In science, year 2 have been learning about animals, including humans. This week they learnt about the basic needs for animal survival and represented this on labelled drawings of an island which included all of these things. They also continued developing their photography skills and have...
Year 2 have been practising taking photographs in computing. In groups, they planned their own photos and took turns taking them in portrait and landscape formats. They devised top tips to help them to take a good photograph 1.Hold the device firmly with both hands. 2.Point the...
Year 2 have been creating clay tiles to practise their sculpture skills of rolling, joining and using tools to create impressions. Firstly, they chose a fruit or vegetable which they would use for inspiration. They looked carefully at the different lines, shapes and textures they...
Year 2 have an exciting new book, ‘Lazy Lion,’ by Mwenye Hadithi, to inspire their writing over the next few weeks. This week they have been immersing themselves in their new text. They have listened to the story several times and retold the main events...
Year 2 have taken inspiration from their learning about the Great Fire of London for their writing. They have been re-immersed in the events of the Great Fire of London in preparation for their second diary entries in writing. They discussed what happened in the...
Year 2 went on a brilliant trip to the Neasden Temple, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir. The temple is a traditional place of Hindu worship. The children gained knowledge of Hinduism that could not have been achieved in the classroom. The temple and the gardens were...
Year 2 started their history topic, The Great Fire of London, with a trip to the City of London. The children learnt historical concepts such as ‘significance’ and ‘continuity and change’, and compared and contrasted varied architectural styles. They learnt all about Christopher Wren and...
Year 2 had another brilliant science lesson where they were investigating materials to find out if they were waterproof or absorbent. They tested four different materials and observed what happened. They were able to draw some conclusions about the different materials based on their properties. ...
In science, year 2 carried out an investigation to test how flexible different plastic bottles are. After making predictions, we filled four bottles with water and measured how far they squirted the water. The washing up liquid bottle squirted the water the furthest: 5 steps! ...
Year 2 has been learning about rights and responsibilities in PSHE. They played a game that taught them about how it feels to belong to a group, then they discussed several scenarios in which they acted as responsible people at school, at home and in...