Year 2
Welcome to Year 2’s class page…
Welcome to Year 2’s class page from myself, Mrs Morgan. This year I am very excited to be teaching Year 2 and am looking forward to getting to know all of the children. This year we will be supported in class by Miss Bird for four mornings a week and Miss Stedman for one morning. Mrs Hayes will be teaching Year 2 on a Wednesday morning.
On a Wednesday we are also very lucky to have music with Miss Mallinson.
We will be encouraging the children to become more independent and supporting them throughout the year. We work really hard as a team to ensure the children have a fun, creative and engaging curriculum while preparing them for transition into the Juniors.
This term’s Stars!
Each Friday we have a star award assembly in the morning. This is a very special assembly where Mrs Morgan tells us how amazing one of our friends has been this week – our grown ups are even allowed to come! Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Things to know about…
Year 2 is a very important year for the children! We have a full timetable and lots to fit in but we make sure we have fun along the way.
With all the work we are doing in class, we will get homework too…
Reading – We are expected to read to an adult every night and have what we read recorded in our Reading Diaries. We should be reading a minimum of 3 pages each evening. In Year 2 we have decided that we must read our reading book 3 times before it is changed. This is to help with our comprehension skills.
Spellings – We’ll also be given spellings to learn. These will be given to us on a Friday and will be stuck into our spelling books. They should be learnt during the week. We often have a fun quiz on a Friday to see what we can remember!
Homework – Mrs Morgan will give us homework to do each week. This will be set on a Friday on Seesaw and is due back the following Friday. We’ll be given either English and / or Maths to do and it will follow on from the work we have been doing in class.
Times Tables – Later in the year we will start to work on our times tables knowledge. Each week, on a Friday a set of times tables will be stuck into the children’s diaries. These are to be learnt throughout the week. The children will take part in a fun quiz the following Friday to see what they can remember! It is nothing to worry about and ends up being great fun!
Year 2’s Latest News
World Book Day 2023
Year 2 have had a fantastic World Book Day! We started the day taking part in a book swap where we all got to select a new book to take home. Our focus today has been around a story book called 'Greedy Zebra'. We have spent lots of time looking at the meaning of the...
Kandinsky inspired Art Work
This half term we have been learning all about the Russian artist Kandinsky. This week we have began creating our own abstract piece of artwork. We are using lots of contrasting colours and similar skills to Kandinsky.
Alien Frog Invasion!
Year 2 were very shocked when they arrived at school to find an Alien Frog Spaceship had crash landed into class! Unfortunately the CCTV cut out shortly after the Space craft crashed through the classroom window. Now it is our job to decide what happened and write a...
Father Christmas Visit!
Yesterday afternoon Year 2 could hear Reindeer bells ringing! A few moments later we were lucky enough to be visited by Father Christmas. We all got to spend a little bit of time with him, talking to him about Christmas! We were very excited to receive a gift as he...
Our finished table decorations
We have completed our clay Christmas decorations ready to take home! We have tied a prayer around the candle ready for Christmas Day.
Food Technology
This half term in Design and Technology Year 2 have been learning all about food. We have learnt the different food groups as well as how to be hygienic and how to select the correct tools when working with certain foods. Year 5 kindly helped with our Food Technology,...
Clay Christmas Decorations
Year 2 have been working hard moulding clay into a certain shape. We have had to roll, use pressure to flatten and pinch the clay to form the correct shape! We then placed a candle into the middle of our clay. We are in the process of making a beautiful Christmas...
Christmas Lunch!
We were very lucky to have had a Christmas Dinner at school! We listened to Christmas music and even got Christmas Crackers. We wore the Elf hats we have been making in class for our 'Elf Workshops' into the hall for our dinner too! It was very yummy.
Baking!
Some of us have been lucky enough to bake this afternoon! Miss Higginson spent some time baking with the children who won our class table points today! They look super yummy.
Elf Worshop!
Our topic in English is Instructions. This week we took part in an 'Elf Workshop'. We have been learning how to be elves and how to wrap presents! We are going to send some instructions to Father Christmas and his Elves to help them in the lead up to Christmas!
Seasons Calendar Art
This morning we have spent some time discussing the different seasons and what happens during each season! We discussed Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. We then spent some time doing Art and making a seasons calendar for 2023! Our grown ups will be so impressed with...
Advent Promises
In class we have been learning all about Advent, we have spent some time making Advent Wreaths and discussing the importance of each Advent candle. This week we attended a whole school advent liturgy. From the liturgy we have made our own Advent promises and hung...
Outdoor learning day
Year 2 enjoyed taking part in 'Outdoor learning day'. In the morning we spent lots of time at Forest School learning how to make sparks and making popcorn on the fire! In the afternoon we voted to make our own bug hotels to encourage nature and wildlife to come to our...
Year 2 Glow Dodge Ball
Year 2 were very excited to take part in a Glow Dodge Ball Competition! We got to wear glow in the dark clothing and paint and spend some time in the hall playing dodge ball in our house teams! This was a whole school competition and we loved taking part.
Year 2 Drawing
We have loved learning new skills in art with Mrs Barnett this term. Our topic was drawing. We read the story of 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark' by Jill Tomlinson. We talked about and explored ways of showing different textures and used different marks with paint...
