Year 2 Jewish Food Tasting

This afternoon Year 2 tasted some traditional Jewish foods as part of their RE learning. They thought about what they could represent and then learnt about their meanings. On the tasting menu was matzah, fig chutney, grape juice, pickles and karpas.

Weather Vanes in Year 2

As part of their Geography topic “Weather”, Year 2 have been preparing their own weather stations. First they learnt about the compass points and then they created their own weather vanes. Look out for them observing the direction of the wind!

Drawing in Year 2

Year 2 have been inspired by the artist Richard Deacon this week. They have had fun linking their Maths objective to their Art lesson by using shapes to create their masterpieces with the wonderful Miss Stringer.

Habitats in Year 2

Year 2 have created habitats and thought carefully about which animals live in them. If you want to take a look at our habitat gallery, pop into Year 2 to see the finished products!

Back to school!

The fantastic Sue Fleet will be running a Being A Parent Taster Session on Thursday the 17th of January and more sessions will follow in the year. See below for details.

Care Home Residents Visit Year 2 for the Afternoon

This afternoon Year 2 welcomed some of the residents from Leah Lodge Care Home into their class for some Christmas card making. Both adults and children had an enjoyable afternoon and it was wonderful to see Year 2 supporting and chatting to the residents so kindly.

Investigating the Properties of Shape in Year 2

This week Year 2 have been learning all about the properties of shape- number of sides, vertices and lines of symmetry. They were challenged to make and name shapes when given their properties, played games describing shape patterns to their partner who had to draw them and learnt how to find lines of symmetry.

Year 2 – Santa’s New Reindeer!

Year 2 have found out that Santa does not have enough reindeer this year to complete his Christmas mission. As a result, they are writing job applications to become a reindeer so that they can save the day! Day 1- fact finding mission to learn all about reindeers whilst using their comprehension skills.

Our writing!

Children from across the school presented some of the fantastic writing that’s being going on in class. From kenning poems to news reports, trip recounts to persuasive letters – excellent work all round!

Year 2 RE School Trip to Southwark Cathedral

Today Year 2 have taken part in an immersive Nativity experience at Southwark Cathedral. They made gifts from the kings, a jumping sheep, a heart magnet and a bracelet to remind them of the different Christmas themes. In addition to this they listened to story telling, sang a song and joined in with Collective Worship. […]