On Tuesday 23rd April, 2ML arrived at school with the largest suitcases possible, ready for our residential trip to Beaumanor Hall in Leicestershire. We travelled by coach and on arrival, we got started straight away with a bird identification hunt. Then we went into the woods and did a minibeast / invertebrates hunt where [...]
Click here for letters: Welcome_to_year2_letter_Summer 1 Summer 1 2024 learning letter
During our World Book Day week, we went outside to try reading in different places. It was great fun sharing books with our friends. Inspired by reading Bluebells from 'The Lost Words', Year 2 spent the week writing about Daffodils and creating wonderful pieces [...]
To kick start our new topic 'Would you like to live in Tanzania? Why?', we held a Tanzania Day. During this day, we learnt where Tanzania is, explored different artefacts and created some wonderful artwork.
Please click on the links below for copies of letters emailed. Welcome letter_Spring 2 2024 Spring 2 2024 learning letter
We really enjoyed making our wraps in DT. We learnt new skills of cutting, grating and peeling. We hope our families enjoyed eating them as much as we enjoyed making them!
In our recent Literacy lessons, we have been learning about the features of instructions, from the title, what you need, the method, the instructions themselves which use imperative verbs, adverbs and time adverbials to diagrams and top tips. We spent some time re-ordering a set of mixed up instructions and then followed the instructions [...]
Before the Christmas break, the children in Year 2 undertook a great Design and Technology project - moving mechanisms. The children invesigated a variety of books with moving mechanisms and identified how the mechanisms worked. Then they took part in some focused practical tasks with the remit to make a moving picture that moved [...]
Please click the links below to access the Curriculum Letters which were emailed to parents on the week beginning 8/1/24 Spring 1 Welcome letter 2024 Spring 1 2024 Curriculum letter Y2 Beaumanor second letter 2024
On Monday 13th November, Florence Nightingale and Sydney Herbert came to visit Year 2. The children found out all about her life and had the opportunity to dress up and reenact a scene from the hospital in Scutari. They were able to the handle artefacts from the Victorian era and explore them. [...]
