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Year 2

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    Curriculum overview

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    School curriculum summary

    Remote education provision

    Year group curriculum overview

    Term period Curriculum overview
    Autumn Autumn year group curriculum (PDF)
    Spring Spring year group curriculum (PDF)
    Summer Summer year group curriculum (PDF)

    Curriculum Photos

    Autumn Term

    We have been reading the book ‘ The Bear and the Piano.’ The children found the bear in our garden with instruments asking them to join in and play with him.

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    For our outdoor collective worship week, the children collected sticks and leaves from the playground and made them into a heart.

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    In PE with have practised our throwing and catching skills and played a game where the children jumped in between the hoops with their partner whilst throwing and catching the ball.

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    Autumn Term 2

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    We have been working this term at developing our oracy skills in English, and the children have been using discussion techniques to share, collaborate and challenge each other's ideas. This has developed confidence and respect in the classroom!
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    This week the children are looking at a wonderful book by David Walliams called 'The Queens Orang-utan'! This story showcases an orang-utan becoming king!
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    The children cut out some masks and role played being the Orang-utan where we could ask questions to each other to really understand the character and the role within the story. 
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    In art, we have been focusing on the amazing artist, Stephen Wiltshire. We have discovered his talents at drawing cityscapes in amazing timeframes!
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    The children skectched a London skyline and used watercolours to bring it to life!