Meeting Goldie!
Year 2 children were so excited to get their hands on our Gold Award! Look at the beaming skills
Year 2 visit to the park
Year 2 enjoyed their Geography field trip to the local park, as part of our theme ' The Place we Live'
Geography
First we learnt how to read and follow the map of our route. We stopped on the way to identify physical and human features.
Art
When we arrived at the park, we had to…
Observational Drawings
Year 2 enjoyed using different media to draw different play equipment from the playground. Using charcoal was a big hit! Next job is to turn these into mono prints.
Map reading in Geography
Year 2 enjoyed learning how to spot different features on a map of the local area. They then had a go at labelling a map of the area around school.
Faith Week - Indian Drumming
What an ending to Faith Week!
We enjoyed our Indian drumming session. We found out about what the drums were made of and then had a go at playing them in small groups! We also watched some Indian dancing.
Place Value
We are working hard in Maths to understand Place Value and compare numbers to see which are greater or less than. We are working with our maths partners to use cubes to make numbers, which helps us to count the tens and ones.
Faith Week in Year 2 - Hinduism and Islam
Hinduism
As part of Faith Week, we had a workshop on Hinduism. We enjoyed learning about it means to a Hindu and how their beliefs differ to ours.
Islam
We enjoyed learning about Islam and the different artefacts, including a prayer mat and the Quaran.
International Dot Day
Year 2 #enjoyed International Dot Day! We #embraced the new challenges to create our own dot, making marks and seeing where they can take us. We mixed our own colours using water colours and then added detail using felt tips. We were so pleased with our finished creations. What super…
Mellors Big Red Bus
Year 2 enjoyed their lunch on board the Mellors Big Red Bus.
Handwriting and Maths
A busy week in Year 2. We have been working hard on our handwriting to form our letters correctly. In Maths we have been learning about Place Value and how to partition numbers into tens and ones.
Apollo 11 Day
Year 2 enjoyed our Apollo 11 theme day. We became historians to see what we could find out about the moon landing by looking at photos. We then learnt about Neil Armstrong and sequenced a timeline of his life. In the afternoon we found out more about the Apollo 11 mission and the moon walk and…
First Day Back
What a great first day back in Year 2! We enjoyed seeing our friends again after the summer hoiidays and exploring our new clasroom. We also had our first English, Maths and Spelling lessons.