Year 2 Timetable

Year 2 Curriculum

Spring Term 1

Theme - Animals and Habitats

Literacy

Literacy this half term is based around 2 texts; Hotel Flamingo and Goldilocks. These texts link to our wider theme of animals and habitats. 

We are continuing to develop grammatical knowledge, building on what we have learned in the Autumn term. We will be focusing on adverbs and using them in sentences and introducing apostrophes (for missing letters and for possession). 

We will continue our work on Spelling Shed and Floppy's Phonics. 

Maths

This half term we will be learning about 2D and 3D shape and exploring their properties as well as beginning our unit on Multiplication and Division. 

We will continue to develop our key skills and procedures, revisiting addition and subtraction approaches from the previous half term during our lesson starters. We will also continue our work on the Mastering Number programme and focus on the 5x table as key number knowledge. 

Science

In science lessons we are building on last term's Animals topic and looking closer at habitats, microhabitats and different habitats in our local area. We also focus on the 7 life processes and thinking about if something is living, dead or has never been alive. 

History and Geography

This half-term is a history unit, learning about animals in wartime and the jobs that they do to help the war effort.  After studying carrier pigeons and the job that they performed in the 2nd World War the children will look at how information was encoded. We will also learn about changes to everyday life during a time of war.  

Computing

In Computing we are using technology to create music. We use Chrome Music Lab to explore different aspects of how musicians use computers to create music and use Incredibox to look at how music is built by adding 'tracks' with different sounds and instruments. 

Design Technology

The children will revisit their learning about Moving pictures in books from Year 1 and will use the mechanisms to create a moving picture book of Goldilocks. 

Physical Education 

It is Y2's turn to work with Rachael the dance teacher to create, practise and perform a dance routine. We have chosen the 1960s as a theme for our dance this year with the children performing their moves to music from James Brown, The Beatles and more! 

Art

There is no art unit this half term, the children will be using their drawing skills in Design Technology instead. 

Religious Education

On a Monday afternoon Mrs. Cooke will be teaching the children about the Bible, Jesus and the Church and explore why these are important for Christians. We also explore special books and places of worship in other faiths. 

Music

Music lessons in Spring Term 2 are singing lessons with Mr Dalglish on a Friday morning. The children are taught as a key stage in the hall and enjoy learning and rehearsing new songs as well as some old favourites. The children are also exploring musical elements as part of their computing unit.