Curriculum Planning
Topic =
PIRATES
Numeracy
Autumn 1
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Assessments
Assessments
continue and
begin Sequences
and Place Value
Continue with
Sequences and
Place Value.
- order numbers
to 100
- begin to use
place value.
Number Facts
and Counting
- know number
facts to 20
- count in 10s
and back.
Money and Time
- Use symbols for £
and p
- Tell the time to
the nearest 5
minutes
Money addition
and subtraction
- Use symbols
for £ and p and
add/subtract
simple sums of
less than £1
CHALLENGE:
Use 3 or 4
numbers to reach
10 and 20. Hide
the pairs and
show the answer.
Count on and
back using 20.
Write down pairs
of prices (money).
CHALLENGE:
Money
investigation – how
many ways can you
make 10p?
CHALLENGE: Write
times under the
clocks around the
classroom.
Length Position
and direction
- know and use
standard
measures
- use terminology
of position and
movement
Assessments?
Begin Sequences
and fractions
- order numbers
to 100
- count in 2s,3s,
5s and 10s
- find and write
simple fractions
Non Fiction 1:
Postcards and
Letters (Pirate
letters/postcards)
Non Fiction 1:
Postcards and
Letters (Pirate
letters/postcards)
Classroom
orientation –
simple counting
and recognising
numbers of
classroom
objects,
number of
people on
tables and
positions of
objects.
Literacy
Miss Rollerson Year 2
Assessments
Classroom
orientation –
writing our
goals for the
new year and
discussing rules
and reading
reward
systems. Read
‘The Night
Pirates’ to
CHALLENGE:
Place value
number
sentences. Use
hidden number
resources.
Assessments
continued. Lead
on to ...
Fiction 1: Stories
in familiar
settings
Essential books:
A Lion in the
Meadow by
Margaret Mahy
You Choose by
Fiction 1:
Stories in
familiar settings
Grammar:
Learn how to
use punctuation
correctly,
including capital
letters, full
stops, question
or exclamation
marks; learning
Read and unpick
postcards and
letters.
Write a post card
and persuade
them to become
a pirate!
Write a letter to
explain why pirate
ships have
weapons.
Grammar: Learn
how to use
punctuation
CHALLENGE:
measuring to the
nearest half
centimetre
CHALLENGE:
recording how
many turns are
clockwise and
anticlockwise
Poetry 1: Songs
and repetitive
poems
Listen to and sing
along to sea
shanty’s and
perform.
Begin to write our
own.
Grammar: Use
CHALLENGE:
Argos challenge
(addition) –
choosing Argos
items to add
together.
Assessed writing
piece
Poetry 1
continued.
CHALLENGE:
counting back in
2s, 3s, 5s and 10s.
CHALLENGE:
describe how to
divide the shape
into quarters.
Poetry 1: Songs
and repetitive
poems
Sing and learn a
sea shanty to
perform.
Paul Cookson –
identify the
repeating
patterns.
Curriculum Planning
Phonics
- Taken from
separate
phonics
planning.
introduce the
topic.
Nick Sharratt and
Pippa Goodhart
Group Reader:
Tilly’s pet and The
Pet that Flew
(Hamilton
Animated Tale).
how to use
sentences with
different forms:
statement,
question,
exclamation,
command
Revise
segmenting CVC
words when
reading ‘The
Night Pirates’.
Revise
segmenting CVC
words , using
graphemes from
sets 1-7 (Phases 2
and 3), including
consonant
doubles (ll, ss, ff,
zz, ck); practise
and revise
reading and
spelling high
frequency words
(decodable and
‘tricky’) from
Phase 2. Apply to
reading and
writing captions
and sentences
using these HFW
and CVC words.
Revise
remaining 18
graphemes from
Phase 3.
Practise
blending and
segmenting for
reading and
spelling words
with these
graphemes,
including CVC
words and two
syllable words.
Miss Rollerson Year 2
Repeat week 3
and - Practise and
revise reading
and spelling HFW
(decodable and
‘tricky’) from
Phase 3. Apply to
reading and
writing captions
and sentences
using these HFW,
CVC words and
two syllable
words.
Autumn 1
correctly, including
capital letters, full
stops, question or
exclamation marks;
learning how to use
sentences with
different forms:
statement,
question,
exclamation,
command
expanded noun
phrases to describe
and specify, e.g.
adjectives to
describe nouns.
Use and
understand
grammar
terminology
Revise blending
and segmenting
words with
adjacent
consonants,
including
polysyllabic words
(Phase 4), using
graphemes from
Phases 2 and 3.
Repeat week 5
and - Practise and
revise reading
and spelling HFW
(decodable and
‘tricky’) from
Phases 3 and 4.
Apply to reading
and writing
sentences using
these HFW,
words with
adjacent
consonants and
polysyllabic
words.
Write and share
our own
repetitive poems .
Revise the 18
Phase 5
graphemes for
reading, including
split digraphs.
Practise blending
and segmenting
for reading and
spelling words
with these
graphemes,
including words
with adjacent
consonants and
polysyllabic
words.
Practise and
revise reading
and spelling HFW
(decodable and
‘tricky’) from
Phase 4. Apply to
reading and
writing sentences
with these
graphemes,
including words
with adjacent
consonants and
polysyllabic
words.
Assessments
Curriculum Planning
Science
Differentiate
living, dead
and nonliving
Computing
Switched on
Computing
Unit 1.4 We
are
Collectors
Children will
be able to
find and use
pictures on
the web,
group and
know what
Classroom
orientation –
look at the new
displays –
introduce next
learning steps in
science.
Introduce topic
– what might it
be about? Show
the switched on
computing
page.
Alive or dead?
Explore and
compare the
differences
between things
that are living,
dead, and things
that have never
been alive
Life processes
Explore and
compare the
differences
between things
that are living,
dead, and things
that have never
been alive
Miss Rollerson Year 2
Living vs Nonliving
Explore and
compare the
differences
between things
that are living,
dead, and things
that have never
been alive
How do you know
if something is
alive? Do plants
need the same
things as
animals?
Minibeast activity
or picture
activity.
Watch video
about Mrs Nerg
and draw a
plant or animal
with the 7 life
processes
surrounding it.
Sorting hoops
activity – living,
dead and nonliving things for
children to sort.
Introduction to
the topic – begin
to search for
animal pictures.
Remind children
of past learning
on storing
pictures and the
internet does the
same on web
servers. Ask each
pupil to write
down the names
Searching for
animal pictures
and copy and
Paste images
Model and use
the collected
animal names to
show pupils
how to copy
and paste
images from the
internet onto a
PowerPoint
Differences
Discuss the
difference
between clip art
and digital
photographs.
Add onto their
PowerPoint by
copying more
animals. How do
you feel when
someone copies
your work? These
Habitats
Identify that most
living things live in
habitats.
Understand that
they are suited to
different habitats
and they provide
basic living needs.
Give pictures of
different organisms
and describe the
habitat they would
live in and why.
Collecting Fish
Think about
positive and
negative aspects of
making numerous
copies of images
found on the web.
Search the web for
different fish and
collect in a
PowerPoint. Write
down the names of
the fish. Develop
Autumn 1
Dependency
Identify how
animals depend
on plants and
plants depend on
animals for
survival in their
habitat.
Draw an oak tree
and the animals
and plants that
depend on it for
survival.
Collecting Fish
Add onto
PowerPoint from
the previous
session and
encourage
discussion about
which are fish
and which images
are not. Does the
internet get it
wrong? What
does this mean
Local Habitats
Identify and
name a range of
local habitats and
the animals and
plants found
there.
Habitat
investigation.
Outdoor activity.
Record the
animals, insects
and birds found
and where they
live.
Use different
image galleries
Can we copy
these images?
Continue to
collect fish on
PowerPoint using
different image
galleries.
Save work.
Food Chains and
other habitats
Identify animals
with different
diets. Explain that
food is necessary
to survive and
Plants make their
own food, but
animals eat plants
&/or other
animals.
Draw and label a
food chain.
Feedback
Children finish
and then share
their work. Which
sites did you use?
Did you find
anything difficult?
Did the web
servers use clip
art or digital
images? Which
did you prefer?
why?
Curriculum Planning
to do if they
encounter
pictures that
cause
concern.
of 3 animals.
Model how to
search for images
on flikr.com
Miss Rollerson Year 2
presentation.
people have said
that it’s ok for
other people to
copy their
images.
discussions into
types of fish and
correcting
misconceptions
(not dolphins or
crabs)
for us?
What are
pirates? Where
are they from?
Share
knowledge and
find facts found
in the
classroom.
Famous Pirates
Anne Bonny
Mary Read
Captain
Blackbeard and
Sir Henry Morgan
Ships and Crew
Investigate what
the conditions
were like on ships
over 2,000 years
ago.
Watch video
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=4
-ZFXKbdA_k
What did they
wear? What did
they say?
Investigate the
clothing and the
language they
used. Write a
short pirate –
English
dictionary.
CHALLENGE:
think of animals
with specific
letters or
phonemes
History
changes in
living
memory
(linked to
aspects of
national life)
Geography
Use aerial
images and
other models
to create
simple plans
and maps,
using
symbols
(treasure
map)
Find our way
around the
classroom
Direct to the
pirate topic area
– directions for
each child/pair
to find the
different
objects/ areas
Back in time.
What is life like
for us? What do
you do
afterschool?
What do you
think pirates did?
Did they have
ipads? Write
down ideas to
discuss.
Autumn 1
Use atlases and
maps to locate
where pirates
sailed
Use atlases and
globes to plot
the pirates
trade routes.
Draw and model
these routes
along with
simple
directions.
Pirate maps
Look at examples
of pirate maps –
where are they?
What are they for?
Famous pirate
flags and purpose
– link with Art.
Use the map to
find the treasure
Class map
(outside) to find
the treasure in
the playground.
Make a class
pirate map (Art &
DT)
Locate the
symbols on each
section of the
pirate map to
transfer into
patchwork map.
Curriculum Planning
Miss Rollerson Year 2
Autumn 1
RE
- Collective
worship 10
mins daily in
the
afternoon.
- Mrs
Simpson
Art / D&T /
Music
First Act of
Worship – what
do roles do we
have?
2.1 Chosen
People – We are
chosen.
2.1 Chosen
People – We
are chosen.
2.1 Chosen
People – God
chose Abraham.
2.1 Chosen People
– Recap the bible
story.
2.1 Chosen
People – God
chose Moses.
2.1 Chosen
People – Finish
off our letters to
Moses.
.
Listen to sea
shanty songs in
the topic area.
Sink that ship
worksheet
Design a ship
ready for week 5.
Show where you
would change
your design.
Famous pirate
wanted poster
Have a reward
for the return of
the pirate.
Make and design
part of a class
pirate maps
Think about
colour and
different
mediums.
Design and model
a pirate ship using
scrap material
Work together to
design and build a
ship.
Design and make
treasure chests
Use ..... to make a
treasure chest.
Draw and paint
own pirate flag
for your ship
Think about the
characters of
pirates and the
symbols we have
seen.
PSHE –
Wider World
Essential
skills:
listening,
talking in a
group, turntaking,
explaining
and giving
opinions.
Educational
trips
Create new
class and school
rules. Write up
and display.
Discuss the new
challenges to
face in year 2 –
circle time
Introduce class
bear.
How to
contribute to life
in the classroom
How to make
group rules
How to
understand and
follow rules
How rules help
us and keep us
safe
Talk about people
and living things.
They have needs
too and how to
be a responsible
person
Taking turns,
understanding
sharing and
borrowing
How they belong
to various groups
and communities
(family, school)
2.1 Chosen
People - Daniel.
Class pirate map
– Geography link.
Listen to and
create pirate sea
shanty songs –
Thar be mutiny!
Sing along and
discuss the
instruments we
can hear.
What improves or Discuss money
harms their local, comes from
natural and built
different sources
environment. Talk and can be used
about the ways
for different
people look after purposes. Talk
our environment about Concepts
of spending and
saving
Pirate Day