Burnley Brow Year 2 English and Maths Overview 2014- 2015
Project
name
Y2
T1.1
Who are
we and
where do
we live?
Reading
Writing
Spelling, Grammar, Punctuation
Maths
2 weeks of lessons for impact –
TFW Goldilocks and the Three
Bears
2 weeks of lessons for impact – TFW
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
2 weeks of lessons for impact – Capital letters, full
stops, connectives and sentence making.
Number (Counting and odd and even)
Story type – Wishing story
Adjectives
Number (Place value and ordering)
Time connectives/openers
Addition
Comma after ly opener
Suddenly, eventually
Subtraction
Stories with familiar settings- I
Want Two Birthdays by Tony
Ross
Range of non-fiction books to
be read linked to the topic
2S shape
Conjunctions, eg, and, but, so
3D shape
Full stops. Capital letters, exclamation mark
Adding suffixes to words, ed and ing
Compound Words
Y2
T1.2
The Great
Fire of
London
Diary- Samuel Pepys linked to
fire of London (extracts of the
diary prepared by teacher)
Range of non-fiction books
related to topic e.g. Fire of
London and Victorian
Household Artefacts
Poetry – linked to Christmas
Instructions – How to make a jam
sandwhich/peg doll
Imperative verbs, commas to separate a list
Measures (weight and Capacity)
Diary- Samuel Peeps linked to fire of
Londonthrough history
Bullet points
Measures (length), Position and direction
Text type – Recount/ diary
Statement, command, question
Write a page of information about an
artefact from the Great Fire of London
Comma after ly opener
Eg, unfortunately
Division
Poetry – linked to Christmas (Shape
poetry and Calligrams)
Present/past tense
Money
Fractions
Multiplications
TFW The Magic Brush
TFW the magic brush – fiction innovation
assessment piece
Nouns, verbs, adjectives
alliteration
Adding suffixes cont’d er, est, es
Y2
T2.1
Nature’s
Beauty
Read a variety of traditional
tales
Story type – Character change/
character flaw
Class text –
The Three Little Wolves and the
Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivias
and Helen Oxenbury.
The True Story of the Three Little
Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane
Smith
Poetry – Winter / Spring poetry
(Descriptive Poetry)
Read a range of poems linked
to Seasons
Read a range of non- fiction
linked to the topic
Direct speech
Ly starters
Two Adjectives to describe a noun
Adverbs
Connectives
Number (place value and ordering)
Number (comparing and investigating)
Addition
Explanation – Linked to the lifcycle of a
sunflower
Alliteration
Similes
Rhyming couplets
Homophones
Problem solving
Explanation ???
Shapes (symmetry and right angles)
Apostrophes to mark possession. Eg, the frog’s
eggs
Adding suffixes ful, y
Subtraction
Y2
T2.2
Paws and
Claws
Read a range of humorous
poetry
TFW – The Papaya That Spoke
by Pie Corbett
Read a range of non- fiction
linked to the topic
Poetry – Writing riddles
Other fiction – Innovation of The
Papaya That Spoke story
Questions
Adjectives
Connective but
Synonyms. Eg, for feet, hooves, trotters, claws etc
Fractions
Multiplication and division
Measures
Explanation – Linked to the life cycle of
a frog
Direct speech
Openers
Commas to separate a list
Time
Money
Explanation ???
Statistics and Assessment
Apostrophes to mark possession. Eg, the frog’s
eggs
Suffixes ment, ness,
Contractions
Y2
T3.1
Y2
T3.2
Across
Continents
and
Oceans
The
Titanic
Class text – The Magic Bed by
John Burningham
Story type- Portal/ timeslip story
Writing stories about magic objects
Complex sentences (subordination) add a relative
clause. Eg, who/which/with
Read a range of non- fiction
linked to the topic
Report – Linked to Rainforest
Additional subordinating clauses. Eg, what, while,
when, where, so that, to etc
Number (place value and ordering)
Rounding and comparing numbers
Addition and Subtraction
SATS preparation
Long and short sentences for
description/emphasis
SATS
Expanded noun phrases
Shape
Recap all punctuation, statement, question,
exclamation, command, use of openers,
connectives, adjectives etc for Sats
Multiplication and Division
Class text- TFW Room on the
Broom by Julia Donaldson and
Axel Scheffler
Story type- Defeating the monster
Correct Use of present and past tense
Adding suffixes less, ly
Homophones and near homophones
Report – linked to the Titanic
Rhymingwords
Read a range of other books by
Julia Donaldson
Recount – linked to trip
Synonyms
Water themed poetry
Questions, exclamation mark, commas
Measures
Time
Read extracts of information
related to the Titanic disaster
Read a range of themed
poetry
Money
Statistcs
Any gaps identified in learning from teaching so
far
Recaps gaps In spelling/use of suffixes
Direction