YEAR 2

Street Detectives

Land Ahoy!

Beachcombers

Towers, Tunnels and Turrets

Text

Paddington Goes to Town – Michael Bond; The Elves and the Shoemaker – Vera Southgate and Robert Lumley

The Troll – Julia Donaldson; The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor – Katie Daynes; Grace Darling – Anita Ganeri

The Snail and the Whale – Julia Donaldson; Tiddler – Julia Donaldson; Sally and the Limpet – Simon James; A House for a Hermit Crab – Eric Carle

The Tunnel – Anthony Browne; Sir Scallywag and the Battle for Stinky Bottom – Giles Andreae

Memorable Experience

Walk around the local community

Visit a marina, boat yard, RNLI station or boating lake

Beach visit

Visit a local castle

Innovate Challenge

Improve the local area

Find pirate treasure

Create a sea creature

Make a fortress for the three little pigs

English genres

Recounts and captions; Nursery rhymes; Instructions; Adverts; Diaries

Narratives; Information texts; Descriptions; Poetry; Postcards

Labels, lists and captions; Tongue twisters; Narratives; Letters; Non-fiction texts

Recounts; Reported speech; Narratives; Letters; Posters

Geography

Fieldwork in the local area; Human and physical features; Using and making maps; Aerial images

Using and making maps; Locational knowledge; Directions

Coastal features

Amazing structures around the world; Towers and bridges in the local area

Computing

Photo stories; Algorithms

Programming; Using presentation software

Web searches; Common uses of ICT; Digital presentations

Drawing Software

A&D

Famous local artists; Creating views from the local area

Observational drawing; Printing

Sketchbooks; 3-D modelling; Sand art; Seascapes

Sculpture using natural materials

D&T

Making models; Baking; Making signs; Designing buildings

Mechanisms; Structures

Finger puppets

Making models of towers, bridges and tunnels

History

Changes within living memory; Significant people; Places and events in the local area

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

Castles and castle life; Significant individuals – Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Music

Sea Shanties

Science

Everyday materials; Plants

Everyday materials; Working scientifically

Habitats; Living and non-living things; Food chains; Basic needs of animals; Working scientifically

Habitats; Everyday materials; Working scientifically