P2 earn rewards at an individual and whole class level. 

When a pupil earns 10 ‘Smiley Sticks’ they get to pick a reward from the prize box. 

As a class, we work together to fill our ‘Good Choices’ Jar with pompoms. We then vote for our whole class reward.

Literacy :

• Independent Writing – news, topic related writing - castles, knights, Jack and the Beakstalk
• Guided Writing - Narrative Writing
• Role play – Castle 
• Shared Reading – topic related books 
• Topic books – fiction and non-fiction 
• Phonics - Stage 3 and Stage 4 of Linguistics Phonics 
• Handwriting- Cursive script and capital letters 
• Listening- weekly listening activities 
• Talking- talk about their personal experiences of castles.  Formulating and asking questions about our trip to Dundrum Castle, circle time. 

Numeracy:

• Working with numbers up to 20
• Mental maths- counting forwards and backwards, numbers before and after, adding on 1, doubles, number facts, odd and even numbers 
• Addition and subtraction 
• Problem Solving
• Topic- area, measurement, 3D shapes, 
• Money - recognising all coins and learning to pay for items 
• Data Handling 

RE:

• Old Testament bible stories
• God's Armour 
• Action Bible Songs

Creative:

Drama

• • Take on the roles in the castle 
  • Act out topic related stories, e.g. The Royal Dinner, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Kiss that missed, The Princess and the Pea 
  • Hold a Royal Banquet 

Music

• • Song – Songs about castles 
  • Musical Instruments 

Art

• Junk Art – build castles
• Coat of Arms 
• Craft linked to castles e.g. stick puppets, decorate crowns for banquet, planting beans (linked to Jack and the Beanstalk) 
• Weekly cutting activity - crown, castle etc 

PE:

• Changing for P.E independently
• Listen to and follow simple instructions/rules.
• Fundamental Movement Skills-
• Know how to move in a variety of ways to explore personal and general space.
• Know how to move safely and confidently
• Respond appropriately to the instructions.

 PDMU:

• NSPCC  'Be Safe'
• Unit 3
• Helping Hands 

World Around Us:

•  Why were castles built?
•  Materials used to build castles
•  Parts of the castles and how they defended against their enemies 
•  Knights - their training and Jolly Jousts 
•  Jobs in the castles 
•  How buildings have changed over the past. 
•  Visit to local Dundrum Castle 

ICT:

• Log on and Log off independently
• Bee Bot 
• Word Processing
• Early years Maths pack/Top Marks games to develop learning 
• iPad - using apps to develop learning, using camera to record their learning 
• Chatterpix App
• PhotoComic App