Mar 31
As lots of you know already, as part of our topic for this term we have learnt lots about the rainforests and in Jigsaw lessons we have been learning about being a Healthy Me! So, as part of our Mindful Mondays we have been studying, planning and evaluating healthy smoothie brands to help us know how …
Mar 31
This week in RE we have been learning about the Hindu festival of Holi. We were interested to find out that Holi is a celebration of new life and the beginning of Spring. We learned that it is also called the ‘Festival of Colour’ and ‘Festival of Love’ and that it lasts for one day …
Mar 25
This week in English Year 2 have been learning about fantasy stories. We started the topic by thinking about the difference between fiction and non-fiction books. We had a look at some of the books in our reading areas and sorted them by type. Then our teachers taught us a fantasy story called ‘My Garden’. …
Mar 17
As part of Merry Hill’s Drivers, we believe children should have the opportunity to be a Healthy Learner. So, this week in our Jigsaw sessions we have been thinking about being a Healthy Me! As part of this learning, we have been thinking about how we can be more self-aware of the relationship our body …
Mar 11
In year two we have been growing into Scientists and sowing the seeds of our very own experiment! As you know, we have been studying the life of a plant and thinking scientifically about what we think a plant needs to begin to grow. We learnt that this means when a plant germinates. We began …
Mar 04
This year we have been counting up the days we have spent learning in Year 2. Everyday we look together at our chart and add on one more day, using tens and ones, place value cards and digits. Then we think about how the number would look written in numbers, words and as a number …
Mar 03
Today has been World Book Day and at Merry Hill a love of reading is at the core of everything we do, so today was especially exciting for us. As a school, we dusted off our crowns and tiaras and dived into the royalty theme for the Queen’s Jubilee this year! Lots of us might …
Feb 25
This week in Year 2 we have continued investigating the life cycle of other living things. We have thought hard about what we already know from Year 1 about the structure of plants, and investigated what the beginning stage of the life cycle of a plant is. We observed some bulbs and seeds and noted …
Feb 24
This half term in Design and Technology we are learning about, designing and making our own rainforest smoothies. We started our topic by talking about the smoothies we like to drink and the ingredients we have seen in smoothies before. Then we thought about different smoothie brands that are seen in the shops. We visited …
Feb 10
On Tuesday we celebrated Safer Internet Day. We came together in the morning for an assembly about Safer Internet Day. We talked about what it meant to be online and the things we like to do online. Then we discussed why it was important to be kind online. In the afternoon we continued learning about …