year: Year 2

Knowledge organiser – Science Y2: Uses of everyday materials

A Knowledge organiser that captures the essential knowledge and skills learnt throughout the unit Science, Year 2, Materials: Uses of everyday materials.

 

This resource is designed to support the children as they explore the uses of everyday materials. It highlights key vocabulary and examines how different materials, such as metal, wood and plastic, are chosen for specific purposes. The resource also explores how some materials can change shape through stretching, twisting, bending or squashing. It is perfect for consolidating essential knowledge and fostering an understanding of how materials are used in the world around us.

 

Economic wellbeing Teacher video: Why can anyone be anything?

This RSE & PSHE teacher video supports the delivery of Lesson 6: Can anyone be anything? from the Year 3 Economic wellbeing unit. It provides guidance on how to sensitively explore gender stereotypes related to job roles and how they can impact children’s aspirations and self-esteem. The video also offers strategies for encouraging respectful discussion and challenging assumptions in a safe and inclusive classroom environment.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s RSE & PSHE Lower key stage 2 teacher skills resources. It equips teachers to lead meaningful conversations around identity, diversity, and equality while helping pupils understand the importance of following their passions and skills when considering careers.

Webinar: An Introduction To Teaching Science

This webinar is hosted by our primary Science specialists, Leone Webster, George Simmonds and Romaine Butler.

 

They cover:

  • The progression of knowledge, skills and vocabulary in Science
  • How scientific enquiry, especially the enquiry cycle, is embedded throughout all of our units
  • How the skills for working scientifically are integrated into the lesson
  • An overview of the strands, key areas and Kapow Primary’s Science scheme of work

Webinar: An Introduction To Religion & Worldviews (RE)

Hosted by our subject specialists, Jayne Galvin, Laura Driscoll and Zoe Higgins.

 

This webinar covers:

  • Religion & Worldviews in the classroom: how to develop a Worldviews approach
  • How to implement more diversity in your Religion & Worldviews curriculum
  • The big questions to be addressed in a Religion & Worldviews curriculum
  • The difference between substantive, disciplinary and personal knowledge in Religion& Worldviews
  • An overview of Kapow Primary’s Religion & Worldviews scheme

Teacher skills video: Attachment and development

Discover some of the behaviours children with different attachment styles display and why.

This video is part of the original Wellbeing scheme. Explore the revised Wellbeing scheme.

Teacher skills video: What is attachment?

Attachment refers to the relationship that a child has with their caregiver and this influences how the child then relates to others and feels about themselves. Learn how attachments are formed and find out about the different attachment styles.

This video is part of the original Wellbeing scheme. Explore the revised Wellbeing scheme.

Teacher skills video: Asperger’s Syndrome

The symptoms of Asperger’s can vary from mild to severe and, as the video explains, there are some significant differences between this and autism.

This video is part of the original Wellbeing scheme. Explore the revised Wellbeing scheme.

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