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 23/6/2025,
we will:
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 (25/6/25) they will complete a spelling check on some Year 2 tricky words and their understanding of some phonetically spelt words which they should know the spelling rules for.
From Wednesday (25.6.25), we will focus on the phoneme /f/ as the graphemes /f/ in fun, /ff/ in fluff and /ph/ in phone
f
fun
frog
from
flash
fast
fitness
fish
fetch
lift
soft
famous
favourite
February
fruit
four
fourteen
forty
fortnight
unfortunately
Friday
fifty
fifteen
ff
fluff
fluffy
different
difficult
off
puff
coffee
scuff
sniff
toffee
suffix
waffle
ph
phone
dolphin
alphabet
phonics
elephant
photo
photograph
graph
amphibian
triumph
Maths
w/c 23/6/2025,
we will:
Infinity maths:
The link is
https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home
They can then add the
Position and Direction
Statistics:
Time:
Fractions:
FluencyBee:
10 times-table and the 5 times table
Additional Information
Thank you for all of your support and kind words during Sports day.
Show and tell:
Friday 27th June =
Team: = Page (green)
Future dates:
4.7.25 = Pidcock (yellow)
NO MORE SHOW AND TELL SESSIONS
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This week's homework is:
English:
ham
cheese
salad
cucumber
He needed to buy some ham, cheese, salad and a cucumber.
Then try adding adjectives to make the sentence even better - He really needed to buy some delicious ham, smelly cheese, mixed salad and a dark green cucumber.
Maths:
Other:
Use the key on a map to find the different parts of an area - can they use the key to identify where the car park is? The toilet facilities? The picnic area etc.
Discuss with you the PSHE lessons we have had this week so that they feel comfortable talking with you about body parts.
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