Term 2. History/ Geography focus: Viking. Term 3. History/ Geography focus:
Normans. Literacy. Using Raja the elephant story, a visit to MAGNA and work on
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Class Y2/Y1
Term 1 History/ Geography focus: Anglo Saxons
Term 2 History/ Geography focus: Viking
Term 3 History/ Geography focus: Normans
Literacy
Using Raja the elephant story, a visit to MAGNA and work on the Anglo Saxons children will learn the following genres: Narrative, non chronological report, instructions, recount, explanation and information texts. Children will learn: Addition Subtraction Multiplication Number bonds Shape Measure (measure/mass/capacity) Data Handling Children will learn about: Characteristis of materials Pushes and Pulls Light and Dark Children will learn about: Maps
Using the gingerbread man story and work on the Vikings children will learn the following genres: Narrative, instructions, explanation, information, non chronological report and poetry. Children will learn: Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Shape Measure (measure) Data Handling
Using the banyan tree, a visit to the butterfly farm and work on the Normans children will learn the following genres: Narrative, instructions, explanation, information, non chronological report and poetry. Children will learn: Addition Subtraction Multiplication Number bonds Fractions of shape and numbers Measure (mass/capacity) Data Handling
Children will learn about: Habitats Climate and Adaptation
Children will learn about: Helping plants to grow Moving and growing
Children will learn about: Viking settlements
Children will learn about: Maps
Maths
Science
Geography
Co-ordinates Invasion and settlement Features of different landscapes.
York past and present. Transport and travel. Trade.
History
Children will learn about: Anglo Saxons houses, food, clothes, jobs, pastimes, king and queens, religions and movements and settlement.
Children will learn about: William the Conqueror and read and re-enact Shakespeare’s Midsummer’s night dream.
ICT
Children will use the following software/programs: Bee bots Comic life - Animation Flo bot software Textease Tizzy
Children will learn about: Viking long boat, long houses, Valhalla, Viking gods, transport, travel and trade. Children will also compare Viking place names relating to local places. Children will use the following software/programs: Comic life - Animation Textease Tizzy Visualiser Paint
Art/DT
Children will be taught art and design skills to create 2D and 3D images linked to their learning e.g. Paint, Pastel, Sew, Masks, Box models, clay, Saxon jewellery. Children will also explore the the seasons by look at the work of
Children will be taught art and design skills to create 2D and 3D images linked to their learning e.g. Viking long ship models, shields, sewing money holders, animal art/collage, observational drawings of spring flowers.
Children will be taught art and design skills to create 2D and 3D images linked to their learning e.g.
Children will use the following software/programs: Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel
Bayeux Tapestry, Sewings, Model houses, Castles (Moat and Bailey) Vivaldi – Seaside/summer scene.
Vivaldi Picture this – tree theme blow painting, wire trees, clay patterns and trees. Tree collages. Global Citizenship PSHE Enterprise
PE RE
Visits/Visitors Music
Healthy Schools Children will make Christmas stocking to sell at the Christmas fair. Gymnastics Dance Christianity Christmas/ EID Divali Saxon Saints MAGNA – slimy stuff workshop Vivaldi – four seasons Saxon instruments and songs Easter and Christmas play
Enterprise sport day.
Games OAA Judaism Valhalla Viking gods (Thor)
Athletics Rounders Islam Religious places
Viking experience day Y2 – English Institute of Sport Viking music Music express
Butterfly farm Wind instruments – lute Music express
