Year 2: Flat Stanley (UK Focus)
Reading
-Develop phonics until decoding
secure
- Read common suffixes
-Read and re-read phonic
appropriate books
-Read common ‘exception’ words
-Discuss and express views about
fiction, non-fiction and poetry
-Become familiar with and retell
stories
-Ask and answer questions; make
predictions
-Begin to make inferences
English
Writing
-Spell by segmenting into phonemes
-Learn to spell common ‘exception’
words
-Spell using common suffixes, etc
-Use appropriate size letters and
spaces
-Develop positive attitude and
stamina for writing
-Begin to plan ideas for writing
-Record ideas sentence by
sentence
-Make simple additions and changes
after proof reading
Mathematics
Grammar
-Use . ! ? , and ‘
-Use simple conjunctions
-Begin to expand noun phrases
-Use some features of standard
English
Speaking and Listening
-Articulate and justify answers
-Initiate and respond to comments
-Use spoken language to develop
understanding
Number/Calculation
Geometry and Measures
Fractions
-Know 2, 5, 10x tables
-Begin to use place value (T/U)
-Count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s
-Identify, represent and estimate
numbers
-Compare/order numbers, inc < >
and =
-Write numbers to 100
-Know number facts to 20 (+
related to 100)
-Know and use standard measures
-Read scales to nearest whole unit
-Use symbols for £ and p and
add/subtract simples amounts of
less than £1 or in pounds
-Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes
-Identify and sort 2d and 3d
shapes
-Identify 2d shapes on 3d surfaces
-Order and arrange mathematical
objects
-Use terminology of position and
movement
-Find and write simple fractions
-Understand equivalence of e.g.
2/4 = 1/2
-Use x and
÷ symbols
-Recognise commutative property
of multiplication
Science – 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
- Identify and name a variety of plants
and animals in their habitats, including
micro-habitats
Data
-Interpret simple tables and
pictograms
-Ask and answer comparison
questions
-Ask and answer questions about
totaling
History
- Changes within living memory
- Significant historical events, people and
places in their own locality
Art and Design – Statues/Buildings
-To use drawing, painting and sculpture to
develop ideas and imagination
-To develop design techniques such as
shape, form and space
-To know about the work of crafts makers
and designers and making links to their own
work
Design and Technology–Statues/Buildings
-Design purposeful, functional, appealing
products based on design criteria
-Generate, develop, model and communicate
their ideas through talking, drawing and
information technology
-Select from and use a range of tools
-Select from and use a wide range of materials
and components, including construction
-Evaluate their ideas against design criteria
-Build structures
Key Texts
Computing
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Geography
-Name, locate and identify characteristics of the
four countries and capital cities of the UK and its
surrounding seas
-Understand geographical similarities and
differences through studying the human and
physical geography of a small area of the UK and a
contrasting non-European country (America, New
York)
-Use basic geographical language
-Use maps and atlases
-Use
aerial photos -Use simple compass directions
Music
- Sing a variety of songs
- Identify how pitch changes
- Compose repeated rhythmic patterns ~
using Flat Stanley characters
- Recognise different qualities of sound ~
sounds around us
-Flat Stanley series
Genres to cover
- Recount
- Report
- Newspaper
- Story
Understand what algorithms are
Create and debug simple programs
Use logical reasoning to predict the behavior of
simple programs
Use technology purposefully to create, organise,
store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
Recognise common uses of IT beyond school
Use technology safely and respectfully, keeping
personal information private, identity where to go
for support when they have concerns about the
internet or other online technologies
Trips/Visitors
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Trip into Kettering
Visit to Alfred East Museum