Lands of Ice and Snow Year 2
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Science
Identify amphibians, birds, fish,
reptiles and mammals that live
in the UK and animals that live in Polar Regions.
Find out how different animals
obtain their food.
Identify carnivores, herbivores
and omnivores.
Learn how animals are suited to polar habitats.
Observe seasonal changes
Music
Listen to Music related to our Topic, Antarctica by Vangelis and Troika by Prokofiev
Talk about the texture, dynamics and tempo music we hear and make.
Create a soundscape to represent Antarctica.
History
Find out about a famous polar explorer Ernest
Shackleton and the Endurance expedition
Use photographs, books and videos
to find information
Think about why the polar explorers
were significant
Know that some people events are significant
because many people remember them or because
they led to changes in other people’s lives.
Order the lives of famous people on a timeline.
Geography
Find the Arctic and Antarctica on a map and a
globe.
Use photographs, video and texts to learn
about the features of polar landscapes.
Make models to show what we have found out.
Find out about weather patterns in the UK,
the polar regions
Find out what it is like to live
and work in Antarctica.
Compare life in Antarctica with life in England
Religious Education
Explore stories about
Muhammed and know that
Muhammed is an important person for
Muslims.
Explore stories about Jesus and what
they show Christians about the
character of Jesus
Make an Easter garden
to show the important
parts of the Easter story
Learn about ways that Christians’
beliefs about Jesus affect their lives
English
Read stories and information texts about polar regions and polar explorers.
Write narratives based on the story of The Rainbow Bear by Michael Morpurgo
and the Story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.
Descriptive writing and poetry about snowy weather.
Write fact files about Antarctica.
Write a narrative about the real events on the Endurance expedition.
Sentence work using capital letters and full stops.
Comprehension and reading skills.
PE Gymnastics
Practise Gymnastics skills,
Create a sequence of movements
on the floor and on apparatus
Design and Technology
Explore how a frame
structure is used to make a
tent.
Find out how to make frame
structures strong and stable
Design, make and
evaluate our own
model tents.
Art
Explore the work of Nick
Bibby who creates sculptures
of animals.
Practise different ways of
shaping and joining clay.
Make an animal
sculpture from clay.
PSHE
Discuss how to be a good friend .
Know who can help if someone is affected by
bullying
Know ways to keep myself safe
Lands of Ice and Snow Year 2
Computing
Talk about ways we can use technology safely
and responsibly.
Learn how to search for information safely on
the internet.
Combine pictures and text to make a poster
about a polar animal.
Make an animation about
the Endurance expedition.
Mathematics This is a selection:
Count on or back in steps of 2. 5 and 10
Read, write, order and compare numbers to 100
Partition numbers in different ways
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division
Add and subtract using the written method
Use the inverse to solve missing number problems
Tell time at quarter past and quarter to
Find fractions of shapes and amounts