Year 2 had the most fantastic day visiting Beatrix Potter World in Windermere. They were enthralled by the attraction and loved looking round for the clues to answer questions in their booklets. They learnt lots about Beatrix and her wonderful books. They then had picnic on the Glebe and enjoyed run…
Read MoreThe children have loved wearing red and painting their noses or wearing silly ones. They helped to raise lots of money today!
Read MoreAs part of our reading week Year 2 read Goldilocks returns where she is feeling a little guilty about what she did to the bears so she returns to help them. Year 2 decided to help Goldilocks in testing lots of materials to find out which one was best to make the bears some new curtains. Take a look…
Read MoreIn maths the children are learning all about division. They began their learning by looking at sharing out different items around the classroom and specifically focusing on the new vocabulary they will be using when dividing. There was a lot of great team work going on too!
Read MoreIn Year 2 this half term we are going to be learning all about Ghana. We began our learning last half term looking at the continent of Africa during a whole school languages week. The children looked closely at the work of artist Martin Bullinya who was born in Kenya and used a range of techniques t…
Read MoreIn Year 2 this half term we are looking at materials. The children have made a super start by finding different materials around school and sorting and grouping materials according to their properties. They have started to think about why certain objects are made out of certain materials. They are n…
Read MoreAutumn 2
The Great Fire of London
In Year 2 we are learning all about the Great Fire. We have looked at a timeline of where the fire started and how it grew. We have explored why the fire spread so easily and used repeated patterns in art to create the Stuart houses. The children have also written some fantastic diary entries as Samuel Pepys using some extraordinary language!
Autumn 1
Born Survivor
What a fantastic first topic of Year 2. The children have learnt all about famous explorers of the past and present. They have thought about why it is important to remember them and why explorers go on expeditions. The children had a go at exploring their local area and school grounds themselves. They then made their own maps to encourage other people to explore Barley Cop Woodland too!
