Blog Author: Mrs Lomas

In Music, pupils have been reading and playing 1/2, 1 and paired beats.

Knowledge: 

To use a rhythm in different ways to demonstrate structure.

Skills:

• I can read, clap and play rhythms using one beat and paired half beats.
• I can read and play rhythms that use a one beat rest.
• I…

Year 2 are exploring non standard measures by using their own hand spans

Knowledge: to use non standard measures

Skills: to use my hand span to measure objects around the classroom

Vocab: non standard measures, hand span

Year 2 have had the best day enjoying World Book Day, especially with Year 6.  They had the opportunity to share a lovely book together!

Children have also been visited by two mysterious guest readers - Grandpa from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Wally from "Where's…

Year 2 are exploring the best conditions for plants to grow.  They have set up an experiment to test for this using cress seeds.

Knowledge: to investigate what a plant needs to grow,

Skills: to predict what conditions are best for growth.

Vocab: growth, conditions, sunlight, energy

Year 2 are learning how to use noun phrases to describe a dragon's bird's eye view of the world below from the story "The Dragon Machine".

Knowledge: to know that an adjective is a describing word and a noun is the name of a person, place or object

Skills: to use noun phrases in our…

Year 2 are learning to debug a Bee bot programme in a pretend toy shop!

Knowledge:: I can debug programs of increasing complexity

Skills: to use the commands of "forwards, backwards, left and right" to enable the Bee bot to move and to "debug" an incorrect action

Vocab: forwards,…

Year 2 visited the Lady Lever Art Gallery and explored both landscape and portrait painting by famous artists such as John Constable and Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Knowledge: I can talk about art I have seen using some appropriate subject vocabulary.

Skills: I can tell the difference between a…

Year 2 are learning about painting and mixed media.  They have been "texture detectives", exploring the outdoors for suitable materials to use.

Knowledge: to know how texture can be made with paint.

Skills: to describe colours and textures

Vocab: texture, colour

Year 2 have been programming a Beebot in order to travel around the world as aviators!

Knowledge: to program a programmable toy

Skills: to use the directional buttons to move the Beebot

Vocab: forwards, backwards, left, right, clear

Behaviour focus - each week, all classes consider what their rights and responsibilities are.  In Y2, we have discussed as a whole class our Class Behaviour Agreement and how rules can help them learn, stay safe and respect others.

Knowledge: I know that some rules are made to be followed by…

Year 2 have been finding out about the similarities and differences between Shabbat and Hanukkah celebrations.

Knowledge: I can describe how Shabbat (day of rest) is important to a Jew and how Jews may go to Synagogue during this period.

Skills: I can discuss some of the events from each…