Year 1 and 2 Curriculum
Cycle 2
Subjects
English
Maths
Science
Computing
Art and Design
Design Technology
Geography
History
Music
P.E.
R.E
Languages
Term 1
Term 2
Fiction – Stories with Familiar Settings & Different
Stories by the same Author
Non-Fiction – Persuasive Adverts & Posters &
Recounts - Letters
Poetry – Patterns on the Page
Number & Place Value, Length & Mass /Weight,
Addition & Subtraction, 2D & 3D Shapes, Sequencing
& Sorting (Yr1) / Counting, Multiplication & Sorting
(Yr2), Fractions (Yr1) / Statistics (Yr2), Fractions,
Capacity & Volume, Money, Time
Seasonal Changes
Seasonal Changes
Animals & their
Properties of Materials
Offspring
Year 1 – We can
Year 1 – We are Film
Programme on Screen
Makers
Year 2 - We are
Year 2 - We are Game
Astronauts
Testers
Digital Media & Perspectives
Fiction – Traditional Tales with a Twist & Animal
Adventure Stories
Non-Fiction – Information Texts & Non-Fiction Instructions
Poetry – Poems with a structure
Number & Place Value, Mass/ Weight, 2D & 3D
Shapes, Counting & Money, Multiplication, Division,
Length & Mass/Weight, Addition & Subtraction,
Fractions, Position & Direction, Time
Seasonal Changes
Materials and their Uses
Seasonal Changes
Carnivores, Herbivores
and Omnivores
Year 1 – We can Animate
Year 1 – We can
and Illustrate a Story
Search the Internet
Year 2 - We are
Year 2 - We are
photographers
Researchers
Painting Portraits & Sculptures
Term 3
Fiction – Stories as a theme & Traditional Tales
with a Twist
Non-Fiction – Explanation Texts & Recounts &
Information Texts
Poetry – Classic Poetry
Number & Place Value (Yr 1) / Number & Place
Value & Statistics (Yr 2), Addition & Subtraction,
Addition & Subtraction, Capacity & Volume (Yr 1) /
Capacity, Volume & temperature (Yr2), Fractions,
Position & Direction & Time, 2D & 3D Shapes, Time,
Multiplication & Division, Subtraction – Difference
(Yr 1) / Statistics including finding the difference
(Yr 2), Measurement, Sorting
Seasonal Changes
Seasonal Changes
Plants
Plants & Growing
Year 1 – We can use Email
Year 2 - We are
Detectives
Year 1 – We can
create Cards
Year 2 - We are
Zoologists
Drawing & Printing
Construction – Port / Crane / Houses
Inventions - Lighthouses & Telephones
Food
Map work of Landmarks, Plans of buildings, Places,
Patterns,
History of Harwich & Traditions
Comparison of Hot and Cold Places, World
Continents and Oceans
Famous People and Explorers
Oceans, Explorer Routes, Trade Routes,
Pirate Radio Station, Jingles & Adverts, Christmas
Songs.
Gymnastics – Travelling,
Dance – Jumping,
Shapes, Apparatus
Spinning, Twisting,
Games – Rolling,
Turning
Striking & Hitting
Games – Throwing,
Catching, Attacking
Special Times
Famous Composers
Animals
Family
Gymnastics – Symmetrical
Balance Shapes, Rolling
Games – Dribbling &
Kicking
Dance – Creating Fluid
Movements
Games – Push & Pass
Naval Harwich
Sea shanties, Tuned Instrument - Recorder
Gymnastics – Jumping
Athletics - Introduction
New Life
Months of the year
Classroom Objects
Games – Throwing
Athletics – Running &
Jumping
Special Places
Parts of the body
Familiar Stories