Year 2 – Curriculum T3&4

Darwin Class Term 3 and 4 Resources (Year 2) Topic Coastline Knowledge Organiser Home Learning Workbook Vocabulary Mat English, Reading, Writing and Spelling  Katie Morag and the New Pier Knowledge Organiser Darwin Sequential Reading Curriculum Darwin Sequential Writing Curriculum Spelling Word List for Year 2 Maths Our Calculation Policy: addition and subtraction Our Calculation Policy: […]

Term 3: How Does Music Make the World a Better Place? This unit of work celebrates a wide range of musical styles that are all focused around the theme. Term 4: How Does Music Teach Us About Our Neighbourhood? This unit of work celebrates a wide range of musical styles that are all focused around

Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for term 3 will focus on multiskills and gymnastics. Our PE lessons for term 4 will focus on net and wall games (tennis) and invasion games (netball). Our PE lessons will be on Mondays and Wednesdays; children can wear their PE into school on

Term 3: Dreams and Goals In this Puzzle, the children explore setting realistic goals and how they can achieve them. They discuss perseverance when they find things difficult as well as recognising their strengths as a learner. The children consider group work and reflect on with whom they work well and with whom they don’t.

Term 3: Sikhism – Anand Karaj Over the course of this term we will be learning how Sikhs explore love through their weddings, which are known as “Anand Karaj”. First of all we will share our current knowledge of Weddings that we may have celebrated so we can progress our knowledge of weddings in another

Effective searching In term 3 we are looking at how we navigate around the internet and how we can use the internet to help us with our learning or in our day to day life. We will learn how to: Understand the internet and searching Identify how to search effectively. To find out more, view

Art: Flowerhead Our art topic for term 3 is “Flowerhead”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about the significant artist –  Yayoi Kusama and focus on skills such as: drawing; exploring visual elements; printmaking and; 3d forms. To find out more, view our Flowerhead Knowledge Organiser. Design and Technology: Beach Huts Linking closely to our

In term 3 our topic is “Uses of Material”. Throughout this topic we will find out about different materials, how they move and if they change shape. We will learn to make predictions, carry out experiments and then draw or write up the results. Uses of Materials Lesson Overview Lesson Learning focus 1 Exploring every

Following the White Rose Maths scheme, Year 2 will cover four main blocks of learning over the course of the spring term: number (including the four operations); statistics; geometry; and measurement. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each block is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these small learning

Reading Our Class Text and Comprehension In term 3, our reading comprehension lessons will be based upon our class text, “Katie Morag and the New Pier” by Mairi Hedderwick. Throughout this fiction text, we will join Katie Morag and her family explore the new pier that has been built in their coastal town. Everyone is