Year 2 Curriculum Overview

Year 2 Overview

Term Topic challenge

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

How can I become famous?

The Great Fire of London

Africa

Pirates

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Literacy units

Information texts

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Information texts Explanations Traditional tales

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Numeracy 

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Science

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History

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E-Safety Technology in our lives Florence Nightingale Mary Seacole Edith Cavell Neil Armstrong

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The internet & basic skills

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Samuel Pepys – Great Fire of London

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Geography

SATs & Island life

Instructions Stories in familiar settings

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SATs revision Extended stories by significant authors Different stories by the same author

Living things & their habitats Animals including humans

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Plants Uses of everyday materials

Computing & coding

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Digital creation

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Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus LS Lowry

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Name & locate world’s seven continents & five oceans Atlas & map skills Compass directions Printing

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Contrasting localities Atlas & map skills

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Printing

Contrasting nonEuropean country Atlas & map skills

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Art & Design

Summer

WHITE ROSE PLANNING 

ICT

Information texts Traditional tales

Summer 1

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Colour mix

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Colour mix media

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2D drawing

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Living things & their habitats

Working with data

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Trip/visitor

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media 2D drawing

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Textiles collage

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Pantomime

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Colour mix media Textiles collage Chester Zoo

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Textiles weaving

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3D clay models

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Seaside/beach