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…
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…
KS1 Construction Club
Construction Club meet on Thursdays 3-4pm. Each week we have a new challenge to design and make. We can choose to work in partners, teams or individually. We enjoy modifying our designs to improve them. We all have lots of fun. If you enjoy being creative come along.
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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…
Y2 Cricket Skills
Today Year 2 had their first cricket coaching session. The children learned how to hold the cricket bat correctly to strike a bat, throw overarm and to aim at the stumps. They had great fun and cannot wait for their next session.
Key Stage 1 Multiskills Festival
Today some of the Year 2 children represented our school at a local Multiskills festival at Whitehaven. The children were introduced to a variety of activities where they had to use the skills they have learned during their PE lessons. They enjoyed playing some team games, shooting at a goal,…
Returning To The Library
After two long years, we were able to return to visiting the local library. The children were welcomed at the door by Bridget, the librarian. She took us inside and introduced us to the other librarians. They talked to us about what a library is and what kind of books we can borrow. The children…
Science Week: Stretchy Slime Experiment
Today Year 2 investigated how far slime can stretch. They predicted whether cold, warm or slime at room temperature would stretch the furthest or the least. They tested each temperature of slime and measured how far it stretched before it snapped off. What a messy time was had by all!
Drawing Pictograms in Year 2
Year 2 are learning about statistics in their maths lessons. Today they went outside the front of the school to observe traffic and pedestrians passing by. They showed this information in pictograms, drawing one shape for each vehicle or person that they saw.
Our Waves Artwork
This week the Year 2 children used a range of media to make a variety of marks and lines to create artwork of waves. They were inspired by the artwork of Beth Krommes who uses a range of lines and marks in her drawings and etchings.
Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 in Year 2
Today Year 2 have been exploring this year’s theme ‘Growing Together’. They talked about their goals for growing emotionally then created support balloons to show the people who support them in the good times and the other times, so they can grow emotionally.
Learning new ball skills
In the final multi skills session of this half term, the Year 2 children learned how to use a hockey stick to dribble a ball. They ended the session with a short game of hockey. What a great game they had!