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. [...]
In Geography, our topic "How is life on a remote island home different to living in West Bridgford?" culminated in the children designing and making their own island home for homework. The children used their new knowledge of human and physical features to design these amazing islands. [...]
This half term we have been practising our gymnastic skills. We learnt different types of rolls such as tucks and logs, balances such as dish and arches and learnt to travel in different ways and at different heights. Towards the end of the unit, we put all our knowledge togather on a variety of [...]
Today we investigated different vehicles, learning the names of key parts of them and identifying what they are for.
Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful forest schools session on Monday afternoon. We explored different environments around school, created 'snail art' and finished with a delicious smore, using marshmallows that we toasted on the fire! Thank you Mrs Seagrave and Mrs Smith for organising such a lovely afternoon for us all. :) [...]
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Today, Year 2 'visited' Tanzanaia. We learnt about where Tanzania is located in the world, the closest Ocean and about the weather. We explored the UK and Tanzanian passports and looked at a variety of artefacts, asking questions and predicting what the aretefacts are used for. [...]
