Year 2 Archive: 2018-2019
Welcome to Year 2!
Year 2 had a fantastic time at RSPB Fairburn Ings. We saw lots of birds, explored different habitats and went pond dipping to find all manner of minibeasts!
Making clocks
Thank you to Neil from the RSPB who helped Year 2 with a 'Bioblitz' activity to find as many living things in our school grounds as we could.
Blind food tasting! Thank you to Catering Leeds for coming into Year 2 for the ‘Bushtucker trial!’
Year 2 had a fantastic time at the skipping festival! We were delighted to finish in second place overall out of a total of seven schools.
KS1 SATs information
Information leaflet for parents about SATs (published by the Standards & Testing Agency)
Thank you to those who came to the Phonics share morning. Year 2 had to find which spellings followed the rule they had learned.
As part of our topic 'Enchanted Woodlands' we made bird feeders in Design Technology and placed some of them in a woodland habitat
Year 2’s Great Fire of London artwork
Blending oil pastels to create fire artwork
Creating sequences using rolls, balances, shapes and travelling in gymnastics
Teddy bear roll
Forward roll
Year 2 designed and made fruit salads as part of our Healthy Humans topic
Physically Active Learning - Making Arrays in Maths
In PSHE Year 2 acted out scenarios to show why sometimes friendships break down. As a class they then came up with possible solutions to the problems.
Scenario: Accident in the playground.
Scenario: leaving someone out
Year 2 acted out the story of: The Great, Big, Enormous Turnip
Year 2 wrote their own versions of The Twelve Days of Christmas and recited them in front of the class
The new Twelve Days of Christmas
The new Twelve Days of Christmas
Santa came to visit Year 2!
In Computing Year 2 made their own computer games. At the end of the topic they played each other's games and reviewed them.
Game review
Game review
Game review
Designing, playing and reviewing the Year 2 computer games
In Design Technology this half term Year 2 looked at freestanding structures. They designed and made a 3D Christmas Tree.
In Geography Year 2 looked at the United Kingdom and its constituent parts
UK Jigsaw
UK
Year 2 played 'Tiggy Triangles' to quiz each other on the capital cities of the parts of the United Kingdom. They each had a random combination of a country and a different capital.
Learning about England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In PE Year 2 looked at different jumps and then created their own sequences with a partner
PE sequence
Key Stage One's Christmas Production
The Elf on the shelf was very naughty when he changed all the points on Year 2's behaviour system. He had to write the class a letter of apology.
Year 2 created migrating butterflies after learning about the long journey that monarch butterflies take each year
Our topic this half term is Marvellous Migration. The children acted out how some animals migrate and some hibernate in winter.
Pretending to be humpback whales migrating
Music Making
The children have been learning about musical terms- dynamics ( how the volume of a piece of music changes) and tempo- ( how the speed of a piece of music might change).They experimented using untuned percussion and started to write their own graphic notation (using symbols to determine if their musical piece was going to be loud or soft).
Information from the Year 2 information session
Homework Timetable
All homework is due in a week after it is set (but can be handed in sooner)
| Monday | Spellings |
| Tuesday | Handwriting |
| Wednesday | Reading at home (with an adult) |
| Thursday | Reading at home (with an adult) |
| Friday |
Maths *Reading Comprehension (*approx. every two weeks) |
Year 2 investigated which would be the best type of paper to make a bag handle in our science morning
In our topic lessons we have looked at famous explorers. We discovered how Captain Scott explored Antarctica and kept a diary of what happened.
Captain Scott's Diary
Exploring Antarctica
After practising one legged balances (including with their eyes closed) the children in Year 2 challenged themselves to create their own tricky balances.
Year 2 used multilink cubes to practise giving each other instructions. They had to design a shape and instruct their partner on how to make it. No peeking!
Year 2 practised giving instructions by telling Mr Thompson how to make a jam sandwich
Model making
Year 1 and 2 completed the sponsored activity in aid of the NSPCC campaign: Speak Out. Stay Safe. With Buddy.
Our topic this half term is: Explorers!
Sorting out significant people in history. Who do you think is the most important?
Practical maths
Los Colores
Year 2 have been revising their Spanish colours this week.
Greetings
Year 2 have learnt songs and had a conversation in Spanish focusing on greetings. They were fantastic!
