Term 3

2021/2022

Topic Title: Far, far away - India 

English

Year 2 will be doing lots of sentence construction this term.  We will be focusing on using correct punctuation to construct our sentences, including using full stops, commas in a list, question marks and exclamation marks. We will also be revisiting expanded noun phases, looking at how we can use these to make our sentences more interesting. There will also be a big push on spelling this term, looking at Year 2 high frequency and common exception words.  We will be looking at “The Tiger Child” as our class text in English. This lively folk tale from Orissa, India, explains why Tigers eat their food uncooked and why cats live with people. The Tiger child is sent to fetch some more fire from the village, but on the way he gets distracted by his friends.  We will be using our class text to create a non-chronological report about Tigers.

Topic 

This term we will be exploring the incredible country India! We will be learning to

• Understand the location of India in the world and find India on a map or globe.
• Describe the location of India in detail in relation to other continents, countries and oceans of the world.
• Locate the capital city, some main cities and oceans.
• Ask geographical questions- Where is it? What is this place like? How far or near is it to…?
• Compare India’s location to the location of the UK.
• Recognise and identify human and physical features of India.  
• Identify important landmarks in India.
• Describe human and physical features of three main cities; New Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta.
• Compare Indian cities with London (The UK).
• Discuss similarities and differences between cities in India and the UK

Science

This term we will be learning about Materials. We will be learning to:

Identify and name a range of materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard.

Suggest why a material might or might not be used for a specific job.

Explore how shapes can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.