Autumn 2 Planning

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Numeracy This half term we will be looking at comparing and measuring length, weights and capacities using standards units of; mm, cm, grams and kilograms along with litres and millilitres. We will also be looking at time; o’clock, quarter past, half past, quarter to, minutes along with time problems. In addition we will also study the 4 main operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Why was Neil Armstrong a very brave person?

Literacy Throughout the year we will be following Read Write Inc to aid our children in their Year 2 Phonics and spelling. We will also be looking at different writing genres from; instructional writing, poetry and story writing. In addition to this the children will be Science on improving their punctuation skills continuing with capital letters, full Autumn Term concentrating This half term we will be studying materials. stops and moving onto question marks, commas and exclamation marks. We will be We will learn about some of the ways at past tenses and being able to change a text into past tense along with how to 2 and that heatinglooking materials can be changed make their writing more interesting. The books we will be using to help us in this will be; can cause changes which produce The Owl who was afraid of the dark, Owl babies and The Shopping Basket. materials which are often useful. We will also be carrying out some investigations

R.E.

This half term our topic is Mysteries. We will be reflecting on the mysteries and recognising that there are three persons in one God. We will discuss of Jesus is God’s gift to the world and how we can respond to this. We will also be building our This half term we will be looking at how understanding of Advent and the story of Christmas. computers use algorithms, recognising that these are a set of instructions for the processes on a computer and how they work. We will also begin to introduce power This half term we will be designing and Our Learning Challenge this half term is all points. building space rockets, working through about Why Neil Armstrong a very brave and discussing ideas. We will look at the person. To understand why he is famous different types of materials we could use and why his actions have a lasting legacy . to build them.

Computing

Design &Technology

Music

History/Geography

Art

As part of Neil Armstrong topic we will be studying pitch and tempo to produce space This half term we will be drawing sketches of the moon. We will also be looking at pencil sounds. techniques to show shading.