LEARNING CHALLENGE CURRICULUM MAP:
Prime
Year 2 2014-15
Term 3 (SPRING)
Who is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic?
WOW!
LC 1 What was special about the Titanic?
LC2 Who made the Titanic?
Literacy
The wreck of the Titanic!
wk 1
Adverts
Postcard
wk 2
LC5
LC6
What happened on the night of April 14th 1912?
Why didn’t they see the iceberg?
wk 3
LC7
LC8
Who survived the sinking of the Titanic?
Who was to blame for the sinking of the ship?
wk 4
Debate
LC9
What did people learn from the sinking of the
Titanic?
wk 5
Debate
Letters
Challenges
Who travelled on the Titanic?
Who worked on the Titanic?
Additional
LC3
LC4
Week 3 – Maths Activity Day (21st January)
Week 4 – Open afternoon (28th January)
Week 5 - Model display (6th February)
Passenger and
Crew
descriptions/
Fact files
Recount- write
in role
Guided Reading
Handwriting
Phonics
Extended writing
Numeracy
SET MATHS
Block D Unit 1
Bridging/Number Bonds
SET MATHS
Block B Unit 2
Symmetry
Block C/D Unit 2
Co-ordinates , Left and Right.¼, whole
and ½ turn
SET MATHS
Block D Unit 2
Fractions
Block E Unit 1
Sharing
Block C Unit 2
Multiplication/Division.
Block A Unit 2
Difference
Morning Skills work.
CURRICULUM: What will we be learning about this term?
Year Group &
Term
Learning
Challenge
Literacy
Numeracy
Science
History
YEAR 2:
Term 3 2014-2015 (SPRING)
Who is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic?
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 knowledge of number bonds to 10 to mentally add numbers together and begin to bridge through a multiple of 10.
Identify symmetry in patterns and shapes.
Practise halves and doubles to 10.
Follow and give instructions to mark a position on a grid using co-ordinates.
Use everyday language to describe position, direction and movement.
Recognise and use whole, half and quarter turns both clockwise and anti-clockwise: Know that a right angle represents a
quarter turn.
Understand division as sharing and grouping.
Understand multiplication as repeated addition and begin to understand arrays.
Explore fractions of shapes, objects and numbers.
Understand and use the term difference, finding the difference between two numbers.
Explore forces acting on a boat.
Understand pushes and pulls can change speed or direction.
Identify and compare the suitability of materials for particular uses in relation to a boat.
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.
Geography
ICT
Music
Art
Design &
Technology
PE
PSHCE
RE
Ways you can
help at home
Communicate knowledge of history in a variety of ways.
Use a world map, atlas or globe to identify the United Kingdom and other countries and oceans studied.
Describe the location and features of routes on a map.
Understand forwards, backwards, up and down.
Record own routes.
Predict the outcome of a simple program or code.
Begin to plan, create and write a program, using precise instructions, understanding that this is coding.
Use the Internet to find answers to questions, following straightforward lines of enquiry.
Use bookmarking as a way to find safe sites again.
Develop school rules for Internet safety.
Exploring Pulse through working out the beat in a range of songs.
Listening for different rhythms in the same songs, thinking of new rhythms that we could use
Performing new songs including movement and the use of instruments.
Developing knowledge of Pitch by learning the notes C and A on the recorder and illustrating this on a stave.
Learning Mother’s Day songs for the school assembly
Sketching: using various media to sketch pictures of the Titanic, adding details through observation.
Sculpture: making a Diorama Box of the Titanic sinking (parental open afternoon activity)
Learn about the work of designer, Thomas Andrews, and explore his role in the sinking of the Titanic.Designing and making a
model of the Titanic (Homework task)
Gymnastics (Specialist Coach),
Recognising and talking about feelings in a positive way, developing a safe and healthy lifestyle choices, joining in debates
about topical issues, building self-esteem and confidence, identifying and respecting differences and similarities between
races, Chinese New Year, developing and building relationships.
Key Questions: What does it mean to belong? Who is an inspiring person and why?
Theme: Marriage – Christian and Hindu
Listen to your child read at least twice a week.
Support your children with building their Titanic model.
Use the internet or visit your local library to find out lots of interesting facts about the Titanic.