17 Jun

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…

17 Jun

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!

 

 

7 May

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…

30 Apr

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…

16 Mar

Y2- Jellymania!

Year 2 have received a very welcome gift today from Jazzy Media - a jelly pouch!

11 Mar

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…

12 Feb

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…

4 Feb

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,…

4 Feb

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…

13 Jan

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…

8 Dec

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…

22 Oct

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