By the end of year two each child will have had access to the skills in the following areas:
LITERACY
Speaking and Listening
The students will be able to:
- speak clearly and use a growing vocabulary
- listen carefully and respond appropriately.
Reading
- show understanding and be generally accurate when reading simple texts
- express opinions about major events they have read about
- use more than one strategy when reading unfamiliar words and establishing meaning.
Writing
The students will be able to:
- communicate meaning using a developing, interesting and appropriate vocabulary
- develop ideas in a sequence of sentences with emerging use of capital letters and full stops
- use simple words usually spelt correctly and where there are inaccuracies, the alternative sounds right
- write letters which are accurately formed and consistent in size.
NUMERACY
Using and Applying Mathematics
The students will be able to:
- select mathematical equipment for classroom activities
- use familiar mathematical language when discussing work and begin to represent work appropriately
- ask and answer questions appropriately within mathematical activities.
Number and Algebra
The students will be able to:
- mentally add and subtract up to 10
- understand place value to 100
- distinguish between addition and subtraction problems
- identify halves and quarters
- recognise some number patterns
- understand what odd and even numbers are.
Shape, Space and Measurement
The students will be able to:
- name common 2D and 3D shapes and describe their properties
- recognise a right angle and understand that an angle is a measurement of a turn
- begin to use non-standard and standard units to measure length and mass.
Handling Data
The students will be able to:
- gather information and record results using simple tables, block graphs and diagrams
SCIENCE
Ourselves and other animals
The students will be able to:
- understand animals need food to live and move. Animals move to get their food
- recognise that animals have a life cycle. Animal babies can grow to adults
- understand animals bodies depend on the food they eat.
Sound
The students will be able to:
- understand sounds can be loud or quiet. Sounds get quieter the further they go
- recognise that sounds can be high and sounds can be low
- understand that sounds travels in all directions and that sound can travel through materials.
Materials
The students will be able to:
- understand that the same materials can have many uses
- understand that changing materials can make them useful
- choose to use materials because of their special properties.
Environment
The students will be able to:
- understand some animals eat plants, some animals eat other animals, some animals eat both plants and other animals
- understand a good habitat provides everything a plant or animal needs
- understand a change in their habitat can affect plants and animals.
Light
The students will be able to:
- identify things which give out light
- understand we need light to see. It is dark when there is no light
- recognise things block light
- understand light does not bend around things.
ART
The students will be able to:
- record their ideas and feelings confidently when representing what they see and touch
- choose suitable resources and materials when developing ideas for their work and use them properly and imaginatively
- present their work in two and three dimensions
- describe and compare art work in simple terms
- recognise differences in art work and compare these to their own art work.
MUSIC
The music course in Year 2 will cover the following areas.
Melody
- high and low registers
- create and sing melodies, lyrics and music
- ostinato
- melodic patterns on mallet instruments.
Rhythm
- long and short sounds
- singing
- rhythm with body or classroom instruments
- movement to music - stop, start, conduct long and short sounds.
Harmony
Tone colour
- work on head voice/ chest voice
- individuals / groups produce various tone qualities
- explore various uses of voice: sing, speak, shout, hum, whisper
- use a wide variety of percussion instruments, therefore learning percussion sounds.
Form & Structure
- Learn to identify main theme
- Respond to mood.
Expressive Qualities
- distinguish music in a variety of styles
- demonstrate dynamics of loud soft, crescendo diminuendo
- demonstrate tempo - fast slow, faster slower.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The students will be able to:
- explore orientation and basic locomotion skills
- develop spatial awareness
- develop large ball skills
- participate in cooperative games
- develop gymnastic skills
- improve their fitness level
- develop game skills
- develop dance / aerobics skills.
ACTIVITY
UZBEK
RUSSIAN
