Explore
This term, Year 2 will focus on learning a wide range of skills across the curriculum.
Learning will be based around geographical concepts i.e. place knowledge, human and physical geography, geographical skills and fieldwork. We will use the concepts:
English
They will be exploring ‘Somebody swallowed Stanley’’ and ‘Beegu’ building on their knowledge of genres and adding new style punctuations into their writing such as commas.
Maths
They will be building on their mental arithmetic skills, problems solving and reasoning skills and focussing on the following areas:
Shape, money, multiplication and division, length and height, mass, capacity and temperature.
Science
Materials – identify and compare the suitability of materials and how the shape of solid objects can be changed.
Living things and their habitats- to compare living, dead and things that have never been alive, describe and understand a habitat, identify animals and plants in local habitats and begin to understand simple food chains
English
They will be exploring ‘Somebody swallowed Stanley’’ and ‘Beegu’ building on their knowledge of genres and adding new style punctuations into their writing such as commas.
Maths
They will be building on their mental arithmetic skills, problems solving and reasoning skills and focussing on the following areas:
Shape, money, multiplication and division, length and height, mass, capacity and temperature.
Science
Materials – identify and compare the suitability of materials and how the shape of solid objects can be changed.
Living things and their habitats- to compare living, dead and things that have never been alive, describe and understand a habitat, identify animals and plants in local habitats and begin to understand simple food chains.
PSHE
Health and well-being – focussing on exercise and the effects on the body, a balanced diet, keeping healthy teeth and having a positive growth mindset.
Citizenship – focussing on rules and why they are importance, how to discuss issues within a school environment, the importance of school council within school and job roles within the local community and their importance.
RE
RE at Belthorn explores a variety of religions, beliefs and traditions. Children will have the opportunity to discuss their own and understand other peoples’ beliefs. This allows them to gain a better understanding of the world around them and show the importance of acceptance.
RE in Year 2 focuses on: How do we respond to the things that really matter?
During this term, children will discover:
History
The majority of the Year 2 history will have been taught in the autumn term but people from the past will be reflect on and their impact on the environment and the changes made over time regarding climate change and sustainability.
Geography
This terms Geography will begin heavily focusing on map skills. Children will use lots of vocabulary relating to countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom as well as their features followed by continents and oceans. Children will use maps, atlases and interactive programmes to plan journeys.
The unit will progress onto looking at climate and weather and the changes taking place and the impact of the world now on the world of the future. Data will be collected an fieldwork carried out in the local area.
Computing
Children will develop their skills of interactive presentations and complete their hour of code programming.
DT
Cooking and nutrition. Children will explore different healthy food items and prepare a healthy meal, looking at foods from around the world.
Construction – children will design, plan, build and evaluate a chassis for a beach rubbish collection vehicle.
PE
Year 2 will continue to develop their physical skills. We will be focusing on fitness, yoga, gymnastics and dance.