Music
History
Using the autobiography ‘Boy’, we will
In Music this term children will be focusing examine the early childhood of Roald
on timbre. They will listen to sounds, recDahl, comparing and contrasting it with
ognising how these can be made and
the children’s own experiences of school
changed, through different actions. They and growing up. We will ask the children
will use sounds expressively and descripto think about how life has changed
tively and learn how sounds can be used since the 1920s.
descriptively, and that music can describe an environment.
Geography
(Music
Fran to offer guidance for year groups–
links with stories)
Science
In Science this term, Wrens and
Skylarks will describe the conditions
in different habitats and microhabitats (under logs, on stony paths,
under bushes) and find out how
the conditions affect the number
and types of plants and animals that
live there. We will examine and
record what we find and look at
different ways of interpreting our
data.
Art/D&T
In Art this term we will use ‘The BFG’ as
our inspiration to design our own dream
catchers.
There will also be some cross curricular
links with Science as we examine the
wonderful world of minibeasts!
In DT we will use Roald Dahl’s stories to
help us create our own recipe for a
Perfect Peach Pie.
We will use ‘James and the Giant
Peach’ as our inspiration for a trip
around the world. We will build on the
children’s knowledge of continents and
countries. We will refer to atlases, maps
and online software, such as Google
Earth, to build on children’s key geographical skills.
Year 2
Medium Term Plan
Summer 2014
‘It’s a Small World’
The wonderful world of
Roald Dahl
RE
We will take a close look at our local
church, All Saints. We will examine it’s
history , architecture and place in
Carshalton’s community.
We will also look at the story of Noah. ,
which we will use as a springboard to
discuss a range of topics faith, trust,
obedience and natural disasters.
PSHE
In PSHE this term the children will be
thinking about changes as they prepare
for their transition to from Key Stage One
to Key Stage Two. We will examine any
anxieties or questions they might have
about the change. We will also be looking ways to stay safe outside.
English
This term our focus will be on two of
Roald Dahl’s much loved children’s
stories. We will spend four weeks looking
at ‘James and the Giant Peach’. This
will be our inspiration for learning about
character profiles, synonyms and postcard writing.
We will use ‘The BFG’ as our inspiration
for acrostic poems, instruction writing,
recipes and lots of interactive drama
work. We will revisit punctuation and
sentence construction.
We will continue to build on the
children’s knowledge of letters and
sounds and spellings will incorporate
weekly phonic patterns.
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
wordsandpictures
www.phonicsplay.co.uk- phases 5/6
Computing
We will continue to develop our
Computing skills this term. We will examine the role of graphic design in everyday life. We will use a variety of software
programmes to design a front and back
book cover for ‘The BFG’ and ‘James
and the Giant Peach’.
Dance/P.E
Giant dances
Outdoor—World Cup.
PE
Outdoor
This term’s outdoor PE lessons will take
the 2014 Fifa World Cup as their starting
point. Children will learn a variety of
useful football skills. We focus on attacking and defending. We will apply the
ball handling skills we learnt in the first
part of the term.
Indoor
Children will continue learning a variety
of gymnastic routines. They will work
individually and in pairs and small
groups. They will all have opportunities
to develop their skills at a suitable pace
and level.