Science:1st half: Animals/Humans

• Know that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults.
• Find out and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans for survival.
• Describe the importance for humans of exercise; eating the right amounts of different food and hygiene.

CROSS CURRICULAR

• Divide plate using fractions into healthy portions
• Make a tally about Y2’s favourite foods
• Turn data into a pictogram or block graph
• Write a persuasive leaflet on staying healthy

Write instructions how to create a healthy meal

ICT Opportunities: Digital Publishing + Digital Media

Use painting tools to create images for a purpose

Make simple digital animations

Give an general pinion about selected digital photos

Take digital photos for a purpose, review/retake

Shoot short video clips and review

Create publications and presentations for a purpose

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Science: 2^nd half: Plants

• Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.
• Find out how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.

CROSS CURRICULAR

• Turn data into a pictogram or block graph
• Choose an appropriate unit of measure to measure length / height of plants.
• Compare and order lengths of plants.
• Find out about suitable temperatures for plants using degrees on a thermometer.
• Write instructions on how to care for plants
• Explanation on what plants need to live

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History: THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON

• Know what happened in the Great Fire of London.
• Know why the fire spread so fast and stayed alight for sol long.
• Investigate how we know what happened in the Great Fire of London.
• Look at how the Great Fire of London changed the layout of London.
• Evaluate what we have learnt about the Great Fire of London.
• Know why the Great Fire of London was an important part of the history of Lambeth.
• Know why we remember Samuel Pepys.
• Use Samuel Pepys’s diaries to learn about the Great Fire of London.

CROSS CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

• Solve simple word problems about the Great Fire of London.
• Interpret data about the great Fire.
• Read scales, charts, pictograms about the Great Fire.
• Solve problems about the length of time the Great Fire lasted.
• Write a diary entry about the great fire of London.
• Write a letter of apology from the maid who started the fire.
• Write a description of the fire.

Write an explanation about why the fire started.

ICT Opportunities: Digital Research

Navigate websites and online tools using buttons and menus

Locate specific images/videos on a website and record

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Geography: THE EQUATOR

• Locate the equator on a map.
• Identify hot areas of the world in relation to the equator.
• Use maps, globes and atlases to locate the equator.
• Locate the North and South Poles and know their proper names.
• Identify cold areas of the world in relation to the North and South Pole.

CROSS CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

• Match different thermometer readings to different areas of the globe
• Time word problems relating to hours in a day and minutes in an hour.
• Send a postcard from a hot/cold place.

ICT Opportunities: Digital Publishing

Create publications and presentations for a purpose

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ART: MATISSE AND CUTOUTS

• Cut and shave fabric using scissors/snips.
• Create images from a variety of media.
• Arrange and glue materials to different backgrounds.
• Fold, crumple, overlap and tear paper.
• Work on different surfaces.

CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:

• Experiment with colours to create different shades eg adding black and white
• Use a variety of brush strokes and lines to create movement in a picture
• Experiment with different tools to apply paint and explain which is the most effective

ICT Opportunities: Digital Publishing + Digital Media

Use painting tools to create images for a purpose

Create publications and presentations for a purpose

Evaluate other pupils work, giving reasons for comments

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D.T:  WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM

• Develop a food vocabulary using taste, smell, texture and feel.
• Group familiar products into the country they came from (link to countries around the equator)
• Cut, peel, grate and chop a range of ingredients.
• Work safely and hygienically.
• Understand the need for a variety of foods in a diet.
• Measure and weigh food items, non -statutory measures e.g. spoons, cups.

CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:

• Explain which is the best method of preparation for different types of ingredient
• Create a recipe for a healthy meal using what they have learned

Work independently when using tools

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Music:

• Use their voices creatively by singing songs, chants & rhymes
• Play un-tuned instruments musically.
• Listen with concentration to a range of high quality recorded music.

Experiment with sounds using interrelated dimensions of music.

ICT Opportunities Digital Media

• Record and play back sounds using a digital recording device

Create musical sequences using symbol-based software tools

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Computing: Coding, Programming and Computer Games

• Understand and create simple everyday step-by-step algorithms
• Use simple commands to control the movement and actions of a person or onscreen object
• Use symbols for direction, distance and turn in a simple program or sequence of actions
• Explore games and simulations with drag/drop and basic variables

Identify obvious errors and correct them

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P.E: games, gymnastic and dance (see the P.E folder for more guidance)

ICT Opportunities; Digital Media and Tools – Take photos and videos for a purpose, using basic camera tools – zoom and a tripod

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R.E – SEE AGREED SYLLABUS  

• CHRISTIANITY – unit 3

Christianity  – unit 4

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Entitlement and Enrichment

The monument/ Museum of London/ visit Kew Gardens and learn about plants that grow near the equator/hot climates/ butterfly house