Year 2- All At Sea
Week breakdown
1
2
Literacy
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
1. Plan a retell
2. Write a retell- beginning and
middle
3. Write a retell- end and editing and
improving.
RWInc Literacy group: Dear Green
Peace
L1- Planning a character description
of Emily.
L2- Writing a character description
of Emily.
The Lighthouse Keeper's LunchWrite instructions for how to make
part of the Lighthouse Keeper's
lunch.
1. Features of instructions and
planning
2. Write instructions.
3. Write instructions and edit and
improve.
RWInc Literacy group: Dear Green
Peace
L1- Planning a letter in the style of
Emily's letter. Imagine that Emily
hadn't found a whale in her pond but
Maths
Revision
Topic
What is a coast?
 Explain what a coast is.
 Use an atlas to identify
locations in the UK.
 Explain how beaches are
formed.
MFL- Russian
Revision
Science- Food chains
 Explain the common
characteristics shared by
all living things.
 Identify and name a
variety of plants and
animals in their habitats.
 Simple food chains.
Music- Zootime
3
4
a dolphin instead.
L2- Writing a letter in the role of
Emily.
The Lighthouse Keeper's LunchWrite a diary in the role of the
Lighthouse Keeper or his wife.
1. Planning.
2. Writing a diary
3. Writing a diary and editing and
improving.
RWInc Literacy group: Jack's Voyage
L1- Plan an alternative version of the
story.
L2- Write the beginning of the story.
The Lighthouse Keeper's LunchWrite a story in a similar style. At
the end of this book the seagulls
stole the fisherman's lunch.
1. Planning.
2. Writing the beginning and middle
of the story.
3. Writing the end of the story and
editing and improving.
RWInc Literacy group: Jack's Voyage
L1- Write the middle of the story.
L2- Write the end of the story and
edit and improve.
Measures- Capacity and Volume
 Choose and use appropriate standard
units to estimate and measure capacity
(litres/ml) and temperature (°C) to the
nearest appropriate unit, using scales,
thermometers and measuring vessels
 Compare and order volume and capacity
and record the results using >, < and =
apply knowledge of numbers to 1000 to
read scales to the nearest appropriate
standard unit in the context of capacity
(litres/ml) and temperature (°C)
Measures- Capacity and Volume
 Choose and use appropriate standard
units to estimate and measure capacity
(litres/ml) and temperature (°C) to the
nearest appropriate unit, using scales,
thermometers and measuring vessels
 Compare and order volume and capacity
and record the results using >, < and =
 Apply knowledge of numbers to 1000 to
read scales to the nearest appropriate
standard unit in the context of capacity
(litres/ml) and temperature (°C)
Physical and manmade
features
 Describe the manmade
features of coastal
landscapes.
 Compare two coastal
places.
MFL- Russian
Seaside holidays in the past
 Compare Victorian seaside
holidays and holidays
today.
 Write a post card in the
role of a Victorian child.
 Write a diary entry in the
role of a Victorian child.
Music- Zootime
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6
The Snail and the Whale- Newspaper
reports.
1. Planning
2. Writing the headline and the
opening paragraph.
3. Writing the main part of the
article and editing and improving.
RWInc Literacy group: My Friend the
Whale
L1- Plan a diary entry.
L2- Write a diary entry and edit and
improve.
Measures- Mass
 Choose and use appropriate standard
units to estimate and measure mass
(kg/g) to the nearest appropriate unit,
using rulers, scales, thermometers and
measuring vessels
 Compare and order mass and record the
results using >, < and =
 Apply knowledge of numbers to 1000 to
read scales to the nearest appropriate
standard unit in the context of mass
(kg/g)
Art- Georgia O’Keefe
 Observational drawings
 Creating a printing
template
 Printing
The Snail and the Whale- Character
description of the snail or the whale.
1. Planning.
2. Writing the character description.
3. Completing the character
description and editing and improving.
Multiplication and division
 Recall and use multiplication and division
facts for the 3 and 4 multiplication
tables (Y3)
 Calculate mathematical statements for
multiplication and division within the
multiplication tables and write them
using the multiplication (×), division (÷)
and equals (=) signs
 Solve problems involving multiplication
and division, using materials, arrays,
repeated addition, mental methods, and
multiplication and division facts,
including problems in contexts
 Show that multiplication of two
numbers can be done in any order
RNLI- Water safety
 Explain how to be safe by
the sea.
 Writing a diary entry.
 Creating a leaflet.
RWInc Literacy group: My Friend the
Whale
L1- Plan an alternative version of the
story.
L2- Write the beginning of the
story.
MFL- Russian
Music- Zootime
7
The Snail and the Whale- Write a
story based on similar events.
Imagine that two other characters
went on an adventure.
1. Planning
2. Writing the beginning and middle
of the story.
3. Writing the end of the story and
editing and improving.
RWInc Literacy group: My Friend the
Whale
L1- Write the middle of the story.
L2- Write the end of the story and
edit and improve.
8
The Man Whose Mother Was A
Pirate - Setting description using the
senses.
1. Snowballing - words/phrases using
senses
2. Writing - the setting description.
3. Completing the setting description,
editing and improving.
(commutative) and division of one
number by another cannot
Multiplication and division
 Recall and use multiplication and division
facts for the 3 and 4 multiplication
tables (Y3)
 Calculate mathematical statements for
multiplication and division within the
multiplication tables and write them
using the multiplication (×), division (÷)
and equals (=) signs
 Solve problems involving multiplication
and division, using materials, arrays,
repeated addition, mental methods, and
multiplication and division facts,
including problems in contexts
 Show that multiplication of two
numbers can be done in any order
(commutative) and division of one
number by another cannot
Multiplication and division
 Recall and use multiplication and division
facts for the 3 and 4 multiplication
tables (Y3)
 Calculate mathematical statements for
multiplication and division within the
multiplication tables and write them
using the multiplication (×), division (÷)
and equals (=) signs
Science- floating and sinking
 Planning an experimentWhich material should the
RNLI make their new
lifeboat out of?
 Carrying out the
investigation.
 Reviewing the
investigation.
MFL- Polish
DT- Designing lighthouses with
working pulleys
 Designing
 Making a moving
mechanism.
 Making a model from a
design.
RWInc Literacy group: The
Lighthouse Keeper's Tea
L1- Planning a retell.
L2- Retell the beginning of the story.
9
The Man Whose Mother Was A
Pirate - Write your own version of
the story.
1. Planning - How are they going to
travel to the seaside? Who are they
going to meet on the way?
2. Writing - the beginning and middle
of the story.
3. Writing - the end of the story and
editing and improving.
RWInc Literacy group: The
Lighthouse Keeper's Tea
L1- Retell the middle of the story.
L2- Retell the end of the story.
10
The Man Whose Mother Was A
Pirate – Write a letter (from the
Solve problems involving multiplication
and division, using materials, arrays,
repeated addition, mental methods, and
multiplication and division facts,
including problems in contexts
 Show that multiplication of two
numbers can be done in any order
(commutative) and division of one
number by another cannot
Numbers within 1000
 Use place value and number facts to
solve problems
 Identify, represent and estimate
numbers to 1000 using different
representations (Y3)
 Recognise the place value of each digit
in a three-digit number (hundreds, tens,
ones) (Y3)
 Compare and order numbers up to 1000
(Y3)
 Read and write numbers up to 1000 in
numerals and in words (Y3)
 Count from 0 in multiples of 100; find
10 or 100 more or less than a given
number (Y3)
 Apply knowledge of numbers to 1000 to
read scales
Add and subtract 2 and 3 digit numbers
 Recall and use addition and subtraction

Music- Zootime
DT- Designing lighthouses with
working pulleys
 Making a model from a
design.
 Evaluation
 Writing instructions
MFL- Polish
ICT
 Create and debug simple
man)
1. Planning - Inform Mr Fat why you
are not coming back to the city.
2. Writing - the beginning and middle
of the letter.
3. Writing - the end of the letter and
editing and improving.
RWInc Literacy group: Recount of
the seaside day/trip
L1- Planning a recount.
L2- Writing a recount of a personal
experience.
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Class Three All At Sea1. Plan a retell
2. Write a retell- beginning and
middle
2. Write a retell- end and editing and
improving.
RWInc Literacy group: Class Three
All at Sea- Character description of
one of the pirates.
L1- Planning
L2- Writing the character
description and editing and improving.
facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use
related facts up to 100
 Show that addition of two numbers can
be done in any order (commutative) and
subtraction of one number from
another cannot
 Add and subtract numbers mentally,
including: a three-digit number and
ones; a three-digit number and tens; a
three-digit number and hundreds (Y3)
 Add and subtract numbers with up to
three digits, using formal written
methods of columnar addition and
subtraction (Y3)
Add and subtract 2 and 3 digit numbers
 Recall and use addition and subtraction
facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use
related facts up to 100
 Show that addition of two numbers can
be done in any order (commutative) and
subtraction of one number from
another cannot
 Add and subtract numbers mentally,
including: a three-digit number and
ones; a three-digit number and tens; a
three-digit number and hundreds (Y3)
 Add and subtract numbers with up to
three digits, using formal written
methods of columnar addition and

programs
Write instructions for
programming Bee-Bots.
Music- Zootime
Science:
 Name and locate parts of
the human body, including
those related to the
senses.
 Describe the importance
of exercise, balanced diet
and hygiene for humans.
MFL- Polish
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Class Three All At Sea- Write a new
story featuring the pirates Rotten
Teeth, Fish-Breath Frank and Pirate
Bogey-Nose.
1. Plan a story
2. Write the beginning and middle
2. Write the end and editing and
improving.
RWInc Literacy group: Class Three
All at Sea
Diary entry- Write a diary in the role
of one of the pirates.
1. Planning.
2. Writing a diary and editing and
improving.
subtraction (Y3)
Revision
History- Grace Darling
 Researching the life of a
significant individual.
 Newspaper report.
Music- Zootime