Weekly Planning – Year 2 – 2015
PLC 1 – Why are we famous?
English
Week 1
Traditional Tales
Peter Pan
Key features,
characters,
sequence events
and understand
what a story map
is.
Handwriting
Sitting at tables
and holding
pencils correctly.
Pen Pals
Week 2
Traditional Tales
Peter Pan
Own version of
story changing an
element – ending.
Hook & Peter Pan
make friends/ Darling
children don’t go
home/ Crocodile eats
Peter Pan/ Chn & lost
boys not rescued and
become pirates.
Handwriting
Sitting at tables
and holding
pencils correctly.
Pen Pals
Week 3
Alan Peat
Sentence
Types:
2A Sentences
Week 4
Instructions
How to find
Neverland/
the lost
boys.
Handwriting
Handwriting
Sitting at
Sitting at tables tables and
and holding
holding
pencils
pencils
correctly.
correctly.
Pen Pals
Pen Pals
Week 5
Instructions
How to find
Neverland/ the
lost boys.
Handwriting
Sitting at tables
and holding
pencils
correctly.
Pen Pals
Week 6
Week 7
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Postcards from Postcards
the explorers.
from the
explorers
Handwriting
Sitting at tables
and holding
pencils
correctly.
Pen Pals
Handwriting
Sitting at
tables and
holding
pencils
correctly.
Pen Pals
Maths – Measuring & direction taught by Alison Bergin
Week 1
Number facts &
counting.
Term 1 Learn Its
Big Maths Beat
That
10 x Table
Week 2
Sequences &
Place Value.
Week 3
Number facts
& counting.
Week 4
Money.
Week 5
Time.
Week 6
Money,
Addition &
subtraction.
Week 7
Sequences &
fractions.
Term 1 Learn Its Term 1 Learn
Term 1 Learn Its Term 1 Learn Its
Its
Big Maths Beat
Term 1 Learn
Big Maths Beat Big Maths Beat That
Big Maths Beat Its
That
That
That
Big Maths Beat
10 x Table
10 x Table
That
10 x Table
10 x Table
10 x Table
Term 1 Learn
Its
Big Maths
Beat That
10 x Table
ICT
Week 1
ICT in the
classroom
Week 2
Sharing
Information
Week 3
E-mail Safety
Week 4
Week 5
Internet Safety Cyber
Bullying
Week 6
Password
Safety
Week 7
Review and
Assess.
Science – Classifying and Grouping Materials - Taught by Alison Bergin
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
History – Comparing Two Famous Explorers – Christopher Columbus & Captain Cook
Week 1
What does
famous mean?
Week 2
Can we be
explorers?
Introduce CC
and CJC.
‘WOW’ –
Explorers Day
Week 3
Who are the
explorers?
Week 4
How did they
travel?
Week 5
Where did
they go?
Week 6
What did they
find?
Week 7
What do
explorers
need?
Week 6
Week 7
Use correct
vocabulary
for physical
and human
features.
Geography – Our Local Area
Week 1
What is our
local area like?
Physical
features.
Week 2
Week 3
Describe
places which
are not near to
school.
Week 4
Week 5
Describe some
physical
features of an
island.
Comparing
‘home’ and
‘away’.
PSHE – New Beginnings
Week 1
Rules/
Classroom
Community.
Week 2
Classroom
Community.
Week 3
Exploring
Feelings.
Week 4
Calming
Down.
Week 5
Welcoming
Others.
Week 6
What if there
is a problem?
Week 3
Drawing.
Week 4
Drawing.
Week 5
Collage.
Week 6
Collage.
Week 7
Reflection
and Review.
Art – Nature Sculptures
Week 1
Painting.
Colour mixing,
tints & tones.
1 colour at a
time.
(Sketchbooks)
Week 2
Painting.
Pattern &
texture using
pencil (&
charcoal).
Individual
collages using a
range of
materials.
Based on the
theme of
nature/
exploration.
Week 7
Music – Harvest Songs and Singing Schools
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 3
Plan ideas.
Week 4
Design.
Week 5
Design.
Week 6
Evaluate.
Week 7
Record.
What worked
well/ not so
well?
Photographs &
writing.
Design and Technology
Week 1
What features
of a hat would
be useful for
an explorer?
Week 2
Plan ideas.
Evaluation of
hats/ rating.
Group drawing
of hat and
features.
Group drawing
of hat and
features.
PE – Movement/ Dance taught by Alison Bergin
Week 1
Games
Week 2
Games
Week 3
Games
Week 4
Games
Week 5
Games
Week 6
Games
Week 7
Games
Gym
Gym
Gym
Gym
Gym
Gym
Gym
RE – Taught by Alison Bergin
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 2
Greetings.
Week 3
Greetings.
Week 4
Family.
Week 5
Colours.
Week 6
Numbers/
Counting.
Week 7
Age.
Naming
parents,
brothers,
sisters, grand
parents
Loop cards.
Week 4
Developing
play
opportunities.
Week 5
Use SP area
for drama
opportunities.
Week 6
Developing
and extending
play around
the classroom.
Week 7
Use SP area
to enhance
creative
writing.
MFL (French)
Week 1
Introducing
themselves.
Name
Hello
Goodbye
Structured Play – Base Camp
Week 1
How can we
make a camp?
Building the
structure.
Week 2
Planning
What do we
need?
Collect
resources.
Week 3
Setting up
and using the
area.
Adding
resources.
Forest School – Exploring the outdoor environment/ Going on an adventure.