Literacy/ Spelling/ PhonicsPearson Wordsmith PlanningFiction – Muddles and Mishaps. Looking at characterisation. Using drama to explore character’s thoughts and feelings. Inference and prediction. Summarise events. Write instructions about caring for a pet. Write a new Penny Dreadful story-plan, draft, edit

Non Fiction – There’s no place like home. Looking at features of non-fiction. Retrieving information. Commas in lists. Writing questions. Grammar: possessive apostrophes. Suffixes

Poetry-Silly Stuff. Discuss ideas in a poem. Looking at patterns in a poem. Investigating details that make a poem funny. Alliteration, repetition and rhyme. Exploring word play and tongue twisters.Evaluate and edit poems

Mathematics White Rose planning

Focus on Measurement: Length and heightMeasurement:Mass , Capacity and TemperatureMeasurement:TimeMeasurement::Position and Direction

Problem Solving

Mental maths rehearsing addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.

ScienceLiving Things and Their HabitatsI can explain some life processes. I can sort things that are living, dead or have never been aliveI can identify some plants in our garden and school groundsI can find microhabitats. I can identify some minibeastsI can identify a range of habitats and explain how different animals survive there. I can explain how animals and plants exist in an environment. I can draw a simple food chainI can ask questions and plan an investigationPlantsI can follow instructions to plant a seed and a bulb. I can observe closely and record by drawing. I can order the life cycle of a plant. I can describe the life cycle. I know that plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow. I can make observations and predict what might happen in an investigation. I can record findings and draw conclusions

Geography/HistoryHistory/ Our Local AreaThe Romans/Hadrian’s WallCeltic life in Britain/our area. Looking at roundhouses and comparing to today. Boudicca. Hill forts. Expansion of the Roman Empire. Invasion of Britain in 43CE. Roman Legionnaires. Roads and towns. Roman Entertainment. Chariot Racing Circus Maximus. Why were the Romans so successful? Roman Legacy.

Geographical skills and Fieldwork Using school environment to develop knowledge and ability to use compasses and grid references. Using maps (including Ordnance Survey) and atlases.

Around the WorldYear 2

BooksPenny Dreadful and the Rat

The Whole Truthe-book There’s no place like home

Pippi LongstockingThe Owl who was afraid of the Dark

The Mousehole CatWhen the Whales Came

Expressive Art

ART – Roman art. Mosaics and relief panels of horses. Making phalerae metal discs inscribed with Roman patterns and motifs using styliArtistsKaren McDougall

MusicMrs Hedley composition, notation, appreciationViolin instructionMrs Anderson Friday 20 mins untuned/ tuned instrument and singing