Welcome to Year 2 2024 - 2025

Autumn 1 Term

P.E.

In our P.E. lessons, we have been enjoying learning the skills of tennis in our 'Send and Return' Unit and the skills of football, netball and basketball in our 'Attack, Defend, Shoot' unit.

English  

We all enjoyed presenting our story maps to the class, explaining all the innovations we had made to the story of The Way Home For Wolf.

Autumn 2 Term

Art 
In our Art lessons, we have been looking at the work of John Dyer and how he uses colour and shapes to create fireworks in his artwork. We have used a range of media to practice our drawing skills and have created firework pictures which incorporate colour, shapes and movement. 

English
For out poetry unit, we spent time working with a partner or small group to learn the first stanza of 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat'. We decided how we would share and deliver the lines of the stanza and practiced until we felt confident. We then performed it for the rest of the class trying hard to speak in a clear voice and use expression to engage the listeners. 

Science

In our Science lessons in Year 2, we have been learning about plants. We are currently carrying out an investigation to find out whether seeds or bulbs will grow better in our classroom.  Each group planted some seeds and bulbs.  We discussed that all the variables would have to be the same; such as, the same size pot, the same amount of soil etc so that the test is fair.  We then made predictions about what we think will happen to the plants.  We are enjoying watering them every day and watching them grow - The seeds are currently winning by a mile in both classes.

Spring 1 Term

Fire Safety Visit

During this half term, the local fire service visited Year 2 for a talk on fire safety.  The children found it very interesting and we learnt lots of very important new information about how to stay safe if there is a fire at home, including how to ring 999 and ask for the fire service if we ever need to.  We also had great fun acting out a pretend fire in the home with some of the children playing the roles of family members and fire fighters.

Year 2 Production

Eddie The Penguin Saves The World

This half term, the Year 2 children have absolutely loved rehearsing and performing our production.  All of the staff and children have worked so hard, making costumes, learning lines and songs and dancing their socks off to make our show a huge success.  We are so proud of each and every one of them.  

Spring 2

D.T. Day - Mechanisms

In DT, we investigated fixed axles with free wheels and free axles with fixed wheels to see which we would like to use for our own vehicle design. We then designed and made a model vehicle with our chosen axle and wheel fixings. We had to fix axle holders or the axle to our chassis and then attach the wheels accordingly so that the vehicle could move smoothly.

History 

Our Spring 2  History topic has been  ‘Explorers’, where we have been learning all about Neil Armstrong and Captain James Cook.  In our last lesson, we worked in groups to order key events from their lives to create a timeline for each explorer.

Adventures at Forest School