Year 2: Blog items
Date: 14th Mar 2024 @ 3:50pm
Yesterday, Year Two had a visit from the School Nursing team who taught us all about basic hygiene. We started the session by talking about the different kinds of germs that live on our body and how they can make us poorly. Then, Millie read us a story called 'Why Wash?' and we discussed all the areas of our body that we should be washing regularly all the way from our hair to our toes thinking about what to use and why it is important. We finished by demonstrating how germs are spread as some people spread their germs (glitter) around the classroom by shaking hands with their friends and leaving parts on their friends hands before discussing the 20 second rule to handwashing.
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 9:29pm
Our second Forest School session took place on World Book Day, so our focus was on stories and characters. We shared the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears before exploring the Forest School area, using our imagination to create things for characters from stories we have read. Some of the items we created included a house for Goldilocks, a comfy bed for Goldilocks to sleep in, a chocloate cake from Willy Wonka's factory and Harry Potter's wand.
Date: 7th Mar 2024 @ 9:04pm
What a fantastic day we have had for World Book Day 2024. All of the children made such an effort with their costumes and everyone looked amazing. To celebrate reading we drew our favourite character and talked about why we liked them. We virtually interviewed some of our favourite characters including George from George's Marvellous Medicine, Harry Potter, The Twits and The Cat in the Hat. We also participated in a class book swap and we can't wait to start reading our new titles!
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go - Dr Seuss
Date: 29th Feb 2024 @ 4:52pm
Today, Year Two enjoyed their first forest school session of the spring term. We begun by discussing how the season has changed from Autumn to Winter and what has changed in the outside areas; we then went on a hunt around the garden to find signs that spring is nearly here! Next we made friendship bracelets, working well together to twist the materials tightly and tie a knot so we could wear them before we had a team race to see who was the best at tying knots in string. Finally, we explored shelters and used the parachute to protect us from the cold before making our own dens in the garden to protect a teddybear.
Date: 28th Feb 2024 @ 8:46pm
Today in Design and Technology we practised the skill of accurately drawing out shapes. We carefully used a ruler to measure out different shapes in centimetres and we then carefully cut them out. We will apply this skill to mark out different parts of our moving vehicles, such as doors and windows.
Year 2- Exploring Moving Vehicles
Date: 22nd Feb 2024 @ 2:04pm
This week, we have begun our Design Technology unit 'Mechanisms- Moving Vehilces'. We started by exploring a variety of moving vehicles and discussed how they move. We learnt that the wheels are connected by an axle which allows the cars wheels to move freely at the same time. We will use this knowledge to help us when building our own car.
Date: 19th Feb 2024 @ 4:50pm
As part of our ‘100th day at School’ celebrations, we completed a problem solving activity based on the book ‘One is a snail, ten is a crab.’ We were given a number and had to find all the different possibilities of making the number. We tried to work systematically starting with the biggest number and changing one part of the calculation each time.
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 1:06pm
This half term we have been looking at Hindu Dharma in RE. We have looked at different Gods and Goddesses and how they are represented as Murtis on s shrine. The children had the opportunity to look at a shrine which was created in school and learn about home worship. They had lots of fun finding out information about the religion, especially the different Gods and Goddesses.
Date: 7th Feb 2024 @ 12:08pm
Today we started to look at arrays and how they can be used to represent multiplication. We used counters to make arrays by putting them into equal rows and columns.
We then wrote multiplication expressions to describe our arrays. We found that one array can be described in two different ways. For example, 3 x 5 and 5 x 3. This is because, like addition, multiplication is commutative. Which means it can be done in any order and you will reach the same total.
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 3:57pm
Today, we used our electricity knowledge and participated in a Now Press Play where our town had lost power and we needed to get the power back on to save our cousin on dialysis. We made a torch using our knowledge of circuits using wire, bulbs and batteries so we could make our way around to the power station. We even made the bulb brighter by adding another battery.
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 8:10am
Over the past few weeks, Year Two have been doing Yoga in PE. It has helped us be more mindful, relaxed and calm as well as improving our balance and strength. We have completed a range of poses including: the warrior, superhero pose, spiderman pose, batman pose and a variety of others. At the end of each session, our cool down is a relaxing exercise where we focus on our breathing and bringing the calmness back into the classroom.
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 4:08pm
Today, we used our designs to make healthy fruit smoothies. First, we washed our hands to make sure we were ready to handle food before practicing the bridge method to hold and carefully chop different fruit into smaller pieces. Once the fruit was all chopped up, we put the correct fruits into a blender until they were smooth. Then we got to taste them! Most of us loved our smoothies and thought they were really tasty.
Date: 23rd Jan 2024 @ 4:48pm
Today in Science we were investigating how to make a bulb light. We started off by trying to light up Energy Sticks. We worked together and found out that in order to light, the sticks needed to be part of a circuit. We learned that energy travels around a circuit and if there is a break in the circuit, the energy can no longer travel all the way around. We then applied what we had learned to build a circuit that would make a bulb light. We also used an interactive program to build a circuit that would make a bulb light. We experimented with using more than one bulb in a circuit and using more than one power source.
Date: 23rd Jan 2024 @ 4:29pm
In Year Two, we have been busy trying lots of fruit to think about what we like and dislike in preparation for making our smoothies. We tried a variety of fruits including: raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, mango, pineapple, melon and kiwi. We described the texture, the smell and the taste of each fruit and will use it to help us design and make our own smoothie in the coming weeks.
Date: 18th Jan 2024 @ 1:42pm
Today, we had a special visit from Stuart and Chris from Travelling by Tuba. We started the day with an exciting assembly where we were introduced to lots of different instruments from across the world including: the didgeridoo, a horn, the tuba and other interesting instruments. They also showed us how they are played. Then we participated in a workshop where we created a Brazillian Samba using triangles, tambourines, bells, scrapers, shakers and maracas. We learnt all the different rhythms of each instrument and practiced them on our arms before we split into groups and practiced playing the correct rhythm on the instruments. Finally, we did a performance using our instuments all playing in unison. We had a fantastic morning and loved it!
Date: 17th Jan 2024 @ 8:06am
Yesterday, we took part in no pen morning. In Reading into Writing, we were starting to look at present and past tense verbs; we did a loop card game to start before we sorted verbs and sentences into past and present tense. In Maths, we started our new unit of money, we counted pence to find different amounts and matched it to the correct price label.
Date: 10th Jan 2024 @ 9:31pm
As part of our PSHE learning this week, Year 2 have focused on Road Safety and in particular, staying safe when crossing the road. Firstly, we looked at different images and spotted safe and unsafe behaviours. Some of the safe behaviours were holding hands with an adult, stopping and looking both ways and using zebra crossings. Some of the unsafe behaviours we spotted were playing with balls at the side of the road, playing on mobile phones and crossing between parked cars. We then worked in small groups to sort images into safe or unsafe road crossing scenarios.
Year 2- Where in the world am I?
Date: 10th Jan 2024 @ 5:06pm
Today, Year Two explored the key question 'Where in the world am I?' for the beginning of our Geography unit Continents and Oceans. We found our School on Google Earth and discussed what we could see before zooming out to discuss the Grange Park area. We continued to zoom out to find the town we are in (Blackpool), the county (Lancashire), country (England, United Kingdom), the continent (Europe) and finally the hemisphere (Northern hemisphere). We had great fun exploring where we are in the world.
Date: 20th Dec 2023 @ 4:25pm
This afternoon Year 2 enjoyed their party. We did lots of dancing, ate delicious snack, played games including musical bumps, pass the parcel and pin the nose on Rudolph as well as having a special visit from the man himself- Santa!
Date: 20th Dec 2023 @ 4:23pm
This week, we have been busy using our sculpture skills to transform sticks into stick men. We thought about the pose we wanted our stick to be in and joined different sticks together to create our vision. Once our sticks were secure, we wrapped them in wool to create some clothes for it.
Date: 19th Dec 2023 @ 9:22pm
Today we used Geoboards to create different 2-D shapes. We had to count the vertices and the sides to check that we had made the correct 2-D shape. We could see that, apart from squares, the same 2-D shapes can look very different but they must have shared properties - For example, all hexagons must have 6 vertices and 6 straight sides but these sides do not have to be an equal length.
Date: 14th Dec 2023 @ 2:54pm
Today we took part in the Elf Olympics where we played lots of games to try and win points for our house. These will be added to our total house points that we win via dojos for going above and beyond!
Year 2- Christmas Jumper/Christmas Dinner Day
Date: 11th Dec 2023 @ 4:31pm
Today, alongside the whole school we enjoyed our annual Christmas dinner and Christmas jumper day. We all looked fabulous in our Christmas jumpers and enjoyed our festive dinner including Turkey and all the trimmings followed by a dessert of cake. It was delicious and we all enjoyed celebrating Christmas together!
Date: 11th Dec 2023 @ 4:25pm
This half term, Year Two have been working hard with their teachers and Mr Perkins practicing their fundamental skills including: throwing, catching and rolling. Over the last 7 weeks, we have learnt to do an underarm throw, thinking about bending the opposite leg, placing our palm towards the target and keeping a straight arm to ensure we throw accurately. We have completed many games where we have had to aim at targets on different levels and today we completed relay races to see who could get the most amount of balls into the baskets at the end as it was thrown down the line.
Date: 7th Dec 2023 @ 1:29pm
Year Two have further been exploring descriptive writing and today focused on describing settings. We used adjectives and adverbs to describe what we could see, hear, smell and imagine what it might feel like. We worked in groups to create a bank of ambitious vocabulary that can help us when we come to write our Christmas story soon.
