What a great first two weeks back for Year 2. We have enjoyed exploring colour in Art and created our own colour wheels with paint. We explored primary and secondary colours and had a go mixing paint. In Science we have been learning about changes. We even had a special visit from the nursery ducklings and discussed where they came from and how they will change. In writing we have been creating our own poems based on 'If I were in charge of the world'. We loved performing our poems to our friends! 

Wow what a great few weeks we have had in Year 2! We have enjoyed learning more about China, how it compares to where we live and all about Lunar New Year. We took part in a New year celebration where we learnt a traditional Chinese dance and a dragon walk.

In writing we have  been learning about Singapore and how to inform our audience about it. We hope we will apply these new skills in our independent write, where we will be writing all about China! Thank you to Mr Mari, who visited our classrooms and told us all about his times in Singapore! In Science, we have been learning about being healthy. We had a great session learning how to keep our bodies clean. 

What an exciting few weeks for Year2! We performed for you all in our Christmas concert. We especially loved singing Dominic the donkey! We hope you enjoyed the show. We also welcomed some visitors who performed 'Jack and the beanstalk' for KS1. We enjoyed signing and interacting with the performers. In writing we look forward to our grown ups receiving our Christmas postcards. We were inspired by a 'Meerkat Christmas' and decided to write our own! 

Year 2 have had a fantastic start to the new term. We were visited by Safari Stu who taught us about different animals. We asked lots of curious questions about the animals and learned about which animals hibernate and their habitats. We were very brave and handled the animals! 

We have taken part in different activities for special occasions, such as remembrance day. We learned why this date was important and made poppies, by using mixed media. 

We also had a special visit from the author M.P Robertson. He read some of his stories to us and taught us how to illustrate a dragon. We had so much fun! 

A brilliant two weeks for Year 2. We have continued learning about the Great fire of London and have produced some fantastic diary entries in our writing lessons. We had a visit from Samuel Pepys, who told us about his experience during the Great Fire. He even had some smelly objects for us to smell and experience! Last week we celebrated National Poetry day. We focussed on Respect and worked together to share ideas about what this would look, feel and taste like. We then created our own poem and entered a poetry competition! We have continued to work collaboratively in maths and have been learning to add and subtract two digit numbers! 

Year 2 have had an excellent start to the new school year! We have enjoyed exploring our new text, and completed different activities to understand different emotions. In History, we have been learning about the Great fire of London! In Maths, we have been exploring numbers to 100 and have been working together to solve problems. In Literacy, we have been using adjectives to describe different things. We loved drinking hot chocolate and then describing it afterwards!