Autumn Term 2014
Class 2
This term’s unit of work is called
Marching Through Time
On-going work
English
Maths
Multiplication tables: year 2: 2,5,10
Secretarial:
Year 3: 3, 4, 6
Presentation- revising joins
Mental maths strategies
Spelling- high frequency words and
Addition, subtraction, multiplication
new vocab, suffixes, the ou sound
and division methods
Sentence level- Verbs, verb tenses,
Problem solving and investigation
punctuation, prefixes, suffix ly
techniques
speech, sentence structure, use of
commas
As authors we will be
As mathematicians we will
be
As scientists we will be
As creative artists we will
be
Writing in the role of a WW1 soldier who is on the front
line. We will produce a diary entry and write letters home
from the front line.
We will produce a newspaper to tell people what is
happening during the war.
Learning about place value and how to partition numbers
up into thousands, hundreds, tens and units. We will also
look at how to add three digit numbers in a column
method.
We will look how to create simple circuits that could
provide sound and light to the shelters that we create in
our design technology lesson.
Drama
We will take on the role of different characters from
Fantastic Mr Fox and discuss how Mr Fox could resolve his
conflict. Secondly, we will act as soldiers from the front
so that we have a stimulus for our diaries.
Art
Firstly, we will look at the different types of war
memorial and discuss their meaning. This will help us
create a sculpture that can be used as a modern day
memorial.
Optional: creating a felt design for a battle scene.
Optional: creating a propaganda poster.
Dance
We will look at how soldiers march in procession and the
different styles of marching and using this to choreograph
our own dance
Music
We will look how the end of war is celebrated with songs
and different types of music.
As geographers we will be
Finding out what countries were involved in WW1 and
where the different battles took place.
As community members we
will be
As sports men/women we
will be
As entrepreneurs we will be
Talking to local members of the community to see if they
have any connections or memories of battles and conflicts.
Developing our indoor athletic and tag rugby skills.
As historians we will be
Looking at skills that make a good historian. Finding out
why some conflicts start and the different reasons for
them. We will also think about what life was like for
people during periods of conflict by looking at a range of
different time periods.
Create a social and community project working with
Woodlands Residential Home to find out if they have had
any personal experience of recent conflicts.
Homework this term
First half term:
Guided reading
Individual reading
Rapid recall of multiplication tables
Maths challenge – details to follow
Second half term:
Guided Reading
Individual reading
Rapid recall of multiplication tables