Year 2

Year 2 Curriculum Project

Year 2 Project - Land Ahoy!

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Get ready to take to the high seas and set sail in search of treasure!

This term, we’ll visit Chatham Historic Dockyard to find out about boats and ships of all shapes and sizes. We’ll write about our visit, read information books, investigate amazing sea rescues and write postcards and poetry influenced by the sea. Our science skills will help us to understand how boats float and we’ll design and make model ships using a variety of materials. We’ll study paintings of boats. Our map reading skills will help us to identify different seas and oceans, and we’ll learn about famous sea explorers. Stories of pirates will inspire us to make pirate flags, treasure maps and fact files. We’ll even find out how to talk and sing like a pirate!

Help your child prepare for their project
The sea is fascinating! Why not take a trip to the coast? Visit the harbour, lifeboat station and beach and take plenty of interesting photographs. You could also make boats from plastic cartons, cardboard boxes and polystyrene trays. Add sails and cargo then see which boats sail around the bath successfully! Alternatively, sing along to some lively sea shanties performed by The Fisherman’s Friends from Port Isaac in Cornwall. Visit their website to access free sample tracks.

Memorable Experience: Visit to Chatham Historic Dockyard

Geography: Using and making maps; Locational knowledge; Directions

History: Significant historical people – Captain James Cook, Grace Darling; Famous pirates

This project is also supported by mini projects in;

Science: Human Survival, Uses of Materials

Art and Design: Mix it Up!

Design and Technology: Beach Hut

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from Greenacres/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 2023 document found below.

Y2 LAND AHOY Home Learning Ideas

Y2 LAND AHOY Knowledge Organiser

Year 2 Key Information

YEAR 2 Long Term Plan 2023

Year 2 English Curriculum (1)

Year 2 Maths Curriculum (1)

Recommended Reading List For Year 2

In Year 2, PE is timetabled for every Tuesday (Tennis) and Thursday (Tag-Rugby). Please ensure that all earrings are removed on those days and that your child has their full PE kit in school.

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English

This week we are:

exploring sea shanties.

We will be

Reading pirate sea shanties
Making up our own sea shanties
Writing our sea shanties
Performing our sea shanties

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Maths

This week we are:

Finishing our unit on Place Value and moving onto Addition and Subtraction.

We will be learning about

Number bonds to 10
addition and subtraction bonds within 20
Bonds to 100 (tens)

Additional Information

Please can you ensure that your child has their PE kit in school on a Tuesday and Thursday.

Also please remember to sign your child's reading record every time you read with them. Once an adult has read with the child three times and recorded it in their reading record they will complete an Accelerated Reading Quiz and receive a new book.

Many thanks.

This week's homework is:

Read for 10 minutes every day.
Spend 20 minutes over the week on Numbots 🙂 (Usernames and passwords can be found in the front of your child's reading record)
Optional- Have a look at the Topic Home Learning ideas and then bring your learning into school.