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Year 2

Welcome to Year 2!

Our Class Teacher is Miss Kavanagh.

Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Reeve.

Year 2 Non-negotiables for Writing, Reading and Maths

Non Negotiable Parent Leaflet - Year 2

Half-Termly Curriculum Letters

Year 2 Welcome Meeting

Meet the Teacher Presentation

VE Day celebrations- We had a great day celebrating VE Day, we had a special assembly at the start of the day, then had a whole school picnic on the field. In the afternoon, we took part in lots of VE Day themed activities with Nursery, Reception and Year 1. These included making medals, painting the Union Jack and designing dig for victory posters.

In English, we wrote explanation texts to explain how to look after a monster. We are really proud of our published booklets!

Neon Glow Workshop- we had lots of fun taking part in the neon glow workshop!

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GOAL Day: we really enjoyed our GOAL day! In the morning we recreated our own Traction Man stories, completing an outdoor learning course based on the Traction Man stories and used chalk to draw different characters. In the afternoon we used our learning on Monsters to design our own monsters using natural resources and then we made journey sticks for our monsters.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Computing: In computing, we have been learning to create pictograms on the computer. We worked collaboratively to create a pictograms from a set of data.

World Book Day

During Book Week, we read “There’s a Monster in Your Book”. We started by thinking of new ways that we could do to get our monster out. Then we worked collaboratively with a partner to rewrite the story with the monster being in a different place. Finally we designed our own monsters.

Year 2 Indoor Athletics Festival: we took part in the Indoor Athletics festival where we tried a range of different sports. We had to work as a team against other schools. All the pupils showed great CHAMP skills and sportsmanship.

Scooterbility Training: we really enjoyed our Scooter training. We learned about keeping safe on our scooters and how to control them in different situations.

D&T: We made our own sea creature pouches. First we learned how to do a running stitch, then we designed our pouches. After, we chose which colour material we were going to use and we sewed the 2 pieces together using a running stitch. Finally we created a decorative sea creature to put on the front of our pouch. We had to use all of our CHAMP skills!

In PE, we have been learning dance. We had to learn a sequence of moves and keep to a count of 8. We used scarves and added an extra 8 count of our own dance.

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Shark Reports: in English, we wrote non-chronological reports about a shark’s senses. We had to include an introduction, a paragraph about their normal senses, a paragraph about their special senses and a fact.

GOAL Day- on our GOAL day, we created sea creatures using natural resources. We had to make sure that we made them in the correct size order. We completed Geography fieldwork about habitats. We also completed an orienteering course where we had to use the iPads and follow a trail answering questions at each point. In the afternoon we made bird nests and had hot chocolate and biscuits.

The Big Garden Birdwatch- we took part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. We completed tally charts to show the number and type of birds that we saw in our school grounds.

Our Sea creature shape poems.

Weaving- we created fish by weaving different colours to represent their scales. We had to be really perseverant and attentive.

Art- in Art, we completed a project called “Tell a Story”. We used a range of mark making to add texture and tone to each key scene in the story Goldilocks and the 3 bears.

It’s Simply the Best Nativity! The pupils did amazingly well with their Christmas nativity, we are all so proud of them!

Fire list poems- In English, we were inspired by the fire that we had on GOAL day. We wrote list poems all about fire, making sure that we used adjectives, expanded noun phrases and similes.

GOAL Day- on our GOAL day, we began by creating our house animal using natural resources. Then we created a fire picture using leaves, we had to make sure that we collected the correct leaf colours. In the afternoon, we began by learning orienteering skills. Finally, we had a fire in the woods where we roasted marshmallows and had hot chocolate.

Football skills workshop- on Thursday we had a fantastic workshop with Ash. He taught us a range of football tricks and skills. Some were really challenging and the pupils were really motivated and perseverant.

Art- we have started our new art unit. We were learning to make different marks using charcoal.

Our Harvest Assembly song medley!

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In English, we wrote a recount about how we can fill up everyone’s buckets with kindness.

In Science, we have been learning about growth and survival. We learned that all animals need 3 things to survive. We then looked at the “Eat well plate”. We learned about the 5 main food groups and worked collaboratively to create our own plate.

Our trip to Bekonscot Model Village. We had a fantastic time visiting the model village. We took part in a workshop about toys and we learned about the differences between toys of today and toys from 100 years ago. We got to explore the model village and even ride the train!

In English we have been reading “Have you Filled a Bucket Today?” We created our own kindness buckets to include the different ways that we were going to fill up people’s buckets!

GOAL Day- on our GOAL day, we started by completing a Science activity where we had to sort animals and their offspring. We then created repeating patterns using natural resources. Then we made journey sticks as we walked through the woods and field. In the afternoon, we made dream catchers using natural resources.

English- In English, we have been reading "The Colour Monster". We worked with our learning partners to write similes to describe the different monsters.

Our Learning Journey 2023-2024

Year 2’s Sprinkletastic Marshmallows

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We had a great time using the bee bots with Year 5 and playing the games that they designed!

Celebration Evening- we are really proud of all our work this year and enjoyed celebrating it with everyone!

GOAL Day- on our GOAL day, we completed a Maths Trail where we had to find different objects and follow the mathematical instructions of what to do with them. Then we had to get a Maths challenge card to solve. After, we went on a mini-beast hunt in the woods. Finally we made our 3D maps using natural resources to represent the outside areas such as woods and field.

In PE we have been using our kicking and fielding skills. We have worked together as a team.

Sports Day- we had a great time on Sports Day! Every one tried their best and represented their house group with great enthusiasm and pride.

Sports Week- this week, we have taken part in a range of different sports. All the pupils in year 2 have shown fantastic Olympic and Paralympic values as well as using all of their CHAMP skills.

In English, we have been reading “ The Lion Inside” by Rachel Bright. We have completed lots of work on the story including: describing the mouse, describing the lion and writing about our favourite part of the story.

Art- in Art we have designed and created clay house tiles. We had to include windows and doors as well as using a range of clay techniques including joining and pattern making. We were really Perseverant and are very proud of our finished tiles!

Making our clay house tiles

Geography- in Geography we went into the woods to complete some field research. Our enquiry question was: “Why are natural habitats special?” We investigated which plants and animals were in the woods.

Art- our new art topic is all about clay. We practised moulding different shapes using salt dough. We learned to flatten, shape, mark and model.

STOMP Workshop- we had lots of fun taking part in the STOMP workshop. We had to show all of our CHAMP skills!

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D&T: Under the Sea bunting. We made our own under the sea bunting. We had to follow the design criteria and we learned how to use a running stitch to join our pieces of material together. We also used a hot glue gun to attach other material to our bunting. We showed fantastic CHAMP skills!

Our visit to Hertfordshire Zoo

We had a fantastic day at Hertfordshire Zoo. We saw lots of different animals and had a special talk about penguins. In the afternoon, we enjoyed a walk around the dinosaur trail!

World Book Day 2024

A Date with a Duck- we were really excited to hold our ducklings that we hatched!

P.S.H.C.E- We were set a challenge in groups to make imaginary birds for ‘A Garden of Dreams and Goals’. We needed to work cooperatively to create our dream birds.

In English, we have written non- chronological report about sharks. We used books and the internet to research about shark’s senses. We then used our research to write our own reports.

Scooter Workshop- we had a fantastic time during our scooter workshop. We learned how to ride the scooters safely, use the brakes, steer around cones and we even got to try different tricks!

GOAL day- for our GOAL day we were inspired by National Storytelling Week. We used the story of “The 3 Little Pigs”. We created the characters using natural resources, then we made the houses. Finally we re-told the story in our outdoor theatre.

Maths- in Maths this week we have been using our knowledge of place value to add and subtract 2 two-digit numbers.

Under the Ocean Shape poems- we have been reading “Commotion in the Ocean” by Giles Andreae. We wrote our own shape poems about an under the sea creature.

Art- Telling a Story. In this unit of work, we designed and made our own concertina books based on the story: Goldilocks and the 3 bears. We had to use all of our mark making skills to create texture and include a moveable character.

How Percy Saved Christmas: A Festive Tale

Dressing the Tree- we made Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer decorations. We had to paint antlers and the head, then we attached the antlers, eyes and of course his red nose! We’re really proud of our decorations.

In PE, we have been playing Target Games. We have used our skills at throwing and catching to play a range of different target games. We have really enjoyed challenging ourselves with hitting different targets using a range of equipment.

Our GOAL Day

Our GOAL Day- we had a fantastic day (even though it rained all day!) we collected different coloured leaves to make our own fire picture. We went for a walk around our woods as well as creating artwork inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. We finished the day, drying out with a hot chocolate!

Our Harvest song with Year 1- Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

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Whole school Harvest Festival song- Cauliflowers Fluffy

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Hudnall Park- We had a fantastic time at Hudnall Park, where we took part in a range of activities all about animal habitats. The most exciting part of the day was finding newts on our bug hunt in the woods!

In Science, we have been learning about what animals need to survive. We created a factfile about budgies.

In Maths, we have been learning about 2D shapes. We created pictures using different 2D shapes and made them into “ Shape World”

In English, we have been reading "The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas. We wrote our own stories about a Colour Monster. The pupils were Perseverant and Motivated when writing their own stories and are really proud of their books.

Roald Dahl Day- we had a lovely afternoon with Year 1 celebrating Roald Dahl day. We completed lots of different activities linked to the story “The BFG”.

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