Year 2 - Mixed Up Fairytales
Year 2 have really enjoyed getting immersed in our English unit all about Little Red Reading Hood! In the story, our main character mixes up traditional tales to come up with her own story, and this week we did the same! In pairs we created brand new stories using elements of different tales, with…
Year 2 - Interviewing Dr Mae Jemison!
To continue our Explorers topic in History, this week we have been learning about the life and achievements of Dr Mae Jemison - the first black woman in space! We listened to her talk about her amazing career and life, then put ourselves into the interviewers seat as we came up with 3 questions we…
Year 2 - Healthy Me!
Our topic in Jigsaw this term is Healthy Me - staying healthy in mind and body! These guys have done an excellent job of discussing the feelings of stress and frustration, and how we can respond to it!
Year 2 - Sharing Information Online
Year 2 have been fantastic during our discussions about safely using the Internet this week! Safer Internet Day saw us reading a wonderful story about purchasing things online within apps, and we consolidated our knowledge of information that we should and shouldn’t share online!
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Year 2 - Keith Haring inspired figures
Year 2 have been studying the work of Keith Haring in art this term, and today have used malleable materials to create figures inspired by his art! We loved trying to recreate the shapes he uses to make his art so dynamic!
Year 2 - Keith Haring Inspired Art
Year 2 absolutely loved looking at the work of Keith Haring! His colourful graffiti inspired pieces enabled us to have a go at creating our own colourful figures in dynamic shapes!
Year 2 - Putting out the Great Fire of London!
Year 2 have been fully immersing themselves into the life of 17th Century Londoners this morning, as we worked as a human chain to put out the 'fire' that famously started on Pudding Lane!
We have loved working on our diaries and are really enjoying writing our amazing Sentence…
Year 2 - First school day of 2022!
Such a fantastic start to the year! Year 2 had a fantastic day exploring line in Art and Music! We experimented with lots of different types of lines in our sketchbooks, before using 3D materials to transform our lines into sculptures!
Year 2 - Local Area Walk!
Year 2 had a fantastic afternoon walking around our local area, spotting different features in our surroundings! We saw houses, shops, paths, roads, bridges, the River Tawd and the very aptly naked Dog Bone Island! Fantastic fieldwork year 2!
Year 2 - Geography Fieldwork
Year 2 did some fantastic exploratory fieldwork today as we compared an old aerial photograph of the playground to the playground as it is now! In groups we went out to take photos of any changes to the playgrounds human and physical features! We discussed the word 'aerial' and thought about why…
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Year 2 - Compass Directions
Year 2 really showed off their Geographical skills today as we learned how to use the 4 main compass directions! Using a large grid on our classroom floor, we had to direct Fred the Frog to his destinations using precise Geographical language! We then used our knowledge to write some directions…
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Year 2 - Recreating Propaganda Posters
Year 2 used all their knowledge of the Home Front and the war effort at home to recreate propaganda posters! They showed fantastic understanding of the messages being portrayed by these posters, practicing their expressions in order to persuade people to join the land army, save food and come to…