Paddington at the Palace - Learning Objectives

The learning objectives for Year 2 students in Autumn Term 1 revolve around the core text "Paddington at the Palace". The curriculum is designed to integrate literacy with topics such as history, focusing on The Royal Family, and geography, with an emphasis on London. The students are expected to achieve various written outcomes, including retelling events in the first person, creating a non-chronological report on London in geography, and crafting a setting description. These tasks aim to develop the students' abilities to convey information and express their creativity through writing.

Throughout the term, the objectives are categorised into four main areas: Spoken Language, Reading, Writing - Composition, and Writing - Grammar and Vocabulary. In Spoken Language, students will learn to articulate their opinions with supporting reasons and listen to others, using Standard English. Reading objectives focus on comprehension skills, such as sequencing events, recognising key ideas and the writer's message, making predictions, and developing inferential understanding of characters' feelings and actions. In Writing - Composition, the emphasis is on understanding the purpose of writing, planning, evaluating, and revising their work. Finally, the Writing - Grammar and Vocabulary objectives aim to deepen the students' understanding of sentence structure, verb usage, noun precision, adjective selection, and the use of time adverbials to enhance their writing.