Year 2 Curriculum
Year Two - Term One
The student should be able to:
Objective
Literacy
Word Level Work
- Read sight high frequency words from the Year 1 and 2 list.
Sentence Level Work
- Use awareness of grammar to decipher new or unfamiliar words.
- Revise knowledge about other uses of capitalisation.
Text Level Work
- Discuss familiar story themes and link to their own experiences.
Mathematics
Counting, partitioning and calculating
- Count up to 100 objects.
- Recognise odd and even numbers.
Securing number facts, understanding shapes
- Derive and recall all addition and subtraction facts for each number to at least 10.
- Make and describe common 2-D shapes, referring to their properties.
Handling data and measures
- Estimate, compare and measure lengths.
Securing number facts, calculating, identifying relationships
- Understand that halving is the inverse of doubling and derive and recall doubles of all numbers to 20.
Science
Making healthy choices
- Know that humans need food and water to stay alive.
- Know that we eat different kinds of food.
- Know that we need to exercise to stay healthy.
Geography
Learning about life on an island- Know why an island is different from the mainland.
- Recognise similarities and differences between Struay and
Design & Technology
Making Puppets- Use a template to mark out identical pieces of fabric.
- Compare and use joining techniques.
- Make simple drawings and label parts.
ICT
Creating Pictures
- Control the pen and use flood fill tool to create effects.
- Select and use straight line and geometric shapes.
Art
Exploring and developing ideas
- Explore an issue or event in their life.
- Learn how to use a viewfinder and record their observations.
Investigating and making art, craft and design
- Represent observations, ideas and feelings using several techniques.
- Learn how to mix and use colour in a painting.
Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Respecting each other
- Recognise how their behaviour affects other people.
- Identify and respect the differences and similarities between people.
Spanish
Narración
- Estructurará frases orales y escritas utilizando los fonemas vistos.
- Demostrará mayor interés y agrado por las lecturas orales y silenciosas.
- Reconocerá la secuencia narrativa en textos cortos.
- Identificará y escribirá las letras mayúsculas al inicio de un escrito, luego de un punto y en la utilización de nombres propios.
Physical Education (PE)
Conocimiento Corporal
- A partir de rondas infantiles el niño identificará, nombrará y localizará segmentos corporales en su propio cuerpo.
- A partir de ejercicios de imitación el niño descubrirá, vivenciará diferentes posibilidades de movimiento en sus segmentos corporales.
- Mediante el trabajo en grupo, los alumnos asociarán movimientos de sus segmentos corporales a oficios domésticos y laborales.
Music
Drawing sixteenth notes
- Learn the National anthems.
- Learn four beat rhythmic patterns.
Year Two - Term Two
The student should be able to:Objective
Literacy
Word Level Work
- Identify and use the common patterns for the vowel phonemes : “oo” ar’, ‘oy’ ‘ow’
- Read on sight the Year 1 and 2 list of HFW
- Use everyday words relating to the past
Sentence Level Work
- Use words and phrases that link sentences
- Understand and use commas and exclamation marks
Text level Work
- Comment on aspects such as word combinations, sound patterns and forms of presentation
Mathematics
Counting, partitioning and calculating
- Explain what each digit in a two-digit number represents,
- Add or subtract mentally a one-digit number or a multiple of 10 to or from any two-digit number;
Securing number facts, understanding shapes
- Visualise common 3-D solids; sort, make and describe shapes, referring to their properties
- Identify reflective symmetry in patterns and 2-D shapes and draw lines of symmetry in shapes
Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
- Read the time to the half hour;
- Follow and give instructions involving position, direction and movement
Science
Plants and Animals in the Local Environment
- Learn to identify and classify plants and animals
- Recognise that there are differences between local habitats
- Be able to use drawings to present results and make comparisons
History
How do we know about the Great Fire of London?
- Understand the concepts of where, when and why in relation to the Great Fire of London
- Identify what makes cities safer today from fires
Design & Technology
Wind Up Toys
- Identify that a winding mechanism has an axle that turns and a handle
- Use tools accurately and safely
- Identify criteria for their design
- Assemble, join and combine materials to make a winding mechanism
ICT
Finding Information
- Use appropriate search techniques to find information
- Search using key words
Art
What is Sculpture?
- Recognise different kinds of sculptures
- Observe, explore and record sculpture ideas
- Practice and experiment with different materials for making sculptures
Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Healthy Life Styles
Know strategies in dealing with bullies
Know that individuals take responsibility for their actions.
Spanish
Poesía, Rimas y Trabalenguas
- Identificará y escribirá consonantes iniciales, intermedias y finales de palabras.
- Demostrará mayor seguridad y agilidad para escribir.
- Mejorará su comprensión lectora relacionando personajes y situaciones en un texto corto.
- Expresará con mayor fluidez y seguridad sus opiniones y sentimientos.
- Disfrutará el aspecto lúdico de las palabras en la memorización de poesías, rimas y trabalenguas.
Physical Education
Habilidades Lúdicas
- Fortalecer la imaginación y despertar en los alumnos la necesidad de inventar ejercicios compuestos de elementos conocidos.
Music
Drawing the treble clef
- Learn how to follow the shape of a melody
- Clap rhythmic patterns
- Develop basic rhythmic dictation
- Act and sing “fairy tales”
Year Two - Term Three
The student should be able to:
Objective
Literacy
Word Level Work
- Split familiar oral and written compound words into their component parts
- Read and spell words containing the common digraphs
Sentence Level Work
- Identify speech marks in reading, understand their purpose
Text Level Work
- Write character profiles
- Use dictionaries to locate words by using initial letter
Mathematics
Handling data and measures
- Use lists, tables and diagrams to sort objects
Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
- Estimate, compare and measure weights
Counting, partitioning and calculating
- Order two-digit numbers and position them on a number line
- Round two-digit numbers to the nearest 10
Securing number facts, understanding shapes
- Describe patterns and relationships involving numbers or shapes
- Solve problems involving addition and subtraction in contexts of numbers or pounds and pence
- Derive and recall multiplication facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times-tables
Science
Grouping and Changing Materials
- Know that there are a range of materials with different characteristics
- Identify that objects made from some materials can be altered by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching
- Know and identify different ways to change materials e.g. heating and cooling
Geography
Seaside Holidays- Develop awareness about the effects of weather on people and their surroundings
- Recognise that some things change and others stay the same
Design & Technology
Joseph’s Coat- Understand that fabrics can be patterned in different ways
- Cut, shape and join fabric to make a simple garment
- Make and/or use a simple paper pattern/template
ICT
Routes
- Make directions as N,S E & W and up, down left and right
- Enter a sequence of instructions
Art
Exploring and developing ideas
- Explore visual and tactile elements such as colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, for and space.
- Identify and interpret patterns and textures found in buildings to make original art pieces.
Investigating and making art, craft and design
- Investigate mythical creatures depicted in buildings from different times and cultures.
- Practise and improve painting and drawing skills.
Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Good to be me
- Care about other peoples’ feelings and try to see things from their point of view
- Recognise what they are good at and set simple goals.
Spanish
La Historieta
- Creará y organizará historietas cortas a partir de imágenes.
- Utilizará palabras que indiquen cualidades del nombre en diferentes situaciones comunicativas.
- Identificará palabras que indican acción dentro de una oración.
- Reconocerá el nombre propio y común.
Physical Education (PE)
Proyección Espacial
- Incrementar las posibilidades de movimiento de los segmentos corporales de manera asociada y en independencia.
- Proporcionar al niño fundamentos prácticos que le permitan discriminar distancias, direcciones y trayectorias.
- Contribuir a la discriminación de diferentes momentos de tiempo y a la precisión en la coordinación óculo-manual.
- Destacar la importancia del respeto y la colaboración mutua en el trabajo colectivo.
Music
Locating C,D,E,F,G,A,B on the staff
- Learn how to follow the shape of a melody
- Clap rhythmic patterns
- Use basic rhythmic dictation
Year Two - Term Four
The student should be able to:
Objective
Literacy
Reading
• Identify and describe characters
• Have overall independence, accuracy, fluency in reading to gain a sense of meaning.
• Be able to predict events in the story.
• Retell the story in sequence with significant detail.
Writing
Word Level Work
• Discriminate spell and read the phonemes ear (hear) and ea (head)
• Spell words with common suffixes, e.g. –ful, –ly.
• Use synonyms and other alternative words/phrases that express same or similar meanings
Sentence Level Work
• Write in clear sentences using capital letters and full stops accurately
• Become familiar with questions, learning a range of “wh” words typically used to open questions: what, where, when, who and to add question marks
Text level Work
• Write sustained stories, using their knowledge of story elements: narrative, settings, characterisation, dialogue and the language of story
• Write simple evaluations of books read and discussed giving reasons
• Understand the distinction between fact and fiction; to use terms “fact”, “fiction” and “non-fiction” appropriately
• Use a contents page and index
• Identify and describe characters
• Have overall independence, accuracy, fluency in reading to gain a sense of meaning.
• Be able to predict events in the story.
• Retell the story in sequence with significant detail.
Writing
Word Level Work
• Discriminate spell and read the phonemes ear (hear) and ea (head)
• Spell words with common suffixes, e.g. –ful, –ly.
• Use synonyms and other alternative words/phrases that express same or similar meanings
Sentence Level Work
• Write in clear sentences using capital letters and full stops accurately
• Become familiar with questions, learning a range of “wh” words typically used to open questions: what, where, when, who and to add question marks
Text level Work
• Write sustained stories, using their knowledge of story elements: narrative, settings, characterisation, dialogue and the language of story
• Write simple evaluations of books read and discussed giving reasons
• Understand the distinction between fact and fiction; to use terms “fact”, “fiction” and “non-fiction” appropriately
• Use a contents page and index
Mathematics
Number Work
• Recognise the place-value of digits in a 2-digit number
• Partition a number into tens and units
• Recognise doubles of numbers up to 10 by adding
• Solve “real life” problems involving addition
• Subtract 10 and multiples of 10 from a 2-digit number
• Count in steps of 3, 4, 5 and 10
• Partition numbers using knowledge of addition/subtraction facts
• Rehearse the use of “x” notation
• Divide by sharing equally a set of objects
• Begin to use the “ ÷” sign
• Recognise one half, one quarter and one third of shapes
• Begin to recognise that two halves, three thirds and four quarters make a whole
Measures and Time, including problems
• Rehearse the time to the quarter hour and quarter to on analogue and digital clocks
• Recognise and order the months of the year.
• Sort 2D shapes based on number of sides and corners
• Recognise the place-value of digits in a 2-digit number
• Partition a number into tens and units
• Recognise doubles of numbers up to 10 by adding
• Solve “real life” problems involving addition
• Subtract 10 and multiples of 10 from a 2-digit number
• Count in steps of 3, 4, 5 and 10
• Partition numbers using knowledge of addition/subtraction facts
• Rehearse the use of “x” notation
• Divide by sharing equally a set of objects
• Begin to use the “ ÷” sign
• Recognise one half, one quarter and one third of shapes
• Begin to recognise that two halves, three thirds and four quarters make a whole
Measures and Time, including problems
• Rehearse the time to the quarter hour and quarter to on analogue and digital clocks
• Recognise and order the months of the year.
• Sort 2D shapes based on number of sides and corners
Science
Forces and Movements
• Recognise that pushes and pulls can: change the shape of an object and make things speed up, slow down or change direction
• Suggest questions about ways in which different objects move
• Know that pushes and pulls are examples of forces
Using Electricity
• Know that everyday appliances use electricity
• Realise that everyday appliances are connected to the mains and that they must be used safely
• Know that some devices use batteries
• Be able to make a complete circuit using a battery, wire and bulbs
• Recognise that pushes and pulls can: change the shape of an object and make things speed up, slow down or change direction
• Suggest questions about ways in which different objects move
• Know that pushes and pulls are examples of forces
Using Electricity
• Know that everyday appliances use electricity
• Realise that everyday appliances are connected to the mains and that they must be used safely
• Know that some devices use batteries
• Be able to make a complete circuit using a battery, wire and bulbs
Geography
Going to the Seaside
• Know about the human and physical features of the seaside
• Recognise features on a map
• Express geographical ideas through poetry
• Know about the human and physical features of the seaside
• Recognise features on a map
• Express geographical ideas through poetry
History
Seaside Holidays From The Past
• Recall information from their past to answer questions about holidays
• Use time related vocabulary
• Sequence photographs into a time series by identifying differences between present and past times
• Recall information from their past to answer questions about holidays
• Use time related vocabulary
• Sequence photographs into a time series by identifying differences between present and past times
Design & Technology
Vehicles
• Recognise that that there are many types of vehicles
• Understand that vehicles have different purposes
• Understand and recognise that vehicles are made up of different parts
• Use wheels and axles, understanding that wheels and axles can be assembled in two different ways
• Use hand tools safely and appropriately
• Measure and cut accurately
• Assemble, join and combine materials in order to make a vehicle
• Recognise that that there are many types of vehicles
• Understand that vehicles have different purposes
• Understand and recognise that vehicles are made up of different parts
• Use wheels and axles, understanding that wheels and axles can be assembled in two different ways
• Use hand tools safely and appropriately
• Measure and cut accurately
• Assemble, join and combine materials in order to make a vehicle
ICT
Communicating Information
• Know that there are differences between hand written and word-processed text
• Know that text can be entered and corrected
• Know that ICT can be used to rearrange text to make it easier to read
• Use spaces between words and using the shift and backspace key
• Know that there are differences between hand written and word-processed text
• Know that text can be entered and corrected
• Know that ICT can be used to rearrange text to make it easier to read
• Use spaces between words and using the shift and backspace key
Art
Personal Project
• To make a proposal and initial design for a personal project
• To explore qualities of known materials and select appropriate ones to develop project
• To produce final 3-D or 2-D piece based on their original idea
• To make a proposal and initial design for a personal project
• To explore qualities of known materials and select appropriate ones to develop project
• To produce final 3-D or 2-D piece based on their original idea
Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
Relationships
• Recognise how their behaviour affects other people
• Listen to other people
• Play and work co-operatively
• Identify and respect differences and similarities between people
• Recognise how their behaviour affects other people
• Listen to other people
• Play and work co-operatively
• Identify and respect differences and similarities between people
Spanish
Textos
• Construirá textos cortos con cohesión y coherencia teniendo en cuenta legibilidad y segmentación oracional.
• Leerá textos cortos en forma rítmica y sostenida
• Identificará la idea principal en un texto corto
• Expresará en forma oral solución a problemas planteados.
• Distinguirá retahílas y trabalenguas de otras formas literarias.
• Construirá textos cortos con cohesión y coherencia teniendo en cuenta legibilidad y segmentación oracional.
• Leerá textos cortos en forma rítmica y sostenida
• Identificará la idea principal en un texto corto
• Expresará en forma oral solución a problemas planteados.
• Distinguirá retahílas y trabalenguas de otras formas literarias.
Physical Education
Habilidades Reglamentadas y Estructuradas
• Practica de movimientos básicos de un deporte aplicando diferentes ritmos y recorridos para favorecer el desarrollo psicomotríz en los alumnos.
• Practica de movimientos básicos de un deporte aplicando diferentes ritmos y recorridos para favorecer el desarrollo psicomotríz en los alumnos.
Music
Preparing for the Graduation Ceremony
• Further develop basic rhythmic dictation
• Listen to classical music
• Learn about different types of instruments
• Further develop basic rhythmic dictation
• Listen to classical music
• Learn about different types of instruments
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