Year 2 had a fantastic time at Sports Day. It was lovely to see the children supporting each other and cheering each other on. A big thank you to all the parents and families who came down to watch.

​Today we used our capacity skills to make our own measuring bottle. The scale went up in 100ml up to 1L. We used amazing team work and measuring skills. Finally, we checked that our 1000ml was the same as a real measuring jug. Amazingly, they were! We found our 1000ml was the same amount of… Read more »

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are getting married tomorrow so we learnt all about why royal weddings are so special. We found out about members of the royal family and about features of a royal wedding. We made biscuits and hats to mark the occasion and had a replica wedding in the garden. It was… Read more »

​We loved learning more about measuring length by making our own metre sticks. We will use them for our homework this week. Fantastic team work.

​Today, as part of our unit of work on mass, the children made cookies! They had to follow a recipe and used the scales to measure out each ingredient. The children enjoyed weighing out the sugar and butter but especially enjoyed mixing the ingredients with their hands. The classroom smelt lovely once the cookies had… Read more »

Today we learned more about the story of the Pied Piper and sorted pictures into the right order to show the story. We know there are different versions of the story because it is a fairy tale. Most of us preferred the sad version where the children don’t return to Hamelin!

​Today we found out about the work of Christian Aid. We made our own houses and created our own town. Everyone had their own house. Unfortunately, the River Reid which flows through our town, flooded and burst it’s banks. This left some people with nowhere to live. We became Transformers and thought about different ways… Read more »

​Today we worked with a real puppeteer to make special puppets out of recycled materials. We love our puppets!

Year 2 had fun in the snow on Thursday. During a numeracy lesson working on symmetry, we decided to try and build a symmetrical snowman.

​Today the Jolly Postman went to deliver his letters to different Fairy tale characters.  We played “Who lives in a house like this?” by guessing the characters from clues left outside each house and read the post which had been delivered.