Tag: Class 2
Baby Rosie's Christening
To enhance our learning in RE, Reverend Anslow kindly welcomed us to All Saint's Parish church for a mock Christening service.
The children chose to name the baby doll Rosie, after the Yorkshire rose flower. We chose parents, Godparents and Grandparents for the baby. We all wore our special…
Category: Class of 2017
Tags: Class 2
Our new classroom
Class Two have really enjoyed helping to set up their new classroom. We have got an under the sea reading corner and lots of dinosaur things to look at linking to our class topic, We are feeling very grown up as our classroom is now up the stairs and we have a special responsibility of keeping our…
Category: Class of 2017
Tags: Class 2
Fairtrade Fun
Fairtrade Fortnight is upon us and Class 2 have had great fun learning all about it. We have learnt all about Foncho, a banana farmer from Columbia who would like us to pay a fair price for our bananas. We have also learnt about some sugar farmers in Chinangua Village who since teaming with…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
Look at these Learning Logs!
Year 2 were set a learning log challenge over the February half term to show what they had learnt so far in school. They could choose to present it however they chose and I was absolutely blown away by the amount of effort that children showed in presenting their learning! Look at some examples of…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
The Wright Brothers
Do you know who these two gentlemen are? Do you know how they changed the world that we live in today?
If you are unsure, Class 2 will be able to teach you all about the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright! These 2…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
Australia Day
**Happy Australia Day**
Children in Year 2 have been finding out all about Australia this half term and what better way to enhance our learning than by celebrating Australia Day!
We began the day with a fashion show to display our fabulous Australia inspired costumes; we had Kylie Minogue,…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
Fossil Finder
This afternoon we were incredibly lucky to have a special visitor come and see us at school. Mr Briggs (a dad and Govenor at the school) heard about the fact that we were studying the famous fossil finder Mary Anning and brought us in a collection of the fossils that he has discovered over time at…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
Christening Trip
This week Class 2 went on a very special trip to the village church to christen baby Angela. In RE lessons with Mrs Jennings the children have been learning all about how babies are welcomed into the world and celebrations that take place surrounding this event including Christenings. The children…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
History Detectives
This week Year 2 had an exciting delivery from the history museum. We had a selection of dinosaur models and fossils delivered to school for us to look at closely. We spent a lot of time thinking about what each item might be and predicting how old it was. The children were keen to touch the items…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
Dinosaur Estimation
Have you ever wondered how many children can fit inside a triceratops footprint? Year 2 asked this very question so we investigated by standing inside a lifesize model of a triceratops foot. Can you guess how many children fitted? Can you make an estimation?
The answer is 10!
Have you…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2
Yoga
Year 2 have gone yoga mad in PE. The children have been learning how to hold poses such as the mountain pose and have been working on improving their core strength and balance, supporting one another to hold tricky poses and sharing their strategies and techniques. We have really enjoyed learning…
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Class 2