Year 2 Learning 2019-20 – St. Michael In The Hamlet Community Primary School

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Topic	The Big Smoke	Ends of the Earth	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Into the Woods	Beside the Seaside	Sensational Safari
Key text	The Great Fire of London	The Journey Home	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Does Chocolate Grow on Trees?	Where the Wild Things Are	Grandad’s Island The Magic Box	Mwenye Hadithi books
English	Diary Instructions	Setting description Non-Chronological Report	Character description Explanation text	Setting description Poetry	Setting description Poetry	Oral storytelling Nonsense poetry
Maths	Number Place Value + and – Geometry Properties of 2D Shape	Number Number bonds/ place value Geometry Position And Direction Measurements Length	Number + and – 2 digit numbers Measurement Money Time introduction Geometry Properties of 3D Shape	Fractions ½, 1/4 , 1/3 Number X and ÷ Measurement Time	Number Place Value +, –, X and ÷ Measurement	Number Place Value + and – using money X and ÷ Measurement Length Time
	On –going times tables and consolidation
Science	Materials	Habitats	Changing Shape	Growing Plants	Feeding and exercise	Life cycles
Art	Printing	Sketching		Patterns in the environment		Painting
Computing	e-safety Espresso coding	Email	Espresso coding	Data handling- creating a graph	Espresso coding	Internet research
DT	3D building/ Cooking- tasting, designing and making bread rolls		Designing packaging for chocolate			Cooking and nutrition Healthy Living Week
Geography	Parts of the U.K. and comparing our locality	Countries and continents	Locating the equator Where does Cacoa grow?		Continents, countries and oceans
History	Chronological understanding & Knowledge and interpretation (both terms) Great Fire of London Titanic Plague		Historical enquiry History of chocolate		Chronological understanding & Knowledge and Interpretation How the seaside has changed	Historical enquiry Significant individuals
Music	Ongoing- Learn the recorder	Performing Singing and performing			Appraising Describing music linked to Kandinsky
PE	Games Acquiring and developing skills	Yoga Health & Fitness	Gymnastics Evaluating and improving	Games Evaluating and improving	Games skills (rounders) Outdoor/ adventurous	Dance (African)
PHSE	It’s Our World Rules/ Community/ Recycling and pollution	Say No! Medicines/ Health, Bullying	Who Likes Chocolate? Fair trade/ Location Celebration	Money Matters Uses/ Keeping it safe	People Around Us Special people/ Feelings/ Family/ Similarities and differences	Growing Up Boys’ and Girls’ Similarities and Differences/ Individuality
RE	Why is light important in religions	What is Hanukka? What is Christmas?	What does it mean to be a Muslim?		What is Important to you?	What have I learnt about different religions?
Enrichment	Topic launch day/ hook- campfire & make bread Pizza Express (Instructional Writing)	Topic launch day/ hook- dress as polar animal	Topic launch day/ hook- dress up as character from book Chocolate Workshop Creative Week	Topic launch day/ hook- searching for beast & Minpins in the Wild Garden Visit to a mosque	Topic launch day/ hook- Beach trip	Topic launch day/ hook- carousel Health Living Week