Year 2
Mrs ChapmanWelcome to Year 2
Happy World Book Day!
It was wonderful to see so many children dressed up for World Book Day last week. We celebrated by dressing up as our favourite book characters and bringing in our favourite books. In our special World Book Day assembly, we unveiled 400 new books that The World of...
Online Safety Session
This morning, we offered parents and carers a face-to-face online safety information session. We discussed the results of a recent KS2 internet use survey and how to keep our children as safe as possible when online.We directed parents and carers to our 'Digital...
We Are Botanists! 🌹🌸🪷
This week as part of our STEM week, Year 1 and 2 became botanists with Mel from NUSTEM. Botanists study plants and their environments. They study how plants live and grow. We investigated a plant called a Venus flytrap. It was fascinating learning facts about this...
Thank you Morrisons!
We had a wonderful surprise this week from our local supermarket Morrison in Birtley. To help us celebrate World Book Day, they kindly donated some amazing stories for our school which we will share amongst classes. Thank you to Morrisons for supporting our community...
Year 2 Poetry Performance 🦉🐈🛶
Year 2 have read the classic poem ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’ by Edward Lear as part of our poem unit. The poem was first published in 1870 and is still a firm favourite today. The children had great fun practising and learning the poem by heart. We tried really hard...
Gateshead Library Visit Year 2.
Year 2 have had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day and listening to lots of different stories. We even had a visit from staff from Gateshead Library. They shared with us their favourite stories. One was called Octopus Shocktopus by Peter Bentley. This is a...
Super Sculptures
In Year 2 art lessons the children have been looking at different sculptures by the sculptor Antony Gormley. We found out his works include our own Angel of the North. We thought about how the sculptures made us feel and we experimented with tinfoil to make our own...
Safer Internet Day!
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.This year, Safer Internet Day celebrated with the theme ‘Want to Talk About it?’ to encourage and inspire national...
What a ‘CLASS’ assembly!
This afternoon the children in Year 2 put on a fantastic performance showcasing all their learning linked to their history lesson on The Great Fire of London. Everyone was so proud of them and huge smiles filled the hall. The children took the audience back in time to...
Super Shapes!
Year 2 have been working hard developing their understanding of shape. They have looked at the similarities and difference between 2d and 3d shapes trying hard to name them and explaining clearly how they know by counting the sides and discussing properties. They...
Super Sculptures
In our artwork we have looked at the work of sculptor Antony Gormley. His sculptures are in the shape of humans. We decided to make our own sculptures using shapes and objects to make a human shape.
Invasion Games
Year 2 have made a great start to their PE lessons this half term. They have been trying hard to develop their understanding of invasion games with our coach and learning the basic principles of attacking and defending. Today we practised throwing, catching and...