In history, year 2 have been focussing on creating accurate chronological timelines. We placed the key moments of the Apollo launch in a timeline and put the matching pictures with them. ...
Year 2 have been learning all about the 5 pillars of Islam and this week we were focusing on the fourth pillar which is Sawm. This describes the act of fasting. We were very curious about fasting and had lots of lovely questions which were...
In Writing, Year 2 have finished their most recent writing cycle based on the book “The Day the Crayons Quit”. We wrote letters to the glue sticks in our classrooms to let them know how sorry we were about forgetting to put the lids on!...
In history, year 2 looked at different pictures of some innovations that were required before we could get man on the moon. We then put them in a timeline, guessing which innovation needed to come first....
The glue sticks went on strike in year 2! Our writing cycle is based around the book ‘The day the crayons quit’ and the glue sticks in our classes decided it was time they followed the crayons and quit on us. They wrote us a...
In Maths, we have been exploring different ways to measure length, capacity and mass. Here we are practising measuring capacity using water and different shaped measuring jugs....
In History, Year 2 have launched their new topic of “Space Race”. We discussed what we already knew about space and astronauts and thought about the important parts of a space suit. We then got to design our own space suits based on our new...
In our art lessons, we have been learning about sculpture. We have been learning different techniques such as pinching, rolling and coiling. Here is an example of our pinch pots!...
During art week we worked on our sculpture skills. We practiced our imprinting skills. We chose our own natural item to imprint in the clay and see the effect it had on the clay. ...
In Reading, Year 2 used their amazing reading skills to follow instructions on how to make a pepper shaker out of a bell pepper and rice....