Hello to any year 2 children who are isolating. Here are some activities for you to complete linked to what we have been doing in school. There are some addition and subtraction Maths sheets and lots of different Space activities for you to choose from. Formal-addition-2-digit-numbers Formal-subtraction-2-digit-numbers Apply to be an astronaut What would I…
This afternoon, Year 2 continued our learning about Space with different activities to extend our Scientific knowledge and understanding. We could use the Chrome Books to research about the planets or we could use our library books to discover the Solar System. Using our craft materials, we could use our BLP muscles of imagining and…
On this beautiful, sunny Thursday Year 2 had a visit from PC Taylor who works for the British Transport Police. He came in to speak to us about how he works hard to keep us all safe and to describe his job. He wore his uniform and talked to us about what each part of…
Year 2 have had yet another busy week action packed with learning. We have made excellent use of our BLP muscles of absorption, noticing and reasoning and have managed to climb out of the Learning Pit on many occasions. Our Maths lessons this week have been helping us understand fractions of shapes and quantities. We…
This week in PE, we have started learning about orienteering. We learned about maps and symbols as well as looking at the four compass points. Then Mrs Houghton drew a large treasure island on the playground using chalk. We placed items on the map to represent a palm tree, a hammock, a volcano, a treasure…
In our practical Maths lesson today, we had fun using Numicon to show how we can divide by grouping. This will help us with our written maths work in tomorrow’s lesson!
Despite the rainy weather, Year 2 took a trip to the seaside! We visited the Year 1 outdoor area to use our senses to explore what it might be like were we to visit a British seaside town. This will help us with our English writing as we are creating poetry based on this theme…
Year 2 have been busy using art work to complete a DT project in which we had to use pivots and levers to create a moving mechanism. A pivot is a point at which an object moves from left to right or rotates. A lever is used to move the object on the pivot. Our…
Year 2 have been enjoying practical maths learning this week to help us read different scales. Today we have been measuring mass using g and kg. We used this as an opportunity to develop our mathematical vocabulary by discussing our weighing using words such as heavier, lighter, grams, kilograms and mass. Working through a carousel…
Today, Year 2 were busy in the Spring sunshine consolidating their maths learning for the week. We have been thinking about placing numbers to 100 on partially marked number lines and have had to recall facts such as half of 100 to help us. This has also enables us to revise counting in 10’s and…