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English

The different outcomes the children will produce this half term:

-Information text

-Recount

-Description

-They will continue to use expanded noun phrases

-Consolidate subordinating conjunctions into sentences

We are reading:

In History children will be learning about a historical event; ‘The Great Fire of London’. They will be investigating primary and secondary resources such as pictures, newspaper articles and diary entries to help them understand how a loaf of bread nearly destroyed our capital city. They will be investigating the questions:

-How did the great fire of London start?

-How the fire changed our city?

-What can we learn from primary sources?

-What was the chronology of the great fire of London?

This half term children’s learning will focus on measurement (money), Faces, shapes and patterns; lines and turns.

Maths

History

Year Two will be learning all about Materials. Some of the aspects their learning will cover are:

  • Identifying and classifying different materials
  • Comparing the use of different materials
  • Explain why we use certain materials and why they may not work for specific purposes

Science

Robot Algorithms:

Planning an Escape Route

(Computer Science)

  • Create a series of instructions that can be run as a program
  • Create and run a program on a device
  • Debug a program

Computing

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This half term the children will learn about how to stay healthy.

-To know what I need to keep my body healthy

-To show or tell you what relaxed means; to know some things that make me feel relaxed

and some that make me feel stressed

-To understand how medicines work in my body and how important it is to use them safely

-To sort foods into the correct food groups and know which foods my body needs every day

to keep me healthy

-To make some healthy snacks and explain why they are good for my body

-To decide which foods to eat to give my body energy

In DT this half term, the children will design and make an original spiced bun.

They will:

-Analyse spiced buns

-Explore ingredients

-Design and create spiced buns

-Test and evaluate recipes

Why is Easter important to Christian people?

-Sequence the Easter story and say why it is important to Christians

-Explain what a Christian might learn from celebrating the Last supper

-Design an Easter card using more than one symbol and write a message to Christian inside

Art

This half term in Music we will be listening to Gamelan music from Indonesia.

We will be exploring pitch and playing pitch patterns on chime bars.

PSHE

Music

Religious Education

Linked to our learning about the Great Fire of London, Year 2 will be baking spiced buns this term.

Curriculum Enrichment

Physical Education (PE)

This term your PE will be on: Wednesday

Fundamental Focus

1. Coordination - ball skills

2. Counter Balance in pairs

Sport Specific Focus

Games - Attack vs Defence

Whole child focus

PE award for:

Compare and develop

Learning in class about:

Causes of illness and disease

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