Year 2: We are Britain

Key Questions

1. How do I research my family to find out interesting facts?

2. How do my family’s story and cul-tural traditions differ from others?

3. What symbols can I use to capture my identity and family traditions?

4. What is the capital city of the UK? And identify famous buildings and landmarks in the capital.

5. Which 4 nations make up the UK?

6. What are the cultures and tradi-tions of the 4 nations which make up the UK? How do they compare?

7. How do I compare the similarities and differences between the physi-cal geography of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

8. How do I persuade people from other cultures to visit a wide area than only London?

National Curriculum

Geography

Use world maps, atlases + globes to identify UK and its countries, as well as global countries and oceans.

Name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 countries and capital cities of the UK.

Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features and key human features.

Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK and its countries.

Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physi-cal features; devise a simple map.

History

Understand historical concepts such as continu-ity and change.

Learn about changes in living memory.

Learn about events beyond living memory that are significant nationally.

Vocabulary

ocean sea island mountain loch St Andrew saltire

thistle St David Na-tional flag daffodil leek

red dragon

Curriculum Links

Art

Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.

Use drawing and painting to develop and share ideas, experiences and imagination.

Develop a wide range of art and design tech-niques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

SMSC

Enable students to develop their self-knowledge, self-esteem and self-confidence.

Further tolerance and harmony between differ-ent cultural tradition by enabling students to acquire an appreciation of and respect for their own and other cultures.

Year 2: We are Britain

Home Learning Suggested Websites and Links

The 7 face shapes from byrdie.com How to mix skin tones – YouTube clip Guide to mixing skin tones in paint from bbc.co.uk

Aerial photographs of London from ja-sonhawkes.com Aerial photograph of Buckingham Palace from jasonhawkes.com National anthem − YouTube clip National Anthem lyrics − YouTube clip

Map of England from lonelyplanet.com

10 facts about the Loch Ness monster from travelerstoday.com Information on the Scottish thistle for teach-ers from visitscotland.com Scotland facts for kids from sciencekids.co.nz Views of Scotland − YouTube pictures About St Andrew’s Day from scotland.org The story of St Andrew − YouTube clip Kids’ version of story of St Andrew – YouTube clip

Information about Wales for teachers from informationwales.co.uk Welcome to Wales −YouTube clip Information about the Welsh flag for teach-ers from historic-uk.com Welsh national anthem, in Welsh with English subtitles − YouTube clip Activity page on St David from wales.gov.uk More about St David from historic-uk.com St David’s Cathedral from stdavidscathe-dral.org.uk Story of St David from request.org.uk

Teacher information about Northern Ire-land from discovernorthernireland.com More information for teachers about Northern Ireland from wikitravel.org Images of Northern Ireland from metro.co.uk

Suggested Activities

Create a self portrait

Research family history and stories from the past

Create a family tree

Create a shield to represent/symbolise family name and history

Make models of famous London landmarks and take photographs of them to share on school’s Facebook and website page

Create an information sheet/poster/presentation about Scotland, Wales and North-ern Ireland

Create a map of the UK, using artwork to repre-sent each nation

Further Topics

Seasides– discover seaside towns in the UK. Reveal the coming of the railways and the his-tory of the seaside holiday. Study the life in rock pools and coastal environments.

Rivers and Canals– discover how rivers begin. Journey down a river and canal to discover their differences. Reveal the significance of rivers and canals in industry. Build a boat to launch.

Castles– discover the most splendid castles around the British Isles! Help plan and build a castle.