Welcome to Year 2

In Year 2, at Beaumont Primary Academy, we are the ‘Hedgehogs’, 'Bats' and the ‘Foxes’.

Who works in Year 2?

Miss Whittle (Class Teacher - Hedgehogs)

Mrs Turnbull (Class Teacher - Foxes)

Miss Akram (Class Teacher- Bats)

Articles 28 and 29 (United Nation’s Children’s Rights Charter)

Every child has the right to a good quality education where they can develop their personality, talents and abilities to the full.

In year 2, we strive to ensure that every child fulfils their potential across a wide range of activities and topics while preparing them for the national SATs. Teaching and learning is developed through a mixture of styles to cater for every child’s need. A love of learning is fostered through whole class and independent tasks. Within the same day, the classroom could be a hospital in Scutari circa 1854 complete with rats and wounded soldiers or a haven for quiet reading.

Whilst English and mathematics are our bread and butter, these are linked as far as possible with other areas of the curriculum to embed learning. Children have a daily diet of reading (usually in groups), writing (including spelling) and mathematics whilst time across each week is given to other subjects including: science, history, geography, RE, PE, art, music and computing. There is also a strong focus on nurturing every child through relationship building and valuing every child, as well as lessons for PSHE.

Our year 2 children are the ambassadors for KS1 and EYFS, carrying out important roles and responsibilities that they apply for. These include: school councillors, lunchtime monitors and reception leaders.

We ask that parents support their child’s learning by listening to them read every day – remember to comment in the reading record please! – and allowing time to be given for any homework to be completed.

YEAR 2 OVERVIEW
Year Group 2	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1		Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
English Texts	Vlad and the Great Fire of London, by Kate Cuuningham The Great fire of London - An Illustrated History of the Great Fire of 1666, by Emma Adams	Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, by Ian Whybrow Dear Dinosaur, by by Chae Strathie	Katie in London, by James Mahew Paddington at The Palace, by Michael Bond		Vlad and The Florence Nightingale Adventure, by Kate Cunningham Mary Seacole, by Trish Cooke	The Tin Forest, by Helen Ward	The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch, by Ronda Armitage and David Armitage Look what I found at the seaside, by Moira Butterfield
Writing Knowledge	Orally retell Adverbs of time (First, next, then, after, later, finally) Conjunctions Capital letters Finger spaces Full stops Adjectives Past & present tense Expanded noun phrases Command sentences Ordering Coordinating Conjunctions Adverbs of time (Now, before, later, currently, eventually)			Command sentences Adverbs of time & manner - appropriate selection Conjunctions and & or Capital letters Finger spaces Full stops Imperative verbs Question marks Exclamatory sentences Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions – because & when adjectives Past tense Commas in a list Questions to the diary – can you believe it? Past progressive Consistency of tense Paragraphing Suffixes Expanded noun phrases Using preposition expanding after the noun Orally retell Adverbs of time and manner		Past tense consistency Exclamatory sentences Commas in a list Adverbs of time & manner appropriate selection Questions to the diary – can you believe it? Past progressive Present progressive – she’s pushing the door Expanded noun phrases Using preposition expanding after the noun (in, on, under, besides, next to)
Outcome	Diary Information text Retell the events	Retell the story Postcard Instructions	Retell a story with a changed character Poem Information text		Biography Interview Recipe	Retell the story Diary	Recount (beach trip) Message in a bottle Retell a story in more detail
History	The great Fire of London		Changes over time, significant people Florence Nightingale/Mary Seacole				Victorian Seaside
Geography		Seven continents, five oceans, natural features.			The UK	Seasides –Physical and Human Features
Science	Properties of materials	Living things and their Habitat	Living things and their habitats		Staying Healthy	Plants	Living things and their habitats
RE	How and why do people pray?		How is new life welcomed?				What did Jesus teach and how did he live?
Art DT	Art Great fire of London Mixed media , pastels and collage	Art Exploring the world through mono print	DT Glove puppets		DT Food: Healthy balanced lunch	Art Expressive painting	DT Mechanisms-Making a moving vehicle
PSHE	SCARF Scheme
Computing			Computer systems and networks – What is a computer?		Programming	Computer systems – word processing	Data Handling
MFL
Music	Charanga Scheme
PE See SOW and progression map	Athletics & Dance	Football & Gymnastics	OAA & Gymnastics		Netball & Dance	Cricket & Boccia	Tennis & Leadership

Year 2 overview