Curriculum Newsletter - Year 2
Theme – Seasides
Set out below is a broad outline of your child’s curriculum for
this term. It is important to note that, in addition to the work
described below; time will be spent upon other aspects of the
curriculum, especially the development of basic skills in
English and Mathematics.
Literacy
• Read familiar, stories and poems independently
• Use information text to identify questions and find the
answers
• Write in sentences using correct punctuation
• Blend phonemes for reading and use phonic knowledge when
spelling
• Learn to join up their handwriting
• Read stories by significant children’s author i.e. Colin Mc
Naughton and Martin Waddell.
Numeracy
• Work with numbers to one thousand and count on in threes and
fours.
• Understand the operations of addition and subtraction and
explore multiplication and division.
• Recognise all coins, find totals and solve problems concerning
money
• Measure in metres and centimetres
• Tell the time on digital and analogue clocks and solve ‘real
life’ problems
• Use simple data handling to solve problems by collecting,
sorting and organising information
Science
Our Science this term is ‘Living things in our environment’. The
children will…
• Find out about different kind of plants and animals in the
local environment
• Identify similarities and differences between local habitats –
a damp shady place and a dry sunny place
• Investigate ways in which these effect animals and plants that
are found there
• Learn the importance of caring for our environment
• Investigate electrical circuits
ICT
• Word processing
• Branch diagrams
Design Technology
• Plan and design a beach robe for the class bear
• Use tools safely
Geography
We will be using three texts to introduce the topic, ‘Katie
Morag and the Two Grandmothers’, ‘The Man Whose Mother was a
Pirate’ and ‘Barnaby Bear at the Seaside.’
• Identify places and relate them to different types of
environment
• Match specific human and physical features to a given place
• Compare our own locality with that of a seaside
• Develop an awareness of the wider world
• Learn how an island is different from the mainland and what
type of transport is used
Art
• Learn about sculpture and create a sea creature from papier
mache
• Learn about colour mixing and create a seascape
• Make observational drawings of plants and animals in our local
environment
• Experiment with mark making and taking prints
• Make a rock pool model
Music
• Recognise different ways sounds are made and changed and to
name, and know how to play, a variety of classroom instruments
• Recognise how sounds and instruments can be used expressively
and combined to create music in response to a stimulus
• We will take part in Milton Keynes Singing Festival at the MK
Theatre
P.E
Games
• Practical skills in dribbling, hitting and kicking the ball
• Play games with a partner – using the skills which have been
developed
Athletics
• Practise team games for sports day
Dance
• Explore feelings and respond to music through dance
• Learn traditional country dances, including maypole dances
R.E.
• Find out about our local church and features of a place of
worship
• Christian symbols
• Belonging in Christianity
P.S.H.E
• Keeping safe when playing out, Keeping safe on a beach or by a
road
• Stranger danger
At home you might like to find out about how family members
spent their holidays and where they went. Find out how they
travelled and how long it took. Find these places on a map.
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