Blog by Tag: Year 2

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!
 

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.

In R.E. Year. 2 have been learning about the visitation, when Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth after learning they were both to give birth. The children listened to the Magnificat, in Luke’s gospel, Mary’s song of joy at being chose by God to be Jesus’s mother. The children learned about…

As part of their work on the Great Fire of London, Year 2 visited Whitehaven Fire Station to find out more about the methods that were used to fight the fire and how it led to the creation of the Fire Service today. The children impressed Green Watch with their knowledge of how the fire started…

The Infant children have had great fun at playtime this morning using the new playground equipment. It was lovely to see them all sharing, taking turns and having lots of fun with their friends.

Year 2 have been thinking about what bullying is and how it feels for the person who is bullying. They looked at some scenarios of people being bullied online and thought about how they would feel if it was them and who they would turn out for support. The children wrote and drew pictures of the…

Year 1 and Year 2 attended Mass today. They learned all about how they need to live a life of love because God is love and he wants us to live this out this in our lives. The children led the parish family in the singing of two hymns: ‘My God is so Big’ and ‘Thank you Lord for this New Day.’ The…

This academic year Year 2 will be fundraising for the charity Diabetes UK. As 14th November is World Diabetes Day the children have been finding out about what diabetes is and how those with it control it using insulin. They listened to a short story about some children who have diabetes then were…