Y2 - Potato growing
Every year in year 2, children grow their own potatoes and this year has proved very successful. Here is Reuben demonstrating what a great crop we have had! We have recorded the weight of the potatoes and will now send off the data to see how our crop compares to the growth of other…
Y2 - Safety Seymour visit
Year 2 had a visit from Safety Seymour yesterday to find out all about safety around the home, especially about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning or BAD GAS!
Y2 - Safety Central Visit
Year 2 visited Safety Central in Warrington yesterday to learn all about home and road safety. We met our rangers Keith and Angela and they helped them to navigate around a specially designed house, road and railway set to help them understand more about how to keep safe at home and in the…
Y2 - Humanist visit
Year 2 had a special visit today from Michael who is a humanist. He explained to the children the three main beliefs of a humanist e.g. how to lead a happy life and to show others how to do the same.
Knowledge: to understand that Humanists question the world around them, looking for evidence…
Y2- Jellymania!
Year 2 have received a very welcome gift today from Jazzy Media - a jelly pouch!
Y2 - Eastham Woods trip
Year 2 enjoyed a lovely day exploring Eastham Woods. They each had a map of the area and identified human and physical features.
Knowledge: to identify human and physical features in a local area
Skills: to be able to locate the human or physical features on a local map
vocab: human and…
Year 2 - Computing
We have accessed a “Moon Landing Coding Adventure” provided by Get.with.the.program online. We learned how algorithms are a set of instructions that enable an object such as a rocket to move or “launch” across the computer screen. We then, used Espresso Coding to move our rockets, asteroids and…
Year 2 - R.E
Albie, Aries and Violet are busy sequencing the story of David and Goliath and exploring why having faith in God can make you feel brave.
Knowledge: to retell one or two stories from the Bible
Skills; to sequence the events of the story "David and Goliath"
Vocab: bravery, courage, faith,…
Reading for Pleasure
Six Year 7 pupils from the Ellesmere Port College visited today to promote a "Love of reading" with our children. One Year 3 child said, "I loved sharing my book with Rhiannon". Another child in Year 2 said, "Please can I share my favourite book with…
Y2 - Science and Materials
Year 2 have been investigating which material is the stretchiest and they have discovered that out of the 6 materials (paper, card, elastic band, wool, balloon and polystyrene) the stretchiest material was the balloon! They measured the length of the "stretch" in cubes and recorded this data in…
Y2 - visit to Hope Farm Church
Year 2 visited Hope Farm Church to find out more about the Nativity. Members of the church dressed up as the main characters and pupils visited a series of different scenarios which retold the story.
Knowledge: to retell the story of the Nativity
Skills: to say what happens at different…
Y2 - Maths
Year 2 have been learning to add and subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2 digit number.
Knowledge: add and subtract 2 digit numbers and tens
Skills: to use Base ten to partition a 2 digit number into tens and ones
Vocab: tens, ones, Base 10