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Sep 07
First week in Year 2
We have really enjoyed meeting and getting to know all the new Bears and Giraffes this week. It has been lovely to see how everyone has grown over the summer! We definitely look ready for Year 2 now. We have been learning about: Handwriting We have started the year with some handwriting practise to get …
Jul 13
What a year it has been!
As we enter our last week of the year, we take the time to reflect on the year we have had. We have had some incredible moments of learning and amazing memories of our school trips. From our Wenzel’s trip, to the vocabulary parade and the Roald Dahl museum, we have had so many different …
Jul 06
Sports at Ashfield
This week Year 2 really enjoyed visiting the Year 5 children at Ashfield for a fun filled afternoon of sports. When we arrived we did a daily mile to warm up ready for the games. Then we listened carefully to the Year 5 children and their teachers whilst they explained and demonstrated each of the …
Jun 29
Roald Dahl Museum
This week Year 2 were very excited and full of magic when they began their trip to the Roald Dahl Museum. When we arrived we were buzzing with excitement as if we we had received our very own Golden Tickets! We were quick to get unpacked and ready to begin the day of adventure. We …
Jun 22
Sports Day
Last Friday Year 2 had a great time taking part in Sports Day. Our teachers were impressed with how well we kept going with all of the activities even when they were a bit tricky. We were also really good at cheering our friends on and saying well done to them when they did something …
Jun 16
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 …
Jun 08
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 …
May 25
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 …
May 18
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. …
May 11
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 …