Information - Year 2
Curriculum Newsletter
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.
Our Topic this term is Seasides
Literacy
- Read traditional stories and poems from different
cultures
- Use dictionaries, glossaries and other alphabetically
ordered texts
- Use sound and picture clues to work out unfamiliar words
and to make sense of what they read
- Secure the use of sentences in own writing
- Use story settings and write a different story in the
same setting
- Practice correct letter formation and children will
learn joined handwriting
Numeracy
- Work with numbers to one hundred, counting on and
back in ones, twos, fives and tens from any point
- Understand how to add and subtract numbers
- Explore multiplication and division
- Recognise all coins, find totals and solve problems
concerning money
- Use kilograms and grams and a variety of objects to
measure the weight of an item
- Make and describe 2D and 3D shapes accurately
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
- IIdentify 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
PE 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
RE
- Find out about our local church and
features of a place of worship
- Christian symbols
- Belonging in Christianity
PSHE
- Keeping safe when playing out,
Keeping safe on a beach or by a road
- Stranger danger
At home you
might like
to....
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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