Jack and the beanstalk - year 2
Our cross curricular topic this half term is plants. We have been linking this with English and looking at the story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We enjoyed hot seating the Giant in the story to explore the character and his feelings. We enjoyed learning new vocabulary and finding out what the words…
Position and Direction - Year 2
In Year 2 we have been using our previous knowledge of fractions and time to help us with turns and movement. We were able to turn 1/4 or 1/2 turns both clockwise and anti- clockwise. We enjoyed learning this really practically both indoor and outside in partners. We were able to give instructions…
Year 2 - Furness Abbey
Year 2 are learning about Furness Abbey in their local history topic this half term. We loved having a visit to the Abbey, looking at the ruins, exploring in Abbots wood and enjoying a fantastic fun filled day in the sunshine! We are now very much looking forward to our history lessons!
Secret Agent Training
Year 2 are half way through our Secret Agent Training and have had a day to reset our Growth Mindsets! We enjoyed creating secret agent masks, solve maths and English problems, sneak around school practising our spy skills and complete an obstacle course to ensure we are physically fit and ready…
Easter Bunny visit
We have had an exciting week this week with some sightings and pictures of the Easter Bunny. This has been a great stimulus for writing and created lots of where, when, why, who and what questions to think about. The children all created a newspaper report about the special visitor and we were…
Friendship Friday - Year 2
In year 2 we are really thinking about how we can be the best we can be! Whether that is being super resilient when it comes to writing, having a good growth mindset during maths, being the best friend that we can be and looking after our own mental health. We have a few mottos in year 2 that we…
Word processing - Year 2
We are enjoying our word processing computing topic and have already enjoyed exploring the keyboard and the different keys. In today’s lesson we looked at changing the size, colour and style of the font. We also linked it to our value this half term - friendship. We used our computing and PSHE…
Year 2 World Book Day
We loved celebrating world book day in year 2. Sharing stories together is our favourite time of the day!
Year 2 Art - creating sculptures
In Year 2 we have been looking at the artist Andy Goldsworthy. We have sketched/designed and created sculptures using his style. The children used clay and other materials to recreate their designs. Well done Year 2!
Year 2 - Everyday materials
Year 2 are enjoying a new science topic - everyday materials. On Thursday afternoons we turn our classroom into a laboratory and get to work! Today we planned and carried out an investigation to see which material would be best to make a raincoat. The children all made their predictions and then…
Year 2 Forest School
The children loved building their own fire and discussing their new science topic
Circle time -Year 2
In our PSHE lessons the children learned more about our schools vision “As a caring community, we learn and grow”. We link our PSHE lessons to our value each half term. This half term our value is ‘Caring’. The children discussed different ways we can care for ourselves and each other. We then…
