Year 2 Forest School Art: Exploring Clay During our recent Forest School sessions, Year 2 pupils took their art learning outdoors and explored working with clay in a natural environment. Being surrounded by trees, leaves, and natural textures provided the perfect inspiration for creative work while also supporting pupils’ curiosity Read more
In this week’s Cookery Club, we had lots of fun making our own mini pizzas. Before we started assembling them, we taste-tested some of the ingredients to decide which flavours would work best together. We tried different toppings like tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni, and mushrooms, thinking carefully about what combinations Read more
This week, our learning focused on engineering, technology and oracy skills. We began by exploring what engineering is, using sentence stems to understand that engineers plan, design, test and improve ideas while thinking about the user. We finished the lesson with a Kahoot quiz to check our understanding. Next, we Read more
In our school cookery club this week we had great fun making sausage rolls. Before we started, we practised our planning skills by looking at the recipe and talking about the ingredients and steps. This helped everyone feel ready and organised. We also focused on food hygiene. The children washed Read more
This week in Cookery Club, the children made rainbow fruit kebabs – and what a fantastic session it was! The children began by exploring the different fruits using their senses. We talked about colours, textures and smells before moving on to an important part of Design & Technology – planning. Read more
Year 2 had a wonderful time celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Day! We collected donations for Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, bringing in pet food, blankets and toys to help care for animals in need. The children were proud to know their kindness will make a real difference. We also had a Read more
This week in Year 2, we took part in a special Place2Be assembly focused on the theme of self-efficacy – the belief that what we say and do matters, and that our actions can make a difference. We talked about how it is completely natural to sometimes feel unsure or Read more
This week, our Year 2 class had a hands-on science lesson exploring how different forces affect everyday objects. The children pushed, pulled, twisted, bent, and squashed a variety of items—like rubber bands, sponges, rulers, paper clips, balloons, and slinkies—to see how they changed shape. They discovered that some objects, like Read more
In our new History topic, we have been learning about Christopher Columbus. Today, we focused on the new foods and items he encountered when he travelled to North America. During the lesson, we ‘discovered’ some of these ourselves by using our five senses. For smell and taste, we were blindfolded Read more
Attention grabber The lesson began with a Fetch and Find activity, where pupils collected objects from the table. We discussed how the objects were the same and how they differed, focusing on the materials used to make them. For example three photo frames, one made from wood, one from metal Read more