This page will tell you what we have been learning about and all the exciting things we have been doing in Year Two. We will update this page with exciting class news, and photos of our learning. Please keep checking this page to find out about and see all the exciting things that we have been doing in Year Two.
The children are very excited to begin their new Power of Reading text. So far, they have only seen the cover of the text and found out it is all to do with the dark. The children have discussed how they feel about the dark and what it makes them think of. They used charcoal to respond to their ideas about the dark.
The year 2 children are getting very excited for Christmas! They have enjoyed making Christmas hats for their school Christmas lunch. They loved decorating day where adults joined us to make decorations for the classroom. The children have also been opening a book advent each day with Christmas stories to read as a class.
Year 2 have been enthusiastic to learn the history around the Great Fire of London this half term. They have found out how the fire started and why it spread so far. To end our topic, the children each created their own Tudor house just like the ones that would have been on Pudding Lane during 1666 when the Great Fire of London started. Mr Brooks helped us to all stay safe whilst setting up a fire for the houses so that we could recreate the events of the Great Fire of London. Thank you to all of the adults who were able to join us for this.
The children had lots of fun completing activities during their Power of Reading cafe and it was lovely to have lots of adults join us too!
We have been learning about materials and their properties during our science lessons. We were set the challenge to build a bridge that would be strong enough to hold a weight. We had to consider the materials we thought would be strong but also how we would change the shape of materials to build our bridge. Look at our fantastic model bridges we created!
Thank you for all of your donations towards Children In Need! The year 2 children had a great day in their spotty and Pudsey themed clothes. They learnt a dance led by the Strictly Come Dancing team on the Children In Need website. They also created their own moving Pudsey and especially enjoyed their cupcakes!
During RE week for Autumn 1, year 2 children explored the question ‘Why is light an important symbol to Christians, Jews and Hindus?’ The children learnt key stories from each religion that explores the idea of light. They responded to the importance of light for each religion by making their own Christingle for Christianity, making a menorah for Judaism, creating rangoli and diya lamps for Hinduism.
The year 2 children were excited to explore different food items and consider which part of a plant it belongs to. The children were able to recognise which food is part of a plant’s roots, stem, leaves or flower as well as which is fruit. They then investigated the fruit further by cutting the fruit open and finding the seeds.
This half term, the children are learning all about plants within their science lessons. The children have grown their own runner beans and are measuring these weekly to see the progress. The children have also explored sunflowers to investigate the different parts of a plant. This week, they have learnt all about seed dispersal and made their own sycamore seed to explore how these travel.
