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Curriculum Overview- Year 2 Clarice Cliff Primary - Curriculum Overview – Year 2 - 2020-2021 Autumn 1 (8) Autumn 2 (7) Spring 1 (6) Spring 2 (6) Summer 1 (6) Summer 2 (6) Topic Street Detectives (H) Magnificent Muck, Mess & Superheroes (PE) Coastline (G) Movers & Shakers (H) Monarchs (H) Mixtures (AD) Beach Hut (DT) Still Life (AD) Portraits and Poses (AD) Main text(s) The Gingerbread Willy the Wimp Little Red Riding Snow White The Disgusting The Enormous Man Hood Sandwich Crocodile Supporting texts The Ninja Bread Man Willy the Champ On the Way Home – People in History: George’s Marvellous Coasts - Let's Explore by Katrina Charman Willy the Wizard Jilly Murphy Henry VIII Medicine Britain Willy the Dreamer By By Roald Dahl Supertato by Sue Anthony Browne Good Little Wolf – People in History: Seashore: Explore Hendra Nadia Shireen Elizabeth I Roald Dahl’s Revolting Nature with fun facts National Geographic Recipes and activities (Nature Emergency Services Kids: Rosa Parks DKfind out! Castles Explorers) Popcorn: People who help us The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch Katie Morag and the New Pier English Narrative – retell Narrative – Description Narrative –Retell fairy Narrative – Setting Narrative –Stories with a Narrative – Innovate traditional tale of character in context tale description in context familiar setting – stories (3 weeks) of the story – (3 weeks) of the story Alternative characters (New animal/tricks) Retell and (3 weeks) (4 weeks) (3 weeks) Narrative –Write an innovate adventure Non Narrative – Non Narrative – alternative story stories (3 weeks) Recount of Visit to Non Narrative – Non Narrative – (2 weeks) (4 weeks) Tamworth Castle Instructions – How to Information texts/ Non Informal letter (2 weeks) make a disgusting chronological report – (1 week) Sandwich Crocodiles Non (2 weeks) (2 weeks) Narrative- Information texts- Significant People- Rosa Parks (2 weeks) Maths Number: Place Value (Within 10) Number: Addition and Subtraction (Within 20) Number: Multiplication and Division Number: Addition and Subtraction (Within 10) Number: Fractions Clarice Cliff Primary - Curriculum Overview – Year 2 - 2020-2021 (White Rose) Number: Place Value (Within 50) Geometry: Position and Direction Geometry: Shape Measurement: Length and Height Number: Place Value (Within 100) Number: Place Value (Within 20) Measurement: Money Measurement: Time Science Living things & their habitats. Animals, including Humans Use of everyday materials Plants Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are That animals, including Find out and describe how suited. humans, have offspring How the shapes of solid objects made from some materials plants, need water, light and a which grow into adults. can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and suitable temperature to grow Describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of stretching. and stay healthy. different kinds of animals and plants, and to understand how Describe the basic needs of they depend on each other. animals, including humans, Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday for survival (water, food and materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, Observe and describe how Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their air). paper and cardboard for particular uses. seeds and bulbs grow into habitats, including micro habitats. mature plants. Describe the importance for Explore and compare the differences between things that are humans to have exercise. living, dead, and things that have never been alive Understand humans need to Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other eat the right amounts of animals, using the idea of a simple food chain. different types of food. Identify and name different sources of food. Understand the importance of hygiene. Geography Name, locate and explain the Ask and answer simple Name, locate and explain the Ask and answer simple significance of a place. geographical questions significance of a place. geographical questions through observation or through observation or simple data collection during Draw or read a range of simple data collection during fieldwork activities. simple maps that use fieldwork activities. symbols and a key. Collect and organise simple Name and locate seas data in charts and tables surrounding the UK, as well from primary sources as seas, the five oceans and (fieldwork and observation) seven continents around the and secondary sources world on a world map or (maps and books). globe. Study aerial photographs to Use simple compass describe the features and directions to describe the characteristics of an area of location of features or a route land. on a map. Draw or read a range of Draw or read a range of simple maps that use simple maps that use symbols and a key. symbols and a key. Describe how an Describe how an environment has or might environment has or might change over time. change over time. Use geographical vocabulary Collect and organise simple to describe how and why data in charts and tables Clarice Cliff Primary - Curriculum Overview – Year 2 - 2020-2021 people use a range of human from primary sources features. (fieldwork and observation) and secondary sources Describe ways to improve (maps and books). the local environment. Describe the size, location and function of a local industry. Describe the size, location and position of a physical feature, such as beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley and vegetation. Name, locate and explain the significance of a place. History Understand the term Describe, in simple terms, the Describe, in simple terms, Sequence significant Describe what it was like to significant and explain why importance of local events, the importance of local information in chronological live in a different period a significant individual is people and places. events, people and places. order. Use historical models to important. make judgements about Use historical models to make Describe how an aspect of Use the historical terms year, significance and describe the judgements about significance life has changed over time. decade and century. impact of a significant and describe the impact of a Describe how an aspect of historical individual. significant historical individual. life has changed over time. Examine an artefact and Present historical information suggest what it is, where it is in a simple non-chronological from, when and why it was report, independent writing, made and who owned it. chart, structural model, fact file, quiz, story or biography. Use historical models to make judgements about Sequence significant significance and describe the information in chronological impact of a significant order. historical individual. Describe how an aspect of life Describe the hierarchy of a has changed over time. past society. Use historical sources to Present historical information begin to identify viewpoint. in a simple non-chronological report, independent writing, chart, structural model, fact file, quiz, story or biography. Art Manipulate malleable Analyse and evaluate their Describe similarities and Represent the human form, Select the best materials and Select the best materials and materials by squeezing, own and others' work using differences between artwork including face and features, techniques to develop an techniques to develop an pinching, pulling, pressing, artistic vocabulary. on a common theme. from observation, idea. idea. rolling, modelling, flattening, imagination or memory. Clarice Cliff Primary - Curriculum Overview – Year 2 - 2020-2021 poking, squashing and Describe similarities and Select the best materials and Explain why a painting, piece Identify and mix secondary Draw, paint and sculpt smoothing. differences between artwork techniques to develop an of artwork, body of work or colours. natural forms from on a common theme. idea. artist is important. Select the best materials and observation, imagination and techniques to develop an idea. memory. Identify and mix secondary Make simple sketches to colours. explore and develop ideas. Explain why a painting, piece Represent the human form, of artwork, body of work or Draw, paint and sculpt natural including face and features, artist is important. forms from observation, from observation, imagination and memory. imagination or memory. Analyse and evaluate their own and others' work using artistic vocabulary. D&T Select healthy ingredients Choose appropriate Choose appropriate Choose appropriate Work safely and hygienically in Explore how a structure can for a fruit or vegetable components and materials components and materials components and materials construction and cooking be made stronger, stiffer and salad. and suggest ways of and suggest ways of and suggest ways of activities. more stable. Create a design to meet manipulating them to achieve manipulating them to achieve manipulating them to achieve simple design criteria. the desired effect. the desired effect. the desired effect. Identify the origin of some Generate and communicate Select the appropriate tool for common foods (milk, eggs, their ideas through a range a task and explain their Generate and communicate some meats, common fruit of different methods. choice. their ideas through a range and vegetables). of different methods. Explain how closely their Describe the types of food finished products meet their Prepare ingredients by needed for a healthy and design criteria and say what peeling, grating, chopping varied diet and apply the they could do better
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