Our first Multiskills session of the new academic year
Year 2 had great fun in their first multiskills session of the new academic year. The children played some invasion games in which they had to think about the space they were in and how to change their speed and direction to avoid being caught. All of the children showed a good sense of spatial…
Year 2 End of Term Trip 2022
This year’s end of Year trip was to Rookery Woods. The children had great fun in the sun exploring the stone circle, orienteering and playing on the adventure playground. what a great way to end the year!
Move Up To Year 2 Day
What an enjoyable morning the children spent in Year 2! They listened to the story ‘The Dot’ by Peter H Reynolds then explored it’s message to have a positive mindset and simply try things they think they cannot do. They created their own artwork using a dot as a starting point then wrote a…
2022 Sports Day in Year 2
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their sports day. They showed good teamwork, determination, respect, passion and self-belief as they competed and supported each other. Congratulations to the Red team.
Year 2 Rum Story Visit
As part of their humanities topic on the history of Whitehaven, the Year 2 children enjoyed a visit to the Rum Story. The children were guided around the museum and learned about how the Jefferson family were instrumental in bringing serum, sugar and molasses to Whitehaven. The found out ships…
National School Sports Week 2022in Year 2
This week Year 2 have taken part in various activities during National Sports Week. They ran a mile a day, taken part in a yoga dance activity on National Yoga Day, played parachute games, practised their ball skills and participated in the Big Skip. What an active week they have had!
Making Jam Jar Salad
This morning the Year 2 children learned the difference between processed and unprocessed foods. They found out about the benefits of eating fruit and vegetables too. Then they learned how to use the clawing and bridging techniques to prepare vegetables for their jam jar salads. What a delicious…
Planting Sunflowers Investigation
Our Year 2 children began their new science topic on plants by planting their own sunflower seeds. They also planned how to prove the statement ‘Plants need water for germination’. They decided that they would plant some seeds that had water and some that had no water. They also had a discussion…
History and Hi Jinks in Whitehaven
What a beautiful day it was today for the Year 2 trip to the Beacon! The visit began with a talk and guided walk around the harbour to find out about the history of Whitehaven and the role of the harbour in mining and trade. After a well deserved lunch the children visited the Yellow Earl…
Computing Club
At the first Computing Club of this half term the Key Stage 2 children were coding. They created code to create a dance party. They were led through multiple challenges by coding experts from the dance and music industry. They made characters move, change size and change colour. They also added…
Y2 Celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Today Year 2 celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee today. The day started with making cards for the Queen, creating a video about Her Majesty using green screening and a visit from the ice cream van. Later we enjoyed a whole school lunch on the yard and an afternoon enjoying the story of ‘The…
Creating Waterproof Hats
Over the past few weeks Year 2 have been looking at what ‘waterproof’ means and have investigated which materials are waterproof. They were posed the questioned ‘How can you make a hat waterproof?’ The children’s final investigation was to find out which substances when added to paper made the…