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11 April 2022

Woodland fun!

Year 2 enjoyed their afternoon in the woodland area with Mr Murton to create dens and explore the environment!

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1 April 2022

Street Detectives

During our ‘Street Detective’ topic this half term, we’ve been learning about our local community and how it has changed since our parents and grandparents were young.  We have been looking at old and modern houses as well as comparing how Great Ayton has grown and changed over the past 100…

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25 March 2022

Environment Day

As part of 'Environment Day', the Year 2 children have been learning about the impact of plastic pollution and how most of the plastic thrown away often ends up in our oceans.  We discovered that many everyday items are made from plastic and that it can take over 400 years for a bottle made of…

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18 March 2022

Red nose day fun!

The children certainly brightened the classrooms with their red clothing and funny noses today!  We all enjoyed participating in 'silly sports' with Mrs Davies.

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11 March 2022

Anyone for tennis?

Year 2 certainly made the most of the welcoming, warmer weather this week to get outside and enjoy their PE lesson.  All of that pancake flipping the previous week looked to be helping the children to maintain good hand-eye coordination.  The children worked collaboratively to pass and return…

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4 March 2022

Wow, what a week!

Wow, I can't quite believe how much we have fit into the first week back!  We've been non-stop in Year 2, I really don't know where you've found the energy.  On Tuesday, the children took part racing against each other in Great Ayton's annual pancake race event.  On Thursday, the children came to…

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18 February 2022

Y2 Cultures Week

An incredible week of learning in Year 2 about Christianity and the importance of Easter!

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11 February 2022

Innovate Week

What a fantastic ending to our incredible topic this half term.  The children have really deepened their understanding of plants over the past few weeks and have produced some superb work! They had great fun earlier this week working together to help keep the plants healthy and our school site…

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4 February 2022

Green-fingered!

During our science topic this half term, the children have been learning about how to grow and care for plants.  The children have become 'green-fingered' over the past few weeks taking turns to water the plants every day.  As you can see from the pictures, the tulip bulbs are coming on nicely. …

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28 January 2022

Amazing cacti plant reports!

Here are our incredible non-chronological reports all about cacti plants.  The children have thoroughly enjoyed using different sources to find out about these amazing plants which survive in extremely hot, dry places.  We were amazed to discover that the biggest cacti plants can grow up to 20m…

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20 January 2022

Multiplication Mathematicians!

We have been developing our understanding of multiplication in maths over the past few weeks.  The children have been using a range of resources to explore making equal groups.  They have been able to use the groups they made to write repeated addition calculations and then relate these to writing…

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14 January 2022

Scratch

During ICT this half term, we are using Scratch Jr to learn how to code.  In our first lesson this week, the children were experimenting changing characters, backgrounds and using instruction blocks to give commands.  Gradually over the next few weeks, the children will develop core skills in…

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