1. Downton through time Year 2 – Term 4 Literacy
Sentence work – ensuring accurate use of basic sentence punctuation, using varied punctuation for effect, using connectives to join sentences and adjectives to add description.
Features of a newspaper article – headings, photographs, past tense, speech. Writing own newspaper articles.
Writing a non-chronological report about different jobs in Downton’s history.
Designing questions to ask as an interview and writing a report.
Guided Reading and comprehension, finding answers within a text and answering questions requiring inference.
Phonics – continuing to apply letter patterns in reading and writing.
Science
Sound – how are sounds made? How do we hear sounds? Which materials let sound travel through them? Exploring vibrations and how the ear works.
Investigation skills – making a fair test.
Observing seasonal change – looking for signs of spring.
Maths
Using numberlines and partitioning to carry out subtraction, including crossing the tens boundaries e.g =
Measures – units of measurement for weight and capacity. Using scales and containers accurately to weigh items and measure amounts of liquid.
Multiplication – looking at multiplication as repeated addition and drawing arrays to solve problems.
Division – using repeated subtraction and grouping to solve division problems.
Working out the missing value of any digit in a number sentence using all four operations.
Solving mathematical problems in contexts.
Downton through time
History
Downton’s changing population over time. Observing changes in maps of the village. Finding information.
Changing jobs and industry in Downton – old and new.
Travel in Downton – finding the old railway line. What happened in the Downton rail crash?
Education in Downton and the history of Downton Primary School. How has it changed?
Using photographs, maps, memorials, buildings, books, people as sources of historical evidence and information.
PSHE
Learn 4 Life – My friends and family unit of work.
Comic Relief – exploring the work of charity and who needs help.
Developing play skills and friendship.
Music
Da Capo scheme of work.
Using instruments to explore sound – link to science work.
Listening skills. RE
Key Question: Is it true that Jesus came back to life again? Exploring the Easter story and what it means to Christians.
Worship value for the term: Hope. What does it mean?
Art/DT
Sketching and real life drawing. Techniques using pencils. Sketching old and newer buildings in the village.
Computing
‘We are celebrating’ unit of work. Using computers to create a card.
Using the internet to find information.
Using other software to practise literacy and numeracy skills. PE
Indoor – fitness circuits to practise a range of skills and have a work out to music.
Outdoor – games and ball skills.
Year 2 – Term 4