Year 2 2025 - 2026

English 

We will be looking at the poem London’s burning and writing our own version. We will also be writing a diary recount and looking at the non-fiction book ‘Fire of London’.  

Maths 

This half term in our maths lessons we will start by looking at numbers to 100 and then move onto addition and subtraction.   

Science 

Uses of everyday materials- Children learn to identify and compare materials based on their uses and explore how the shape of solid objects can change through squashing, bending, twisting, and stretching.   

Computing 

Photo and digital art, Robot Avatars: We will create our own digital 360 design and bring it into my surroundings through AR, know how to select and use tools to create digital imagery, resize, rotate and change colour of shapes, layer multiple shapes, choose to unite, subtract or exclude shapes and group more than one shape.  

History/ Geography 

The Great Fire of London- children will study the Great Fire of London, exploring its causes, consequences, and the impact it had on the development of the city. They will learn about the fire and Chester.  

Art/DT 

Painting- related to The Great Fire of London. We will Mix secondary colours accurately, predict outcomes of colour mixing, mix brown from primary colours and Create tints by adding white and tones by adding black.  

Music 

Christmas performance 

PE 

Dance- under the sea: We will be using our body to create shapes, movement and actions, learning how to travel safely in a creative space and show different levels when we travel, how to communicate effectively with a partner and remember and preform a simple sequence of movement.  

Invasion games skills: During these lessons we will learn how to keep our heads up when dodging, how to block an attacker, how to bend down using our knees to keep safe, how to move into a space to receive a pass and to look for a teammate in a space before passing.  

PSHE 

Relationships: Who is special to us.  

RE 

Judaism- We will focus on what Jews believe about God and how Jews show faith through practices and celebrations.