Image of World Mental Health Day 2024 in Year 2
10 October 2024

World Mental Health Day 2024 in Year 2

Year 2 celebrated World Mental Health Day by dressing in yellow or their own clothes. Our representatives from the Well-being group requested that everyone take part in a brain break to allow them to regain focus and energy for their work. They did this by taking part in Sonic themed physical…

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4 October 2024

Year 2 Celebrate St Francis’s Feast Day 2024

Year 2 celebrated St Francis’ Feast Day with a class prayer and liturgy focused on him and what the Bible says about caring for animals. The children spent time finding out all about his life and the good works that he did. They found out that he is the patron saint of animals and loving and…

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2 October 2024

Rivers Workshop in Year 2 2024

Emma from West Cumbria Rivers Trust came into Year 2 to deliver a rivers workshop as part of their science unit of work. The children found out which animals and plants live in their local river and at Longlands Lake. They worked together to create a river habitat and used branching databases to…

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25 September 2024

Year 2 Learn to Skip

In Multiskills Year 2 have been working on performing different types of jumps. As part of this, they have been learning to skip with a skipping rope. They showed great determination to try and master this with some children succeeding. It was a jumping success!

 

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25 September 2024

Creating Great Waves in Year 2

In Art and Design Year 2 have been looking at the artwork of the artist and illustrator, Beth Krommes. They explored her artwork in the book ‘Swirl by Swirl’ by Joyce Sidman. The children recognised many different types of marks in her artwork. They used a mixture of these marks to create their…

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17 September 2024

Year 2 Explore Bible Stories

In R.E. Year 2 have been learning about the Holy Bible and how it is made of two parts and 73 books. The children found out many more facts about the Bible before they used an online Children’s Bible to read stories they know and explore some new stories too.

 

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17 September 2024

School Council Elections in Year 2 2024

Year 2 have been voting for the two members of the class they would like to represent them in the School Council during this academic year. Every child casted their votes and cannot wait to find out the result of the ballot to see who the School Councillors will be.

 

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11 September 2024

First Multiskills Session of the School Year 2024

Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their first Multiskills session with their new coach Liam. The session focused on changing speed and direction. The children showed determination and passion to complete all the activities to their best ability and had great fun while doing so.

 

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6 September 2024

Observation Skills in Science 2024

Year 2’s first science lesson of the new school year focused on observation skills. The children used their senses to observe and describe a collection of rocks and shells in class, before going outdoors to explore and closely observe plants and animals in the school grounds. The children were…

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15 July 2024

Year 2 Summer Fun at Walby Farm Park 2024

Year 2 had a wonderful, sunny, action packed day out for their end of year Summer trip at Walby Farm Park. The day began with a tractor ride around the fields before exploring various play areas and seeing the animals in the animal barn. The children thoroughly earned their lunch and some of them…

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3 July 2024

Making Tally Marks July 2024

Year 2 started work on statistics in maths. The first lesson was looking at how to use tally marks to show different numbers in data collected. The children found it much easier to count when they grouped the marks in fives. Soon they will be able to use them to record their own findings in a…

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27 June 2024

Year 2 SummerReading Challenge Library Visit 2024

Year 2 visited Egremont Library to find out all about how they can join and become involved in the Summer Reading Challenge. Sarah talked to the children about the challenge and got the children to look around the library to find books of different genres. The children were fascinated to see all…

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