On Tuesday, Year 2 went on an adventure to Warwick Castle as part of our topic about Castles.
As soon as we got there, we were overwhelmed with how tall the castle was. There were tall, winding towers and strong, stone walls surrounding the grounds. We had such a fun time exploring all of the different parts of the castle and the children were very well behaved.
While we were there, we explore the 500 steps to the top of the tower where we could see over the whole of Warwick. We also saw a massive trebuchet fling a rock over the castle walls, an amazing archer demonstrate his fantastic aim and we even saw a very clever eagle show off it’s flying skills.
Last week, Year 2 performed a fantastic class assembly. We had been learning all about Islam in R.E and we have learned lots about Ramadan and the festival of Eid – Ul -Fitr.
The children dressed up and told a story about a boy called Ibrahim, who was fasting for the first time. They told the story about how he had learned from his readings of the Qu’ran and was thankful for what he had.
The children were confident and comfortable on stage and delivered a fantastic assembly! Well done Year 2!
Last week, Year 2 performed a fantastic class assembly. We had been learning all about Islam in R.E and we have learned lots about Ramadan and the festival of Eid – Ul -Fitr.
The children dressed up and told a story about a boy called Ibrahim, who was fasting for the first time. They told the story about how he had learned from his readings of the Qu’ran and was thankful for what he had.
The children were confident and comfortable on stage and delivered a fantastic assembly! Well done Year 2!
This week Year 2 completed their Into faith week and we were learning all about Islam. They children are very knowledgeable and know lots of interesting information about Parent’s workshop where we shared information about Mecca, the holy city in Saudi Arabia.
During the workshop, the children and their parents got crafty by making their own version of the Ka’ba, which is the holy building in the centre of Mecca. Many Muslims believe this is the birthplace of the prophet Muhammed.
This week Year 2 have completed their amazing family projects where they have designed and built their own secret garden. These have been based on the garden we have been learning about in our literacy lessons. Children were asked to use their imaginations and resourcefulness to make their garden out of anything they wanted!
The effort and creativity that has been put into each garden is fantastic so thank you to all the supportive mums, dads and family members that have worked so hard!
Here are all of the brilliant entries. See which one you think is the best!
In between getting ready for SATs, Year 2 are becoming fantastic gardeners!
If you visit our classroom you will find beautiful sunflowers growing, delicious coriander, scrumptious carrots, and tasty basil. We are making sure we look after them by watering them and making sure they are in the sun. Soon we will plant them outside so they can grow even bigger.
We have also been using our observation skills to draw daffodils and using our super shading skills to colour them in. They have really brightened up our classroom display!
This week in Year 2, we have been discussing what we think plants and flowers need to survive. We decided that plants need water, sunlight, food and soil. To test this we have started an experiment where we will watch bean seeds grow over time.
To test whether they need sunlight, some have been placed in the sunlight and some have been placed in the dark. We predict that the ones in the sunlight will grow much better than the one in the dark. In addition, we have also planted them in cotton wool to test whether a seed really needs soil to germinate. Year 2 will be checking up on the bean’s progress weekly.
This is a very important term for Year 2, with SATs swiftly approaching, and they have all come back to school with their learning heads on. Well done we!
We have begun learning about our new topic of plants. Not only have we been finding out about plants, how they grow and what we use them for, but we have also been finding out how to plant seeds and care for them.
We planted some sunflowers and found out they could be yellow, dark red or orange. We also learned that the tallest sunflower ever grown was over 9m tall! WOW!
This week we have been learning about directions and patterns. We have learned that patterns have rules. Some patterns have easy rules and some patterns have hard rules. In direction we have learned that anti-clockwise is left and clockwise is right. We know how to do a half turn, quarter turn, three quarter turn and a whole turn.
Sometimes we use north, east, south and west to help us with our turns. You can have 2 or 3 of the same pattern of shape but you can change the colour of the shape. For a example you need 5 different things in one pattern. For a example you could have blue, pink, purple orange and it repeats one more time. Did you know that there is a right angle and they are a quarter turn clockwise and anti-clockwise. From Ellis and Ismael in Year 2.
KS1 have been thinking about their lovely mums and all of the amazing things that they do for us. To celebrate them this week, we had an assembly where we told our mums how much we loved them.
Year 2 sang some songs while their fantastic mums treated themselves to some tea and cake. Then we recited a special poem all about how much they mean to us.
The children were so enthusiastic and all of the mums seemed to really enjoy yourself. Make sure you take the time out to tell your mums or loved ones how much they mean to you!
Serving the local community in the name of Christ since 1859
