Welcome to Year 2.
Technology
This unit looks at the changes in technology over the past 60 years. The children will begin by thinking about the term ‘technology’ and what that means. They will then consider the technology that they use in their everyday lives. The lessons then look back at technology of the past, spanning 60 years.
Lessons 2, 3 and 4 focus on a specific kind of technology e.g. technology to help us write, talk and be entertained. Children will make comparisons between technology of the past and the modern day, thinking about how our lives have changed with the advances in technology. The lessons then move on to thinking about historical figures in the history of technology, e.g. Tim Berners-Lee and the impact his inventions have had. Throughout all of these lessons, children will discuss what things we do to help us find out about the past. The children will learn about being a history detective and will be encouraged to ask questions, make comparisons and use evidence to help them come to conclusions.
My Local Area and Tulum, Mexico
In this unit, children will use atlases and globes to discover about the world, including the seven continents and five oceans, the countries, capital cities and surrounding seas of the UK and the equator and poles. Children will develop fieldwork and map skills creating maps of the school and their local area. Children will learn the geographical human and physical features of Tulum in Mexico and compare them to the geographical features of their own local area.
Hospitals and Healthcare
This unit looks at the changes in hospitals and healthcare over the years and the significant people involved. Our lessons focus on Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell. Children will begin by finding out about the past through pictures of old and new hospitals and healthcare workers. The lessons explore who Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell were and why they were significant. The children will build on their chronological understanding of the past by using timelines and constructing one themselves. They will have the opportunity to consider which of the British Values were displayed by Edith. The lessons then move on to looking at how the past has been represented. The children will compare the past and present and spot the difference between hospitals and healthcare over the years. At the end of the unit, the children will give a final response to the main historical enquiry question.
Investigating weather and climate
In this unit, children will learn about the differences between weather and climate. Children will learn about basic climate zones and the conditions in cold, hot and temperate climate zones. Children will learn about weather forecasts and the symbols used to display weather conditions. Children will learn about various weather instruments before collecting and recording weather data from the school grounds. Children will analyse the collected data and evaluate the fieldwork they have carried out.
Kings, Queens and Castles
In this unit, children will be introduced to some of the most famous and significant kings and queens of England, from King William I in 1066 to King Charles III in the present day. The children must consider how we learn about the past and how it is similar to a detective. They will then think about castles and why they were built. Children will identify some of the features of a castle and what they are used for. The lessons then continue to look at each significant king or queen in turn, going back in time chronologically. Children will learn a little about their lives and which palaces and castles were significant to them. The children will compare monarchs of different times that lived in the same castle and have the opportunity to point out differences between the monarchs of the past. The unit ends with a final response to the main historical enquiry, ‘Where did kings and queens live through time?’
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside
This Beside the Seaside unit will teach your class about the geographical features of the seaside, both human and physical. Children will learn about seaside environments; finding out where they are located in the United Kingdom and seaside resorts nearest their own locality using maps, aerial photograph, webcams and developing their key vocabulary. Children will learn about the similarities and differences between seaside resorts and their own locality, looking at how resorts have changed over time. Children develop their geographical skills through fieldwork, inquiry and map-based activities throughout the lessons in this unit.