Year 2
Term1
Visit to Warwick
Castle
Focus Core
Learning Skill
Learning with
Others
Learning Unit
The Castle
Video link with a
knight or a princess
to meet in the
future
Drama/ Speaking
and listening
Asking questions
Group discussion
Would you have liked
to live in a castle
Give and receive
instructions
Present castle design
Literacy
ICT
Maths
Science
PSHE/SMSC
Design and Tech
Geography
History
Art and Design
Music
Fiction stories
Labels, captions,
lists Instructions
How the past is
represented
Information booklet
Compare old/ new fonts –
download a photo of a
bike and add labels.
Digital photos – of castle
and weapons into comic
life and add labels
Locate and use Clip Art in
word to create a poster
about litter
Granada Branching to sort
materials
Job adverts for different
roles in the castle e.g.
jester
2D shapes
3D shapes sorting
and classifying
Investigating
patterns
Draw bridge – using
pulleys
Keeping safe
Code of Conduct
Comparing castles
to homes
Teamwork
Design and build a
castle
Aerial photographs
Castles in other
countries – compare
and contrast
Time capsule
Questions
Hot seat Lord
Lefiette
Castle visit
What was life like
in the castle
Contrast rich and
poor
Castle defences
Weapons for
attacking the castle
Items to include in
castle design
Experiment with
media for collage
Design a flag or
banner
Large collage
Design a coat of
arms
Weaving
Listen to and create
fan fare
Developing
marching rhythm
Listen to Medieval
music
Cinderella
Character profiles
Dictionaries /
Glossaries
Indexes
Flow chart and
explanations
Imaginary recipes
Recipes with food
from a range of
cultures
Database
Digital camera
Word processing
Data-handling
Money problems
Measure - length
and weight
Supermarket visit
Time
Shape and space
packages
Cooking activities
Sorting and
classifying
materials
Properties of
materials
Use of materials on
basis of properties
Changing the shape
of materials
Heating and cooling
Safety and hygiene
Making healthy
choices food/exercise
Cultural and
individual food
preferences
Tasting food from a
range of cultures
Prepare food from a
range of cultures
Fair trade
Favourite party
food survey
Plan a party lunch
Explore food types
Prepare party food
Menus
Party Hat
Plan of palace
Plan of role play
area
Plan of classroom
for party
Origins of food –
tasting session in a
fruit and vegetable
shop/brought in
How does food get
to our plate?
Food miles
Where do foods
come from?
Famous
birthdays/celebratio
ns
Our birthdays
Experimenting with
media
Fruit printing
Food faces
Food and veg still
life
Party food plate
Clay/salt dough
fruit and veg
Party place mats
Listen to party
music
Sing food and
harvest song
Compose and
perform
Invent new lyrics for
'Oranges and
Lemons'
Pushes and pulls
Down slope
Electrical
appliances and
circuits
Water proof
materials
Testing own
vehicles
Visit to the
Partnership Centre
(Jaguar)
Road safety
Electrical safety
World Braille Day
Investigate toy
vehicles
Tool skills
Proto-type chassis
Design make and
evaluate
Visit to the
Partnership Centre
(Jaguar)
Local traffic
How do children get
to school across the
world?
Transport around
the world
Henry Ford
Changing designs of
cars
History of transport
– timeline
Changes in
technology
Observational
drawing
Bike wheel weaving
Design vehicle
Design poster
Article to keep Mrs
A dry
Make a model Mrs A
Circles and wheels
Kandinsky
Horn sound for
vehicle
Pushes and pulls
Chinese New Year
03.02.12
Develop cat / owl
drawing
Cat art work
Explore mark
making
Draw cat / owl
Observational
drawing
Paint the Bong-tree
Comparison of
'Moonlight Sonata'
with music from
'Cats'
Composition
'How charmingly
sweet you sing'
Music performance
They danced by
the light of the
moon'
Constructing a
dance
Dance performance
Good Guys
- Major faith figures
and what they
represent
Holi
Actions for building
Actions for stormy
weather
Animal actions
Animals linked to
faiths:
- Ganesha Hinduism
sacred cow Hinduism
- donkey –
Christianity
- Noah –
Christianity/Judais
m/islam
- vegetarian food –
Langar – Sikhism
The Jolly Postman –
variety of letters
WOW - Time
Capsule from the
past from Lord
Lefiette
Product – Trip to
Warwick Castle to
be knight/princess
for the day
Year 2
Term1
Trips to:
Church
Temple/Mosque/
Gudwara
Learning with
Others
Party Planners
Link with Diwali
and Christmas
Group discussion and
interaction
The Ugly Sisters
debate
Subway – healthy
sandwiches
Cooking
demonstration –
party food e.g.
range of cultures
Masks for party
Dance
PE
Marching
Group dance
Sword dance routine
Procession
Target games
Invasion games
Tug of War
Juggling
RE – Coventry
Scheme
Belonging –
- idea of special and
holy places.
- link between
people and places
Diwali
Eid
Birth day of Guru
Nanak
WOW press
conference
following the
disaster ball – all
children are royal
investigators
Product –Party
Year 2
Term2
Improving Own
Learning and
Performance
Mrs Armitage's
Vehicle
Prepare questions for
visit
Retell Mrs A's Bicycle
Retell with different
ending
Electrical safety talk
Presentations
Character profile
Read other Mrs A
stories
Write different story
using similar setting
Granada Branching Sorting vehicles
Roamer/ Pixie
Create a timeline of
bicycles in comic life. Use
2 simple/Granada to
create pictures using
repeating wheel shapes
Create posters in publisher
use clip art
Data handling
Measurements
Problem solving
Give and follow
directions
Developing a
sense of self
worth and
understanding
of self and
others
The Owl and the
Pussycat
Dramatise the poem
Practise & rehearse
choral speaking of
the poem
Choral performance
Read the poem
Illustrate &
sequence the poem
Learn the poem
Cat & owl stories
Description of Bongtree
Pea-green - naming
of colours
Poems from a range
of cultures
Use Powerpoint to put
frames of the poem +
clipart –create a class
powerpoint.
Children film each other
acting out the poem
Explore £5
Thinking Skills
All Creatures
Great and Small
Compare stories by
the same author
Question visitor
Explain how
something works
Dramatise a piece of
Noah's Ark
Writing letters
Own versions of well
known stories
Compare books by
same author
Guided reading
Create a non-fiction
book
Data handling – graphs –
2simple
Researching locations
Exploring web-sites
Finding info from Internet
and use it to create a
PowerPoint of habitats
Use of Granada Branching
to sort animals
Speaking and
Listening
The Seaside
Hotseating Mrs
Pilkington
Talking about
holidays / days out
together
Comparing stories
same author
Freeze frame imaginary journey
Weather reports
Keeping safe - role
play
Tongue twisters
Stories from the
same author
Blue Flag beaches
Seaside safety posters in
Publisher. School link with
another country – research
using the internet. Create
a Powerpoint of our school
– photos
Create our own postcard in
publisher
Use of Google Earth –
looking at coasts
Video – travel
brochure/pod cast
School link with another
country or locality – sea
side
Transport Museum
Visit to the
Partnership Centre
(Jaguar)
Road safety visit
WOW visit from Mrs
Armitage with her
problem
Product – make a
new vehicle
Year 2
Term2
WOW Birds of prey
visit
Visit to an Art
Gallery
Product - Make our
own art gallery and
perform
Visiting artist
Year 2
Term 3
Brandon
Marsh/Conkers/
Coombe
Abbey/Ryton Pools
RSPCA visit – looking
after animals
WOW – Zoo Lab in
to school.
Product – Create a
3D habitat/diorama
for a creature
Year 2
Term 3
Herbert Art Gallery
– out reach –
seasides from the
past
Visitor
WOW -Trip to
Skegness
Seaside day – sand
etc
Product -
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Capacity
Money
Time
Measurement
Calendar
Recognising feelings
and understanding
emotions
Developing a
positive sense of
one's self
Stress management
and conflict
resolution
Is it living?
Nature detectives
Categorisation
Observational
drawing
Human impact on
the environment
Animal families
Animal care
Keeping the world
healthy
Habitats
Our selves and our
senses
What's in our air?
Life cycles
Global issues e.g.
deforestation
Classification
Sorting natural, man
made materials and
objects
Treat animals with
care
Health and safety
issues
Egg pet care
Drugs and medicine
Ground rules
Seaside Safety
Caring for the
environment
Courage
Keeping Safe
Making 3D animals
and 3D habitat
What is in our air?
Louis Braille inventor of Braille
system
Observational
drawings
Rubbings
Colour mixing
Paint and texture
Camouflage
Camouflage
patterns
Create chosen skin
Sounds associated
with building/
storms
Animal songs
Exploring music for
building the boat
and animal
entrances
Key questions
Pre- visit activities
Weather
Visit & follow up
activities
Where why and
when do people go
on holiday?
Brochure
advertisement
Review
Now and then
Grace Darling
Observational
drawings
Beach art
Sand sculptures
Colour mixing
Collage
Raoul Dufy
Postcards
billboards
Seaside songs
Jingle for
advertisement
Bat and ball skills
Beach games
Jesus and disciples –
Fishes of men
- calming the stormold testament
- Jonah and the
Whale
RG/JT JUNE 2010