Year 2 Curriculum Highlights for Spring 2023
The Year 2 curriculum for Spring 2023 covers topics in Maths, Literacy, and Wider Curriculum. In Maths, students will focus on recognizing equal groups, understanding multiplication, practicing times tables, and more. Literacy activities include writing narratives, character descriptions, and guided reading. The Wider Curriculum includes PSHE lessons on expressing feelings and Music lessons on playing the recorder. Religious Education (R.E.) topics explore stories of forgiveness in parables from the Bible.
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Year 2 Curriculum Map Spring 2023
Topic Title: Maths Maths: We will focus on: Recognising, making, and adding equal groups Understanding multiplication sentences using the x symbol Understanding multiplication sentences using pictures Using arrays Making doubles Practicing 2, 5, and 10 times tables Making equal groups by sharing and grouping Dividing by 2, 5, and 10 Recognising odd and even numbers Making tally charts Drawing and interpreting pictograms Creating block diagrams Small steps taken from White Rose Maths
Topic Title: Literacy Writing: We will focus on: To write a coastal description To write a first person adventure narrative about a sea rescue Character description of Katie Morag s gran Diary entry Persuasive letter to the head teacher Instructions on how to make a flower- head from a paper plate Guided reading: We will be reading: Katie Morag and the New Pier Exploring Coasts Monster Max s shark spaghetti The magic porridge pot Spelling rule: (KS1) We will focus on: Adding ed, -er and est to a word ending in y with a consonant before it Adding ing, -ed, -er, -est and y to words ending in e with a consonant before it The sound /or/ spelt a before l or ll The /o/ sound spelt with a after w and qu
Topic Title: Wider Curriculum PSHE: We are learning: To say how I feel about my class and why I like it being safe and fair To give a reason why a friend is special to me To say how I feel about working in a group To say how I feel about being healthy To discover ways which might help me solve problems in my relationships To be able to tell someone something that I like/dislike about being a boy/girl and something that I like/dislike about getting older Music: We are learning: To play the recorder using a steady beat, changing pace, and volume To play the recorder with control, getting faster or slower and louder or quieter on demand To perform a two note melody to accompany a song R.E We are learning: To understand why Jesus told stories To be able to retell a parable from the Bible To understand how parables teach forgiveness To plan my own parable To learn about the parable of the Good Samaritan To put together a Big Book of Bible
Topic Title: Coastline P.E: We are learning: To practice throwing underarm To practice running styles To practice jumping using efficient techniques Computing: We are learning: To know how to refine searches using the Search tool. To know how to share work electronically using the display boards. To use digital technology to share work on Purple Mash to communicate and connect with others locally. To have some knowledge and understanding about sharing more globally on the Internet. To understand that information put online leaves a digital footprint or trail. To begin to think critically about the information they leave online. To identify the steps that can be taken to keep personal data and hardware secure
Topic Title: Coastline Art and Design: We will focus on: To gather materials from the seaside to create 3D models of the coastline To use water colour pencils to crate art work based on coastlines Geography: We will focus on: To name and locate the seas surrounding the UK To identify the physical and human features of the coastline To use simple compass directions to describe the location of features on a map To read a range of simple maps To describe how an environment might change over time To identify similarities and differences between a seaside town and a city History: We will focus on: To understand how people in the past used the coastline to make a living To learn about Captain Cook and his link to Whitby and Barking and Dagenham Design and Technology: We will focus on: To use a range of materials to create a lighthouse
Topic Title: Key Topic vocabulary Key Topic Vocabulary Change Charity Cliff Coastal Town Coastguard Coastline Compass Crew Current Damage Danger Deck Direction East Emergency Key Topic Vocabulary Abbey Amusement arcade Anchor Arch Atlantic Ocean Atlas Bay Beach Boat Caf Capsize Captain James Cook Castle Cave Key Topic Vocabulary English Channel Erosion Explorer Factory Fisherman Flag Gemstones Harbour Headland Holiday Human Feature Irish Sea Life jacket Lifeboat Lifeguard Key Topic Vocabulary Lighthouse Map North Sea Pier Port Rigging Shipwreck Shore Tourism Travel Voyage Whaling West
