Year 2

Home and Away

Building on prior learning from year 1 and developing a deeper understanding of different communities and cultures. We will compare children’s local area to a small area in Bangladesh (population, types of jobs, land features and land uses.

UK Explorers

This is a Geography based unit to explore geographical characteristics of the UK including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (eg. weather, landscape, coastline, borders, hills, forests). Children will make comparisons between the 4 countries.

Up Up and Away

Children will have the opportunity to explore a significant event from beyond living memory -The first aeroplane flight. The build up to the first powered flight will be explored and the impact of that in our modern world. We will learn about Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Globetrotters

This is a Geography and History based unit. Children will have an opportunity to explore the local community and our place in the wider world. Pupils will learn about the 7 continents and oceans of the world and they will study the explorer Ibn Battuta and the deep sea diver Erika Bergman.