PYP2

Date
26th
January
20th
February
(4
weeks)

2nd March
2nd
April
(5
weeks)

20th April
22nd
May
(5
weeks)

25th May
26th
June
(5
weeks)

Overview
Inquiry
We Are Family!
Knowing about our family
histories enables us to discover
our cultural origins and develop
historical awareness.
o Our family history
o Ways we can find out about
our history
o How family histories are
different or alike

Guided
reading
Ruth
Miskin
Read
Write
Inc.

We like to... MOVE IT!

People choose transportation to
meet their needs.
o Types of transportation around
the world (form)
o Reasons for choosing specific
types of transportation
(function)
Local and global outcomes of
transportation choices (causation)

Ruth
Miskin
Read
Write
Inc.

Lets go round again

All living things change within
their life cycle
o Major phases of life cycles of
different animals
o How needs change as living
things grow
Compare/contrast different life
cycles to themselves and others

Ruth
Miskin
Read
Write
Inc.

Tell me a Story
Through language we express our
feelings
and ideas.
Communicating ideas and
feelings
o Words, patterns and sentences
Using language to interact with
others

Ruth
Miskin
Read
Write
Inc.

2015

Literacy
Information text
My family booklet
(3 weeks)
Letters
Write a letter to someone in
your family (dead or alive!)
(2 weeks)

Non Chronological Report

Write own NC about transport
(3 weeks)
Instructions
Writing instructions to make
a paper aeroplane/train/car.
(2 weeks)

Explanation text
Life cycle of a butterfly/frog
(3 weeks)
Use laptops/tablets to create
a powerpoint presentation
using their life cycle
(2 weeks)

Stories from a range of

cultures
Handas surprise and/or Too
Much Talk
(4 weeks)
Final week edit and present

Oral
Mental
Starters

1
Place value

Mathematics
3
Measurement

2
+ and

All: Read and write

numbers to 1000 in
numerals and words and
add to number line.

Introduction/extension
on column method:
LA: TU U and TU
HA: HTU TU and HTU
(regrouping necessary)

Order using < and >

signs
HA: Use number
sentences to balance
using =.

Missing number
problems

+ and

x and

Column method:
LA: One step HTU and
THTU using column
method
HA: Word problems

Time: Key time words

yesterday, tomorrow,
last/next year etc.

LA: Multiplying on a
number line (repeated
addition) 2, 5, 10

Car/Bus/Plane journeys time/distance word

problems

MA: Multiplying on a
number line 3, 4, 6, 7.

Directions using scale

Geometry
http://nrich.maths.org/public/leg.p
hp?code=148

Creating vehicles using

shapes
LA: Regular/Irregular
polygons (sorting and
explaining)
WANTED posters
HA: Shape investigation
Right angles

HA: Using a number line to solve missing number

problems.

+ and

Times tables (rapid

recall)

HA: Match analogue to

digital times

Measurement

LA: Multiplying on a number line 3, 4, 6, 7 to

answer straightforward multiplication problems
related to unit.

LA :One step word

problems
HA: Two step word
problems (mix of + and
-)
Possibly with missing
information.

LA: Telling the time (half

past, five past, ten past
and quarter past)
Adding time to clocks

LA: Simple word

problems (what year
was it 6 years ago?)
HA: More complex
problems relating to
months and years

Word problems Identifying clues!

4
Measurement

All: Quarter to, ten to

etc. Add to clocks.
Solving time problems
(differentiated) related
to unit.

Handling data
Surveys and graphs
how did you get to
school?
Use of ICT software to
graph
Reading and
interpreting graphs
x and

All: Dividing on a number line to answer

straightforward division problems related to unit.

Using the inverse to

solve problems related
to unit.

LA: 2, 5, 10.
HA: Mixed problems

Measurement
Choose and use appropriate standard units to
estimate and measure length/height in any
direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (C);
capacity (l/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit,
using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring
vessels (dependent on resources available!)
Estimate, order, measure and compare:
- Length/height
- Weight
- Capacity

Number bonds

5
Measurement

Number of the
day/week

Fractions
LA: Write simple
fractions eg. 1/2 of 6 =
3 and recognise the
equivalence of 2
quarters and one half.
HA: Recognise, find,
name and write
fractions 1/3, 1/4 2/4
and 3/4 of a length,
shape or set of objects.

BINGO

Geometry

Investigate right angles

in 2D and 3D shapes.
Identify and describe
the properties of 3-D
shapes, including the
number of edges,
vertices and faces.
Identify 2-D shapes on
the surface of 3-D
shapes.

Follow me cards