26
May
Telling the time to 5 minute intervals in Year 2
In our Maths lessons, we have been learning to tell the time to 5 minute intervals. We have been doing so well using our clocks to help us!...
Year 2
19
May
Debating a journey to the moon in Year 2
In history our topic ‘Space Race’ , we were learning about Apollo 11’s journey to the moon! Afterwards, we had a debate using the question ‘Is it a good idea to go to the moon?’ The children came up with lots of very interesting arguments...
19
May
Creating chronological timelines in Year 2
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. ...
12
May
Miss Fatima’s RE session about the Fourth Pillar of Islam in Year 2
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...
12
May
Letter writing in Year 2 based on ‘The Day the Crayons Quit.’
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!...
05
May
Investigating interesting innovations in Year 2
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....
05
May
Striking glue sticks and letter writing in Year 2
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...
28
Apr
Measuring capacity in Year 2 Maths
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....
28
Apr
Designing spacesuits in Year 2
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...
21
Apr
Learning different sculpting techniques in Year 2
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!...