Whitefield Primary School - Year 2 Summer 1 Curriculum Maths
Key Reading Texts Literacy
Fiction •
Harry the poisonous centipede -Lynne
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Write an alternative ending
Reid Banks
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Write a non-chronological report
Non-Fiction
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Write descriptive poetry
Range of texts about Bugs
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Write a comparison
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Write instructions
Science
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Explain what bugs need to survive
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Explain that they grow and reproduce
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Identify different groups of bugs/
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Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times and solve problems Identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line Order and arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns and sequences
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Identify and complete bug lifecycles
Important days to remember:
What’s so special about bugs?
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www.whitefieldprimaryschool.co.uk Home reading books : Return every Tuesday
Make a moving bug
and Thursday
Geography
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Identify the equator and locate the places on the equator which are the hottest Make predictions about where the hottest and coldest places in the world are Explain how weather may affect different people? Games - Play simple, competitive net, striking/fielding and invasion games that they and others have made, using simple tactics for attacking and defending
PSHE
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My Money Week – understanding money Global Responsibility – Reduce, reuse, recycle
PE: Monday Homework: Available on See-Saw
Core subjects
D&T
PE
Compare and order intervals of time
mini beasts
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How you can help your child at home? Trips and visitors •
Bug lady visit
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Dress up as bugs
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project •
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Program floor robots
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Explore 2Go
Encourage your child to complete sections of mathletics/bugclub