Curriculum Overview
Year 2 Curriculum Overview 2026-2027
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| Autumn 2
| Spring 1
| Spring 2
| Summer 1
| Summer 2
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English | *Recount * Write next part of the story Contemporary Fiction
A Mouse Called Julian
| *Describe/ Persuade Travel brochure -Kenya
*Recount
Contemporary Fiction Traditional Tales from Africa (Kenya)
| *Narrative story *Inquire: Interview
Contemporary Fiction The Last Wolf
Great Fire of London Disciplinary Writing (3x lessons) | *Classic Fiction/significant author
The Tempest
| Poetry: Write a 4 line stanza
Classic poem: From a Railway Carriage
Explanation: Instructions
| *Narrative Quest/adventure *Playscript: dialogue
In the Hall of the Mountain King
*Non Chronological Geographical Report (disciplinary writing) *Note Taking – Orkney Islands (stone age) |
Maths | Number: numbers 10 to 100 (4 weeks) Number: calculations within 20 (3 weeks) | Number: fluently add and subtract within 10 (1 week) Number: addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers (2 weeks) Number: introduction to multiplication (4 weeks) | Number: introduction to multiplication (3 weeks) Number: introduction to division (2 weeks) Geometry: shape (1 week) | Geometry: shape (1 week) Number: addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers (2 weeks) Measurement: money (1 week)
| Number: fractions Measurement: time Geometry: position and direction | Number: multiplication and division Measurement: capacity, volume, mass |
Science | Uses of Everyday Materials | Living Things and their Habitats
| Animals, including Humans | Environmental Study Using Plastics Responsibly | Plants
| Animals, including Humans Growing Up |
History | How has our high street changed or remained the same over time?
Continuity and Change enquiry |
| How do we know about the Great Fire of London? Why was this fire great? Evidential thinking enquiry Significance enquiry |
| How much did people’s lives change between the Stone and Iron ages? How do we know about prehistoric Britain? Continuity and Change enquiry Evidential Thinking enquiry
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Geography |
| The UK-continents and oceans of the world Where in the world is Flat Stanley? |
| Comparative study Settlements of the UK |
| Case Study: Orkney Islands |
Computing | Programming A Robot Algorithms | Creating Media Digital photography | Programming B Programming quizzes
| Computing and Networks Information Technology around us | Creating Media Making Music | Data and Information Pictograms
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Design and Technology | Food Preparing fruit and vegetables Project: Greek salad | Food Preparing fruit and vegetables Project: vegetable salad with dressing | Mechanisms Wheels and axles Project: Fire engine (Great Fire of London) |
| Textiles Sewing Project: book mark (no join) | Textiles Sewing Project: Coaster (no join) |
Music | Pulse, Rhythm and Pitch How does music help us to make friends? | Playing in an Orchestra How does music teach us about the past? | Inventing a Musical Story How Does Music Make the World a Better Place? Developing knowledge of musical notation, learning to play the glockenspiel | Recognising Different Sounds Developing knowledge of musical notation, learning to play the glockenspiel
| Exploring Improvisation How Does Music Make Us Happy? | Our Big Concert How does Music Teach Us About Looking After Our Planet? |
Art | Drawing Mark making on different surfaces Music as a stimulus ICT as tool Respond to a story Draw a group of objects Wassily Kandinsky Howard Hodgkin | Painting Respond to artists Line, space, colour Shape and pattern Story as stimulus Wassily Kandinsky Anthony Frost | Collage Respond to artist’s work Cut, tear, arrange shapes Respond to Op Art Henri Matisse Bridget Riley Kurt Schwitters
| Printmaking Positive and negative stencils Clay slab using 3 colours Direct prints Printed designs Hans Hofmann Anna Atkins
| 3-D/Sculpture Use a story as a starting point Make coils with clay Make forms from clay Change form of clay Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Louise Bourgeois
| Textiles Dip Dye Rubbings Indian Relief Printing Blocks Card Wraps Monika Correa |
RHE/ PSHE
| Wellbeing Emotions: What helps me to be happy?
Community Who is in my community?
Citizenship -class charter, pupil leadership
| Wellbeing: Physical How do I eat a balanced diet?
Wellbeing: Staying Safe and Healthy: How can I take responsibility for my health? | Healthy Relationships Family What does a family look like?
Healthy Relationships Friends: How can we stop bullying? | Healthy Relationships Power in Relationships Should we keep secrets? | Online Lives Who should I talk to online?
Online Safety Media Influence Is everything I see online true? | Financial Literacy
Wellbeing: Risky substances- How do I stay safe at home?
Transition to Year 3 |
RE | How should we care for others and the world, and why does it matter? | Who is Jewish and what do they believe? | Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? (part 2) |
| How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times? (Part 2) | Who is a Christian and what do they believe? (part 2) |
PE | Introduction to Invasion Games | Introduction to Invasion Games | Gymnastics | Athletics | Cricket | Tennis |
Educational Visits | Local High Street History | N/A | Tower of London History Local Mosque RE | Walthamstow Wetlands Science/Geography | London Walk Geography | |