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Puffins Spring 2 2026

English
Focus Text: The Minpins by Roald Dahl
 The children will engage in the themes by talking about danger and what they are allowed and not allowed to so, imagining gruesome consequences if they don't follow instructions! They will then go on to read and explore The Minpins and create character descriptions  (for their own monsters and The Minpins themselves), retelling of key events, reports about the Minpins and eventually write a new chapter.
Mathematics
This half term, our focus will be Length and Height and Mass, Capacity and Temperature.
 
In Year 2, the children need to be able to recall multiplication and division facts for the 2x, 5x and 10x table. Please practise as much as possible at home; either on DoodleTables or MathsFrame: Multiplication check. 
Religious Education
Why does Easter matter to Christians?
The children will find out about key events of Holy Week and Easter, making links with the Christian belief of salvation. They will learn about how Christians show their beliefs about Jesus being their savior within celebrations and worship in church at Easter. The children will also learn about the instructions that Christians believe that Jesus gave his followers about how to behave. They will consider what the story of Easter means for Christians today and why they put their hope in heaven. Watch the story:
Music

Music and movement: using symbols to represent pitch

This unit uses singing games to introduce pupils to pitch on a three-line simplified stave. Pupils identify the shape of the melodies and, through guided instruction, take dictation of these on the simplified stave, focusing on pitch and syllables but not rhythm.


 

Art: Drawing

The children will continue our drawing journey  this term by using observational skills to draw a self portrait using mirrors to study our face shape and features carefully. In Art Talk we will study examples of portraits.  The children will develop visual literacy skills by observing and reflecting on a range of artwork in this style. This term the children will focus on drawing, exploring ‘tone’ as the key element of Art.  We will be exploring what tone means and looking at the use of tone by Georges Seurat.  The children will be introduced to sketching pencils and use these to create tonal drawings.

Design Technology

 Textiles: Pouches

The children will learn how to sew a running stitch ready to design, make and decorate a pouch using a template.

Geography
Enquiry: Why does it matter where my food comes from?
This enquiry provides an introduction to farming and farms. It will enable the children to explore a number of key geographical concepts such as location and distribution, as well as establishing a clear grasp, in simple terms, of fundamental geographical processes including economic activity and trade. The enquiry therefore is not just about the children knowing ‘where’ their food comes from but also – and equally importantly – it’s about enabling them to understand ‘why’ it’s important to know. To this end the children have opportunities to begin to understand and reflect upon, in basic terms, why locally sourced food and free-range production regimes are considered environmentally friendly and sustainable.

 

History 
Enquiry: What does it take to be a great explorer?

This enquiry enables children to learn about the exploits of a range of famous explorers and to develop their knowledge of people’s lives at various points in the past, ranging in extent from 16th century Europe to the 1930s in Britain and the 1960s in America. The children are encouraged to reflect on the achievements of the explorers of Ranulph Fiennes, Amy Johnson, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong.


Science
Focus: Life Cycles and Health
Studying the life cycles of various animals, the children learn what animals need to survive and how they change over time. The children will collect data that allows them to observe changes in their peers, while also developing theie ability to take measurements and record data. They will consider how scientific knowledge helps people to make healthy choices.
 
PSHE: Healthy Me
In this puzzle, the class will learn about healthy food; they will talk about having a healthy relationship with food and making healthy choices. The children will talk about things that make them feel relaxed as well as feeling stressed. They will talk about medicines; how they work and how to use them safely. The children will have a go at making healthy snacks and also discuss why they are good for their bodies.
 
Physical Education

Ball Skills (Hands 1)

The unit of work will challenge children to combine their developing dribbling, passing and receiving skills in order to keep possession and score a point. Children will apply these skills in teams in various games and activities.


 
Computing

Data and information: Pictograms

Children will revisit their previous learning about sorting groups to understand what data means.  They will  collect data in the form of a tally chart and  learn the term ‘attribute’  to help them organise data. The children will then progress onto presenting data in the form of pictograms and bar charts,  using the data presented to answer questions.