Year 2 Annual overview
Autumn - Happy Homes
Spring - Alive and Kicking
Summer - Amazing Animals
Science - Uses of everyday materials
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of
everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic,
glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for
particular uses.
Find out how the shapes of solid objects made
from some materials can be changed by squashing,
bending, twisting and stretching.
History
Changes within living memory – How has the
school changed in the last year?
Significant events beyond living memory - The
Great Fire of London/Plague. The Gunpowder Plot.
Significant historical events, people and places in
their own locality – Remembrance day and the war
memorial in Botesdale. St Edmund (20th Nov) link
with Hoxne and Bury St Edmunds.
Significant individuals who have contributed to
national and international achievements – Samuel
Pepys.
Village walk -compare houses in past with today.
Geog - Place knowledge -Compare similarities and
differences of Botesdale and India.
Geog - Human and physical- Use aerial
photographs to recognise landmarks and basic
human and physical features; devise a simple map;
and use and construct basic symbols in a key.
Google maps looking at London/Botesdale
Geog -Geographical skills and fieldwork - Use
simple fieldwork and observational skills to study
the geography of St Botolph’s, its grounds and the
key human and physical features.
Science -Plants
Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow
into mature plants.
Find out and describe how plants need water, light
and a suitable temperature to grow and stay
healthy.
Science-Animals including humans
Notice that animals, including humans, have
offspring which grow into adults.
Find out about and describe the basic needs of
animals, including humans, for survival (water,
food and air).
Describe the importance for humans of exercise,
eating the right amounts of different types of food,
and hygiene.
History
Changes within living memory – How have we
changed since we were babies?
Significant individuals who have contributed to
national and international achievements. Mary
Seacole, Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell
St George 23rd Apr.
Significant events - Captain Scott/Antarctica.
Geog - Human and physical- Compass directions,
locational and directional language – Captain Scott
- navigating Antarctica
Where does our food come from? Does the
climate/terrain affect what food is produced?
Science - Living things and their habitats
Explore and compare the differences between
things that are living, dead, and things that have
never been alive.
Identify that most living things live in habitats to
which they are suited and describe how different
habitats provide for the basic needs of different
kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend
on each other.
Identify and name a variety of plants and animals
in their habitats, including micro-habitats.
Describe how animals obtain their food from
plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple
food chain, and identify and name different
sources of food.
History
Changes within living memory – How have our pets
changed over the years?
Significant individuals who have contributed to
national and international achievements - Jane
Goodall.
Significant events beyond living memory - Extinct
animals.
Significant historical events, people and places in
their own locality - St Botolph 17th June.
Geog- Locational knowledge
Name and locate the world’s seven continents and
five oceans -Look at different animals and their
habitats.
Compare animals in different countries- variation
in climate and terrain.