St. Hugh's Curriculum Notes for Year 2

St Hugh's Preparatory School Oxfordshire

girl and boy at St Hugh's preparatory school

Subject Areas

On this page you can find the curriculum notes for Year 2, for the Autumn , Spring and Summer Terms. Or click here to download a pdf version Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term

Autumn Term

LITERACY

(to include the Ruth Miskin Literacy programme, Read, Write, Inc.’

To encourage children to speak clearly and respond to a variety of stimuli.

To learn the 44 ‘Speed Sounds’ and the corresponding letters/letter groups.

To learn to read words using sound-blending.

To read lively stories with a strong phonic structure featuring words they have learned toe sound out.

To comprehend stories through partner discussion.

To show that they comprehend the stories by answering ‘Find it’ and ‘Prove it’ discussion questions.

To answer simple, literal and inferential questions on the text.

To justify answers and opinions by looking for evidence in the text.

To improve skills in reading out loud with expression, paying attention to punctuation and meaning.

To increase the number of whole words children can read by sight.

To encourage children to read for enjoyment.

To encourage children to use skills taught in phonic lessons for decoding unfamiliar vocabulary.

To read and spell key words in common usage.

To practise the formation of capital letters.

To continue practising a neat cursive style of handwriting.

To write with increasing independence.

To learn to write the letters/letter groups which represent the 44 sounds.

To learn to write words by saying the sounds and graphemes (letter names).

To construct simple sentences independently.

To use a variety of stimuli encourage creative writing.

To compose a range of texts using discussion prompts.

To know the order of the alphabet and to use it to access an index and a dictionary.

NUMERACY

To count, read, write and order whole numbers to and from at least 100 in figures and words and position them on a number line and 100 square.
To count reliably up to 100 objects by grouping them in 10s, 5s and 2s.
To describe and extend simple number sequences: count on or back in tens, starting from any 2-digit number.
To count in hundreds from and back to zero.
To recognise odd and even numbers to at least 30.
To know what each digit in a two digit number represents, including zero as a place holder.
To partition 2-digit numbers into multiples of tens and ones.
To use and begin to read the vocabulary of comparing and ordering numbers, including ordinal numbers to 100.
To say the number that is 1 or 10 more/less than a given 2-digit number.
To begin to solve mathematical problems using knowledge of the above and to recognise simple patterns and relationships.
Know by heart number bonds for 10.
To learn addition facts for numbers up to 10
To begin to extend knowledge of the operation of addition.
To use and begin to read the related vocabulary.
To use the + and = signs to record mental additions in a number sentence.
To begin to add 3 single-digit numbers mentally (totals up to 20)

Numeracy Topic - Fractions& Shape:

To investigate Fractions.
To recognise halves, quarters and thirds.
To investigate 2D and 3DShapes
To begin to recognise lines of symmetry.
To begin to use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement.

Term Topic: Australia

Geography

To learn the names of the continents and oceans and where they occur on the globe.
To find England and Australia on the globe.
To consider the similarities and differences of climate, landscape, flora, fauna, way of life and culture of their own town or village and Australia.
To begin to learn how to use books and pictures to research facts about a subject.

History

Look at the aborigines and their way of life and consider the reasons behind the European settlement of Australia. Consider how events that happen in history have an effect on the present.

Science

To investigate the solar system and recognise the difference between a star and a planet.
To know by heart the names of the 9 planets currently accepted as being part of our solar system and to know their positions in relation to the sun.
To understand that Earth is a planet and that it orbits around the sun.
To have some understanding of the power of the sun and its importance to life on Earth.
To look at light and dark and to have some understanding of what causes night and day and how a shadow is formed.
To investigate sound and how we hear.

Art, Craft and Design Technology

To encourage careful and imaginative art work.
To encourage the idea of appropriate use of colour.
To look at the work of the African culture and to use it as a stimulus for their own pieces.
To gain knowledge of and practise in techniques and materials in the following areas: Drawing, Design, Painting, Printing, Resist, Modelling in clay, Collage, Scissor work and Cooking.

Music, Dance and Drama

Music:

To begin to understand that music is made up of sounds and silence of different lengths.
To use their voices to investigate long and short sounds of their own choice, creating a sound picture describing a journey through space.
To begin to recognise crotchets, minims and semibreves in music.
To begin to understand that music is written down for people to read and that there are different values for each note.
To be able to investigate how to use instruments to make long and short sounds.
To investigate hand signals to use to indicate quiet and loud.
To make loud and quiet sounds following a conductor.

Dance:

To be able to choreograph a simple dance with a clear beginning, middle and end – Lion King dance.
To understand the importance of warming up at the start of a dance lesson.
To begin planning, performing and evaluating their own (Firework) dance.

Drama:

Whilst acting the play ‘The Sun Wizard’ the children will be able:

To adapt and sustain roles.
To understand and develop skills of mime and improvisation.
To respond appropriately to given narration.
To respond appropriately to ‘teacher in role’.

P.E. & GAMES

Games and Ball Skills

Revise sending, receiving and dribbling a netball, basketball, hockey-ball and football.
Learn how to ‘reverse’ a hockey stick effectively.
Continue to foster awareness of space and fellow team-members, and to introduce tactics such as dodging, avoiding opponents, attacking, defending and invading, in pairs and small groups, in football, basketball, netball and hockey.

Gymnastics

Revise and develop travelling on feet and hands: hopping, skipping, jumping with a half turn, full turn(pirouette), tuck jump (these to be attempted from the apparatus or trampette depending on the ability of the child).
Revise cartwheels and introduce crab-springs and walk-overs.
Revise and develop travelling by rolling: introduce circle roll, forward and backward rolls with straight or legs astride and asymmetrical rolls.
Introduce various balances such as front or back support, crab, handstand and headstand.
Introduce simple vaulting on the apparatus and use of the springboard.
Extend sequence work to join at least 6 movements.

I.C.T.

To write stories, entering and editing text.
To create pictures, including design.

R.E.

To look at the story and nature of Jesus as a religious character and as a king
To explore and respond to some of Jesus’ sayings.
To explore ways in which Christians remember Jesus and how festivals are celebrated within families and communities.
Explore how Christians rely on God/Jesus and ways in which personal and religious beliefs may influence their lives.

P.S.H.E.

To encourage the children to be aware of the needs of others.
To encourage kindness and caring for each other.
Road safety – being seen; use of reflective clothing.

French

To encourage the children to speak freely and with a good accent about themselves.
To learn the numbers to 60, the days of the week and to revise colours.
To revise animal names.
To introduce children to the vocabulary of food, shopping and eating out.
To extend their French vocabulary with the use of songs, rhymes, stories and games.

Ways In Which You Can Help

Please support you child by encouraging him or her to read with you for pleasure in the evenings and at weekends.
Please help your child to check the timetable in order to ensure he or she has the correct kit.

Spring Term

Literacy

(to include the Ruth Miskin Literacy programme, Read, Write, Inc.’ )

To encourage children to speak clearly and respond to a variety of stimuli.
To learn the 44 ‘Speed Sounds’ and the corresponding letters/letter groups.
To learn to read words using sound-blending.
To read lively stories with a strong phonic structure featuring words they have learned to sound out.
To comprehend stories through partner discussion.
To show comprehension of stories by answering ‘Find it’ and ‘Prove it’ discussion questions.
To answer simple, literal and inferential questions on the text.
To justify answers and opinions by looking for evidence in the text.
To improve skills in reading out loud with expression, paying attention to punctuation and meaning.
To increase the number of whole words children can read by sight.
To encourage children to read for enjoyment.
To encourage children to use skills taught in phonic lessons for decoding unfamiliar words.
To read and spell key words in common usage.
To practise the formation of capital letters.
To continue practising a neat, cursive style of handwriting.
To write with increasing independence.
To learn to write the letters/letter groups which represent the 44 sounds.
To learn to write words by saying the sounds and graphemes (letter names).
To construct simple sentences independently.
To use a variety of stimuli to encourage creative writing.
To compose a range of texts using discussion prompts.
To know the order of the alphabet and to use it to access an index and a dictionary.

Numeracy

To make sensible estimates of numbers of items.
To estimate position on a number line.
To round numbers to 100 to the nearest 10.
To investigate steps of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 and be able to recite the multiples of these numbers.
To practise the times tables by rote from 1X to 12X.
To use patterns to add single numbers to 2-digit numbers.
To add 2-digit numbers to multiples of 10.
To add and subtract 9, 19, 11 and 21 by adjusting.
To add multiples of 10 and 100.
To investigate subtraction as ‘difference’.

Numeracy Topic – Measuring Length/Weight:

Use and begin to read the vocabulary related to length.
To estimate, measure and compare lengths using non-standard and standard units (metres and centimetres).
To begin to know the relationship between metres and centimetres.
To suggest suitable units and equipment for measuring length.
To record estimates and measurements .

Geography

Term Topic: Around our school - the local area

To know their addresses and understand the significance of each line of the address.
To draw a map of the map of the school in various forms and recognise where places are within the school.
To draw a map showing their route to school.
To describe the features of the local environment.
To investigate current land and building use within the local environment and school grounds.

History

To investigate the first evidence of birds, such as ‘dinobirds’ and ‘Archaeopteryx’.
To discuss how these early forms of bird have evolved into the species of today
To look at how the school buildings and grounds have been adapted over time for change of use/purpose.
To look at different habitats around the world and to consider how birds have adapted, through evolution, to cope with the various environments.

Science

To investigate the differences between living, non-living and never having lived.
To classify animals into the various groups by characteristics.
To look specifically at the group ‘birds’.
To investigate the origins of birds and recognise fossils as a source of information.
To consider the physiology of birds and how they differ to us.
To look at the different species of bird and discuss their habits.
To look in detail at a feather and its uses and importance to birds.
To investigate waterproof and absorbent.
To investigate the life cycle of birds by using an incubator to hatch chicks.
To investigate the inside of an egg.
To use experiments to investigate the changes heating and cooling make to certain materials such as eggs and bread and to recognise the difference between reversible and irreversible changes.

Art, Craft and Design Technology

To encourage careful and imaginative art work.
To encourage the idea of appropriate use of colour.
To look at the work of various artists, such as Hogarth and Matisse, and to use it as a stimulus for their own pieces.
To consider the play area outside Pre-Prep and its uses and to suggest improvements.
To draw up a design of a playground, considering health and safety, cost and suitability of design elements.
To gain knowledge of and practice in techniques and materials in the following areas: Drawing, Design, Painting, Marbling, Modelling in clay, Collage, Scissor work and Model-making.

Music, Dance and Drama

Music:

To identify pitch.
To use instruments to demonstrate pitch.
To identify pitch differences.
To create, plan, rehearse and perform a piece of music.

Dance:

To use movement imaginatively, responding to music.
To create and perform a dance using a range of movement patterns.
To change level and direction of their movements.

Drama:

To develop spontaneity and improvisation skills.
To use actions to convey roles and situations.
To work co-operatively within a drama situation.
To work in role.

P.E. & GAMES

Gymnastics:

To introduce backward roll with legs astride, backward roll with legs straight and circle roll.
To mirror a partner’s sequence on the floor and on the apparatus.
To introduce dive forward rolls and leap frog.
To introduce handstand into forward roll.
To introduce through vault: build up by catspring onto low apparatus followed by immediate straight jump off.
To do partner work: balancing using counter-tension, balancing using the idea of counterbalance and helping partner maintain and support a balance.
To introduce partner work into sequences on the floor and on the apparatus.

Soccer skills:

To revise dribbling, passing and receiving skills.
To introduce goalkeeping skills.
To Introduce heading skills.
To practise receiving ball on different parts of the body and controlling ball down to the feet.
To practise all these skills through 1 v 1, 2 v 1, 2 v 2, 3 v 3 and 4 v 4 games.

Rugby Skills:

To revise retrieving ball from floor, running with ball, placing ball on pitch.
Touch rugby 1 v 1.
To practise passing against wall from side and to pass backwards to partner.
To run and pass backwards and to practise overhead passing.
To practise kicking rugby ball.
To practise all skills through small-sided games.

Tennis Skills:

To revise control of racquet, running with ball on racquet, tipping and bouncing.
To practise rallying against wall with a bounce/without a bounce.
To encourage use of forehand/backhand.
To practise rallying in 2s against the wall one after the other.
To play games in 2s over benches – use simple rules and scoring.
To teach the forehand drive and to introduce service.

I.C.T.

To practise Control Technology using a floor turtle.
To find information based on class topic of ‘Birds’

R.E.

Using visit to Buckland Church to teach the children:

That the church is a special place for Christians.
About some of the important features of the church building.
About some of the activities that take place in a church.
About the importance of showing respect for other people and their special places and things.
About what a church feels like and looks like.
About why Christians come to the church, what they do there and how they care for it.
To identify some of the features of a church which make it a special place for Christians.

P.S.H.E.

To encourage the children to be aware of the needs of others.
To encourage kindness and caring for each other.
Road safety

FRENCH

To encourage the children to speak freely and with a good accent about themselves and their family.
To learn the numbers to 80.
To revise the French words for some parts of the body and to start to learn the vocabulary for clothes.
To continue learning the vocabulary of food and to talk about food they like or dislike.
To learn some weather phrases.
To continue to extend their French vocabulary and enhance learning and enjoyment with the use of songs, rhymes, stories and games.

WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN HELP

Please support you child by encouraging him or her to read with you for pleasure in the evenings and at the weekends.
Please help your child to check the timetable in order to ensure he or she has the correct PE kit on the days it is needed.

Summer Term

LITERACY (to include the Ruth Miskin Literacy programme, Read, Write, Inc.’ )

To encourage children to speak clearly and respond to a variety of stimuli.
To learn the 44 ‘Speed Sounds’ and the corresponding letters/letter groups.
To learn to read words using sound-blending.
To read lively stories with a strong phonic structure featuring words they have learned to sound out.
To comprehend stories through partner discussion.
To show comprehension of stories by answering ‘Find it’ and ‘Prove it’ discussion questions.
To answer simple, literal and inferential questions on the text.
To justify answers and opinions by looking for evidence in the text.
To improve skills in reading out loud with expression, paying attention to punctuation and meaning.
To increase the number of whole words children can read by sight. To encourage children to read for enjoyment.
To encourage children to use skills taught in phonic lessons for decoding unfamiliar words.
To read and spell key words in common usage. To practise the formation of capital letters.
To continue practising a neat, cursive style of handwriting.
To write with increasing independence.
To learn to write the letters/letter groups which represent the 44 sounds.
To learn to write words by saying the sounds and graphemes (letter names).
To construct simple sentences independently.
To use a variety of stimuli to encourage creative writing.
To compose a range of texts using discussion prompts.

NUMERACY

To understand the operation of multiplication as repeated addition or as describing an array.
To know and use halving as the inverse of doubling.
To know by heart facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.
To choose and use appropriate operations and efficient calculation strategies to solve problems, explaining how the problem was solved.
To understand division as grouping or sharing.
To describe and extend simple number sequences.
Numeracy Topic – Time/Capacity/Data Handling:
Use units of time and know the relationships between them (second, minute, hour, day, week).
Order the months of the year.
Read the time to the hour, half hour or quarter hour on an analogue clock and a 12-hour clock, and understand the notation 7:30.
Estimate, measure and compare capacities, using standard units (litres, millilitres).
Read a simple scale to the nearest labelled division.
Solve a given problem by sorting, classifying and organising information in simple ways, such as: pictogram, block graph. Discuss and explain results.

TERM TOPIC - :

History

To ask and answer questions about the past.
To gain an understanding of whom the Tudors were.
To study some significant events of the period: Battle of Bosworth; Henry VIII’s new church; the Mary Rose and the king’s navy; the Armada.
To learn about the everyday lives of Tudor men, women and children from different sections of society and compare them to those of today.
To be able to recognise why people did things, why events happened and what happened as a
result using Tudor times and events.
To make use of a range of sources of information to find out about the Tudors.

Science

To discuss the materials used in the time of the Tudors for building and for armour and to consider the characteristics
and properties of these materials.
To discuss health and hygiene in Tudor times and how it differed then from now: exercise, medicine, diet, etc.

ART, CRAFT & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

To encourage careful and imaginative art work.
To encourage the idea of appropriate use of colour.
To look at the Tudor period and its artists and to use them as a stimulus for their own pieces.
To gain knowledge of and practise in techniques and materials in the following areas: Drawing, Design, Painting,
Portraiture, Modelling in clay, Collage, Scissor work and Cooking.

MUSIC, DANCE & DRAMA

Music:

To begin to identify different textures within pieces of music.
To begin to identify different combinations of sounds.
To develop awareness of changes in texture within a piece of music.
To investigate the sounds produced by various percussion instruments.
To read a pictorial score and perform a simple textual composition.
To write a basic pictorial score based on a theme.
To read a pictorial score and perform a simple textural composition.

Drama:

To create roles individually.
To think quickly in order to participate in the drama.
To use voices and actions expressively and effectively.
Year 2’s leavers play.

P.E. & GAMES

Athletics

To practise sprinting: start and finish; action (use of arms).
To practise relay techniques: changeovers.
To practise the high jump: take off; landing; use of arms.
To practise the long jump: standing broad jump; one-footed take-off; use of arms; two-footed landing.
To practise throwing for height: sideways stance; follow-through (similar action to shot-put technique).
To practise throwing for length: sideways stance; taking arm back, follow-through (similar action to javelin technique).
To practise the hop, step, jump: introduction to triple jump techniques; emphasize rhythm; use of arms; stable landing.
To practise jumping hurdles: initially encourage idea of running over hurdles, then develop technique.
To practise distance running: techniques for running over a larger distance; need to pace oneself.

Cricket skills:

To practise throwing, catching, bowling, wicket-keeping and striking the ball with cricket bat.
To experience playing in 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 games and non-stop cricket games within grids.
Rounders Skills:
To practise striking the ball with rounders bat, bowling underarm, back-stop techniques.
To experience 3v3 and 4v4 games within grids.

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