Year 2

This morning the children had a visit from Alec (Mrs Wright’s son). He came into school to talk to the children about the eggs he has brought in and what will happen once the chicks hatch out. We will keep you posted on their progress.

This week Year 2 had to decide on the destination for their own expedition and work out which shop they would buy the equipment they needed from for their trip. The children had to calculate the costs from three shops to work out which one would be the cheapest. Sometimes they went over their £1 budget and had to prioritise which items they needed to remove from their list. There was lots of reasoning involved.

This week everyone really showed off what they can do in their SATs tests and after all that hard work it was time to have a celebration. Well done Year 2!

Year 2 have been very busy in the last few weeks!

We had a visit from an author named Anya Acres who cam to share her story book ‘Ollie Discovers the Planets’ and to tell us how she became an author.

We also went on an educational visit to Selly Manor in Birmingham to find out more about the Great Fire of London and how people lived in Tudor and Stuart times.

We have also been learning how to make bread just like Thomas Farriner!

Today Mrs Wright and Mrs Gerrard were replaced by our new teachers Giraffe and White Rabbit. Everyone arrived in disguise as a character from a story. Can you spot the characters and the books which they come from?

Amongst other things we talked about our favourite books and wrote a book review for our own personal favourite.

 On Monday, Rev Steve came to visit Year 2 to tell us a story about Jonah. We talked about what God asked Jonah to do and why Jonah behaved like he did. After the story we shared a snack and a drink.

This week Year 2 have enjoyed watching several Winter Olympic sports and finding out about our chosen competing country – Australia. We enjoyed creating some of our own Aborigine inspired artwork. We hope that you are as impressed as we are!

Yesterday Aurora’s Mummy came to school to read us a story. She read ‘Spinderella’ by Julia Donaldson which we really enjoyed listening to.

Year 2 have been exploring the many uses and properties of plastic. We found out that there are many different types of plastic which can make it suitable for many different purposes. We looked at a variety of plastic objects and sorted them according to their properties. We found out that plastic is found just about everywhere in modern living today.

On Tuesday it was Safer Internet Day. We thought about how we would behave and treat our friends in everyday life and how the same should be true when we go online. We also thought about the way in which we are connected to other people in our lives such as through clubs, families, class groups etc . We learnt that people can be connected when they go online and that is why we must make sure that we follow the rules for using the internet safely with the supervision of our parents.

We used string to show how we are all connected. It was great fun!