Focus Core Learning Skill

Learning Unit Drama/ Speaking and listening

Literacy ICT Maths Science PSHE/SMSC Design and Tech

Geography History Art and Design Music DancePE

RE – Coventry Scheme

Year 2Term1Visit to Warwick Castle

Video link with a knight or a princess to meet in the future

WOW - Time Capsule from the past from Lord Lefiette

Product – Trip to Warwick Castle to be knight/princess for the day

Learning with Others

The Castle Asking questions Group discussionWould you have liked to live in a castleGive and receive instructionsPresent castle design

Fiction stories

Labels, captions, lists Instructions

How the past is representedInformation booklet

The Jolly Postman – variety of letters

Compare old/ new fonts – download a photo of a bike and add labels.

Digital photos – of castle and weapons into comic life and add labels Locate and use Clip Art in word to create a poster about litter

Granada Branching to sort materialsJob adverts for different roles in the castle e.g. jester

2D shapes

3D shapes sorting and classifying

Investigating patterns

Draw bridge – using pulleys

Keeping safe Code of ConductComparing castles to homesTeamwork

Design and build a castle

Aerial photographsCastles in other countries – compare and contrast

Time capsuleQuestionsHot seat Lord LefietteCastle visitWhat was life like in the castleContrast rich and poorCastle defencesWeapons for attacking the castleItems to include in castle design

Experiment with media for collageDesign a flag or banner Large collage

Design a coat of arms Weaving

Listen to and create fan fare

Developing marching rhythm

Listen to Medieval music

Marching

Group dance

Sword dance routine ProcessionTarget games

Invasion games

Tug of War

Juggling

Belonging –- idea of special and holy places. - link between people and places

Year 2Term1Trips to:ChurchTemple/Mosque/Gudwara

Subway – healthy sandwiches

Cooking demonstration – party food e.g. range of cultures

WOW press conference following the disaster ball – all children are royal investigators

Product –Party

Learning with Others

Party Planners

Link with Diwali and Christmas

Group discussion and interactionThe Ugly Sisters debate

CinderellaCharacter profilesDictionaries / GlossariesIndexesFlow chart and explanationsImaginary recipes Recipes with food from a range of cultures

DatabaseDigital cameraWord processing

Data-handlingMoney problemsMeasure - length and weightSupermarket visitTimeShape and space packages

Cooking activitiesSorting and classifying materialsProperties of materialsUse of materials on basis of propertiesChanging the shape of materialsHeating and cooling

Safety and hygieneMaking healthy choices - food/exerciseCultural and individual food preferences Tasting food from a range of cultures Prepare food from a range of culturesFair trade

Favourite party food surveyPlan a party lunchExplore food typesPrepare party foodMenusParty Hat

Masks for party

Plan of palacePlan of role play areaPlan of classroom for partyOrigins of food – tasting session in a fruit and vegetable shop/brought inHow does food get to our plate? Food milesWhere do foods come from?

Famous birthdays/celebrationsOur birthdays

Experimenting with mediaFruit printingFood facesFood and veg still lifeParty food plateClay/salt dough fruit and vegParty place mats

Listen to party musicSing food and harvest songCompose and performInvent new lyrics for 'Oranges and Lemons'

Diwali Eid Birth day of Guru Nanak

Year 2Term2

Transport Museum

Visit to the Partnership Centre (Jaguar)

Road safety visit WOW visit from Mrs Armitage with her problem

Product – make a new vehicle

Improving Own Learning and Performance

Mrs Armitage's Vehicle

Prepare questions for visitRetell Mrs A's BicycleRetell with different endingElectrical safety talkPresentations

Character profileRead other Mrs A storiesWrite different story using similar setting

Granada Branching - Sorting vehiclesRoamer/ Pixie Create a timeline of bicycles in comic life. Use 2 simple/Granada to create pictures using repeating wheel shapesCreate posters in publisher use clip art

Data handlingMeasurementsProblem solvingGive and follow directions

Pushes and pullsDown slope Electrical appliances and circuits Water proof materialsTesting own vehiclesVisit to the Partnership Centre (Jaguar)

Road safetyElectrical safetyWorld Braille Day

Investigate toy vehiclesTool skillsProto-type chassisDesign make and evaluateVisit to the Partnership Centre (Jaguar)

Local trafficHow do children get to school across the world?Transport around the world

Henry Ford

Changing designs of carsHistory of transport – timelineChanges in technology

 Observational drawingBike wheel weaving Design vehicle Design posterArticle to keep Mrs A dryMake a model Mrs ACircles and wheels Kandinsky

Horn sound for vehicle

Pushes and pulls Chinese New Year 03.02.12

Year 2Term2

WOW Birds of prey visit

Visit to an Art Gallery

Product - Make our own art gallery and perform

Visiting artist

Developing a sense of self worth and understanding of self and others

The Owl and the Pussycat

Dramatise the poemPractise & rehearse choral speaking of the poemChoral performance

Read the poemIllustrate & sequence the poemLearn the poemCat & owl storiesDescription of Bong-treePea-green - naming of coloursPoems from a range of cultures

Use Powerpoint to put frames of the poem + clipart –create a class powerpoint.Children film each other acting out the poem

Explore £5   Recognising feelings and understanding emotionsDeveloping a positive sense of one's selfStress management and conflict resolution

      Develop cat / owl drawingCat art workExplore mark makingDraw cat / owlObservational drawingPaint the Bong-tree

Comparison of 'Moonlight Sonata' with music from 'Cats'Composition'How charmingly sweet you sing'Music performance

They danced by the light of the moon'Constructing a danceDance performance 

Good Guys- Major faith figures and what they representHoli

Year 2Term 3

Brandon Marsh/Conkers/Coombe Abbey/Ryton Pools

RSPCA visit – looking after animals

WOW – Zoo Lab in to school.

Product – Create a 3D habitat/diorama for a creature

Thinking Skills

All Creatures Great and Small

Compare stories by the same authorQuestion visitorExplain how something worksDramatise a piece of Noah's Ark

Writing lettersOwn versions of well known storiesCompare books by same authorGuided readingCreate a non-fiction book

Data handling – graphs – 2simpleResearching locationsExploring web-sitesFinding info from Internet and use it to create a PowerPoint of habitatsUse of Granada Branching to sort animals

  Is it living?Nature detectivesCategorisationObservational drawingHuman impact on the environmentAnimal familiesAnimal careKeeping the world healthyHabitatsOur selves and our sensesWhat's in our air?Life cyclesGlobal issues e.g. deforestation

Treat animals with careHealth and safety issuesEgg pet careDrugs and medicine

Making 3D animals and 3D habitat

What is in our air? Louis Braille - inventor of Braille system

Observational drawingsRubbingsColour mixingPaint and textureCamouflageCamouflage patternsCreate chosen skin

Sounds associated with building/ stormsAnimal songsExploring music for building the boat and animal entrances

Actions for buildingActions for stormy weatherAnimal actions 

Animals linked to faiths:- Ganesha - Hinduism sacred cow - Hinduism- donkey – Christianity- Noah – Christianity/Judaism/islam- vegetarian food – Langar – Sikhism

Year 2Term 3

Herbert Art Gallery – out reach – seasides from the past

Speaking and Listening

The Seaside Hotseating Mrs PilkingtonTalking about holidays / days out togetherComparing stories same author

Stories from the same authorBlue Flag beaches

Seaside safety posters in Publisher. School link with another country – research using the internet. Create a Powerpoint of our school – photos

CapacityMoneyTime MeasurementCalendar

ClassificationSorting natural, man made materials and objects

Ground rulesSeaside SafetyCaring for the environmentCourageKeeping Safe

  Key questionsPre- visit activitiesWeatherVisit & follow up activitiesWhere why and

Now and thenGrace Darling

Observational drawingsBeach artSand sculpturesColour mixingCollageRaoul Dufy

Seaside songsJingle for advertisement

 Bat and ball skillsBeach games

Jesus and disciples – Fishes of men- calming the storm- old testament- Jonah and the

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Visitor

WOW -Trip to Skegness

Seaside day – sand etc

Product -

Freeze frame -imaginary journeyWeather reportsKeeping safe - role playTongue twisters

Create our own postcard in publisherUse of Google Earth – looking at coastsVideo – travel brochure/pod castSchool link with another country or locality – sea side

when do people go on holiday?Brochure advertisementReview

Postcards billboards

Whale

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