Year  2     Autumn Term 2008

LITERACY

• Stories with familiar settings
• Traditional tales eg Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks
• Use lists, diagrams and arrows to write instructions
• Patterns in poetry; rhyming language

NUMERACY

• Count on and back in 1’s,10’s and 2’s
• Order numbers on a number line
• Add and subtract numbers to at least 10 and then 20
• Halve and double numbers

SCIENCE:

Materials:

• Sort collections of materials
• Experiment with changing materials

Health and growth:

• What makes a balanced diet
• Healthy choices

ICT:

• Use a word processing program to type simple sentences
• Use a publishing program to create pictures

HISTORY:

• Our local area – how it has changed
• Walk around the local area and make maps and plans

GEOGRAPHY:

An Island Home

• Topic based on ‘Katie Morag’ book set on Island of Struay

RE:

• Festivals and celebrations – Ramadan, Eid, Hannukah, Divali, Advent, Christmas

DT:

Fun things to make and do:

• Following a set of instructions to make models

ART:

• Links with festivals and celebrations, science and history/geography

MUSIC:

• Exploring pitch
• Ostinato composition
• Simple rounds

PSHE:

New Beginnings;

• Have opportunities to appreciate and celebrate differences and similarities between them
• To value their gifts and talents

Getting on and falling out:

• Consider the qualities of becoming good friends
• Practise using ‘peaceful problem solving’

OTHER

Feelings

• How our behaviour affects other people
• Differences between right and wrong