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
This week in forest school we have been using outdoor materials to make a cross. This is going to be part of a hall display for the Christian value – forgiveness.
This week we have been learning about Pocahontas in our computing lesson. In computing our unit is called ‘Effective searching’ so we have been using the internet to search for facts about Pocahontas. We worked really well together to complete the quiz questions about Pocahontas’ life.
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
We have been learning about Pocahontas this week and have been putting events in order on a timeline. We then discussed how she helped others or changed lives and what she did that was unusual or remarkable.
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
We have been having lots of fun in forest school this week. We talked about our senses and went into the wild forest. We closed our eyes and thought about what we could hear in the forest. We then discussed trust and we put our trust in our partners to Read more