​In Literacy, we have been studying The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson. We made some beautiful owl artwork. First, we created owls on black paper with chalk and paint to remind us that owls are nocturnal. We used silver and gold sequins for the owl’s eyes. ​We also created some… Read more »

​As part of our RE lesson about Hinduism we have learnt about Diwali. We found out that Diwali is a special festival of light and it is celebrated in lots of different ways.  ​We also watched a film about the Story of Rama and Sita. We loved making Diwali lamps. ​Finally, we learnt a song… Read more »

As part of our fantastic Science topic Let’s Recycle, we have been carrying out some exciting and unusual Science experiments using recycled objects. First, we made Flying Owls by making cone shaped owls and placing them on top of different sized milk bottles. We loved when they flew into the air. Matthew “The fiddly bit was… Read more »

​Today marked the end of our Great Fire of London Topic. This morning we performed our assembly to our parents and families before we recreated the Great Fire in our very own playground. We designed houses using boxes and decorated them to look like houses from 1666. We used materials like wood and straw in… Read more »

​Today after our Remembrance Assembly with the Mayor, we learnt more about why we wear poppies and why November 11th is such an important day. We painted simple yet beautiful water colour poppies.

​Year 2 enjoyed working with Emma the specialist dance teacher. After looking at images of cats, we have been putting together different movements and poses. We are really thinking about our body shapes. What do you think?

​Today we have thought carefully and sensibly about what we lessons we have learnt from the Great Fire of London. We reminded ourselves that fires still happen today. We found out about the disaster at Grenfell Tower in London in 2017 where 72 people lost their lives. We designed memorials to help remember this and… Read more »

​As part of our Great Fire of London topic, we have been learning about fire safety. We have been making moving fire engines but our first ones weren’t very good.  ​We learnt from our mistakes and had another try. What a difference!

​In Year 2, we have been learning about parts of our body. We reminded the children of the different ways our body can tell us that we are in danger.  Children said that they might feel sick, get goose bumps, shake or their heart might beat faster.  They also talked about needing to scream or… Read more »

​On Wednesday, a group of Year 2 pupils attended a Multi-Skills festival at Eastbourne Sports Complex. The children took part in various 10 minute games in small teams and individually. The games were so much fun and we can’t wait to try some of the ideas on the Key Stage 1 playground.