Acomb Primary School

Year Two Curriculum Information

Because we have an intake of 45, we need to run split year group classes, something we have done very successfully for many years. When we split the classes, we look at each child as an individual and decide what they need most - taking into account, ability, friendships, special educational needs and other factors in order to create mixed ability classes throughout.

Our curriculum planning supports this approach. We run a two-year cycle across Years One and Two so that children don't repeat topics or content and don't miss out on areas of the curriculum either.

Here you can see the topics covered in each half term across both cycles. For more information, follow the hyperlinks to the subject areas or topic titles.

Year Two: Cycle B: 2020/21

Subject	Autumn	Spring	Summer
English	Stories with predictable phrasing eg Gingerbread Man, Room on the Broom Labels, Lists and Captions Recount Poetry - Vocabulary building Poetry - Structure - rhyming couplets Take One Book	Traditional Tales - Fairy Tales Reports Instructions Poetry - Vocabulary building Poetry - Structure - rhyming couplets Take One Book	Contemporary fiction - stories reflecting children's own experience Take One Book Reports Information Texts Poetry - Vocabulary building Take one poet - poetry appreciation
Maths
History	Significant people: Florence Nightingale Significant events outside living memory: Guy Fawkes/Gunpowder plot Local History: York Minster	Changes within living memory: Homes	Travel and transport: first bicycle, first aeroplane flight, first train, first car
Geography	Weather and Seasons	Weather and Seasons Mapwork: Name continents, oceans, 4 countries of UK, use and create maps and aerial photos (familiar places)	Weather and Seasons Place Knowledge: Compare York to non-European place (Cairns) Fieldwork: Use maps, 4 compass points, locational and directional language, aerial photos and plans, observational skills
Science	Working Scientifically Humans	Working Scientifically Everyday materials Animals	Working Scientifically Plants
Art & Design	Drawing Painting Henri Matisse	Collage Sculpture	Print Aboriginal Art Textiles Digital Media
Design Technology	Textiles: Templates and joining techniques	Mechanisms: Wheels and Axels	Food: Preparing fruit and vegetables
Computing	E Safety Creativity in IT: Making pictures, posters, artwork	Digital Literacy Visual Media, Music & Sound, Multimedia, Handling Data	Programming / Coding
RE	Thanking God for Nature: Exploring the biblical Creation story Christmas / Light: How is light used as a symbol?	Belonging: Being part of a family - Christening Easter: Giving up something you love	Holy books: Bible stories and texts
PE	Movement and travel Fitness Throwing and catching	Gymnastics Dance	Athletics Games
Music
PSHCE	Health and Wellbeing	Relationships	Living in the Wider World

Year Two: Cycle A: 2021/22

Subject	Autumn	Spring	Summer
English	Stories with predictable phrasing eg Gingerbread Man, Room on the Broom Labels, Lists and Captions Recount Poetry - Vocabulary building Poetry - Structure - rhyming couplets Take One Book	Traditional Tales - Fairy Tales Reports Instructions Poetry - Vocabulary building Poetry - Structure - rhyming couplets Take One Book	Contemporary fiction - stories reflecting children's own experience Take One Book Reports Information Texts Poetry - Vocabulary building Take one poet - poetry appreciation
Maths
History	Significant events outside living memory: Great Fire of London, Guy Fawkes/Gunpowder plot Local History: York Minster, Railway	Changes within living memory: Toys	Significant people: Neil Armstrong
Geography	Weather and Seasons	Weather and Seasons Mapwork: Name continents, oceans, 4 countries of UK, use and create maps and aerial photos (familiar places)	Weather and Seasons Place Knowledge: Compare York to non-European place Fieldwork: Use maps, 4 compass points, locational and directional language, aerial photos and plans, observational skills
Science	Working Scientifically Humans	Working Scientifically Everyday materials Animals	Working Scientifically Plants
Art & Design	Drawing Painting	Collage Sculpture	Print Textiles Digital Media
Design Technology	Structures: Freestanding Structures	Mechanisms: Slides and Levers	Food: Preparing fruit and vegetables
Computing	E Safety Creativity in IT: Making pictures, posters, artwork	Digital Literacy Visual Media, Music & Sound, Multimedia, Handling Data	Programming / Coding
RE	Thanking God for Nature: Exploring the biblical Creation story Christmas / Light: How is light used as a symbol?	Belonging: Being part of a family - Christening Easter: Giving up something you love	Holy books: Bible stories and texts
PE	Movement and travel Fitness Throwing and catching	Gymnastics Dance	Athletics Games
Music	How pulse, rhythm and pitch work together. Rap Music	Playing/singing in different styles Latin Music	Creating your own lyrics
PSHCE	Health and Wellbeing	Relationships	Living in the Wider World

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Today's #WorldBookDay made last full day of this #homeschool a real treat. Thanks so much @acombprimary for the incredible Masked Reader, crafty activities and above all for letting us dress up!!! (Picture - #FindingFishcake - plot in development) https://t.co/a1sb2860F1

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The results for our @WorldBookDayUK competition are in! Thank you for all of the wonderful book cover designs. It was so tricky to choose the winners! Every child who entered will be given an additional World Book Day book! Click on the pictures to see who our winners are. https://t.co/t1yJU5CpCU

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