Year 2
Mrs ChapmanWelcome to Year 2
Road Safety Experts
Today Year 1 and 2 took part in a road safety workshop. We learnt all about the ‘Green Cross Code’ and practised important rules of STOP LOOK LISTEN THINK. We learnt to stop and stand behind a kerb and use our eyes and ears to listen for traffic. We all promised to...
Super Sculptures
Year 2 have been looking at a range of sculptures by the sculptor Anthony Gormley. He has made lots of sculptures of the human form, including ‘The Angel of the North’. We practised sketching human forms in a range of sketching styles and then experimented with...
Year 2 Class Assembly! 🔥🔥🔥
This afternoon, Year 2 took everyone back in time to 1666 to witness ‘The Great Fire of London’ in their class assembly. The children used their amazing acting, singing and story telling skills to inform the audience of this significant event in history. Everyone was...
We love reading at Barley Mow!
Year 1 and Year 2 have visited our school’s book exchange this morning and have each chosen a book to take home to read and enjoy. We can choose another book whenever we want as the book exchange is open for all year groups every day after school. You can also bring...
Skipping Skills
Year 2 have been incredibly resilient when learning how to skip during PE. They worked hard to develop and perfect the many skills needed to be able to skip. Well done Year 2!
Money, Money, Money
Year 2 have been working on their money topic in maths! They have learned how to recognise coins and notes, count pounds and pence, make amounts using money and add prices together. They have become experts in money because they have all worked extremely hard, well...
Roll and Spell 🎲
Year 2 have been working hard practising their spelling. This week we played a dice game which helped us to remember the spellings. This is a fun and easy game to play at home!
Can you throw and catch?
Year 2 certainly can! In PE the children have been developing throwing and catching skills. This will help to prepare them to play invasion games later in the term. They used a bean bag to practise various throwing and catching challenges. The had to think carefully...
Who is Charles Macintosh?
Ask Year 2 and they'll tell you he's famous for his invention of waterproof fabric for clothes and waterproof coats that he named Mackintoshes. They also looked into his life history and how he became a scientist and inventor. In science, the children were set a task...
Shape Experts
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...
Perfect Puppets.
Year 2 are very proud of their animal hand puppets they made in their DT lessons. They worked extremely hard sewing their puppets together and then adding decoration. Like all good designers, they also evaluated their designs and suggested ways to improve their...
A VERY Special Visitor!
Year 2 had a VERY special visitor today - Santa! He parked his sleigh and popped in to say a huge well done to everyone for being good and always working hard. We asked him lots of questions about his reindeer and what it was like to live at the North Pole. He then...