Year 2 Overview Term
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
How can I become famous? – Use Samuel Pepys to lead into The Great Fire of London
Topic challenge
Literacy units
Stories with familiar settings Information texts Patterns on the page
How can we change it?
What animals can I find around my school?
Traditional tales Explanations Instructions
Non-chronological reports (SATS) Information texts
2e – Forces & movement Plants Uses of everyday materials
2a – Health and Growth (lifecycles) 2b – Animals in the local environment 2c - Variation Living things are their habitats Animals, including humans Fresco 2paint a picture Internet research Beebot
Science
Spring 2
Numeracy
Spring 1
ICT
History
E-Safety Beebot
Florence Nightingale Mary Seacole Edith Cavell Samuel Pepys – Great Fire of London Locations the above lived/worked Where we are in relation to them Geographical vocabulary
Geography
Summer 2
Island life – Where in the world is Katie Morag? Would you like to be a pirate? Why do we love to be beside the seaside?
SATs revision Extended stories by significant authors Silly stuff Different stories by the same author Really looking LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING
Summer 1
Elizabeth ! Queen Victoria (changes over time)
Local landscapes Seasons/weather Habitats Seasonal/daily weather patterns Geographical vocabulary
2d – Grouping and changing materials 2e – go over 2f – Using electricity
Floor robot – Beebot Internet
Christopher Columbus Neil Armstrong
Contrasting localities Map reading Map making Landscapes Coastal features Name & locate the world’s 7 continents & 5 oceans Name, locate & identify characteristics of the 4