Year 2 Topic: Weekly Overview 24/09/2023
Unit Title: All About Me
Subject Objectives Activity Key Points
Lesson English To complete a spelling test. Children will be given their weekly spelling test. Make sure each child works
1&2 independently in their test and
Learn new set of 10 words Give children new set of ten words. Sound out each word and
sit the LA together during the
ask for examples of each word in a sentence.
Spelling & written task they will need full
New Write a sentence containing each spelling word in notebooks time support with this task.
vocabulary
Lesson English To answer comprehension Read the story. Children are able to answer
3 questions questions about the story.
Address vocabulary that may not be understood.
The hair and Read each question and teach children HOW to find the answer.
the Tortoise
Lesson English To discuss what ambitions we Discuss ambitions. What is an ambition? What is your ambition? Children can discuss their
4 have. Draw and write a few sentences about it. ambitions and display them on
a tortoise and the Hare display
PSHE
Lesson English Paired reading and individual Change partners and read to each other. Read one page each Pair the LA with A HA reader.
Year 2 Topic: Weekly Overview 24/09/2023
assessments. and discuss each page including what is happening in the
pictures.
Continue individual assessments.
5 Reading
Lesson English Create a fact-file. Write a fact-file for 2 friends in our classroom. Remember to ask questions
6 using the ‘wh’ question words.
Ask them the questions and fill in the chart.
Topic
Lesson English Paired reading and individual Change partners and read to each other. Read one page each Pair the LA with A HA reader.
7 assessments. and discuss each page including what is happening in the
pictures.
Reading
Continue individual assessments.
Lesson Geography To name and locate the Assess prior knowledge. How many oceans and continents can Can children remember and
world’s seven continents and children remember? Play oceans and continents songs and PPT. label the world map?
1&2 Complete the activity sheet by filling in the gaps for continent
five oceans.
Oceans and and ocean labels using the word bank and initial letters given.
continents
Lesson Science To understand why our heart Ask Dr Rana to help us take out pulses. Children can realise that their
1 beats. heart beats faster when they
What do we think a pulse is?
do exercise.
Watch video on heart beating
Take a resting pulse
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Year 2 Topic: Weekly Overview 24/09/2023
Lesson Science To understand why our heart Ask how we can make our hearts beat faster.
2 beats faster.
Collect ideas of how we can make our pulse faster.