Image of Meeting Goldie!
30 October 2019

Meeting Goldie!

Year 2 children were so excited to get their hands on our Gold Award! Look at the beaming skills

 

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17 October 2019

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…

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14 October 2019

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.

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9 October 2019

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. 

 

 

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Image of Faith Week - Indian Drumming
29 September 2019

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.

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29 September 2019

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.

 

 

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25 September 2019

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.

 

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18 September 2019

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…

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12 September 2019

Mellors Big Red Bus

Year 2 enjoyed their lunch on board the Mellors Big Red Bus. 

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12 September 2019

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.  

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8 September 2019

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…

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3 September 2019

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. 

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