Year 2 - STEM Challenge
Year 2 had a challenge on their hands today, a STEM challenge! Who could build the tallest and most stable structure using cocktail sticks and marshmallows?! This was so much harder than we expected! We quickly realised that if we had a stronger base, the structure would have more support and we…
Year 2 - Aspirations Day 1!
What a day for the kick off to our Aspirations sessions this year! From Kirwan's Cakery to the Fire Service - Year 2 have had a fabulous day exploring loads of different career choices! What will they be in the future?!
Year 2 - Mapping skills!
Year 2 have been working on their mapping skills today! Using atlases, maps and birds eye perspectives of Kenya, we located and mapped out various human and geographical features in the country! Using key clues about their location, Year 2 were able to find and label Lake Victoria, the Great Rift…
Year 2 - Sequencing and retelling a familiar story!
Year 2 absolutely love the stories by Oliver Jeffers and were delighted to find out that their next piece of writing would be based on one of our favourites - Lost and Found!
We used pictures from the story to sequence the events and orally retell the story using interesting language. Great…
Year 2 - Secret Agent stars!
They’ve worked hard at all their Secret Agent Training tasks and now they’ve done it! All tasks completed… 31 qualified secret agents! Well done year 2!
Year 2 - Time
Year 2 are doing a super job consolidating their knowledge of telling the time to the hour and half hour! Keep practicing at home!
Year 2 - PE in the sunshine!
Year 2 have loved getting back outdoors for PE! Today we played all sorts of games and learned new skills with friends :)
Year 2 - Researching Big Cats!
Year 2 did some fantastic research this afternoon as we prepared for our new piece of writing all about Big Cats! We researched Lions, Tigers, Jaguars and Leopards and focused on their differences. We learned so much !
Year 2 - Physical and human Geography
Year 2 took their learning outside this afternoon as we sought out and recorded evidence of physical and human Geography around school!
Year 2 - Jackson Pollock and Frank Stella inspired art!
Year 2 had an excellent arty day learning all about bow texture can enhance artwork! We explored textures of all sorts of materials and used them in our own work!
Year 2 - PCSO visit!
We had an excellent afternoon on Friday as we were visited by two PCSOs from our local area! We talked about keeping safe this Summer and even got to try on a few things and check out the car!
Year 2 - Hygiene
Year 2 had a great time carrying out quite the geeky science experiment! As we consider the importance of hygiene in animals and humans, we thought about how sneezes can spread infection. In this experiment we used a ruler to ‘sneeze’ on a piece of paper from various distances and recorded how…