Year 2
Year 2 Overview
Movers and Shakers - Autumn Term
This project teaches children about historically significant people who have had a major impact on the world. They will learn to use timelines, stories and historical sources to find out about the people featured and use historical models to explore their significance.
| Suggested text |
Rosa Parks (Little People, Big Dreams) – Lisbeth Kaiser |
| Memorable experience |
Studying a local historically significant person |
| Innovate challenge |
Significant individual presentation |
| History |
Historical models; Exploring significance; Local historically significant person; Historical vocabulary; Chronology and timelines; Historically significant artists, activists, explorers, monarchs and scientists; Facts and opinions; Memorials; Significant people – Captain James Cook, Christopher Columbus, Claude Monet, Elizabeth Fry, Emmeline Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale, Henry VIII, Isaac Newton, Joseph Lister, Mahatma Gandhi, Marie Curie, Martin Luther King Jr, Mary Anning, Neil Armstrong, Paul Cezanne, Queen Victoria, Roald Amundsen, Rosa Parks, Vasco da Gama, Vincent van Gogh, William Shakespeare |
| English |
Biographies; Newspaper reports; Persuasive posters; Speeches |
| Geography |
Historical landmarks; Significant places |
| PSHE |
Modern day significant people |
| Science investigations |
How do germs spread? |
Magnificent Monarchs - Spring Term
This project teaches children about the English and British monarchy from AD 871 to the present day. Using timelines, information about royal palaces, portraits and other historical sources, they build up an understanding of the monarchs and then research six of the most significant sovereigns.
| Suggested text |
Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine – Gloria Whelan |
| Memorable experience |
English and British monarchy timeline |
| Innovate challenge |
Magnificent Monarchs board game |
| History |
Historical vocabulary; Historical periods; Timelines; Power and rule; Historical artefacts; Significant people - Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror; Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II; Bayeux tapestry; Feudal system; Actions and impact; Historical models |
| English |
Information leaflets; Kennings poems; Comic strips |
| Geography |
Significant places – royal residences |
Coastline - Summer Term
This project teaches children about the physical and human features of coastal regions across the United Kingdom, including a detailed exploration of the coastal town of Whitby, in Yorkshire.
| Suggested text |
Katie Morag and the New Pier - Mairi Hedderwick |
| Memorable experience |
Coastal visit |
| Innovate challenge |
My coastal town |
| Geography |
Maps, globes and atlases; World seas and oceans; Human and physical features; Locational language; Compass directions; Physical processes – erosion; Changes over time; Tourism |
| English |
Descriptions; Adventure narratives; Non-chronological reports; Persuasive writing |
| A&D |
Materials and techniques |
| History |
Jobs in the past; Significant people – Captain Cook |
| Music |
Sea shanties |
| PSHE |
Special people; Staying safe; Strengths and goals |
| Science investigations |
How many arms does an octopus have? Why do boats float? Will it degrade? |
