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The World Literacy Key Text: Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne's Adventure Sto- ries) Antonis Papatheodoulou (Author) Purpose for wring: Non-narrave– report wring, poetry– vocabulary building and structure. Wring: Children will become familiar with the features of a report and understand that reports are used to present detailed, descripve infor- maon about a subject in a non-chronological format. They will under- stand the structure of a report and the language features included. Grammar: Children will connue their understanding of past and present tense and will be able to use this consistently in their wring. We will also connue to look at subordinaon and coordinaon to improve our sen- tences. : Reading: Children will focus on how we can infer from the text and how we can make predicons based on the informaon we have gained from the text. Maths Key Facts: Fracons, measurement– me and volume. Fracons: During our unit on fracons this term, children will be learning about 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3’s. We will be able to recognize these fracon both as a symbol and as a poron of a shape or object. We will be adding simple fracons such as 1/2+ 1/2. We will be learning using both praccal and wrien methods. Measurement– me and volume: In this unit children will be learning how to tell the me accurately using both analogue and digital clocks. Children will also be using a variety of resource's to learn how to measure volume in litres and milliliters Science Biology: Plants– changes over me Children will reflect back on their learning of Plants in Autumn 2. They will observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants and think about how the different parts of the plant help this to happen. Children will consider how they can help the seeds and bulbs grown into healthy plants. They will also compare healthy plants and think about whether they need anything different to survive. Working Scienfically: Children will learn to observe plants closely and make descripve observaons about what they can see. They will learn to idenfy different plants and discuss their simple features. Children will learn how to ask quesons and how to record and gather infor- maon to answer these quesons. (Please see Science knowledge organiser for essenal knowledge and vocabulary to be learnt.) Geogrpahy Focus: The World Children will be exploring different parts of the globe and begin with un- derstanding how to use atlas’ , globes and maps. They will further this knowledge with learning about the poles, the equator and the difference between the northern and southern hemisphere. To complete the unit, children will learn the 4 points of a compass and how this applies to the world. (Please see Geography knowledge organiser for essenal knowledge and vocabulary to be learnt.) RE Religion: Judaism Theme: The Covenant Key Queson: How special is the relaonship Jews have with God? Children will begin to understand the special relaonship between Jews and God and the promises they make to each other. They will hear about the Covenant (covenant/promise) story of Abraham and think about the promises made in these stories. Children will move on to think about whether Jews sll have this special relaonship with God and how this is reflected in the Jewish home. Design and Technology Focus: DT- Wheels and Axels Children will explore a range of wheeled products, such as toys and everyday objects. They will consider the design of these prod- ucts and how they move. Children will generate ideas for a wheeled product using a simple design criteria, and will use a range of tools and equipment to create their design. Throughout this, they will explore and evaluate products, including their own, and use technical vocabulary relevant to the project. Music The World – Different Music around the world PSHE Focus: Relaonships Compung Effecve Searching Children will begin by looking at the Internet and search engines, before invesgang Google and understanding how to navigate their search results. These lessons allow the pupils to devel- op an understanding of what the Internet is. It will also give them the basic tools to help them search for informaon more effecvely. PE Indoors: Yoga Outdoors: Sports Day Year 2 Summer 1
