Year 2 Project - Movers and Shakers
In the Movers and Shakers project, your child will learn five statements from Dawson's model that will help them identify people who are historically significant and use the words year, decade and century to describe dates and times. They will study the life and impact of a significant person in the locality and of 10 significant individuals from around the world. They will complete in-depth studies of significant explorers Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, and significant activists Emmeline Pankhurst and Rosa Parks and think carefully about the impact of their actions. The children will also carry out an independent study of a significant person from the past and learn about people who are significant today. They will also learn how significant people are commemorated and design a memorial for a person they have studied.
Help your child prepare for their project
Research one of the historically significant people listed. Research and write about a more modern significant person such as Barack Obama, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Marcus Rashford etc. Include why you feel they are a significant person - use Dawson's model to support your points.
Memorable Experience: Studying a historically significant person
Geography: Historical landmarks; Significant places
History: Historical models; Exploring significance; Local historically significant person; Historical vocabulary; Chronology and timelines; Historically significant artists, activists, explorers, monarchs and scientists; Facts and opinions; Memorials; Significant people – Captain James Cook, Christopher Columbus, Claude Monet, Elizabeth Fry, Emmeline Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale, Henry VIII, Isaac Newton, Joseph Lister, Mahatma Gandhi, Marie Curie, Martin Luther King Jr, Mary Anning, Neil Armstrong, Paul Cezanne, Queen Victoria, Roald Amundsen, Rosa Parks, Vasco da Gama, Vincent van Gogh, William Shakespeare
This project is also supported by mini projects in;
Geography: Let's Explore the World
Science: Habitats, Plant Survival
Art and Design: Still Life
Design and Technology: Remarkable Recipes
Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S
Music: lessons derived from Kapow
PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent
PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content
RE: lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme
More information about the Year 2 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 2 Long Term Plan 2024-2025 document found below.
For this term, PE is timetabled for every Tuesday and Friday. We will be doing Fencing on Tuesdays and Cricket on Fridays. Please ensure that all earrings are removed on those days and that your child has their full PE kit in school. Please make sure that your child has a colder weather PE kit in school, including spare socks and trainers.
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English
w/c 2/6/2025,
we will: complete diagnostic checks prior to commencing our new topic
Reading - Remember that they do not need to read the entire book in one day. Please continue to hear them read daily and write it in their reading record books.
Spelling by phoneme:
In class, we will focus on a different phoneme each week. The phoneme and its corresponding graphemes will be introduced on the Thursday with different activities running until the Wednesday. Their understanding will then be checked by writing a dictated sentence.
On Wednesday (4/6/25) they will be tested on these tricky words:
could
couldn't
would
wouldn't
should
shouldn't
can't
why
what
people
about
children
because
improve
station
fraction
again
wrist
write
right
wrong
usual
other
budge
bridge
From Thursday (5.6.25), we will focus on the phoneme n as the graphemes n as in not, nn in dinner and kn in know:
n
not
skin
went
bend
bent
next
chin
hand
ran
hunt
run
thin
nn
dinner
tennis
runner
running
funny
funnier
funniest
connect
thinner
runny
winner
kn
know
knew
knot
knight
knit
knife
knives
kneel
knock
knocked
knocking
knead
knuckle
knee
Maths
w/c 2/6/2025,
we will:
Infinity maths:
The link is
https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home
They can then add the
Time:
Fractions:
FluencyBee:
2 times-table
Additional Information
Show and tell:
Friday 6th June =
Team: = Pidcock (yellow)
Future dates:
6.6.25 = Pidcock (yellow)
13.6.25 = Storey (blue)
(Wednesday) 18.6.25 = Yee (red)
27.6.25 = Page (green)
4.7.25 = Pidcock (yellow)
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This week's homework is:
English:
Maths:
Other:
Research animal and plant adaptations.
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