Year 2
Mrs ChapmanWelcome to Year 2
Proud Painters
Year 2 have been very proud of their art work inspired by the French artist Henri Rousseau. This week they explored colour in his work and learnt how to create shades and tints of colours he used in his jungle paintings. The children were amazed at the different...
Perfect Programming!
Today we looked at identifying a sequence on Scratch Jr. This is one of our computing apps and the children loved investigating it and trying to make a program. It was important for them to get their sequence of commands in the correct order for it to work. They went...
BM Superstars! 👏👏⭐️⭐️
This afternoon our Year 2 superstars enjoyed some special tasty treats as a huge thank you for their amazing attitudes to their KS1 SATs. Everyone has worked SO hard and persevered right to the end which was wonderful to see. They then had some well deserved time to...
Marvellous Mini Beasts 🐜 🐌
In science Year 2 have been exploring the school grounds to hunt for mini beasts in their micro habitats. We found lots of different mini beasts under logs, stones, plant pots and even on tree bark. We talked about the conditions of the different habitats and the...
Super Sketching ✍️🌿🍃
Year 2 have been developing their sketching skills and observational drawings. The children looked at the works of the French artist Henri Rousseau who is best known for his paintings of the jungle, teeming with leaves and branches. In particular, we looked at his...
A Royal Coronation 👑🤴🇬🇧
Year 2 were given a challenge today to help King Charles prepare for his royal coronation. First of all we looked at old paintings and portraits of coronations from the past and looked for clues that were the same. We spotted lots of traditions and objects that a...
Magnificent Musicians
Year 2 continued to sing and play the song ‘Once a man fell in a well’. This week we spoke about musical notations and then played the melody on the glockenspiels. We used letter notations C D E F G to play the tune. We practiced singing and playing to improve our...
Speak out. Stay safe!
In PSHE this week we have been learning how to get help and the right to speak out to stay safe. We watched the NSPCC online assembly and listened carefully to their important message. We also met Buddy who is a friendly green speech mark who believes that children...
Musical Me!
Year 2 have been very musical this week. They had to sing a folk song and play the steady pulse using percussion instruments. They loved listening to different folk songs and learning the lyrics to ‘Once a man fell in a well.’ We even performed our song to Mrs...
Fun with Fractions!
In maths Year 2 have been learning to recognise and find half of shapes and objects. We were then given the challenge of finding a half of a shape another way. We even started to write half using formal notation!
Making Vehicles
As part of our design and technology unit this half term Year 2 designed and made a vehicle. After investigating different types of vehicle, the children did fantastic designs of what they would like their vehicles to look like. It was quite tricky making our vehicles...
Road Safety Experts
This morning Year 1 and 2 took part in a very important workshop all about road safety. We learnt the ‘Green Cross Code’ and practised important rules of STOP LOOK LISTEN and THINK. We learnt to stop and stand at the pavement behind the kerb and to use our eyes and...