Year 2
Welcome to our Headline of the week. This will give you a small taster of some of the learning taking place in your child’s class.
We hope you enjoy reading our Headlines each week.
12/04/24
On Monday, Year 2 were allowed to bring in their own games to play as they reached 2000 dojos. They really enjoyed playing all the different games.
05/04/24
In History the children learnt about remembrance and they designed their own peace sign as well as thinking about things they were grateful for.
28/03/24
Year 2 have been continuing learning about seeds and how they grow. They looked at the different parts of a seed and labelled it.
22/03/24
Year 2 were excited to plant their own plants this week and take them home to see if they can grow runner beans.
15/03/24
Year 2 were lucky enough to go into Reception and read them a story of their choice.
08/03/24
In Science the children have been looking at their plants and what the changes have been in a week.
01/03/24
Year 2 enjoyed their Science lesson this week, learning about what plants need to grow.
23/02/24
The children in Year 2 have started reading their new book called Flat Stanley, they discussed what they would do if they were flat.
09/02/24
The children in Year 2 have been learning about China, we looked at Chinese New Year and made Chinese Lanterns
02/02/24
The children in Year 2 are continuing their Lowry pictures. This week they drew matchstick people to add to their collages.
26/01/24
Year 2 have been copying LS Lowry’s drawings of buildings and industries, using rulers to make sure their lines are even and straight
19/01/24
The Children in Year 2 enjoyed a road safety theatre workshop with Ollie learning all about the Green Cross Code.
12/01/24.
The Children in Year 2 were so excited to start writing with their pens!
15/12/23
In English we have been making our own books all about an animal of our choice.
08/12/23
: In Maths this week Year 2 have been learning about money. We have visited the classroom shop to practise using money.
01/12/23
In History the children were role playing the Great Fire of London
24/11/23
in Science we having been learning about the cycle of life, Mrs Goodmaker came in to talk about babies and how they grow up into toddlers, children and adults.
17/11/23 In maths Year 2 are learning about Shape, they created their own shape pictures.
10/11/23
In Literacy, we looked at the Monarch Butterfly, using description we used adjectives to create our own.
03/11/23
In maths we have been working hard on answering maths number sentences.
20/10/23
In Year 2 we have been looking at diversity. The children were given potatoes and asked to create an identity for their potato, highlighting their similarities and differences.
13/10/23
This week in Geography, the children have been looking at different climates and what animals live where.
06/10/23
This week in art year 2 have been looking at patterns. Using different types of beans, the children designed their own pictures concentrating colours and shapes.
29/09/23
Year 2 have been working hard practising their adding and subtracting of two digit numbers.
22/09/23
Year 2 are learning all about bees and how they make honey, they tried lots of different honey.
15/09/23
In Geography we are learning about the world, we have been using atlases to look at the different continents.
12/04/24
In D and T, Year 2 have been making bunting, they have really enjoyed sewing as well as decorating their material.
05/04/24
Year 2 have been continuing learning about seeds and how they grow. Year 2’s Seed finally started to grow. We observed all the different plants that we planted to see which one was the healthiest.
28/03/24
In maths the children have been learning to tell the time.
22/03/24
In Science the children learnt all about the life cycle of a bean and created a lovely piece of art.
15/03/24
In Science the children learnt all about the life cycle of a bean.
08/03/24
Year 2 have been writing letters to their loved ones, looking at what life was like during World War 1.
01/03/24
In English, the children have been reading Flat Stanley. The class imagined themselves as Stanley on holiday and wrote a postcard to his mum and dad.
23/02/24
Year 2 started their new topic of Plants, they wrote what a plan needs to stay healthy.
09/02/24
Year 2 enjoyed Safari Pete and even got to hold the animals
02/02/24
Year 2 have enjoyed Maths in Art week. We focussed on the artist Andy Goldsworthy and his nature and pattern art.
26/01/24
The Children in Year 2 during PSHE were learning about right or wrong and were playing a game in the classroom.
19/01/24
In Science the children went on a walk round the block to look for different materials.
12/01/24
In Art the children are learning about the Artist Lowry they have been colour mixing just like him.
15/12/23
In maths Year 2 have been looking at how to make different amounts of money and what coins are bigger and smaller.
08/12/23
In D and T we are continuing to create our lunchboxes and finish them to be able to evaluate them.
01/12/23
In D and T this week the children started to make their own lunch boxes with lots different materials..
24/11/23
In maths Year 2 are learning about symmetry and we had to create our own shapes and draw in the lines of symmetry.
17/11/23 In Literacy for Anti Bullying week, Year 2 wrote their own friendship recipes
10/11/23
This week we made our own poppies for remembrance day.
03/11/23
In science Year 2 have started to look at the different animal groups. In groups they looked for facts and created posters on all the different animal groups.
20/10/23
For Black History Month, Year 2 have been looking at Ruby Bridges. We discussed how we would feel if we were told we were not allowed to attend school.
13/10/23
Year 2 have worked hard in art to recreate a painting by Paul Klee who used water colours to make beautiful paintings.
06/10/23
Year 2 have created their own little Sukkah’s using lollipop sticks and other types of materials.
29/09/23
Year2 have created their own Moon posters, finding out facts about the moon and presenting them to the class.
22/09/23
In Literacy we have been learning all about Space. The character from our story The Man On The Moon, works on the Moon.
15/09/23
Year 2 went outside and went on a mini beast hunt.