St. Cuthbert’s RC Primary School
Yearly Subject Overview
Year: 2
Class Teacher: K Wilkinson
Word reading
English
Reading
Comprehension
Writing
Transcription
(spelling/ handwriting)
Composition
VGP
Speaking and
Listening
Mathematics
Computing
RE
Science
2016-2017
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Revision of Y1 ( decoding, fluency, blending, recognising alternate sounds for graphemes, two or more syllables, common
suffixes, common exception words, read aloud books, reread books to build fluency)
Y2 NC appendix 1
Texts including: poetry traditional
Texts include: poetry (contemporary and
Texts include: poetry (contemporary
stories, fairy stories, nonfiction
classic), traditional stories, fairy stories,
and classic), traditional stories, fairy
texts.
nonfiction texts
stories, nonfiction texts
*George’s Marvellous Medicine by
Roald Dahl.
*The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
*Stories linked to The Great Fire of
London – e.g. Toby and the Great
Fire of London by Margaret Nash,
Historical Stories The Great Fire of
London by Jill Atkins
*The Tunnel by Anthony Browne
*Bunny Loves to Read by Peter Bently
*The Pirate Cruncher, The Pirate next door,
The Night Pirates
*Troll by Julia Donaldson
*Pirates love underpants
*A selection of stories relating to the
seaside.
Other text types: a selection of rainy
day/weather poems, The Magic Box by Kit
Wright,
Non Fiction Texts: A selection of nonfiction texts relating to the seaside and
seaside holidays in the past
Non fiction texts – poetry,
instructions, Non fiction Great Fire
of London topic texts.
Non Fiction Texts: Non fiction texts relating
to the weather,
Other text types: a selection of riddles,
a selection of seaside poetry
Refer to Progression in Spelling in Progression folder
Revision of Y1 (words containing each of phonemes already taught, common exception words, days of week, use letter
names, prefixes and suffixes, form all letters with correct shape and size)
Y2 NC appendix 1
Writing: narrative and non narrative
Refer to Progression in Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation in Progression folder
Develop understanding of the concepts in Appendix 2 (refer back to Y1 and then Y2)
12 statutory statements (NC Handbook p15)
Number and Place Value, Addition
and Subtraction, Multiplication and
Division, Fractions, Geometry:
properties of shape, Geometry:
position, direction and motion,
Statistics.
Measures – capacity linked to
making a new marvelous
medicine.
E-safety
Logging on and logging off
How to save your work
Basic word processing skills
Painting
Number and Place Value, Addition and
Subtraction, Multiplication and Division,
Fractions, Measures, Geometry: properties
of shape, Geometry: position, direction and
motion, Statistics
Number and Place Value, Addition and
Subtraction, Multiplication and
Division, Fractions, Measures,
Geometry: properties of shape,
Geometry: position, direction and
motion, Statistics
E-safety
E-safety
*Beginnings-God is present in
every beginning.
*Judaism- Shabbat
*Signs and symbols- Signs and
symbols in Baptism
*Preparations- Advent: Preparing
to celebrate Christmas
Uses of Everyday Materials
*Books- The books used in Church
*Thanksgivig – Mass, a special time to thank
God
*Opportunities – lent: an opportunity to start
anew.
*Islam – Prayer/home
*Spread the word- Pentecost: a time to
spread the good news
*Rules – reasons for rules in the
Christian Family
*Treasures – God’s treasure: the world
Animals, including humans
Plants – growth and health
Living Things and Habitats – habitats
and food chains
Working scientifically – on going across year
PE
History
Games & Gymnastics
Games & Dance
Dance & Gymnastics
Games & Gymnastics
Games & Dance
Athletics
Events from beyond living
memory Who was here before me? The
Great Fire of London.
Lives of significant individuals
national/international, possible
comparison of aspects of life – Who made
history?
Changes within living memory and
events beyond living memory –
Happy holidays now and then.
Remembrance Day
Geography
Design and Technology
Music
Art and Design
Geographical skills and
fieldwork– opportunities to use
simple compass directions and
simple maps.
Locational Knowledge –
Recognize the 4 countries of the
UK and their capital cities and its
surrounding seas.
7 continents and 5 oceans
Seasons and weather??
Human and physical geographyexploring hot and cold areas
(Equator, North & South Poles.)
Place knowledge - Africa– similarities and
differences to the UK
Place knowledge - holidays in the UK
and non-European country (e.g.
China). Focus on similarities and
differences
Mechanism – design and make a
vehicle with wheels – based on a
modern day fire engine.
Christmas crafts to sell at the
Christmas fayre.
Listening and Singing songs and rhymes relating to the
Great Fire of London. Christmas
carols
Experimenting with Sounds using sounds to represent ideas:
fire, bells ringing etc
TBC
Structure - design and make a
miniature garden/seaside
Listening and Singing -
Listening and Experimenting with
Sound -
Drawing – St. Paul’s Cathedral
and other monuments in London
TBC
Drawing and painting –plants,
postcards of landscapes
Collage – based on a sea-scape
sculpture – clay shells
Painting – scenes from the fire,
colour mixing to change
shades/tones