ST DOMINIC’S PRIMARYCATHOLICSCHOOL

Year 2 Class Teachers: C Slingsby & Y Price 2019 - 2020

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Literacy	Non-chronological book – A brochure for The Avengers - All about Hackney/London. Narrative – Story about Hackney/London/superheroes Poems with a familiar setting	Stories from far away African stories – Lila and the Secret of Rain, Chinye, etc. Instructions – How to make a healthy sandwich; How to make a puppet (Avengers puppet) Christmas Poetry & Letter Writing	Traditional Stories – The real story of the three little pigs by A. Wolf (Link with materials) Recount – Write a diary entry from the Great Fire of London or write a recount of trip to the Fire Station Stories by the same author – Julia Donaldson	Non-chronological report – Would a bat, owl, racoon or a cat make a good pet? Poetry – Night-time poems. What happens at night? Narrative - Mr Morris Lessmore & his Fantastic Flying Books	Explanations / Narrative – The Detective Dog Letter Writing / Narrative / Report Writing– Dear Greenpeace	Narrative –The lighthouse keepers lunch Stories with familiar settings – A pirates life Stories with familiar settings – Story competition writing.
Numeracy	PA Maths Programme Number –Place Value, Comparing, Ordering Addition – Regrouping in 1s/10s Subtraction –Regrouping in 1s and 10s	PA Maths Programme Number – Place Value, Comparing, Ordering Addition Subraction Money Data Handling	PA Maths Programme Multiplication Division Fractions Time Length / Mass	PA Maths Programme Number – Pattern Multiplication Fractions Shape Money	PA Maths Programme Length Mass Time Shape and Pattern Angle and Turn Data Handling	PA Maths Programme Number Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Volume
R.E.	Beginning with the Church	From Advent to Christmas	Being a Sacramental People - Eucharist	Lent to Easter	From Easter to Pentecost Buddhism	Discipleship
Science	Humans – How can we be health heroes like ___?	Animals including humans – What do we need to do to take care of our pet? - What do we need to do to take care of ourselves?	Everyday materials– What is our school made of? What is our home made of? What were the houses made of during the GFL?	Light & Dark Electricity – What requires electricity? Hoe can animals see in the dark?	Plants – How can we grow our own salad?	Living things and habitats – Would a sea monster? Why or why not? What do they need? Where do they live?
ICT/ Computing	Link with art and numeracy. We are photographers (links with art-sketches)	We are researchers (links with history – Book Creator/powerpoint) Green Screen to retell story	Puppet Pals – Book Creator - Chatterpix	We are animals in our habitats (Programming – Scratch) Book Creator	We are botonists (link with science, collecting data about plants – Excel/ picasa/ google maps/ google earth)	We are games testers (Scratch – what is making this sound?)
Geography	What would The Avengers find interesting about Hackney/ London?	Places around the world. Where would you rather live? In England/Africa?	-Where in London did the GFoL affect?	Where in the world do night time animals come from?	What is happening to the environments we inhabit?	Why do we love to be beside the seaside? (Geography)
History	What major events happened in Hackney/London? What impacts did that have?	African/English history	What was London like during The Great Fire of London?	How has Florence Nightingale helped to make the world a better place?	What is climate change? How can we prevent it?	Beach towns Beach Traditions Famous scientists
Art	Photographs for brochure of local area. Paint pictures of local area (mixing paints).	Expressive art – Create African music. Knowledge – African artists, Martin Bulinya	The last supper art. Charcoal sketchings (link with Great Fire) Design a fire safety suit.	Expressive art – Create the sounds of animals using instruments. Paint – Water paint the seaside	Knowledge: Looking at artist Acrimboldo (Science). Art & Design techniques: Shade, patterns, texture in nature through rubbings and nature sculptures.	Pop up books.
Music	Black history Month – African/Caribbean songs Musical instruments (rhythm)	African songs and instruments	Chinese New Year songs – stringed instruments Old English songs – Fire! Fire!	Night-time songs	Spring-time and Summer songs	Spring-time and Summer songs
DT	Create a healthy sandwich.	Create shadow puppets.	Create a home for our pet.	Create a nightime diorama.	Create a healthy planet to live in.	Pop up books.
		Postal Museum		Museum of London – Mary S Nurse visit Science Museum Nocturnal Animals Visit	Climate change activist visit, Epping Forest	London Zoo Park Picnic Seaside Water painter visit
Trips/ Visits