We are really excited to welcome you back to school in year 2! We cannot wait to share our learning and new understanding of skills. Above are some pictures of our year 2 area.

 

European Language Day

To celebrate languages day, we looked at a few different languages that were linked to some of our own families. We found out information about their culture and also learnt some phrases/numbers. We created factfiles, sketches, paper models of architecture and recreated collaged flags. We had a great afternoon and have learnt part of a new language!  

 

Science

As part of our 'squash, bend, twist and stretch' topic for science, we experimented in our PE lesson by using our bodies to create these different movements. In our groups, we had to really think about what these words meant and how we could show them in lots of different ways. Here are a few of our ideas! 

 

Castle/fairytale day

Year 2 had a fantastic day on their fairytale day. We started off by learning about what types of food Kings and Queens would eat and then made our own jam tarts, which tasted delicious! After that, we started making our castles using our design to help us, we created battlements, towers and turrets. We also painted our own shields and made our own characters, linking to who would have lived in a castle. Both adults and children had a great day!

 

Number day

On 7th February, we wore clothes with numbers on to raise money for NSPCC. We completed different maths activities such as crack the code, where we had to use our number bonds to 10 to fill in missing letters of a secret message. We also worked as a class to play the game 'who wants to be a mathionare?', where we had to answer different questions linking to our previously taught maths topics to win a 1,000,000 points and we did it! What amazing maths skills Year 2 :)

Beebots

Recently the children have been using beebots in their computing lessons. We have recapped how to use the direction buttons to make them move and have recently been experimenting with different algorithms to get their beebot to certain places on their maps. The children have loved using these and have shown some great partner work too, well done Year 2!

 

Weather 

Year 2 have been very busy learning about the weather and comparing the weather in the UK to a contrasting place, Jamaica. They have learnt how to measure and present data and have written an explanation text all about the weather in Jamaica - we were amazed with their writing skills! We have linked our learning on Jamaica to a famous person, Mary Seacole as we begin to learn more about her and her achievements. The children also created some beautiful artwork of Jamaican landscapes using their painting skills, having first done some sketching outside to try and capture the weather firsthand.