Year 2 -Dream jars
Year 2 have enjoyed learning about a new artist - Salvador Dali. He is a Spanish artist who creates unusual dream like creations. We have loved exploring this unusual approach and have made sketches, collages and paintings.
Year 2 Xmas party
Year 2 had a great day today at the panto and party! Well done Year 2. We also had a special visitor with another little gift!
Year 2 -digital photography
This half term we have been learning all about digital photography. We know how to take a good photograph, if we should take it in portrait or landscape format, to take a selfie and to edit our pictures to enhance them! Lots of budding photographers in the making!
Year 2 - Christmas yoga
The children enjoyed a wonderful Christmas yoga session. Looking at the word Christmas and doing yoga poses for each letter, we had lots of amazing ideas including stars, icicles, reindeers, stockings and trees. Well done Year 2!
Year 2 visit to Santa at the Christmas disco
We are very excited for the countdown to Christmas! We enjoyed meeting Santa and getting an early Christmas present.
Investigating sound - Year 2
The children have enjoyed looking at new vocabulary relating to their sound topic. They have completed investigations to look at loud, quiet, high, low and fast and slow sounds. They have been using their scientific enquiry skills to ensure they are implementing a fair test! We loved creating our…
Outdoor number bonds
The children have loved embedding their number bond skills with practical activities outside! We hid our numicon and then found them looking quickly for a partner who had a bond to 10! Super work Year 2!
Safety first
The children completed a safety walk around school looking at any potential hazards, recapping our school rules and looking carefully for all the fire exits incase they hear the fire alarm. The children were very sensible and had excellent suggestions to keep themselves safe at all times.
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PSHE - How are you feeling?
The children enjoyed learning all about our SCARF scheme of work. Our first lesson was looking at feelings and how our actions can effect other peoples feelings. The children had a wonderful discussion about their emotions and we came up with the motto “It’s good to talk”.
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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!