Blog by Tag: Year 2

Year 2 spent today celebrating their class saint, St David. They found out about his life and why he became a saint after his death. They also learned about how St David’s Day is celebrated in Wales. They all enjoyed tasting Welsh cakes before they created a non-fiction text and a video about what…

Year 2 have been learning about what it means to be healthy. In a previous lesson the children carried out a survey about the favourite crisp flavours of the class. They also learned about how crisps are made and the healthy alternatives that could be used to make them. Today the children used…

Year 2 are currently working on money during their maths lesson. Today they explored ways to make a pound using a variety of coins.

Year 2 have been learning about the Jewish day of rest called Shabbat. They found out about how Jews prepare for Shabbat each week and what happens during Shabbat. The children tasted bread that is very similar to Challah bread and used their senses to write poems relating to what Jews would…

This year’s theme for Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘My Voice Matters’. The children in Year 2 have been reflecting on what matters of them in their immediate world and the wider world. The. children thought deeply  about this and represented what matters most to…

Year 2 have been learning about books in R.E. They visited church to find out about the books used there. They learnt about who uses the different books and what they are used for. The children spent some time looking at the Mass and Hymn books used by the parishioners.

This year for Safer Internet Day Year 2 found out about Artificial Intelligence and explored images generated by AI. They looked at the pros and cons of images generated then created their own images of squibbles (imaginary creatures). The children worked to given criteria and compared their work…

Year 2 went to Egremont Library for their termly visit. The children had great fun exploring all the books on offer and chose one each to borrow. They were very excited to go home and share the books with their parents.

Our Year 2 children have spent some time exploring the numbers that are important to them in their lives. They wrote about these numbers and illustrated them. They had great fun comparing their numbers with their partners too.

The children began the day by attending a whole school Mass at St Mary’s Church. Later in the day they learned about who St Bridget was and the story behind the St Bridget’s cross. The children found out about how the cross is hung on the doors of houses to protect them and the people who enter…

Year 2 enjoyed taking part in a wheelchair basketball session. They quickly learned how to manoeuvre their wheelchairs so they could play a short game. Despite being very competitive, the children showed good sportsmanship and worked well as a team. What a wonderful experience was had by…

Year 2 used what they learnt about variables in their previous computing lesson to program variables in a coding app. The children had to input algorithms to make a monster move as well as inputting variables to change the score each time the monster collected a gem. How proud they all were when…