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Year Group: 2
Barry Primary School
Term 1
Bush, Billabongs and
Boomerangs
Poetry
Letters/Postcards
Australian School link
Art gallery
Parent presentation
Term 2
Fire! Fire!
Dear Greenpeace/Meerkat mail
The Magic box (K.Wright)
Poetry
Extract of S Pepys diary
Lila and the secret of the
rain-narrative
Maths Cross
curricular
Food statistics; which is your
favourite? Collect, present and
interpret data. Explore aboriginal art
and create own symmetrical
patterns.
Make a fair-trade meal;
Double the recipe, weigh
and measure liquids using
measuring tools. Compare
measures
mass/capacity/volume.
Cooking. Measuring
tools.Sharing.
Plan the route to the park or
shop. Direct a friend.
Estimate how long it will take
to walk, then check.
Sequence foods farm to
fork. Compare prices of key
foods. What can I buy for
£1 challenge?
Countdown to blast off! (Step
counting.) Explore stars; how
many points? Shapes within
stars, can they create a 5
pointed star? Tell and write
times
Make a catapult. Who can
shoot the furthest? Collect,
present and interpret data. Use
measuring tools.
Science
Human growth and needs
Frog lifecycle
Uses of everyday
materials
Living dead and never
alive.
Habitats and food chains.
Humans, exercise, food
and hygiene.
Plants and growth
Art and
Design
Aboriginal art and boomerangs
Shoebox habitats
Clay animal sculpture
Design and paint and
Alien
3D collages of India
Rangoli art
Computi
ng
Using a search engine 2.4 we
are researchers
Building Tudor houses
from cardboard and
straw.
Art software. 2.3 we are
photographer.
Materialsbending/pushing/squeezing.
Properties-suitability for
buildings.
Silhouettes- Robert Ryman
Shields
Hardware to software 2.6
we are zoologists
Animation-scratch
2.1 we are astronauts
Emails2.5 we are detectives
Geograp
hy
History
Music
Australia
Connector
Experienc
e
TfW or DfW
Key texts
KS1 Christmas
performance
Interview –Salvation
Army
Term 3
On my doorstep
Abington Park Visit
Art Exhibition
Horticultural visitor
Jewish visitor
High Street Visit
Community Work
Hedgehogs info text
SATS-short write activity.
Term 4
Housten we have a
problem!
BBC stargazing
Cinema night – Aliens
at Barry
Oliver Jeffers popcorn
afternoon
Bob’s best ever friendnarrative
Scaredy Squirrel toolkit
(non-chron)
Local Geography-urban v
country
Great Fire of London
Xmas Prod – adding
percussion to
songs/singing focus
Term 5
Jai Ho! SATs
World book day
Indian food day
Bollywood dance
Growing seeds
Mr Benn (Dvd)
SATs-long writing task
activity.
India
Dance and games
Sounds Around – ident
sounds from nature/Burts
bees / comp using natural
materials
Gym and games
Space race
Lemon Tree – learn
song in Hindi/listen to
Indian instruments/
tuned percussion focus
Games and athletics
PE
Down under –related soh me
doh la songs/ increase rhythm
variety/listen watch related
music instruments
Gym and games
PSHE
New beginnings
Getting on and falling out
Going for goals
Relationships
RE
People in Christianity
People in Christianity
Judaism
God through the eyes of
a Christian
The Torah.
Sustaina
bility
conservation
Fairtrade - cooking
Global citizenship
recycling
recycling
5,4,3,2,1, - space
effects/keyboard
intro/combining ostinato
Related rhymes/songs
Dance-Bollywood dancing
GamesGood to be me!
Term 6
Dragons and Castles.
Warwick Castle
Medieval village –
Abington Park
Sports Day
Medieval Banquet
How to be a knight in
shining armour
(instructions)
How to train your dragon
trailer- (persuasive)
Data collection and 3D
graphs 2.2 we are game
testers
Castles
Medieval life
Rainbow festival
Goblins/Hall of Mountain
king – melodies/xylophones
& glocks
Games-athletics
Changes and transitionsSEAL
What does God mean to
you?