​As part of our Great Fire of London topic, Year 2 have been working hard as bakers today. The fire was believed to have started in Thomas Farriner’s bakery on Pudding Lane.To make our bread buns, first we had to measure out the ingredients carefully using scales. Next we mixed them all together and added… Read more »

​We have been using lots of different ways to learn and remember our spellings. We found out how many times we could write them in a minute, we put them into spelling pattern circles, we wrote the words inside pictures and we have drawn pictures of what the words meant. We even learned silly phrases… Read more »

​Today we had a special visitor in school, Mr Warren from the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form. He told us about why he became a drummer. We talked about different ways to make sounds using percussion instruments. Then we followed the conductor’s instructions so we knew when to play. Everyone played four different instruments.Finally we learned… Read more »

​Today we thought about where numbers would be found on a blank number line. First we looked at our ruler. We pointed to different numbers. Then we turned our ruler over and made our own number line on the back, thinking about where zero was. Next we made our own number line on whiteboards thinking… Read more »

​Today we thought about Global Goal number 1 – No Poverty. We have been learning about some of the different people who live in London. Many people have lots of money. We thought about what we might choose if we were millionaires.  ​Then we found out about some people including children, who do not have… Read more »

​Today we had an amazing time. We travelled back in time to the year 1666 using our special tickets. We blew a time traveller bubble and floated around the school.  When we returned to the classroom, there had been a terrible fire. We were shocked. Fortunately, we could use water from the River Thames to… Read more »

Before we went to visit the farm, we learned about different types of farms including: Dairy, Arable and Livestock. We thought about how supermarkets provide us with our food. We then worked with a partner to sort different types of food into the correct farm. Then we visited Acorn Dairy and found out what life on… Read more »

This morning, 2B visited St John’s church on Neasham Road to take part in their ‘Christmas Journey’ activity. The children loved learning about the Christmas story by travelling through a series of tents which housed sets including a stable and Mary’s kitchen. Some of the children got to dress up and act out parts of… Read more »

Today, we met Dr Hannah Sykes from Northumbria University. She showed us some amazing experiments and talked about the basic skills needed to be a scientist. We learned about observing and recording what was happening while we were doing experiments. We even got to make our own rocket mice and slime!

Today we made our very own Great Fire of London. We talked about fire safety and then Mr Banks lit our houses. The fire started slowly but soon all the houses were fully lit. We were amazed and shocked at how fast the fire spread and how tall the flames were.