Blog Author: Jake Riley

The children in Science today enjoyed planting our seeds for our light vs. dark experiment in science. We talked about variables and what they are and what the variable is in our experiment. We recapped on all the things our plants would need to survive and spoke about what WE THINK is going to…

Today we celebrated Down-Syndrome awareness day! We wore our brightest socks and talked about stereotypes and why it is not good to use stereotypes. We talked through some scenarios and discussed what was wrong about each of the scenarios and what could be do to be better. We designed our own…

Year 2 have been having an amazing time in English and have been #evolving their writing skills every lesson. They have been outstanding. The handwriting, presentation and creativity is everything we want! Super proud of all the children for working immensely hard and getting stuck into the our…

This year World Book Day blew us all away in DelphSide. Year 2 had a fantastic time dressing up as their favourite characters and in their snuggly pyjamas. They had so much fun and really #enjoyed the day. So much creativity this year, might be hard to beat next year! #Embrace

This weeks computing lesson in Year 2 was about animation. Specifically looking at converting our own real life drawings into pieces of animation. We made our drawings come alive using the wonders of (https://sketch.metademolab.com/) technology. Brilliant work from Year 2. Use the link and you can…

During Safer Internet Day Year 2 got stuck into some scenarios about what can change when online. During each scenario we came up with emotions how we might feel during each situation. We answered a series of questions and watched an informative short-video on 'change' when online and how to be…

During mental health week, the children looked at strategies they could use to benefit their own mental health. They also thought about how sometimes your favourite things can help you take a step back and calm you down when you may be upset or angry. We also spoke about how normal those emotions…

Year 2 today explored directions outside. We looked at the different directions and what human and physical features we could see from the gazebo on our school playground. We sketched and drew what we could see and explained which were human and physical features. Sublime fieldwork from year 2.…

The children made some digital art today to showcase their digital art skills. READY FOR 3D PRINTING! Superb work from Year 2 as always. #Enjoy #Evolve #Embrace

Today Year 2 started today's Jigsaw lesson by passing a smile across the class. The children enjoyed doing this and this was a perfect start to the lesson. We then completed our Jigsaw charter and also did our 'calm me' activity. Today's lesson focus was about our learning strengths and looking at…

In science we looked at healthy and unhealthy foods, we also looked at the affects on the body and eating foods in moderation to be healthy! #Enjoy #Embrace #Evolve

The children today started to plan their 3D printing designs so we can scan them and create them. Some of the drawings were exceptional! Absolutely amazing work from Year 2. They really enjoyed designing their prints. Next step - Perfection - to make the perfect design they would like to make. We…