Year 2
Thomas Bullock CE Primary Academy
Reading
Comprehension:
Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to
read, vocabulary and understanding.
Listen to and discuss a wide range of
contemporary and classic poems, stories and
non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they
can read independently
Discussing the sequence of events in books
and how items of information are related.
Become very familiar with and re-telling a wider
range of stories, fairy stories and traditional
tales.
Read aloud books closely matched to their
improving phonic knowledge, sounding out
unfamiliar words accurately, automatically
and without undue hesitation.
Re-read these books to build up their fluency
and confidence in word reading
Key Stage 1
Compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100
; use <, > and = signs
Read and write numbers to at least 100 in
numerals and in words
Writing
Use place value and number facts to solve
problems
Children should develop positive attitudes to
writing and stamina for writing.
Number – addition and subtraction:
Children should write about personal
experiences and those of others, (real &
fictional.
Solve problems with addition and subtraction:

Using concrete objects and pictorial
representations, including those involving
numbers, quantities and measures
Applying their increasing knowledge of
mental and written methods
Write about real events
Being introduces to non-fiction stories that are
structured in different ways.
Write poetry.
Write for a range of purposes

Recognising simple recurring literary language
in stories and poetry.
Children should develop planning skills before
writing by:
Discussing and clarifying the meanings of
words, linking new meanings to known
vocabulary.
Planning or saying aloud what they are going
to write about, writing down ideas, key words
and phrases, including new vocabulary
Recall and use addition and subtraction facts
to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts
up to 100
Discussing favourite words and phrases.
Writing their planned ideas sentence by
sentence.
Continuing to build up a repertoire of poems
learnt by heart, appreciating these and reciting
some, with appropriate intonation to make the
meaning clear.
Understand both the books they can read
accurately and fluently and those that they
listen to by:
Drawing on what they already know or on
background information and vocabulary
provided by the teacher.
Checking that the text makes sense to them as
they read and correcting inaccurate reading
Making inferences on the basis of what is being
said and done.
Answering and asking questions
Predicting what might happen on the basis of
what has been read so far.
Participate in discussion about books, poems
and other works that are read to them and
those they can read for themselves, taking
turns and listening to what others say.
Explain and discuss their understanding of
books, poems and other materials, both those
that they listen to and those they read for
themselves.
Word Reading
Children should continue to apply phonic
knowledge and skills as the route to decode
words until automatic decoding has become
embedded and reading is fluent.
Read accurately by blending the sounds in
words that contain graphemes taught so far,
especially recognising alternative sounds for
graphemes.
Children should evaluate their own writing
with the teacher and other pupils, re-reading
to check it makes sense, especially for verb
agreement.
Handwriting & Presentation:
Children should from lower case letters of the
correct size relative to each other.
Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes
needed to join letters and understand which
letters, when next to each other, are best left
un-joined.
Write capital letters and digits of the correct
size, orientation and relationship to one
another, and to lower case letters.
Use spacing between words that reflects the
size of the letters.
Communication
Engage in meaningful discussions in all areas
of the curriculum.
Listen to and learn a wide range of subject
specific vocabulary
Through reading identify vocabulary that
enriches and enlivens stories
Speak to
intervals
small
audiences
at
frequent
Listen to and tell stories so as to internalise
the structure
Add and subtract numbers using concrete
objects,
pictorial
representations,
and
mentally, including:

a two-digit number and ones

a two-digit number and tens

two two-digit numbers

adding three one-digit numbers
Show that addition of two numbers can be
done in any order (commutative) and
subtraction of one number from another
cannot
Recognise and use the inverse relationship
between addition and subtraction and use this
to check calculations and solve missing
number problems.
Number – multiplication and division:
Recall and use multiplication and division facts
for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables,
including recognising odd and even numbers
Calculate
mathematical
statements
multiplication and
division within
multiplication tables and write them using
multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals
signs
for
the
the
(=)
Show that multiplication of two numbers can
be done in any order (commutative) and
division of one number by another cannot
Solve problems involving multiplication and
division, using materials, arrays, repeated
addition, mental methods, and multiplication
and division facts, including problems in
contexts.
Number – fractions:
Read accurately words of two or more syllables
that contain the same graphemes as above.
Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in
tens from any number, forward and backward
1
Recognise, find, name and write fractions 3 ,
1 2
3
,
and 4 of a length, shape, set of
4 4
objects or quantity
Read words containing common suffixes.
Recognise the place value of each digit in a
two-digit number (tens, ones)
Write simple fractions for example,
Read common exception words, noting unusual
correspondences between spelling and sound
and where these occur in the word.
Read most words quickly and accurately,
without overt sounding and blending, when
they have been frequently encountered.
Maths
Number – number and place value:
Identify, represent and estimate numbers
using different representations, including the
number line
1
1
of 6 = 3
2
2
1
and recognise the equivalence of
and .
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Year 2
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Key Stage 1
Measurement:
Science
Organise,, store , manipulate and retrieve data
Choose and use appropriate standard units to
Animals, including humans
in a range of digital formats.
estimate and measure length/height in any
direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature
(°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest
appropriate unit, using rulers, scales,
thermometers and measuring vessels
Notice that animals, including humans, have
offspring which grow into adults.
Communicate safely and respectfully online,
keeping personal information private and
recognise common uses of information
technology beyond school.
Compare
and
order
lengths,
mass,
volume/capacity and record the results using >,
< and =
Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and
pence (p); combine amounts to make a
particular value
Find out about and describe the basic needs
of animals, including humans, for survival
(water, food and air)
Describe the importance for humans of
exercise, eating the right amounts of different
types of food, and hygiene.
Plants
Find different combinations of coins that equal
the same amounts of money
Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs
grow into mature plants.
Solve simple problems in a practical context
involving addition and subtraction of money of
the same unit, including giving change
Find out and describe how plants need for
water, light and a suitable temperature to
grow and stay healthy.
Compare and sequence intervals of time
Tell and write the time to five minutes, including
quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on
a clock face to show these times
Know the number of minutes in an hour and the
number of hours in a day.
Geometry – properties of shapes:
Identify and describe the properties of 2-D
shapes, including the number of sides and line
symmetry in a vertical line
Identify and describe the properties of 3-D
shapes, including the number of edges,
vertices and faces
Identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D
shapes [for example, a circle on a cylinder and
a triangle on a pyramid]
Living Things and Their Habitats
Explore and compare the differences
between things that are living and 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, and
how they depend on each other.
Identify and name a variety of common plants
and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats.
Describe ho animals obtain their food from
plants and other animals, using the idea of a
simple food chain, and identify and name
different sources of food.
Compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D
shapes and everyday objects.
Uses of Everyday Materials
Geometry – position and direction:
Identify and compare the suitability of a
variety of everyday materials, including wood,
metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper, and
cardboard for particular uses.
Order
and
mathematical
sequences
arrange
combinations
of
objects in patterns and
Use mathematical vocabulary to describe
position, direction and movement, including
movement in a straight line and distinguishing
between rotation as a turn and in terms of right
angles for quarter, half and three-quarter turns
(clockwise and anti-clockwise).
Statistics:
Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally
charts, block diagrams and simple tables
Ask and answer simple questions by counting
the number of objects in each category and
sorting the categories by quantity
Ask and answer questions about totalling and
comparing categorical data.
Find out how the shapes of solid objects
made form some materials can be changed
by squashing, bending, twisting and
stretching.
Art and Design
Use experiences and ideas as the inspiration
for artwork.
Share ideas using drawing, painting and
sculpture.
Explore a variety of techniques
Learn about the work of a range of artists,
artisans and designers.
Design Technology
Design
Design purposeful, functional, appealing
products for themselves and other users
based on design criteria.
Generate develop, model and communicate
their ideas through talking, drawing, templates,
mock-ups and where appropriate, information
technology.
Make
Select from and use a wide range of tools and
equipment to perform practical tasks such as
cutting, shaping, joining and finishing.
Select from and use a wide range of materials
and components, including construction
materials, textiles and ingredients, according
to their characteristics.
Evaluate
Explore and evaluate a range of existing
products.
Evaluate their ideas and products against
design criteria.
Technical Knowledge
Explore and use mechanisms, such as levers,
sliders, wheels and axels, inn their products.
Cooking and Nutrition
Use the basic principles of healthy and varied
diet to prepare dishes.
Understand where food comes from.
Geography
Locationall Knowledge
Name and locate the world’s seven continents
and five oceans.
Name, locate and identify characteristics of the
four countries and capital cities of the United
Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
Human and Physical Geography
Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in
the United kingdom and the location of hot and
cold areas of the world in relation to the
Equator and the North and South Poles.
Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives
to recognise landmarks and basic human
physical features; devise a simple map; and
construct basic symbols in a key.
History
Changes within living memory.
Computing
Understand what algorithms are, how they
are implemented as programs on digital
devices, and that programmes executed by
following a sequence of instructions.
Events beyond living memory
significant nationally or globally.
that
are
Write and test simple programs.
The lives of significant individuals in the past
who have contributed to national and
international. Some should be used to
compare aspects of life in different.
Use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour
of simple programmes.
Significant events, people and places in their
own locality
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Music
Use their voices expressively by singing songs
and speaking chants and rhymes.
Play tuned and untuned instruments musically.
Listen with concentration and understanding to
a range of high-quality live and record music
Make and combine sounds using the interrelated dimensions of music.
Physical Education
Participate in team games, developing simple
tactics for attacking and defending
Perform dances
patterns.
using
simple
movement
R.E
Believing
What do you believe? How is this different or
similar to what others believe?
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Key Stage 1