year: Year 2
Vocabulary display – Science Y2: Uses of everyday materials
This unit vocabulary display includes keywords from the mixed-age unit Science, Year 2, Materials: Uses of everyday materials and additional unit-specific words that may be helpful in a display.
Key vocabulary is clearly labelled on the display, highlighting essential words that the pupils are expected to retain and reuse in future units. Understanding these words enhances comprehension of the subject and supports understanding of key scientific concepts and processes.
See the full Science: Progression of key vocabulary.
Knowledge organiser – R&W Y2: How do we know some people feel a special connection to a god?
A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Religion and Worldviews, Year 2, How Do We Know Some People Have a Special Connection to God?
This Religion and Worldviews resource is designed to support the pupils as they explore how religious figures and leaders are believed to have a special connection to God. It introduces key vocabulary such as faith, prophet, disciple, miracle, and worship, helping the pupils understand how different traditions recognise and honour spiritual figures. The pupils will also learn about key individuals from various religions and how their teachings and actions continue to inspire believers today.
Webinar: Christmas Art & Craft Ideas 2023
A festive art and craft ideas tailored for primary classrooms, including interactive demonstrations and expert tips for creating a holiday-themed classroom.
Delivered by Kapow Primary’s Art and design specialist, Suzanne Booth, this covers:
- A festive craft-along (a creative activity that you can participate in).
- Ideas for a creative Christmas classroom.
- Three craft activity ideas, aimed at EYFS, KS1 and KS2
Half-termly DT and Art: Assessment spreadsheet
A place to record teacher assessments made in the lessons to build up a picture of children’s achievement over the year. This assessment spreadsheet is designed for those who would like to track pupils’ attainment in Art and design and DT and are teaching the units set out in Kapow primary’s combined Long-term plan.
Design and technology: List of significant designers, inventors and developments
It is important to make Design and technology relevant to pupils by giving them an insight into how existing products have been developed. This document shows significant designers and inventors studied in our design and technology scheme and those that could be studied further if time allows.
As the scheme is expanded from four to six lessons per unit, further opportunities to study designers from a variety of backgrounds will be added to the lessons.
Teacher visual art assessment tool: Drawing
Religion & Worldviews: Teacher Knowledge Audit
This knowledge audit is a valuable resource for leaders in the field of Religion & Worldviews (RE). It helps identify areas where teachers may need support in effectively delivering various aspects of the subject. Additionally, it offers direct links to supporting videos to help increase subject knowledge and confidence in teaching the RE curriculum.
Teacher video: Computing vocabulary
This video defines key computing terms, from abstraction and algorithms to debugging and variables.
