Year 2 Curriculum Plan
Summer Term 2017
Topics ‘ Wriggle and Crawl ’and ‘The Scented Garden ’
Story writing
English
Riddles
reading
and writing Poetry
GaPS
Maths
Science
Finding information
Phonics- Suffixes, common exception words and homophones
Different types of sentence
Word types- Nouns, adjectives, verbs
Punctuation- Capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks,
exclamation marks
Correct the mistakes – tenses
Measures
Symmetry
Shape
Geometry- Positional/directional language, right angles, clockwise and
anti- clockwise, half turns, quarter turns, whole turns
Addition and Subtraction- Two digit by two digit
Multiplication and division
Using, applying and reasoning
Problem solving
Minibeasts
Plants
Habitats
Living and Non-living
History
Geography
Art/ Design
Technology
Local environment
Use simple fieldwork and observational skills
Key human and physical features of surrounding environment
Noticing similarities and differences
Observational art
Cards
Collage flowers
What You Can Do At Home
Reading
Share and read a variety of books both fiction and non-fiction especially those
linked to current topics.
Make simple inferences and deductions from the text e.g. How do you know
that mum is upset? Find evidence in the text.
Non Fiction books- Encourage children to use contents, glossary and index.
What can they find out that they didn’t know before?
English-Writing
When writing take time to think of a sentence, say it to yourself, write it then
read and check.
Remember our Top Tip in Year 2- Think it, Say it, Write it, Read it.
Take pride in the presentation of your work, forming letters correctly.
Always use capital letters and full stops.
Embrace all opportunities to practise writing skills: short stories, interesting
facts about topics being taught, write a poem/riddle, design your own seed
packet etc.
Maths
Practise telling the time e.g. I left home at 9 O’clock it took me 30 minutes to
walk to school. What time did I arrive?
Measure and compare the heights of members of your family.
Give directions using maths vocabulary- clockwise, anti-clockwise, , half turns,
quarter turns, whole turns
Look at and have a go on- ICT games maths
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
Home Learning
Home learning will be set on a Thursday and should be handed in the following
Tuesday.
The children will have a spelling test every Thursday.
PSHE
Living in the wider world
RE
Exploring and celebrating religionPrayer
What does the bible mean to people?
Programming
Swimming
Indoor athletics
Gymnastics
Cricket
Creating melodic patterns
Sing and perform with control
Year 2 Summer Concert
Computing
PE
Music