Year 2 Mrs Sellers 2021-2022

Year 2 have had a wonderful week in school enjoying seeing their friends and starting their new topic 'Scented Garden'.  Although the trip to our local garden centre was postponed, the children enjoyed having the opportunity to observe, smell and taste a selection of edible herbs in the…

Wow, what a week and what fabulous work to celebrate the end of our topic for this term!  Well done Year 2, you've impressed me with your thirst for learning during our 'Towers, Tunnels and Turrets' topic, these castles are superb!  

Take a look at how busy we have been over the past 2 weeks.  We have had great fun creating spaghetti and marshmallow towers as well as constructing bridges to help the billy goats to cross!  Jake has amazed us with his talk about his trip down Standedge Tunnel in Marsden and impressed us with his…

Year 2 have started learning about money in maths this week.  We have been recognising the different values of coins and notes to help us count in pence and £.  Great work everyone!

Anti-Bullying Week

This week we have been celebrating differences and thinking about how important it is to use kind words.  We talked about using acts of kindness to show others we care about them and how it can bring happiness and positivity.  The children wore odd socks to recognise that…

Towers, Tunnels and Turrets!

Greetings, from the Year 2 Castle.  Step back in time through the thick curtain walls to find out about our learning and admire the beautiful work we have created. So far in our topic, the children have experienced virtual tours of different castles from around the…

To finish off our incredibly busy week of magnificent learning in Year 2, we thought we'd end with a magical BANG and spend our 'Golden time' making edible sparklers and creating firework pictures.  The children loved hearing the crackling and whizzing of the popping candy!  Remember to stay safe…

Year 2 have enjoyed learning about Judaism during Cultures Week.  We have looked at the story of Abraham, discovered the symbolism of Jewish artefacts, made Hamsa ‘Good luck’ charms, danced to Jewish music, written Torah Scrolls and made some tasty bread.  It’s been a week of excitement, fun and…

Year 2 children had a fabulous fact packed afternoon with Derek, a local beekeeper from Great Ayton, who came into school to talk to us all about bees.  It was fascinating to develop our knowledge of bees and to learn even more incredible facts about these special superorganisms!  Derek wore his…

Bug hotel

Over the past 2 weeks, the children have created their own ‘bug hotels’ using recyclable materials.  First, they read about what makes a good bug friendly hotel and the types of materials needed.  Next, the children followed a set of instructions step-by-step to create their own…

Having fun and keeping fit

Year 2 have made the most of the September weather during their PE lesson this week and have been outside soaking up the sunshine and breathing in plenty of fresh air.  Mrs Davis and Mrs Jackson set up some fun and engaging games for all of the children to enjoy. …

Guess who?

This week the year 2 children have been using their knowledge of minibeasts to sort and classify them using a branch database.  The children had to think carefully about the features of each minibeast before answering ‘yes’ and ‘no’ questions in order to know how to sort them.

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