in buildings and go on to look at, and record, the use of shape, space and pattern in local buildings. They question how these features tell us something about the purpose of the building. They then work in groups to produce a mural which depicts the use of a particular building, using abstract representations.

Puppets - We will talk about the different examples of puppets, describing how they have been made. The children will then design and make their own puppet using a variety of techniques and materials.

Making moving pictures - The children will develop an understanding of simple mechanisms through designing and making moving pictures. An understanding of how movement can be created will be developed by investigating everyday products and making simple levers and sliders..

Festivals - We will look at a range of religious festivals and learn about the beliefs of particular religions through festivals, including the meaning of the festival for believers, the way in which it is celebrated around the world, and what children may learn about their own lives and communities from it.

Special People - Key people in founding or developing religions

Special Places
We discuss places for which we have shared responsibility and are special to us all, as well as places where people choose to go to pray or to be alone. We then look at places of worship, artifacts used, feelings expressed in the creation of religious buildings and places of pilgrimage.

Recorder playing. Rhythm and pitch games /notation topic. Singing - leading to Open Day and Christmas Concert. Listening topic.

Recorder playing continued. Singing. House Music Competition. Percussion playing.Listening topic.

Introduction to the network. logging on / off. Saving work. Folders. Word processing (Word) Label design graphics project. Christmas card.

Excel Spreadsheets Simple addition Subtraction - remote cell calculations. Internet searches for Geography.

Graphics Dictionary front cover. Word processing - My time at Borrowdale.

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Maths	Counting, properties of numbers and number sequences. Place value, ordering, estimating and rounding. Understanding addition and subtraction, including mental calculation strategies. Money and 'real life' problems. Making decisions and checking results. Measures: length, mass and capacity and time. Shape and space: properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes. Understanding multiplication and division. Using and applying appropriate operations to solve problems. Fractions. Handling data.
English	Phonics, spelling and vocabulary: revise common spellings, investigate spelling patterns, use appropriate word endings, build individual word banks, and develop handwriting skills. Grammar and punctuation: develop grammatical awareness in reading and writing, recognise and use commas, full stops, capital letters and simple organisational devices eg. in non-fiction work. Reading comprehension: read and discuss a variety of elements contained within selected works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Writing composition: develop ideas and methods for structuring stories, poems and instructional texts.
Science	Plants and animals - Plants and animals in our immediate environment. The reproduction and growth of plants and animals, including experimental and investigative work. Materials - Grouping materials. Where do materials come from? Changing shape. Changing by heating. Melting ice. Recording observations. Changing by cooling. Comparing materials. Water, steam and ice.	Sound and hearing - Listening to sounds. Making different sounds. Describing sounds. Body sounds. How we hear. Hearing and safety. Loud sounds. Testing sound and distance. Presenting the results. Using electricity - Finding electrical appliances. Electrical safety. Using batteries and making connections. Making a circuit. Investigating different circuits. Making useful circuits.	Light and Shadows The children will be introduced to the relationship between light, an object and the formation of shadows. Children observe the apparent movement of the Sun and the associated changes in shadows. They will record measurements and observations and suggest explanations for their results.
History	The children will use various methods, including pictures, maps and a census, to investigate the life of Florence Nightingale; who she was, why she went to the Crimea, what it was like for Florence Nightingale working in the Crimea, why we remember Florence Nightingale and the difference that she made.	The Great Fire of London - Children develop their sense of chronology and consider why the Great Fire happened, its results, and the different ways it is represented. They will find out where and when the Great Fire began, what happened in the Great Fire.	Children at Work The children find out about the lives of children in the past and how attitudes towards children have changed. They develop their understanding of the concept of change and continuity, using pictures and other evidence to make comparisons with their own lives and the lives of other children today in different parts of the world.
Geography	Around the World - The children will learn about other countries and places. During the term we will look at different places around the world. We will find them on the map, discuss what it might be like in that place, how it might differ from where we live and how we might travel to get there. The particular focus will be on Iceland.	An Island Home - The children will read a storybook about the island of Struay which we will use to develop an understanding of geographical features and ideas. We will investigate where Struay is and what it is like, what type of transport is used to get to, and move around Struay, who lives on Struay and what work they do. Also, how Struay is similar to, and different from, our locality, what we like and dislike about Struay and if we would like to live there.	Global Eye Children learn about the workings of the eye and find out how young people are fitted with spectacles in their local area and in other parts of the globe, in particular in Africa. The children will explore the problems faced by visually impaired people and investigate the solutions. The global aspect of this topic will help children form a balanced view of life in other countries.
Art	Self-portraits - The children will make a self-portrait to communicate ideas about themselves. We will talk about images of children in drawings, paintings and photographs and artists' self-portraits in order to develop ideas about how the children will portray themselves. We will investigate a range of drawing materials and techniques and learn how to mix and use colour in a painting.	Observation and composition - The children will learn how to use a viewfinder and record their observations and ideas using a variety of methods, including photography and collage. They look at and comment on the work of photographers and illustrators.	Buildings This project is about exploring shape and pattern in buildings. The children begin by producing prints and rubbings of patterns found in buildings and go on to look at, and record, the use of shape, space and pattern in local buildings. They question how these features tell us something about the purpose of the building. They then work in groups to produce a mural which depicts the use of a particular building, using abstract representations.
D&T	Puppets - We will talk about the different examples of puppets, describing how they have been made. The children will then design and make their own puppet using a variety of techniques and materials.	Making moving pictures - The children will develop an understanding of simple mechanisms through designing and making moving pictures. An understanding of how movement can be created will be developed by investigating everyday products and making simple levers and sliders..
R.S.	Festivals - We will look at a range of religious festivals and learn about the beliefs of particular religions through festivals, including the meaning of the festival for believers, the way in which it is celebrated around the world, and what children may learn about their own lives and communities from it.	Special People - Key people in founding or developing religions	Special Places We discuss places for which we have shared responsibility and are special to us all, as well as places where people choose to go to pray or to be alone. We then look at places of worship, artifacts used, feelings expressed in the creation of religious buildings and places of pilgrimage.
Music	Recorder playing. Rhythm and pitch games /notation topic. Singing - leading to Open Day and Christmas Concert. Listening topic.	Recorder playing continued. Singing. House Music Competition. Percussion playing.Listening topic.
ICT	Introduction to the network. logging on / off. Saving work. Folders. Word processing (Word) Label design graphics project. Christmas card.	Excel Spreadsheets Simple addition Subtraction - remote cell calculations. Internet searches for Geography.	Graphics Dictionary front cover. Word processing - My time at Borrowdale.