Year 2: Blog items
Y2 - Souvenir Gallery, by Miss Khan
Date: 24th Apr 2024 @ 4:35pm
In History, we have been comparing holidays from the 1950s to our modern day holidays.
Today, we were looking at what photos and souvenirs can tell us about a holiday.
Thank you so much to everyone that printed photos and brought souvenirs in! We loved learning about each other's holidays and sharing our stories.
Y2 - Great Science Share Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 23rd Apr 2024 @ 5:27pm
Today it was the 'Great Science Share Day'!
Our investigation was all about spinning - we aimed to answer "what type of footwear helps to create the best spin?"
Thank you to everyone that managed to bring in some socks for the children to use for this investigation - we really enjoyed it :-)
Y2 - Eid Party, by Miss Khan
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 3:05pm
Today, we celebrated Eid with some crafting, party food, dancing and colouring.
Many of us also got our henna done which was very exciting!
We have loved our party day! Thank you so much to everyone for bringing party food in and helping make our day extra special :-)
Y2 - Planting, by Miss Khan
Date: 11th Apr 2024 @ 4:53pm
This half term, our Science topic is "Young Gardeners".
Today, we recapped the parts of a plant. We then learnt about the process of germination.
We planted our own bulbs and are excited to see what these turn into!
Y2 - Textiles, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Mar 2024 @ 3:58pm
Today, we designed, made and evaluated our stuffed animals to complete our DT topic on Textiles!
Each of us designed either a monster or an owl teddy. We then threaded the needles, stuffed, sewed and decorated our animals.
Take a look at us in action :-)
Y2 - Zoolab, by Miss Khan
Date: 13th Mar 2024 @ 5:00pm
Today, we had the pleasure of having Zoolab in school to show us some animals!
This was for our Science topic. The Zoolab leader spoke to us about prey, predators and food chains.
We loved holding the animals and sharing our ideas.
Thank you to Miss Warden for organising this experience for us :-)
Y2 - World Book Day, by Miss Khan
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 3:21pm
Today it is World Book Day - the perfect day for a class full of budding readers!
We started the day with a wordsearch, followed by an assembly where we got to parade our costumes around.
Next, we designed our own book covers for a story of our own, and created our own bookmarks to take home!
We read one of our favourite Julia Donaldson books, 'The Smeds and the The Smoos' and took a trip to our school library for some relaxing reading.
We have had the best day and everyone looked amazing! Thank you for all your efforts with costumes :-)
Y2 - Watercolour paints, by Miss Khan
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 3:12pm
Today, we had a lovely, calming afternoon using our brand new watercolour paints to create our own artwork, inspired by a journey.
We then used felt tips to add symbols on, to mirror the aboriginal art we have been learning about.
We loved it :-)
Y2 - Geography Picnic, by Miss Khan
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 4:07pm
Yesterday, Y2 had a picnic as part of our Geography topic!
We have been looking at the journey that food goes on to get to us and which foods originate in different parts of the UK.
We tried some Scottish oatcakes and Irish soda bread - it was amazing!
Y2 - Chinese Dance Workshop, by Miss Khan
Date: 6th Feb 2024 @ 4:07pm
Today, we had the pleasure of doing a Chinese Dance Workshop with the very lovely Miss Louise!
We learnt some facts about Chinese New Year and practised some dance moves.
We also had to work as a team to move along the dragon costume - it was so much fun :-)
Y2 - Library Trip, by Miss Khan
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 12:48pm
Yesterday, Y2 went on a walk to Stretford Library!
The librarian read us a story, then we went on a scavenger hunt before choosing our own books to take out.
Lots of us got the opportunity to use our library cards for the first time which was very exciting!
Thank you to Mrs Toft for organising this for us :-)
Y2 - Dreamtime Art, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 3:03pm
This half term, our Art topic is focused on 'Journeys'.
Today, we looked at Dreamtime Art from the Aboriginal tribe. We created our journey images using the dot technique.
We really enjoyed our calming afternoon!
Y2 - Chromebooks, by Miss Khan
Date: 11th Jan 2024 @ 4:45pm
This week in Computing, we started our new unit on 'iSearch'.
We had the opportunity to use our very own login to access our school's brand new set of Chromebooks!
Our first task of the unit was to navigate a website to research all about planets.
Y2 - Christmas Party, by Miss Khan
Date: 19th Dec 2023 @ 8:10am
Yesterday, Year 2 had the best day at our Christmas party!
We did some winter scene crafting, colouring, played games, watched films and ate soooooo much food.
Thank you to everyone that brought something in for us to share! We had so much fun.
Y2 - Freddie Fit, by Miss Khan
Date: 11th Dec 2023 @ 3:50pm
Today, we had the pleasure of a session with Freddie Fit!
He spoke to us about the importance of exercise, paired with a healthy, balanced diet.
We did lots of fun activities including a Christmas limbo competition! It was amazing.
Y2 - Using Atlases, by Miss Khan
Date: 5th Dec 2023 @ 3:49pm
In Geography, we have been learning about 'Weather and Seasons'.
To help us understand the weather around the world, we have explored Atlases and observed weather patterns in different seasons.
The children used a key to break down the average temperature in different countries.
Y2 - Trip to Pizza Express, by Miss Khan
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 3:41pm
Year 2 are thrilled to now be able to share with you some photos of our class trip to Pizza Express last half term!
We met with the head chef who spoke to us about hygiene and ingredients.
We then had the opportunity to make / cook / eat our own pizzas! Big thank you to Pizza Express for having us :-)
Y2 - Pasta Salads, by Miss Khan
Date: 22nd Nov 2023 @ 8:19am
Our DT topic this half term is Cooking and Nutrition.
For this, we are researching, designing, making and evaluating our very own pasta salads!
Take a look at us in action :-)
