Year 2

Y2 Curriculum

Numeracy

In our Numeracy lessons this year we will be learning about:

Place value

• Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line
• compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; <, > and = signs
• read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words
• use place value and number facts to solve problems

Addition and Subtraction

• solve problems with addition and subtraction: using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures; applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods
• recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently and derive and use related facts up to 100
• add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including two two-digit numbers
• add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including adding three one-digit numbers
• show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of one number from another cannot

Multiplication and Division

•  Practice the 3 times table here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XzfQUXqiYY

• recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers
• calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using x, ÷ and = signs
• show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order and division of one number by another cannot
• solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in context.

Fractions

• Recognise, find, name and write fractions 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity
• write simple fractions for example, 1/2 of 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2

Measures

• choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (c); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels
• compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using <, > and =
• recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value
• find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
• solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change
• compare and sequence intervals of time

Statistics

• interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables
• ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data

English

In our Literacy lessons this term we will be concentrating on the following::

Traditional tales from other cultures
The children will be reading the and comparing the stories of Hansel and Gretel and Baba Yaga, using drama and story maps. They will write their own witch stories, using traditional story language and endings.

Fantasy Stories
The children are introduced to The Dragon Machine by Helen Ward and other well-known dragon stories, George and the Dragon by Chris Wormell, and The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. They create a dragon and write similes to describe it. They then write dragon stories with a focus on using conjunctions to write longer sentences.

Instructions
We will use  Instructions by Neil Gaiman to introduce children to writing instructions. Exploring features of instructions including bossy verbs, Identifying exciting tricky words and discussing how to decode them.

Recounts
Based on two lovely stories entitled Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French and The Owl and the moon, children use conjunctions to expand sentences before writing their own recounts in a diary form about an English animal.

The Senses
Explore the senses through poetry, The Works chosen by Paul Cookson, and Raps, Riddles and Concrete by Pie Corbett. Read a range of different poems and learn some by heart. Go on a poetry walk to the playground or nature area to collect some wonderful describing words. Write simple poems using adjectives and adjectival phrases.

Humorous Poems
based around the wonderful poem, Aliens Stole My Underpants by Brian Moses (Cat Message by Roger Stevens). Children will memorise and perform this poem, describe objects to aliens using adjectives before finally writing their own alien poems.

Topics

Our Topics in Year 2 are :

Autumn – The Great Fire of London
Spring – Space
Summer – The Seaside

Science

The basic needs of all living things if they are to survive and grow. That all living things, including animals, produce off spring. We learn about the need for a balanced diet, a healthy lifestyle and the  importance and benefits of exercise.