This week Year 2 revised their knowledge of sentence types and suffixes through outdoor active lessons. We played Formula 1 Suffixes, speeding through an obstacle course to retrieve a route word to take back to our groups, before deciding which suffixes it connect with and working together to spell the Read more…
This week, Year 2 learnt about First Aid as part of our SCARF Learning For Life lessons. We first discussed what first aid is and why it is important. We then labelled a body outline with injuries that a First Aider may help with. We then looked specifically at Asthma Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated NSPCC Number day by coming to school dressed as numbers and bringing a donation for the NSPCC. We also took part in numerous maths games and activities throughout the day including board games, colourings and numerous active games that also helped us to practise addition, Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week by coming to school wearing their clothes inside out. This lead our learning about talking about our feelings on the inside and how we keep good, positive mental health. We discussed our 5 ways to wellbeing, and took part in an Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week by attending school in non-uniform but wearing their clothes inside out. This lead us into discussions about the importance of understanding feelings, not being afraid to show our feelings, that how we look on the outside does not always reflect how Read more…
This week all classes took part in the NSPCC PANTS lesson. During these discussions we teach our pupils the following important safety skills without giving explicit information or telling scary stories. We use the ‘PANTS’ acrostic, which is like a green cross code for staying safe from sexual abuse. PANTS stands Read more…
In both English and Grammar lessons, Year 2 have been learning verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and how to write expanded noun phrase. In Grammar this week, we consolidated our learning by playing the silly sentence game. We rolled a dice to pick a noun, adjective, verb and adverb, then we Read more…
Some of our Year 2 children have completed the phonics programme and are now taking part in daily Guided Reading sessions. Throughout the week, the children work in small groups to answer verbal questions and complete independent task based on a book. They make predictions, show skills in skimming and Read more…
Last week in Art, the children went on a ‘texture hunt’ around school. The children ventured around school with ipads and took pictures of many items that had a variety of textures. Once back in class, we looked at the photos we had taken and created a mind map of Read more…
A fantastic first day back in Year 2. We began our new topic ‘Making music’ in computing. The children enjoyed experimenting using 2sequence to compose their own music. They then looked at the tune of Twinkle Twinkle and added different instruments alongside the drum beat, to create a new version.