Curriculum Overview Portway Primary School

Year 2 This term we will Key Information be learning about… Term – Spring 1 We will be learning about important rivers of the UK. These include: UK Rivers ● In Wales, the rivers Severn and Wye This term we will be learning….. ● In Scotland, the rivers Tweed and We will be looking at a variety of rivers across the Tyne UK and we will able to identify them on maps. We ● In England, the rivers Thames and will ask questions about how rivers expand from the Trent stream from the mouth of the stream. A river is the path that water takes as it We will be focusing on the journeys rivers make, flows downhill towards the ocean. Rivers from their source to where they meet the sea, as can be long or short, wide or narrow and well as the wildlife that make the rivers their home. they often join together on their way downstream to make bigger rivers We will compare similarities and differences between rivers which are natural and rivers which We will also be looking in our local area at are man made (canals). We will consider what would the river Lea, which can be seen from happen if the rivers were not there. Olympic Park in Stratford. The River Lea in Educational Visits In addition, we will use aerial photographs to England originates in Luton and flows recognise landmarks and physical features. River Thames or through East London where it meets The Compasses will be used to develop our locational River Thames. The last section is known as and directional language for example; near and far; River Lea tbc Bow Creek. It is one of the largest rivers in left and right to describe the location of features on a London. map.

Curriculum Overview Portway Primary School

English Mathematics In reading, children will be practising reading text at length (at least 1 page). We will be looking at multiplication and division. We will develop our They will be able to infer about events and characters in the new text. They will knowledge by making equal groups, adding equal groups and learning how be choosing effective language and explaining the meanings of words. to complete multiplication number sentences. We will learn how to use In writing, the children will be learning to write descriptively using interesting arrays when multiplying and ensuring we know our times table. We will go adjectives and synonyms. They will be using capital letters for proper nouns and onto completing word problems with multiplication. including conjunctions in their writing. This half terms key texts are: Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers and The Day the Crayons Quit by Oliver

Jeffers.

Computing Science - Living things their habitats Children will learn how to stay safe whilst using electronic devices. The We are going to explore and compare the differences between things that children will learn and develop their skills with using electronic devices are living and things that have never been alive. Children will be sorting a whilst protecting themselves by avoiding risk with such modern classifying things to whether they are living, dead or were never alive. technologies. They will also identify that most living things live in habitats which they are suited.

You might like to join in with our learning at home by:

Reading Watching Challenge yourself to look up the meanings of a variety of words using a https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/8128646 dictionary. Can you find synonyms with a thesaurus?

Doing Visiting Speak to a member of your family and discuss what rivers they are Take a trip to River Thames or River Lea with a member of your family. familiar with. What rivers have they visited/seen before? Which rivers are they aware of?