Termly Curriculum Information
Year 2
Teacher: Miss Rattigan
English
We will begin Spring term by exploring the story
Meerkat Mail, linking nicely to our humanities
topic about the local area. The second half of
the term will focus on fairy tales with a twist. We
will write a range of genres including recounts,
stories, poems and instructions. We will write
using different forms of sentences and will learn
how to use a range of punctuation and
conjunctions. We will continue to practise
different reading strategies including inferential
skills. Through our spellings and phonics we will
investigate different spelling rules. Our focus on
handwriting will continue this term and we will
be practising how to join our letters from the
line.
Physical Education
Multi-skills is our games focus this term and our
dance work will be linked to our rainforest topic
Music
The children will be exploring creating
their own compositions, playing some
tuned and un-tuned instruments. We will
experiment with sound and listen to a
variety of music types.
Science
Within our topic ‘Materials’, Year 2 will
learn how to identify and compare the
suitability of a variety of everyday
materials. We will investigate how the
shapes of solid objects made from some
materials can be changed by
squashing, bending, twisting and
stretching. Will we look into sustainable
materials and how recycling is used in
our everyday life.
Humanities, Computing, Art, DT.
Geography: We will be completing field work about
our local area—Romiley and compare our environment
with that of the Daintree rainforest in Australia and also
looking at the country of India. We will begin looking at
map skills and begin looking at simple grid references.
Date: Spring 2017
Maths
We will begin this term by looking at sequencing
numbers, with a focus of 2’s, 5’s, 10’s and 3’s.
We will move onto adding two digit numbers
using a range of strategies including partitioning.
Using our multiplication facts we are solving
problems using materials, arrays, repeated
addition.
We will be learning to recognise, find, name and
write the following fractions—1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/3.
This term we will focus on measure, we will be
learning to choose and use appropriate
equipment and standard units to estimate and
measure length/height (m/cm) and mass (kg/g).
We will also be looking at temperature. We will
be learning about pictograms, tally charts, block
diagrams and simple tables, linking this to our
humanities work.
Computing : This term we will look at becoming coders
and game testers. We will be looking at different ways
we can code and create games.
Reading Books changed—Tuesday and Friday.
Art: The children will be looking at famous artists such as
Andy Goldsworthy, Vincent Van Gogh and Vincent
Scarpace. We will link our art work over the curriculum.
Maths— Will send home games and activities to
focus on number recall. These games can be
repeated.
DT: The children will be learning about food technology
using what we have learnt last term about healthy
meals.
Spellings—sent home on a Monday to be tested
on a Friday.
Homework / Dates
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nationalcurriculum