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Please read every day at home. Bring your completed reading record into school on Tuesday. If books are not returned on time, it is possible your child’s books will not be changed.
When reading records are sent home, we would ask that you sign your child’s reading record with the following:
This is a list of essential reads each pupil should aim to read by the end of the academic year. A small number of copies of each text are available from the school. Across the year, pupils can gain access to these texts through the library and their classroom.
Common exception words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way. They are not words for which phonics ‘doesn’t work’, but they may be exceptions to spelling rules or words that use a particular combination of letters to represent sound patterns in a rare or unique way. These are the common exception words for year 2. Pupils are expected to write these words correctly in order to reach the expected standard at the end of year 2.
door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, every, everybody, even, great, break, steak, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, grass, pass, plant, bath, path, hour, move, prove, improve, sugar, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas
Mathematics
Numbers to 100:
Counting objects to 100, representing numbers to 100, tens and ones, representing numbers on a place value grid, comparing numbers, ordering numbers, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, and counting 3s.
Addition and Subtraction Part 1:
Related facts – addition and subtraction, using number facts to check calculations, comparing number sentences, finding related facts, making number bonds to 100, adding and subtracting 1s, finding 10 more and 10 less, adding and subtracting 10s, adding a 2 digit number and a 1 digit number, and subtracting a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number.
Addition and Subtraction Part 2:
Adding two 2 digit numbers, subtracting a 2 digit number from another 2 digit number, adding three 1 digit numbers, and solving word problems – bar model.
Money:
Counting money – coins, counting money – notes, counting money – coins and notes, calculating the total amount, comparing amounts of money, finding change, and solving two step word problems.
Multiplication and Division Part 1:
Making equal groups, multiplication and equal groups, adding equal groups, multiplication sentences, using arrays, 2 times table, 5 times table, 10 times table, and solving word problems – multiplication.
Multiplication and Division Part 2:
Making equal groups, sharing and grouping, dividing by 2, odd and even numbers, dividing by 5, dividing by 10, bar modelling – grouping, bar modelling – sharing, and solving word problems – division.
Statistics:
Making tally charts, creating pictograms, interpreting pictograms, and solving word problems.
Length and Height:
Measuring in centimetres, measuring in metres, comparing lengths, ordering lengths, and solving word problems – length.
2D and 3D shape:
Recognising 2D and 3D shapes, drawing 2D shapes, counting sides on 2D shapes, counting vertices on 2D shapes, finding lines of symmetry, sorting 2D shapes, making patterns with 2D shapes, counting faces on 3D shapes, counting edges on 3D shapes, counting vertices on 3D shapes, sorting 3D shapes, and making patterns with 3D shapes.
Fractions:
Introducing whole and parts, making equal parts, recognising a half, finding a half, recognising a quarter, finding a quarter, unit fractions, understanding other fractions, finding 2/4 and ¾, understanding a whole, understanding whole and parts, counting in halves, and counting in quarters.
Position and Direction:
Describing movement, describing turns, describing movement and turns, and making patterns with shapes.
Problem solving/Efficient methods:
Using number facts, using number facts and equivalence, using a 100 square, missing numbers, mental addition and subtraction, efficient subtraction, solving problems – addition and subtraction, solving problems – multiplication and division, and solving problems using the four operations.
Time:
Telling and writing time to the hour and half hour, telling time to the quarter hour, telling time to 5 minutes, minutes in an hour, finding durations of time, comparing durations of time, finding the end time, finding the start time, and hours in a day.
Weight, Volume and Temperature:
Comparing mass, measuring mass in grams, measuring mass in kilograms, comparing volume, measuring volume in millilitres, measuring volume in litres, measuring temperature using a thermometer, and reading thermometers.
Once pupils are secure, they will move on to learn:
English
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Science
Everyday Materials
Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses. Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.
Living Things and their Habitats
Animals Including Humans
Plants
Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants. Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
For Year 2 Knowledge Organiser – Click here
Geography
London (Our Local Area)
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United Kingdom
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Seas and Coasts
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History
The Great Fire of London
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Transport
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The History of computing
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Art & Design
Silhouettes (Drawing)
Skills focus:
Taught artists: Nancy Poucher, John Barber
Nature (Sculpture/Collage)
Skills focus:
Taught artists: Andy Goldsworthy
Postage Stamp (Printing – Relief)
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Taught artists: Katsushika Hokusai
Design & Technology
Cooking and Nutrition
Outcome:
To design, make and evaluate a bread product for Thomas Farynor to sell in his bakery
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History Unit- Great Fire of London
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Mechanisms
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To design, make and evaluate a push/pull toy to transport the animals
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English- ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak and History unit- Transport
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Textiles
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To design, make and evaluate a glove puppet
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English- traditional tales
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Religious Education
What is the place of the church in Christianity?
This unit on the church will introduce pupils to the purple, features, functions and activities of the principal place of worship within Christianity. It will enable pupils to learn about the multiple meanings associated with the word ‘church’ within the Christian tradition and to identify the place of the church in building the Christian community, in public worship, and in initiatives that promote community wellbeing. The unit will also explore distinctive aspect of churches in different Christian denominations.
Why is pilgrimage important in some religious traditions?
This unit will address the religious act of pilgrimage and consider why this practice represents a significant element in the life of faith for many people in all the world’s major religious traditions. Pupils will be able to learn about the origin of pilgrimage, the places of pilgrimage within different faith traditions, the practices that are associated with various forms of pilgrimage and the impact that these have on pilgrims.
What is Buddhism?
In this unit, pupils will engage with the ancient non-theistic religious tradition of Buddhism. They will learn about the life, sayings and teachings of the Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha); the Buddhist understanding of the human cycle of birth, death and rebirth; the central principles of Buddhism, including the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Paths, the Three Jewels, the Three Poisons and the Five Moral Precepts; the expression of Buddhism encountered in Buddhist communities of monks and nuns (the Sangha); and the practices associated with contemporary Buddhism.
How can Humanism help us to care for one another?
This unit will enable pupils to engage with Humanism as a position that promotes a naturalistic understanding of the world and emphasises the role of rational analysis. Pupils will come to understand how Humanism promotes a responsible framework for shaping individual actions and collective behaviours. It will introduce pupils to the beliefs and values that are held by Humanists and the celebrations and ceremonies that are available to them. It will also explore the humanistic principles in the world’s religious traditions.
How do we mark stages in the human journey?
This unit will offer pupils the opportunity to learn about and reflect upon the most significant events and passages in the human experience from birth to death. The pupils will be invited to consider these from their personal perspective, recall their experiences of important events in the lives of those they know and consider how religious and non-religious traditions mark the principal stages of the human journey.
Computing
Coding and Computational Thinking
Unit: Coding
Software: 2Code
E-Safety Focus – Stay Smart:
Internet and Email
Unit: Online Safety
Software: 2Respond (2Email)
Spreadsheets
Unit: Spreadsheets
Software: 2Calculate
E-Safety Focus – Stay Kind:
Databases and Graphing
Unit: Questioning
Software: 2Question (Binary Databases) / 2Investigate (Database) / 2Calculate (Spreadsheet)
Internet and Email
Unit: Effective Searching
Software: 2Quiz
E-Safety – Stay Safe and Critical:
Art & Design
Unit: Creating Pictures
Software: 2Paint a Picture
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Music
Unit: Making Music
Software: 2Sequence (Music)
Writing and Presenting
Unit: Presenting Ideas
Software: 2Connect (Mind Map) / 2Create a Story (eBook) / 2Quiz
E-Safety – Stay Accountable:
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PSHE
Physical Education
Music
High and Low*
Developing pitch
A Christmas song
Christmas/ Big Band/ Motown/ Elvis/ Freedom Songs
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Pupils should be taught to:
Friendship song
Learn about the orchestra*Music to show different moods
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Pupils should be taught to:
Zootime
Reggae
Reflect, rewind and replay
Western classical music
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