Welcome to Year 2

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During the Autumn term, our Year 2 children explore a Vehicle called ‘The Deep’. This Curriculum Vehicle has a focus on the children learning about conservation, pollution and how we can look after our world better. The children will work alongside an artist who produces art pieces using recycled materials to reduce the amount of landfill and to raise the awareness of recycling. Through their Science work, the children will develop their understanding about plants and animals further from Year 1 and will learn about ocean habitats, food chains and living and non-living. The children will complete investigations to explore their Scientific thinking. The Vehicle will also involve Geographical learning about our world and beyond through work on the seven continents and five oceans, with a look more specifically on key ports and harbors and rivers within the local area.  Work during this Vehicle will culminate in an end outcome through which the children create a piece of art using recycled materials. This Curriculum Vehicle will also be supported by a visit to The Deep.

After Christmas, the children will learn through a Vehicle called ‘Gruesome Germs’ which includes a study of Florence Nightingale. The children will be working towards delivering their own workshop about health and safety – with a specific focus on First Aid and will be supported with this learning through a careers link visit from a nurse who will teach the children how to bandage wounds and make a sling. This Vehicle will focus on changes in modern day medicine and children will use this knowledge to compare modern day medicine to that used during the time of Florence Nightingale. There will be a focus on developments through innovation and discovering during this Curriculum Vehicle.

In Spring 2, children in Year 2 will study the Vehicle ‘London’s Burning’ through which they will build upon their learning about London from Y1 and will learn about London as the capital city of the UK and how this compares to their local area. Through History lessons, the children will complete a study of the types of houses during the time of the Great Fire of London in 1666. During this vehicle, the children will complete a Design and Technology project to design and make model Tudor Houses and will combine these with peers to create a terrace row, just like London. As a part of this vehicle, Year 2 children will look at those careers involved in the fire service and will meet members of the local fire crew to discuss the job that they do and the pathways into this role.

Finally, in the Summer term, our Year 2 children will learn through the Curriculum Vehicle ‘Lets get Growing’. This Vehicle will build upon the Science learning about plants in Year 1 and will look at the job of a horticulturalist and how these interact with chefs as they learn the Science knowledge needed to grow vegetables and herbs used to create their own Pizzas. In Geography, the children will look at different areas in the world where farming is the main source of food and how landscapes can impact on this. The learning from this vehicle will culminate in a Design and Technology unit through which they will develop their chopping and peeling skills to design, make and evaluate healthy Pizzas.