Year 2

Year 2 have been exploring the Jewish celebration of Purim and have been baking fruit tarts for a banquet.

Knowledge: to retell the events of a Purim celebration

Skills: to know that Purim is an event on the Jewish calendar

Vocab: Purim, banquet, charity, fruit tarts, freedom, Esther,…

Year 2 are investigating how the shapes of solid objects can be stretched, twisted, bent or squashed.  They explored 3 materials - air dried clay, plasticine and Playdoh.

Knowledge: to find out how the shapes of solid objects can be squashed, twisted, stretched and bent

Skills: to use…

Year 2 have set up an experiment to investigate how food can create gas in the stomach.  They used sodium bicarbonate and vinegar and observed over time the chemical reaction.

Knowledge: I can describe the importance of eating the right amounts of different types of food

Skills: I…

Year 2 have been discussing and role playing the story of Moses and how he was saved from death by his big sister, Miriam.  We talked about how "big sisters" help us and our family.

Knowledge: to answer the question "How did Miriam show courage and truthfulness and choose right from…

Year 2 are exploring the meaning of different families.

Knowledge:

• To begin to understand the range of families they may encounter now and in the future.

Skills: 

• I understand that families can be made up of different people.
• I understand that I should respect different types…

Year 2 had a lovely day at Bickley Farm, learning all about animal skeletons and bird habitats.

Year 2 have been learning to partition 2 digit numbers into different combinations this week.

Knowledge: Partition any 2 digit number into tens and ones to demonstrate an understanding of place value

Skills; use Base 10 equipment to support me in splitting the tens from the ones

Vocab:…

Year 2 had a wet but very interesting day visiting Bickley Farm.  We went pond dipping and used nets to catch some water boatmen and dragonfly nymphs.  We also looked at different habits and found some owl nesting sites.  

Knowledge: Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which…

Year 2 have enjoyed making their own breakfast pancakes and writing the instructions for them.

Knowledge: 

To select balanced combinations of ingredients.

Skills: 

I can describe the taste of different foods.

Vocab: mix, stir, heat, fry, blend, taste, ingredients, recipe

Year 2 have been learning how to create a fairground wheel using axles and pivots.

Knowledge: I can create joints and structures from paper/card and tape.

Skills: I can choose materials that will create strength for my structure.

Vocab: pivot, axle, rotation, stability

Year 2 have been exploring the component parts of  a Ferris wheel.

Knowledge: to build and test a moving wheel.

Skills|: to make my wheel rotate; to make it stable.

Vocab: structure, stable, rotate

We have been revisiting addition and subtraction problem solving using our knowledge of number bonds to 100.

Knowledge: use number bonds to 100 

Skills: use the inverse to check my calculations

Vocab: inverse, number bonds