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English – Explanations

This term in Year Two, we have been working hard on a type of  non-fiction text called explanations. We have learnt that an explanation text often explains how to do something. We had some great fun this term learning the class explanation text called ‘How to be a teacher’. It has made us laugh a …

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Religous Artefacts

In RE this week we have really enjoyed talking about and handling a range of artefacts linked to Christianity and Judaism.   When learning about Christianity, we looked carefully at a bible, cross and rosary beads. We also looked at a Torah, seder plate and a prayer shawl. It was lovely to hear lots of …

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Jigsaw

This week in Year two we have been focusing on trust in our Jigsaw session. We thought about how we know if we can trust someone, for example are they a family member or a teacher.  We also discussed why it is important to know who is a trusted person. Lots of us thought that …

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Festival of Outdoor Education

Year 2 had a great time today at the University of Hertfordshire celebrating the Festival of Outdoor Education. We took part in lots of different outdoor activities throughout the day. Activities included -Fairy village making, Art like Goldsworthy, Den Building, Music of Nature, Sun Prints and Rope Ladders. Here are some photos from our day. …

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Spelling

In Year two, we learn many different strategies to help with our spellings. We have  learnt lots of new spelling rules. Our main focus recently has been suffixes and what happens to the root word when we add a suffix. We have been learning to add the suffixes ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing’. When learning about the …

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Coronation Celebrations

Today we have enjoyed celebrating the King’s Coronation. We all came in proudly wearing our crowns and were keen to tell our friends about how we had made them. We started the day with an assembly in the hall. We learnt about what will happen tomorrow during the coronation and watched a video that showed …

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Science

This term in Year 2 we are looking at ‘Living Things and their Habitats’. We began exploring the differences between things that are living, dead and have never been alive. After learning all the things a living thing needs to live and survive, we then compared and sorted them . Next, we went outside and …

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Subtraction

In Maths this week and next, Year 2 are learning to subtract a 2 digit number from another 2 digit number. We started our learning by recapping strategies we had previously learnt, such as ‘think 10 for subtraction’ and think addition for subtraction. Once we had revisited our prior learning we then moved on to …

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My Garden

Over the last few weeks in English we have been learning about fantasy texts. We learnt the story ‘My Garen’ using a story map and actions to help us, and of course remembered to practise telling it with expression. Once we knew the story really well we looked at a written version of the text …

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Food Technology – Smoothies

This term in Year 2 we are focusing on Food Technology and will be making our own smoothies. Our challenge is to design a new smoothie for the members of The Yanomami Tribe who live in the Amazon Rainforest. First, we were reminded that in Design and Technology lessons we have to follow a four-step …

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