Year 2:
Prime
2016-17
Term 3
Who is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic?
WOW!
Literacy
Numeracy
The wreck of the Titanic!
LC 1
LC2
What was special about the Titanic?
Who designed the Titanic?
wk 1
Adverts
Letter Home
Money
LC3
LC4
Who travelled on the Titanic?
Who worked on the Titanic?
wk 2
Passenger and
Crew description
Money
LC5
LC6
What happened on the night of April 14th 1912?
Why didn’t they see the iceberg?
wk 3
Recount as Crew
and Passengers
Money
LC7
LC8
LC9
Who survived the sinking of the Titanic?
Who was to blame for the sinking of the ship?
What did people learn from the sinking of the
Titanic?
What can we remember about the Titanic?
wk 4
Advice for
Titanic 2
2D and 3D shapes
wk 5
NonChronological
Report about the
Titanic
Guided Reading
Phonics/
Spellings
Handwriting
Grammar
2D and 3D shapes
Additional
Challenges
LC10
Open afternoon
Titanic model showcase
Daily Maths
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Year Group
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Learning
Challenge
YEAR 2:
Term 3 2016-2017 (Spring)
Who is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic?
Literacy
Read non-fiction texts and use ICT to find information about the Titanic.
Ask questions and retrieve answers from a text.
Write a recount about an event.
Write in role in a variety of forms.
Debate a topic and present a point of view.
Explore different perspectives and come to a conclusion about a historical event.
Use a variety of sources to build a character profile.
Maintain tense and person throughout a piece of writing.
Begin to section ideas in writing.
Form and use handwriting joins.
Use the apostrophe to show possession.
Add suffixes to words: ment, ness, less, ly, ful.
Numeracy
Recognise and use symbols of pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value.
Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money.
Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit including giving
change.
Identify and describe the properties of 2D shapes including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line.
Identify and describe 3D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces.
Identify 2D shapes on the surface of 3D shapes.
Compare and sort common 2D and 3D shapes and everyday objects.
Science
Buoyancy and the use of air to make things float
Properties of materials and their uses
Reversible and irreversible changes
Collect information to help answer scientific questions
Link ideas and answers to observations
Use simple equipment for observations
History
Study an event from the past.
Recognise why people did things, why events happened and what happened as a result.
Study the lives of significant men and women from a historical event.
Find out about the past from a range of sources.
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Communicate knowledge of history in a variety of ways.
Geography
Locate and name the seven continents and five oceans
Locate hot and cold places in relation to the equator
Use world maps to locate places studied
Use simple compass directions
ICT
Understand what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital devices; and that programs execute by
following precise and unambiguous instructions
Safely use the internet to find information linked to the topic
Music
Performance- create class assembly, compose songs and pieces of music on the recorder and rehearse timings
for assembly.
Art
Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
Learn about the work of a designer and make links to their own work.
Design &
Technology
Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks (for example, cutting, shaping, joining and
finishing)
Build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable
Select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles, according to their
characteristics
PE
Dance and rhythm
PSHCE
Changes and good to be me
RE
How do we show we care for each other?
Ways you
can help at
home
Help your child with their targets and any additional SATs practise tasks they may be given throughout the term. Practise their
spellings each week.
Use the internet or visit your local library to find out lots of interesting facts about the Titanic. Support your child with building
their Titanic model. Bring the model into school on Thursday 9th February.