Year 2 Term 3

Maths 🧮

Fractions

• Introduction to parts and whole

• Equal and unequal parts

• Recognise a half

• Find a half

• Recognise a quarter

• Find a quater

• Recognise a third

• Find a third

• Find a whole

• Unit fractions

• Non-unit fractions

• Recognise the equivalence of a half and two quarters

• Recognise three-quarters

• Find three-quarters

• Count in fractions up to a whole

Time

• O'clock and half past

• Quarter past and quarter to

• Tell time past the hour

• Tell time to the hour

• Tell the time to 5 minutes

• Minutes in an hour

• Hours in a day

Statistics

• Make tally charts

• Tables

• Block diagrams

• Draw pictograms (1-1)

• Interpret pictograms (1-1)

• Draw pictograms (2, 5 and 10)

• Interpret pictograms (2, 5 and 10)

Position and Direction

• Language of position

• Describe movement

• Describe turns

• Describe movement and turns

• Share patterns with turns

Science 🧬

Plants (Biology) ♻️

• Bulb or seed?

• What to plants need to grow?

• Bulbs and seeds investigation

Growing Up (Biology) ♻️

• Parent and offspring

• Life cycle if humans

• Life cycles of different mammals

• Life cycle of amphibians

• Life cycle of butterfly

• Butterfly diary

Wildlife (Sustainability) ♻️

• What does wildlife do for us?

• What can we do for wildlife?

Reading 📖

In Year 2, all students have access to a comprehensive and systematic Phonics programme tailored to their individual needs: 👉 read more.

Writing ✍️

🚧 Coming soon....

Across the curriculum 🌏

Study of a European Country: Italy ♻️

• Using maps to locate

• Shape and landscape of the country

• Climate

• Tourism

• Lake and mountains (skiing)

• Transport

Ancient Rome (case study: Pompeii)

• Timeline

• Architecture

• Government

• Education and work

• Religion

• Society

• Event: Eruption of Vesuvius

• Aftermath

Curriculum Objectives & Expectations ♻️

• Use world maps, atlases and globes to find countries, continents and oceans studied

• Name and locate the world's continents and oceans

• Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical and human features

• Weather patterns

• Ask and answer geographical questions (such as: What is this place like? What or who will I see in this place? What do people do in this place?)

• Identify key features of a location

• Use geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of Brunei and a contrasting country

• Observe and use pictures, photographs, and artefacts to find out about the past

• Start to use stories or accounts to distinguish between fact and fiction

• Observe or handle evidence to ask simple questions about the past

• Talk, write and draw about things from the past

• Start to show some basic understanding of substantive concepts, such as monarchy, parliament, war, voyage, society

• Talk and write about things from the past using some historical vocabulary

• Start to understand that during the same period of time, life was different for people in the past, such as rich and poor, male and female

• Talk about why the event was important and what happened

• Mapping

• Basic observational skills

• Draw simple features

• Add labels onto a sketch map or photograph

• Use aerial photographs

• Simple bar charts

• Begin to use a range of evidence to ask and answer questions about the past

• Use a range of primary and secondary sources to find out about the past

• Describe connections and contrasts between aspects of history, people events and artefacts studied

• Regularly address and sometimes devise own questions to find answers about the past

• Justify opinion about the effects of an event on society

Key Vocabulary

• Continent, capital, Europe, Rome, Italy, climate, weather, transport, train, beach, coast, mountain, sea, city, town, village, volcano, river, snow, ice, glacier.

Art, Design & Technology 🎨 👷

• 🚧 Coming soon....

PSHE 😀 🫶

Personal, Social, Health and Economic education

Physical health and mental wellbeing 

• About routines and habits for maintaining good physical and mental health and why sleep and rest are important for growing and keeping healthy  

• The importance of, and routines for, brushing teeth and visiting the dentist and how food and drink affect dental health  

• How to describe and share a range of feelings and ways to feel good, calm down or change their mood e.g. playing outside, listening to music, spending time with others  

• How to manage big feelings including those associated with change, loss and bereavement and when and how to ask for help, and how to help others, with their feelings  

Growing and Changing 

• About the human life cycle and how people grow from young to old  

• How our needs and bodies change as we grow up  

• About change as people grow up, including new opportunities and responsibilities  

• Preparing to move to a new class and setting goals for next year  

Keeping Safe 

• How to recognise risk in everyday situations, e.g. road, water and rail safety, medicines and how to help keep themselves safe in familiar and unfamiliar environments, such as in school, online and ‘out and about’  

• How to help keep themselves safe at home in relation to electrical appliances, fire safety and medicines/household products  

• About things that people can put into their body or onto their skin (e.g. medicines and creams) and how these can affect how people feel  

• About whose job it is to keep us safe and how to get help in an emergency, including how to dial emergency numbers and what to say  

Languages 💬

All students have access to one of the following languages:

• Malay (local) 🇧🇳

• Malay (for non-native learners) 🇧🇳

• Mandarin 🇨🇳

• French 🇫🇷

• English as and additional language (EAL) 🌏

Language Concepts refers to the application of language concepts

• Expressing the language in oral and/or written communication

• Creating projects to showcase language learning

• Showing sound grammar understanding through written work

• Applying a range of language skills to perform role play

• Interpreting authentic materials

Language Acquisition refers to assimilating and retention of language learning

• Understanding the grammatical structure

• Knowing and using correct syntax

• Being able to self-assess and peer check

• Building vocabulary in the target language

• Recognising and/or decoding a wide array of materials

PE & Sport 🏐 🏊 🥅 ⚾️ 👟

All students have a comprehensive PE and Sport programme. Lessons are scheduled on rotation to ensure all students progress in the following areas:

• Physical literacy

• Tee Ball

• Swimming

• Indoor Games

• Outdoor Games

• Athletics

• Striking and Fielding

• Football

• Tag Rugby

• Basketball

• Netball

• Invasion Games

• Health and Wellbeing

• Net Games

• Fundamental movement skills

✋ Hands refers to physical ability and performance

• Having appropriate fitness levels to complete the lesson

• Showing sound technique when learning skills/actions

• Applying a range of skills

• Performing under pressure i.e. applying skills to the game

👤 Head refers to knowledge and understanding of the topic

• Understanding the rules and regulations

• Being able to feedback to peers

• Solving problems

• Understanding relevant tactics

♥️ Heart refers to the effort put into each and every PE lesson

• Taking and active part in the whole lesson

• Always bringing PE/swimming kit

• Showing sportsmanship and respect

• Showing resilience and confidence

Music 🎶

Showcase

• Performing

• Composing

• Listening

♻️ Eco, Environment & Sustainability Curriculum

Our eco, environment and sustainability curriculum weaves seamlessly through all other areas of learning, enriching every subject.

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