Year 2 2026/ 2027
Welcome to Year 2
We are looking forward to a fun and exciting year in year 2. The teaching team consists of Miss Kaschner, Mr Anderson, Mrs Hutchings, Mrs Lown, Mrs Maidment and Mrs Penfold.
Year 2 will be having PE on a Thursday and Friday. Please can children wear their PE kit to school on these days.
We also visit Green Zone every term. Remember to check Tapestry to see what we get up to. We even have indoor Green Zone fun on very stormy days.
Below you will find an overview of our planned learning each term. For more information on what your child will be learning in year 2 please see the curriculum pages on the website and termly newsletters.
Year-2 (ID 1020)
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Term 1Coastal Creations
Term 1
Maths: Consolidation including word problems
English: 2. The Puffin Keeper – Michael Morpurgo & Benji Davies
Poetry, Setting description, Persuasive writing
SPaG: Consolidation
Topic – Why do we like to be beside the seaside?
Use of maps, compasses, evaluate the local area, plan routes, draw using scale, local geography risks
Science: Plants
Computing: Programming B - Programming quizzes
RE: Does completing Haij make a person a better Muslim?
Music: Our Big Concert
PE: Indoor Review Games: Infant Agility
Food Tech- Under the Sea Biscuits (design, make, taste, evaluate)
PSHE: Changing Me
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Term 2Awesome Australia
Term 2
Maths:
Numbers to 100 - place value, addition, subtraction
English: The Koala who could by Racheal Bright, One Day on Our Blue Planet... In the Outback Ella Bailey
Non-chronological report, poetry, descriptive writing
SPaG: full stops, capital letters, word classes, simple sentence structure and sentence type
Topic – Geog: Key question: How does London compare to Sydney?
Place knowledge, human and physical geography (comparing Australia and UK, cities and towns, seaside, desert etc, continents, oceans)
Science: Animals needs for survival, Living things and their habitats
Computing: Computing systems and networks – IT around us
RE: What did Jesus teach? (Christianity)
Music: Pulse, Rhythm and Pitch
PE: Gymnastics Games: Football
Art: Explore and Draw
PSHE: Being Me in my world
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Term 3Regal Royals
Term 3
Maths:
Multiplication and Division, Fractions
English: The Corgi and the Queen by Caroline L Perry
Diary, letter, recount
SPaG: Introduce expanded noun phrases, commas in a list, exclamations and commands. Conjunctions: revising and, but and introducing because. Begin use of apostrophes for contractions (I’m, don’t)
Topic - Should we listen to everything monarchs say?
Significant historical events, people and places locally. History of Kings and Queens and their role. Castles and their importance
Geog: What are the human and physical features of Deal? Place knowledge- Deal- local geography
Science: Materials
Computing: Creating media – Digital photography
RE: (Incarnation) Why do Christians believe God gave Jesus to the world?
Music: Playing in an Orchestra
PE: Infant Agility Games: Tennis
Art: Music and Art
PSHE: Celebrating Difference
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Term 4Poisonous Potions
Term 4
Maths:
Length and height, mass, capacity and temperature, position and direction
English: George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. Instructions, story, diary
SPaG: Coordination using or, and, but. Using adverbs (quickly, silently) and adjectives for detail. Suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er
Science: Animals including humans – body & senses
Topic – Hist: Key question: How have significant individuals made a difference to medicine? Changes within and beyond living memory/ lives of significant others (Florence Nightingale etc-history of medicine)
Computing: Data and information – Pictograms
RE: Easter – How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after his crucifixion?
Music: Exploring Improvisation
PE: Tri Golf Games: Tag Rugby
DT: Woodwork- moving transport- wheels, axles
PSHE: Healthy Me
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Term 3Terrific Transport
Term 3
Maths: Fractions, time
English: Adventure narrative, Persuasive Writing
SPaG: Coordination using or, and, but. Using adverbs (quickly, silently) and adjectives for detail. Suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er
Topic – Geog: Where is better to visit, London or Deal?
Locational knowledge, geographical skills (Ariel photos- landmarks, compass, man-made/ geographical. Comparison of London and Deal, UK maps capital cities)
Science: Uses of Everyday Materials
Computing: Creating media - Digital music
RE: Passover – How important is it for Jewish people to do what God asks them to do?
Music: Exploring Improvisation
PE: Handball Games: OAA
Art: Be an Architect
PSHE: Relationships
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Term 6Wonderful Weather
Term 6
Maths: Statistics, position and direction, consolidation
English: Poetry linked to seasons and weather, Non-chronological report about weather, newspaper repo
SPaG: Confident and independent use of: . , ! ? ‘, Maintain tense and clarity across writing, begin editing punctuation within own writing.
Topic – What is weather? Seasons, extreme weather, weather comparison, metrologists
Science: Plants
Computing: Programming B - Programming quizzes
RE: Does completing Haij make a person a better Muslim?
Music: Our Big Concert
PE: Indoor Review Games: Infant Agility
Food Tech- "Stormy Weather" Pinwheel (design, make, taste, evaluate
PSHE: Changing Me
Additional Information
Children will have access to Times Tables Rockstars, which will enable them to learn their times tables in a fun and interactive way.
We will be using Spelling shed and children will have word lists to complete, these will be available to be accessed at home using your child’s Accelerated User login details via the Spelling shed website.
Children are expected to read daily and to learn their spellings and times tables. We will be introducing spelling tests later in the year.
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