St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School
Long term curriculum plan
Yr 2
Title of topic
and stimulus
Literacy
Non Fiction
Science
Autumn
8 weeks
7weeks
Street Detectives
Muck, Mess and
Mixture
Stories with familiar
setting – based on
homes.
On the way home,
Monsters Inc
Instructions
Materials –
properties,
manmade and
natural. Why
certain materials
are suitable.
Habitats and plants
– identify in local
area. How are they
being cared for?
Stories by the same
author – write a
story with a known
character (Julia
Donaldson books book review)
Poems – riddle,
acrostic poem
Instructions (if not
covered in Autumn
1)
Changing
materials – melting
and freezing,
making bubbles
Spring
6 weeks
Castles
5 weeks
Wriggle and Crawl
SATS?
Fairy/Traditional
Tales
The Tunnel –
Anthony Browne
Information Texts
Build a wall and see
the damage
caused when
things hit it. How
many blocks will it
take to knock it
down?
Tunnelling animals –
how do they dig
them? What
physical features
do they have?
Summer
6 weeks
7 weeks
Beachcombers
Pirates
SATS?
Story writing Traction Man
Beach Odyssey
Poems – tongue
twisters
Non Chronological
report – minibeasts
Explanation texts –
life cycle
Minibeasts – their
environment
Life cycles
Experiments
Butterflies preferred
food
Snail movement
Minibeast home
Habitats, food
chains
Postcard
Diary entry
Descriptions
Poems
Materials –
experiments –
strength of rope,
sinking and
floating, best
shape of a boat
How many pennies
a bridge can hold
History
Geography
Make a biscuit
bridge using
different types –
which is the
strongest?
Castles from
different periods
Castle life
The three tunnels
(Tom,Dick and
Harry) how men
dug and escaped
Types of homes –
old and new –
looking at
materials.
Changes in the
shops – old and
new
Map work – routes,
map symbols,
landmarks
Looking at old
street maps
Create own map
using keys.
How we can
improve our local
area – safety,
cleanliness.
Where in the world
different foods
come from
Isambard Kingdom
Brunel – engineer –
structures he made.
Look at his life.
Structures around
the world – e.g.
statue of liberty,
Stonehenge – write
a postcard as if you
were there.
Locate towers
around the world
Bridges in our local
area – look at them
Past and present
seaside
Fieldwork using
maps to locate
places – habitats of
minibeasts
Coastal features –
physical and
human
Locate oceans and
continents
History of pirates –
Blackbeard, Anne
Bonny
Life on board ship
– food, clothes
Journey of
Captain cook
Locate places
using an atlas
RE
Old Testament
Sharing in the life of
Jesus
Advent
Christmas
D&T
Model of a street –
houses, buildings
and shops
Food tasting
Art
Local artists work
Foodscapes – Carl
Warner
Using different
materials – chalk,
pastels
Marbling ink art
ICT
Create photostory
PSHE
Belonging to a
community.
Improving our local
area
Local area walk
Trip
Safety around
medicines and
household
products
Tesco visit – food
on a map (symbol)
Parables and
Miracles
Special
Celebrations
Build a model
castle/tower for
Rapunzel
Build towers using
natural materials
Bridge using
spaghetti and
marshmallows
Dilemmas
Castle – Warwick
Lent
Holy Week
Easter
Pentecost
Our Church
The Mass
Model making –
pipecleaner ants
Minibeast model
using natural
materials outside
A house for a
hermit crab –
create a house
with to let sign
Pirate masks,
telescopes etc..
Sketch a minibeast
Sand art
Art using shells,
pebbles, wood and
sand
Pirate portraits
Feeling positive
Caring for the
environment
Feeling positive
about
themselves
Fieldwork – looking
for habitats and
minibeasts
Seaside, Sea life
centre
Pirate Day