AUTUMN 1 (8
WEEKS)
Topic title (Main
Theme)
Could you be a
hero?
Long term focus
(geography)
Launch / Landing
EcclesfieldPrimary School Long Term Plan2014-15 Year Group: 2
AUTUMN 2 (7
SPRING1 (6 weeks) SPRING 2 (5 weeks)
weeks)
Who, what, where,
when? Let’s explore
our community!
What makes Britain
great?
What goes bump in
the night?
SUMMER 1 (6
weeks)
SUMMER 2 (7
weeks)
Are you as disgusting
as Mr Twit?
Would you find a
Penguin in Africa?
Have you got your
passport?
Seasonal change – Looking at the 4 seasons and the differences they make to our lives.
What would happen if the sun didn’t rise?
What would happen if it didn’t rain?
Mystery Cape : Who?
What? Where?
When? Why?
Local Area Visit
Coffee Morning
‘Burning’ of model
houses
Locality visit – Park
Creating a Mr Twit
Drama
Street Party
Visitors in / Visits
School Events
SMSC
Abbeydale Hamlet
linked to Florence
Nightingale
Local area
exploration. Local
craftsman.
Salvation Army
Red White and Blue
Day
Children in Need
National Story Telling
Week
World Food
day/harvest
Morrison’s – Food
around the world
Butterfly house.
Health Visit.
Create an
Antarctic/desert
setting?
Tropical World.
Bagpiper
Fair Trade Fortnight
Sports Day
Anti-bullying week
World Book Day
Financial Capability
Road Safety Week
National Science
Week
Christmas
Celebration
Red Nose Day
Easter Celebrations
Parental
Engagement
SMSC
CLASS ASSEMBLY –
Y2SJ
Parent coffee
morning –
questionnaire
Class Assembly – Y2K
Christmas
Performance
Y2 SATS Meeting
Maths Meeting for
parents – looking
towards new curriculum
calculation methods
Street Party!
Holiday project.
Cape making project
Different places
project
Around the world
cafe
Parents Evening
Visitors in – heroic act
Phonics meeting
FS/KS1
Parents Evening
Learning Mindset
Have a go
Be co-operative
Be curious
Don’t give up
Keep improving
Use your
imagination/Be
creative
English
See attached
document for:
spelling,
transcription,
grammar,
punctuation
and
vocabulary.
Class book: Traction
man / Bungleman.
Reading focus:
Decoding words
Summarising
Skimming and
Scanning
Reading for pleasure
Writing genres:
 Narrative –
writing stories
related to
Traction man
 Poetry
 Information
texts.
 Explanations
Class Book: When
Santa comes to
Sheffield.
Reading focus:
Decoding words
Inference: reading
between the lines
Skimming and
Scanning
Reading aloud
Reading focus:
Decoding words
Skimming and
Scanning
Answering questions
Writing genres:
Writing genres:
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Narrative:
Christmas
stories
Writing letters.
Local area
description.
Instructions
Mathematics
Class Book: The Owl
who’s afraid of the
dark.
Reading focus:
Decoding words
Answering questions
– referring to the texts
Class Book: The Twits.
Reading focus:
Decoding words
Answering questions
– referring to the texts
Reading aloud
Writing genres:
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Information
text.
Letters.
Diaries.
Explanations
Explanations
Writing genres:
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Narrative
Riddles
Information
Texts
Instructions
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Description.
Story reviews
Biography
Class Books: Miranda
the explorer.
George’s Marvellous
Medicine.
The Kingdom of
Fantasy.
Reading focus:
Decoding words
Answering questions
– referring to the texts
Performance
Writing genres:
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Narrative –
extended
stories
Poetry
Information
text
A range of problem solving activities including:
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Science
Class book: Katie in
London.
Finding rules and describing patterns
Logic Problems
Finding all possibilities
Visual & Diagrammatic Problems
Counting,
Calculating,
partitioning and
measuring and
calculating
understanding shape
Securing number
Securing number
facts, shape
facts, relationships
Handling data,
and calculating
measures
Materials (properties)
Why we use different
materials for different
purposes e.g. what
chocolate make a
good tea pot?
Forces
Push, pull, twist, turn
bend – what
Electricity (last 3
weeks)
Making a circuit
Keeping safe with
electricity
Battery vs main
electricity
Counting,
partitioning and
calculating
Securing number
facts, shape
Handling data,
measures
Problem solving
linked to visit
Materials (changes)
E.g. ice changing to
water
(heating and
cooling)
Calculating,
measuring and
understanding shape
Securing number
facts, relationships
and calculating
Counting,
partitioning and
calculating
Securing number
facts, shape
Plants + animals
Health + Growth
Naming plants and
animals in our
locality, looking at
seasonal change
and Lifecycles
Looking at our body,
what we need to
stay healthy
Handling data,
measures
Calculating,
measuring and
understanding shape
Securing number
facts, relationships
and calculating
Variation
(Darwin – influential
person)
Similarities and
Differences between
animals and
grouping living things
happens to objects
when a force is
exerted on them?
History
Computing
Florence Nightingale.
Mother Teresa.
Community
explorers.
Famous people in
history
Who were they? Why
were they famous?
What contributions
have they made to
society?
Looking at Ecclesfield
now and in the past –
how has it changed?
Great fire of London.
What were the
causes and
consequences of the
fire? How do people
report what
happened in the
past?
Sir Christopher Wren
Animation: In this unit
Algorithms
Floor turtle routes.
Writing for purpose.
children will evaluate
simple animations and
explain why they think an
animation is good. They
will discuss ideas with
peers and share their
ideas through animation.
They will animate simple
objects, developing skills
of fluidity and apply this to
a simple scene. Children
will explore how to create
animations and discuss
how they could improve
them.
Algorithms are a process
or set of rules to be
followed in calculations or
other problemsolving
operations, especially by
a computer. This unit
enables
children to understand
how a computer is
programmed to carry out
simple steps and/or
instructions and the
importance of clear
accurate instructions.
The unit develops
children's understanding of
programming sequences
of commands on multiple
devices, starting from the
floor robot to the screen.
Computers are used to
control many types of
devices such as robots.
The computers controlling
the robots must be
programmed with
instructions to tell them
what to do. The programs
are written in computer
languages. Logo is one
such language. The
children should be given
opportunity to predict and
reason what
may happen to the turtle.
In this unit children identify
the different forms
information can take (text,
images, audio, sound) and
that information can be
personal eg age, address.
They develop their sense
of how information can be
used and their own safety.
Children will explore how
to create using a two forms
of media (Text and
images). They will develop
techniques edit, organise
and store content for a
given purpose.
Changing localities –
similarities and
differences.
Ecclesfield then and
now, comparing it to
Sheffield city centre
Christmas – musical
accompaniment,
singing in tune and
within rounds
NSEW – directional
language.
Why we need it and
using it to give
directions
Geography
Music
Story through sounds.
Using different
instruments to create
different moods
Listening to different
styles of music.
Evaluating the style
and using musical
vocabulary to
explain
Christopher
Columbus.
Famous people and
their influence on
current day
Simulations.
Computer simulations can
represent real or
imaginary situations. They
allow users to study or try
things that would be
difficult or impossible to do
inreal life. Simulations are
particularly useful when a
reallifeprocess is;too
dangerous, takes too long,
is too quick to study or is
too expensive to create.
Learning from Simulations:
Children should use
simulations to make and
explore predictions and to
identify patterns and
relationships.
Creating maps –
Literacy link.
Use of a key
Symbols
Planning routes
Creating night time
sounds.
Using graphical
scores to create own
music and rehearsing
and performing as a
group and class
Databases.
In this unit children
understand that data can
exist in a variety of forms,
including in databases.
They will explore a
branching database and
answer
simple questions. They will
focus on sorting and
grouping data using
yes/no questions. Children
will create a simple
branching database, test,
review and debug
content.
Creating maps –
Literacy link.
Literacy link.
Use of a key
Symbols
Planning routes
Singing songs from
around the world.
Singing in tune, as
rounds, harmony etc
PE
Games: Throwing and Catching
Basic skills involving co-ordination
Dance: Focussing on movement, balance
and sequences
Using different kinds of music as stimuli.
Dance – dancing in
groups (country
dancing)
Games: Attacking
and Defending
Balance, agility, coordination:
Circuit training and
focussed skills
ART & Design
Sketching:
Sketching different
capes, observing
textures of materials.
Focus on pencils and
texture within skills
Architect : Sir
Christopher Wren
Who he was, what he
was famous for and
the impact it has.
Artist: Van Gogh –
Non chronological
reports.
Painting – different
media etc.
Design and
technology
Design and evaluate
a cape.
Focus on design –
looking at
specifications, what is
needed to be a
good one, what it will
do etc…
Beliefs and practices
Constructing
buildings – lollipop
sticks and art straws.
Joining techniques
Mechanisms –
design, make,
evaluate.
Wheels and axles
Religious and Moral stories
Symbols and Actions
A. Celebrations and festivals:
Who Celebrates what and why? Christians
and Muslims
New Beginnings
Getting on and Falling
Creating class charters,
out/Anti Bullying
exploring what it means to
Exploring other peoples
belong.
points of view and how
to be a good friend.
Drugs education: Harmful
Leaders:
What makes some people inspiring to others?
Symbols
In what ways are churches / mosques /
synagogues important to believers?
Relationships
Changes
Understanding the
Exploring changes for the
importance of love.
better.
RE
PSHE/ SEAL/ SMSC
SEAL
SMSC
Financial Capability
Citizenship
Drugs
E safety
SRE
substances
E-Safety: Personal
Sculpture:
Local craftsperson’s
LITTLE MESTERS –
metalwork, sculpting,
art.
Building class big
sculpture
Financial Capability:
Sources of Money
Information
E-Safety:
Keeping Safe on the Internet
Going for Goals
Setting targets and
understanding how to
reach them.
Good to be me
Understanding that I am
unique and how to be
the best person I can be.
Games: Team Games
Working together to discuss tactics and the
best way to play together
Athletics:
Focussing on basic skills and building stamina.
Art from around the
world
Comparing and
contrasting styles,
colours etc
Drugs education:
Financial capabilities:
Money: what is it and its value,
coins, notes and keeping it safe
E-Safety:
Substances and their affects
Sensible decisions – what
details should you give out?
E-Safety:
You’re not alone
E: Safety: reporting, how we
feel in unsafe situations online.
Food from around
the world.
Where food comes
from, what it tastes
like etc
Financial Capabilities:
Spending Money, Money in
different countries.
Consequences of having money
stolen and having more or less
money.
TRANSITION – Looking forward
to Y3.