Curriculum Overview – Year 2

English

Reading

• Develop phonics until decoding secure
• Read common suffixes
• Read and re-read phonic-appropriate books
• Read common 'exception' words
• Discuss & express views about fiction, non-fiction & poetry
• Become familiar with and retell stories
• Ask & answer questions; make predictions
• Begin to make inferences

 Writing

• Spell by segmenting into phonemes
• Learn to spell common 'exception' words
• Spell using common suffixes, etc.
• Use appropriate size letters & spaces
• Develop positive attitude & stamina for writing
• Begin to plan ideas for writing
• Record ideas sentence-by-sentence
• Make simple additions and changes after proof-reading

  Grammar

• Use. ! ?, and '
• Use simple conjunctions
• Begin to expand noun phrases
• Use some features of standard English

 Speaking and Listening

• Articulate & Justify answers
• Initiate & respond to comments
• Use spoken language to develop understanding

 Mathematics

Number and Calculation

• Know 2, 5 and 10x tables
• Begin to use place value (T/U)
• Count in 2s, 3s, 5s & 10s
• Identify, represent & estimate numbers
• Compare / order numbers, including <, > and =
• Write numbers to 100
• Know number facts to 20 (+related to 100)
• Use x and ÷ symbols
• Recognise commutative property of multiplication

 Geometry and Measures

• Know and use standard measures
• Read scales to nearest whole unit
• Use symbols for £ and p and add/subtract simple sums of less than £1 or in pounds
• Tell the time to the nearest five minutes
• Identify & sort 2D and 3D shapes
• Identify 2D and 3D shape surfaces
• Order and arrange mathematical objects
• Use terminology of position and movement

 Fractions

• Find and write simple fractions
• Understand equivalence e.g. 2/4 = 1/2

 Data

• Interpret simple tables and pictograms
• Ask and answer comparison questions
• Ask and answer questions about totalling

Science

 Biology

• Differentiate living, dead and non-living
• Growing plants (water, light, warmth)
• Basic needs of animals and offspring
• Simple food chains and habitats
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 Chemistry

• Identify and compare uses of different materials
• Compare how things move on different surfaces

History

 Key Concepts

• Changes in living memory (linked to aspects of national life where appropriate)

 Key Individuals

• Lives of significant historical figures, including comparison of those from different periods
• Significant local people

 Key Events

• e.g. Bonfire night
• Events of local importance

Art and Design

• Use a range of materials
• Use drawing, painting and sculpture
• Develop techniques of colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
• Learn about a range of artists, craftsmen and designers

Computing

• Understand and use algorithms
• Write and test simple programs
• Use logical reasoning to make predictions
• Organise, store, retrieve and manipulate data
• Communicate online safely and respectfully
• Recognise uses of IT outside of school

Design and Technology

• Design purposeful, functional and appealing products
• Generate, model and communicate ideas
• Use a range of tools and materials to complete practical tasks
• Evaluate existing products and own ideas
• Build and improve structures and mechanisms
• Understand where food comes from

Modern Languages

• None

Geography

• Name and locate the world’s continents and oceans
• Compare local area to a non-European country
• Use basic vocabulary to describe a less familiar area
• Use aerial images and other models to create simple plans and maps, using symbols
• Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the immediate environment

Music

• Sing songs
• Play tuned and untuned instruments musically
• Listen and understand live and recorded music
• Make and combine sounds musically

Physical Education

• Master basic movement, e.g. running, jumping, throwing, catching, balance, agility and co-ordination
• Participate in team games
• Perform dance using simple movement
• Swimming proficiency at 25m

Religious Education

• Continue to follow the locally-agreed syllabus for RE