MEDIUM TERM PLAN
YEAR 2
TERM: AUTUMN (2)
TOPIC: FIRE
AREA OF
LEARNING
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
ACTIVITIES
Personal,
Social,
Emotional
Development
To develop an awareness of other
people’s feelings.
To develop ways to solve problems.
To appreciate why we need rules to
keep us safe and to be fair.
Circle Time
Religious
Education
To understand why Christians
celebrate Christmas.
Christmas
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To explore festivals of light in
Christianity and Judaism.
Communication,
Language and
Literacy
Mathematical
Development
Knowledge and
Understanding
Singing Christmas Songs in School and the
Community
Learn the Christmas Story
Festivals of Light
 Candles, Light and Dark
 Jewish Festival of Hanukkah
 Advent
 Christmas
To develop spelling and phonological
awareness.
To develop speaking and listening
skills.
To write a diary from own experience.
To learn about Samuel Pepys and
explore his diary writing.
To read and write facts about the life of
Samuel Pepys and Guy Fawkes.
To read and write poems linked to light
and dark
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ABC Phonic Sessions
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Speaking and Listening-news time, drama, roleplay, talk partners.
Diary Writing
The life of Samuel Pepys
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The Life of Guy Fawkes
Poetry
To use units of time, mass, money and
length to solve problems.
To use common names for shapes,
sort and describe.
To understand the operation of
addition and subtraction.
To sequence numbers.
To solve problems mentally
To begin to understand the operations
of multiplication and division
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Measures – Time, Money, Mass, Length
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2D and 3D Shapes
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Counting and properties of number, place value,
ordering, estimating and rounding.
Mental calculations.
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Multiplication and Division activities
To learn and recall facts about the life
of a famous person.
To understand the key factors which
affected The Great Fire of London
To use appropriate historical
vocabulary.
To use ICT to find, organise and
generate information.
To design and make own Christmas
card on computer and write a greeting.
To continue and increase confidence
using Laptops.
HISTORY
 Guy Fawkes
 The Great Fire of London
 The life of Samuel Pepys
ICT
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Internet research about Guy Fawkes and The
Great Fire of London.
Use and develop techniques using Microsoft
word.
Use Colour Magic
To group and sort materials.
To understand that some materials are
natural and some are not.
To understand that materials often
change shape when they are heated.
To understand how to plan and carry
out a fair test.
To understand that water is a material
that can be changed by heating and
cooling.
SCIENCE
CHANGING MATERIALS INVESTIGATION
 A collection of materials, natural and man-made
 Similarities and differences
 Compare what actually happens with what you
expected to happen
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Gymnastics – Body parts high and low
Physical
Development
To copy, remember, repeat and
explore simple actions with control and
co-ordination.
To create a gymnastic sequence which
can be copied and repeated
Creative
Development
To experience and explore simple
levers and sliders.
To develop questioning and
understanding.
To use the correct tools in an
appropriate and safe way. To create
an individual design, make and
evaluate a moving Christmas Picture.
To develop key vocabulary associated
with moving mechanisms.
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY / ART
 Fire of London moving pictures (Sliders and
Levers)
 Plan, design, make and evaluate a Christmas
moving picture/card.
 Wax resist paintings
To explore voices, body sounds and
instruments.
To improvise and compose.
To play rhythms on tuned and
unturned instruments.
To invent sound patterns.
To listen and appraise.
MUSIC: Exploring sounds-listening, creating
 Exploring singing voice through games.
 Develop singing rhythm making.
 Christmas songs
 Recorders and Tuned Instruments.