Blog Author: Miss McKendrey

Year 2 have been using Google Earth and atlases to see where they live in the World. They found the continent they live in and the country before looking up where Egremont and London are. They spent some time finding about the differences between them and going on a virtual helicopter ride to see…

Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their first cricket session of the term with Matthew. They worked on improving their throwing and catching of the ball before learning how to hold the cricket bat to strike the ball. The session ended with the children working in small groups to hit the stumps with the…

Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed taking part in their first Reindeer Run for the charity Jigsaw Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice.  They had lots of fun running and singing with their friends while thinking about the children who are not so fortunate and will benefit from the money raised. A wonderful way to…

Our Year 2 children enjoyed the most delicious Christmas lunch together while pulling crackers and listening to Christmas music.

Our Year 2 performed ‘Higgledy Piggledy Nativity’ beautifully in both their dress rehearsal and the show for their families. They sang wonderfully and shone like the stars they are. We are immensely proud of them all.

Year 2 have been learning how the dove is a symbol of peace for many people and that, for Christians, it represents God and the Holy Spirit, who gives us the gift of peace. The children worked together to make some origami doves and wrote their hopes for peace for those who are in need across the…

Year 2 were most surprised when Mr and Mrs Claus and their elves called into class to surprise them whilst they were working. They are most grateful for the gifts they received and couldn’t wait to go home today so they could open them.

This Advent Year 2 are being visited by the Kindness Elves who are always on the look out for kindness and helpfulness! They heard how kind and loving Year 2 are and have came to see this for themselves by encouraging them to do small acts of kindness in their daily lives. Today the children were…

A wonderful time was had by all the Infants watching the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at the Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre. The children and adults laughed and shouted from the start to the finish. What a fantastic way to start the Christmas festivities!
 

A wonderful time was had by all the Infants watching the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at the Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre. The children and adults laughed and shouted from the start to the finish. What a fantastic way to start the Christmas festivities!
 

A wonderful time was had by all the Infants watching the pantomime ‘Aladdin’ at the Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre. The children and adults laughed and shouted from the start to the finish. What a fantastic way to start the Christmas festivities!
 

Year 2 have been learning how to add images to a spreadsheet and assign a value to each image. They used the images to calculate how much items would cost if bought together.