2S Sealife centre
What a fantastic day at the Sealife centre! We have had great fun exploring all the exhibits and the children were marvellous marine biologists! Throughout the day they asked lots of questions, made careful observations and found out lots about sea creatures.
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 6 March 2024
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Secret codes and hidden treasure!
Year 2 found an intriguing message in their classroom which led them on a quest to crack a secret code. After an exciting adventure we found hidden treasure and discovered that our new History unit is titled Tutankhamun. We found out what an archaeologist does and practised excavating some…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 29 February 2024
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Once upon a time…
Year 2 started their new English unit - fairytales this week. They had great fun listening to the story of Hansel and Gretel and making a sweet house. Now we can’t wait to start writing our own fairytales.
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 29 February 2024
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
A walk in the local area
Year 2 have been on a walk in the local area this week to support our learning in RE and Geography. When looking for God’s creations we found trees, birds, cats and even a horse. It was nice to see signs of Spring with buds appearing on trees and bulbs beginning to grow. It wasn’t as nice to see…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 26 January 2024
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Reduce, reuse, repurpose!
On our return to school this week the children in year 2 found the cloakroom full of rubbish! They were very annoyed and wondered where it had all come from. This started the discussion for our new unit - reduce, reuse, repurpose! The children had an excellent understanding of what we should do…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 12 January 2024
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Christmas week
The children in Year 2 have been working hard on their Owl and the Pussycat poems in English and telling the time in Maths this week. They have also been writing about the Nativity and had fun making felt owls, Christmas cards and calendars. Today was Christmas dinner day and the children looked…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 21 December 2023
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Y2 Nativity
Show time has arrived in Year 2 this week! The children have been busy learning carols and Christmas songs over the last few weeks to retell the Nativity story. They have worked incredibly hard and should be proud of the their performance.
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 12 December 2023
Dream house competition
Huge thanks once again to Ascot Homes for allowing us to visit their construction site as part of our work in Science. Congratulations to Julia, Zoe and Zach who won their Dream House competition. They were presented with their prizes from Ascot Homes by John and Nick.
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 4 December 2023
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Egyptians with Y6
Later in the year we will be learning about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. This week we visited Y6, who told us all about the Ancient Egyptian artefacts that they had been learning about. Y6 were very knowledgeable and made great teachers. We particularly enjoyed writing messages using…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 4 December 2023
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Year 2 Trip to D’urton Rise
Year 2 had a fantastic morning at D’Urton Rise housing development. After putting on our high-viz vests and hard hats we had the chance to look around a part-constructed house. Nick, the site manager, explained which materials they use to build different parts of the house and we discussed the…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 9 November 2023
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Geography
Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning the names of the seven continents. We played a game on the yard to locate the continents on a map drawn on the floor. In class we practised finding them on a world map, on a globe and in an atlas. See if your children can remember the names…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 19 September 2023
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG
Keeping safe
In Year 2 we have been learning about people who help to keep us physically healthy and safe. We thought about the people in school who keep us safe. Mr Hannah visited our classes and told us about how he makes sure our school is a safe place. The children listened well and asked Mr Hannah some…
Posted by /blog/author/nbillingsley on 19 September 2023
Category: YEAR 2 BLOG