Curriculum Map Spring 2016 - Year 2

English: Narrative-The Owl Babies; Poetry- Classic Poetry;
Non-Fiction-Non-chronological Reports on Nocturnal Animals
Week 1: Owl Babies- focusing on night time in the woods
Week 2: Owl Babies- Retelling
Week 3: Owl Babies- Retelling
Week 4: Owl Babies- Making own story ‘Fox Babies’
Week 5 Classic poetry -The Owl and the Pussycat
Week 6: Classic poetry -The Owl and the Pussycat
Week 7: Non chronological report about nocturnal animals
What do they look like? What do they eat? What sounds do they make? Where do they live? Focus animal- owl
Week 8: Non chronological report about nocturnal animals
Focus animal- fox
Week 9: Non chronological report about nocturnal animals
Focus animal- badger
Week 10: Non chronological report about nocturnal animals
Focus animal- bat
Week 11: Non chronological report about nocturnal animals
Phonics: Phase 5 alternative spellings / Maths:
Week 1: Number and Place Value
Week 2: Number and Place Value
Week 3: Fractions
Week 4: Fractions
Week 5: 2D and 3D Shape
Week 6: Length and Mass
Week 7: Length and Mass
Week 8: Addition and Subtraction
Week 9: Addition and Subtraction
Week 10: Time
Week 11: Time
/ Science: Uses of Everyday materials
Week 1: What I know? What I would like to find out?
Week 2: Compare spoons made from wood, plastic & metal. Children draw an object & describe what it is made from & why?
Week 3: Look at different fabrics using touch, sight & smell. Investigate symbols used on clothes labels, natural & man-made
Week 4: Fiction book describing a character wearing different clothes. Identify specialist clothes. Pack suitable holiday clothes.
Week 5: Scientists: Charles Macintosh. Enquiry. to find which materials are waterproof (& absorbent if time)
Week 6: Scientist: John Boyd Dunlop ( rubber, tyres)
Week 7: Scientist: John Loudon
Week 8: Forces change by squashing, bending, twisting & stretching
Week 9: Plastics- children as ‘plastic detectives’
Week 10: Recycling- reuse plastic bottles
Week 11: New uses –up cycling. Rubber bands/ loom bands
PSHE: Dreams and Goals
Week 1: Goals to Success
Week 2: My Learning Strengths
Week 3: Learning with Others
Week 4: A Group Challenge
Week 5: A Group Challenge
Week 6: Celebrating Our Achievement
Healthy Me
Week 7: Being Healthy
Week 8: Being Relaxed
Week 9: Medicine Safety
Week 10: Healthy Eating
Week 11: Healthy Eating / The Big Idea
There are structures around us all the time, some of which we barely notice. What are they made from? What is their purpose? What do you notice about their shape? What can be done to make them stronger?
Through this unit you will become building experts. / PE
Weekly sessions x2
First half term
Gymnastics: Spinning, Turning and Twisting
Games: Specialist Coach- Football
Second half term
Games: Dribbling, kicking and hitting
Games: Specialist Coach
ICT:
First half term -weekly sessions
with specialist ICT Teacher
Focus: Researching a topic.
Second half term- weekly sessions
Focus: Designing model houses
/ Topic: Buidlings
Entry Point: A ‘house of cards’ building challenge
Exit Point: ‘Make a world village’
Topic Talk Assesmbly: Friday 4th March 2016 / RE:
Week 3&4: Symbols of faith – why are they important? (Christianity, Islam)
Week 10 & 11: What do we celebrate and why? (Easter)

Music
First half term: weekly sessions
Exploring different musical structures
Second half term: weekly sessions with specialist music teacher / Art and Design
Week 4- 7: Art with specialist teacher
Focus: Buildings
Design & Technology
Week 8-11: Designing, making and evaluating model houses / Geography/International
Week 5 - 7: Researching different countries of the world and investigating the homes of the people living there. ( link with ICT)