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Literacy:

Reading: “Grimm’s Fairytales” (Fiction: fairytale)

Writing: “Grandad’s Secret Giant” (Fiction: Story with a moral focus)

What Are We Learning?

Maths:

Statistics

Position & Direction

Science:

Living things and their habitats What features of animals allow them to thrive in their environment?

Y2 Curriculum Overview:

Summer B 2025

‘Beside the Seaside, Beside the Sea’

Core Value: RESILIENCE

Secrets of Success:

Don’t Give Up

Cultural Capital: trip to New Brighton beach

PSHE:

Citizenship

Economic Wellbeing

Geography:

What is it like to live by the coast?

D&T:

Mechanisms

Moving Monsters

Art:

Recap last half-term:

Sculpture and 3D

Clay Houses

Computing:

Digital Literacy:

 Create a persuasive holiday brochure

PE:

Team Building

(Wednesday)

Music:

‘On this Island’

British songs and sounds

RE:

What is Respect?

History:

Recap last half-term:

What is a monarch?

Literacy:

Reading: "Fantastic Mr Fox" (Fiction: Adventure)

Writing: “The Last Wolf” (Persuasive Letter in Role)

What Were We Learning?

Maths:

Number: Fractions

Measurement: Time

Science:

Living things and their habitats What features of animals allow them to thrive in their environment?

Y2 Curriculum Overview:

Summer A 2025

‘Kings & Queens’

Core Value: RESPECT

Secrets of Success:

Understand Others

Cultural Capital: trip to Safety Central

PSHE:

Citizenship

Economic Wellbeing

Geography:

Recap last half-term:

Why is our world wonderful?

D&T:

Recap last half-term:

Textiles

Pouches

Art:

Sculpture and 3D

Clay Houses

Computing:

Digital Literacy: Create a montage of members of the Monarchy

PE:

Athletics

(Wednesday)

Music:

Myths and Legends

RE:

HUMANISM

What do Humanists think a

good life is about?

History:

What is a monarch?

Literacy:

“The Dragon Machine”

Adventure Story

What Were We Learning?

Maths:

Measurement: money

Number: multiplication & division

Science:

Use of Materials:

Why do we make things out of certain materials?

Y2 Curriculum Overview:

Spring A 2025

‘Flying High’

Core Value: AMBITION

Secrets of Success:

Push Yourself

Cultural Capital: Trip to Lady Lever Art Gallery

PSHE:

Health and Wellbeing

Safety & the Changing Body

Citizenship

Geography:

Recap last half-term: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?

D&T:

Recap last half-term: Structures: Making a chair

Art:

Painting & Mixed Media

Life in Colour

Computing:

Computer Science:

 Programming a bee-bot

PE:

Dance: Explorers

(Wednesday)

Music:

Instruments

Musical Storytelling

RE:

CHRISTIANITY

Why is the Bible a special book for Christians?

History:

How did we learn to fly?

Literacy:

“The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark”

Non-chronological report

What Were We Learning?

Maths:

• Place Value

• Addition & Subtraction

Science:

Use of Materials

Why do we make things out of certain materials?

Y2 Curriculum Overview:

Autumn B 2024

‘Hot and Cold Places’

Core Value: DETERMINATION

Secrets of Success:

Work Hard & Concentrate

Cultural Capital: Panto; Hope Farm Church Visit

PSHE:

Family and Relationships

Health and Wellbeing

Geography:

Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?

D&T:

Structures: Making a chair

Art:

Drawing:

 Tell A Story

Computing:

Digital Literacy:

 Data Handling

PE:

Gymnastics

Pathways (Wednesday)

Music:

West African Call & Response Songs: Animals;

Nativity Songs

RE:

JUDAISM

How do Jews show faith through practices and celebrations?

History:

Recap last half-term: How was school different in the past?

Literacy:

“Troll Swamp”

Story – focus on characters

What

Were We Learning?

Maths:

• Place Value

• Addition & Subtraction

• Shape

Science:

Animals, including humans

How do humans stay healthy?

Y2 Curriculum Overview:

Autumn A 2024

‘School Days’

Core Value: CONFIDENCE

Secrets of Success:

Try new things

Cultural Capital: Visit to Bickley Farm

PSHE:

Economic Wellbeing

Transition Lesson

Geography:

Recap last term:

What is it like to live in Shanghai?

D&T:

Stand Alone DT Day:

 Cooking and Nutrition:

 A balanced diet

Art:

Craft and Design:

Map It Out

Computing:

Digital Literacy:

 Developing Basic Skills

PE:

Dodging and Jumping  (Wednesday)

Music:

Call & Response:

Animals

RE:

JUDAISM:

What do Jews believe about God?

History:

How was school different in the past?