In class today, we took part in the NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe assembly. The assembly was introduced to use by Ant and Dec and then Buddy who is the NSPCC’s mascot. During the assembly, we talked about how every child has the rights to feel safe and who we Read more
We have started learning about Christopher Columbus and to see what different items he brought back from ‘The America’s’ we became explorers. We used our different senses to try to work out what he brought back. We used: tasting and smelling – pineapple touch – a freely bag with potatoes Read more
We have started the year with our new class text ‘The suitcase’. During English we have been ordering the story, describing how the characters would be feeling and then we picked 4 or 5 really important things we would pack in our suitcase if we went into Space. For our Read more
This half term we have been learning about healthy eating in Science and Design and Technology. We have been learning about the healthy food plate and how we need a balanced diet. We became chef’s in DT and we practiced preparing food using knives, spoons and a grater. We then Read more
Year 2 were questioned by the Geography lead to see if they could remember key facts from their lessons from Year 1 and 2. They used Santa to show their understanding. They did so well remembering the continents, the oceans and the 4 point compass.
Year 2 have been exploring properties of shapes. In this lesson, children explored reflective symmetry. They learnt to identify shapes and images that had reflective symmetry and identified where the line of symmetry lies. They used mirrors to help them with their work.
Our school nurse came into school to talk to us about healthy eating. She was really impressed with our knowledge so far that we have been learning in Science and Design & Technology. We looked at how much sugar is in different drinks then we had to guess how many Read more
This afternoon Year 2 took part in a fantastic Science show with the Scientist Adrian Bowden. We completed lots of different science experiments and looked at some Science vocabulary like: predict, classify, test and measure.
This week, Year 2 Elm enjoyed their first forest school session. They went down to the forest school area and created nature pictures using our finger painting. We then worked on our new skills builder skill of problem solving and worked in pairs to do an autumn scavenger hunt around Read more
We had lots of fun during our first Forest school in Year 2. We completed lots of different activities. We did some finger painted, we went on a scavenger hunt in pairs, we explored forest school area, but hunting and even climbed some trees. We also wrote the quality of Read more