Year 2 – Curriculum T5&6

Darwin Class Term 5 and 6 Resources

Term 5: Swing Along with Shostakovich  They will explore how beats are grouped and will devise their own body percussion patterns to demonstrate this. They will begin to identify different metres in familiar songs. Finally, the children will be invited to move freely and creatively to two pieces from Shostakovich’s Jazz suites, each in a different

Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for term 5 and 6 our focus will be on cricket and rounders (striking and fielding) and athletics. PE lessons will be on Mondays and Wednesdays; children can wear their PE into school on both of these days. Striking and Fielding In this unit,

Term 5: Relationships In this Puzzle, the children will learn about relationships we have with our household family members, extended family members and friends. Children will learn that you can have different types of relationships and these may differ. We will teach the children how to support family and friends if they are feeling sad

Term 5: Sikhism – Anand Kuraj   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

Making Music In term 5 we are learning how to make music using a program called ‘2sequence’ on Purple Mash. Children will explore how music can mirror people’s feelings and create a piece of music to match a mood. Presenting Ideas In term 6 we are learning how to present ideas using ‘2CreateAstory’; ‘2publish’; and

Art: Portraits and Poses Our art topic for term 5 is “Portraits and Poses”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about portraiture. Children will analyse portraits of Tudor Monarchs and compare these to selfies today. We will create our own portraits. To find out more, view our Portraits and Poses Knowledge Organiser. Design and Technology:

In term 5 and 6 our topic is “Animal Survival”. Throughout this topic we will find out about growth in animals by exploring the life cycles of some familiar animals. They build on learning about the survival of humans by identifying the basic needs of animals for survival, including food, water, air and shelter. Animal

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

Our Class Text and Comprehension In term 5, our reading comprehension lessons will be based upon our class text, “Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine” by Gloria Whelan. Throughout this fiction text, we will learn about how Queen Victoria loved water but was too embarrassed to make her way to the water as Royalty are too regal