Year 2
Mrs ChapmanWelcome to Year 2
Reading Buddies
This term, our Key Stage 2 and 1 children have been paired up as reading buddies. Each Friday, the children will select a book to read with their buddy and enjoy. As you can see from the photos, it was wonderful to see our older and younger children reading together.
History Detectives
Year 2 became detectives in History this week. They used different paintings of a significant event from the past to ask curious questions and share ideas about what they could see and notice. There were lots of amazing ideas shared and are looking forward to next...
Numbers to 100
Year 2 have made a super start in their maths lessons this week learning numbers to 100. Today the children played a game in pairs. One had to build a number using base ten and the other had to count the tens and ones to check if they were right.
Wonderful Word Processing!
Over the last few weeks the children in Year 2 have developed their computer skills immensely! They have created posters about their visit to the Life Centre by using so many different computer skills. They have typed, edited, saved and printed using Microsoft Word...
What is it like to live near the Coast?
In Geography, Year 2 have been learning about Human and Physical features near the coast. First of all, we looked at the United Kingdom and surrounding seas using an atlas. We then used google maps to look at the local coastal town of Tynemouth. As we had already...
Perfect Pizzas
As part of our Design Technology unit Year 2 have been designing and making healthy pizzas. The children tasted different breads and toppings and prepared pictograms to show the information they collected. The budding chefs then designed their own healthy pizza,...
Art and Crafts Club
This term children from years 2, 3 and 4 have loved accessing art club with Miss Goddard and Mrs Wilkinson. Over the weeks the children have taken part in different activities which practiced our colour mixing, cutting, drawing and turn taking skills. We created salt...
Sports Day 2024
A big well done to the children for participating in their Sports Day today and a huge thank you to all the parents who came along to support and cheer the children on. The children in Years 1, 2 and 3 were very enthusiastic this morning and showed good sportsmanship...
Super Scientists
Year 2 had an amazing time at 'The Centre of Life'. We became scientists for the day in a real laboratory! We discovered how scientists use their senses to study chemicals. It was fascinating observing what happened in each experiment. We used lots of scientific...
Ready, Steady, Cook!
Year 2 have been practising their cooking and been master chefs baking banana bread and scones. They prepared the food and followed the recipe perfectly! Cooking is great fun and not only helps children to learn about food but also supports real life maths, science,...
Gateshead FC visit
We have been lucky enough to welcome Tony, Paul and Ken from Gateshead FC who brought the FA trophy in to show the children in school. They shared their story of winning the trophy following extra time and penalties within the game on 11th May 2024. The children asked...
Sporting Stars
On Wednesday morning Year 2 went to Lord Lawson to take part in some multi-skills activities alongside other Birtley schools. The children enjoyed tennis, dodgeball, long jump, football and much more. Everyone showed an excellent sporting attitude and were certainly...