A fantastic assortment of science related work was completed last week and the children’s enjoyment was evident to see. We investigated ice balloons including predicting whether they would float or not and what would happen if we put salt or…
Revolutionising Reading week
We have had a great time this week using the book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ as the basis for our work. We started by creating a display for our door and later in the week we wrote letters from…
Handstand skills in P.E.
Last week class 2 were busy consolidating their gymnastic skills. After a warm-up game using bunny hops, they all tried really hard to do t-balances and scissor kicks leading into having a go at a full handstand. Everyone challenged themselves…
Working together in maths and English
Class 2 have worked collaboratively with their peers to produce a Monster poem using a question, a statement and a command. Following on from this, they were then able to work more independently in order to produce their very own…
Our houses theme
Class 2 have worked very hard on their houses theme over the last six weeks. They have photographed, drawn and described their own houses and they have been on a village walk to compare old and new houses in Brandesburton.…
Class 2 reading challenge
How are you getting on with our class reading challenge? We have asked you to get at least three adult signatures (or even more!) each week for the next five weeks. Everyone that completes the challenge will get a reading…
Houses homework
Thank-you for all the photographs of your children’s homes that have been printed, emailed or drawn. We have had a good discussion about different types of houses and also suitable materials for building houses. This all links to our science…
Science material hunt
Class 2 have been having a look round our school and identifying different materials. We have looked at properties of materials and what materials are suitable for which purposes. We have identified lots of adjectives to describe materials. Following on…
Literacy resources
Please find below links to a great literacy site for practising year 2 common exception words and phonics work. These games are free although the apps that are downloadable for ipads and other devices are chargeable. Please come and see…
African mud hut making
For the last two weeks we have been learning about the Maasai Tribe of Kenya. We have found out about their way of life; what they eat, what they wear, what animals they keep, what jobs the adults do and…